1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

Previous Season

Next Season

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

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 22, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		99	79	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 25, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		94	110	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Oct 26, 1958	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	100	2	1	W 1
4	Wed, Oct 29, 1958	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		100	112	2	2	L 1
5	Sat, Nov 1, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		108	101	3	2	W 1
6	Thu, Nov 6, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	101	4	2	W 2
7	Sat, Nov 8, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		100	108	4	3	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 9, 1958	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		97	101	4	4	L 2
9	Tue, Nov 11, 1958	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	113	116	4	5	L 3
10	Thu, Nov 13, 1958	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		110	119	4	6	L 4	at New York, NY
11	Sat, Nov 15, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	106	4	7	L 5
12	Sun, Nov 16, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		90	98	4	8	L 6
13	Thu, Nov 20, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		121	102	5	8	W 1
14	Sat, Nov 22, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		109	114	5	9	L 1
15	Sun, Nov 23, 1958	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		109	124	5	10	L 2
16	Mon, Nov 24, 1958	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		104	123	5	11	L 3	at Charlotte, NC
17	Tue, Nov 25, 1958	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		98	90	6	11	W 1
18	Fri, Nov 28, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		114	93	7	11	W 2
19	Sat, Nov 29, 1958	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		108	105	8	11	W 3
20	Sun, Nov 30, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		84	77	9	11	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L	3OT	128	132	9	12	L 1	at St. Louis, MO
22	Tue, Dec 9, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	110	9	13	L 2
23	Thu, Dec 11, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	99	101	9	14	L 3
24	Sun, Dec 14, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		99	100	9	15	L 4
25	Thu, Dec 18, 1958	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	104	10	15	W 1
26	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		99	88	11	15	W 2
27	Thu, Dec 25, 1958	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	97	98	11	16	L 1	at New York, NY
28	Fri, Dec 26, 1958	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		99	107	11	17	L 2	at Detroit, MI
29	Sat, Dec 27, 1958	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		94	112	11	18	L 3
30	Sun, Dec 28, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		116	120	11	19	L 4
31	Mon, Dec 29, 1958	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		93	95	11	20	L 5	at St. Louis, MO
32	Tue, Dec 30, 1958	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		118	113	12	20	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
33	Thu, Jan 1, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		106	105	13	20	W 2
34	Fri, Jan 2, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	97	14	20	W 3
35	Sun, Jan 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		111	95	15	20	W 4
36	Mon, Jan 5, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	118	15	21	L 1
37	Tue, Jan 6, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		95	112	15	22	L 2	at New York, NY
38	Wed, Jan 7, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		78	89	15	23	L 3	at Houston, TX
39	Thu, Jan 8, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		95	93	16	23	W 1	at Dallas, TX
40	Sun, Jan 11, 1959	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	OT	106	109	16	24	L 1	at San Francisco, CA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Mon, Jan 12, 1959	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		108	117	16	25	L 2	at Seattle, WA
42	Tue, Jan 13, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		95	110	16	26	L 3
43	Thu, Jan 15, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		105	111	16	27	L 4
44	Fri, Jan 16, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		91	95	16	28	L 5	at Charleston, WV
45	Sun, Jan 18, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	98	17	28	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	125	17	29	L 1
47	Wed, Jan 28, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		112	109	18	29	W 1
48	Thu, Jan 29, 1959	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	117	18	30	L 1	at Houston, TX
49	Fri, Jan 30, 1959	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		88	86	19	30	W 1	at St. Louis, MO
50	Sat, Jan 31, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	120	19	31	L 1	at Detroit, MI
51	Sat, Feb 7, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		109	97	20	31	W 1
52	Sun, Feb 8, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		115	103	21	31	W 2
53	Mon, Feb 9, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		128	122	22	31	W 3
54	Tue, Feb 10, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		118	100	23	31	W 4	at Houston, TX
55	Wed, Feb 11, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		106	105	24	31	W 5	at San Francisco, CA
56	Thu, Feb 12, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		114	119	24	32	L 1	at Portland, OR
57	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	139	24	33	L 2
58	Sun, Feb 15, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		109	98	25	33	W 1
59	Tue, Feb 17, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		97	90	26	33	W 2
60	Wed, Feb 18, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		105	95	27	33	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 20, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		116	106	28	33	W 4	at Detroit, MI
62	Sun, Feb 22, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		106	120	28	34	L 1
63	Wed, Feb 25, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		116	96	29	34	W 1	at Detroit, MI
64	Fri, Feb 27, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		139	173	29	35	L 1
65	Sat, Feb 28, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	112	29	36	L 2
66	Sun, Mar 1, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	98	30	36	W 1	at Camden, NJ
67	Tue, Mar 3, 1959	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		112	119	30	37	L 1	at Providence, RI
68	Wed, Mar 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		122	128	30	38	L 2
69	Thu, Mar 5, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		135	115	31	38	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
70	Fri, Mar 6, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		99	98	32	38	W 2
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		120	104	33	38	W 3
72	Wed, Mar 11, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		118	123	33	39	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 14, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		92	89	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 15, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	117	1	1	L 1
3	Wed, Mar 18, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		129	102	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		90	124	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Mar 22, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		106	98	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Mar 24, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	127	3	3	L 1
7	Thu, Mar 26, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		108	98	4	3	W 1
8	Sat, Mar 28, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	98	97	5	3	W 2
9	Sun, Mar 29, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		106	104	6	3	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
10	Sat, Apr 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		115	118	6	4	L 1
11	Sun, Apr 5, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	128	6	5	L 2
12	Tue, Apr 7, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		110	123	6	6	L 3	at Saint Paul, MN
13	Thu, Apr 9, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		113	118	6	7	L 4

More 1958-59 Lakers Pages

Lakers Franchise Index

1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

Regular Season

Playoffs

More 1958-59 Lakers Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks