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Minneapolis Lakers 1956-1957 Schedule and Results

All the scores of the games played by the Lakers in the NBA 1956-57 Regular Season and the 1957 Playoffs, with teams, results, winning and losing streaks, partial and final records and evolution of the playoff series.

Regular Season Record:
34-38 (.472), 2nd in Western Division
Playoffs Record:
2-3 (.400), Lost West Div Finals

Minneapolis Lakers 1956-1957 Game Schedule and Results

NBA Regular Season

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Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak
Record
1 Oct. 27, 1956 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks L 75 - 97 lost 1 0 - 1
2 Oct. 28, 1956 Lakers @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 88 - 94 lost 2 0 - 2
Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak
Record
3 Nov. 1, 1956 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 97 - 88 won 1 1 - 2
4 Nov. 3, 1956 Lakers @ Rochester Royals W 95 - 85 won 2 2 - 2
5 Nov. 4, 1956 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 88 - 87 won 3 3 - 2
6 Nov. 10, 1956 Lakers @ Boston Celtics L 110 - 117 lost 1 3 - 3
7 Nov. 11, 1956 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals L 82 - 94 lost 2 3 - 4
8 Nov. 14, 1956 Lakers vs. Boston Celtics W 113 - 97 won 1 4 - 4
9 Nov. 15, 1956 Lakers @ Syracuse Nationals W 103 - 96 won 2 5 - 4
10 Nov. 16, 1956 Lakers @ Philadelphia Warriors L 97 - 123 lost 1 5 - 5
11 Nov. 18, 1956 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons L 107 - 111 lost 2 5 - 6
12 Nov. 22, 1956 Lakers vs. Syracuse Nationals W 111 - 78 won 1 6 - 6
13 Nov. 24, 1956 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks W 104 - 102 OTwon 2 7 - 6
14 Nov. 25, 1956 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks L 94 - 95 lost 1 7 - 7
15 Nov. 27, 1956 Lakers vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 113 - 98 won 1 8 - 7
16 Nov. 28, 1956 Lakers vs. Boston Celtics L 93 - 105 lost 1 8 - 8
Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak
Record
17 Dec. 1, 1956 Lakers @ Rochester Royals L 83 - 95 lost 2 8 - 9
18 Dec. 2, 1956 Lakers vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 106 - 96 won 1 9 - 9
19 Dec. 4, 1956 Lakers @ New York Knicks L 88 - 101 lost 1 9 - 10
20 Dec. 6, 1956 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks W 103 - 96 won 1 10 - 10
21 Dec. 7, 1956 Lakers @ Boston Celtics L 114 - 121 lost 1 10 - 11
22 Dec. 9, 1956 Lakers vs. New York Knicks L 91 - 100 lost 2 10 - 12
23 Dec. 11, 1956 Lakers @ Philadelphia Warriors L 111 - 114 lost 3 10 - 13
24 Dec. 12, 1956 Lakers vs. New York Knicks W 121 - 103 won 1 11 - 13
25 Dec. 16, 1956 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 101 - 97 won 2 12 - 13
26 Dec. 20, 1956 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 105 - 103 won 3 13 - 13
27 Dec. 22, 1956 Lakers @ Rochester Royals L 101 - 115 lost 1 13 - 14
28 Dec. 23, 1956 Lakers @ Syracuse Nationals L 97 - 107 lost 2 13 - 15
29 Dec. 25, 1956 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 100 - 89 won 1 14 - 15
30 Dec. 27, 1956 Lakers @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 93 - 120 lost 1 14 - 16
31 Dec. 29, 1956 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks L 92 - 95 lost 2 14 - 17
32 Dec. 30, 1956 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks L 93 - 100 lost 3 14 - 18
Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak
Record
33 Jan. 3, 1957 Lakers @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 102 - 104 lost 4 14 - 19
34 Jan. 6, 1957 Lakers vs. New York Knicks L 101 - 111 lost 5 14 - 20
35 Jan. 8, 1957 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons L 86 - 87 lost 6 14 - 21
36 Jan. 9, 1957 Lakers vs. Syracuse Nationals W 93 - 86 won 1 15 - 21
37 Jan. 10, 1957 Lakers @ Syracuse Nationals W 118 - 110 won 2 16 - 21
38 Jan. 12, 1957 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 105 - 87 won 3 17 - 21
39 Jan. 13, 1957 Lakers vs. Boston Celtics W 104 - 87 won 4 18 - 21
40 Jan. 17, 1957 Lakers vs. New York Knicks L 93 - 94 lost 1 18 - 22
41 Jan. 20, 1957 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 114 - 107 won 1 19 - 22
42 Jan. 23, 1957 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 107 - 99 won 2 20 - 22
43 Jan. 25, 1957 Lakers @ Boston Celtics L 106 - 115 lost 1 20 - 23
44 Jan. 26, 1957 Lakers @ New York Knicks L 107 - 122 lost 2 20 - 24
45 Jan. 27, 1957 Lakers @ Syracuse Nationals L 93 - 94 lost 3 20 - 25
46 Jan. 28, 1957 Lakers vs. Syracuse Nationals L 96 - 112 lost 4 20 - 26
47 Jan. 29, 1957 Lakers vs. Boston Celtics L 91 - 103 lost 5 20 - 27
48 Jan. 31, 1957 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons L 107 - 111 lost 6 20 - 28
Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak
Record
49 Feb. 2, 1957 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks L 97 - 106 lost 7 20 - 29
50 Feb. 3, 1957 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks L 85 - 102 lost 8 20 - 30
51 Feb. 6, 1957 Lakers vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 101 - 100 won 1 21 - 30
52 Feb. 9, 1957 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 99 - 92 won 2 22 - 30
53 Feb. 10, 1957 Lakers @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 100 - 113 lost 1 22 - 31
54 Feb. 12, 1957 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks W 110 - 105 won 1 23 - 31
55 Feb. 13, 1957 Lakers vs. Boston Celtics W 115 - 114 won 2 24 - 31
56 Feb. 14, 1957 Lakers vs. New York Knicks W 99 - 97 won 3 25 - 31
57 Feb. 15, 1957 Lakers @ Philadelphia Warriors L 104 - 105 lost 1 25 - 32
58 Feb. 16, 1957 Lakers @ New York Knicks L 112 - 120 lost 2 25 - 33
59 Feb. 17, 1957 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks L 115 - 118 OTlost 3 25 - 34
60 Feb. 20, 1957 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 111 - 103 won 1 26 - 34
61 Feb. 23, 1957 Lakers vs. Syracuse Nationals L 101 - 103 lost 1 26 - 35
62 Feb. 24, 1957 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 123 - 115 won 1 27 - 35
63 Feb. 25, 1957 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks L 94 - 110 lost 1 27 - 36
64 Feb. 26, 1957 Lakers @ Syracuse Nationals L 108 - 120 lost 2 27 - 37
65 Feb. 28, 1957 Lakers @ Philadelphia Warriors L 112 - 129 lost 3 27 - 38
Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Streak
Record
66 Mar. 1, 1957 Lakers vs. Rochester Royals W 125 - 117 won 1 28 - 38
67 Mar. 3, 1957 Lakers vs. New York Knicks W 119 - 108 won 2 29 - 38
68 Mar. 7, 1957 Lakers vs. Boston Celtics W 109 - 104 won 3 30 - 38
69 Mar. 8, 1957 Lakers @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 101 - 97 won 4 31 - 38
70 Mar. 10, 1957 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks W 117 - 104 won 5 32 - 38
71 Mar. 12, 1957 Lakers vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 100 - 94 won 6 33 - 38
72 Mar. 13, 1957 Lakers vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 114 - 97 won 7 34 - 38

NBA Playoffs

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NBA Playoffs - Western Division Tiebraker

Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Series Status Streak
1 Mar. 16, 1957 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks L 111 - 114 OT Hawks win
0-1
lost 1

NBA Playoffs - Western Division Semifinals

Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Series Status Streak
1 Mar. 17, 1957 Lakers vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 131 - 127 Lakers lead
1-0
won 1
2 Mar. 19, 1957 Lakers @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 110 - 108 Lakers win
2-0
won 2

NBA Playoffs - Western Division Finals

Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Series Status Streak
1 Mar. 21, 1957 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks L 109 - 118 Hawks lead
0-1
lost 1
2 Mar. 24, 1957 Lakers @ St. Louis Hawks L 104 - 106 Hawks lead
0-2
lost 2
3 Mar. 25, 1957 Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks L 135 - 143 2OT Hawks win
0-3
lost 3