1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 33-39
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 6-7 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 2-1
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 4-2
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-0
Coach: John Kundla (33-39)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 164,197, Avg. 7,464 in 22 home dates

1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1958-59 season with a record of 33 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-7.

Minneapolis poured in 7,629 points and yielded 7,725. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 1,742 points for the Lakers and contributed 1,050 rebounds. Elgin Baylor dished out 287 assists for the squad.

John Kundla coached the team. The 1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	70	2855	1482	605			685	532	1050	287	270	1742
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	72	2139	904	353			355	286	570	159	246	992
Dick Garmaker	G-F	72	2493	885	350			368	284	325	211	226	984
Larry Foust	C-F	72	1933	771	301			366	280	627	91	233	882
Rod Hundley	G	71	1664	719	259			218	164	250	205	139	682
Jim Krebs	C-F	72	1578	679	271			123	92	491	50	212	634
Slick Leonard	G	58	1598	552	206			160	120	178	186	119	532
Ed Fleming	G-F	71	1132	419	162			190	137	281	89	148	461
Boo Ellis	F	72	1202	379	163			144	102	380	59	137	428
Steve Hamilton	F-C	67	847	294	109			109	74	220	36	144	292
Totals		697	17441	7084	2779	0	0	2718	2071	4372	1373	1874	7629

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	70	40.8	40.8	77.7	15.0	4.1	3.9	24.9
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	72	29.7	39.0	80.6	7.9	2.2	3.4	13.8
Dick Garmaker	G-F	72	34.6	39.5	77.2	4.5	2.9	3.1	13.7
Larry Foust	C-F	72	26.8	39.0	76.5	8.7	1.3	3.2	12.3
Rod Hundley	G	71	23.4	36.0	75.2	3.5	2.9	2.0	9.6
Jim Krebs	C-F	72	21.9	39.9	74.8	6.8	0.7	2.9	8.8
Slick Leonard	G	58	27.6	37.3	75.0	3.1	3.2	2.1	9.2
Ed Fleming	G-F	71	15.9	38.7	72.1	4.0	1.3	2.1	6.5
Boo Ellis	F	72	16.7	43.0	70.8	5.3	0.8	1.9	5.9
Steve Hamilton	F-C	67	12.6	37.1	67.9	3.3	0.5	2.1	4.4
Averages		697	25.0	39.2	76.2	6.3	2.0	2.7	10.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	13	556	303	122			113	87	156	43	52	331
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	13	371	177	73			73	56	93	24	54	202
Dick Garmaker	G-F	13	439	165	70			63	49	55	39	44	189
Slick Leonard	G	13	467	173	63			40	32	44	70	38	158
Larry Foust	C-F	13	404	134	56			50	41	136	12	47	153
Jim Krebs	C-F	13	213	103	36			23	22	77	5	36	94
Boo Ellis	F	13	255	80	35			31	18	93	16	34	88
Ed Fleming	G-F	13	178	77	27			25	22	39	18	32	76
Rod Hundley	G	13	175	58	20			14	12	23	20	15	52
Steve Hamilton	F-C	10	87	43	12			10	8	35	5	14	32
Totals		127	3145	1313	514	0	0	442	347	751	252	366	1375

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	13	42.8	40.3	77.0	12.0	3.3	4.0	25.5
Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	13	28.5	41.2	76.7	7.2	1.8	4.2	15.5
Dick Garmaker	G-F	13	33.8	42.4	77.8	4.2	3.0	3.4	14.5
Slick Leonard	G	13	35.9	36.4	80.0	3.4	5.4	2.9	12.2
Larry Foust	C-F	13	31.1	41.8	82.0	10.5	0.9	3.6	11.8
Jim Krebs	C-F	13	16.4	35.0	95.7	5.9	0.4	2.8	7.2
Boo Ellis	F	13	19.6	43.8	58.1	7.2	1.2	2.6	6.8
Ed Fleming	G-F	13	13.7	35.1	88.0	3.0	1.4	2.5	5.8
Rod Hundley	G	13	13.5	34.5	85.7	1.8	1.5	1.2	4.0
Steve Hamilton	F-C	10	8.7	27.9	80.0	3.5	0.5	1.4	3.2
Averages		697	24.8	39.1	78.5	5.9	2.0	2.9	10.8