NBA 1959-60Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers116–117Detroit Pistons

Minneapolis Lakers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 9 March 1960
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1959-60Regular season
Meeting: 137th meetingof 396 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elgin Baylor	11–19	9–15	10	4	1	31
Hot Rod Hundley	6–19	4–4	3	2	2	16
Tom Hawkins	6–12	2–2	9	1	3	14
Frank Selvy	4–12	3–5	7	1	6	11
Slick Leonard	4–13	3–3	7	4	1	11
Boo Ellis	4–14	1–1	15	1	4	9
Jim Krebs	4–13	1–1	7	0	6	9
Ray Felix	3–7	2–4	7	1	5	8
Rudy LaRusso	2–6	3–3	6	3	3	7
Team totals	44–115	28–38	71	17	31	116

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Shellie McMillon	11–14	4–5	14	1	4	26
Gene Shue	8–19	9–12	4	6	1	25
Bailey Howell	7–16	8–12	8	0	5	22
Archie Dees	4–13	3–5	5	1	2	11
Dick McGuire	3–5	3–5	5	6	1	9
Tony Windis	4–9	0–0	7	6	3	8
Ed Conlin	3–12	1–3	4	4	3	7
Earl Lloyd	1–7	2–2	5	0	4	4
Walter Dukes	1–4	1–4	10	0	2	3
Gary Alcorn	0–4	2–4	4	0	2	2
Team totals	42–103	33–52	66	24	27	117

This season

Detroit Pistons 7, Los Angeles Lakers 8 in NBA 1959-60.

18 Oct 1959Detroit Pistons 106–105 Minneapolis Lakers
6 Nov 1959Detroit Pistons 118–113 Minneapolis Lakers
7 Nov 1959Minneapolis Lakers 113–111 Detroit Pistons
12 Nov 1959Minneapolis Lakers 93–107 Detroit Pistons
20 Nov 1959Detroit Pistons 85–105 Minneapolis Lakers
4 Dec 1959Minneapolis Lakers 101–120 Detroit Pistons
26 Dec 1959Minneapolis Lakers 108–105 Detroit Pistons
27 Dec 1959Detroit Pistons 109–119 Minneapolis Lakers
16 Jan 1960Minneapolis Lakers 98–105 Detroit Pistons
6 Feb 1960Minneapolis Lakers 101–116 Detroit Pistons
7 Feb 1960Detroit Pistons 102–104 Minneapolis Lakers
13 Feb 1960Minneapolis Lakers 123–117 Detroit Pistons
9 Mar 1960116–117 this game
12 Mar 1960Minneapolis Lakers 113–112 Detroit Pistons
13 Mar 1960Detroit Pistons 99–114 Minneapolis Lakers

Records going in

Minneapolis Lakers: 24–49
Detroit Pistons: 29–45

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 158, Los Angeles Lakers 238.

13 Feb 1960Minneapolis Lakers 123–117 Detroit Pistons
12 Mar 1960Minneapolis Lakers 113–112 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.