1955-56 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (33-39)

Executive: George Mikan

PTS/G: 99.3 (4th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 100.2 (6th of 8)

SRS: -0.92 (6th of 8) Pace: 108.0 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.5 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 92.4 (7th of 8) Net Rtg: -0.8 (6th of 8)

Expected W-L: 34-38 (6th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Second Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (1-2) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 5, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		89	101	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 6, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		96	95	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Nov 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	117	1	2	L 1
4	Thu, Nov 10, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	112	1	3	L 2
5	Fri, Nov 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		75	119	1	4	L 3	13,909
6	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		89	100	1	5	L 4			at Hershey, PA
7	Thu, Nov 17, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	105	1	6	L 5
8	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		91	90	2	6	W 1
9	Sun, Nov 20, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		96	104	2	7	L 1
10	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		107	99	3	7	W 1
11	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		95	104	3	8	L 1
12	Sun, Nov 27, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		99	94	4	8	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 30, 1955	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	99	4	9	L 1			at Rochester, NY
14	Thu, Dec 1, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		97	90	5	9	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
15	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		103	114	5	10	L 1
16	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		96	102	5	11	L 2
17	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		103	116	5	12	L 3			at New York, NY
18	Wed, Dec 7, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		79	92	5	13	L 4
19	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	118	5	14	L 5	7,488
20	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	98	5	15	L 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	85	6	15	W 1			at Boston, MA
22	Thu, Dec 15, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	3OT	135	133	7	15	W 2
23	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		94	92	8	15	W 3
24	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		86	96	8	16	L 1
25	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		104	111	8	17	L 2	9,280		at New York, NY
26	Sun, Dec 25, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		112	115	8	18	L 3	2,962
27	Wed, Dec 28, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		90	111	8	19	L 4
28	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		74	71	9	19	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
29	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		80	85	9	20	L 1
30	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		95	89	10	20	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
31	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		94	76	11	20	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
32	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		98	103	11	21	L 1
33	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		99	91	12	21	W 1
34	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		90	79	13	21	W 2			at Fort Wayne, IN
35	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		114	110	14	21	W 3	2,470		at Saint Paul, MN
36	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		117	94	15	21	W 4
37	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		99	104	15	22	L 1
38	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		97	86	16	22	W 1			at Kansas City, MO
39	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	94	17	22	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
40	Thu, Jan 19, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		100	122	17	23	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 20, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		109	122	17	24	L 2			at Boston, MA
42	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		109	89	18	24	W 1
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		95	100	18	25	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	95	19	25	W 1
45	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		85	108	19	26	L 1
46	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		107	114	19	27	L 2
47	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		92	86	20	27	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
48	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		107	106	21	27	W 2	3,006
49	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		101	102	21	28	L 1	6,738		at St. Louis, MO
50	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		109	121	21	29	L 2
51	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		106	82	22	29	W 1
52	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		102	117	22	30	L 1
53	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		78	82	22	31	L 2
54	Tue, Feb 14, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		110	79	23	31	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
55	Wed, Feb 15, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		113	102	24	31	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
56	Fri, Feb 17, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	134	24	32	L 1
57	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		119	99	25	32	W 1
58	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		100	93	26	32	W 2
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		90	93	26	33	L 1	4,017
60	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		90	95	26	34	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		98	94	27	34	W 1			at Saint Paul, MN
62	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		102	100	28	34	W 2
63	Fri, Mar 2, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	119	28	35	L 1	10,161
64	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		90	94	28	36	L 2
65	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		113	84	29	36	W 1
66	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	95	30	36	W 2
67	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		82	100	30	37	L 1
68	Fri, Mar 9, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		102	103	30	38	L 2
69	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	105	30	39	L 3
70	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		126	98	31	39	W 1
71	Tue, Mar 13, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		102	89	32	39	W 2			at Moorhead, MN
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		100	96	33	39	W 3
73	Fri, Mar 16, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		103	97	34	39	W 4			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	115	116	0	1	L 1
2	Mon, Mar 19, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	133	75	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Mar 21, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	115	116	1	2	L 1

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