1950-51 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-24
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Indianapolis Olympians 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Rochester Royals 3-1
Coach: John Kundla (44-24)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 172,410, Avg. 5,388 in 32 home dates

1950-51 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1950-51 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 44 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Lakers scored 5,632 points and surrendered 5,264. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,932 points for Minneapolis, while Vern Mikkelsen netted 13 or more per game also. George Mikan contributed 958 rebounds. Slater Martin dished out 235 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1950-51 Minneapolis Lakers lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	68	1584	678			717	576	958	208	308	1932
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	64	893	359			275	186	655	181	260	904
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	54	728	256			156	117	484	184	157	629
Slater Martin	G	68	627	227			177	121	246	235	199	575
Bob Harrison	G	68	432	150			128	101	172	195	218	401
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	68	373	119			164	114	271	107	220	352
Kevin O'Shea	G	63	267	87			134	97	125	100	99	271
Tony Jaros	F-G	63	287	88			103	65	131	72	131	241
Bud Grant	F	61	184	53			83	52	115	71	106	158
Joe Hutton	G	60	180	59			43	29	102	53	89	147
Ed Beach	F	11	35	8			9	6	25	2	14	22
Totals		648	5590	2084	0	0	1989	1464	3284	1408	1801	5632

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	68	42.8	80.3	14.1	3.1	4.5	28.4
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	64	40.2	67.6	10.2	2.8	4.1	14.1
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	54	35.2	75.0	9.0	3.4	2.9	11.6
Slater Martin	G	68	36.2	68.4	3.6	3.5	2.9	8.5
Bob Harrison	G	68	34.7	78.9	2.5	2.9	3.2	5.9
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	68	31.9	69.5	4.0	1.6	3.2	5.2
Kevin O'Shea	G	63	32.6	72.4	2.0	1.6	1.6	4.3
Tony Jaros	F-G	63	30.7	63.1	2.1	1.1	2.1	3.8
Bud Grant	F	61	28.8	62.7	1.9	1.2	1.7	2.6
Joe Hutton	G	60	32.8	67.4	1.7	0.9	1.5	2.5
Ed Beach	F	11	22.9	66.7	2.3	0.2	1.3	2.0
Averages		648	37.3	73.6	5.1	2.2	2.8	8.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	7	152	62			55	44	74	9	25	168
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	7	96	39			47	31	67	17	35	109
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	7	108	35			30	25	62	27	27	95
Bob Harrison	G	7	52	24			8	6	27	19	30	54
Slater Martin	G	7	51	18			27	14	42	25	20	50
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	7	36	12			18	17	33	16	21	41
Tony Jaros	F-G	7	20	6			11	8	7	6	11	20
Bud Grant	F	6	11	4			3	3	5	0	12	11
Kevin O'Shea	G	5	7	1			4	3	5	1	8	5
Joe Hutton	G	7	3	0			4	2	3	1	5	2
Totals		67	536	201	0	0	207	153	325	121	194	555

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	7	40.8	80.0	10.6	1.3	3.6	24.0
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	7	40.6	66.0	9.6	2.4	5.0	15.6
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	7	32.4	83.3	8.9	3.9	3.9	13.6
Bob Harrison	G	7	46.2	75.0	3.9	2.7	4.3	7.7
Slater Martin	G	7	35.3	51.9	6.0	3.6	2.9	7.1
Arnie Ferrin	F-G	7	33.3	94.4	4.7	2.3	3.0	5.9
Tony Jaros	F-G	7	30.0	72.7	1.0	0.9	1.6	2.9
Bud Grant	F	6	36.4	100.0	0.8	0.0	2.0	1.8
Kevin O'Shea	G	5	14.3	75.0	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.0
Joe Hutton	G	7	0.0	50.0	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.3
Averages		648	37.5	73.9	4.9	1.8	2.9	8.3