1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 9-4 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Indianapolis Olympians 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Rochester Royals 3-1
Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 4-3
Coach: John Kundla (40-26)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1951-52 season with a record of 40 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-4.

The Lakers allowed 5,250 points, least in the league. Minneapolis netted 5,648 points. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,523 points for the squad, while Vern Mikkelsen and Jim Pollard averaged 14 or more per game, too. George Mikan contributed 866 rebounds. Slater Martin dished out 249 assists for the team.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	64	2572	1414	545			555	433	866	194	286	1523
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	66	2345	866	363			372	283	681	180	282	1009
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	65	2545	1155	411			260	183	593	234	199	1005
Slater Martin	G	66	2480	632	237			190	142	228	249	226	616
Bob Harrison	G	65	1712	487	156			124	89	160	188	203	401
Howie Schultz	C-F	66	1301	315	89			119	90	246	102	197	268
Whitey Skoog	G	35	988	296	102			38	30	122	60	94	234
Lew Hitch	F-C	61	849	215	77			94	63	243	50	89	217
Pep Saul	G-F	25	759	185	72			93	71	0	68	66	215
Joe Hutton	G	60	723	158	53			70	49	85	62	110	155
John Pilch	F	9	41	10	1			6	3	9	2	10	5
Totals		582	16315	5733	2106	0	0	1921	1436	3233	1389	1762	5648

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	64	40.2	38.5	78.0	13.5	3.0	4.5	23.8
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	66	35.5	41.9	76.1	10.3	2.7	4.3	15.3
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	65	39.2	35.6	70.4	9.1	3.6	3.1	15.5
Slater Martin	G	66	37.6	37.5	74.7	3.5	3.8	3.4	9.3
Bob Harrison	G	65	26.3	32.0	71.8	2.5	2.9	3.1	6.2
Howie Schultz	C-F	66	19.7	28.3	75.6	3.7	1.5	3.0	4.1
Whitey Skoog	G	35	28.2	34.5	78.9	3.5	1.7	2.7	6.7
Lew Hitch	F-C	61	13.9	35.8	67.0	4.0	0.8	1.5	3.6
Pep Saul	G-F	25	30.4	38.9	76.3	0.0	2.7	2.6	8.6
Joe Hutton	G	60	12.1	33.5	70.0	1.4	1.0	1.8	2.6
John Pilch	F	9	4.6	10.0	50.0	1.0	0.2	1.1	0.6
Averages		582	28.0	36.7	74.8	5.6	2.4	3.0	9.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	13	553	261	99			138	109	207	36	63	307
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	11	469	173	70			50	37	71	33	34	177
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	13	495	139	60			64	53	110	20	66	173
Pep Saul	G-F	13	530	121	56			48	35	36	45	42	147
Slater Martin	G	13	523	110	38			56	41	37	56	64	117
Bob Harrison	G	12	235	68	30			17	14	20	24	39	74
Joe Hutton	G	12	139	29	12			14	9	13	12	17	33
Lew Hitch	F-C	13	152	25	9			21	6	44	9	16	24
Howie Schultz	C-F	12	99	18	6			10	6	19	5	18	18
Totals		112	3195	944	380	0	0	418	310	557	240	359	1070

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	13	42.5	37.9	79.0	15.9	2.8	4.8	23.6
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	11	42.6	40.5	74.0	6.5	3.0	3.1	16.1
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	13	38.1	43.2	82.8	8.5	1.5	5.1	13.3
Pep Saul	G-F	13	40.8	46.3	72.9	2.8	3.5	3.2	11.3
Slater Martin	G	13	40.2	34.5	73.2	2.8	4.3	4.9	9.0
Bob Harrison	G	12	19.6	44.1	82.4	1.7	2.0	3.3	6.2
Joe Hutton	G	12	11.6	41.4	64.3	1.1	1.0	1.4	2.8
Lew Hitch	F-C	13	11.7	36.0	28.6	3.4	0.7	1.2	1.8
Howie Schultz	C-F	12	8.3	33.3	60.0	1.6	0.4	1.5	1.5
Averages		582	28.5	40.3	74.2	5.0	2.1	3.2	9.6