1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 43-17
Finishing 1st in the NBL's West Division
Won Championship
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball League ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 43 wins and 17 losses, finishing first in the NBL's West Division.

The Lakers scored 3,843 points and yielded 3,395. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,195 points for Minneapolis, and Jim Pollard averaged 10 or more per game, too. The 1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers won the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	56	406			509	383	210	1195
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	59	310			207	140	147	760
Don Carlson	G-F	58	205			109	65	177	475
Jack Dwan	F-G	55	128			73	50	110	306
Herm Schaefer	G-F	54	108			90	72	0	288
Tony Jaros	F-G	58	95			114	83	90	273
Don Smith	G-F	57	69			94	62	98	200
Paul Napolitano	F-G	52	72			21	11	48	155
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	38	37			49	27	52	101
William Durkee	G-F	23	15			24	11	0	41
Robert Gerber	C-F	15	13			22	10	0	36
Jack Rocker	C-F	5	2			0	0	0	4
Joe Patanelli	F	5	1			5	2	0	4
Kenneth Exel	G	5	1			6	2	0	4
Warren Ajax	F-C	3	0			2	1	1	1
Theodore Cook	G	2	0			0	0	0	0
Totals		545	1462	0	0	1325	919	933	3843

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	56	75.2	3.8	21.3
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	59	67.6	2.5	12.9
Don Carlson	G-F	58	59.6	3.1	8.2
Jack Dwan	F-G	55	68.5	2.0	5.6
Herm Schaefer	G-F	54	80.0	0.0	5.3
Tony Jaros	F-G	58	72.8	1.6	4.7
Don Smith	G-F	57	66.0	1.7	3.5
Paul Napolitano	F-G	52	52.4	0.9	3.0
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	38	55.1	1.4	2.7
William Durkee	G-F	23	45.8	0.0	1.8
Robert Gerber	C-F	15	45.5	0.0	2.4
Jack Rocker	C-F	5		0.0	0.8
Joe Patanelli	F	5	40.0	0.0	0.8
Kenneth Exel	G	5	33.3	0.0	0.8
Warren Ajax	F-C	3	50.0	0.3	0.3
Theodore Cook	G	2		0.0	0.0
Averages		545	69.4	1.7	7.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Pts
George Mikan	C	10	88			96	68	244
Herm Schaefer	G-F	10	51			38	31	133
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	10	48			41	27	123
Tony Jaros	F-G	10	29			33	22	80
Jack Dwan	F-G	10	27			9	5	59
Don Carlson	G-F	9	17			10	4	38
Don Smith	G-F	10	13			12	9	35
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	10	11			8	4	26
Paul Napolitano	F-G	9	8			5	4	20
Totals		88	292	0	0	252	174	758

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	Pts
George Mikan	C	10	70.8	24.4
Herm Schaefer	G-F	10	81.6	13.3
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	10	65.9	12.3
Tony Jaros	F-G	10	66.7	8.0
Jack Dwan	F-G	10	55.6	5.9
Don Carlson	G-F	9	40.0	4.2
Don Smith	G-F	10	75.0	3.5
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	10	50.0	2.6
Paul Napolitano	F-G	9	80.0	2.2
Averages		545	69.0	8.6