Minneapolis Lakers 1955-1956 Season

2nd Western Division, 2nd Western Conference - Lost West Div Semis

Coached by John Kundla

Regular Season Record: 33-39 (.458)

Home: 13-12, Away: 6-21, Neutral: 14-16

Playoff Record: 1-2 (.333)

Home: 1-1, Away: 0-1

Lost West Div Semis (2-1) to St. Louis Hawks
Won West Div 2nd Pl (1-0) over St. Louis Hawks

Regular Season Stats

PLAYER	G	MIN	FGM	FGA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	3PM	3PA	PCT	REB	RPG	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	PTS	PPG
Clyde Lovellette	71	2518	594	1370	.434	338	469	.721	0	0	-	992	14.0	164	245	0	0	0	1526	21.5
Vern Mikkelsen	72	2100	317	821	.386	328	408	.804	0	0	-	608	8.4	173	319	0	0	0	962	13.4
Slater Martin	72	2838	309	863	.358	329	395	.833	0	0	-	260	3.6	445	202	0	0	0	947	13.2
Whitey Skoog	72	2311	340	854	.398	155	193	.803	0	0	-	291	4.0	255	232	0	0	0	835	11.6
Dick Schnittker	72	1930	254	647	.393	304	355	.856	0	0	-	296	4.1	142	253	0	0	0	812	11.3
George Mikan	37	765	148	375	.395	94	122	.770	0	0	-	308	8.3	53	153	0	0	0	390	10.5
Ed Kalafat	72	1639	194	540	.359	186	252	.738	0	0	-	440	6.1	130	236	0	0	0	574	8.0
Dick Garmaker	68	870	138	373	.370	112	139	.806	0	0	-	132	1.9	104	127	0	0	0	388	5.7
Chuck Mencel	69	973	120	375	.320	78	96	.813	0	0	-	110	1.6	132	74	0	0	0	318	4.6
Lew Hitch	69	1129	94	235	.400	100	132	.758	0	0	-	283	4.1	77	85	0	0	0	288	4.2
Bob Williams	20	173	21	46	.457	24	45	.533	0	0	-	54	2.7	7	36	0	0	0	66	3.3
Ron Feiereisel	10	59	8	28	.286	14	16	.875	0	0	-	6	0.6	6	9	0	0	0	30	3.0
Johnny Horan	19	93	12	42	.286	10	11	.909	0	0	-	10	0.5	2	21	0	0	0	34	1.8
Team	72		2541	6543	.388	2066	2627	.786				4133	57.4	1689	1978				7148	99.3
Opponents	72																		7212	100.2

Playoff Stats

PLAYER	G	MIN	FGM	FGA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	3PM	3PA	PCT	REB	RPG	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	PTS	PPG
Clyde Lovellette	3	69	19	39	.487	19	32	.594	0	0	-	25	8.3	6	13	0	0	0	57	19.0
Dick Schnittker	3	87	13	23	.565	17	20	.850	0	0	-	15	5.0	5	14	0	0	0	43	14.3
Vern Mikkelsen	3	90	11	26	.423	18	20	.900	0	0	-	17	5.7	2	14	0	0	0	40	13.3
George Mikan	3	60	13	35	.371	10	13	.769	0	0	-	28	9.3	5	14	0	0	0	36	12.0
Ed Kalafat	3	55	9	21	.429	15	19	.789	0	0	-	21	7.0	2	13	0	0	0	33	11.0
Dick Garmaker	3	42	7	19	.368	16	17	.941	0	0	-	8	2.7	11	8	0	0	0	30	10.0
Whitey Skoog	3	90	13	31	.419	3	11	.273	0	0	-	18	6.0	18	11	0	0	0	29	9.7
Chuck Mencel	3	52	10	19	.526	6	7	.857	0	0	-	5	1.7	8	4	0	0	0	26	8.7
Lew Hitch	3	54	4	13	.308	7	10	.700	0	0	-	15	5.0	2	7	0	0	0	15	5.0