1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 34-38
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division finals
Division Tiebreaker - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 1-0
Division Semifinals - Defeated Fort Wayne Pistons 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 3-0
Coach: John Kundla (34-38)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 82,211, Avg. 2,652 in 31 home dates

1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1956-57 season with a record of 34 wins and 38 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

Minneapolis scored 7,363 points and allowed 7,421, most in the circuit. Clyde Lovellette scored a team-leading 1,434 points for the Lakers, while Dick Garmaker netted 16 or more per game, too. Clyde Lovellette racked up 932 rebounds. Chuck Mencel dished out 201 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	69	2492	1348	574			399	286	932	139	251	1434
Dick Garmaker	G-F	72	2406	1015	406			435	365	336	190	199	1177
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	72	2198	854	322			424	342	630	121	312	986
Slick Leonard	G	72	1943	867	303			241	186	220	169	140	792
Walter Dukes	C	71	1866	626	228			383	264	794	54	273	720
Chuck Mencel	G	72	1848	688	243			240	179	237	201	95	665
Ed Kalafat	C-F	65	1617	507	178			298	197	425	105	243	553
Jim Paxson	F-G	71	1274	485	138			236	170	266	86	163	446
Dick Schnittker	F	70	997	351	113			193	160	185	52	144	386
Whitey Skoog	G	23	656	220	78			47	44	72	76	65	200
Lew Hitch	F-C	30	531	138	52			51	37	116	12	55	141
Bob Williams	F	4	20	4	1			3	2	5	0	2	4
Totals		691	17848	7103	2636	0	0	2950	2232	4218	1205	1942	7504

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	69	36.1	42.6	71.7	13.5	2.0	3.6	20.8
Dick Garmaker	G-F	72	33.4	40.0	83.9	4.7	2.6	2.8	16.3
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	72	30.5	37.7	80.7	8.8	1.7	4.3	13.7
Slick Leonard	G	72	27.0	34.9	77.2	3.1	2.3	1.9	11.0
Walter Dukes	C	71	26.3	36.4	68.9	11.2	0.8	3.8	10.1
Chuck Mencel	G	72	25.7	35.3	74.6	3.3	2.8	1.3	9.2
Ed Kalafat	C-F	65	24.9	35.1	66.1	6.5	1.6	3.7	8.5
Jim Paxson	F-G	71	17.9	28.5	72.0	3.7	1.2	2.3	6.3
Dick Schnittker	F	70	14.2	32.2	82.9	2.6	0.7	2.1	5.5
Whitey Skoog	G	23	28.5	35.5	93.6	3.1	3.3	2.8	8.7
Lew Hitch	F-C	30	17.7	37.7	72.5	3.9	0.4	1.8	4.7
Bob Williams	F	4	5.0	25.0	66.7	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		691	25.8	37.1	75.7	6.1	1.7	2.8	10.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	5	181	118	51			26	19	47	11	21	121
Slick Leonard	G	5	204	100	42			26	23	30	38	15	107
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	5	162	83	33			34	22	43	17	29	88
Walter Dukes	C	5	177	57	24			27	20	74	5	26	68
Dick Garmaker	G-F	5	187	69	19			32	27	35	17	19	65
Ed Kalafat	C-F	5	104	36	21			31	21	24	9	20	63
Dick Schnittker	F	5	83	21	6			17	15	12	8	6	27
Jim Paxson	F-G	5	54	27	9			14	7	14	3	4	25
Chuck Mencel	G	5	98	36	9			9	7	13	6	7	25
Totals		45	1250	547	214	0	0	216	161	292	114	147	589

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	5	36.2	43.2	73.1	9.4	2.2	4.2	24.2
Slick Leonard	G	5	40.8	42.0	88.5	6.0	7.6	3.0	21.4
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	5	32.4	39.8	64.7	8.6	3.4	5.8	17.6
Walter Dukes	C	5	35.4	42.1	74.1	14.8	1.0	5.2	13.6
Dick Garmaker	G-F	5	37.4	27.5	84.4	7.0	3.4	3.8	13.0
Ed Kalafat	C-F	5	20.8	58.3	67.7	4.8	1.8	4.0	12.6
Dick Schnittker	F	5	16.6	28.6	88.2	2.4	1.6	1.2	5.4
Jim Paxson	F-G	5	10.8	33.3	50.0	2.8	0.6	0.8	5.0
Chuck Mencel	G	5	19.6	25.0	77.8	2.6	1.2	1.4	5.0
Averages		691	27.8	39.1	74.5	6.5	2.5	3.3	13.1