Minneapolis Lakers 1956-1957 Season

Game log

1st Western Division, 2nd Western Conference - Lost West Div Finals

Coached by John Kundla

Regular Season Record: 34-38 (.472)

Home: 18-33, Away: 9-22, Neutral: 7-3

Playoff Record: 2-3 (.400)

Home: 1-1, Away: 1-2

Lost West Div Finals (3-0) to St. Louis Hawks
Won West Div Semis (2-0) over Fort Wayne Pistons
Lost Western Div Tie 2 (1-0) to St. Louis Hawks

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	69	2492	574	1348	.426	286	399	.717	0	0	-	932	13.5	139	251	0	0	0	1434	20.8
Dick Garmaker	72	2406	406	1015	.400	365	435	.839	0	0	-	336	4.7	190	199	0	0	0	1177	16.3
Vern Mikkelsen	72	2198	322	854	.377	342	424	.807	0	0	-	630	8.8	121	312	0	0	0	986	13.7
Bob Leonard	72	1943	303	867	.349	186	241	.772	0	0	-	220	3.1	169	140	0	0	0	792	11.0
Walter Dukes	71	1866	228	626	.364	264	383	.689	0	0	-	794	11.2	54	273	0	0	0	720	10.1
Chuck Mencel	72	1848	243	688	.353	179	240	.746	0	0	-	237	3.3	201	95	0	0	0	665	9.2
Whitey Skoog	23	656	78	220	.355	44	47	.936	0	0	-	72	3.1	76	65	0	0	0	200	8.7
Ed Kalafat	65	1617	178	507	.351	197	298	.661	0	0	-	425	6.5	105	243	0	0	0	553	8.5
Jim Paxson	71	1274	138	485	.285	170	236	.720	0	0	-	266	3.7	86	163	0	0	0	446	6.3
Dick Schnittker	70	997	113	351	.322	160	193	.829	0	0	-	185	2.6	52	144	0	0	0	386	5.5
Bob Williams	4	30	1	4	.250	2	3	.667	0	0	-	5	1.3	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.0
Team	72		2584	6965	.371	2195	2899	.757				4581	63.6	1195	1887				7363	102.3
Opponents	72																		7421	103.1

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	5	181	51	118	.432	19	26	.731	0	0	-	47	9.4	11	21	0	0	0	121	24.2
Vern Mikkelsen	5	162	33	83	.398	22	34	.647	0	0	-	43	8.6	17	29	0	0	0	88	17.6
Walter Dukes	5	177	24	57	.421	20	27	.741	0	0	-	74	14.8	5	26	0	0	0	68	13.6
Dick Garmaker	5	187	19	69	.275	27	32	.844	0	0	-	35	7.0	17	19	0	0	0	65	13.0
Ed Kalafat	5	104	21	36	.583	21	31	.677	0	0	-	24	4.8	9	20	0	0	0	63	12.6
Dick Schnittker	5	83	6	21	.286	15	17	.882	0	0	-	12	2.4	8	6	0	0	0	27	5.4
Chuck Mencel	5	98	9	36	.250	7	9	.778	0	0	-	13	2.6	6	7	0	0	0	25	5.0
Jim Paxson	5	54	9	27	.333	7	14	.500	0	0	-	14	2.8	3	4	0	0	0	25	5.0