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1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = Minneapolis Lakers

| team_link = Los Angeles Lakers

| end_year = 1957

| wins = 34

| losses = 38

| division = Western

| division_place = 2

| coach = John Kundla

| arena = Minneapolis Auditorium

| television =

| radio =

| playoffs = Division finals
(lost to Hawks 0–3)

| bbr_team = MNL

}}

The 1956–57 NBA season was the Lakers' ninth season in the NBA.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MNL/1957.html 1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers]

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1956–57 NBA West standings|team=MNL}}

:x – clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

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colspan=9|1956-57 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#D40032;width=35"|FWP

!style="background:#7BA4DB;color:#FBE122;width=35"|MIN

!style="background:#003EA4;color:#E45206;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#D50033;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#0050B0;color:#D82A3C;width=35"|ROC

!style="background:#C90F2E;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|STL

!style="background:#D40032;color:#022E6B;width=35"|SYR

style="text-align:left;" | Boston—6–35–47–58–46–37–25–7
style="text-align:left;" | Fort Wayne3–6—7–55–44–56–64–85–4
style="text-align:left;" | Minneapolis4–55–7—3–65–49–34–84–5
style="text-align:left;" | New York5–74–56–3—4–85–46–36–6
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia4–85–44–58–4—4–57–25–7
style="text-align:left;" | Rochester3–66–63–94–55–4—6–64–5
style="text-align:left;" | St. Louis2–78–48–43–62–76–6—5–4
style="text-align:left;" | Syracuse7–54–55–46–67–55–44–5—

=Game log=

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align="center" style="background:#7CA3DC; color:#FFFFFF;"

| #

DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
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| 1

October 27@ St. Louis75–97Clyde Lovellette (16)0–1
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| 2

October 28@ Fort Wayne88–94Clyde Lovellette (19)0–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 3

November 1N Rochester88–97Whitey Skoog (20)1–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 4

November 3@ Rochester95–85Clyde Lovellette (20)2–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 5

November 4Rochester87–88Clyde Lovellette (23)3–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 6

November 10@ Boston110–117Clyde Lovellette (26)3–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 7

November 11N Rochester94–82Clyde Lovellette (18)3–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 8

November 14N Boston113–97Ed Kalafat (20)4–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 9

November 15@ Syracuse103–96Clyde Lovellette (28)5–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 10

November 16@ Philadelphia97–123Clyde Lovellette (25)5–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 11

November 18Fort Wayne111–107Chuck Mencel (26)5–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 12

November 22Syracuse78–111Clyde Lovellette (22)6–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 13

November 24@ St. Louis104–102 (OT)Dick Garmaker (25)7–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 14

November 25St. Louis95–94Dick Garmaker (24)7–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 15

November 27N Philadelphia98–113Clyde Lovellette (26)8–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 16

November 28N Boston93–105Clyde Lovellette (22)8–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 17

December 1@ Rochester83–95Clyde Lovellette (24)8–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 18

December 2Philadelphia96–106Chuck Mencel (21)9–9
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| 19

December 4@ New York88–101Clyde Lovellette (21)9–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 20

December 6N St. Louis96–103Dick Garmaker (30)10–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 21

December 7@ Boston114–121Clyde Lovellette (24)10–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 22

December 9New York100–91Ed Kalafat (18)10–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 23

December 11@ Philadelphia111–114Clyde Lovellette (28)10–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 24

December 12N New York103–121Clyde Lovellette (29)11–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 25

December 16Rochester97–101Clyde Lovellette (26)12–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 26

December 20N Rochester103–105Clyde Lovellette (33)13–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 27

December 22@ Rochester101–115Clyde Lovellette (17)13–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 28

December 23@ Syracuse97–107Clyde Lovellette (23)13–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 29

December 25N Fort Wayne100–89Clyde Lovellette (23)14–15
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 30

December 27@ Fort Wayne93–120Clyde Lovellette (19)14–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 31

December 29St. Louis95–92Clyde Lovellette (22)14–17
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 32

December 30@ St. Louis93–100Clyde Lovellette (19)14–18
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| 33

January 3@ Fort Wayne102–104Clyde Lovellette (24)14–19
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| 34

January 6New York111–101Clyde Lovellette (29)14–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 35

January 8N Fort Wayne86–87Clyde Lovellette (23)14–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 36

January 9N Syracuse86–93Bobby Leonard (19)15–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 37

January 10@ Syracuse118–110Clyde Lovellette (29)16–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 38

January 12N Fort Wayne105–87Clyde Lovellette (24)17–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 39

January 13Boston87–104Vern Mikkelsen (23)18–21
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 40

January 17N New York94–93Vern Mikkelsen (26)18–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 41

January 20Rochester107–114Vern Mikkelsen (27)19–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 42

January 23N Rochester99–107Garmaker, Leonard (21)20–22
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 43

January 25@ Boston106–115Dick Garmaker (24)20–23
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 44

January 26@ New York107–122Clyde Lovellette (30)20–24
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 45

January 27@ Syracuse93–94Clyde Lovellette (20)20–25
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 46

January 28N Syracuse112–96Dick Garmaker (28)20–26
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 47

January 29N Boston91–103Clyde Lovellette (29)20–27
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 48

January 31Fort Wayne111–107Clyde Lovellette (26)20–28
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 49

February 2St. Louis106–97Vern Mikkelsen (21)20–29
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 50

February 3@ St. Louis85–102Clyde Lovellette (20)20–30
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 51

February 6Philadelphia100–101Chuck Mencel (28)21–30
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 52

February 9Fort Wayne92–99Bobby Leonard (17)22–30
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 53

February 10@ Fort Wayne100–113Dick Garmaker (23)22–31
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 54

February 12N St. Louis105–110Dick Garmaker (22)23–31
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 55

February 13Boston114–115Walter Dukes (22)24–31
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 56

February 14N New York97–99Clyde Lovellette (22)25–31
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 57

February 15N Philadelphia104–105Jim Paxson (22)25–32
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 58

February 16@ New York112–120Clyde Lovellette (21)25–33
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 59

February 17St. Louis118–115 (OT)Dick Garmaker (24)25–34
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 60

February 20Rochester103–111Vern Mikkelsen (24)26–34
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 61

February 23Syracuse103–101Clyde Lovellette (26)26–35
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 62

February 24Fort Wayne115–123Dick Garmaker (29)27–35
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 63

February 25N St. Louis110–94Dick Garmaker (27)27–36
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 64

February 26@ Syracuse108–120Dick Garmaker (22)27–37
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 65

February 28@ Philadelphia112–129Clyde Lovellette (18)27–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 66

March 1N Rochester117–125Dick Garmaker (30)28–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 67

March 3New York108–119Dick Garmaker (29)29–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 68

March 7Boston104–109Vern Mikkelsen (24)30–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 69

March 8@ Fort Wayne101–97Dick Garmaker (20)31–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 70

March 10St. Louis104–117Clyde Lovellette (32)32–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 71

March 12N Philadelphia94–100Clyde Lovellette (25)33–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 72

March 13Philadelphia97–114Vern Mikkelsen (35)34–38

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|Minneapolis Lakers|playoffs=yes|end_year=1957}}

{{NBA game log section|Minneapolis Lakers|Division Tiebreaker|first=yes|show=no|record=(finishes as West's #2 seed)

| hide_assists = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| March 16

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195703160STL.html L 111–114 (OT)]

| Clyde Lovellette (30)

| Lovellette, Dukes (12)

| Kiel Auditorium

| 0–1

|-

{{NBA game log section|Minneapolis Lakers|Division semifinals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 0

| hide_rebounds = yes

| hide_assists = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| March 17

| Fort Wayne

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195703170MNL.html W 131–127]

| Clyde Lovellette (30)

| Minneapolis Auditorium

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| March 19

| @ Fort Wayne

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195703190FTW.html W 110–108]

| Slick Leonard (19)

| War Memorial Coliseum

| 2–0

|-

{{NBA game log section|Minneapolis Lakers|Division finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| March 21

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195703210STL.html L 109–118]

| Vern Mikkelsen (24)

| Clyde Lovellette (11)

| Slick Leonard (9)

| Kiel Auditorium
6,028

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| March 24

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195703240STL.html L 104–106]

| Clyde Lovellette (33)

| Walter Dukes (20)

| —

| Kiel Auditorium
9,451

| 0–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| March 26

| St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195703250MNL.html L 135–143 (2OT)]

| Slick Leonard (42)

| —

| —

| Minneapolis Auditorium

| 0–3

|-

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=MNL|playoffs=yes|end_year=1957}}

Awards and records

References

{{reflist}}

{{1956-57 NBA season by team}}

{{Los Angeles Lakers seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers Season}}

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