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1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Minneapolis Lakers
team_link	Los Angeles Lakers
end_year	1957
wins	34
losses	38
division	Western
division_place	2
coach	John Kundla
arena	Minneapolis Auditorium
playoffs	[Division finals](1957-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Hawks](1956-57-st-louis-hawks-season) 0–3)
bbr_team	MNL

(lost to Hawks 0–3) The 1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers season was the Lakers' ninth season in the NBA.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

72	March 13	Philadelphia	97–114	Vern Mikkelsen (35)	34–38

Playoffs

0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
March 17
Fort Wayne
W 131–127
Clyde Lovellette (30)
Minneapolis Auditorium
1–0
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2
March 19
@ Fort Wayne
W 110–108
Slick Leonard (19)
War Memorial Coliseum
2–0
-
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1
March 21
@ St. Louis
L 109–118
Vern Mikkelsen (24)
Clyde Lovellette (11)
Slick Leonard (9)
Kiel Auditorium
6,028
0–1
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2
March 24
@ St. Louis
L 104–106
Clyde Lovellette (33)
Walter Dukes (20)
—
Kiel Auditorium
9,451
0–2
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3
March 26
St. Louis
L 135–143 (2OT)
Slick Leonard (42)
—
—
Minneapolis Auditorium
0–3
-

Awards and records

Dick Garmaker, All-NBA Second Team
Dick Garmaker, NBA All-Star Game
Vern Mikkelsen, NBA All-Star Game
Slater Martin, NBA All-Star Game

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MNL/1957.html 1956–57 Minneapolis Lakers]

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