1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-22
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 9-3 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Indianapolis Olympians 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Fort Wayne Pistons 3-2
Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 4-1
Coach: John Kundla (48-22)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 48 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-3.

Minneapolis scored 5,973 points and surrendered 5,544. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,442 points for the Lakers, while Vern Mikkelsen netted 14 or more per game also. George Mikan contributed 1,007 rebounds. Slater Martin dished out 250 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1952-53 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	70	2651	1252	500			567	442	1007	201	290	1442
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	70	2465	868	378			387	291	654	148	289	1047
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	66	2403	933	333			251	193	452	231	194	859
Slater Martin	G	70	2556	634	260			287	224	186	250	246	744
Pep Saul	G-F	70	1796	471	187			200	142	141	110	174	516
Bob Harrison	G	70	1643	518	195			165	107	153	160	264	497
Jim Holstein	F-G	66	989	274	98			105	70	173	74	128	266
Lew Hitch	F-C	70	1027	255	89			136	83	275	66	122	261
Whitey Skoog	G	68	996	264	102			61	46	121	82	137	250
Howie Schultz	C-F	40	474	90	24			62	43	80	29	73	91
Totals		660	17000	5559	2166	0	0	2221	1641	3242	1351	1917	5973

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	70	37.9	39.9	78.0	14.4	2.9	4.1	20.6
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	70	35.2	43.5	75.2	9.3	2.1	4.1	15.0
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	66	36.4	35.7	76.9	6.8	3.5	2.9	13.0
Slater Martin	G	70	36.5	41.0	78.0	2.7	3.6	3.5	10.6
Pep Saul	G-F	70	25.7	39.7	71.0	2.0	1.6	2.5	7.4
Bob Harrison	G	70	23.5	37.6	64.8	2.2	2.3	3.8	7.1
Jim Holstein	F-G	66	15.0	35.8	66.7	2.6	1.1	1.9	4.0
Lew Hitch	F-C	70	14.7	34.9	61.0	3.9	0.9	1.7	3.7
Whitey Skoog	G	68	14.6	38.6	75.4	1.8	1.2	2.0	3.7
Howie Schultz	C-F	40	11.9	26.7	69.4	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.3
Averages		660	25.8	39.0	73.9	4.9	2.0	2.9	9.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	12	463	213	78			112	82	185	23	56	238
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	12	455	167	62			62	48	86	49	37	172
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	12	400	133	44			66	56	104	24	59	144
Slater Martin	G	12	453	103	41			51	39	31	43	49	121
Pep Saul	G-F	12	297	74	31			33	24	28	18	40	86
Whitey Skoog	G	11	198	56	24			20	16	23	13	29	64
Bob Harrison	G	12	204	65	25			20	10	22	14	32	60
Jim Holstein	F-G	12	192	42	20			23	12	30	11	30	52
Lew Hitch	F-C	12	189	46	16			32	17	64	11	32	49
Dick Schnittker	F	7	29	8	1			11	7	4	0	8	9
Totals		114	2880	907	342	0	0	430	311	577	206	372	995

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Mikan	C	12	38.6	36.6	73.2	15.4	1.9	4.7	19.8
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	12	37.9	37.1	77.4	7.2	4.1	3.1	14.3
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	12	33.3	33.1	84.8	8.7	2.0	4.9	12.0
Slater Martin	G	12	37.8	39.8	76.5	2.6	3.6	4.1	10.1
Pep Saul	G-F	12	24.8	41.9	72.7	2.3	1.5	3.3	7.2
Whitey Skoog	G	11	18.0	42.9	80.0	2.1	1.2	2.6	5.8
Bob Harrison	G	12	17.0	38.5	50.0	1.8	1.2	2.7	5.0
Jim Holstein	F-G	12	16.0	47.6	52.2	2.5	0.9	2.5	4.3
Lew Hitch	F-C	12	15.8	34.8	53.1	5.3	0.9	2.7	4.1
Dick Schnittker	F	7	4.1	12.5	63.6	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.3
Averages		660	25.3	37.7	72.3	5.1	1.8	3.3	8.7