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1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

Jim Pollard (lost to Hawks 3–4) The 1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NBA and final season in Minneapolis. The Lakers finished in third-place in the NBA Western Division with a record of 25–50, 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.

On April 27, 1960, The NBA approved the relocation of the Lakers to Southern California and they became the Los Angeles Lakers for the 1960–61 season.

Roster

  • John Castellani / Jim Pollard

Regular season

Season standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

75March 10New York108–133Elgin Baylor (37)25–50

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 12 | @ Detroit | W 113–112 | Elgin Baylor (40) | Grosse Pointe High School | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 13 | Detroit | W 114–99 | Frank Selvy (30) | Minneapolis Armory

2–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
March 16
@ St. Louis
L 99–112
Elgin Baylor (19)
Baylor, Hundley (9)
Kiel Auditorium
8,377
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
March 17
@ St. Louis
W 120–113
Elgin Baylor (40)
Elgin Baylor (14)
Kiel Auditorium
8,614
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
March 19
St. Louis
L 89–93
Elgin Baylor (27)
—
Minneapolis Armory
1–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
March 20
St. Louis
W 103–101
Elgin Baylor (39)
Elgin Baylor (16)
Minneapolis Armory
6,852
2–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
5
March 22
@ St. Louis
W 117–110 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (40)
Elgin Baylor (18)
Kiel Auditorium
10,043
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
6
March 24
St. Louis
L 96–117
Elgin Baylor (38)
Frank Selvy (12)
Minneapolis Armory
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
7
March 26
@ St. Louis
L 86–97
Elgin Baylor (33)
Elgin Baylor (13)
Kiel Auditorium
6,195
3–4
-

Awards and records

  • Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
  • Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
  • Dick Garmaker, NBA All-Star Game
  • Rod Hundley, NBA All-Star Game

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MNL/1960.html 1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers]
  2. (January 19, 1960). "Plane in storm lands on farm". Reading Eagle.
  3. (January 19, 1960). "Plane lands in cornfield; Lakers OK". Milwaukee Sentinel.
  4. Bonsignore, Vincent. (June 4, 2001). "Lakers almost came to tragic end in 1960". Spokesman-Review.
  5. (January 19, 1960). "Lakers glad to be home after ordeal". Pittsburgh Press.
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