1967-68 Minnesota Muskies Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 50-28
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 4-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Pipers 4-1
Coach: Jim Pollard (50-28)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1967-68 Minnesota Muskies Roster
1967-68 Minnesota Muskies Results

The Minnesota Muskies of the American Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 50 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Muskies poured in 8,469 points and surrendered 8,163. Mel Daniels scored a team-best 1,729 points for Minnesota, and Les Hunter contributed 17 or more per game, too. Mel Daniels accounted for 1,213 rebounds. Donnie Freeman dished out 190 assists for the squad.

Jim Pollard coached the team. The 1967-68 Minnesota Muskies lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	78	2938	1640	669	5	1	678	390	502	711	1213	109	232	268	1729
Les Hunter	F-C	75	2552	1207	513	17	2	468	290	332	406	738	116	204	297	1318
Donnie Freeman	G	69	2431	1013	414	6	0	414	296	0	0	326	190	187	185	1124
Ron Perry	G	67	2125	878	339	178	62	179	118	0	0	223	139	169	151	858
Erv Inniger	G	75	1993	790	345	35	5	137	99	0	0	325	115	94	201	794
Sam Smith	F	77	2175	750	284	6	2	280	185	0	0	586	81	94	171	755
Skip Thoren	C	63	1203	475	206	1	0	164	102	0	0	436	59	77	124	514
Gary Keller	F-C	69	1211	483	184	2	0	214	139	0	0	383	39	87	168	507
Errol Palmer	F	63	1191	453	165	0	0	253	170	0	0	471	91	78	169	500
Terry Kunze	G-F	46	662	245	83	11	5	102	59	0	0	75	47	58	77	230
Dick Clark	G	26	414	150	46	10	0	79	48	0	0	52	33	33	49	140
Totals		708	18895	8084	3248	271	77	2968	1896	834	1117	4828	1019	1313	1860	8469

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	78	37.7	40.8	20.0	57.5	6.4	9.1	15.6	1.4	3.0	3.4	22.2
Les Hunter	F-C	75	34.0	42.5	11.8	62.0	4.4	5.4	9.8	1.5	2.7	4.0	17.6
Donnie Freeman	G	69	35.2	40.9	0.0	71.5	0.0	0.0	4.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	16.3
Ron Perry	G	67	31.7	38.6	34.8	65.9	0.0	0.0	3.3	2.1	2.5	2.3	12.8
Erv Inniger	G	75	26.6	43.7	14.3	72.3	0.0	0.0	4.3	1.5	1.3	2.7	10.6
Sam Smith	F	77	28.2	37.9	33.3	66.1	0.0	0.0	7.6	1.1	1.2	2.2	9.8
Skip Thoren	C	63	19.1	43.4	0.0	62.2	0.0	0.0	6.9	0.9	1.2	2.0	8.2
Gary Keller	F-C	69	17.6	38.1	0.0	65.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	0.6	1.3	2.4	7.3
Errol Palmer	F	63	18.9	36.4		67.2	0.0	0.0	7.5	1.4	1.2	2.7	7.9
Terry Kunze	G-F	46	14.4	33.9	45.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	1.6	1.0	1.3	1.7	5.0
Dick Clark	G	26	15.9	30.7	0.0	60.8	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	1.3	1.9	5.4
Averages		708	26.7	40.2	28.4	63.9	1.2	1.6	6.8	1.4	1.9	2.6	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	10	409	226	98	0	0	94	57	161	19	33	35	253
Les Hunter	F-C	10	388	188	76	4	0	98	62	110	24	27	48	214
Donnie Freeman	G	10	365	134	56	4	0	63	46	50	56	39	46	158
Sam Smith	F	10	374	142	56	0	0	51	35	81	12	15	39	147
Erv Inniger	G	10	364	140	55	11	2	32	26	57	35	15	36	138
Gary Keller	F-C	10	142	67	25	0	0	23	13	50	8	15	27	63
Dick Clark	G	10	231	65	17	6	1	28	21	33	13	13	18	56
Skip Thoren	C	2	52	28	14	0	0	12	7	27	4	7	5	35
Errol Palmer	F	6	75	25	10	0	0	10	8	27	7	7	17	28
Totals		78	2400	1015	407	25	3	411	275	596	178	171	271	1092

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	10	40.9	43.4		60.6	16.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	25.3
Les Hunter	F-C	10	38.8	40.4	0.0	63.3	11.0	2.4	2.7	4.8	21.4
Donnie Freeman	G	10	36.5	41.8	0.0	73.0	5.0	5.6	3.9	4.6	15.8
Sam Smith	F	10	37.4	39.4		68.6	8.1	1.2	1.5	3.9	14.7
Erv Inniger	G	10	36.4	39.3	18.2	81.3	5.7	3.5	1.5	3.6	13.8
Gary Keller	F-C	10	14.2	37.3		56.5	5.0	0.8	1.5	2.7	6.3
Dick Clark	G	10	23.1	26.2	16.7	75.0	3.3	1.3	1.3	1.8	5.6
Skip Thoren	C	2	26.0	50.0		58.3	13.5	2.0	3.5	2.5	17.5
Errol Palmer	F	6	12.5	40.0		80.0	4.5	1.2	1.2	2.8	4.7
Averages		708	30.8	40.1	12.0	66.9	7.6	2.3	2.2	3.5	14.0