Lakers 97-107 Nationals (Dec 22, 1956)

MIN

SYR

1

25

30

2

24

3

25

23

4

23

30

97

107

Top Performers

Points

27

Schayes

SYR

Rebounds

22

Lovellette

MIN

Assists

5

Schayes

SYR

MIN

Team Stats

SYR

34-93 (36.6%)

FG%

40-97 (41.2%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

29-40 (72.5%)

FTM

27-37 (73.0%)

54

Rebounds

52

13

Assists

18

Turnovers

1956-57 Western Standings

MINSYR

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Hawks - y	34	38	.472
2	Lakers - x	34	38	.472
3	Pistons - x	34	38	.472
4	Royals - e	31	41	.431	3.0

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics - y	44	28	.611
2	Nationals - x	38	34	.528	6.0
3	Warriors - x	37	35	.514	7.0
4	Knicks - e	36	36	.500	8.0

Game Summary

The Syracuse Nationals decisively defeated the Minneapolis Lakers, 107 to 97, on December 23, 1956.

Game Info

December 22, 1956

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette #34	43	23	22 (0)	2	5	9-17	5-7	57.3
Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen #19	35	16	6 (0)	1	2	5-10	6-7	61.2
Slick Leonard S. Leonard #21	33	10	0 (0)	2	3	4-18	2-6	24.2
Chuck Mencel C. Mencel #18	32	8	2 (0)	2	4	3-11	2-3	32.5
Ed Kalafat E. Kalafat #23	31	3	5 (0)	1	1	0-5	3-5	20.8
Dick Garmaker D. Garmaker #16	29	9	6 (0)	3	2	3-8	3-3	48.3
Walter Dukes W. Dukes #23	15	8	5 (0)	0	5	3-9	2-2	40.5
Jim Paxson J. Paxson #11	14	10	8 (0)	2	1	4-12	2-3	37.5
Dick Schnittker D. Schnittker #15	8	10	0 (0)	0	3	3-3	4-4	105.0

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	MIN		0 (0)					0-0	0-0	0-0

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	44	27	14 (0)	5	4	9-19	9-10	57.7
Ed Conlin E. Conlin #8	36	20	12 (0)	3	3	8-9	4-5	89.3
Johnny Kerr J. Kerr #10	34	17	15 (0)	1	3	6-15	5-8	45.9
Larry Hennessy L. Hennessy #4	24	6	1 (0)	1	1	3-8	0-0	37.5
Earl Lloyd E. Lloyd #11	24	4	4 (0)	3	1	1-9	2-2	20.2
Al Bianchi A. Bianchi #24	18	9	3 (0)	0	5	4-7	1-2	57.1
Joe Holup J. Holup #9	15	11	3 (0)	2	6	5-14	1-1	38.1
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	10	2	0 (0)	3	0	0-2	2-2	34.7
Bob Harrison B. Harrison #16		11	0 (0)	0	4	4-13	3-6	35.2
Bob Hopkins B. Hopkins #9		0	0 (0)	0	0	0-1	0-1	0.0