NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
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 .
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1958-1959 Men's Basketball Team
NBA teams who made an NBA Finals Sweep! 4-0
Preseason
Draft picks
Regular season
Season standings
x - clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1958-59 NBA Records
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
—
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
1959 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
Division finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
NBA Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
1959 schedule
Awards and records
References
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