1967-68 Minnesota Muskies Roster and Stats

Record: 50-28, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Jim Pollard (50-28)

PTS/G: 108.6 (8th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (2nd of 11)

SRS: 3.80 (2nd of 11) Pace: 107.2 (6th of 11)

Off Rtg: 100.4 (7th of 11) Def Rtg: 96.7 (1st of 11) Net Rtg: +3.6 (3rd of 11)

Expected W-L: 49-29 (3rd of 11)

Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center

ABA 1968 Playoffs:
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Eastern Division Finals (1-4) versus Pittsburgh Pipers (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
23	Dick Clark	PG	6-4	190	January 5, 1944	us US	R	Eastern Kentucky University
34	Mel Daniels	C	6-9	220	July 20, 1944	us US	R	Southeastern Iowa Community College, West Burlington Campus, New Mexico
20	Donnie Freeman	SG	6-3	185	July 18, 1944	us US	R	Illinois
35	Les Hunter	PF	6-7	210	August 16, 1942	us US	1	Loyola Chicago
24	Ervin Inniger	SG	6-4	190	January 16, 1945	us US	R	Indiana
51	Gary Keller	PF	6-9	220	June 13, 1944	us US	R	Florida
33	Terry Kunze	SG	6-4	210	March 11, 1943		R	Minnesota
32	Errol Palmer	SF	6-5	195			R	DePaul
22	Ron Perry	PG	6-3	190	December 29, 1943	us US	R	Virginia Tech
52	Sam Smith	SF	6-7	230	January 27, 1944	us US	R	Louisville, Kentucky Wesleyan College
50	Skip Thoren	C	6-10	230	April 5, 1943	us US	R	Illinois

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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mel Daniels	23	C	78	37.7	8.6	21.0	.408	0.0	0.1	.200	8.6	21.0	.409	.408	5.0	8.7	.575	6.4	9.1	15.6	1.4	3.0	3.4	22.2	MVP-3,ROY-1,AS
2	Donnie Freeman	23	SG	69	35.2	6.0	14.7	.409	0.0	0.1	.000	6.0	14.6	.411	.409	4.3	6.0	.715			4.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	16.3	AS
3	Les Hunter	25	PF	75	34.0	6.8	16.1	.425	0.0	0.2	.118	6.8	15.9	.429	.426	3.9	6.2	.620	4.4	5.4	9.8	1.5	2.7	4.0	17.6	AS
4	Ron Perry	24	PG	67	31.7	5.1	13.1	.386	0.9	2.7	.348	4.1	10.4	.396	.421	1.8	2.7	.659			3.3	2.1	2.5	2.3	12.8
5	Sam Smith	24	SF	77	28.2	3.7	9.7	.379	0.0	0.1	.333	3.7	9.7	.379	.380	2.4	3.6	.661			7.6	1.1	1.2	2.2	9.8
6	Ervin Inniger	23	SG	75	26.6	4.6	10.5	.437	0.1	0.5	.143	4.5	10.1	.450	.440	1.3	1.8	.723			4.3	1.5	1.3	2.7	10.6
7	Skip Thoren	24	C	63	19.1	3.3	7.5	.434	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	7.5	.435	.434	1.6	2.6	.622			6.9	0.9	1.2	2.0	8.2
8	Errol Palmer		SF	63	18.9	2.6	7.2	.364	0.0	0.0		2.6	7.2	.364	.364	2.7	4.0	.672			7.5	1.4	1.2	2.7	7.9
9	Gary Keller	23	PF	69	17.6	2.7	7.0	.381	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	7.0	.383	.381	2.0	3.1	.650			5.6	0.6	1.3	2.4	7.3
10	Dick Clark	24	PG	26	15.9	1.8	5.8	.307	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	5.4	.329	.307	1.8	3.0	.608			2.0	1.3	1.3	1.9	5.4
11	Terry Kunze	24	SG	46	14.4	1.8	5.3	.339	0.1	0.2	.455	1.7	5.1	.333	.349	1.3	2.2	.578			1.6	1.0	1.3	1.7	5.0
	Team Totals			78	26.7	4.6	11.4	.402	0.1	0.4	.284	4.5	11.0	.406	.407	2.7	4.2	.639	5.5	5.6	6.8	1.4	1.9	2.6	12.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mel Daniels	23	C	10	40.9	9.8	22.6	.434	0.0	0.0		9.8	22.6	.434	.434	5.7	9.4	.606	16.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	25.3
2	Les Hunter	25	PF	10	38.8	7.6	18.8	.404	0.0	0.4	.000	7.6	18.4	.413	.404	6.2	9.8	.633	11.0	2.4	2.7	4.8	21.4
3	Sam Smith	24	SF	10	37.4	5.6	14.2	.394	0.0	0.0		5.6	14.2	.394	.394	3.5	5.1	.686	8.1	1.2	1.5	3.9	14.7
4	Donnie Freeman	23	SG	10	36.5	5.6	13.4	.418	0.0	0.4	.000	5.6	13.0	.431	.418	4.6	6.3	.730	5.0	5.6	3.9	4.6	15.8
5	Ervin Inniger	23	SG	10	36.4	5.5	14.0	.393	0.2	1.1	.182	5.3	12.9	.411	.400	2.6	3.2	.813	5.7	3.5	1.5	3.6	13.8
6	Skip Thoren	24	C	2	26.0	7.0	14.0	.500	0.0	0.0		7.0	14.0	.500	.500	3.5	6.0	.583	13.5	2.0	3.5	2.5	17.5
7	Dick Clark	24	PG	10	23.1	1.7	6.5	.262	0.1	0.6	.167	1.6	5.9	.271	.269	2.1	2.8	.750	3.3	1.3	1.3	1.8	5.6
8	Gary Keller	23	PF	10	14.2	2.5	6.7	.373	0.0	0.0		2.5	6.7	.373	.373	1.3	2.3	.565	5.0	0.8	1.5	2.7	6.3
9	Errol Palmer		SF	6	12.5	1.7	4.2	.400	0.0	0.0		1.7	4.2	.400	.400	1.3	1.7	.800	4.5	1.2	1.2	2.8	4.7
	Team Totals			20	30.8	5.2	13.0	.401	0.0	0.3	.120	5.2	12.7	.408	.402	3.5	5.3	.669	7.6	2.3	2.2	3.5	14.0

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mel Daniels	23	C	78	2938	8.2	20.1	.408	0.0	0.1	.200	8.2	20.0	.409	.408	4.8	8.3	.575	6.2	8.7	14.9	1.3	2.8	3.3	21.2	MVP-3,ROY-1,AS
2	Les Hunter	25	PF	75	2552	7.2	17.0	.425	0.0	0.2	.118	7.2	16.8	.429	.426	4.1	6.6	.620	4.7	5.7	10.4	1.6	2.9	4.2	18.6	AS
3	Donnie Freeman	23	SG	69	2431	6.1	15.0	.409	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	14.9	.411	.409	4.4	6.1	.715			4.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	16.6	AS
4	Sam Smith	24	SF	77	2175	4.7	12.4	.379	0.0	0.1	.333	4.7	12.3	.379	.380	3.1	4.6	.661			9.7	1.3	1.6	2.8	12.5
5	Ron Perry	24	PG	67	2125	5.7	14.9	.386	1.1	3.0	.348	4.7	11.9	.396	.421	2.0	3.0	.659			3.8	2.4	2.9	2.6	14.5
6	Ervin Inniger	23	SG	75	1993	6.2	14.3	.437	0.1	0.6	.143	6.1	13.6	.450	.440	1.8	2.5	.723			5.9	2.1	1.7	3.6	14.3
7	Gary Keller	23	PF	69	1211	5.5	14.4	.381	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	14.3	.383	.381	4.1	6.4	.650			11.4	1.2	2.6	5.0	15.1
8	Skip Thoren	24	C	63	1203	6.2	14.2	.434	0.0	0.0	.000	6.2	14.2	.435	.434	3.1	4.9	.622			13.0	1.8	2.3	3.7	15.4
9	Errol Palmer		SF	63	1191	5.0	13.7	.364	0.0	0.0		5.0	13.7	.364	.364	5.1	7.6	.672			14.2	2.8	2.4	5.1	15.1
10	Terry Kunze	24	SG	46	662	4.5	13.3	.339	0.3	0.6	.455	4.2	12.7	.333	.349	3.2	5.5	.578			4.1	2.6	3.2	4.2	12.5
11	Dick Clark	24	PG	26	414	4.0	13.0	.307	0.0	0.9	.000	4.0	12.2	.329	.307	4.2	6.9	.608			4.5	2.9	2.9	4.3	12.2

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mel Daniels	23	C	10	409	8.6	19.9	.434	0.0	0.0		8.6	19.9	.434	.434	5.0	8.3	.606	14.2	1.7	2.9	3.1	22.3
2	Les Hunter	25	PF	10	388	7.1	17.4	.404	0.0	0.4	.000	7.1	17.1	.413	.404	5.8	9.1	.633	10.2	2.2	2.5	4.5	19.9
3	Sam Smith	24	SF	10	374	5.4	13.7	.394	0.0	0.0		5.4	13.7	.394	.394	3.4	4.9	.686	7.8	1.2	1.4	3.8	14.1
4	Donnie Freeman	23	SG	10	365	5.5	13.2	.418	0.0	0.4	.000	5.5	12.8	.431	.418	4.5	6.2	.730	4.9	5.5	3.8	4.5	15.6
5	Ervin Inniger	23	SG	10	364	5.4	13.8	.393	0.2	1.1	.182	5.2	12.8	.411	.400	2.6	3.2	.813	5.6	3.5	1.5	3.6	13.6
6	Dick Clark	24	PG	10	231	2.6	10.1	.262	0.2	0.9	.167	2.5	9.2	.271	.269	3.3	4.4	.750	5.1	2.0	2.0	2.8	8.7
7	Gary Keller	23	PF	10	142	6.3	17.0	.373	0.0	0.0		6.3	17.0	.373	.373	3.3	5.8	.565	12.7	2.0	3.8	6.8	16.0
8	Errol Palmer		SF	6	75	4.8	12.0	.400	0.0	0.0		4.8	12.0	.400	.400	3.8	4.8	.800	13.0	3.4	3.4	8.2	13.4
9	Skip Thoren	24	C	2	52	9.7	19.4	.500	0.0	0.0		9.7	19.4	.500	.500	4.8	8.3	.583	18.7	2.8	4.8	3.5	24.2

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.