
1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 33-39
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 2-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Tiebreaker - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 1-0
Division Semifinals - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 2-1
Coach: John Kundla (33-39)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 112,360, Avg. 4,494 in 25 home dates
1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers Results
The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 33 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2.
Minneapolis netted 7,148 points and allowed 7,212. Clyde Lovellette scored a team-leading 1,526 points for the Lakers and racked up 992 rebounds. Slater Martin dished out 445 assists for the squad.
John Kundla coached the team. The 1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers lost in the division semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 71 | 2518 | 1370 | 594 | 469 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 992 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 1526 | ||
Vern Mikkelsen | F-C | 72 | 2100 | 821 | 317 | 408 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 608 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 962 | ||
Slater Martin | G | 72 | 2838 | 863 | 309 | 395 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 947 | ||
Whitey Skoog | G | 72 | 2311 | 854 | 340 | 193 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 835 | ||
Dick Schnittker | F | 72 | 1930 | 647 | 254 | 355 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 812 | ||
Ed Kalafat | C-F | 72 | 1639 | 540 | 194 | 252 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 440 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 574 | ||
George Mikan | C | 37 | 765 | 375 | 148 | 122 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 390 | ||
Dick Garmaker | G-F | 68 | 870 | 373 | 138 | 139 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 388 | ||
Chuck Mencel | G | 69 | 973 | 375 | 120 | 96 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 318 | ||
Lew Hitch | F-C | 69 | 1129 | 235 | 94 | 132 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 288 | ||
Bob Williams | F | 20 | 173 | 46 | 21 | 45 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 66 | ||
Ron Feiereisel | G | 10 | 59 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 30 | ||
Johnny Horan | F | 12 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | ||
Totals | 716 | 17355 | 6543 | 2541 | 0 | 0 | 2627 | 2066 | 0 | 0 | 3786 | 1689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 | 7148 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 71 | 35.5 | 43.4 | 72.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 21.5 | |
Vern Mikkelsen | F-C | 72 | 29.2 | 38.6 | 80.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 13.4 | |
Slater Martin | G | 72 | 39.4 | 35.8 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 13.2 | |
Whitey Skoog | G | 72 | 32.1 | 39.8 | 80.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 11.6 | |
Dick Schnittker | F | 72 | 26.8 | 39.3 | 85.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 11.3 | |
Ed Kalafat | C-F | 72 | 22.8 | 35.9 | 73.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 8.0 | |
George Mikan | C | 37 | 20.7 | 39.5 | 77.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 10.5 | |
Dick Garmaker | G-F | 68 | 12.8 | 37.0 | 80.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.7 | |
Chuck Mencel | G | 69 | 14.1 | 32.0 | 81.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 4.6 | |
Lew Hitch | F-C | 69 | 16.4 | 40.0 | 75.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | |
Bob Williams | F | 20 | 8.7 | 45.7 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.3 | |
Ron Feiereisel | G | 10 | 5.9 | 28.6 | 87.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 | |
Johnny Horan | F | 12 | 4.2 | 25.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
Averages | 716 | 24.2 | 38.8 | 78.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 10.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 3 | 69 | 39 | 19 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 57 | ||
Slater Martin | G | 3 | 121 | 37 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 54 | ||
Dick Schnittker | F | 3 | 87 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 43 | ||
Vern Mikkelsen | F-C | 3 | 90 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 40 | ||
George Mikan | C | 3 | 60 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | ||
Ed Kalafat | C-F | 3 | 55 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 33 | ||
Dick Garmaker | G-F | 3 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | ||
Whitey Skoog | G | 3 | 90 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | ||
Chuck Mencel | G | 3 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | ||
Lew Hitch | F-C | 3 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | ||
Totals | 30 | 720 | 263 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 363 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Clyde Lovellette | C-F | 3 | 23.0 | 48.7 | 59.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 19.0 | |
Slater Martin | G | 3 | 40.3 | 45.9 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | |
Dick Schnittker | F | 3 | 29.0 | 56.5 | 85.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 14.3 | |
Vern Mikkelsen | F-C | 3 | 30.0 | 42.3 | 90.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 13.3 | |
George Mikan | C | 3 | 20.0 | 37.1 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 12.0 | |
Ed Kalafat | C-F | 3 | 18.3 | 42.9 | 78.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 11.0 | |
Dick Garmaker | G-F | 3 | 14.0 | 36.8 | 94.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 10.0 | |
Whitey Skoog | G | 3 | 30.0 | 41.9 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 9.7 | |
Chuck Mencel | G | 3 | 17.3 | 52.6 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 8.7 | |
Lew Hitch | F-C | 3 | 18.0 | 30.8 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | |
Averages | 716 | 24.0 | 44.1 | 75.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 12.1 |