1959β60 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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Head coach |
John Castellani Jim Pollard |
Arena | Minneapolis Armory |
Results | |
Record | 25–50 (.333) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
Division finals (lost to Hawks 3β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KSTP-TV |
Radio | WLOL |
The 1959β60 Minneapolis Lakers season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NBA and final season in Minneapolis. [1] The Lakers finished in third-place in the NBA Western Division with a record of 25β50, 21 games behind the St. Louis Hawks. In their final season in the Twin Cities, the Lakers made the playoffs and defeated the Detroit Pistons two games to none in the Western Division semifinals, before losing the West Finals to the Hawks, four games to three. The Lakers roster had 5 1st overall picks, Elgin Baylor, Hot Rod Hundley, Chuck Share, Ray Felix, and Frank Selvy, the most among any NBA teams in a season.
On January 18, the team had a harrowing flight in a snowstorm, returning to Minneapolis from St. Louis. The team's DC-3 had electrical problems and made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Carroll, Iowa. [2] [3] [4] [5]
On April 27, 1960, The NBA approved the relocation of the Lakers to Southern California and they became the Los Angeles Lakers for the 1960β61 season.
Wins | Losses | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Division | |
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x- St. Louis Hawks | 46 | 29 | .613 | β | 28β5 | 12β20 | 6β4 | 27β12 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 30 | 45 | .400 | 16 | 17β14 | 6β21 | 7β10 | 20β19 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 25 | 50 | .333 | 21 | 9β15 | 9β21 | 7β14 | 17β22 |
Cincinnati Royals | 19 | 56 | .253 | 27 | 9β22 | 2β20 | 8β14 | 14β25 |
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 8β1 | 9β0 | 8β1 | 12β1 | 8β5 | 6β3 | 8β5 |
Cincinnati | 1β8 | β | 5β8 | 5β8 | 2β7 | 0β9 | 4β9 | 2β7 |
Detroit | 0β9 | 8β5 | β | 7β6 | 4β5 | 2β7 | 5β8 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 1β8 | 8β5 | 6β7 | β | 4β5 | 2β7 | 3β10 | 1β8 |
New York | 1β12 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 5β4 | β | 4β9 | 3β6 | 2β11 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 9β0 | 7β2 | 7β2 | 9β4 | β | 4β5 | 8β5 |
St. Louis | 3β6 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 10β3 | 6β3 | 5β4 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β8 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 8β1 | 11β2 | 5β8 | 4β5 | β |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | October 18 | Detroit | 106β105 | Elgin Baylor (52) | 0β1 |
2 | October 24 | @ St. Louis | 94β87 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 1β1 |
3 | October 25 | @ Cincinnati | 102β103 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 1β2 |
4 | October 31 | @ Syracuse | 108β117 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 1β3 |
5 | November 1 | St. Louis | 138β101 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 1β4 |
6 | November 3 | N New York | 99β93 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 1β5 |
7 | November 6 | Detroit | 118β113 (2OT) | Elgin Baylor (33) | 1β6 |
8 | November 7 | @ Detroit | 113β111 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (40) | 2β6 |
9 | November 8 | Boston | 115β136 | Elgin Baylor (64) | 3β6 |
10 | November 10 | @ St. Louis | 105β134 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 3β7 |
11 | November 12 | N Detroit | 93β107 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 3β8 |
12 | November 14 | @ Philadelphia | 98β104 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 3β9 |
13 | November 15 | N Philadelphia | 100β106 | Dick Garmaker (23) | 4β9 |
14 | November 18 | New York | 106β105 | Elgin Baylor (20) | 4β10 |
15 | November 20 | Detroit | 85β105 | Rudy LaRusso (24) | 5β10 |
16 | November 21 | @ Cincinnati | 99β93 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (26) | 6β10 |
17 | November 25 | Syracuse | 100β93 | Larry Foust (21) | 6β11 |
18 | November 26 | @ Cincinnati | 95β114 | Hot Rod Hundley (24) | 6β12 |
19 | November 28 | @ St. Louis | 91β102 | Rudy LaRusso (18) | 6β13 |
20 | November 29 | N Boston | 109β93 | Hot Rod Hundley (18) | 6β14 |
21 | December 1 | @ New York | 103β100 | Elgin Baylor (20) | 7β14 |
22 | December 3 | @ Philadelphia | 109β123 | Rudy LaRusso (24) | 7β15 |
23 | December 4 | @ Detroit | 101β120 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 7β16 |
24 | December 5 | @ Syracuse | 95β108 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 7β17 |
25 | December 6 | Boston | 121β104 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 7β18 |
26 | December 8 | N Syracuse | 93β89 | Rudy LaRusso (22) | 7β19 |
27 | December 9 | N Syracuse | 86β96 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 8β19 |
28 | December 12 | Cincinnati | 107β97 | Dick Garmaker (29) | 8β20 |
29 | December 19 | @ Cincinnati | 131β113 | Baylor, Leonard (25) | 9β20 |
30 | December 25 | @ St. Louis | 96β112 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 9β21 |
31 | December 26 | @ Detroit | 108β105 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 10β21 |
32 | December 27 | Detroit | 109β119 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 11β21 |
33 | December 28 | @ Boston | 104β107 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 11β22 |
34 | December 30 | @ Philadelphia | 107β122 | Elgin Baylor (22) | 11β23 |
35 | December 31 | @ New York | 102β127 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 11β24 |
36 | January 1 | Syracuse | 109β98 | Tom Hawkins (20) | 11β25 |
37 | January 5 | N Philadelphia | 126β111 | Hot Rod Hundley (24) | 11β26 |
38 | January 9 | Cincinnati | 91β121 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 12β26 |
39 | January 10 | @ Cincinnati | 112β106 | Larry Foust (30) | 13β26 |
40 | January 14 | N New York | 131β126 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 13β27 |
41 | January 15 | @ Cincinnati | 118β122 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 13β28 |
42 | January 16 | N Detroit | 98β105 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 13β29 |
43 | January 17 | @ St. Louis | 119β135 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 13β30 |
44 | January 23 | New York | 115β104 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 13β31 |
45 | January 27 | N Cincinnati | 116β112 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 14β31 |
46 | January 29 | Syracuse | 119β112 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 14β32 |
47 | January 31 | N Philadelphia | 114β104 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 14β33 |
48 | February 1 | N Philadelphia | 103β96 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 14β34 |
49 | February 3 | @ Boston | 108β128 | Elgin Baylor (24) | 14β35 |
50 | February 5 | St. Louis | 114β96 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 14β36 |
51 | February 6 | @ Detroit | 101β116 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 14β37 |
52 | February 7 | Detroit | 102β104 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 15β37 |
53 | February 9 | N Boston | 90β129 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 15β38 |
54 | February 10 | N Syracuse | 110β109 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 15β39 |
55 | February 11 | Cincinnati | 111β108 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 15β40 |
56 | February 13 | @ Detroit | 123β117 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (37) | 16β40 |
57 | February 14 | @ Syracuse | 119β121 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 16β41 |
58 | February 16 | N Boston | 122β130 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 16β42 |
59 | February 17 | N St. Louis | 131β127 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 16β43 |
60 | February 19 | St. Louis | 101β111 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 17β43 |
61 | February 20 | @ Philadelphia | 106β122 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 17β44 |
62 | February 21 | N St. Louis | 98β112 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 18β44 |
63 | February 22 | N St. Louis | 113β103 | Rudy LaRusso (24) | 18β45 |
64 | February 23 | @ New York | 117β112 | Elgin Baylor (41) | 19β45 |
65 | February 24 | N Boston | 110β131 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 19β46 |
66 | February 25 | N Cincinnati | 105β95 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 20β46 |
67 | February 26 | @ Boston | 111β128 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 20β47 |
68 | February 27 | Philadelphia | 91β109 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 21β47 |
69 | March 1 | @ St. Louis | 101β109 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 21β48 |
70 | March 2 | N New York | 113β123 | Elgin Baylor (48) | 22β48 |
71 | March 3 | N Cincinnati | 117β114 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 23β48 |
72 | March 5 | St. Louis | 107β106 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (35) | 23β49 |
73 | March 6 | Cincinnati | 105β114 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 24β49 |
74 | March 9 | @ Detroit | 116β117 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 24β50 |
75 | March 10 | New York | 108β133 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 25β50 |
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Division semifinals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division finals: 3β4 (home: 1β2; road: 2β2)
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1960 schedule |
1959β60 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
---|---|
Head coach |
John Castellani Jim Pollard |
Arena | Minneapolis Armory |
Results | |
Record | 25–50 (.333) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
Division finals (lost to Hawks 3β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KSTP-TV |
Radio | WLOL |
The 1959β60 Minneapolis Lakers season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NBA and final season in Minneapolis. [1] The Lakers finished in third-place in the NBA Western Division with a record of 25β50, 21 games behind the St. Louis Hawks. In their final season in the Twin Cities, the Lakers made the playoffs and defeated the Detroit Pistons two games to none in the Western Division semifinals, before losing the West Finals to the Hawks, four games to three. The Lakers roster had 5 1st overall picks, Elgin Baylor, Hot Rod Hundley, Chuck Share, Ray Felix, and Frank Selvy, the most among any NBA teams in a season.
On January 18, the team had a harrowing flight in a snowstorm, returning to Minneapolis from St. Louis. The team's DC-3 had electrical problems and made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Carroll, Iowa. [2] [3] [4] [5]
On April 27, 1960, The NBA approved the relocation of the Lakers to Southern California and they became the Los Angeles Lakers for the 1960β61 season.
Wins | Losses | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Division | |
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x- St. Louis Hawks | 46 | 29 | .613 | β | 28β5 | 12β20 | 6β4 | 27β12 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 30 | 45 | .400 | 16 | 17β14 | 6β21 | 7β10 | 20β19 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 25 | 50 | .333 | 21 | 9β15 | 9β21 | 7β14 | 17β22 |
Cincinnati Royals | 19 | 56 | .253 | 27 | 9β22 | 2β20 | 8β14 | 14β25 |
1959β60 NBA records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 8β1 | 9β0 | 8β1 | 12β1 | 8β5 | 6β3 | 8β5 |
Cincinnati | 1β8 | β | 5β8 | 5β8 | 2β7 | 0β9 | 4β9 | 2β7 |
Detroit | 0β9 | 8β5 | β | 7β6 | 4β5 | 2β7 | 5β8 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 1β8 | 8β5 | 6β7 | β | 4β5 | 2β7 | 3β10 | 1β8 |
New York | 1β12 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 5β4 | β | 4β9 | 3β6 | 2β11 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 9β0 | 7β2 | 7β2 | 9β4 | β | 4β5 | 8β5 |
St. Louis | 3β6 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 10β3 | 6β3 | 5β4 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β8 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 8β1 | 11β2 | 5β8 | 4β5 | β |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | October 18 | Detroit | 106β105 | Elgin Baylor (52) | 0β1 |
2 | October 24 | @ St. Louis | 94β87 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 1β1 |
3 | October 25 | @ Cincinnati | 102β103 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 1β2 |
4 | October 31 | @ Syracuse | 108β117 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 1β3 |
5 | November 1 | St. Louis | 138β101 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 1β4 |
6 | November 3 | N New York | 99β93 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 1β5 |
7 | November 6 | Detroit | 118β113 (2OT) | Elgin Baylor (33) | 1β6 |
8 | November 7 | @ Detroit | 113β111 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (40) | 2β6 |
9 | November 8 | Boston | 115β136 | Elgin Baylor (64) | 3β6 |
10 | November 10 | @ St. Louis | 105β134 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 3β7 |
11 | November 12 | N Detroit | 93β107 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 3β8 |
12 | November 14 | @ Philadelphia | 98β104 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 3β9 |
13 | November 15 | N Philadelphia | 100β106 | Dick Garmaker (23) | 4β9 |
14 | November 18 | New York | 106β105 | Elgin Baylor (20) | 4β10 |
15 | November 20 | Detroit | 85β105 | Rudy LaRusso (24) | 5β10 |
16 | November 21 | @ Cincinnati | 99β93 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (26) | 6β10 |
17 | November 25 | Syracuse | 100β93 | Larry Foust (21) | 6β11 |
18 | November 26 | @ Cincinnati | 95β114 | Hot Rod Hundley (24) | 6β12 |
19 | November 28 | @ St. Louis | 91β102 | Rudy LaRusso (18) | 6β13 |
20 | November 29 | N Boston | 109β93 | Hot Rod Hundley (18) | 6β14 |
21 | December 1 | @ New York | 103β100 | Elgin Baylor (20) | 7β14 |
22 | December 3 | @ Philadelphia | 109β123 | Rudy LaRusso (24) | 7β15 |
23 | December 4 | @ Detroit | 101β120 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 7β16 |
24 | December 5 | @ Syracuse | 95β108 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 7β17 |
25 | December 6 | Boston | 121β104 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 7β18 |
26 | December 8 | N Syracuse | 93β89 | Rudy LaRusso (22) | 7β19 |
27 | December 9 | N Syracuse | 86β96 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 8β19 |
28 | December 12 | Cincinnati | 107β97 | Dick Garmaker (29) | 8β20 |
29 | December 19 | @ Cincinnati | 131β113 | Baylor, Leonard (25) | 9β20 |
30 | December 25 | @ St. Louis | 96β112 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 9β21 |
31 | December 26 | @ Detroit | 108β105 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 10β21 |
32 | December 27 | Detroit | 109β119 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 11β21 |
33 | December 28 | @ Boston | 104β107 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 11β22 |
34 | December 30 | @ Philadelphia | 107β122 | Elgin Baylor (22) | 11β23 |
35 | December 31 | @ New York | 102β127 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 11β24 |
36 | January 1 | Syracuse | 109β98 | Tom Hawkins (20) | 11β25 |
37 | January 5 | N Philadelphia | 126β111 | Hot Rod Hundley (24) | 11β26 |
38 | January 9 | Cincinnati | 91β121 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 12β26 |
39 | January 10 | @ Cincinnati | 112β106 | Larry Foust (30) | 13β26 |
40 | January 14 | N New York | 131β126 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 13β27 |
41 | January 15 | @ Cincinnati | 118β122 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 13β28 |
42 | January 16 | N Detroit | 98β105 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 13β29 |
43 | January 17 | @ St. Louis | 119β135 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 13β30 |
44 | January 23 | New York | 115β104 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 13β31 |
45 | January 27 | N Cincinnati | 116β112 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 14β31 |
46 | January 29 | Syracuse | 119β112 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 14β32 |
47 | January 31 | N Philadelphia | 114β104 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 14β33 |
48 | February 1 | N Philadelphia | 103β96 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 14β34 |
49 | February 3 | @ Boston | 108β128 | Elgin Baylor (24) | 14β35 |
50 | February 5 | St. Louis | 114β96 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 14β36 |
51 | February 6 | @ Detroit | 101β116 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 14β37 |
52 | February 7 | Detroit | 102β104 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 15β37 |
53 | February 9 | N Boston | 90β129 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 15β38 |
54 | February 10 | N Syracuse | 110β109 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 15β39 |
55 | February 11 | Cincinnati | 111β108 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 15β40 |
56 | February 13 | @ Detroit | 123β117 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (37) | 16β40 |
57 | February 14 | @ Syracuse | 119β121 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 16β41 |
58 | February 16 | N Boston | 122β130 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 16β42 |
59 | February 17 | N St. Louis | 131β127 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 16β43 |
60 | February 19 | St. Louis | 101β111 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 17β43 |
61 | February 20 | @ Philadelphia | 106β122 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 17β44 |
62 | February 21 | N St. Louis | 98β112 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 18β44 |
63 | February 22 | N St. Louis | 113β103 | Rudy LaRusso (24) | 18β45 |
64 | February 23 | @ New York | 117β112 | Elgin Baylor (41) | 19β45 |
65 | February 24 | N Boston | 110β131 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 19β46 |
66 | February 25 | N Cincinnati | 105β95 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 20β46 |
67 | February 26 | @ Boston | 111β128 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 20β47 |
68 | February 27 | Philadelphia | 91β109 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 21β47 |
69 | March 1 | @ St. Louis | 101β109 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 21β48 |
70 | March 2 | N New York | 113β123 | Elgin Baylor (48) | 22β48 |
71 | March 3 | N Cincinnati | 117β114 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 23β48 |
72 | March 5 | St. Louis | 107β106 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (35) | 23β49 |
73 | March 6 | Cincinnati | 105β114 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 24β49 |
74 | March 9 | @ Detroit | 116β117 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 24β50 |
75 | March 10 | New York | 108β133 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 25β50 |
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Division semifinals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division finals: 3β4 (home: 1β2; road: 2β2)
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1960 schedule |