1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Minneapolis Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 1959 33 39 Western 2 John Kundla Minneapolis Auditorium NBA Finals(lost to Celtics 0-4) MNL The 1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season was the 11th season for the franchise in the NBA.1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Finishing 2nd in the West with a 33–39 record, the Lakers returned to the playoffs. They beat the Detroit Pistons in three games of the West Semifinals and then the St. Louis Hawks in six games of the West Finals, advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1954. However, they were swept by the Boston Celtics in four games in their penultimate season in Minnesota. Preseason Draft picks RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club team 6 40 Alvin Inniss Center USA 1912 St. Francis (NY) Roster 1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers #004B87 #FFFFFF #004B87 #FFFFFF 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 Seattle 1934–09–16 12, 23 Boo Ellis PF 6 5 185 Niagra 1936-12-11 50 Ed Fleming SG 6 3 189 Niagra 1933–07–25 14 Larry Foust C 6 9 215 La Salle 1928–06–24 16 Dick Garmaker SG 6 3 200 Minnesota 1932-10-29 30 Steve Hamilton sportsman, born 1934 SF 6 6 190 Morehead State 1934–11–30 33 Hot Rod Hundley PG 6 4 185 West Virginia 1934–10–26 32 Jim Krebs C 6 8 230 SMU 1935–09–08 21 Bobby Leonard PG 6 3 185 Indiana 1932–09–17 19 Vern Mikkelsen PF 6 7 230 Hamline 1928–10–21 John Kundla https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MNL/1959.html Regular season Season standings MNL x - clinched playoff spot 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 Playoffs Minneapolis Lakers 1959 yes #004B87 #FFFFFF Minneapolis Lakers Division semifinals yes yes no #FFFFFF #004B87 2 0 0 1 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 14 | Detroit | W 92–89 | Larry Foust (17) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 15 | @ Detroit | L 103–117 | Elgin Baylor (26) | Detroit Olympia | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | March 18 | Detroit | W 129–102 | Elgin Baylor (30) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 2–1 |- Minneapolis Lakers Division finals yes no #FFFFFF #004B87 3 0 1 2 yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 21 | @ St. Louis | L 90–124 | Elgin Baylor (21) | — | Kiel Auditorium | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 22 | St. Louis | W 106–98 | Elgin Baylor (33) | Elgin Baylor (15) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 24 | @ St. Louis | L 97–127 | Baylor, Fleming (15) | Elgin Baylor (8) | Kiel Auditorium9,324 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | March 26 | St. Louis | W 108–98 | Elgin Baylor (32) | — | Minneapolis Auditorium | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | March 28 | @ St. Louis | W 98–97 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (36) | — | Kiel Auditorium | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | March 29 | St. Louis | W 106–104 | Elgin Baylor (33) | Boo Ellis (15) | Minneapolis Auditorium10,179 | 4–2 |- Minneapolis Lakers NBA Finals yes no #FFFFFF #004B87 0 2 0 2 yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 4 | @ Boston | L 115–118 | Elgin Baylor (34) | Larry Foust (19) | Boston Garden8,195 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 5 | @ Boston | L 108–128 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | Steve Hamilton (13) | Boston Garden11,082 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 7 | Boston | L 110–123 | Larry Foust (26) | Larry Foust (22) | St. Paul Auditorium11,272 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 9 | Boston | L 113–118 | Elgin Baylor (30) | Elgin Baylor (14) | Minneapolis Auditorium8,124 | 0–4 |- MNL yes 1959 Awards and records 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 References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Minneapolis Minnesota Lakers Minnesota Lakers