1956β57 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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Head coach | John Kundla |
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 34–38 (.472) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
Division finals (lost to Hawks 0β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1956β57 NBA season was the Lakers' ninth season in the NBA. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- St. Louis Hawks | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 17-9 | 10-20 | 7-9 | 22-14 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 15-9 | 5-22 | 14-7 | 18-18 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 23-5 | 5-23 | 6-10 | 17-19 |
Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 3 | 19-10 | 7-17 | 5-14 | 15-21 |
1956-57 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 6β3 | 5β4 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Fort Wayne | 3β6 | β | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 4β5 | 5β7 | β | 3β6 | 5β4 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 4β5 |
New York | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β | 4β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 |
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β4 | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Rochester | 3β6 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 5β4 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 |
St. Louis | 2β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 6β6 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 7β5 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | β |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | October 27 | @ St. Louis | 75β97 | Clyde Lovellette (16) | 0β1 |
2 | October 28 | @ Fort Wayne | 88β94 | Clyde Lovellette (19) | 0β2 |
3 | November 1 | N Rochester | 88β97 | Whitey Skoog (20) | 1β2 |
4 | November 3 | @ Rochester | 95β85 | Clyde Lovellette (20) | 2β2 |
5 | November 4 | Rochester | 87β88 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 3β2 |
6 | November 10 | @ Boston | 110β117 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 3β3 |
7 | November 11 | N Rochester | 94β82 | Clyde Lovellette (18) | 3β4 |
8 | November 14 | N Boston | 113β97 | Ed Kalafat (20) | 4β4 |
9 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 103β96 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 5β4 |
10 | November 16 | @ Philadelphia | 97β123 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 5β5 |
11 | November 18 | Fort Wayne | 111β107 | Chuck Mencel (26) | 5β6 |
12 | November 22 | Syracuse | 78β111 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 6β6 |
13 | November 24 | @ St. Louis | 104β102 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (25) | 7β6 |
14 | November 25 | St. Louis | 95β94 | Dick Garmaker (24) | 7β7 |
15 | November 27 | N Philadelphia | 98β113 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 8β7 |
16 | November 28 | N Boston | 93β105 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 8β8 |
17 | December 1 | @ Rochester | 83β95 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 8β9 |
18 | December 2 | Philadelphia | 96β106 | Chuck Mencel (21) | 9β9 |
19 | December 4 | @ New York | 88β101 | Clyde Lovellette (21) | 9β10 |
20 | December 6 | N St. Louis | 96β103 | Dick Garmaker (30) | 10β10 |
21 | December 7 | @ Boston | 114β121 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 10β11 |
22 | December 9 | New York | 100β91 | Ed Kalafat (18) | 10β12 |
23 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | 111β114 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 10β13 |
24 | December 12 | N New York | 103β121 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 11β13 |
25 | December 16 | Rochester | 97β101 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 12β13 |
26 | December 20 | N Rochester | 103β105 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 13β13 |
27 | December 22 | @ Rochester | 101β115 | Clyde Lovellette (17) | 13β14 |
28 | December 23 | @ Syracuse | 97β107 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 13β15 |
29 | December 25 | N Fort Wayne | 100β89 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 14β15 |
30 | December 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 93β120 | Clyde Lovellette (19) | 14β16 |
31 | December 29 | St. Louis | 95β92 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 14β17 |
32 | December 30 | @ St. Louis | 93β100 | Clyde Lovellette (19) | 14β18 |
33 | January 3 | @ Fort Wayne | 102β104 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 14β19 |
34 | January 6 | New York | 111β101 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 14β20 |
35 | January 8 | N Fort Wayne | 86β87 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 14β21 |
36 | January 9 | N Syracuse | 86β93 | Bobby Leonard (19) | 15β21 |
37 | January 10 | @ Syracuse | 118β110 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 16β21 |
38 | January 12 | N Fort Wayne | 105β87 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 17β21 |
39 | January 13 | Boston | 87β104 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 18β21 |
40 | January 17 | N New York | 94β93 | Vern Mikkelsen (26) | 18β22 |
41 | January 20 | Rochester | 107β114 | Vern Mikkelsen (27) | 19β22 |
42 | January 23 | N Rochester | 99β107 | Garmaker, Leonard (21) | 20β22 |
43 | January 25 | @ Boston | 106β115 | Dick Garmaker (24) | 20β23 |
44 | January 26 | @ New York | 107β122 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | 20β24 |
45 | January 27 | @ Syracuse | 93β94 | Clyde Lovellette (20) | 20β25 |
46 | January 28 | N Syracuse | 112β96 | Dick Garmaker (28) | 20β26 |
47 | January 29 | N Boston | 91β103 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 20β27 |
48 | January 31 | Fort Wayne | 111β107 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 20β28 |
49 | February 2 | St. Louis | 106β97 | Vern Mikkelsen (21) | 20β29 |
50 | February 3 | @ St. Louis | 85β102 | Clyde Lovellette (20) | 20β30 |
51 | February 6 | Philadelphia | 100β101 | Chuck Mencel (28) | 21β30 |
52 | February 9 | Fort Wayne | 92β99 | Bobby Leonard (17) | 22β30 |
53 | February 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 100β113 | Dick Garmaker (23) | 22β31 |
54 | February 12 | N St. Louis | 105β110 | Dick Garmaker (22) | 23β31 |
55 | February 13 | Boston | 114β115 | Walter Dukes (22) | 24β31 |
56 | February 14 | N New York | 97β99 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 25β31 |
57 | February 15 | N Philadelphia | 104β105 | Jim Paxson (22) | 25β32 |
58 | February 16 | @ New York | 112β120 | Clyde Lovellette (21) | 25β33 |
59 | February 17 | St. Louis | 118β115 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (24) | 25β34 |
60 | February 20 | Rochester | 103β111 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 26β34 |
61 | February 23 | Syracuse | 103β101 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 26β35 |
62 | February 24 | Fort Wayne | 115β123 | Dick Garmaker (29) | 27β35 |
63 | February 25 | N St. Louis | 110β94 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 27β36 |
64 | February 26 | @ Syracuse | 108β120 | Dick Garmaker (22) | 27β37 |
65 | February 28 | @ Philadelphia | 112β129 | Clyde Lovellette (18) | 27β38 |
66 | March 1 | N Rochester | 117β125 | Dick Garmaker (30) | 28β38 |
67 | March 3 | New York | 108β119 | Dick Garmaker (29) | 29β38 |
68 | March 7 | Boston | 104β109 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 30β38 |
69 | March 8 | @ Fort Wayne | 101β97 | Dick Garmaker (20) | 31β38 |
70 | March 10 | St. Louis | 104β117 | Clyde Lovellette (32) | 32β38 |
71 | March 12 | N Philadelphia | 94β100 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 33β38 |
72 | March 13 | Philadelphia | 97β114 | Vern Mikkelsen (35) | 34β38 |
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Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #2 seed)
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Division semifinals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division finals: 0β3 (home: 0β1; road: 0β2)
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1957 schedule |
1956β57 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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Head coach | John Kundla |
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 34–38 (.472) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
Division finals (lost to Hawks 0β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1956β57 NBA season was the Lakers' ninth season in the NBA. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- St. Louis Hawks | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 17-9 | 10-20 | 7-9 | 22-14 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 15-9 | 5-22 | 14-7 | 18-18 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 23-5 | 5-23 | 6-10 | 17-19 |
Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 3 | 19-10 | 7-17 | 5-14 | 15-21 |
1956-57 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 6β3 | 5β4 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Fort Wayne | 3β6 | β | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 4β5 | 5β7 | β | 3β6 | 5β4 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 4β5 |
New York | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β | 4β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 |
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β4 | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Rochester | 3β6 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 5β4 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 |
St. Louis | 2β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 6β6 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 7β5 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | β |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | October 27 | @ St. Louis | 75β97 | Clyde Lovellette (16) | 0β1 |
2 | October 28 | @ Fort Wayne | 88β94 | Clyde Lovellette (19) | 0β2 |
3 | November 1 | N Rochester | 88β97 | Whitey Skoog (20) | 1β2 |
4 | November 3 | @ Rochester | 95β85 | Clyde Lovellette (20) | 2β2 |
5 | November 4 | Rochester | 87β88 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 3β2 |
6 | November 10 | @ Boston | 110β117 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 3β3 |
7 | November 11 | N Rochester | 94β82 | Clyde Lovellette (18) | 3β4 |
8 | November 14 | N Boston | 113β97 | Ed Kalafat (20) | 4β4 |
9 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 103β96 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 5β4 |
10 | November 16 | @ Philadelphia | 97β123 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 5β5 |
11 | November 18 | Fort Wayne | 111β107 | Chuck Mencel (26) | 5β6 |
12 | November 22 | Syracuse | 78β111 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 6β6 |
13 | November 24 | @ St. Louis | 104β102 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (25) | 7β6 |
14 | November 25 | St. Louis | 95β94 | Dick Garmaker (24) | 7β7 |
15 | November 27 | N Philadelphia | 98β113 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 8β7 |
16 | November 28 | N Boston | 93β105 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 8β8 |
17 | December 1 | @ Rochester | 83β95 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 8β9 |
18 | December 2 | Philadelphia | 96β106 | Chuck Mencel (21) | 9β9 |
19 | December 4 | @ New York | 88β101 | Clyde Lovellette (21) | 9β10 |
20 | December 6 | N St. Louis | 96β103 | Dick Garmaker (30) | 10β10 |
21 | December 7 | @ Boston | 114β121 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 10β11 |
22 | December 9 | New York | 100β91 | Ed Kalafat (18) | 10β12 |
23 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | 111β114 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 10β13 |
24 | December 12 | N New York | 103β121 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 11β13 |
25 | December 16 | Rochester | 97β101 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 12β13 |
26 | December 20 | N Rochester | 103β105 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 13β13 |
27 | December 22 | @ Rochester | 101β115 | Clyde Lovellette (17) | 13β14 |
28 | December 23 | @ Syracuse | 97β107 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 13β15 |
29 | December 25 | N Fort Wayne | 100β89 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 14β15 |
30 | December 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 93β120 | Clyde Lovellette (19) | 14β16 |
31 | December 29 | St. Louis | 95β92 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 14β17 |
32 | December 30 | @ St. Louis | 93β100 | Clyde Lovellette (19) | 14β18 |
33 | January 3 | @ Fort Wayne | 102β104 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 14β19 |
34 | January 6 | New York | 111β101 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 14β20 |
35 | January 8 | N Fort Wayne | 86β87 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 14β21 |
36 | January 9 | N Syracuse | 86β93 | Bobby Leonard (19) | 15β21 |
37 | January 10 | @ Syracuse | 118β110 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 16β21 |
38 | January 12 | N Fort Wayne | 105β87 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 17β21 |
39 | January 13 | Boston | 87β104 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 18β21 |
40 | January 17 | N New York | 94β93 | Vern Mikkelsen (26) | 18β22 |
41 | January 20 | Rochester | 107β114 | Vern Mikkelsen (27) | 19β22 |
42 | January 23 | N Rochester | 99β107 | Garmaker, Leonard (21) | 20β22 |
43 | January 25 | @ Boston | 106β115 | Dick Garmaker (24) | 20β23 |
44 | January 26 | @ New York | 107β122 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | 20β24 |
45 | January 27 | @ Syracuse | 93β94 | Clyde Lovellette (20) | 20β25 |
46 | January 28 | N Syracuse | 112β96 | Dick Garmaker (28) | 20β26 |
47 | January 29 | N Boston | 91β103 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 20β27 |
48 | January 31 | Fort Wayne | 111β107 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 20β28 |
49 | February 2 | St. Louis | 106β97 | Vern Mikkelsen (21) | 20β29 |
50 | February 3 | @ St. Louis | 85β102 | Clyde Lovellette (20) | 20β30 |
51 | February 6 | Philadelphia | 100β101 | Chuck Mencel (28) | 21β30 |
52 | February 9 | Fort Wayne | 92β99 | Bobby Leonard (17) | 22β30 |
53 | February 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 100β113 | Dick Garmaker (23) | 22β31 |
54 | February 12 | N St. Louis | 105β110 | Dick Garmaker (22) | 23β31 |
55 | February 13 | Boston | 114β115 | Walter Dukes (22) | 24β31 |
56 | February 14 | N New York | 97β99 | Clyde Lovellette (22) | 25β31 |
57 | February 15 | N Philadelphia | 104β105 | Jim Paxson (22) | 25β32 |
58 | February 16 | @ New York | 112β120 | Clyde Lovellette (21) | 25β33 |
59 | February 17 | St. Louis | 118β115 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (24) | 25β34 |
60 | February 20 | Rochester | 103β111 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 26β34 |
61 | February 23 | Syracuse | 103β101 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 26β35 |
62 | February 24 | Fort Wayne | 115β123 | Dick Garmaker (29) | 27β35 |
63 | February 25 | N St. Louis | 110β94 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 27β36 |
64 | February 26 | @ Syracuse | 108β120 | Dick Garmaker (22) | 27β37 |
65 | February 28 | @ Philadelphia | 112β129 | Clyde Lovellette (18) | 27β38 |
66 | March 1 | N Rochester | 117β125 | Dick Garmaker (30) | 28β38 |
67 | March 3 | New York | 108β119 | Dick Garmaker (29) | 29β38 |
68 | March 7 | Boston | 104β109 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 30β38 |
69 | March 8 | @ Fort Wayne | 101β97 | Dick Garmaker (20) | 31β38 |
70 | March 10 | St. Louis | 104β117 | Clyde Lovellette (32) | 32β38 |
71 | March 12 | N Philadelphia | 94β100 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 33β38 |
72 | March 13 | Philadelphia | 97β114 | Vern Mikkelsen (35) | 34β38 |
1957 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #2 seed)
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Division semifinals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division finals: 0β3 (home: 0β1; road: 0β2)
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1957 schedule |