1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 44-16
Finishing 2nd in the BAA's Western Division
Postseason: 8-2 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Stags 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Rochester Royals 2-0
Finals - Defeated Washington Capitols 4-2
Coach: John Kundla (44-16)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 44 wins and 16 losses, finishing second in the BAA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-2.

Minneapolis scored 5,042 points, best in the league. The Lakers gave up 4,599 points, the lowest total in the circuit. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,698 points for the team, and Jim Pollard contributed 13 or more per game, too. George Mikan dished out 218 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	60	1403	583			689	532	218	260	1698
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	53	792	314			227	156	142	144	784
Herm Schaefer	G-F	58	572	214			213	174	185	121	602
Don Carlson	G-F	55	632	211			130	86	170	180	508
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	47	378	130			128	85	76	142	345
Tony Jaros	F-G	59	385	132			110	79	58	114	343
Jack Dwan	F-G	60	380	121			69	34	129	157	276
Donnie Forman	G	44	231	68			67	43	74	94	179
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	48	114	41			33	24	33	68	106
Earl Gardner	F	50	101	38			28	13	19	50	89
Mike Bloom	F-C	24	92	13			40	29	15	22	55
Whitey Kachan	G	19	42	16			22	15	12	24	47
Don Smith	G-F	8	13	2			3	2	2	6	6
Jack Tingle	F	2	6	1			0	0	1	2	2
Ray Ellefson	C	3	5	1			0	0	0	2	2
Totals		590	5146	1885	0	0	1759	1272	1134	1386	5042

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	60	41.6	77.2	3.6	4.3	28.3
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	53	39.6	68.7	2.7	2.7	14.8
Herm Schaefer	G-F	58	37.4	81.7	3.2	2.1	10.4
Don Carlson	G-F	55	33.4	66.2	3.1	3.3	9.2
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	47	34.4	66.4	1.6	3.0	7.3
Tony Jaros	F-G	59	34.3	71.8	1.0	1.9	5.8
Jack Dwan	F-G	60	31.8	49.3	2.2	2.6	4.6
Donnie Forman	G	44	29.4	64.2	1.7	2.1	4.1
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	48	36.0	72.7	0.7	1.4	2.2
Earl Gardner	F	50	37.6	46.4	0.4	1.0	1.8
Mike Bloom	F-C	24	14.1	72.5	0.6	0.9	2.3
Whitey Kachan	G	19	38.1	68.2	0.6	1.3	2.5
Don Smith	G-F	8	15.4	66.7	0.3	0.8	0.8
Jack Tingle	F	2	16.7		0.5	1.0	1.0
Ray Ellefson	C	3	20.0		0.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		590	36.6	72.3	1.9	2.3	8.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	10	227	103			121	97	21	44	303
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	10	147	43			62	44	39	31	130
Herm Schaefer	G-F	10	104	48			32	28	31	22	124
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	10	77	26			45	30	21	41	82
Don Carlson	G-F	10	95	23			25	14	28	30	60
Tony Jaros	F-G	10	56	20			23	18	11	28	58
Jack Dwan	F-G	10	29	7			9	4	9	22	18
Donnie Forman	G	9	20	3			11	7	7	15	13
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	6	7	3			1	1	0	4	7
Earl Gardner	F	7	9	1			4	2	1	3	4
Whitey Kachan	G	8	5	2			0	0	2	3	4
Totals		100	776	279	0	0	333	245	170	243	803

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	10	45.4	80.2	2.1	4.4	30.3
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	10	29.3	71.0	3.9	3.1	13.0
Herm Schaefer	G-F	10	46.2	87.5	3.1	2.2	12.4
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	10	33.8	66.7	2.1	4.1	8.2
Don Carlson	G-F	10	24.2	56.0	2.8	3.0	6.0
Tony Jaros	F-G	10	35.7	78.3	1.1	2.8	5.8
Jack Dwan	F-G	10	24.1	44.4	0.9	2.2	1.8
Donnie Forman	G	9	15.0	63.6	0.8	1.7	1.4
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	6	42.9	100.0	0.0	0.7	1.2
Earl Gardner	F	7	11.1	50.0	0.1	0.4	0.6
Whitey Kachan	G	8	40.0		0.3	0.4	0.5
Averages		590	36.0	73.6	1.7	2.4	8.0