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1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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34-38, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Kundla (34-38)

Points Per Game: 102.3 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.1 (8th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-38 (5th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 82,211 (8th of 8)

SRS: -0.88 (5th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-0) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Lost NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus St. Louis Hawks

1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 June 23, 1930 1 Seton Hall University
16 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 October 29, 1932 1 University of Minnesota
Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 July 16, 1929 5 Kansas State University
23 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 October 13, 1932 2 University of Minnesota
21 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 July 17, 1932 R Indiana University
34 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 September 7, 1929 3 University of Kansas
18 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 April 21, 1933 1 University of Minnesota
19 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 7 Hamline University
11 Jim Paxson F-G 6-6 200 December 19, 1932 R University of Dayton
15 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 May 27, 1928 4 Ohio State University
20 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 November 2, 1926 5 University of Minnesota
33 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 May 12, 1931 1 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

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 2584 6965 .371 2195 2899 .757 4581 1195 1887 7363 102.3
Opponent 72 7421 103.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 27 69 2492 574 1348 .426 286 399 .717 932 139 251 1434
2 Dick Garmaker 24 72 2406 406 1015 .400 365 435 .839 336 190 199 1177
3 Vern Mikkelsen 28 72 2198 322 854 .377 342 424 .807 630 121 312 986
4 Slick Leonard 24 72 1943 303 867 .349 186 241 .772 220 169 140 792
5 Walter Dukes 26 71 1866 228 626 .364 264 383 .689 794 54 273 720
6 Chuck Mencel 23 72 1848 243 688 .353 179 240 .746 237 201 95 665
7 Ed Kalafat 24 65 1617 178 507 .351 197 298 .661 425 105 243 553
8 Jim Paxson 24 71 1274 138 485 .285 170 236 .720 266 86 163 446
9 Dick Schnittker 28 70 997 113 351 .322 160 193 .829 185 52 144 386
10 Whitey Skoog 30 23 656 78 220 .355 44 47 .936 72 76 65 200
11 Lew Hitch 27 30 531 52 138 .377 37 51 .725 116 12 55 141
12 Bob Williams 25 4 20 1 4 .250 2 3 .667 5 0 2 4

Per Game

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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 27 69 36.1 8.3 19.5 .426 4.1 5.8 .717 13.5 2.0 3.6 20.8
2 Dick Garmaker 24 72 33.4 5.6 14.1 .400 5.1 6.0 .839 4.7 2.6 2.8 16.3
3 Vern Mikkelsen 28 72 30.5 4.5 11.9 .377 4.8 5.9 .807 8.8 1.7 4.3 13.7
4 Slick Leonard 24 72 27.0 4.2 12.0 .349 2.6 3.3 .772 3.1 2.3 1.9 11.0
5 Walter Dukes 26 71 26.3 3.2 8.8 .364 3.7 5.4 .689 11.2 0.8 3.8 10.1
6 Chuck Mencel 23 72 25.7 3.4 9.6 .353 2.5 3.3 .746 3.3 2.8 1.3 9.2
7 Whitey Skoog 30 23 28.5 3.4 9.6 .355 1.9 2.0 .936 3.1 3.3 2.8 8.7
8 Ed Kalafat 24 65 24.9 2.7 7.8 .351 3.0 4.6 .661 6.5 1.6 3.7 8.5
9 Jim Paxson 24 71 17.9 1.9 6.8 .285 2.4 3.3 .720 3.7 1.2 2.3 6.3
10 Dick Schnittker 28 70 14.2 1.6 5.0 .322 2.3 2.8 .829 2.6 0.7 2.1 5.5
11 Lew Hitch 27 30 17.7 1.7 4.6 .377 1.2 1.7 .725 3.9 0.4 1.8 4.7
12 Bob Williams 25 4 5.0 0.3 1.0 .250 0.5 0.8 .667 1.3 0.0 0.5 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 27 69 2492 8.3 19.5 .426 4.1 5.8 .717 13.5 2.0 3.6 20.7
2 Dick Garmaker 24 72 2406 6.1 15.2 .400 5.5 6.5 .839 5.0 2.8 3.0 17.6
3 Vern Mikkelsen 28 72 2198 5.3 14.0 .377 5.6 6.9 .807 10.3 2.0 5.1 16.1
4 Slick Leonard 24 72 1943 5.6 16.1 .349 3.4 4.5 .772 4.1 3.1 2.6 14.7
5 Walter Dukes 26 71 1866 4.4 12.1 .364 5.1 7.4 .689 15.3 1.0 5.3 13.9
6 Dick Schnittker 28 70 997 4.1 12.7 .322 5.8 7.0 .829 6.7 1.9 5.2 13.9
7 Chuck Mencel 23 72 1848 4.7 13.4 .353 3.5 4.7 .746 4.6 3.9 1.9 13.0
8 Jim Paxson 24 71 1274 3.9 13.7 .285 4.8 6.7 .720 7.5 2.4 4.6 12.6
9 Ed Kalafat 24 65 1617 4.0 11.3 .351 4.4 6.6 .661 9.5 2.3 5.4 12.3
10 Whitey Skoog 30 23 656 4.3 12.1 .355 2.4 2.6 .936 4.0 4.2 3.6 11.0
11 Lew Hitch 27 30 531 3.5 9.4 .377 2.5 3.5 .725 7.9 0.8 3.7 9.6
12 Bob Williams 25 4 20 1.8 7.2 .250 3.6 5.4 .667 9.0 0.0 3.6 7.2

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Clyde Lovellette 27 69 2492 22.0 .471 .426 5.0 3.2 8.2
2 Dick Garmaker 24 72 2406 16.7 .488 .400 5.5 2.0 7.5
3 Vern Mikkelsen 28 72 2198 16.1 .474 .377 3.7 2.4 6.1
4 Walter Dukes 26 71 1866 15.8 .453 .364 1.8 2.4 4.2
5 Ed Kalafat 24 65 1617 11.7 .433 .351 0.8 1.7 2.6
6 Chuck Mencel 23 72 1848 12.6 .419 .353 0.5 1.7 2.2
7 Dick Schnittker 28 70 997 11.1 .443 .322 0.8 0.9 1.6
8 Slick Leonard 24 72 1943 11.5 .407 .349 -0.3 1.6 1.3
9 Lew Hitch 27 30 531 9.0 .439 .377 0.2 0.4 0.7
10 Whitey Skoog 30 23 656 10.1 .415 .355 0.1 0.6 0.7
11 Jim Paxson 24 71 1274 9.2 .379 .285 -1.2 1.2 0.0
12 Bob Williams 25 4 20 6.0 .376 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

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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 27 5 181 51 118 19 26 47 11 21 121 .432 .731 36.2 24.2 9.4 2.2
2 Slick Leonard 24 5 204 42 100 23 26 30 38 15 107 .420 .885 40.8 21.4 6.0 7.6
3 Vern Mikkelsen 28 5 162 33 83 22 34 43 17 29 88 .398 .647 32.4 17.6 8.6 3.4
4 Walter Dukes 26 5 177 24 57 20 27 74 5 26 68 .421 .741 35.4 13.6 14.8 1.0
5 Dick Garmaker 24 5 187 19 69 27 32 35 17 19 65 .275 .844 37.4 13.0 7.0 3.4
6 Ed Kalafat 24 5 104 21 36 21 31 24 9 20 63 .583 .677 20.8 12.6 4.8 1.8
7 Dick Schnittker 28 5 83 6 21 15 17 12 8 6 27 .286 .882 16.6 5.4 2.4 1.6
8 Jim Paxson 24 5 54 9 27 7 14 14 3 4 25 .333 .500 10.8 5.0 2.8 0.6
9 Chuck Mencel 23 5 98 9 36 7 9 13 6 7 25 .250 .778 19.6 5.0 2.6 1.2

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Ed Kalafat 24 5 104 21.9 .635 .583 13.2 0.6 0.0 0.6
2 Slick Leonard 24 5 204 19.0 .480 .420 28.7 0.5 0.1 0.5
3 Clyde Lovellette 27 5 181 19.0 .467 .432 10.6 0.4 0.0 0.4
4 Vern Mikkelsen 28 5 162 15.7 .449 .398 16.1 0.2 0.0 0.3
5 Walter Dukes 26 5 177 15.1 .494 .421 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.3
6 Dick Schnittker 28 5 83 11.6 .474 .286 12.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Jim Paxson 24 5 54 11.1 .377 .333 8.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0
8 Dick Garmaker 24 5 187 9.6 .391 .275 12.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 Chuck Mencel 23 5 98 4.1 .313 .250 8.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2