NBA 1958-59Regular season

Final

New York Knicks115–135Minneapolis Lakers

New York Knicks at Minneapolis Lakers

Date: Thursday 5 March 1959
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1958-59Regular season
Meeting: 94th meetingof 332 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Willie Naulls	9–26	4–5	9	0	5	22
Frank Selvy	8–16	3–4	3	0	4	19
Richie Guerin	6–17	6–7	6	6	3	18
Charlie Tyra	6–15	3–3	11	0	3	15
Carl Braun	5–12	2–2	4	2	2	12
Pete Brennan	3–12	5–7	9	0	4	11
Kenny Sears	2–7	4–4	6	1	1	8
Mike Farmer	4–10	0–0	4	0	0	8
Jack George	1–7	0–0	4	4	1	2
Ray Felix	0–2	0–0	2	1	1	0
Team totals	44–124	27–32	58	14	24	115

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elgin Baylor	14–20	4–6	11	6	4	32
Dick Garmaker	10–19	3–6	0	4	1	23
Ed Fleming	9–16	5–6	9	2	4	23
Boo Ellis	7–10	2–2	11	0	3	16
Larry Foust	6–11	3–3	8	2	4	15
Vern Mikkelsen	4–10	4–5	15	4	1	12
Jim Krebs	3–9	4–5	5	0	1	10
Hot Rod Hundley	1–4	0–0	6	8	4	2
Steve Hamilton	1–4	0–0	3	0	4	2
Slick Leonard	0–0	0–1	0	1	0	0
Team totals	55–103	25–34	68	27	26	135

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 4, New York Knicks 5 in NBA 1958-59.

8 Nov 1958New York Knicks 108–100 Minneapolis Lakers
16 Nov 1958Minneapolis Lakers 90–98 New York Knicks
9 Dec 1958Minneapolis Lakers 97–110 New York Knicks
14 Dec 1958New York Knicks 100–99 Minneapolis Lakers
2 Jan 1959New York Knicks 97–107 Minneapolis Lakers
9 Feb 1959New York Knicks 122–128 Minneapolis Lakers
20 Feb 1959New York Knicks 106–116 Minneapolis Lakers
28 Feb 1959Minneapolis Lakers 107–112 New York Knicks
5 Mar 1959115–135 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 38–31
Minneapolis Lakers: 30–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 192, New York Knicks 140.

28 Feb 1959Minneapolis Lakers 107–112 New York Knicks
3 Nov 1959New York Knicks 99–93 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.