# Temporada 1959-60 de los Minneapolis Lakers

La temporada 1959-60 fue la duodécima de los Minneapolis Lakers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 25 victorias y 50 derrotas, ocupando el tercer puesto de la División Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que llegarían a las finales de división, donde caerían derrotados por los St. Louis Hawks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 3 | Tom Hawkins | Alero | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 10 | Rudy LaRusso | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Dartmouth |
| 3 | 18 | Bobby Smith | Base | Estados Unidos | West Virginia |

## Temporada regular

División Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 46 | 29 | .613 | – | 28–5 | 12–20 | 6–4 | 27–12 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 30 | 45 | .400 | 16 | 17–14 | 6–21 | 7–10 | 20–19 |
| x-Minneapolis Lakers | 25 | 50 | .333 | 21 | 9–15 | 9–21 | 7–14 | 17–22 |
| Cincinnati Royals | 19 | 56 | .253 | 27 | 9–22 | 2–20 | 8–14 | 14–25 |

## Playoffs
### Semifinales de División

Detroit Pistons - Minneapolis Lakers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 12 de marzo | Detroit Pistons 112, Minneapolis Lakers 113 | Detroit |
| 13 de marzo | Minneapolis Lakers 114, Detroit Pistons 99 | Minneapolis |
| | Minneapolis gana las series 2-0 | |

### Finales de División

St. Louis Hawks - Minneapolis Lakers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 16 de marzo | St. Louis Hawks 112, Minneapolis Lakers 99 | St. Louis |
| 17 de marzo | St. Louis Hawks 113, Minneapolis Lakers 120 | St. Louis |
| 19 de marzo | Minneapolis Lakers 89, St. Louis Hawks 93 | Minneapolis |
| 20 de marzo | Minneapolis Lakers 103, St. Louis Hawks 101 | Minneapolis |
| 22 de marzo | St. Louis Hawks 110, Minneapolis Lakers 117 (OT) | St. Louis |
| 24 de marzo | Minneapolis Lakers 96, St. Louis Hawks 117 | Minneapolis |
| 26 de marzo | St. Louis Hawks 97, Minneapolis Lakers 86 | St. Louis |
| | St. Louis gana las series 4-3 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RT | AS | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Elgin Baylor | 25 | 70 | 41.0 | 10.8 | 25.4 | .424 | 8.1 | 11.0 | .732 | 16.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 29.6 |
| 2 | Rudy LaRusso | 22 | 71 | 29.5 | 5.0 | 12.9 | .389 | 3.7 | 5.0 | .742 | 9.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 13.7 |
| 3 | Hot Rod Hundley | 25 | 73 | 31.2 | 5.0 | 14.0 | .358 | 2.8 | 3.7 | .744 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 12.8 |
| 4 | Dick Garmaker | 27 | 44 | 27.0 | 4.5 | 11.9 | .377 | 2.7 | 3.7 | .718 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Frank Selvy | 27 | 43 | 25.4 | 3.9 | 9.9 | .396 | 2.8 | 3.7 | .763 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 10.7 |
| 6 | Ray Felix | 29 | 31 | 22.5 | 3.4 | 8.4 | .402 | 1.6 | 2.5 | .646 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Slick Leonard | 27 | 73 | 28.4 | 3.2 | 9.8 | .322 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .705 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 8.2 |
| 8 | Tom Hawkins | 23 | 69 | 21.3 | 3.2 | 8.4 | .380 | 1.5 | 2.4 | .646 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Jim Krebs | 24 | 75 | 16.9 | 3.2 | 8.1 | .392 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .721 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| 10 | Ed Fleming | 26 | 27 | 15.3 | 2.2 | 5.2 | .418 | 2.0 | 2.6 | .768 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| 11 | Steve Hamilton | 24 | 15 | 16.5 | 1.9 | 5.1 | .377 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .783 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| 12 | Boo Ellis | 23 | 46 | 14.6 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .346 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .671 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.9 |
| 13 | Bobby Smith | 22 | 10 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 5.4 | .241 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .688 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 14 | Nick Mantis | 24 | 10 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 3.9 | .256 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .500 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| 15 | Ron Sobie | 25 | 1 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | .250 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| 16 | Larry Foust | 31 | 47 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Chuck Share | 32 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Elgin Baylor | Mejor quinteto de la NBA |