1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season
Head coachJohn Castellani
Jim Pollard
ArenaMinneapolis Armory
Results
Record25–50 (.333)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Hawks 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKSTP-TV
RadioWLOL

The 1959–60 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 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.[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 1960–61 season.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 Wins Losses PCT GB  Home   Road  Neutral Division
x-St. Louis Hawks4629.613–28–512–206–427–12
x-Detroit Pistons3045.4001617–146–217–1020–19
x-Minneapolis Lakers2550.333219–159–217–1417–22
Cincinnati Royals1956.253279–222–208–1414–25
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1959–60 NBA records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —8–19–08–112–18–56–38–5
Cincinnati 1–8—5–85–82–70–94–92–7
Detroit 0–98–5—7–64–52–75–84–5
Minneapolis 1–88–56–7—4–52–73–101–8
New York 1–127–25–45–4—4–93–62–11
Philadelphia 5–89–07–27–29–4—4–58–5
St. Louis 3–69–48–510–36–35–4—5–4
Syracuse 5–87–25–48–111–25–84–5—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18Detroit106–105Elgin Baylor (52)0–1
2October 24@ St. Louis94–87Dick Garmaker (27)1–1
3October 25@ Cincinnati102–103Elgin Baylor (30)1–2
4October 31@ Syracuse108–117Elgin Baylor (30)1–3
5November 1St. Louis138–101Elgin Baylor (27)1–4
6November 3N New York99–93Elgin Baylor (28)1–5
7November 6Detroit118–113 (2OT)Elgin Baylor (33)1–6
8November 7@ Detroit113–111 (OT)Elgin Baylor (40)2–6
9November 8Boston115–136Elgin Baylor (64)3–6
10November 10@ St. Louis105–134Elgin Baylor (37)3–7
11November 12N Detroit93–107Elgin Baylor (33)3–8
12November 14@ Philadelphia98–104Elgin Baylor (27)3–9
13November 15N Philadelphia100–106Dick Garmaker (23)4–9
14November 18New York106–105Elgin Baylor (20)4–10
15November 20Detroit85–105Rudy LaRusso (24)5–10
16November 21@ Cincinnati99–93 (OT)Dick Garmaker (26)6–10
17November 25Syracuse100–93Larry Foust (21)6–11
18November 26@ Cincinnati95–114Hot Rod Hundley (24)6–12
19November 28@ St. Louis91–102Rudy LaRusso (18)6–13
20November 29N Boston109–93Hot Rod Hundley (18)6–14
21December 1@ New York103–100Elgin Baylor (20)7–14
22December 3@ Philadelphia109–123Rudy LaRusso (24)7–15
23December 4@ Detroit101–120Elgin Baylor (28)7–16
24December 5@ Syracuse95–108Elgin Baylor (35)7–17
25December 6Boston121–104Elgin Baylor (29)7–18
26December 8N Syracuse93–89Rudy LaRusso (22)7–19
27December 9N Syracuse86–96Elgin Baylor (29)8–19
28December 12Cincinnati107–97Dick Garmaker (29)8–20
29December 19@ Cincinnati131–113Baylor, Leonard (25)9–20
30December 25@ St. Louis96–112Elgin Baylor (23)9–21
31December 26@ Detroit108–105Elgin Baylor (28)10–21
32December 27Detroit109–119Elgin Baylor (28)11–21
33December 28@ Boston104–107Elgin Baylor (29)11–22
34December 30@ Philadelphia107–122Elgin Baylor (22)11–23
35December 31@ New York102–127Elgin Baylor (26)11–24
36January 1Syracuse109–98Tom Hawkins (20)11–25
37January 5N Philadelphia126–111Hot Rod Hundley (24)11–26
38January 9Cincinnati91–121Elgin Baylor (28)12–26
39January 10@ Cincinnati112–106Larry Foust (30)13–26
40January 14N New York131–126Elgin Baylor (26)13–27
41January 15@ Cincinnati118–122Elgin Baylor (43)13–28
42January 16N Detroit98–105Elgin Baylor (29)13–29
43January 17@ St. Louis119–135Elgin Baylor (43)13–30
44January 23New York115–104Elgin Baylor (30)13–31
45January 27N Cincinnati116–112Elgin Baylor (34)14–31
46January 29Syracuse119–112Elgin Baylor (34)14–32
47January 31N Philadelphia114–104Elgin Baylor (21)14–33
48February 1N Philadelphia103–96Elgin Baylor (36)14–34
49February 3@ Boston108–128Elgin Baylor (24)14–35
50February 5St. Louis114–96Elgin Baylor (36)14–36
51February 6@ Detroit101–116Elgin Baylor (34)14–37
52February 7Detroit102–104Elgin Baylor (26)15–37
53February 9N Boston90–129Elgin Baylor (23)15–38
54February 10N Syracuse110–109Elgin Baylor (37)15–39
55February 11Cincinnati111–108Elgin Baylor (32)15–40
56February 13@ Detroit123–117 (OT)Elgin Baylor (37)16–40
57February 14@ Syracuse119–121Elgin Baylor (26)16–41
58February 16N Boston122–130Elgin Baylor (40)16–42
59February 17N St. Louis131–127Elgin Baylor (38)16–43
60February 19St. Louis101–111Elgin Baylor (28)17–43
61February 20@ Philadelphia106–122Elgin Baylor (32)17–44
62February 21N St. Louis98–112Elgin Baylor (35)18–44
63February 22N St. Louis113–103Rudy LaRusso (24)18–45
64February 23@ New York117–112Elgin Baylor (41)19–45
65February 24N Boston110–131Rudy LaRusso (27)19–46
66February 25N Cincinnati105–95Elgin Baylor (31)20–46
67February 26@ Boston111–128Elgin Baylor (28)20–47
68February 27Philadelphia91–109Elgin Baylor (23)21–47
69March 1@ St. Louis101–109Elgin Baylor (27)21–48
70March 2N New York113–123Elgin Baylor (48)22–48
71March 3N Cincinnati117–114Elgin Baylor (23)23–48
72March 5St. Louis107–106 (OT)Elgin Baylor (35)23–49
73March 6Cincinnati105–114Elgin Baylor (43)24–49
74March 9@ Detroit116–117Elgin Baylor (31)24–50
75March 10New York108–133Elgin Baylor (37)25–50

Playoffs

1960 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 12 @ Detroit W 113–112 Elgin Baylor (40) Grosse Pointe High School 1–0
2 March 13 Detroit W 114–99 Frank Selvy (30) Minneapolis Armory 2–0
Division finals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 16 @ St. Louis L 99–112 Elgin Baylor (19) Baylor, Hundley (9) Kiel Auditorium
8,377		 0–1
2 March 17 @ St. Louis W 120–113 Elgin Baylor (40) Elgin Baylor (14) Kiel Auditorium
8,614		 1–1
3 March 19 St. Louis L 89–93 Elgin Baylor (27) — Minneapolis Armory 1–2
4 March 20 St. Louis W 103–101 Elgin Baylor (39) Elgin Baylor (16) Minneapolis Armory
6,852		 2–2
5 March 22 @ St. Louis W 117–110 (OT) Elgin Baylor (40) Elgin Baylor (18) Kiel Auditorium
10,043		 3–2
6 March 24 St. Louis L 96–117 Elgin Baylor (38) Frank Selvy (12) Minneapolis Armory 3–3
7 March 26 @ St. Louis L 86–97 Elgin Baylor (33) Elgin Baylor (13) Kiel Auditorium
6,195		 3–4
1960 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers
  2. ↑ "Plane in storm lands on farm". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. January 19, 1960. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Plane lands in cornfield; Lakers OK". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 19, 1960. p. 3, part 2.
  4. ↑ Bonsignore, Vincent (June 4, 2001). "Lakers almost came to tragic end in 1960". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Los Angeles Daily News). p. C3.
  5. ↑ "Lakers glad to be home after ordeal". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 19, 1960. p. 24.
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