1956-57 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 34-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (34-38)

Executive: George Mikan

PTS/G: 102.3 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 103.1 (8th of 8)

SRS: -0.89 (5th of 8) Pace: 114.8 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.5 (6th of 8) Def Rtg: 89.2 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: -0.7 (5th of 8)

Expected W-L: 34-38 (5th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1957 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (0-1) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (0-3) 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, Oct 27, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		75	97	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Oct 28, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		88	94	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Nov 1, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		97	88	1	2	W 1			at Johnstown, PA
4	Sat, Nov 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		95	85	2	2	W 2
5	Sun, Nov 4, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		88	87	3	2	W 3
6	Sat, Nov 10, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		110	117	3	3	L 1	13,909
7	Sun, Nov 11, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		82	94	3	4	L 2			at New York, NY
8	Wed, Nov 14, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		113	97	4	4	W 1	4,500		at Rochester, NY
9	Thu, Nov 15, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		103	96	5	4	W 2
10	Fri, Nov 16, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		97	123	5	5	L 1
11	Sun, Nov 18, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		107	111	5	6	L 2
12	Thu, Nov 22, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		111	78	6	6	W 1
13	Sat, Nov 24, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	104	102	7	6	W 2
14	Sun, Nov 25, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		94	95	7	7	L 1
15	Tue, Nov 27, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		113	98	8	7	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
16	Wed, Nov 28, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		93	105	8	8	L 1	5,000		at Louisville, KY
17	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		83	95	8	9	L 2
18	Sun, Dec 2, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	96	9	9	W 1
19	Tue, Dec 4, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		88	101	9	10	L 1
20	Thu, Dec 6, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		103	96	10	10	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	121	10	11	L 1	12,838
22	Sun, Dec 9, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		91	100	10	12	L 2
23	Tue, Dec 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	114	10	13	L 3
24	Wed, Dec 12, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		121	103	11	13	W 1			at Boston, MA
25	Sun, Dec 16, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		101	97	12	13	W 2
26	Thu, Dec 20, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		105	103	13	13	W 3			at Albany, NY
27	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		101	115	13	14	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 23, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		97	107	13	15	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 25, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		100	89	14	15	W 1			at Rochester, NY
30	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		93	120	14	16	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		92	95	14	17	L 2
32	Sun, Dec 30, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		93	100	14	18	L 3
33	Thu, Jan 3, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		102	104	14	19	L 4
34	Sun, Jan 6, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	111	14	20	L 5
35	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		86	87	14	21	L 6			at Winnipeg, Canada
36	Wed, Jan 9, 1957	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		93	86	15	21	W 1			at Moorhead, MN
37	Thu, Jan 10, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		118	110	16	21	W 2
38	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		105	87	17	21	W 3			at St. Louis, MO
39	Sun, Jan 13, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		104	87	18	21	W 4	5,427
40	Thu, Jan 17, 1957	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		93	94	18	22	L 1			at Lacrosse, WI
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 20, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		114	107	19	22	W 1
42	Wed, Jan 23, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		107	99	20	22	W 2			at Louisville, KY
43	Fri, Jan 25, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	115	20	23	L 1	9,175
44	Sat, Jan 26, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	122	20	24	L 2
45	Sun, Jan 27, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		93	94	20	25	L 3
46	Mon, Jan 28, 1957	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		96	112	20	26	L 4			at Boston, MA
47	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		91	103	20	27	L 5	14,248		at New York, NY
48	Thu, Jan 31, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		107	111	20	28	L 6
49	Sat, Feb 2, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		97	106	20	29	L 7
50	Sun, Feb 3, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		85	102	20	30	L 8
51	Wed, Feb 6, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		101	100	21	30	W 1
52	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		99	92	22	30	W 2
53	Sun, Feb 10, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		100	113	22	31	L 1
54	Tue, Feb 12, 1957	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		110	105	23	31	W 1			at Kansas City, MO
55	Wed, Feb 13, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		115	114	24	31	W 2	4,200
56	Thu, Feb 14, 1957	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		99	97	25	31	W 3			at Fort Wayne, IN
57	Fri, Feb 15, 1957	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		104	105	25	32	L 1			at Camden, NJ
58	Sat, Feb 16, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	120	25	33	L 2
59	Sun, Feb 17, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	115	118	25	34	L 3
60	Wed, Feb 20, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		111	103	26	34	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		101	103	26	35	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 24, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		123	115	27	35	W 1
63	Mon, Feb 25, 1957	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		94	110	27	36	L 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
64	Tue, Feb 26, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	120	27	37	L 2
65	Thu, Feb 28, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		112	129	27	38	L 3
66	Fri, Mar 1, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		125	117	28	38	W 1			at Boston, MA
67	Sun, Mar 3, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	108	29	38	W 2
68	Thu, Mar 7, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	104	30	38	W 3
69	Fri, Mar 8, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		101	97	31	38	W 4
70	Sun, Mar 10, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		117	104	32	38	W 5
71	Tue, Mar 12, 1957	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	94	33	38	W 6			at Saint Paul, MN
72	Wed, Mar 13, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		114	97	34	38	W 7
73	Sat, Mar 16, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	111	114	34	39	L 1			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 17, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		131	127	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Mar 19, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		110	108	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Thu, Mar 21, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		109	118	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Mar 24, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		104	106	2	2	L 2
5	Mon, Mar 25, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	2OT	135	143	2	3	L 3

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