1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 40-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (40-32)

Executive: George Mikan

PTS/G: 95.6 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 94.5 (7th of 8)

SRS: 0.96 (3rd of 8) Pace: 105.5 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 89.7 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 88.6 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +1.1 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 39-33 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (1-3) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
18	Bob Carney	SG	6-3	170	August 3, 1932	us US	R	Bradley
11	Lew Hitch	PF	6-8	200	July 16, 1929	us US	3	Kansas State
12	Jim Holstein	SF	6-3	180	September 24, 1930	us US	2	Cincinnati
23	Ed Kalafat	PF	6-6	245	October 13, 1932	us US	R	Minnesota
34	Clyde Lovellette	C	6-9	234	September 7, 1929	us US	1	Kansas
22	Slater Martin	PG	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	us US	5	Texas
19	Vern Mikkelsen	PF	6-7	230	October 21, 1928	us US	5	Hamline University
17	Jim Pollard	SF	6-4	185	July 9, 1922	us US	6	Stanford
15	Dick Schnittker	SF	6-5	200	May 27, 1928	us US	3	Ohio State
20	Whitey Skoog	SG	5-11	180	November 2, 1926	us US	3	Minnesota
18	Don Sunderlage	SG	6-1	180	December 20, 1929	us US	1	Illinois
	Bobby Watson	PG	6-0	160	March 22, 1930	us US	R	Kentucky

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Slater Martin	29	72	2784	350	919	.381	350	919	.381	.381	276	359	.769	260	427	221	976
2	Vern Mikkelsen	26	71	2559	440	1043	.422	440	1043	.422	.422	447	598	.747	722	145	319	1327
3	Whitey Skoog	28	72	2365	330	836	.395	330	836	.395	.395	125	155	.806	303	251	265	785
4	Clyde Lovellette	25	70	2361	519	1192	.435	519	1192	.435	.435	273	398	.686	802	100	262	1311
5	Jim Pollard	32	63	1960	265	749	.354	265	749	.354	.354	151	186	.812	458	160	147	681
6	Dick Schnittker	26	72	1798	226	583	.388	226	583	.388	.388	298	362	.823	349	114	231	750
7	Ed Kalafat	22	72	1102	118	375	.315	118	375	.315	.315	111	168	.661	317	75	205	347
8	Jim Holstein	24	62	980	107	330	.324	107	330	.324	.324	67	94	.713	206	58	107	281
9	Bobby Watson	24	50	546	62	173	.358	62	173	.358	.358	22	35	.629	64	62	56	146
10	Don Sunderlage	25	45	404	33	133	.248	33	133	.248	.248	48	73	.658	56	37	57	114
11	Lew Hitch	25	17	323	32	68	.471	32	68	.471	.471	34	49	.694	93	23	29	98
12	Bob Carney	22	19	244	24	64	.375	24	64	.375	.375	21	40	.525	45	16	36	69
			72		2506	6465	.388	2506	6465	.388	.388	1873	2517	.744	3865	1468	1935	6885

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Slater Martin	29	7	315	28	94	.298	28	94	.298	.298	40	49	.816	28	31	23	96
2	Jim Pollard	32	7	257	33	104	.317	33	104	.317	.317	33	46	.717	78	14	13	99
3	Whitey Skoog	28	7	241	36	92	.391	36	92	.391	.391	19	21	.905	37	16	30	91
4	Vern Mikkelsen	26	7	209	30	85	.353	30	85	.353	.353	36	46	.783	78	13	36	96
5	Clyde Lovellette	25	7	197	44	98	.449	44	98	.449	.449	29	40	.725	64	3	32	117
6	Dick Schnittker	26	7	140	14	51	.275	14	51	.275	.275	25	36	.694	31	7	23	53
7	Lew Hitch	25	7	137	16	40	.400	16	40	.400	.400	23	29	.793	42	10	9	55
8	Jim Holstein	24	7	117	16	38	.421	16	38	.421	.421	8	9	.889	30	6	8	40
9	Ed Kalafat	22	7	76	2	22	.091	2	22	.091	.091	3	10	.300	18	0	16	7
10	Bob Carney	22	7	41	1	8	.125	1	8	.125	.125	8	9	.889	5	3	7	10