1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Castellani (11-25), Jim Pollard (14-25)

Executive: Bob Short

PTS/G: 107.3 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 111.5 (2nd of 8)

SRS: -4.14 (7th of 8) Pace: 121.2 (7th of 8)

Off Rtg: 87.7 (8th of 8) Def Rtg: 91.2 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: -3.5 (7th of 8)

Expected W-L: 28-47 (7th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Armory

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-4) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Oct 18, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		105	106	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 24, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		94	87	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Oct 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		102	103	1	2	L 1
4	Sat, Oct 31, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	117	1	3	L 2
5	Sun, Nov 1, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		101	138	1	4	L 3
6	Tue, Nov 3, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		93	99	1	5	L 4			at St. Louis, MO
7	Fri, Nov 6, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	2OT	113	118	1	6	L 5
8	Sat, Nov 7, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	113	111	2	6	W 1
9	Sun, Nov 8, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		136	115	3	6	W 2	2,001
10	Tue, Nov 10, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	134	3	7	L 1
11	Thu, Nov 12, 1959	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		93	107	3	8	L 2			at New York, NY
12	Sat, Nov 14, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		98	104	3	9	L 3
13	Sun, Nov 15, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	100	4	9	W 1			at Saint Paul, MN
14	Wed, Nov 18, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		105	106	4	10	L 1
15	Fri, Nov 20, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		105	85	5	10	W 1
16	Sat, Nov 21, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	99	93	6	10	W 2
17	Wed, Nov 25, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		93	100	6	11	L 1
18	Thu, Nov 26, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		95	114	6	12	L 2
19	Sat, Nov 28, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		91	102	6	13	L 3
20	Sun, Nov 29, 1959	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		93	109	6	14	L 4	3,073		at Saint Paul, MN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 1, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	100	7	14	W 1
22	Thu, Dec 3, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		109	123	7	15	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	120	7	16	L 2
24	Sat, Dec 5, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		95	108	7	17	L 3
25	Sun, Dec 6, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	121	7	18	L 4	3,105
26	Tue, Dec 8, 1959	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	93	7	19	L 5			at Seattle, WA
27	Wed, Dec 9, 1959	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		96	86	8	19	W 1			at San Francisco, CA
28	Sat, Dec 12, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		97	107	8	20	L 1
29	Sat, Dec 19, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		131	113	9	20	W 1
30	Fri, Dec 25, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	112	9	21	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 26, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		108	105	10	21	W 1
32	Sun, Dec 27, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		119	109	11	21	W 2
33	Mon, Dec 28, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	107	11	22	L 1	13,292
34	Wed, Dec 30, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		107	122	11	23	L 2
35	Thu, Dec 31, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		102	127	11	24	L 3
36	Fri, Jan 1, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		98	109	11	25	L 4
37	Tue, Jan 5, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	126	11	26	L 5			at New York, NY
38	Sat, Jan 9, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	91	12	26	W 1
39	Sun, Jan 10, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		112	106	13	26	W 2
40	Thu, Jan 14, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		126	131	13	27	L 1			at Saint Paul, MN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 15, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		118	122	13	28	L 2
42	Sat, Jan 16, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		98	105	13	29	L 3			at Saint Paul, MN
43	Sun, Jan 17, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		119	135	13	30	L 4
44	Sat, Jan 23, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		104	115	13	31	L 5
45	Wed, Jan 27, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		116	112	14	31	W 1			at Detroit, MI
46	Fri, Jan 29, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		112	119	14	32	L 1
47	Sun, Jan 31, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		104	114	14	33	L 2			at San Francisco, CA
48	Mon, Feb 1, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		96	103	14	34	L 3			at Los Angeles, CA
49	Wed, Feb 3, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	128	14	35	L 4	5,277
50	Fri, Feb 5, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		96	114	14	36	L 5
51	Sat, Feb 6, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	116	14	37	L 6
52	Sun, Feb 7, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		104	102	15	37	W 1
53	Tue, Feb 9, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		90	129	15	38	L 1	8,130		at St. Louis, MO
54	Wed, Feb 10, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		109	110	15	39	L 2			at New York, NY
55	Thu, Feb 11, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		108	111	15	40	L 3
56	Sat, Feb 13, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	123	117	16	40	W 1
57	Sun, Feb 14, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		119	121	16	41	L 1
58	Tue, Feb 16, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		122	130	16	42	L 2	9,147		at New York, NY
59	Wed, Feb 17, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		127	131	16	43	L 3			at Philadelphia, PA
60	Fri, Feb 19, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		111	101	17	43	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 20, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	122	17	44	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 21, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		112	98	18	44	W 1			at Los Angeles, CA
63	Mon, Feb 22, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		103	113	18	45	L 1			at Los Angeles, CA
64	Tue, Feb 23, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		117	112	19	45	W 1
65	Wed, Feb 24, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		110	131	19	46	L 1	13,581		at College Park, MD
66	Thu, Feb 25, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		105	95	20	46	W 1			at Providence, RI
67	Fri, Feb 26, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	128	20	47	L 1	5,000
68	Sat, Feb 27, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		109	91	21	47	W 1
69	Tue, Mar 1, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		101	109	21	48	L 1
70	Wed, Mar 2, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		123	113	22	48	W 1			at Boston, MA
71	Thu, Mar 3, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		117	114	23	48	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
72	Sat, Mar 5, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	106	107	23	49	L 1
73	Sun, Mar 6, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		114	105	24	49	W 1
74	Wed, Mar 9, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		116	117	24	50	L 1
75	Thu, Mar 10, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		133	108	25	50	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 12, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		113	112	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 13, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		114	99	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Wed, Mar 16, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		99	112	2	1	L 1
4	Thu, Mar 17, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		120	113	3	1	W 1
5	Sat, Mar 19, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		89	93	3	2	L 1
6	Sun, Mar 20, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		103	101	4	2	W 1
7	Tue, Mar 22, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	117	110	5	2	W 2
8	Thu, Mar 24, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		96	117	5	3	L 1
9	Sat, Mar 26, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		86	97	5	4	L 2

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