Minneapolis Lakers 1956-57 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Minneapolis Lakers 1956-57 Season Review

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Minneapolis Lakers 1956-57 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 34-38

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	6965	2584	2899	2195	0	0	7363	0	0	1195	0	0	0	1887
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	7421	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956-57 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Walter Dukes	71	1866	720	794	54	0	0	626	228	383	264	0	0	273
Dick Garmaker	72	2406	1177	336	190	0	0	1015	406	435	365	0	0	199
Ed Kalafat	65	1617	553	425	105	0	0	507	178	298	197	0	0	243
Slick Leonard	72	1943	792	220	169	0	0	867	303	241	186	0	0	140
Clyde Lovellette	69	2492	1434	932	139	0	0	1348	574	399	286	0	0	251
Chuck Mencel	72	1848	665	237	201	0	0	688	243	240	179	0	0	95
Vern Mikkelsen	72	2198	986	630	121	0	0	854	322	424	342	0	0	312
Jim Paxson	71	1274	446	266	86	0	0	485	138	236	170	0	0	163
Dick Schnittker	70	997	386	185	52	0	0	351	113	193	160	0	0	144
Whitey Skoog	23	656	200	72	76	0	0	220	78	47	44	0	0	65
Bob Williams	4	20	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	0	2

1956-57 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Walter Dukes	5	177	68	74	5			57	24	27	20			26
Dick Garmaker	5	187	65	35	17			69	19	32	27			19
Ed Kalafat	5	104	63	24	9			36	21	31	21			20
Slick Leonard	5	204	107	30	38			100	42	26	23			15
Clyde Lovellette	5	181	121	47	11			118	51	26	19			21
Chuck Mencel	5	98	25	13	6			36	9	9	7			7
Vern Mikkelsen	5	162	88	43	17			83	33	34	22			29
Jim Paxson	5	54	25	14	3			27	9	14	7			4
Dick Schnittker	5	83	27	12	8			21	6	17	15			6

Minneapolis Lakers 1956 - 57 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Sat, Oct 27, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	75	97
2	Sun, Oct 28, 1956	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	88	94
3	Thu, Nov 1, 1956	N	Rochester Royals	W	97	88
4	Sat, Nov 3, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	W	95	85
5	Sun, Nov 4, 1956		Rochester Royals	W	88	87
6	Sat, Nov 10, 1956	@	Boston Celtics	L	110	117
7	Sun, Nov 11, 1956	N	Rochester Royals	L	82	94
8	Wed, Nov 14, 1956	N	Boston Celtics	W	113	97
9	Thu, Nov 15, 1956	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	103	96
10	Fri, Nov 16, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	97	123
11	Sun, Nov 18, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	107	111
12	Thu, Nov 22, 1956		Syracuse Nationals	W	111	78
13	Sat, Nov 24, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	104	102
14	Sun, Nov 25, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	L	94	95
15	Tue, Nov 27, 1956	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	113	98
16	Wed, Nov 28, 1956	N	Boston Celtics	L	93	105
17	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	L	83	95
18	Sun, Dec 2, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	W	106	96
19	Tue, Dec 4, 1956	@	New York Knicks	L	88	101
20	Thu, Dec 6, 1956	N	St. Louis Hawks	W	103	96
21	Fri, Dec 7, 1956	@	Boston Celtics	L	114	121
22	Sun, Dec 9, 1956		New York Knicks	L	91	100
23	Tue, Dec 11, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	111	114
24	Wed, Dec 12, 1956	N	New York Knicks	W	121	103
25	Sun, Dec 16, 1956		Rochester Royals	W	101	97
26	Thu, Dec 20, 1956	N	Rochester Royals	W	105	103
27	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	L	101	115
28	Sun, Dec 23, 1956	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	97	107
29	Tue, Dec 25, 1956	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	100	89
30	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	93	120
31	Sat, Dec 29, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	L	92	95
32	Sun, Dec 30, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	93	100
33	Thu, Jan 3, 1957	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	102	104
34	Sun, Jan 6, 1957		New York Knicks	L	101	111
35	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	86	87
36	Wed, Jan 9, 1957	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	93	86
37	Thu, Jan 10, 1957	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	118	110
38	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	105	87
39	Sun, Jan 13, 1957		Boston Celtics	W	104	87
40	Thu, Jan 17, 1957	N	New York Knicks	L	93	94
41	Sun, Jan 20, 1957		Rochester Royals	W	114	107
42	Wed, Jan 23, 1957	N	Rochester Royals	W	107	99
43	Fri, Jan 25, 1957	@	Boston Celtics	L	106	115
44	Sat, Jan 26, 1957	@	New York Knicks	L	107	122
45	Sun, Jan 27, 1957	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	93	94
46	Mon, Jan 28, 1957	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	96	112
47	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	N	Boston Celtics	L	91	103
48	Thu, Jan 31, 1957		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	107	111
49	Sat, Feb 2, 1957		St. Louis Hawks	L	97	106
50	Sun, Feb 3, 1957	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	85	102
51	Wed, Feb 6, 1957		Philadelphia Warriors	W	101	100
52	Sat, Feb 9, 1957		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	99	92
53	Sun, Feb 10, 1957	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	100	113
54	Tue, Feb 12, 1957	N	St. Louis Hawks	W	110	105
55	Wed, Feb 13, 1957		Boston Celtics	W	115	114
56	Thu, Feb 14, 1957	N	New York Knicks	W	99	97
57	Fri, Feb 15, 1957	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	104	105
58	Sat, Feb 16, 1957	@	New York Knicks	L	112	120
59	Sun, Feb 17, 1957		St. Louis Hawks	L	115	118
60	Wed, Feb 20, 1957		Rochester Royals	W	111	103
61	Sat, Feb 23, 1957		Syracuse Nationals	L	101	103
62	Sun, Feb 24, 1957		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	123	115
63	Mon, Feb 25, 1957	N	St. Louis Hawks	L	94	110
64	Tue, Feb 26, 1957	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	108	120
65	Thu, Feb 28, 1957	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	112	129
66	Fri, Mar 1, 1957	N	Rochester Royals	W	125	117
67	Sun, Mar 3, 1957		New York Knicks	W	119	108
68	Thu, Mar 7, 1957		Boston Celtics	W	109	104
69	Fri, Mar 8, 1957	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	101	97
70	Sun, Mar 10, 1957		St. Louis Hawks	W	117	104
71	Tue, Mar 12, 1957	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	100	94
72	Wed, Mar 13, 1957		Philadelphia Warriors	W	114	97