Minneapolis Lakers 1954-1955 Season
2nd Western Division, 2nd Western Conference - Lost West Div Finals
Coached by John Kundla
Regular Season Record: 40-32 (.556)
Home: 18-6, Away: 10-14, Neutral: 12-12Playoff Record: 3-4 (.429)
Home: 3-1, Away: 0-3Lost West Div Finals (3-1) to Fort Wayne Pistons
Won West Div Semis (2-1) over Rochester Royals
Regular Season Stats
| PLAYER | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Lovellette | 70 | 2361 | 519 | 1192 | .435 | 273 | 398 | .686 | 0 | 0 | - | 802 | 11.5 | 100 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1311 | 18.7 |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 71 | 2559 | 440 | 1043 | .422 | 447 | 598 | .747 | 0 | 0 | - | 722 | 10.2 | 145 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1327 | 18.7 |
| Slater Martin | 72 | 2784 | 350 | 919 | .381 | 276 | 359 | .769 | 0 | 0 | - | 260 | 3.6 | 427 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 976 | 13.6 |
| Whitey Skoog | 72 | 2365 | 330 | 836 | .395 | 125 | 155 | .806 | 0 | 0 | - | 303 | 4.2 | 251 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 785 | 10.9 |
| Jim Pollard | 63 | 1960 | 265 | 749 | .354 | 151 | 186 | .812 | 0 | 0 | - | 458 | 7.3 | 160 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 681 | 10.8 |
| Dick Schnittker | 72 | 1798 | 226 | 583 | .388 | 298 | 362 | .823 | 0 | 0 | - | 349 | 4.8 | 114 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 10.4 |
| Lew Hitch | 74 | 1774 | 167 | 417 | .400 | 115 | 169 | .680 | 0 | 0 | - | 438 | 5.9 | 125 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 449 | 6.1 |
| Ed Kalafat | 72 | 1102 | 118 | 375 | .315 | 111 | 168 | .661 | 0 | 0 | - | 317 | 4.4 | 75 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 4.8 |
| Jim Holstein | 62 | 980 | 107 | 330 | .324 | 67 | 94 | .713 | 0 | 0 | - | 206 | 3.3 | 58 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 4.5 |
| Bob Carney | 19 | 244 | 24 | 64 | .375 | 21 | 40 | .525 | 0 | 0 | - | 45 | 2.4 | 16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 3.6 |
| Don Sunderlage | 45 | 404 | 33 | 133 | .248 | 48 | 73 | .658 | 0 | 0 | - | 56 | 1.2 | 37 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 2.5 |
| Team | 72 | 2506 | 6465 | .388 | 1873 | 2517 | .744 | 3865 | 53.7 | 1468 | 1935 | 6885 | 95.6 | |||||||
| Opponents | 72 | 6801 | 94.5 |
Playoff Stats
| PLAYER | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Lovellette | 7 | 197 | 44 | 98 | .449 | 29 | 40 | .725 | 0 | 0 | - | 64 | 9.1 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 16.7 |
| Jim Pollard | 7 | 257 | 33 | 104 | .317 | 33 | 46 | .717 | 0 | 0 | - | 78 | 11.1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 14.1 |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 7 | 209 | 30 | 85 | .353 | 36 | 46 | .783 | 0 | 0 | - | 78 | 11.1 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 13.7 |
| Whitey Skoog | 7 | 241 | 36 | 92 | .391 | 19 | 21 | .905 | 0 | 0 | - | 37 | 5.3 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 13.0 |
| Lew Hitch | 7 | 137 | 16 | 40 | .400 | 23 | 29 | .793 | 0 | 0 | - | 42 | 6.0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7.9 |
| Dick Schnittker | 7 | 140 | 14 | 51 | .275 | 25 | 36 | .694 | 0 | 0 | - | 31 | 4.4 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 7.6 |
| Jim Holstein | 7 | 117 | 16 | 38 | .421 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 0 | 0 | - | 30 | 4.3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.7 |
| Bob Carney | 7 | 41 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.4 |
| Ed Kalafat | 7 | 76 | 2 | 22 | .091 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 0 | - | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.0 |

