1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season

1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season
Division champions
Head coach John Kundla
Arena

Minneapolis Auditorium

Elgin Baylor's Rookie Season
Results
Record 33–39 (.458)
Place Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(Lost to Celtics 0-4)
Stats @ 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.

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—

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: Lakers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 92, Detroit 89
  • Game 2 @ Detroit: Detroit 117, Minneapolis 103
  • Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 129, Detroit 102

West Division Finals

(1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 124, Minneapolis 90
  • Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 106, St. Louis 98
  • Game 3 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 127, Minneapolis 97
  • Game 4 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 108, St. Louis 98
  • Game 5 @ St. Louis: Minneapolis 98, St. Louis 97 (OT)
  • Game 6 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 106, St. Louis 104

NBA Finals

(E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W2) Minneapolis Lakers: Celtics win series 4-0

  • Game 1 @ Boston: Boston 118, Minneapolis 115
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Boston 128, Minneapolis 108
  • Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Boston 123, Minneapolis 110
  • Game 4 @ Minneapolis: Boston 118, Minneapolis 113

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers
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