1958–59_Minneapolis_Lakers_season
1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season was the 11th season for the franchise in the NBA.[1]
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1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season | |||
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Head coach | John Kundla | ||
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium | ||
Results | |||
Record | 33–39 (.458) | ||
Place | Division: 2nd (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 0-4) | ||
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The Lakers would make it to the NBA Finals, only to be swept by the Boston Celtics in four games in their penultimate season in Minnesota.
Draft picks
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Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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6 | 40 | Alvin Inniss | Center | United States | St. Francis (NY) |
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Season standings
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-St. Louis Hawks | 49 | 23 | .681 | – | 28–3 | 14–15 | 7–5 | 27–9 |
x-Minneapolis Lakers | 33 | 39 | .458 | 16 | 15–7 | 9–17 | 9–15 | 18–18 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 28 | 44 | .389 | 21 | 13–17 | 8–20 | 7–7 | 17–19 |
Cincinnati Royals | 19 | 53 | .264 | 30 | 9–19 | 2–25 | 8–9 | 10–26 |
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- x - clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 8–1 | 8–1 | 9–0 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–5 | 7–5 |
Cincinnati | 1–8 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 1–11 | 3–6 |
Detroit | 1–8 | 9–3 | — | 4–8 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 4–8 | 2–7 |
Minneapolis | 0–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–5 | 6–3 | 4–8 | 5–4 |
New York | 5–7 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 5–7 | 4–5 | 9–3 |
Philadelphia | 3–9 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–5 | 4–8 |
St. Louis | 5–4 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | — | 7–2 |
Syracuse | 5–7 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 2–7 | — |
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Game log
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | October 22 | Cincinnati | 79–99 | Elgin Baylor (25) | 1–0 |
2 | October 25 | @ Cincinnati | 94–110 | Dick Garmaker (23) | 1–1 |
3 | October 26 | Detroit | 100–108 | Vern Mikkelsen (22) | 2–1 |
4 | October 29 | St. Louis | 112–100 | Baylor, Garmaker, Leonard (13) | 2–2 |
5 | November 1 | @ St. Louis | 108–101 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 3–2 |
6 | November 6 | Philadelphia | 101–103 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 4–2 |
7 | November 8 | New York | 108–100 | Jim Krebs (18) | 4–3 |
8 | November 9 | @ Syracuse | 97–101 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 4–4 |
9 | November 11 | @ Boston | 113–116 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (36) | 4–5 |
10 | November 13 | N Detroit | 110–119 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 4–6 |
11 | November 15 | @ Philadelphia | 101–106 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 4–7 |
12 | November 16 | @ New York | 90–98 | Elgin Baylor (18) | 4–8 |
13 | November 20 | Syracuse | 102–121 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 5–8 |
14 | November 22 | @ St. Louis | 109–114 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 5–9 |
15 | November 23 | Detroit | 124–109 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 5–10 |
16 | November 24 | N Boston | 104–123 | Baylor, Leonard (22) | 5–11 |
17 | November 25 | @ Detroit | 98–90 | Elgin Baylor (19) | 6–11 |
18 | November 28 | Cincinnati | 93–114 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 7–11 |
19 | November 29 | @ Syracuse | 108–105 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 8–11 |
20 | November 30 | @ Cincinnati | 84–77 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 9–11 |
21 | December 6 | N Cincinnati | 128–132 (3OT) | Elgin Baylor (30) | 9–12 |
22 | December 9 | @ New York | 97–110 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 9–13 |
23 | December 11 | Syracuse | 101–99 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (31) | 9–14 |
24 | December 14 | New York | 100–99 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 9–15 |
25 | December 18 | Detroit | 104–113 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 10–15 |
26 | December 20 | Philadelphia | 88–99 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 11–15 |
27 | December 25 | N Detroit | 97–98 (OT) | Larry Foust (21) | 11–16 |
28 | December 26 | N Boston | 99–107 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 11–17 |
29 | December 27 | Boston | 112–94 | Vern Mikkelsen (16) | 11–18 |
30 | December 28 | @ Cincinnati | 116–120 | Bobby Leonard (20) | 11–19 |
31 | December 29 | N Philadelphia | 95–93 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 11–20 |
32 | December 30 | N Syracuse | 113–118 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 12–20 |
33 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 106–105 | Elgin Baylor (22) | 13–20 |
34 | January 2 | New York | 97–107 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 14–20 |
35 | January 4 | @ Philadelphia | 111–95 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 15–20 |
36 | January 5 | @ Boston | 106–118 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 15–21 |
37 | January 6 | N St. Louis | 112–95 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 15–22 |
38 | January 7 | N St. Louis | 89–78 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 15–23 |
39 | January 8 | N St. Louis | 93–95 | Dick Garmaker (22) | 16–23 |
40 | January 11 | N Boston | 106–109 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (20) | 16–24 |
41 | January 12 | N Boston | 108–117 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 16–25 |
42 | January 13 | @ St. Louis | 95–110 | Boo Ellis (18) | 16–26 |
43 | January 15 | @ Syracuse | 105–111 | Elgin Baylor (19) | 16–27 |
44 | January 16 | N Cincinnati | 91–95 | Larry Foust (23) | 16–28 |
45 | January 18 | Philadelphia | 98–119 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 17–28 |
46 | January 25 | @ Philadelphia | 111–125 | Elgin Baylor (41) | 17–29 |
47 | January 28 | Syracuse | 109–112 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 18–29 |
48 | January 29 | N Syracuse | 117–91 | Vern Mikkelsen (16) | 18–30 |
49 | January 30 | N Detroit | 88–86 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 19–30 |
50 | January 31 | N St. Louis | 120–96 | Elgin Baylor (16) | 19–31 |
51 | February 7 | Philadelphia | 97–109 | Vern Mikkelsen (27) | 20–31 |
52 | February 8 | @ Detroit | 115–103 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 21–31 |
53 | February 9 | New York | 122–128 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 22–31 |
54 | February 10 | N Cincinnati | 118–100 | Vern Mikkelsen (43) | 23–31 |
55 | February 11 | N Cincinnati | 106–105 | Larry Foust (36) | 24–31 |
56 | February 12 | N Cincinnati | 114–119 | Baylor, Fleming (28) | 24–34 |
57 | February 14 | @ St. Louis | 96–139 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 24–33 |
58 | February 15 | St. Louis | 98–109 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 25–33 |
59 | February 17 | @ Detroit | 97–90 | Larry Foust (22) | 26–33 |
60 | February 18 | Detroit | 95–105 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 27–33 |
61 | February 20 | N New York | 106–116 | Baylor, Garmaker (20) | 28–33 |
62 | February 22 | @ St. Louis | 106–120 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 28–34 |
63 | February 25 | N Cincinnati | 116–96 | Elgin Baylor (55) | 29–34 |
64 | February 27 | @ Boston | 139–173 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 29–35 |
65 | February 28 | @ New York | 107–112 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 29–36 |
66 | March 1 | N Philadelphia | 98–100 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 30–36 |
67 | March 3 | N Boston | 112–119 | Elgin Baylor (24) | 30–37 |
68 | March 4 | @ Cincinnati | 122–128 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 30–38 |
69 | March 5 | N New York | 115–135 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 31–38 |
70 | March 6 | @ Detroit | 99–98 | Larry Foust (23) | 32–38 |
71 | March 8 | St. Louis | 104–120 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 33–38 |
72 | March 11 | Detroit | 123–118 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 33–39 |
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Division semifinals: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
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Division finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
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NBA Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
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1959 schedule |
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- Elgin Baylor, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
- Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
- Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
- Dick Garmaker, NBA All-Star Game
- Larry Foust, NBA All-Star Game
- Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award