1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season
Head coachJohn Kundla
ArenaMinneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record33–39 (.458)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Celtics 0-4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season was the 11th season for the franchise in the NBA.[1]

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.

Preseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
6 40 Alvin Inniss Center  United States St. Francis (NY)

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks4923.681–28–314–157–527–9
x-Minneapolis Lakers3339.4581615–79–179–1518–18
x-Detroit Pistons2844.3892113–178–207–717–19
Cincinnati Royals1953.264309–192–258–910–26
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1958-59 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —8–18–19–07–59–34–57–5
Cincinnati 1–8—3–96–63–62–71–113–6
Detroit 1–89–3—4–83–65–44–82–7
Minneapolis 0–96–68–4—4–56–34–85–4
New York 5–76–36–35–4—5–74–59–3
Philadelphia 3–97–24–53–67–5—4–54–8
St. Louis 5–411–18–48–45–45–4—7–2
Syracuse 5–76–37–24–53–98–42–7—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 22Cincinnati79–99Elgin Baylor (25)1–0
2October 25@ Cincinnati94–110Dick Garmaker (23)1–1
3October 26Detroit100–108Vern Mikkelsen (22)2–1
4October 29St. Louis112–100Baylor, Garmaker, Leonard (13)2–2
5November 1@ St. Louis108–101Elgin Baylor (29)3–2
6November 6Philadelphia101–103Elgin Baylor (26)4–2
7November 8New York108–100Jim Krebs (18)4–3
8November 9@ Syracuse97–101Elgin Baylor (34)4–4
9November 11@ Boston113–116 (OT)Elgin Baylor (36)4–5
10November 13N Detroit110–119Elgin Baylor (28)4–6
11November 15@ Philadelphia101–106Elgin Baylor (26)4–7
12November 16@ New York90–98Elgin Baylor (18)4–8
13November 20Syracuse102–121Elgin Baylor (37)5–8
14November 22@ St. Louis109–114Elgin Baylor (30)5–9
15November 23Detroit124–109Elgin Baylor (30)5–10
16November 24N Boston104–123Baylor, Leonard (22)5–11
17November 25@ Detroit98–90Elgin Baylor (19)6–11
18November 28Cincinnati93–114Elgin Baylor (26)7–11
19November 29@ Syracuse108–105Elgin Baylor (35)8–11
20November 30@ Cincinnati84–77Elgin Baylor (21)9–11
21December 6N Cincinnati128–132 (3OT)Elgin Baylor (30)9–12
22December 9@ New York97–110Elgin Baylor (23)9–13
23December 11Syracuse101–99 (OT)Elgin Baylor (31)9–14
24December 14New York100–99Elgin Baylor (21)9–15
25December 18Detroit104–113Elgin Baylor (26)10–15
26December 20Philadelphia88–99Elgin Baylor (33)11–15
27December 25N Detroit97–98 (OT)Larry Foust (21)11–16
28December 26N Boston99–107Vern Mikkelsen (20)11–17
29December 27Boston112–94Vern Mikkelsen (16)11–18
30December 28@ Cincinnati116–120Bobby Leonard (20)11–19
31December 29N Philadelphia95–93Elgin Baylor (21)11–20
32December 30N Syracuse113–118Dick Garmaker (27)12–20
33January 1@ Syracuse106–105Elgin Baylor (22)13–20
34January 2New York97–107Dick Garmaker (27)14–20
35January 4@ Philadelphia111–95Elgin Baylor (28)15–20
36January 5@ Boston106–118Elgin Baylor (30)15–21
37January 6N St. Louis112–95Vern Mikkelsen (17)15–22
38January 7N St. Louis89–78Elgin Baylor (21)15–23
39January 8N St. Louis93–95Dick Garmaker (22)16–23
40January 11N Boston106–109 (OT)Dick Garmaker (20)16–24
41January 12N Boston108–117Elgin Baylor (30)16–25
42January 13@ St. Louis95–110Boo Ellis (18)16–26
43January 15@ Syracuse105–111Elgin Baylor (19)16–27
44January 16N Cincinnati91–95Larry Foust (23)16–28
45January 18Philadelphia98–119Elgin Baylor (30)17–28
46January 25@ Philadelphia111–125Elgin Baylor (41)17–29
47January 28Syracuse109–112Elgin Baylor (38)18–29
48January 29N Syracuse117–91Vern Mikkelsen (16)18–30
49January 30N Detroit88–86Elgin Baylor (23)19–30
50January 31N St. Louis120–96Elgin Baylor (16)19–31
51February 7Philadelphia97–109Vern Mikkelsen (27)20–31
52February 8@ Detroit115–103Elgin Baylor (27)21–31
53February 9New York122–128Elgin Baylor (31)22–31
54February 10N Cincinnati118–100Vern Mikkelsen (43)23–31
55February 11N Cincinnati106–105Larry Foust (36)24–31
56February 12N Cincinnati114–119Baylor, Fleming (28)24–34
57February 14@ St. Louis96–139Elgin Baylor (26)24–33
58February 15St. Louis98–109Elgin Baylor (26)25–33
59February 17@ Detroit97–90Larry Foust (22)26–33
60February 18Detroit95–105Elgin Baylor (29)27–33
61February 20N New York106–116Baylor, Garmaker (20)28–33
62February 22@ St. Louis106–120Dick Garmaker (27)28–34
63February 25N Cincinnati116–96Elgin Baylor (55)29–34
64February 27@ Boston139–173Elgin Baylor (28)29–35
65February 28@ New York107–112Elgin Baylor (34)29–36
66March 1N Philadelphia98–100Elgin Baylor (23)30–36
67March 3N Boston112–119Elgin Baylor (24)30–37
68March 4@ Cincinnati122–128Elgin Baylor (33)30–38
69March 5N New York115–135Elgin Baylor (32)31–38
70March 6@ Detroit99–98Larry Foust (23)32–38
71March 8St. Louis104–120Elgin Baylor (36)33–38
72March 11Detroit123–118Elgin Baylor (39)33–39

Playoffs

1959 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 14 Detroit W 92–89 Larry Foust (17) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–0
2 March 15 @ Detroit L 103–117 Elgin Baylor (26) Detroit Olympia 1–1
3 March 18 Detroit W 129–102 Elgin Baylor (30) Minneapolis Auditorium 2–1
Division finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 21 @ St. Louis L 90–124 Elgin Baylor (21) — Kiel Auditorium 0–1
2 March 22 St. Louis W 106–98 Elgin Baylor (33) Elgin Baylor (15) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–1
3 March 24 @ St. Louis L 97–127 Baylor, Fleming (15) Elgin Baylor (8) Kiel Auditorium
9,324		 1–2
4 March 26 St. Louis W 108–98 Elgin Baylor (32) — Minneapolis Auditorium 2–2
5 March 28 @ St. Louis W 98–97 (OT) Elgin Baylor (36) — Kiel Auditorium 3–2
6 March 29 St. Louis W 106–104 Elgin Baylor (33) Boo Ellis (15) Minneapolis Auditorium
10,179		 4–2
NBA Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 4 @ Boston L 115–118 Elgin Baylor (34) Larry Foust (19) Boston Garden
8,195		 0–1
2 April 5 @ Boston L 108–128 Vern Mikkelsen (24) Steve Hamilton (13) Boston Garden
11,082		 0–2
3 April 7 Boston L 110–123 Larry Foust (26) Larry Foust (22) St. Paul Auditorium
11,272		 0–3
4 April 9 Boston L 113–118 Elgin Baylor (30) Elgin Baylor (14) Minneapolis Auditorium
8,124		 0–4
1959 schedule

Awards and records

References

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