Minneapolis Lakers 1955-1956 Season
Game log
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: 14-16Playoff Record: 1-2 (.333)
Home: 1-1, Away: 0-1Lost 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 |

