# 1957–58 Minneapolis Lakers season

The 1957–58 NBA season was the Lakers' tenth season in the NBA.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 41 | 31 | .569 | - | 23-8 | 8-19 | 10-4 | 24-12 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 33 | 39 | .458 | 8 | 14-14 | 13-17 | 6-8 | 18-18 |
| x-Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 39 | .458 | 8 | 17-12 | 10-19 | 6-8 | 17-19 |
| Minneapolis Lakers | 19 | 53 | .264 | 22 | 10-15 | 4-21 | 5-17 | 13-23 |
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1957-58 NBA Records :
| Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
| Boston | — | 7–2 | 8–1 | 9–0 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 |
| Cincinnati | 2–7 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 4–5 |
| Detroit | 1–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 |
| Minneapolis | 0–9 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–9 | 2–7 |
| New York | 5–7 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 8–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–6 | 5–7 |
| Philadelphia | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 8–4 | — | 7–2 | 3–9 |
| St. Louis | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–3 | 2–7 | — | 5–4 |
| Syracuse | 5–7 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–5 | — |

### Game log

| # | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
| 1 | October 26 | @ St. Louis | 84–112 | Bobby Leonard (21) | 0–1 |
| 2 | October 30 | Detroit | 115–96 | Dick Schnittker (17) | 0–2 |
| 3 | November 1 | @ Syracuse | 100–113 | Larry Foust (24) | 0–3 |
| 4 | November 2 | @ Philadelphia | 108–118 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 0–4 |
| 5 | November 6 | Boston | 103–94 | Dick Garmaker (26) | 0–5 |
| 6 | November 8 | N Philadelphia | 119–108 | Art Spoelstra (21) | 0–6 |
| 7 | November 12 | N Boston | 104–107 | Bobby Leonard (25) | 0–7 |
| 8 | November 13 | New York | 106–124 | Vern Mikkelsen (26) | 1–7 |
| 9 | November 15 | @ Detroit | 112–104 | Dick Schnittker (22) | 2–7 |
| 10 | November 17 | Syracuse | 110–98 | Larry Foust (21) | 2–8 |
| 11 | November 20 | New York | 105–101 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 2–9 |
| 12 | November 21 | N New York | 124–123 (OT) | Larry Foust (29) | 2–10 |
| 13 | November 23 | @ Boston | 107–131 | Larry Foust (27) | 2–11 |
| 14 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 98–105 | Dick Garmaker (28) | 2–12 |
| 15 | November 26 | N Detroit | 91–109 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 2–13 |
| 16 | November 27 | N Cincinnati | 106–107 | Dick Schnittker (24) | 2–14 |
| 17 | November 30 | St. Louis | 113–118 | Larry Foust (36) | 3–14 |
| 18 | December 1 | @ Cincinnati | 89–90 | Dick Garmaker (20) | 3–15 |
| 19 | December 3 | N St. Louis | 115–108 | Dick Garmaker (30) | 3–16 |
| 20 | December 4 | Boston | 108–98 | Larry Foust (19) | 3–17 |
| 21 | December 7 | Syracuse | 113–121 | Garmaker, Leonard (21) | 4–17 |
| 22 | December 10 | N Syracuse | 114–104 | Dick Garmaker (22) | 4–18 |
| 23 | December 11 | Syracuse | 95–110 | Dick Garmaker (26) | 5–18 |
| 24 | December 15 | St. Louis | 138–118 | Vern Mikkelsen (27) | 5–19 |
| 25 | December 18 | Philadelphia | 102–108 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 6–19 |
| 26 | December 21 | @ Boston | 119–140 | Larry Foust (27) | 6–20 |
| 27 | December 22 | @ St. Louis | 115–123 | Larry Foust (30) | 6–21 |
| 28 | December 25 | @ Detroit | 106–104 | Larry Foust (24) | 7–21 |
| 29 | December 28 | Cincinnati | 112–101 | Dick Garmaker (32) | 7–22 |
| 30 | December 29 | @ Cincinnati | 111–103 | Garmaker, Mikkelsen (21) | 8–22 |
| 31 | December 30 | N St. Louis | 105–98 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 8–23 |
| 32 | December 31 | @ New York | 116–142 | Corky Devlin (17) | 8–24 |
| 33 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 109–120 | Dick Garmaker (33) | 8–25 |
| 34 | January 5 | N Boston | 100–113 | Bobby Leonard (19) | 8–26 |
| 35 | January 8 | Boston | 107–87 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 8–27 |
| 36 | January 9 | @ Syracuse | 122–127 | Foust, Mikkelsen (23) | 8–28 |
| 37 | January 10 | N Detroit | 124–114 | Foust, Garmaker (23) | 9–28 |
| 38 | January 11 | @ Detroit | 102–129 | Larry Foust (20) | 9–29 |
| 39 | January 12 | @ St. Louis | 105–111 | Dick Garmaker (27) | 9–30 |
| 40 | January 16 | @ Cincinnati | 108–124 | Foust, Mikkelsen (27) | 9–31 |
| 41 | January 17 | N St. Louis | 110–112 (OT) | Corky Devlin (31) | 10–31 |
| 42 | January 19 | Detroit | 111–118 | Dick Garmaker (24) | 11–31 |
| 43 | January 22 | Boston | 97–87 | Vern Mikkelsen (22) | 11–32 |
| 44 | January 23 | Detroit | 125–128 (OT) | Dick Garmaker (25) | 12–32 |
| 45 | January 25 | @ New York | 116–128 | Bobby Leonard (25) | 12–33 |
| 46 | January 26 | New York | 109–106 | Dick Garmaker (39) | 12–34 |
| 47 | January 27 | N New York | 113–102 | Dick Garmaker (17) | 12–35 |
| 48 | January 30 | Cincinnati | 104–105 | Vern Mikkelsen (33) | 13–35 |
| 49 | February 1 | Syracuse | 97–91 | Larry Foust (23) | 13–36 |
| 50 | February 2 | Cincinnati | 95–106 | Vern Mikkelsen (18) | 14–36 |
| 51 | February 4 | N Philadelphia | 107–103 | Foust, Schnittker (23) | 14–37 |
| 52 | February 5 | Philadelphia | 112–102 | Dick Schnittker (22) | 14–38 |
| 53 | February 7 | @ Boston | 88–114 | Dick Garmaker (23) | 14–39 |
| 54 | February 8 | @ New York | 93–94 | Bobby Leonard (17) | 14–40 |
| 55 | February 9 | @ Cincinnati | 104–121 | Larry Foust (24) | 14–41 |
| 56 | February 11 | N Cincinnati | 103–106 | Vern Mikkelsen (28) | 14–42 |
| 57 | February 12 | New York | 106–97 | Larry Foust (17) | 14–43 |
| 58 | February 14 | St. Louis | 104–100 | Dick Garmaker (21) | 14–44 |
| 59 | February 15 | @ Detroit | 111–110 | Erias, Leonard (17) | 15–44 |
| 60 | February 16 | Philadelphia | 99–106 | Vern Mikkelsen (31) | 16–44 |
| 61 | February 18 | @ St. Louis | 98–118 | Vern Mikkelsen (18) | 16–45 |
| 62 | February 19 | Detroit | 117–115 (OT) | Vern Mikkelsen (28) | 16–46 |
| 63 | February 22 | Cincinnati | 81–100 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 17–46 |
| 64 | February 23 | @ Cincinnati | 93–111 | Ed Fleming (16) | 17–47 |
| 65 | February 24 | N Philadelphia | 110–95 | Dick Garmaker (25) | 17–48 |
| 66 | February 26 | @ Syracuse | 90–119 | Vern Mikkelsen (26) | 17–49 |
| 67 | February 27 | N Detroit | 109–112 | Ed Fleming (19) | 17–50 |
| 68 | March 2 | Philadelphia | 92–102 | Vern Mikkelsen (33) | 18–50 |
| 69 | March 6 | Detroit | 132–116 | Larry Foust (20) | 18–51 |
| 70 | March 8 | @ St. Louis | 123–126 | Vern Mikkelsen (28) | 18–52 |
| 71 | March 9 | St. Louis | 99–107 | Frank Selvy (26) | 19–52 |
| 72 | March 12 | Cincinnati | 96–89 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 19–53 |

## Awards and records

* Dick Garmaker, NBA All-Star Game
* Larry Foust, NBA All-Star Game