1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season

The 1956–57 NBA season was the Lakers' ninth season in the NBA.[1]

1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season
Head coachJohn Kundla
ArenaMinneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record34–38 (.472)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Hawks 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks3438.472-17-910-207-922-14
x-Minneapolis Lakers3438.472-15-95-2214-718-18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons3438.472-23-55-236-1017-19
Rochester Royals3141.431319-107-175-1415-21
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1956-57 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston —6–35–47–58–46–37–25–7
Fort Wayne 3–6—7–55–44–56–64–85–4
Minneapolis 4–55–7—3–65–49–34–84–5
New York 5–74–56–3—4–85–46–36–6
Philadelphia 4–85–44–58–4—4–57–25–7
Rochester 3–66–63–94–55–4—6–64–5
St. Louis 2–78–48–43–62–76–6—5–4
Syracuse 7–54–55–46–67–55–44–5—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 27@ St. Louis75–97Clyde Lovellette (16)0–1
2October 28@ Fort Wayne88–94Clyde Lovellette (19)0–2
3November 1N Rochester88–97Whitey Skoog (20)1–2
4November 3@ Rochester95–85Clyde Lovellette (20)2–2
5November 4Rochester87–88Clyde Lovellette (23)3–2
6November 10@ Boston110–117Clyde Lovellette (26)3–3
7November 11N Rochester94–82Clyde Lovellette (18)3–4
8November 14N Boston113–97Ed Kalafat (20)4–4
9November 15@ Syracuse103–96Clyde Lovellette (28)5–4
10November 16@ Philadelphia97–123Clyde Lovellette (25)5–5
11November 18Fort Wayne111–107Chuck Mencel (26)5–6
12November 22Syracuse78–111Clyde Lovellette (22)6–6
13November 24@ St. Louis104–102 (OT)Dick Garmaker (25)7–6
14November 25St. Louis95–94Dick Garmaker (24)7–7
15November 27N Philadelphia98–113Clyde Lovellette (26)8–7
16November 28N Boston93–105Clyde Lovellette (22)8–8
17December 1@ Rochester83–95Clyde Lovellette (24)8–9
18December 2Philadelphia96–106Chuck Mencel (21)9–9
19December 4@ New York88–101Clyde Lovellette (21)9–10
20December 6N St. Louis96–103Dick Garmaker (30)10–10
21December 7@ Boston114–121Clyde Lovellette (24)10–11
22December 9New York100–91Ed Kalafat (18)10–12
23December 11@ Philadelphia111–114Clyde Lovellette (28)10–13
24December 12N New York103–121Clyde Lovellette (29)11–13
25December 16Rochester97–101Clyde Lovellette (26)12–13
26December 20N Rochester103–105Clyde Lovellette (33)13–13
27December 22@ Rochester101–115Clyde Lovellette (17)13–14
28December 23@ Syracuse97–107Clyde Lovellette (23)13–15
29December 25N Fort Wayne100–89Clyde Lovellette (23)14–15
30December 27@ Fort Wayne93–120Clyde Lovellette (19)14–16
31December 29St. Louis95–92Clyde Lovellette (22)14–17
32December 30@ St. Louis93–100Clyde Lovellette (19)14–18
33January 3@ Fort Wayne102–104Clyde Lovellette (24)14–19
34January 6New York111–101Clyde Lovellette (29)14–20
35January 8N Fort Wayne86–87Clyde Lovellette (23)14–21
36January 9N Syracuse86–93Bobby Leonard (19)15–21
37January 10@ Syracuse118–110Clyde Lovellette (29)16–21
38January 12N Fort Wayne105–87Clyde Lovellette (24)17–21
39January 13Boston87–104Vern Mikkelsen (23)18–21
40January 17N New York94–93Vern Mikkelsen (26)18–22
41January 20Rochester107–114Vern Mikkelsen (27)19–22
42January 23N Rochester99–107Garmaker, Leonard (21)20–22
43January 25@ Boston106–115Dick Garmaker (24)20–23
44January 26@ New York107–122Clyde Lovellette (30)20–24
45January 27@ Syracuse93–94Clyde Lovellette (20)20–25
46January 28N Syracuse112–96Dick Garmaker (28)20–26
47January 29N Boston91–103Clyde Lovellette (29)20–27
48January 31Fort Wayne111–107Clyde Lovellette (26)20–28
49February 2St. Louis106–97Vern Mikkelsen (21)20–29
50February 3@ St. Louis85–102Clyde Lovellette (20)20–30
51February 6Philadelphia100–101Chuck Mencel (28)21–30
52February 9Fort Wayne92–99Bobby Leonard (17)22–30
53February 10@ Fort Wayne100–113Dick Garmaker (23)22–31
54February 12N St. Louis105–110Dick Garmaker (22)23–31
55February 13Boston114–115Walter Dukes (22)24–31
56February 14N New York97–99Clyde Lovellette (22)25–31
57February 15N Philadelphia104–105Jim Paxson (22)25–32
58February 16@ New York112–120Clyde Lovellette (21)25–33
59February 17St. Louis118–115 (OT)Dick Garmaker (24)25–34
60February 20Rochester103–111Vern Mikkelsen (24)26–34
61February 23Syracuse103–101Clyde Lovellette (26)26–35
62February 24Fort Wayne115–123Dick Garmaker (29)27–35
63February 25N St. Louis110–94Dick Garmaker (27)27–36
64February 26@ Syracuse108–120Dick Garmaker (22)27–37
65February 28@ Philadelphia112–129Clyde Lovellette (18)27–38
66March 1N Rochester117–125Dick Garmaker (30)28–38
67March 3New York108–119Dick Garmaker (29)29–38
68March 7Boston104–109Vern Mikkelsen (24)30–38
69March 8@ Fort Wayne101–97Dick Garmaker (20)31–38
70March 10St. Louis104–117Clyde Lovellette (32)32–38
71March 12N Philadelphia94–100Clyde Lovellette (25)33–38
72March 13Philadelphia97–114Vern Mikkelsen (35)34–38

Playoffs
1957 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #2 seed)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocationRecord
1 March 16 @ St. Louis L 111–114 (OT) Clyde Lovellette (30) Lovellette, Dukes (12) Kiel Auditorium 0–1
Division semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 17 Fort Wayne W 131–127 Clyde Lovellette (30) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–0
2 March 19 @ Fort Wayne W 110–108 Slick Leonard (19) War Memorial Coliseum 2–0
Division finals: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 21 @ St. Louis L 109–118 Vern Mikkelsen (24) Clyde Lovellette (11) Slick Leonard (9) Kiel Auditorium
6,028		 0–1
2 March 24 @ St. Louis L 104–106 Clyde Lovellette (33) Walter Dukes (20) — Kiel Auditorium
9,451		 0–2
3 March 26 St. Louis L 135–143 (2OT) Slick Leonard (42) — — Minneapolis Auditorium 0–3
1957 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers
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