1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 51-17
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division
Postseason: 11-2 Won NBA championship
Division Tiebreaker - Defeated Rochester Royals 1-0
Division Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Stags 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Fort Wayne Pistons 2-0
Semifinals - Defeated Anderson Packers 2-0
Finals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 4-2
Coach: John Kundla (51-17)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 51 wins and 17 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-2.

Minneapolis led the circuit with 5,717 points. The club allowed 5,150 points. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,865 points for the Lakers, and Jim Pollard averaged 13 or more per game, too. Jim Pollard dished out 252 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1949-50 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	68	1595	649			728	567	197	297	1865
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	66	1140	394			242	185	252	143	973
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	68	722	288			286	215	123	222	791
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	63	396	132			109	76	95	147	340
Herm Schaefer	G-F	65	314	122			101	86	203	104	330
Bob Harrison	G	66	348	125			74	50	131	175	300
Slater Martin	G	67	302	106			93	59	148	162	271
Don Carlson	G-F	57	290	99			95	69	76	126	267
Tony Jaros	F-G	61	289	84			96	72	60	106	240
Billy Hassett	G	42	145	38			67	35	69	82	111
Bud Grant	F	35	115	42			17	7	19	36	91
Paul Walther	G-F	22	80	32			21	11	10	39	75
Gene Stump	F-G	23	95	27			14	7	23	32	61
Normie Glick	F	1	1	1			0	0	1	2	2
Totals		704	5832	2139	0	0	1943	1439	1407	1673	5717

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	68	40.7	77.9	2.9	4.4	27.4
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	66	34.6	76.4	3.8	2.2	14.7
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	68	39.9	75.2	1.8	3.3	11.6
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	63	33.3	69.7	1.5	2.3	5.4
Herm Schaefer	G-F	65	38.9	85.1	3.1	1.6	5.1
Bob Harrison	G	66	35.9	67.6	2.0	2.7	4.5
Slater Martin	G	67	35.1	63.4	2.2	2.4	4.0
Don Carlson	G-F	57	34.1	72.6	1.3	2.2	4.7
Tony Jaros	F-G	61	29.1	75.0	1.0	1.7	3.9
Billy Hassett	G	42	26.2	52.2	1.6	2.0	2.6
Bud Grant	F	35	36.5	41.2	0.5	1.0	2.6
Paul Walther	G-F	22	40.0	52.4	0.5	1.8	3.4
Gene Stump	F-G	23	28.4	50.0	1.0	1.4	2.7
Normie Glick	F	1	100.0		1.0	2.0	2.0
Averages		704	36.7	74.1	2.0	2.4	8.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	12	316	121			170	134	36	47	376
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	12	149	55			60	46	18	52	156
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	12	175	50			62	44	56	36	144
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	12	97	33			29	16	30	51	82
Slater Martin	G	12	50	21			24	14	25	35	56
Don Carlson	G-F	10	37	21			15	12	11	19	54
Herm Schaefer	G-F	12	42	16			22	19	16	12	51
Bud Grant	F	11	45	18			14	7	7	25	43
Bob Harrison	G	12	37	16			14	10	12	34	42
Billy Hassett	G	7	12	3			10	3	4	8	9
Tony Jaros	F-G	2	3	0			2	1	0	2	1
Totals		114	963	354	0	0	422	306	215	321	1014

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	12	38.3	78.8	3.0	3.9	31.3
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	12	36.9	76.7	1.5	4.3	13.0
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	12	28.6	71.0	4.7	3.0	12.0
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	12	34.0	55.2	2.5	4.3	6.8
Slater Martin	G	12	42.0	58.3	2.1	2.9	4.7
Don Carlson	G-F	10	56.8	80.0	1.1	1.9	5.4
Herm Schaefer	G-F	12	38.1	86.4	1.3	1.0	4.3
Bud Grant	F	11	40.0	50.0	0.6	2.3	3.9
Bob Harrison	G	12	43.2	71.4	1.0	2.8	3.5
Billy Hassett	G	7	25.0	30.0	0.6	1.1	1.3
Tony Jaros	F-G	2	0.0	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
Averages		704	36.8	72.5	1.9	2.8	8.9