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1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Game Log

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Record: 33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (33-39)

Executive: John Kundla

PTS/G: 106.0 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 107.3 (4th of 8)

SRS: -1.42 (6th of 8) Pace: 115.5 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.8 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 91.9 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: -1.1 (6th of 8)

Expected W-L: 33-39 (6th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1959 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (0-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1958-10-22		CIN	W	99	79	38	108	.352				23	34	.676							18	33	106	.311				13	20	.650							24
2	2	1958-10-25	@	CIN	L	94	110	32						30	39	.769							22	44						22	30	.733							26
3	3	1958-10-26		DET	W	108	100	39	95	.411				30	43	.698							22	39	99	.394				22	25	.880							26
4	4	1958-10-29		STL	L	100	112	33	101	.327				34	44	.773							27	42	85	.494				28	36	.778							30
5	5	1958-11-01	@	STL	W	108	101	38	95	.400				32	47	.681							30	31	103	.301				39	47	.830							33
6	6	1958-11-06		PHW	W	103	101	40	109	.367				23	31	.742		79	24				24	36	102	.353				29	38	.763		46	25				22
7	7	1958-11-08		NYK	L	100	108	35	95	.368				30	37	.811							27	35	96	.365				38	42	.905							25
8	8	1958-11-09	@	SYR	L	97	101	37	80	.463				23	34	.676		48	16				19	38	95	.400				25	26	.962		49	12				23
9	9	1958-11-11	@	BOS	L	113	116	45	127	.354				23	29	.793		72	30				25	44	127	.346				28	36	.778		74	27				24
10	10	1958-11-13	N	DET	L	110	119	38						34	43	.791							28	47						25	37	.676							32
11	11	1958-11-15	@	PHW	L	101	106	39	88	.443				23	33	.697		68	21				28	37	103	.359				32	46	.696		58	18				24
12	12	1958-11-16	@	NYK	L	90	98	28						34	42	.810							26	34						30	37	.811							24
13	13	1958-11-20		SYR	W	121	102	43	96	.448				35	41	.854							28	37	100	.370				28	40	.700							28
14	14	1958-11-22	@	STL	L	109	114	39	91	.429				31	39	.795							29	42	114	.368				30	36	.833							31
15	15	1958-11-23		DET	L	109	124	39	93	.419				31	38	.816							33	45	102	.441				34	49	.694							25
16	16	1958-11-24	N	BOS	L	104	123	34						36	42	.857							32	46						31	36	.861							29
17	17	1958-11-25	@	DET	W	98	90	37						24	33	.727							25	31						28	34	.824							23
18	18	1958-11-28		CIN	W	114	93	46	91	.505				22	30	.733							24	33	104	.317				27	36	.750							21
19	19	1958-11-29	@	SYR	W	108	105	38						32	37	.865							27	34						37	42	.881							29
20	20	1958-11-30	@	CIN	W	84	77	32						20	23	.870							17	33						11	20	.550							15
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1958-12-06	N	CIN	L	128	132	49	124	.395				30	41	.732							26	53	127	.417				26	35	.743							28
22	22	1958-12-09	@	NYK	L	97	110	37	104	.356				23	35	.657							21	41	106	.387				28	30	.933							24
23	23	1958-12-11		SYR	L	99	101	38	96	.396				23	47	.489							31	36	108	.333				29	44	.659							30
24	24	1958-12-14		NYK	L	99	100	37	89	.416				25	31	.806							25	37	84	.440				26	39	.667							23
25	25	1958-12-18		DET	W	113	104	40	101	.396				33	42	.786							24	40	101	.396				24	36	.667							30
26	26	1958-12-20		PHW	W	99	88	36	97	.371				27	30	.900		73	19				25	31	95	.326				26	34	.765		43	17				23
27	27	1958-12-25	N	DET	L	97	98	33						31	42	.738							24	38						22	28	.786							29
28	28	1958-12-26	N	BOS	L	99	107	40						19	26	.731							15	45						17	19	.895							21
29	29	1958-12-27		BOS	L	94	112	34	108	.315				26	38	.684							23	44	115	.383				24	28	.857							25
30	30	1958-12-28	@	CIN	L	116	120	39						38	48	.792							29	43						34	46	.739							29
31	31	1958-12-29	N	PHW	L	93	95	32	99	.323				29	40	.725		66	9				24	34	97	.351				27	33	.818		55	13				29
32	32	1958-12-30	N	SYR	W	118	113	39	86	.453				40	50	.800		58	21				28	43	110	.391				27	37	.730		57	17				35
33	33	1959-01-01	@	SYR	W	106	105	36						34	39	.872							20	42						21	24	.875							28
34	34	1959-01-02		NYK	W	107	97	43	93	.462				21	30	.700							28	33	99	.333				31	40	.775							24
35	35	1959-01-04	@	PHW	W	111	95	41	110	.373				29	34	.853		84	20				29	32	126	.254				31	40	.775		77	11				23
36	36	1959-01-05	@	BOS	L	106	118	35	97	.361				36	41	.878		52	18				23	44	115	.383				30	36	.833			27				27
37	37	1959-01-06	N	STL	L	95	112	35	102	.343				25	30	.833		54					23	44	97	.454				24	34	.706		65					20
38	38	1959-01-07	N	STL	L	78	89	29	73	.397				20	30	.667		44					18	36	83	.434				17	22	.773		35					23
39	39	1959-01-08	N	STL	W	95	93	35	79	.443				25	31	.806		44					15	35	98	.357				23	24	.958		56					23
40	40	1959-01-11	N	BOS	L	106	109	39	99	.394				28	35	.800							29	35	117	.299				39	52	.750							27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1959-01-12	N	BOS	L	108	117	41	105	.390				26	30	.867		58	16				28	44	100	.440				29	34	.853		58	16				24
42	42	1959-01-13	@	STL	L	95	110	33	84	.393				29	37	.784		46					27	41	101	.406				28	43	.651		66					28
43	43	1959-01-15	@	SYR	L	105	111	37						31	38	.816							25	39						33	40	.825							27
44	44	1959-01-16	N	CIN	L	91	95	31	76	.408				29	34	.853							25	33	89	.371				29	37	.784							25
45	45	1959-01-18		PHW	W	119	98	44	116	.379				31	39	.795		69	29				19	40	99	.404				18	27	.667		47	19				25
46	46	1959-01-25	@	PHW	L	111	125	39	99	.394				33	45	.733		65	20				29	48	104	.462				29	41	.707		61	23				32
47	47	1959-01-28		SYR	W	112	109	42						28	36	.778							29	41						27	32	.844							26
48	48	1959-01-29	N	SYR	L	91	117	31						29	43	.674							16	47						23	28	.821							28
49	49	1959-01-30	N	DET	W	88	86	32	92	.348				24	34	.706		62					29	28	91	.308				30	38	.789		54					28
50	50	1959-01-31	N	STL	L	96	120	31						34	40	.850							31	42						36	46	.783							24
51	51	1959-02-07		PHW	W	109	97	39	92	.424				31	45	.689		63	29				28	34	97	.351				29	40	.725		45	14				27
52	52	1959-02-08	@	DET	W	115	103	38	95	.400				39	48	.813							36	32	107	.299				39	52	.750							32
53	53	1959-02-09		NYK	W	128	122	45	107	.421				38	46	.826							34	44	100	.440				34	42	.810							29
54	54	1959-02-10	N	CIN	W	118	100	45	100	.450				28	34	.824							22	40	98	.408				20	24	.833							25
55	55	1959-02-11	N	CIN	W	106	105	34						38	46	.826							23	41						23	33	.697							32
56	56	1959-02-12	N	CIN	L	114	119	43						28	32	.875							23	43						33	40	.825							24
57	57	1959-02-14	@	STL	L	96	139	39	98	.398				18	28	.643							32	51	94	.543				37	42	.881							26
58	58	1959-02-15		STL	W	109	98	45	113	.398				19	27	.704							23	34	104	.327				30	35	.857							21
59	59	1959-02-17	@	DET	W	97	90	35						27	37	.730							23	35						20	26	.769							25
60	60	1959-02-18		DET	W	105	95	41	98	.418				23	30	.767							35	31	96	.323				33	47	.702							24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1959-02-20	N	NYK	W	116	106	42						32	40	.800							22	43						20	29	.690							25
62	62	1959-02-22	@	STL	L	106	120	42	110	.382				22	28	.786		53					36	40	88	.455				40	51	.784		74					24
63	63	1959-02-25	N	CIN	W	116	96	44						28	41	.683							25	35						26	32	.813							26
64	64	1959-02-27	@	BOS	L	139	173	47	124	.379				45	58	.776		81	15				28	72	143	.503				29	37	.784		73	43				30
65	65	1959-02-28	@	NYK	L	107	112	40						27	37	.730							27	40						32	36	.889							29
66	66	1959-03-01	N	PHW	W	100	98	34	88	.386				32	39	.821		64	17				28	35	101	.347				28	38	.737		59	11				27
67	67	1959-03-03	N	BOS	L	112	119	44	114	.386				24	33	.727		72					30	48	121	.397				23	36	.639		74	28				25
68	68	1959-03-04	@	CIN	L	122	128	42	114	.368				38	53	.717							34	41	98	.418				46	51	.902							32
69	69	1959-03-05	N	NYK	W	135	115	55	103	.534				25	34	.735		68	27				26	44	124	.355				27	32	.844		58	14				24
70	70	1959-03-06	@	DET	W	99	98	38						23	37	.622							35	31						36	51	.706							26
71	71	1959-03-08		STL	W	120	104	47	114	.412				26	39	.667							27	41	94	.436				22	30	.733							28
72	72	1959-03-11		DET	L	118	123	43	115	.374				32	42	.762							31	45	101	.446				33	40	.825							29

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