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19-53, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 105.1 points per game, Allowed 111.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 22-50)
Coached by John Kundla (10-23), George Mikan (9-30)
Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 107,874 (7th of 8)
SRS: -5.78 (8th of 8)
1957-58 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 26, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 84 | 112 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Oct 30, 1957 | Detroit Pistons | L | 96 | 115 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 1, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 100 | 113 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 2, 1957 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 118 | 0 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 6, 1957 | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 103 | 0 | 5 | L 5 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Nov 8, 1957 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 119 | 0 | 6 | L 6 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 7 | Tue, Nov 12, 1957 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 107 | 0 | 7 | L 7 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 8 | Wed, Nov 13, 1957 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 124 | 106 | 1 | 7 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 9 | Fri, Nov 15, 1957 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 104 | 2 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 17, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 98 | 110 | 2 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 20, 1957 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 101 | 105 | 2 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 21, 1957 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 123 | 124 | 2 | 10 | L 3 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 13 | Sat, Nov 23, 1957 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 131 | 2 | 11 | L 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 24, 1957 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 98 | 105 | 2 | 12 | L 5 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 15 | Tue, Nov 26, 1957 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 91 | 109 | 2 | 13 | L 6 | at New York, NY | |
| 16 | Wed, Nov 27, 1957 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 106 | 107 | 2 | 14 | L 7 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 17 | Sat, Nov 30, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 118 | 113 | 3 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 1, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 89 | 90 | 3 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Dec 3, 1957 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 108 | 115 | 3 | 16 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 20 | Wed, Dec 4, 1957 | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 108 | 3 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 7, 1957 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 121 | 113 | 4 | 17 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 22 | Tue, Dec 10, 1957 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 104 | 114 | 4 | 18 | L 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 23 | Wed, Dec 11, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 110 | 95 | 5 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 15, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 118 | 138 | 5 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 18, 1957 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 108 | 102 | 6 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 21, 1957 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 119 | 140 | 6 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 22, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 115 | 123 | 6 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 25, 1957 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 104 | 7 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 28, 1957 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 101 | 112 | 7 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 29, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 111 | 103 | 8 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Mon, Dec 30, 1957 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 98 | 105 | 8 | 23 | L 1 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 32 | Tue, Dec 31, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 116 | 142 | 8 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Jan 1, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 109 | 120 | 8 | 25 | L 3 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 5, 1958 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 113 | 8 | 26 | L 4 | at Providence, RI | |
| 35 | Wed, Jan 8, 1958 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 107 | 8 | 27 | L 5 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 36 | Thu, Jan 9, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 122 | 127 | 8 | 28 | L 6 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 10, 1958 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 114 | 9 | 28 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 38 | Sat, Jan 11, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 102 | 129 | 9 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 12, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 105 | 111 | 9 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 16, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 108 | 124 | 9 | 31 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 17, 1958 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 112 | 110 | 10 | 31 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 42 | Sun, Jan 19, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 111 | 11 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 22, 1958 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 97 | 11 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Thu, Jan 23, 1958 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 128 | 125 | 12 | 32 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN |
| 45 | Sat, Jan 25, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 116 | 128 | 12 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 26, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 106 | 109 | 12 | 34 | L 2 | |||
| 47 | Mon, Jan 27, 1958 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 113 | 12 | 35 | L 3 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 48 | Thu, Jan 30, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 105 | 104 | 13 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 1, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 91 | 97 | 13 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 2, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 106 | 95 | 14 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 4, 1958 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 103 | 107 | 14 | 37 | L 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 52 | Wed, Feb 5, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 102 | 112 | 14 | 38 | L 2 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 7, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 114 | 14 | 39 | L 3 | ||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 8, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 94 | 14 | 40 | L 4 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 9, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 104 | 121 | 14 | 41 | L 5 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 11, 1958 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 103 | 106 | 14 | 42 | L 6 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 57 | Wed, Feb 12, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 106 | 14 | 43 | L 7 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 14, 1958 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 100 | 104 | 14 | 44 | L 8 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 59 | Sat, Feb 15, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 110 | 15 | 44 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 16, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 106 | 99 | 16 | 44 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 18, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 98 | 118 | 16 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 19, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 115 | 117 | 16 | 46 | L 2 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 22, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 100 | 81 | 17 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 23, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 93 | 111 | 17 | 47 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Mon, Feb 24, 1958 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 95 | 110 | 17 | 48 | L 2 | at Bethlehem, PA | |
| 66 | Wed, Feb 26, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 90 | 119 | 17 | 49 | L 3 | ||
| 67 | Thu, Feb 27, 1958 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 112 | 17 | 50 | L 4 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 68 | Sun, Mar 2, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 102 | 92 | 18 | 50 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 6, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | L | 116 | 132 | 18 | 51 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 8, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 123 | 126 | 18 | 52 | L 2 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 9, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 107 | 99 | 19 | 52 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 12, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 89 | 96 | 19 | 53 | L 1 |