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1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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25-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Castellani (11-25), Jim Pollard (14-25)

Points Per Game: 107.3 (8th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.5 (2nd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 28-47 (7th of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Armory ▪ Attendance: 106,859 (7th of 8)

SRS: -4.14 (7th of 8)

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

1959-60 Minneapolis Lakers:

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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