Minneapolis Lakers 1955-56 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Minneapolis Lakers 1955-56 Season Review

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Minneapolis Lakers 1955-56 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 33-39

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	6543	2541	2627	2066	0	0	7148	0	0	1689	0	0	0	1978
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	7212	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955-56 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Ron Feiereisel	10	59	30	6	6	0	0	28	8	16	14	0	0	9
Dick Garmaker	68	870	388	132	104	0	0	373	138	139	112	0	0	127
Lew Hitch	69	1129	288	283	77	0	0	235	94	132	100	0	0	85
Johnny Horan	12	50	12	6	1	0	0	16	4	5	4	0	0	7
Ed Kalafat	72	1639	574	440	130	0	0	540	194	252	186	0	0	236
Clyde Lovellette	71	2518	1526	992	164	0	0	1370	594	469	338	0	0	245
Slater Martin	72	2838	947	260	445	0	0	863	309	395	329	0	0	202
Chuck Mencel	69	973	318	110	132	0	0	375	120	96	78	0	0	74
George Mikan	37	765	390	308	53	0	0	375	148	122	94	0	0	153
Vern Mikkelsen	72	2100	962	608	173	0	0	821	317	408	328	0	0	319
Dick Schnittker	72	1930	812	296	142	0	0	647	254	355	304	0	0	253
Whitey Skoog	72	2311	835	291	255	0	0	854	340	193	155	0	0	232
Bob Williams	20	173	66	54	7	0	0	46	21	45	24	0	0	36

1955-56 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Dick Garmaker	3	42	30	8	11			19	7	17	16			8
Lew Hitch	3	54	15	15	2			13	4	10	7			7
Ed Kalafat	3	55	33	21	2			21	9	19	15			13
Clyde Lovellette	3	69	57	25	6			39	19	32	19			13
Slater Martin	3	121	54	7	15			37	17	24	20			9
Chuck Mencel	3	52	26	5	8			19	10	7	6			4
George Mikan	3	60	36	28	5			35	13	13	10			14
Vern Mikkelsen	3	90	40	17	2			26	11	20	18			14
Dick Schnittker	3	87	43	15	5			23	13	20	17			14
Whitey Skoog	3	90	29	18	18			31	13	11	3			11

Minneapolis Lakers 1955 - 56 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Sat, Nov 5, 1955	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	89	101
2	Sun, Nov 6, 1955	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	96	95
3	Wed, Nov 9, 1955	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	106	117
4	Thu, Nov 10, 1955	@	New York Knicks	L	105	112
5	Fri, Nov 11, 1955	@	Boston Celtics	L	75	119
6	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	89	100
7	Wed, Nov 16, 1955	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	91	105
8	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	@	Rochester Royals	W	91	90
9	Sun, Nov 20, 1955		Rochester Royals	L	96	104
10	Thu, Nov 24, 1955		St. Louis Hawks	W	107	99
11	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	95	104
12	Sun, Nov 27, 1955		Philadelphia Warriors	W	99	94
13	Wed, Nov 30, 1955	N	St. Louis Hawks	L	97	99
14	Thu, Dec 1, 1955	N	New York Knicks	W	97	90
15	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	103	114
16	Sun, Dec 4, 1955		Syracuse Nationals	L	96	102
17	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	103	116
18	Wed, Dec 7, 1955	@	Rochester Royals	L	79	92
19	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	@	Boston Celtics	L	102	118
20	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	@	New York Knicks	L	91	98
21	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	98	85
22	Thu, Dec 15, 1955	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	135	133
23	Sat, Dec 17, 1955		Rochester Royals	W	94	92
24	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	86	96
25	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	N	Boston Celtics	L	104	111
26	Sun, Dec 25, 1955		Boston Celtics	L	112	115
27	Wed, Dec 28, 1955		St. Louis Hawks	L	90	111
28	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	N	St. Louis Hawks	W	74	71
29	Sun, Jan 1, 1956		Syracuse Nationals	L	80	85
30	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	95	89
31	Wed, Jan 4, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	W	94	76
32	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	L	98	103
33	Sun, Jan 8, 1956		Syracuse Nationals	W	99	91
34	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	90	79
35	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	N	Boston Celtics	W	114	110
36	Sat, Jan 14, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	117	94
37	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	99	104
38	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	N	St. Louis Hawks	W	97	86
39	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	105	94
40	Thu, Jan 19, 1956	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	100	122
41	Fri, Jan 20, 1956	N	New York Knicks	L	109	122
42	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	@	New York Knicks	W	109	89
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1956		New York Knicks	L	95	100
44	Wed, Jan 25, 1956		New York Knicks	W	104	95
45	Sat, Jan 28, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	L	85	108
46	Sun, Jan 29, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	L	107	114
47	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	N	Rochester Royals	W	92	86
48	Wed, Feb 1, 1956		Boston Celtics	W	107	106
49	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	N	Boston Celtics	L	101	102
50	Sun, Feb 5, 1956		Rochester Royals	L	109	121
51	Wed, Feb 8, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	106	82
52	Sat, Feb 11, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	L	102	117
53	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	78	82
54	Tue, Feb 14, 1956	N	Rochester Royals	W	110	79
55	Wed, Feb 15, 1956	N	New York Knicks	W	113	102
56	Fri, Feb 17, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	111	134
57	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	W	119	99
58	Sun, Feb 19, 1956		Rochester Royals	W	100	93
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1956		Boston Celtics	L	90	93
60	Sun, Feb 26, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	90	95
61	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	98	94
62	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	102	100
63	Fri, Mar 2, 1956	@	Boston Celtics	L	113	119
64	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	L	90	94
65	Sun, Mar 4, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	W	113	84
66	Wed, Mar 7, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	98	95
67	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	82	100
68	Fri, Mar 9, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	102	103
69	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	97	105
70	Sun, Mar 11, 1956		Rochester Royals	W	126	98
71	Tue, Mar 13, 1956	N	New York Knicks	W	102	89
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	100	96