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1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers

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33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 99.3 points per game, Allowed 100.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-38)
Coached by John Kundla (33-39)

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

SRS: -0.92 (6th 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

1955-56 Statistics / Schedule

Team and Opponent Statistics

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

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C-F 6-9 234 26 71 2518 594 1370 .434 338 469 .721 992 164 245 1526
2 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 27 72 2100 317 821 .386 328 408 .804 608 173 319 962
3 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 30 72 2838 309 863 .358 329 395 .833 260 445 202 947
4 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 29 72 2311 340 854 .398 155 193 .803 291 255 232 835
5 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 27 72 1930 254 647 .393 304 355 .856 296 142 253 812
6 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 23 72 1639 194 540 .359 186 252 .738 440 130 236 574
7 George Mikan C 6-10 245 31 37 765 148 375 .395 94 122 .770 308 53 153 390
8 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 23 68 870 138 373 .370 112 139 .806 132 104 127 388
9 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 22 69 973 120 375 .320 78 96 .813 110 132 74 318
10 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 26 69 1129 94 235 .400 100 132 .758 283 77 85 288
11 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 24 20 173 21 46 .457 24 45 .533 54 7 36 66
12 Ron Feiereisel G 6-3 185 24 10 59 8 28 .286 14 16 .875 6 6 9 30
13 Johnny Horan F 6-8 190 23 12 50 4 16 .250 4 5 .800 6 1 7 12

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C-F 6-9 234 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 F-C 6-7 230 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 G 5-10 170 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 G 5-11 180 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 F 6-5 200 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 C 6-10 245 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 C-F 6-6 245 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 G-F 6-3 200 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 G 6-0 168 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 F-C 6-8 200 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 F 6-6 230 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 G 6-3 185 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 F 6-8 190 23 12 4.2 0.3 1.3 .250 0.3 0.4 .800 0.5 0.1 0.6 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C-F 6-9 234 26 71 2518 8.5 19.6 .434 4.8 6.7 .721 14.2 2.3 3.5 21.8
2 George Mikan C 6-10 245 31 37 765 7.0 17.6 .395 4.4 5.7 .770 14.5 2.5 7.2 18.4
3 Ron Feiereisel G 6-3 185 24 10 59 4.9 17.1 .286 8.5 9.8 .875 3.7 3.7 5.5 18.3
4 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 27 72 2100 5.4 14.1 .386 5.6 7.0 .804 10.4 3.0 5.5 16.5
5 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 23 68 870 5.7 15.4 .370 4.6 5.8 .806 5.5 4.3 5.3 16.1
6 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 27 72 1930 4.7 12.1 .393 5.7 6.6 .856 5.5 2.6 4.7 15.1
7 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 24 20 173 4.4 9.6 .457 5.0 9.4 .533 11.2 1.5 7.5 13.7
8 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 29 72 2311 5.3 13.3 .398 2.4 3.0 .803 4.5 4.0 3.6 13.0
9 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 23 72 1639 4.3 11.9 .359 4.1 5.5 .738 9.7 2.9 5.2 12.6
10 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 30 72 2838 3.9 10.9 .358 4.2 5.0 .833 3.3 5.6 2.6 12.0
11 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 22 69 973 4.4 13.9 .320 2.9 3.6 .813 4.1 4.9 2.7 11.8
12 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 26 69 1129 3.0 7.5 .400 3.2 4.2 .758 9.0 2.5 2.7 9.2
13 Johnny Horan F 6-8 190 23 12 50 2.9 11.5 .250 2.9 3.6 .800 4.3 0.7 5.0 8.6

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Ron Feiereisel G 6-3 185 24 10 59 12.2 .428 .286
2 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 29 72 2311 11.9 .445 .398
3 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 27 72 1930 13.9 .505 .393
4 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 27 72 2100 16.8 .481 .386
5 George Mikan C 6-10 245 31 37 765 17.8 .455 .395
6 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 22 69 973 10.1 .381 .320
7 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 30 72 2838 13.3 .457 .358
8 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 26 71 2518 23.5 .484 .434
9 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 23 72 1639 12.6 .441 .359
10 Johnny Horan F 6-8 190 23 12 50 1.6 .330 .250
11 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 26 69 1129 12.6 .491 .400
12 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 23 68 870 13.6 .447 .370
13 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 24 20 173 13.0 .502 .457

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C-F 6-9 234 26 3 69 19 39 19 32 25 6 13 57 .487 .594 23.0 19.0 8.3 2.0
2 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 30 3 121 17 37 20 24 7 15 9 54 .459 .833 40.3 18.0 2.3 5.0
3 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 27 3 87 13 23 17 20 15 5 14 43 .565 .850 29.0 14.3 5.0 1.7
4 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 27 3 90 11 26 18 20 17 2 14 40 .423 .900 30.0 13.3 5.7 0.7
5 George Mikan C 6-10 245 31 3 60 13 35 10 13 28 5 14 36 .371 .769 20.0 12.0 9.3 1.7
6 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 23 3 55 9 21 15 19 21 2 13 33 .429 .789 18.3 11.0 7.0 0.7
7 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 23 3 42 7 19 16 17 8 11 8 30 .368 .941 14.0 10.0 2.7 3.7
8 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 29 3 90 13 31 3 11 18 18 11 29 .419 .273 30.0 9.7 6.0 6.0
9 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 22 3 52 10 19 6 7 5 8 4 26 .526 .857 17.3 8.7 1.7 2.7
10 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 26 3 54 4 13 7 10 15 2 7 15 .308 .700 18.0 5.0 5.0 0.7