1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-32
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Rochester Royals 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Fort Wayne Pistons 3-1
Coach: John Kundla (40-32)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1954-55 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

Minneapolis tossed in 6,885 points and allowed 6,801. Vern Mikkelsen scored a team-leading 1,327 points for the Lakers, and Clyde Lovellette contributed 15 or more per game also. Clyde Lovellette racked up 802 rebounds. Slater Martin dished out 427 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	71	60	2559	1043	440			598	447	722	145	319	1327
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	70	66	2361	1192	519			398	273	802	100	262	1311
Slater Martin	G	72	60	2784	919	350			359	276	260	427	221	976
Whitey Skoog	G	72	62	2365	836	330			155	125	303	251	265	785
Dick Schnittker	F	72	31	1798	583	226			362	298	349	114	231	750
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	63	50	1960	749	265			186	151	458	160	147	681
Ed Kalafat	C-F	72	6	1102	375	118			168	111	317	75	205	347
Jim Holstein	F-G	62	7	980	330	107			94	67	206	58	107	281
Don Sunderlage	G	45	3	404	133	33			73	48	56	37	57	114
Bob Carney	G	19	6	244	64	24			40	21	45	16	36	69
Totals		618	351	16557	6224	2412	0	0	2433	1817	3518	1383	1850	6641

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	71	60	36.0	42.2	74.7	10.2	2.0	4.5	18.7
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	70	66	33.7	43.5	68.6	11.5	1.4	3.7	18.7
Slater Martin	G	72	60	38.7	38.1	76.9	3.6	5.9	3.1	13.6
Whitey Skoog	G	72	62	32.8	39.5	80.6	4.2	3.5	3.7	10.9
Dick Schnittker	F	72	31	25.0	38.8	82.3	4.8	1.6	3.2	10.4
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	63	50	31.1	35.4	81.2	7.3	2.5	2.3	10.8
Ed Kalafat	C-F	72	6	15.3	31.5	66.1	4.4	1.0	2.8	4.8
Jim Holstein	F-G	62	7	15.8	32.4	71.3	3.3	0.9	1.7	4.5
Don Sunderlage	G	45	3	9.0	24.8	65.8	1.2	0.8	1.3	2.5
Bob Carney	G	19	6	12.8	37.5	52.5	2.4	0.8	1.9	3.6
Averages		618	351	26.8	38.8	74.7	5.7	2.2	3.0	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	7	197	98	44			40	29	64	3	32	117
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	7	257	104	33			46	33	78	14	13	99
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	7	209	85	30			46	36	78	13	36	96
Slater Martin	G	7	315	94	28			49	40	28	31	23	96
Whitey Skoog	G	7	241	92	36			21	19	37	16	30	91
Lew Hitch	F-C	7	137	40	16			29	23	42	10	9	55
Dick Schnittker	F	7	140	51	14			36	25	31	7	23	53
Jim Holstein	F-G	7	117	38	16			9	8	30	6	8	40
Bob Carney	G	7	41	8	1			9	8	5	3	7	10
Ed Kalafat	C-F	7	76	22	2			10	3	18	0	16	7
Totals		70	1730	632	220	0	0	295	224	411	103	197	664

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	7	28.1	44.9	72.5	9.1	0.4	4.6	16.7
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	7	36.7	31.7	71.7	11.1	2.0	1.9	14.1
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	7	29.9	35.3	78.3	11.1	1.9	5.1	13.7
Slater Martin	G	7	45.0	29.8	81.6	4.0	4.4	3.3	13.7
Whitey Skoog	G	7	34.4	39.1	90.5	5.3	2.3	4.3	13.0
Lew Hitch	F-C	7	19.6	40.0	79.3	6.0	1.4	1.3	7.9
Dick Schnittker	F	7	20.0	27.5	69.4	4.4	1.0	3.3	7.6
Jim Holstein	F-G	7	16.7	42.1	88.9	4.3	0.9	1.1	5.7
Bob Carney	G	7	5.9	12.5	88.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4
Ed Kalafat	C-F	7	10.9	9.1	30.0	2.6	0.0	2.3	1.0
Averages		618	24.7	34.8	75.9	5.9	1.5	2.8	9.5