1955–56 Minneapolis Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Minneapolis Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 1956 33 39 Western 2 John Kundla Minneapolis Auditorium KEYD-TV(Jack Horner) WLOL(Dick Enroth) Division semifinals(lost to Hawks 1–2) MNL The 1955–56 Minneapolis Lakers season was the Lakers' eighth season playing in the NBA.1955–56 Minneapolis Lakers Roster Minneapolis Lakers 1955–56 G 22 Ron Feiereisel 6 3 185 1931-08-06 DePaul G 16 Dick Garmaker 6 3 200 1932-10-29 Minnesota F 11 Lew Hitch 6 8 200 1929-07-16 Kansas State F Johnny Horan 6 8 190 1932-11-24 Dayton F 23 Ed Kalafat 6 6 245 1932-10-13 Minnesota C 34 Clyde Lovellette 6 9 234 1929-09-07 Kansas G 22 Slater Martin 5 10 170 1925-10-22 Texas G 18 Chuck Mencel 6 0 168 1933-04-21 Minnesota C 99 George Mikan 6 10 245 1924-06-18 DePaul F 19 Vern Mikkelsen 6 7 230 1928-10-21 Hamline F 15 Dick Schnittker 6 5 200 1928-05-27 Ohio State G 20 Whitey Skoog 5 11 180 1926-11-02 Minnesota F 33 Bob Williams basketball, born 1931 6 6 230 1931-05-12 Florida A&M John Kundla https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MNL/1956.html Regular season Season standings MNL x – clinched playoff spot Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 5 @ St. Louis 89–101 Clyde Lovellette (27) 0–1 2 November 6 @ Fort Wayne 96–95 Clyde Lovellette (31) 1–1 3 November 9 @ Philadelphia 106–117 Clyde Lovellette (21) 1–2 4 November 10 @ New York 105–112 Clyde Lovellette (22) 1–3 5 November 11 @ Boston 75–119 Dick Schnittker (12) 1–4 6 November 12 N Philadelphia 100–89 Vern Mikkelsen (19) 1–5 7 November 17 @ Syracuse 91–105 Kalafat, Mikkelsen (15) 1–6 8 November 19 @ Rochester 91–90 Clyde Lovellette (26) 2–6 9 November 20 Rochester 104–96 Clyde Lovellette (21) 2–7 10 November 24 St. Louis 99–107 Lovellette, Mikkelsen (19) 3–7 11 November 26 @ St. Louis 95–104 Clyde Lovellette (25) 3–8 12 November 27 Philadelphia 94–99 Clyde Lovellette (25) 4–8 13 November 30 N St. Louis 99–97 Clyde Lovellette (20) 4–9 14 December 1 N New York 90–97 Clyde Lovellette (21) 5–9 15 December 3 @ Syracuse 103–114 Clyde Lovellette (25) 5–10 16 December 4 Syracuse 102–96 Clyde Lovellette (26) 5–11 17 December 6 N Philadelphia 116–103 Clyde Lovellette (27) 5–12 18 December 7 @ Rochester 79–92 Kalafat, Schnittker (17) 5–13 19 December 10 @ Boston 102–118 Clyde Lovellette (21) 5–14 20 December 13 @ New York 91–98 Clyde Lovellette (31) 5–15 21 December 14 N Fort Wayne 98–85 Clyde Lovellette (22) 6–15 22 December 15 @ Syracuse 135–133 (3OT) Clyde Lovellette (30) 7–15 23 December 17 Rochester 92–94 Clyde Lovellette (21) 8–15 24 December 18 @ Fort Wayne 86–96 Slater Martin (19) 8–16 25 December 20 N Boston 104–111 Vern Mikkelsen (22) 8–17 26 December 25 Boston 115–112 Clyde Lovellette (35) 8–18 27 December 28 St. Louis 111–90 Clyde Lovellette (26) 8–19 28 December 29 N St. Louis 71–74 Clyde Lovellette (17) 9–19 29 January 1 Syracuse 85–80 Clyde Lovellette (23) 9–20 30 January 2 N Fort Wayne 95–89 Slater Martin (26) 10–20 31 January 4 St. Louis 76–94 Clyde Lovellette (28) 11–20 32 January 7 @ Rochester 98–103 Clyde Lovellette (32) 11–21 33 January 8 Syracuse 91–99 Clyde Lovellette (26) 12–21 34 January 10 N Syracuse 79–90 Garmaker, Lovellette, Mikkelsen (16) 13–21 35 January 11 N Boston 114–110 Clyde Lovellette (24) 14–21 36 January 14 Fort Wayne 94–117 Clyde Lovellette (22) 15–21 37 January 15 @ Fort Wayne 99–104 Slater Martin (24) 15–22 38 January 17 N St. Louis 86–97 Clyde Lovellette (22) 16–22 39 January 18 N Philadelphia 94–105 Clyde Lovellette (31) 17–22 40 January 19 @ Syracuse 100–122 Clyde Lovellette (17) 17–23 41 January 20 N New York 122–109 Clyde Lovellette (27) 17–24 42 January 21 @ New York 109–89 George Mikan (20) 18–24 43 January 22 New York 100–95 Whitey Skoog (19) 18–25 44 January 25 New York 95–104 Clyde Lovellette (21) 19–25 45 January 28 Philadelphia 108–85 Dick Garmaker (17) 19–26 46 January 29 St. Louis 114–107 Dick Schnittker (22) 19–27 47 January 31 N Rochester 86–92 Clyde Lovellette (20) 20–27 48 February 1 Boston 106–107 Lovellette, Martin (21) 21–27 49 February 2 N Boston 101–102 Clyde Lovellette (21) 21–28 50 February 5 Rochester 121–109 Vern Mikkelsen (27) 21–29 51 February 8 Fort Wayne 82–106 Whitey Skoog (25) 22–29 52 February 11 Philadelphia 117–102 Clyde Lovellette (32) 22–30 53 February 12 @ Fort Wayne 78–82 Clyde Lovellette (16) 22–31 54 February 14 N Rochester 79–110 Clyde Lovellette (22) 23–31 55 February 15 N New York 102–113 Clyde Lovellette (20) 24–31 56 February 17 @ Philadelphia 111–134 Clyde Lovellette (24) 24–32 57 February 18 @ Rochester 119–99 Whitey Skoog (23) 25–32 58 February 19 Rochester 93–100 Clyde Lovellette (19) 26–32 59 February 22 Boston 93–90 Whitey Skoog (20) 26–33 60 February 26 Fort Wayne 95–90 George Mikan (17) 26–34 61 February 29 N Syracuse 94–98 Clyde Lovellette (30) 27–34 62 March 1 @ Philadelphia 102–100 Clyde Lovellette (24) 28–34 63 March 2 @ Boston 113–119 Lovellette, Skoog (23) 28–35 64 March 3 @ Rochester 90–94 Clyde Lovellette (22) 28–36 65 March 4 St. Louis 84–113 Clyde Lovellette (24) 29–36 66 March 7 Fort Wayne 95–98 Clyde Lovellette (25) 30–36 67 March 8 @ Fort Wayne 82–100 Slater Martin (18) 30–37 68 March 9 @ St. Louis 102–103 Dick Schnittker (24) 30–38 69 March 10 @ St. Louis 97–105 Clyde Lovellette (20) 30–39 70 March 11 Rochester 98–126 Clyde Lovellette (24) 31–39 71 March 13 N New York 89–102 Clyde Lovellette (19) 32–39 72 March 14 Fort Wayne 96–100 Ed Kalafat (21) 33–39 Playoffs Minneapolis Lakers yes 1956 #79A3DD #F7C330 Minneapolis Lakers Division Tiebreaker yes no (finishes as West's #2 seed) #F7C330 #FFFFFF yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 16 | @ St. Louis | W 103–97 | Slater Martin (28) | Kiel Auditorium | 1–0 |- Minneapolis Lakers Division semifinals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 1 1 0 1 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 17 | @ St. Louis | L 115–116 | Mikkelsen, Martin (19) | Kiel Auditorium | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 19 | St. Louis | W 133–75 | Slater Martin (19) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 21 | St. Louis | L 115–116 | Clyde Lovellette (31) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–2 |- MNL yes 1956 Awards and records Slater Martin, All-NBA Second Team Clyde Lovellette, All-NBA Second Team Slater Martin, NBA All-Star Game Clyde Lovellette, NBA All-Star Game Vern Mikkelsen, NBA All-Star Game References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Minneapolis Minneapolis Lakers Minneapolis Lakers