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1956–57  Minneapolis Lakers season
Head coach John Kundla
Arena Minneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record34–38 (.472)
PlaceDivision: 2nd ( Western)
Playoff finish Division finals
(lost to Hawks 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1955–56 1957–58 >

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

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 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
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1956-57 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston — 6–3 5–4 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–2 5–7
Fort Wayne 3–6 — 7–5 5–4 4–5 6–6 4–8 5–4
Minneapolis 4–5 5–7 — 3–6 5–4 9–3 4–8 4–5
New York 5–7 4–5 6–3 — 4–8 5–4 6–3 6–6
Philadelphia 4–8 5–4 4–5 8–4 — 4–5 7–2 5–7
Rochester 3–6 6–6 3–9 4–5 5–4 — 6–6 4–5
St. Louis 2–7 8–4 8–4 3–6 2–7 6–6 — 5–4
Syracuse 7–5 4–5 5–4 6–6 7–5 5–4 4–5 —

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 27 @ St. Louis 75–97 Clyde Lovellette (16) 0–1
2 October 28 @ Fort Wayne 88–94 Clyde Lovellette (19) 0–2
3 November 1 N Rochester 88–97 Whitey Skoog (20) 1–2
4 November 3 @ Rochester 95–85 Clyde Lovellette (20) 2–2
5 November 4 Rochester 87–88 Clyde Lovellette (23) 3–2
6 November 10 @ Boston 110–117 Clyde Lovellette (26) 3–3
7 November 11 N Rochester 94–82 Clyde Lovellette (18) 3–4
8 November 14 N Boston 113–97 Ed Kalafat (20) 4–4
9 November 15 @ Syracuse 103–96 Clyde Lovellette (28) 5–4
10 November 16 @ Philadelphia 97–123 Clyde Lovellette (25) 5–5
11 November 18 Fort Wayne 111–107 Chuck Mencel (26) 5–6
12 November 22 Syracuse 78–111 Clyde Lovellette (22) 6–6
13 November 24 @ St. Louis 104–102 (OT) Dick Garmaker (25) 7–6
14 November 25 St. Louis 95–94 Dick Garmaker (24) 7–7
15 November 27 N Philadelphia 98–113 Clyde Lovellette (26) 8–7
16 November 28 N Boston 93–105 Clyde Lovellette (22) 8–8
17 December 1 @ Rochester 83–95 Clyde Lovellette (24) 8–9
18 December 2 Philadelphia 96–106 Chuck Mencel (21) 9–9
19 December 4 @ New York 88–101 Clyde Lovellette (21) 9–10
20 December 6 N St. Louis 96–103 Dick Garmaker (30) 10–10
21 December 7 @ Boston 114–121 Clyde Lovellette (24) 10–11
22 December 9 New York 100–91 Ed Kalafat (18) 10–12
23 December 11 @ Philadelphia 111–114 Clyde Lovellette (28) 10–13
24 December 12 N New York 103–121 Clyde Lovellette (29) 11–13
25 December 16 Rochester 97–101 Clyde Lovellette (26) 12–13
26 December 20 N Rochester 103–105 Clyde Lovellette (33) 13–13
27 December 22 @ Rochester 101–115 Clyde Lovellette (17) 13–14
28 December 23 @ Syracuse 97–107 Clyde Lovellette (23) 13–15
29 December 25 N Fort Wayne 100–89 Clyde Lovellette (23) 14–15
30 December 27 @ Fort Wayne 93–120 Clyde Lovellette (19) 14–16
31 December 29 St. Louis 95–92 Clyde Lovellette (22) 14–17
32 December 30 @ St. Louis 93–100 Clyde Lovellette (19) 14–18
33 January 3 @ Fort Wayne 102–104 Clyde Lovellette (24) 14–19
34 January 6 New York 111–101 Clyde Lovellette (29) 14–20
35 January 8 N Fort Wayne 86–87 Clyde Lovellette (23) 14–21
36 January 9 N Syracuse 86–93 Bobby Leonard (19) 15–21
37 January 10 @ Syracuse 118–110 Clyde Lovellette (29) 16–21
38 January 12 N Fort Wayne 105–87 Clyde Lovellette (24) 17–21
39 January 13 Boston 87–104 Vern Mikkelsen (23) 18–21
40 January 17 N New York 94–93 Vern Mikkelsen (26) 18–22
41 January 20 Rochester 107–114 Vern Mikkelsen (27) 19–22
42 January 23 N Rochester 99–107 Garmaker, Leonard (21) 20–22
43 January 25 @ Boston 106–115 Dick Garmaker (24) 20–23
44 January 26 @ New York 107–122 Clyde Lovellette (30) 20–24
45 January 27 @ Syracuse 93–94 Clyde Lovellette (20) 20–25
46 January 28 N Syracuse 112–96 Dick Garmaker (28) 20–26
47 January 29 N Boston 91–103 Clyde Lovellette (29) 20–27
48 January 31 Fort Wayne 111–107 Clyde Lovellette (26) 20–28
49 February 2 St. Louis 106–97 Vern Mikkelsen (21) 20–29
50 February 3 @ St. Louis 85–102 Clyde Lovellette (20) 20–30
51 February 6 Philadelphia 100–101 Chuck Mencel (28) 21–30
52 February 9 Fort Wayne 92–99 Bobby Leonard (17) 22–30
53 February 10 @ Fort Wayne 100–113 Dick Garmaker (23) 22–31
54 February 12 N St. Louis 105–110 Dick Garmaker (22) 23–31
55 February 13 Boston 114–115 Walter Dukes (22) 24–31
56 February 14 N New York 97–99 Clyde Lovellette (22) 25–31
57 February 15 N Philadelphia 104–105 Jim Paxson (22) 25–32
58 February 16 @ New York 112–120 Clyde Lovellette (21) 25–33
59 February 17 St. Louis 118–115 (OT) Dick Garmaker (24) 25–34
60 February 20 Rochester 103–111 Vern Mikkelsen (24) 26–34
61 February 23 Syracuse 103–101 Clyde Lovellette (26) 26–35
62 February 24 Fort Wayne 115–123 Dick Garmaker (29) 27–35
63 February 25 N St. Louis 110–94 Dick Garmaker (27) 27–36
64 February 26 @ Syracuse 108–120 Dick Garmaker (22) 27–37
65 February 28 @ Philadelphia 112–129 Clyde Lovellette (18) 27–38
66 March 1 N Rochester 117–125 Dick Garmaker (30) 28–38
67 March 3 New York 108–119 Dick Garmaker (29) 29–38
68 March 7 Boston 104–109 Vern Mikkelsen (24) 30–38
69 March 8 @ Fort Wayne 101–97 Dick Garmaker (20) 31–38
70 March 10 St. Louis 104–117 Clyde Lovellette (32) 32–38
71 March 12 N Philadelphia 94–100 Clyde Lovellette (25) 33–38
72 March 13 Philadelphia 97–114 Vern Mikkelsen (35) 34–38

Playoffs

1957 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #2 seed)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location Record
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)
Game Date Team Score High points Location Series
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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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