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1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers

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34-38, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 102.3 points per game, Allowed 103.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-38)
Coached by John Kundla (34-38)

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

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

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 27 69 2492 574 1348 .426 286 399 .717 932 139 251 1434
2 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 24 72 2406 406 1015 .400 365 435 .839 336 190 199 1177
3 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 28 72 2198 322 854 .377 342 424 .807 630 121 312 986
4 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 24 72 1943 303 867 .349 186 241 .772 220 169 140 792
5 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 26 71 1866 228 626 .364 264 383 .689 794 54 273 720
6 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 23 72 1848 243 688 .353 179 240 .746 237 201 95 665
7 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 24 65 1617 178 507 .351 197 298 .661 425 105 243 553
8 Jim Paxson F-G 6-6 200 24 71 1274 138 485 .285 170 236 .720 266 86 163 446
9 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 28 70 997 113 351 .322 160 193 .829 185 52 144 386
10 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 30 23 656 78 220 .355 44 47 .936 72 76 65 200
11 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 27 30 531 52 138 .377 37 51 .725 116 12 55 141
12 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 25 4 20 1 4 .250 2 3 .667 5 0 2 4

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 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 G-F 6-3 200 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 F-C 6-7 230 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 G 6-3 185 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 C 7-0 220 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 G 6-0 168 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 G 5-11 180 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 C-F 6-6 245 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 F-G 6-6 200 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 F 6-5 200 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 F-C 6-8 200 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 F 6-6 230 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 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 27 69 2492 8.3 19.5 .426 4.1 5.8 .717 13.5 2.0 3.6 20.7
2 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 24 72 2406 6.1 15.2 .400 5.5 6.5 .839 5.0 2.8 3.0 17.6
3 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 28 72 2198 5.3 14.0 .377 5.6 6.9 .807 10.3 2.0 5.1 16.1
4 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 24 72 1943 5.6 16.1 .349 3.4 4.5 .772 4.1 3.1 2.6 14.7
5 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 26 71 1866 4.4 12.1 .364 5.1 7.4 .689 15.3 1.0 5.3 13.9
6 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 28 70 997 4.1 12.7 .322 5.8 7.0 .829 6.7 1.9 5.2 13.9
7 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 23 72 1848 4.7 13.4 .353 3.5 4.7 .746 4.6 3.9 1.9 13.0
8 Jim Paxson F-G 6-6 200 24 71 1274 3.9 13.7 .285 4.8 6.7 .720 7.5 2.4 4.6 12.6
9 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 24 65 1617 4.0 11.3 .351 4.4 6.6 .661 9.5 2.3 5.4 12.3
10 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 30 23 656 4.3 12.1 .355 2.4 2.6 .936 4.0 4.2 3.6 11.0
11 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 27 30 531 3.5 9.4 .377 2.5 3.5 .725 7.9 0.8 3.7 9.6
12 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 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 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 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 26 71 1866 15.8 .453 .364
2 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 30 23 656 10.1 .415 .355
3 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 28 70 997 11.1 .443 .322
4 Jim Paxson F-G 6-6 200 24 71 1274 9.2 .379 .285
5 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 28 72 2198 16.1 .474 .377
6 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 23 72 1848 12.6 .419 .353
7 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 27 69 2492 22.0 .471 .426
8 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 24 72 1943 11.5 .407 .349
9 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 24 65 1617 11.7 .433 .351
10 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 27 30 531 9.0 .439 .377
11 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 24 72 2406 16.7 .488 .400
12 Bob Williams F 6-6 230 25 4 20 6.0 .376 .250

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 27 5 181 51 118 19 26 47 11 21 121 .432 .731 36.2 24.2 9.4 2.2
2 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 24 5 204 42 100 23 26 30 38 15 107 .420 .885 40.8 21.4 6.0 7.6
3 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 28 5 162 33 83 22 34 43 17 29 88 .398 .647 32.4 17.6 8.6 3.4
4 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 26 5 177 24 57 20 27 74 5 26 68 .421 .741 35.4 13.6 14.8 1.0
5 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 24 5 187 19 69 27 32 35 17 19 65 .275 .844 37.4 13.0 7.0 3.4
6 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 24 5 104 21 36 21 31 24 9 20 63 .583 .677 20.8 12.6 4.8 1.8
7 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 28 5 83 6 21 15 17 12 8 6 27 .286 .882 16.6 5.4 2.4 1.6
8 Chuck Mencel G 6-0 168 23 5 98 9 36 7 9 13 6 7 25 .250 .778 19.6 5.0 2.6 1.2
9 Jim Paxson F-G 6-6 200 24 5 54 9 27 7 14 14 3 4 25 .333 .500 10.8 5.0 2.8 0.6