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Minneapolis Lakers 1952-1953 Season


1st Western Division, 1st Western Conference - Won NBA Finals


Coached by John Kundla

Regular Season Record: 48-22 (.686)

Home: 24-2, Away: 16-15, Neutral: 8-5

Playoff Record: 9-3 (.750)

Home: 5-1, Away: 4-2

Won NBA Finals (4-1) over New York Knickerbockers
Won West Div Finals (3-2) over Fort Wayne Pistons
Won West Div Semis (2-0) over Indianapolis Olympians

Regular Season Stats


PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
George Mikan 70 2651 500 1252 .399 442 567 .780 0 0 - 1007 14.4 201 290 0 0 0 1442 20.6
Vern Mikkelsen 70 2465 378 868 .435 291 387 .752 0 0 - 654 9.3 148 289 0 0 0 1047 15.0
Jim Pollard 66 2403 333 933 .357 193 251 .769 0 0 - 452 6.8 231 194 0 0 0 859 13.0
Slater Martin 70 2556 260 634 .410 224 287 .780 0 0 - 186 2.7 250 246 0 0 0 744 10.6
Frank Saul 70 1796 187 471 .397 142 200 .710 0 0 - 141 2.0 110 174 0 0 0 516 7.4
Bob Harrison 70 1643 195 518 .376 107 165 .648 0 0 - 153 2.2 160 264 0 0 0 497 7.1
Jim Holstein 66 989 98 274 .358 70 105 .667 0 0 - 173 2.6 74 128 0 0 0 266 4.0
Lew Hitch 70 1027 89 255 .349 83 136 .610 0 0 - 275 3.9 66 122 0 0 0 261 3.7
Whitey Skoog 68 996 102 264 .386 46 61 .754 0 0 - 121 1.8 82 137 0 0 0 250 3.7
Howie Schultz 40 474 24 90 .267 43 62 .694 0 0 - 80 2.0 29 73 0 0 0 91 2.3
Team 70 2166 5559 .390 1641 2221 .739 3406 48.7 1351 1917 5973 85.3
Opponents 70 5544 79.2



Playoff Stats


PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
George Mikan 12 463 78 213 .366 82 112 .732 0 0 - 185 15.4 23 56 0 0 0 238 19.8
Jim Pollard 12 455 62 167 .371 48 62 .774 0 0 - 86 7.2 49 37 0 0 0 172 14.3
Vern Mikkelsen 12 400 44 133 .331 56 66 .848 0 0 - 104 8.7 24 59 0 0 0 144 12.0
Frank Saul 12 297 31 74 .419 24 33 .727 0 0 - 28 2.3 18 40 0 0 0 86 7.2
Whitey Skoog 11 198 24 56 .429 16 20 .800 0 0 - 23 2.1 13 29 0 0 0 64 5.8
Bob Harris 12 204 25 65 .385 10 20 .500 0 0 - 22 1.8 14 32 0 0 0 60 5.0
Jim Holstein 12 192 20 42 .476 12 23 .522 0 0 - 30 2.5 11 30 0 0 0 52 4.3
Lew Hitch 12 189 16 46 .348 17 32 .531 0 0 - 64 5.3 11 32 0 0 0 49 4.1
Dick Schnittker 7 29 1 8 .125 7 11 .636 0 0 - 4 0.6 0 8 0 0 0 9 1.3