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1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Kundla (33-39)

PTS/G: 99.3 (4th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 100.2 (6th of 8)
SRS: -0.92 (6th of 8)
Expected W-L: 34-38 (6th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 112,360 (7th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Second Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus St. Louis Hawks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Ron Feiereisel G 6-3 185 August 6, 1931 R DePaul University
16 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 October 29, 1932 R University of Minnesota
11 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 July 16, 1929 4 Kansas State University
Jim Holstein F-G 6-3 180 September 24, 1930 3 University of Cincinnati
Johnny Horan F 6-8 190 November 24, 1932 R University of Dayton
23 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 October 13, 1932 1 University of Minnesota
34 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 September 7, 1929 2 University of Kansas
22 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 6 University of Texas at Austin
18 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 April 21, 1933 R University of Minnesota
99 George Mikan C 6-10 245 June 18, 1924 6 DePaul University
19 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 6 Hamline University
15 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 May 27, 1928 3 Ohio State University
20 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 November 2, 1926 4 University of Minnesota
33 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 May 12, 1931 R Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 72 2541 6543 .388 2066 2627 .786 4133 1689 1978 7148 99.3
Lg Rank 4 5 4 4 7 1 6 7 2 4 4
Opponent 72 7212 100.2
Lg Rank 6 6

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Clyde Lovellette 26 71 2518 594 1370 .434 338 469 .721 992 164 245 1526
2 Vern Mikkelsen 27 72 2100 317 821 .386 328 408 .804 608 173 319 962
3 Slater Martin 30 72 2838 309 863 .358 329 395 .833 260 445 202 947
4 Whitey Skoog 29 72 2311 340 854 .398 155 193 .803 291 255 232 835
5 Dick Schnittker 27 72 1930 254 647 .393 304 355 .856 296 142 253 812
6 Ed Kalafat 23 72 1639 194 540 .359 186 252 .738 440 130 236 574
7 George Mikan 31 37 765 148 375 .395 94 122 .770 308 53 153 390
8 Dick Garmaker 23 68 870 138 373 .370 112 139 .806 132 104 127 388
9 Chuck Mencel 22 69 973 120 375 .320 78 96 .813 110 132 74 318
10 Lew Hitch 26 69 1129 94 235 .400 100 132 .758 283 77 85 288
11 Bob Williams 24 20 173 21 46 .457 24 45 .533 54 7 36 66
12 Ron Feiereisel 24 10 59 8 28 .286 14 16 .875 6 6 9 30
13 Johnny Horan 23 12 50 4 16 .250 4 5 .800 6 1 7 12
14 Jim Holstein 25

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Clyde Lovellette 26 71 35.5 8.4 19.3 .434 4.8 6.6 .721 14.0 2.3 3.5 21.5
2 Vern Mikkelsen 27 72 29.2 4.4 11.4 .386 4.6 5.7 .804 8.4 2.4 4.4 13.4
3 Slater Martin 30 72 39.4 4.3 12.0 .358 4.6 5.5 .833 3.6 6.2 2.8 13.2
4 Whitey Skoog 29 72 32.1 4.7 11.9 .398 2.2 2.7 .803 4.0 3.5 3.2 11.6
5 Dick Schnittker 27 72 26.8 3.5 9.0 .393 4.2 4.9 .856 4.1 2.0 3.5 11.3
6 George Mikan 31 37 20.7 4.0 10.1 .395 2.5 3.3 .770 8.3 1.4 4.1 10.5
7 Ed Kalafat 23 72 22.8 2.7 7.5 .359 2.6 3.5 .738 6.1 1.8 3.3 8.0
8 Dick Garmaker 23 68 12.8 2.0 5.5 .370 1.6 2.0 .806 1.9 1.5 1.9 5.7
9 Chuck Mencel 22 69 14.1 1.7 5.4 .320 1.1 1.4 .813 1.6 1.9 1.1 4.6
10 Lew Hitch 26 69 16.4 1.4 3.4 .400 1.4 1.9 .758 4.1 1.1 1.2 4.2
11 Bob Williams 24 20 8.7 1.1 2.3 .457 1.2 2.3 .533 2.7 0.4 1.8 3.3
12 Ron Feiereisel 24 10 5.9 0.8 2.8 .286 1.4 1.6 .875 0.6 0.6 0.9 3.0
13 Johnny Horan 23 12 4.2 0.3 1.3 .250 0.3 0.4 .800 0.5 0.1 0.6 1.0
14 Jim Holstein 25

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Clyde Lovellette 26 71 2518 8.5 19.6 .434 4.8 6.7 .721 14.2 2.3 3.5 21.8
2 George Mikan 31 37 765 7.0 17.6 .395 4.4 5.7 .770 14.5 2.5 7.2 18.4
3 Ron Feiereisel 24 10 59 4.9 17.1 .286 8.5 9.8 .875 3.7 3.7 5.5 18.3
4 Vern Mikkelsen 27 72 2100 5.4 14.1 .386 5.6 7.0 .804 10.4 3.0 5.5 16.5
5 Dick Garmaker 23 68 870 5.7 15.4 .370 4.6 5.8 .806 5.5 4.3 5.3 16.1
6 Dick Schnittker 27 72 1930 4.7 12.1 .393 5.7 6.6 .856 5.5 2.6 4.7 15.1
7 Bob Williams 24 20 173 4.4 9.6 .457 5.0 9.4 .533 11.2 1.5 7.5 13.7
8 Whitey Skoog 29 72 2311 5.3 13.3 .398 2.4 3.0 .803 4.5 4.0 3.6 13.0
9 Ed Kalafat 23 72 1639 4.3 11.9 .359 4.1 5.5 .738 9.7 2.9 5.2 12.6
10 Slater Martin 30 72 2838 3.9 10.9 .358 4.2 5.0 .833 3.3 5.6 2.6 12.0
11 Chuck Mencel 22 69 973 4.4 13.9 .320 2.9 3.6 .813 4.1 4.9 2.7 11.8
12 Lew Hitch 26 69 1129 3.0 7.5 .400 3.2 4.2 .758 9.0 2.5 2.7 9.2
13 Johnny Horan 23 12 50 2.9 11.5 .250 2.9 3.6 .800 4.3 0.7 5.0 8.6
14 Jim Holstein 25

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Clyde Lovellette 26 71 2518 23.5 .484 .434 5.6 2.5 8.1 .155
2 Vern Mikkelsen 27 72 2100 16.8 .481 .386 3.6 1.8 5.4 .123
3 Dick Schnittker 27 72 1930 13.9 .505 .393 4.2 1.1 5.3 .132
4 Slater Martin 30 72 2838 13.3 .457 .358 2.9 1.8 4.7 .079
5 Whitey Skoog 29 72 2311 11.9 .445 .398 1.4 1.4 2.9 .059
6 Lew Hitch 26 69 1129 12.6 .491 .400 1.3 0.8 2.2 .092
7 Ed Kalafat 23 72 1639 12.6 .441 .359 0.8 1.3 2.1 .062
8 George Mikan 31 37 765 17.8 .455 .395 0.8 0.8 1.6 .098
9 Dick Garmaker 23 68 870 13.6 .447 .370 0.7 0.6 1.3 .072
10 Bob Williams 24 20 173 13.0 .502 .457 0.3 0.1 0.5 .126
11 Ron Feiereisel 24 10 59 12.2 .428 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 .040
12 Johnny Horan 23 12 50 1.6 .330 .250 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.084
13 Chuck Mencel 22 69 973 10.1 .381 .320 -0.9 0.6 -0.3 -0.015
14 Jim Holstein 25

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Clyde Lovellette 26 3 69 19 39 19 32 25 6 13 57 .487 .594 23.0 19.0 8.3 2.0
2 Slater Martin 30 3 121 17 37 20 24 7 15 9 54 .459 .833 40.3 18.0 2.3 5.0
3 Dick Schnittker 27 3 87 13 23 17 20 15 5 14 43 .565 .850 29.0 14.3 5.0 1.7
4 Vern Mikkelsen 27 3 90 11 26 18 20 17 2 14 40 .423 .900 30.0 13.3 5.7 0.7
5 George Mikan 31 3 60 13 35 10 13 28 5 14 36 .371 .769 20.0 12.0 9.3 1.7
6 Ed Kalafat 23 3 55 9 21 15 19 21 2 13 33 .429 .789 18.3 11.0 7.0 0.7
7 Dick Garmaker 23 3 42 7 19 16 17 8 11 8 30 .368 .941 14.0 10.0 2.7 3.7
8 Whitey Skoog 29 3 90 13 31 3 11 18 18 11 29 .419 .273 30.0 9.7 6.0 6.0
9 Chuck Mencel 22 3 52 10 19 6 7 5 8 4 26 .526 .857 17.3 8.7 1.7 2.7
10 Lew Hitch 26 3 54 4 13 7 10 15 2 7 15 .308 .700 18.0 5.0 5.0 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Slater Martin 30 3 121 15.7 .568 .459 18.6 0.4 0.1 0.5 .195
2 Dick Schnittker 27 3 87 17.7 .676 .565 8.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 .288
3 Vern Mikkelsen 27 3 90 13.5 .575 .423 3.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 .193
4 Clyde Lovellette 26 3 69 26.7 .537 .487 16.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 .299
5 Ed Kalafat 23 3 55 19.9 .562 .429 5.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 .260
6 Dick Garmaker 23 3 42 27.7 .566 .368 41.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 .333
7 Chuck Mencel 22 3 52 19.3 .589 .526 25.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 .239
8 George Mikan 31 3 60 18.3 .442 .371 14.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 .114
9 Lew Hitch 26 3 54 8.9 .431 .308 5.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 .060
10 Whitey Skoog 29 3 90 12.5 .405 .419 30.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 .057