1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Minneapolis Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 1957 34 38 Western 2 John Kundla Minneapolis Auditorium Division finals(lost to Hawks 0–3) MNL The 1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season was the Lakers' ninth season in the NBA.1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers Roster Minneapolis Lakers 1956–57 C 24 Walter Dukes 7 0 220 1930-06-23 Seton Hall G 16 Dick Garmaker 6 3 200 1932-10-29 Minnesota F 23 Ed Kalafat 6 6 245 1932-10-13 Minnesota G 21 Slick Leonard 6 3 185 1932-07-17 Indiana C 34 Clyde Lovellette 6 9 234 1929-09-07 Kansas G 18 Chuck Mencel 6 0 168 1933-04-21 Minnesota F 19 Vern Mikkelsen 6 7 230 1928-10-21 Hamline F 11 Jim Paxson Sr. 6 6 200 1932-12-19 Dayton 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/1957.html Regular season Season standings MNL x – clinched playoff spot Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 27 @ St. Louis 75–97 Clyde Lovellette (16) 0–1 2 October 28 @ Fort Wayne 88–94 Clyde Lovellette (19) 0–2 3 November 1 N Rochester 88–97 Whitey Skoog (20) 1–2 4 November 3 @ Rochester 95–85 Clyde Lovellette (20) 2–2 5 November 4 Rochester 87–88 Clyde Lovellette (23) 3–2 6 November 10 @ Boston 110–117 Clyde Lovellette (26) 3–3 7 November 11 N Rochester 94–82 Clyde Lovellette (18) 3–4 8 November 14 N Boston 113–97 Ed Kalafat (20) 4–4 9 November 15 @ Syracuse 103–96 Clyde Lovellette (28) 5–4 10 November 16 @ Philadelphia 97–123 Clyde Lovellette (25) 5–5 11 November 18 Fort Wayne 111–107 Chuck Mencel (26) 5–6 12 November 22 Syracuse 78–111 Clyde Lovellette (22) 6–6 13 November 24 @ St. Louis 104–102 (OT) Dick Garmaker (25) 7–6 14 November 25 St. Louis 95–94 Dick Garmaker (24) 7–7 15 November 27 N Philadelphia 98–113 Clyde Lovellette (26) 8–7 16 November 28 N Boston 93–105 Clyde Lovellette (22) 8–8 17 December 1 @ Rochester 83–95 Clyde Lovellette (24) 8–9 18 December 2 Philadelphia 96–106 Chuck Mencel (21) 9–9 19 December 4 @ New York 88–101 Clyde Lovellette (21) 9–10 20 December 6 N St. Louis 96–103 Dick Garmaker (30) 10–10 21 December 7 @ Boston 114–121 Clyde Lovellette (24) 10–11 22 December 9 New York 100–91 Ed Kalafat (18) 10–12 23 December 11 @ Philadelphia 111–114 Clyde Lovellette (28) 10–13 24 December 12 N New York 103–121 Clyde Lovellette (29) 11–13 25 December 16 Rochester 97–101 Clyde Lovellette (26) 12–13 26 December 20 N Rochester 103–105 Clyde Lovellette (33) 13–13 27 December 22 @ Rochester 101–115 Clyde Lovellette (17) 13–14 28 December 23 @ Syracuse 97–107 Clyde Lovellette (23) 13–15 29 December 25 N Fort Wayne 100–89 Clyde Lovellette (23) 14–15 30 December 27 @ Fort Wayne 93–120 Clyde Lovellette (19) 14–16 31 December 29 St. Louis 95–92 Clyde Lovellette (22) 14–17 32 December 30 @ St. Louis 93–100 Clyde Lovellette (19) 14–18 33 January 3 @ Fort Wayne 102–104 Clyde Lovellette (24) 14–19 34 January 6 New York 111–101 Clyde Lovellette (29) 14–20 35 January 8 N Fort Wayne 86–87 Clyde Lovellette (23) 14–21 36 January 9 N Syracuse 86–93 Bobby Leonard (19) 15–21 37 January 10 @ Syracuse 118–110 Clyde Lovellette (29) 16–21 38 January 12 N Fort Wayne 105–87 Clyde Lovellette (24) 17–21 39 January 13 Boston 87–104 Vern Mikkelsen (23) 18–21 40 January 17 N New York 94–93 Vern Mikkelsen (26) 18–22 41 January 20 Rochester 107–114 Vern Mikkelsen (27) 19–22 42 January 23 N Rochester 99–107 Garmaker, Leonard (21) 20–22 43 January 25 @ Boston 106–115 Dick Garmaker (24) 20–23 44 January 26 @ New York 107–122 Clyde Lovellette (30) 20–24 45 January 27 @ Syracuse 93–94 Clyde Lovellette (20) 20–25 46 January 28 N Syracuse 112–96 Dick Garmaker (28) 20–26 47 January 29 N Boston 91–103 Clyde Lovellette (29) 20–27 48 January 31 Fort Wayne 111–107 Clyde Lovellette (26) 20–28 49 February 2 St. Louis 106–97 Vern Mikkelsen (21) 20–29 50 February 3 @ St. Louis 85–102 Clyde Lovellette (20) 20–30 51 February 6 Philadelphia 100–101 Chuck Mencel (28) 21–30 52 February 9 Fort Wayne 92–99 Bobby Leonard (17) 22–30 53 February 10 @ Fort Wayne 100–113 Dick Garmaker (23) 22–31 54 February 12 N St. Louis 105–110 Dick Garmaker (22) 23–31 55 February 13 Boston 114–115 Walter Dukes (22) 24–31 56 February 14 N New York 97–99 Clyde Lovellette (22) 25–31 57 February 15 N Philadelphia 104–105 Jim Paxson (22) 25–32 58 February 16 @ New York 112–120 Clyde Lovellette (21) 25–33 59 February 17 St. Louis 118–115 (OT) Dick Garmaker (24) 25–34 60 February 20 Rochester 103–111 Vern Mikkelsen (24) 26–34 61 February 23 Syracuse 103–101 Clyde Lovellette (26) 26–35 62 February 24 Fort Wayne 115–123 Dick Garmaker (29) 27–35 63 February 25 N St. Louis 110–94 Dick Garmaker (27) 27–36 64 February 26 @ Syracuse 108–120 Dick Garmaker (22) 27–37 65 February 28 @ Philadelphia 112–129 Clyde Lovellette (18) 27–38 66 March 1 N Rochester 117–125 Dick Garmaker (30) 28–38 67 March 3 New York 108–119 Dick Garmaker (29) 29–38 68 March 7 Boston 104–109 Vern Mikkelsen (24) 30–38 69 March 8 @ Fort Wayne 101–97 Dick Garmaker (20) 31–38 70 March 10 St. Louis 104–117 Clyde Lovellette (32) 32–38 71 March 12 N Philadelphia 94–100 Clyde Lovellette (25) 33–38 72 March 13 Philadelphia 97–114 Vern Mikkelsen (35) 34–38 Playoffs Minneapolis Lakers yes 1957 #79A3DD #F7C330 Minneapolis Lakers Division Tiebreaker yes no (finishes as West's #2 seed) #F7C330 #FFFFFF yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 16 | @ St. Louis | L 111–114 (OT) | Clyde Lovellette (30) | Lovellette, Dukes (12) | Kiel Auditorium | 0–1 |- Minneapolis Lakers Division semifinals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 1 0 1 0 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 17 | Fort Wayne | W 131–127 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 19 | @ Fort Wayne | W 110–108 | Slick Leonard (19) | War Memorial Coliseum | 2–0 |- Minneapolis Lakers Division finals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 0 1 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 21 | @ St. Louis | L 109–118 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | Clyde Lovellette (11) | Slick Leonard (9) | Kiel Auditorium6,028 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 24 | @ St. Louis | L 104–106 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | Walter Dukes (20) | — | Kiel Auditorium9,451 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 26 | St. Louis | L 135–143 (2OT) | Slick Leonard (42) | — | — | Minneapolis Auditorium | 0–3 |- MNL yes 1957 Awards and records Dick Garmaker, All-NBA Second Team Dick Garmaker, NBA All-Star Game Vern Mikkelsen, NBA All-Star Game Slater Martin, NBA All-Star Game References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Minneapolis Minnesota Lakers Minnesota Lakers