Minneapolis Lakers 1958-1959 Season

2nd Western Division, 2nd Western Conference - Lost NBA Finals

Coached by John Kundla

Regular Season Record: 33-39 (.458)

Home: 15-7, Away: 9-17, Neutral: 9-15

Playoff Record: 6-7 (.462)

Home: 5-2, Away: 1-5

Lost NBA Finals (4-0) to Boston Celtics
Won West Div Finals (4-2) over St. Louis Hawks
Won West Div Semis (2-1) over Detroit Pistons

Regular Season Stats

PLAYER	G	MIN	FGM	FGA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	3PM	3PA	PCT	REB	RPG	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	PTS	PPG
Elgin Baylor	70	2855	605	1482	.408	532	685	.777	0	0	-	1050	15.0	287	270	0	0	0	1742	24.9
Vern Mikkelsen	72	2139	353	904	.390	286	355	.806	0	0	-	570	7.9	159	246	0	0	0	992	13.8
Dick Garmaker	72	2493	350	885	.395	284	368	.772	0	0	-	325	4.5	211	226	0	0	0	984	13.7
Larry Foust	72	1933	301	771	.390	280	366	.765	0	0	-	627	8.7	91	233	0	0	0	882	12.3
Rod Hundley	71	1664	259	719	.360	164	218	.752	0	0	-	250	3.5	205	139	0	0	0	682	9.6
Bob Leonard	58	1598	206	552	.373	120	160	.750	0	0	-	178	3.1	186	119	0	0	0	532	9.2
Jim Krebs	72	1578	271	679	.399	92	123	.748	0	0	-	491	6.8	50	212	0	0	0	634	8.8
Ed Fleming	71	1132	162	419	.387	137	190	.721	0	0	-	281	4.0	89	148	0	0	0	461	6.5
Alexander Ellis	72	1202	163	379	.430	102	144	.708	0	0	-	380	5.3	59	137	0	0	0	428	5.9
Steve Hamilton	67	847	109	294	.371	74	109	.679	0	0	-	220	3.3	36	144	0	0	0	292	4.4
Team	72		2779	7084	.392	2071	2718	.762				5149	71.5	1373	1874				7629	106
Opponents	72																		7725	107.3

Playoff Stats

PLAYER	G	MIN	FGM	FGA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	3PM	3PA	PCT	REB	RPG	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK	PTS	PPG
Elgin Baylor	13	556	122	303	.403	87	113	.770	0	0	-	156	12.0	43	52	0	0	0	331	25.5
Vern Mikkelsen	13	371	73	177	.412	56	73	.767	0	0	-	93	7.2	24	54	0	0	0	202	15.5
Dick Garmaker	13	439	70	165	.424	49	63	.778	0	0	-	55	4.2	39	44	0	0	0	189	14.5
Larry Foust	13	404	56	134	.418	41	50	.820	0	0	-	136	10.5	12	47	0	0	0	153	11.8
Jim Krebs	13	213	36	103	.350	22	23	.957	0	0	-	77	5.9	5	36	0	0	0	94	7.2
Alexander Ellis	13	255	35	80	.438	18	31	.581	0	0	-	93	7.2	16	34	0	0	0	88	6.8
Ed Fleming	13	178	27	77	.351	22	25	.880	0	0	-	39	3.0	18	32	0	0	0	76	5.8
Steve Hamilton	10	87	12	43	.279	8	10	.800	0	0	-	35	3.5	5	14	0	0	0	32	3.2