1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 25-50
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 5-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Coach: John Castellani (11-25)
Coach: Jim Pollard (14-25)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 106,859, Avg. 4,110 in 26 home dates

1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Roster
1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1959-60 season with a record of 25 wins and 50 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

The Lakers tossed in 8,045 points, worst in the league and allowed 8,362. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 2,074 points for Minneapolis and contributed 1,150 rebounds. Rod Hundley dished out 338 assists for the squad.

John Castellani and Jim Pollard coached the team. The 1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers lost in the division 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	2873	1781	755			770	564	1150	243	234	2074
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	71	2092	913	355			357	265	679	83	222	975
Rod Hundley	G	73	2279	1019	365			273	203	390	338	194	933
Slick Leonard	G	73	2074	717	231			193	136	245	252	171	598
Jim Krebs	C-F	75	1269	605	237			136	98	327	38	210	572
Tom Hawkins	F	69	1467	579	220			164	106	428	54	188	546
Dick Garmaker	G-F	44	1187	525	198			163	117	189	133	126	513
Frank Selvy	G-F	43	1091	427	169			160	122	127	81	76	460
Ray Felix	C	31	696	261	105			79	51	258	29	133	261
Boo Ellis	F	46	671	185	64			76	51	236	27	64	179
Ed Fleming	G-F	27	413	141	59			69	53	87	38	46	171
Steve Hamilton	F-C	15	247	77	29			23	18	58	7	39	76
Bobby Smith	G	10	130	54	13			16	11	33	14	10	37
Nick Mantis	G	10	71	39	10			2	1	6	9	8	21
Ron Sobie	G	1	13	4	1			1	0	2	2	4	2
Chuck Share	C	3	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Foust	C-F	47	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		708	16573	7327	2811	0	0	2482	1796	4215	1348	1725	7418

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	70	41.0	42.4	73.2	16.4	3.5	3.3	29.6
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	71	29.5	38.9	74.2	9.6	1.2	3.1	13.7
Rod Hundley	G	73	31.2	35.8	74.4	5.3	4.6	2.7	12.8
Slick Leonard	G	73	28.4	32.2	70.5	3.4	3.5	2.3	8.2
Jim Krebs	C-F	75	16.9	39.2	72.1	4.4	0.5	2.8	7.6
Tom Hawkins	F	69	21.3	38.0	64.6	6.2	0.8	2.7	7.9
Dick Garmaker	G-F	44	27.0	37.7	71.8	4.3	3.0	2.9	11.7
Frank Selvy	G-F	43	25.4	39.6	76.3	3.0	1.9	1.8	10.7
Ray Felix	C	31	22.5	40.2	64.6	8.3	0.9	4.3	8.4
Boo Ellis	F	46	14.6	34.6	67.1	5.1	0.6	1.4	3.9
Ed Fleming	G-F	27	15.3	41.8	76.8	3.2	1.4	1.7	6.3
Steve Hamilton	F-C	15	16.5	37.7	78.3	3.9	0.5	2.6	5.1
Bobby Smith	G	10	13.0	24.1	68.8	3.3	1.4	1.0	3.7
Nick Mantis	G	10	7.1	25.6	50.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.1
Ron Sobie	G	1	13.0	25.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0
Chuck Share	C	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry Foust	C-F	47	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		708	23.4	38.4	72.4	6.0	1.9	2.4	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	9	408	234	111			94	79	128	31	38	301
Frank Selvy	G-F	9	330	153	55			44	31	55	29	21	141
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	9	321	132	56			35	27	70	22	34	139
Rod Hundley	G	9	337	122	41			37	24	61	55	18	106
Tom Hawkins	F	8	119	45	22			18	15	21	3	24	59
Slick Leonard	G	9	207	67	20			28	18	10	45	17	58
Ray Felix	C	8	147	41	17			25	18	53	9	34	52
Jim Krebs	C-F	9	157	55	23			10	5	47	8	31	51
Chuck Share	C	9	123	14	6			11	10	34	5	26	22
Boo Ellis	F	3	36	10	2			8	4	12	2	3	8
Totals		82	2185	873	353	0	0	310	231	491	209	246	937

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	9	45.3	47.4	84.0	14.2	3.4	4.2	33.4
Frank Selvy	G-F	9	36.7	35.9	70.5	6.1	3.2	2.3	15.7
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	9	35.7	42.4	77.1	7.8	2.4	3.8	15.4
Rod Hundley	G	9	37.4	33.6	64.9	6.8	6.1	2.0	11.8
Tom Hawkins	F	8	14.9	48.9	83.3	2.6	0.4	3.0	7.4
Slick Leonard	G	9	23.0	29.9	64.3	1.1	5.0	1.9	6.4
Ray Felix	C	8	18.4	41.5	72.0	6.6	1.1	4.3	6.5
Jim Krebs	C-F	9	17.4	41.8	50.0	5.2	0.9	3.4	5.7
Chuck Share	C	9	13.7	42.9	90.9	3.8	0.6	2.9	2.4
Boo Ellis	F	3	12.0	20.0	50.0	4.0	0.7	1.0	2.7
Averages		708	26.6	40.4	74.5	6.0	2.5	3.0	11.4