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1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Kundla (33-39)

Points Per Game: 106.0 (5th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.3 (4th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 33-39 (6th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 164,197 (4th of 8)

SRS: -1.42 (6th of 8)

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

1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 R Seattle University
12-23 Boo Ellis F 6-5 185 February 11, 1936 R Niagara University
50 Ed Fleming G-F 6-3 189 July 25, 1933 3 Niagara University
14 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 8 La Salle University
16 Dick Garmaker G-F 6-3 200 October 29, 1932 3 University of Minnesota
30 Steve Hamilton F-C 6-6 190 November 30, 1935 R Morehead State University
33 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 October 26, 1934 1 West Virginia University
32 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 September 8, 1935 1 Southern Methodist University
21 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 July 17, 1932 2 Indiana University
19 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 9 Hamline University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 72 2779 7084 .392 2071 2718 .762 5149 1373 1874 7629 106.0
Opponent 72 7725 107.3

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 24 70 2855 605 1482 .408 532 685 .777 1050 287 270 1742
2 Vern Mikkelsen 30 72 2139 353 904 .390 286 355 .806 570 159 246 992
3 Dick Garmaker 26 72 2493 350 885 .395 284 368 .772 325 211 226 984
4 Larry Foust 30 72 1933 301 771 .390 280 366 .765 627 91 233 882
5 Hot Rod Hundley 24 71 1664 259 719 .360 164 218 .752 250 205 139 682
6 Jim Krebs 23 72 1578 271 679 .399 92 123 .748 491 50 212 634
7 Slick Leonard 26 58 1598 206 552 .373 120 160 .750 178 186 119 532
8 Ed Fleming 25 71 1132 162 419 .387 137 190 .721 281 89 148 461
9 Boo Ellis 22 72 1202 163 379 .430 102 144 .708 380 59 137 428
10 Steve Hamilton 23 67 847 109 294 .371 74 109 .679 220 36 144 292

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 24 70 40.8 8.6 21.2 .408 7.6 9.8 .777 15.0 4.1 3.9 24.9
2 Vern Mikkelsen 30 72 29.7 4.9 12.6 .390 4.0 4.9 .806 7.9 2.2 3.4 13.8
3 Dick Garmaker 26 72 34.6 4.9 12.3 .395 3.9 5.1 .772 4.5 2.9 3.1 13.7
4 Larry Foust 30 72 26.8 4.2 10.7 .390 3.9 5.1 .765 8.7 1.3 3.2 12.3
5 Hot Rod Hundley 24 71 23.4 3.6 10.1 .360 2.3 3.1 .752 3.5 2.9 2.0 9.6
6 Slick Leonard 26 58 27.6 3.6 9.5 .373 2.1 2.8 .750 3.1 3.2 2.1 9.2
7 Jim Krebs 23 72 21.9 3.8 9.4 .399 1.3 1.7 .748 6.8 0.7 2.9 8.8
8 Ed Fleming 25 71 15.9 2.3 5.9 .387 1.9 2.7 .721 4.0 1.3 2.1 6.5
9 Boo Ellis 22 72 16.7 2.3 5.3 .430 1.4 2.0 .708 5.3 0.8 1.9 5.9
10 Steve Hamilton 23 67 12.6 1.6 4.4 .371 1.1 1.6 .679 3.3 0.5 2.1 4.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 24 70 2855 7.6 18.7 .408 6.7 8.6 .777 13.2 3.6 3.4 22.0
2 Vern Mikkelsen 30 72 2139 5.9 15.2 .390 4.8 6.0 .806 9.6 2.7 4.1 16.7
3 Larry Foust 30 72 1933 5.6 14.4 .390 5.2 6.8 .765 11.7 1.7 4.3 16.4
4 Hot Rod Hundley 24 71 1664 5.6 15.6 .360 3.5 4.7 .752 5.4 4.4 3.0 14.8
5 Ed Fleming 25 71 1132 5.2 13.3 .387 4.4 6.0 .721 8.9 2.8 4.7 14.7
6 Jim Krebs 23 72 1578 6.2 15.5 .399 2.1 2.8 .748 11.2 1.1 4.8 14.5
7 Dick Garmaker 26 72 2493 5.1 12.8 .395 4.1 5.3 .772 4.7 3.0 3.3 14.2
8 Boo Ellis 22 72 1202 4.9 11.4 .430 3.1 4.3 .708 11.4 1.8 4.1 12.8
9 Steve Hamilton 23 67 847 4.6 12.5 .371 3.1 4.6 .679 9.4 1.5 6.1 12.4
10 Slick Leonard 26 58 1598 4.6 12.4 .373 2.7 3.6 .750 4.0 4.2 2.7 12.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elgin Baylor 24 70 2855 23.6 .488 .408 7.0 2.8 9.8
2 Dick Garmaker 26 72 2493 12.5 .470 .395 3.1 1.5 4.6
3 Vern Mikkelsen 30 72 2139 15.9 .468 .390 2.9 1.6 4.5
4 Larry Foust 30 72 1933 16.1 .473 .390 2.7 1.5 4.2
5 Boo Ellis 22 72 1202 14.1 .484 .430 1.6 0.9 2.5
6 Ed Fleming 25 71 1132 13.7 .459 .387 1.1 0.9 2.0
7 Jim Krebs 23 72 1578 12.4 .432 .399 0.3 1.2 1.5
8 Slick Leonard 26 58 1598 10.8 .427 .373 0.4 1.0 1.5
9 Hot Rod Hundley 24 71 1664 12.8 .418 .360 0.1 1.2 1.3
10 Steve Hamilton 23 67 847 9.6 .427 .371 0.1 0.6 0.7

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Elgin Baylor 24 13 556 122 303 87 113 156 43 52 331 .403 .770 42.8 25.5 12.0 3.3
2 Vern Mikkelsen 30 13 371 73 177 56 73 93 24 54 202 .412 .767 28.5 15.5 7.2 1.8
3 Dick Garmaker 26 13 439 70 165 49 63 55 39 44 189 .424 .778 33.8 14.5 4.2 3.0
4 Slick Leonard 26 13 467 63 173 32 40 44 70 38 158 .364 .800 35.9 12.2 3.4 5.4
5 Larry Foust 30 13 404 56 134 41 50 136 12 47 153 .418 .820 31.1 11.8 10.5 0.9
6 Jim Krebs 23 13 213 36 103 22 23 77 5 36 94 .350 .957 16.4 7.2 5.9 0.4
7 Boo Ellis 22 13 255 35 80 18 31 93 16 34 88 .438 .581 19.6 6.8 7.2 1.2
8 Ed Fleming 25 13 178 27 77 22 25 39 18 32 76 .351 .880 13.7 5.8 3.0 1.4
9 Hot Rod Hundley 24 13 175 20 58 12 14 23 20 15 52 .345 .857 13.5 4.0 1.8 1.5
10 Steve Hamilton 23 10 87 12 43 8 10 35 5 14 32 .279 .800 8.7 3.2 3.5 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elgin Baylor 24 13 556 19.3 .469 .403 12.9 0.8 0.4 1.2
2 Vern Mikkelsen 30 13 371 16.6 .483 .412 10.4 0.6 0.3 0.9
3 Dick Garmaker 26 13 439 13.4 .490 .424 13.5 0.7 0.2 0.9
4 Larry Foust 30 13 404 14.2 .490 .418 4.4 0.5 0.3 0.8
5 Boo Ellis 22 13 255 14.0 .470 .438 9.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
6 Slick Leonard 26 13 467 10.8 .414 .364 22.0 -0.1 0.3 0.2
7 Ed Fleming 25 13 178 11.9 .432 .351 15.2 0.0 0.1 0.2
8 Hot Rod Hundley 24 13 175 9.4 .405 .345 16.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Jim Krebs 23 13 213 12.1 .415 .350 3.6 -0.1 0.2 0.0
10 Steve Hamilton 23 10 87 9.4 .338 .279 8.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.2