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1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (33-39)

Executive: George Mikan

PTS/G: 99.3 (4th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 100.2 (6th of 8)

SRS: -0.92 (6th of 8) Pace: 108.0 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.5 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 92.4 (7th of 8) Net Rtg: -0.8 (6th of 8)

Expected W-L: 34-38 (6th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Second Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (1-2) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

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

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Slater Martin	30	3		40.3	5.7	12.3	.459				5.7	12.3	.459	.459	6.7	8.0	.833			2.3	5.0				3.0	18.0
2	Vern Mikkelsen	27	3		30.0	3.7	8.7	.423				3.7	8.7	.423	.423	6.0	6.7	.900			5.7	0.7				4.7	13.3
3	Whitey Skoog	29	3		30.0	4.3	10.3	.419				4.3	10.3	.419	.419	1.0	3.7	.273			6.0	6.0				3.7	9.7
4	Dick Schnittker	27	3		29.0	4.3	7.7	.565				4.3	7.7	.565	.565	5.7	6.7	.850			5.0	1.7				4.7	14.3
5	Clyde Lovellette	26	3		23.0	6.3	13.0	.487				6.3	13.0	.487	.487	6.3	10.7	.594			8.3	2.0				4.3	19.0
6	George Mikan	31	3		20.0	4.3	11.7	.371				4.3	11.7	.371	.371	3.3	4.3	.769			9.3	1.7				4.7	12.0
7	Ed Kalafat	23	3		18.3	3.0	7.0	.429				3.0	7.0	.429	.429	5.0	6.3	.789			7.0	0.7				4.3	11.0
8	Lew Hitch	26	3		18.0	1.3	4.3	.308				1.3	4.3	.308	.308	2.3	3.3	.700			5.0	0.7				2.3	5.0
9	Chuck Mencel	22	3		17.3	3.3	6.3	.526				3.3	6.3	.526	.526	2.0	2.3	.857			1.7	2.7				1.3	8.7
10	Dick Garmaker	23	3		14.0	2.3	6.3	.368				2.3	6.3	.368	.368	5.3	5.7	.941			2.7	3.7				2.7	10.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Slater Martin	30	72		2838	309	863	.358				309	863	.358	.358	329	395	.833			260	445				202	947
2	Clyde Lovellette	26	71		2518	594	1370	.434				594	1370	.434	.434	338	469	.721			992	164				245	1526
3	Whitey Skoog	29	72		2311	340	854	.398				340	854	.398	.398	155	193	.803			291	255				232	835
4	Vern Mikkelsen	27	72		2100	317	821	.386				317	821	.386	.386	328	408	.804			608	173				319	962
5	Dick Schnittker	27	72		1930	254	647	.393				254	647	.393	.393	304	355	.856			296	142				253	812
6	Ed Kalafat	23	72		1639	194	540	.359				194	540	.359	.359	186	252	.738			440	130				236	574
7	Lew Hitch	26	69		1129	94	235	.400				94	235	.400	.400	100	132	.758			283	77				85	288
8	Chuck Mencel	22	69		973	120	375	.320				120	375	.320	.320	78	96	.813			110	132				74	318
9	Dick Garmaker	23	68		870	138	373	.370				138	373	.370	.370	112	139	.806			132	104				127	388
10	George Mikan	31	37		765	148	375	.395				148	375	.395	.395	94	122	.770			308	53				153	390
11	Bob Williams	24	20		173	21	46	.457				21	46	.457	.457	24	45	.533			54	7				36	66
12	Ron Feiereisel	24	10		59	8	28	.286				8	28	.286	.286	14	16	.875			6	6				9	30
13	Johnny Horan	23	12		50	4	16	.250				4	16	.250	.250	4	5	.800			6	1				7	12
14	Jim Holstein	25
			72			2541	6543	.388				2541	6543	.388	.388	2066	2627	.786			4133	1689				1978	7148

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Slater Martin	30	3		121	17	37	.459				17	37	.459	.459	20	24	.833			7	15				9	54
2	Vern Mikkelsen	27	3		90	11	26	.423				11	26	.423	.423	18	20	.900			17	2				14	40
3	Whitey Skoog	29	3		90	13	31	.419				13	31	.419	.419	3	11	.273			18	18				11	29
4	Dick Schnittker	27	3		87	13	23	.565				13	23	.565	.565	17	20	.850			15	5				14	43
5	Clyde Lovellette	26	3		69	19	39	.487				19	39	.487	.487	19	32	.594			25	6				13	57
6	George Mikan	31	3		60	13	35	.371				13	35	.371	.371	10	13	.769			28	5				14	36
7	Ed Kalafat	23	3		55	9	21	.429				9	21	.429	.429	15	19	.789			21	2				13	33
8	Lew Hitch	26	3		54	4	13	.308				4	13	.308	.308	7	10	.700			15	2				7	15
9	Chuck Mencel	22	3		52	10	19	.526				10	19	.526	.526	6	7	.857			5	8				4	26
10	Dick Garmaker	23	3		42	7	19	.368				7	19	.368	.368	16	17	.941			8	11				8	30

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Slater Martin	30	72	2838	13.3	.457		.458										2.9	1.8	4.7	.079
2	Clyde Lovellette	26	71	2518	23.5	.484		.342										5.6	2.5	8.1	.155
3	Whitey Skoog	29	72	2311	11.9	.445		.226										1.4	1.4	2.9	.059
4	Vern Mikkelsen	27	72	2100	16.8	.481		.497										3.6	1.8	5.4	.123
5	Dick Schnittker	27	72	1930	13.9	.505		.549										4.2	1.1	5.3	.132
6	Ed Kalafat	23	72	1639	12.6	.441		.467										0.8	1.3	2.1	.062
7	Lew Hitch	26	69	1129	12.6	.491		.562										1.3	0.8	2.2	.092
8	Chuck Mencel	22	69	973	10.1	.381		.256										-0.9	0.6	-0.3	-0.015
9	Dick Garmaker	23	68	870	13.6	.447		.373										0.7	0.6	1.3	.072
10	George Mikan	31	37	765	17.8	.455		.325										0.8	0.8	1.6	.098
11	Bob Williams	24	20	173	13.0	.502		.978										0.3	0.1	0.5	.126
12	Ron Feiereisel	24	10	59	12.2	.428		.571										0.0	0.0	0.0	.040
13	Johnny Horan	23	12	50	1.6	.330		.313										-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.084
14	Jim Holstein	25

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Slater Martin	30	3	121	15.7	.568		.649				18.6						0.4	0.1	0.5	.195
2	Vern Mikkelsen	27	3	90	13.5	.575		.769				3.3						0.3	0.1	0.4	.193
3	Whitey Skoog	29	3	90	12.5	.405		.355				30.3						0.0	0.1	0.1	.057
4	Dick Schnittker	27	3	87	17.7	.676		.870				8.8						0.4	0.1	0.5	.288
5	Clyde Lovellette	26	3	69	26.7	.537		.821				16.4						0.3	0.1	0.4	.299
6	George Mikan	31	3	60	18.3	.442		.371				14.2						0.0	0.1	0.1	.114
7	Ed Kalafat	23	3	55	19.9	.562		.905				5.7						0.2	0.1	0.3	.260
8	Lew Hitch	26	3	54	8.9	.431		.769				5.1						0.0	0.1	0.1	.060
9	Chuck Mencel	22	3	52	19.3	.589		.368				25.1						0.2	0.0	0.3	.239
10	Dick Garmaker	23	3	42	27.7	.566		.895				41.0						0.2	0.1	0.3	.333

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