La temporada 1956-57 fue la novena de los Minneapolis Lakers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 34 victorias y 38 derrotas, ocupando el segundo puesto de la División Oeste, empatados con el segundo, los St. Louis Hawks, con los que jugaron un partido de desempate para determinar la clasificación. Se clasificaron para los playoffs en los que perdieron en las finales de división de nuevo ante los Hawks.[1]
Semifinales de División
[editar]Minneapolis Lakers - Fort Wayne Pistons
St. Louis Hawks - Minneapolis Lakers
| Minneapolis Lakers 1955-56 |
| Jugadores | Entrenadores |
| N.º | Nac. | Pos. | Nombre | Altura | Peso | Origen | | 24 | USA ! | 13P | Dukes, Walter | 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | Seton Hall | | 16 | USA ! | 5E | Garmaker, Dick | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 91 kg (200 lb) | Minnesota | | 23 | USA ! | 10AP | Kalafat, Ed | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 111 kg (245 lb) | Minnesota | | 21 | USA ! | 1B | Leonard, Slick | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | Indiana | | 34 | USA ! | 11AP-P | Lovellette, Clyde | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | 106 kg (234 lb) | Kansas | | 18 | USA ! | 1B | Mencel, Chuck | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | Minnesota | | 19 | USA ! | 11AP-P | Mikkelsen, Vern | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 104 kg (230 lb) | Hamline* | | 11 | USA ! | 8A | Paxson Sr., Jim | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 91 kg (200 lb) | Dayton | | 15 | USA ! | 8A | Schnittker, Dick | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 91 kg (200 lb) | Ohio State | | 20 | USA ! | 5E | Skoog, Whitey | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (180 lb) | Minnesota | | 33 | USA ! | 8A | Williams, Bob | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 104 kg (230 lb) | Illinois | | - Entrenador
- Leyenda
- (C) Capitán
- (DR) Elección del draft sin firmar
- (AL) Agente libre
- (IN) Inactivo
- (S) Suspendido
- (GL) Asignado a la G League
- (TW) Contrato dual
 Lesionado
Plantilla |
| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | 3P | 3PI | %3P | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Clyde Lovellette | 27 | 69 | | 36.1 | 8.3 | 19.5 | .426 | | | | 4.1 | 5.8 | .717 | | | 13.5 | 2.0 | | | | 3.6 | 20.8 |
| 2 | Dick Garmaker | 24 | 72 | | 33.4 | 5.6 | 14.1 | .400 | | | | 5.1 | 6.0 | .839 | | | 4.7 | 2.6 | | | | 2.8 | 16.3 |
| 3 | Vern Mikkelsen | 28 | 72 | | 30.5 | 4.5 | 11.9 | .377 | | | | 4.8 | 5.9 | .807 | | | 8.8 | 1.7 | | | | 4.3 | 13.7 |
| 4 | Slick Leonard | 24 | 72 | | 27.0 | 4.2 | 12.0 | .349 | | | | 2.6 | 3.3 | .772 | | | 3.1 | 2.3 | | | | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Walter Dukes | 26 | 71 | | 26.3 | 3.2 | 8.8 | .364 | | | | 3.7 | 5.4 | .689 | | | 11.2 | 0.8 | | | | 3.8 | 10.1 |
| 6 | Chuck Mencel | 23 | 72 | | 25.7 | 3.4 | 9.6 | .353 | | | | 2.5 | 3.3 | .746 | | | 3.3 | 2.8 | | | | 1.3 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Whitey Skoog | 30 | 23 | | 28.5 | 3.4 | 9.6 | .355 | | | | 1.9 | 2.0 | .936 | | | 3.1 | 3.3 | | | | 2.8 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Ed Kalafat | 24 | 65 | | 24.9 | 2.7 | 7.8 | .351 | | | | 3.0 | 4.6 | .661 | | | 6.5 | 1.6 | | | | 3.7 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Jim Paxson | 24 | 71 | | 17.9 | 1.9 | 6.8 | .285 | | | | 2.4 | 3.3 | .720 | | | 3.7 | 1.2 | | | | 2.3 | 6.3 |
| 10 | Dick Schnittker | 28 | 70 | | 14.2 | 1.6 | 5.0 | .322 | | | | 2.3 | 2.8 | .829 | | | 2.6 | 0.7 | | | | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Bob Williams | 25 | 4 | | 5.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .250 | | | | 0.5 | 0.8 | .667 | | | 1.3 | 0.0 | | | | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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