Minneapolis Lakers 1947-1960
Compiled by Stew Thornley, stew@stewthornley.net
Author of Basketball's Original Dynasty: The History of the Lakers
Thanks to Nikola Simic for help in proofing and correcting this information
1947-48, National Basketball League, 43-17 (National Basketball League champions), Coach: John Kundla, Players: Warren Ajax, Don "Swede" Carlson, Ted Cook, Bill Durkee, Jack Dwan, Ken Exel, Bob Gerber, Tony Jaros, Johnny Jorgensen, George Mikan, Paul Napolitano, Joe Patanelli, Jim Pollard, Jack Rocker, Herm Schaefer, Don Smith. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, November 1	at Oshkosh All-Stars	W 49-47	1-0	Pollard 10 points
Sunday, November 9	at Tri-Cities Blackhawks (Moline, Illinois)	L 55-66	1-1	Pollard 18
Thursday, November 13	Tri-Cities	W 57-41	2-1	Pollard 19
Monday, November 17	Sheboygan Redskins	W 58-43	3-1	Pollard 14
Tuesday, November 18	Sheboygan at Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Exhibition Game)	W 54-52		Dwan 12
Thursday, November 20	at Sheboygan	L 41-56	3-2	Mikan 16 points in Lakers debut
Sunday, November 23	Indianapolis Kautskys	W 67-56	4-2	Mikan 24, Pollard 21
Thursday, November 27	at Syracuse Nationals	L 66-72	4-3	Mikan 21
Saturday, November 29	at Rochester Royals	L 53-56	4-4	Mikan 15
Monday, December 1	at Flint Dows	L 68-75	4-5	Mikan 28
Tuesday, December 2	at Toledo Jeeps	L 57-59	4-6	Mikan 28
Wednesday, December 3	at Fort Wayne Zollners	W 68-58	5-6	Mikan 20, Pollard 18
Thursday, December 4	Fort Wayne at Huntington, Indiana	W 56-42	6-6	Mikan 24
Saturday, December 6	Anderson Packers at Chicago Stadium	W 74-58	7-6	Mikan 19, Jaros 16, Pollard 13
Sunday, December 7	Oshkosh	L 38-44	7-7	Mikan 9
Wednesday, December 10	Toledo	W 49-46	8-7	Mikan 19
Friday, December 12	Fort Wayne at Chicago	L 55-60	8-8	Mikan 22
Saturday, December 13	at Oshkosh	W 67-57	9-8	Mikan 23
Sunday, December 14	Anderson	W 60-49	10-8	Mikan 22
Wednesday, December 17	Anderson	L 54-57	10-9	Mikan 27; Howie Schultz 18 for Anderson
Thursday, December 18	Toledo at Chicago	W 66-56	11-9	Pollard 15, Mikan 14
Sunday, December 21	Tri-Cities	W 68-62	12-9	Mikan 26 points
Monday, December 22	Sheboygan	W 61-52	13-9	Mikan 20
Saturday, December 27	Toledo	W 55-52	14-9	Mikan 20, Pollard 19
Sunday, December 28	Indianapolis	W 58-48	15-9	Pollard 17, Carlson 15, Mikan 9
Friday, January 2	Fort Wayne	L 41-46	15-10	Mikan 22
Sunday, January 4	Flint	W 75-50	16-10	Mikan 23
Monday, January 5	Flint	W 80-42	17-10	Carlson 18, Dwan 13, Mikan-Pollard 11
Thursday, January 8	at Syracuse	W 68-59	18-10	Mikan 24
Saturday, January 10	Flint at Midland, Michigan	W 66-49	19-10	Mikan 31
Sunday, January 11	at Tri-Cities	L 35-44	19-11	Mikan-Dwan 9
Tuesday, January 13	at Indianapolis	W 64-45	20-11	Schaefer 17, Mikan 13
Saturday, January 17	at Syracuse	L 65-74 OT	20-12	Mikan 17
Sunday, January 18	at Rochester	W 75-73	21-12	Mikan 41 (new NBL record)
Monday, January 19	Flint at Midland, Michigan	W 85-72	22-12	Carlson 17, Pollard 14, Mikan-Jorgensen 12
Thursday, January 22	Rochester at Chicago Stadium	W 69-64	23-12	Mikan 23
Saturday, January 24	Fort Wayne	W 69-52	24-12	Mikan 17, Jaros 16
Monday, January 26	Rochester	W 76-58	25-12	Jaros 20, Mikan 19
Wednesday, January 28	Rochester	L 50-53	25-13	Mikan 23
Sunday, February 1	Indianapolis	W 85-55	26-13	Mikan 17
Wednesday, February 4	Syracuse	W 70-55	27-13	Pollard 16, Dwan 14, Schaefer 13, Mikan 12
Thursday, February 5	Syracuse	W 69-55	28-13	Mikan 24
Sunday, February 8	Oshkosh	W 78-56	29-13	Mikan-Jaros 20
Thursday, February 12	at Sheboygan	W 68-57	30-13	Mikan-Carlson 18
Saturday, February 14	Toledo	W 65-50	31-13	Mikan 16
Monday, February 16	at Anderson	W 63-54	32-13	Mikan 17
Tuesday, February 17	at Indianapolis	W 66-58	33-13	Mikan 21
Thursday, February 19	Harlem Globetrotters at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	L 59-61		Mikan 24
Sunday, February 22	Oshkosh	W 85-58	34-13	Pollard 24, Mikan-Carlson 13
Monday, February 23	Tri-Cities	W 57-48	35-13	Carlson 14, Mikan-Pollard 13
Wednesday, February 25	Anderson	W 60-54	36-13	Pollard 21, Mikan 20
Thursday, February 26	Bismarck Phantoms in Fargo (Exhibition Game)	W 72-50		Mikan 27
Friday, February 27	Bismarck Phantoms in Fargo (Exhibition Game)	W 59-45		Mikan 25
Sunday, February 29	Syracuse at Chicago Stadium	W 66-56	37-13	Pollard 16, Mikan 14
Tuesday, March 2	at Indianapolis	L 63-83	37-14	Mikan 28; 12-game winning streak stopped
Thursday, March 4	at Anderson	L 70-73	37-15	Mikan 21
Saturday, March 6	at Oshkosh	W 69-65	38-15	Mikan 24
Sunday, March 7	at Sheboygan	W 68-67	39-15	Mikan 38
Monday, March 8	Sheboygan	W 65-55 OT	40-14	Mikan 30
Saturday, March 13	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	W 92-64	41-15	Mikan 42 (new NBL record)
Sunday, March 14	Flint at Minneapolis Armory	W 80-54	42-15	Mikan 21
Tuesday, March 16	at Rochester	L 63-66	42-16	Mikan 29
Wednesday, March 17	at Toledo	W 60-56	43-16	Mikan 35
Sunday, March 21	at Tri-Cities	L 61-65	43-17	Mikan 31
	Playoffs
Tuesday, March 23	Oshkosh	W 80-68	1-0	Mikan 26 points
Wednesday, March 24	Oshkosh	W 88-65	2-0	Mikan 22
Friday, March 26	at Oshkosh	L 51-69	2-1	Mikan 15
Saturday, March 27	at Oshkosh	W 61-55	3-1	Mikan 19
Tuesday, March 30	at Tri-Cities	W 98-79	1-0	Mikan 29
Wednesday, March 31	Tri-Cities at Minneapolis Armory	W 83-59	2-0	Mikan 23, Jaros 22
	Chicago World Pro Tournament at Chicago Stadium
Thursday, April 8	Wilkes-Barre Barons	W 98-48	1-0	Mikan-Pollard 22
Friday, April 9	Anderson Packers	W 59-56	2-0	Mikan 21
Sunday, April 11	New York Rens	W 75-71	3-0	Mikan 40
	Lakers win World Pro Tournament
	NBL Finals
Tuesday, April 13	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	W 80-72	1-0	Mikan 26
Wednesday, April 14	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	W 82-67	2-0	Mikan 25, Schaefer 24
Friday, April 16	at Rochester	L 60-74	2-1	Mikan 32
Saturday, April 17	at Rochester	W 75-65	3-1	Mikan 27, Pollard 19
1948-49, Basketball Association of America, 44-16 (Basketball Association of America champions), Coach: John Kundla, Players: Mike Bloom, Don "Swede" Carlson, Jack Dwan, Ray Ellefson, Earl Gardner, Arnie Ferrin, Don Forman, Tony Jaros, Johnny Jorgensen, Whitey Kachan, George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Herm Schaefer, Don Smith, Jack Tingle. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Thursday, November 4	at Baltimore Bullets	W 84-72	1-0	Schaefer 23, Mikan 19
Saturday, November 6	at Washington Capitals	L 62-67	1-1	Mikan 27
Tuesday, November 9	at Boston Celtics	L 55-75	1-2	Mikan 29
Thursday, November 11	at New York Knickerbockers	W 77-68	2-2	Mikan 34
Saturday, November 13	at Providence Steamrollers	W 90-67	3-2	Mikan 38
Sunday, November 14	at Rochester	L 75-92	3-3	Mikan 36
Wednesday, November 17	Boston	L 72-74	3-4	Mikan 23
Friday, November 19	at Chicago Stags	W 85-81	4-4	Schaefer 28, Mikan-Pollard 20
Sunday, November 21	Baltimore	W 94-81	5-4	Mikan 33
Tuesday, November 23	at Indianapolis Jets	W 88-82	6-4	Mikan 33
Wednesday, November 24	Providence	W 117-89	7-4	Mikan 20, Lakers set BAA record with 117 points
Friday, November 26	College All-Stars at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	W 60-42		Mikan 18
Saturday, November 27	at St. Louis Bombers	W 87-71	8-4	Mikan 26, Pollard 23
Sunday, November 28	Philadelphia Warriors	W 88-67	9-4	Schaefer 25, Pollard 19, Mikan 17
Tuesday, November 30	Boston at Chicago	W 94-84	10-4	Mikan 32
Wednesday, December 1	at Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons	L 74-84	10-5	Mikan 44
Saturday, December 4	at Chicago	L 100-104 OT	10-6	Mikan 47, ties BAA record
Sunday, December 5	St. Louis	W 78-68	11-6	Mikan 27
Wednesday, December 8	Washington	L 83-94	11-7	Mikan 34
Friday, December 10	at Rochester	W 96-75	12-7	Mikan 31
Sunday, December 12	Rochester	W 67-58	13-7	Mikan 22
Wednesday, December 15	Indianapolis	W 79-61	14-7	Pollard 19, Carlson-Mikan 12
Sunday, December 19	Chicago	W 94-84	15-7	Mikan 31
Tuesday, December 21	at Philadelphia	L 64-72	15-8	Mikan 18
Wednesday, December 22	at New York	L 79-97	15-9	Mikan 24
Sunday, December 26	Rochester	W 99-90	16-9	Mikan 32
Wednesday, December 29	Washington	W 91-68	17-9	Mikan 34
Saturday, January 1	Fort Wayne	W 92-72	18-9	Mikan 22
Wednesday, January 5	St. Louis	W 101-76	19-9	Mikan 31
Saturday, January 8	at St. Louis	L 59-64	19-10	Mikan 22
Sunday, January 9	St. Louis	W 74-59	20-10	Mikan 29
Wednesday, January 12	Providence	W 98-64	21-10	Mikan 26, Pollard 23
Sunday, January 16	Indianapolis	W 75-66	22-10	Pollard 21, Mikan 16
Tuesday, January 18	at Indianapolis	W 81-56	23-10	Mikan 19
Thursday, January 20	Fort Wayne	W 83-65	24-10	Mikan 29
Sunday, January 23	Philadelphia	W 89-71	25-10	Mikan 33
Wednesday, January 26	Chicago	W 84-49	26-10	Pollard 20, Mikan-Forman 12
Sunday, January 30	Washington	W 84-79	27-10	Mikan 48 for new record
Wednesday, February 2	at Fort Wayne	W 82-79 OT	28-10	Mikan 31
Thursday, February 3	at Philadelphia	W 78-76	29-10	Mikan 30
Sunday, February 6	Rochester	L 74-85	29-11	Mikan 32
Thursday, February 10	New York	W 95-75	30-11	Mikan 21 (Joe Fulks of Philadelphia scores 63 to break Mikan's record)
Friday, February 11	at Chicago	L 97-105	30-12	Mikan 36
Sunday, February 13	Baltimore	W 91-74	31-12	Pollard 32, Mikan 17
Wednesday, February 16	Chicago	W 90-17	32-12	Mikan 25
Friday, February 18	at Boston	W 85-71	33-12	Mikan 28
Saturday, February 19	at Providence	W 94-80	34-12	Mikan 29
Tuesday, February 22	at New York	W 101-74	35-12	Mikan 48 for new Madison Square Garden record
Thursday, February 24	Fort Wayne	W 77-73	36-12	Mikan 31
Saturday, February 26	at Baltimore	W 115-114 2OT	37-12	Mikan 53
Sunday, February 27	at Fort Wayne	L 50-74	37-13	Mikan 14
Monday, February 28	Harlem Globetrotters at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	L 45-49		Mikan 19
Thursday, March 3	at Indianapolis	W 82-79	38-13	Mikan 24
Sunday, March 6	Providence	W 68-59	39-13	Mikan 21
Wednesday, March 9	Boston	W 74-67	40-13	Mikan 22
Thursday, March 10	at St. Louis	L 71-88	40-14	Mikan 26
Saturday, March 12	Indianapolis at Chicago Stadium	W 97-69	41-14	Ferrin 22, Mikan 17
Sunday, March 13	New York	W 100-90	42-14	Mikan 51
Monday, March 14	Harlem Globetrotters	W 68-53		Mikan 32, 10,122 at Minneapolis Auditorium
Wednesday, March 16	at Washington	L 72-85	42-15	Mikan 24, Pollard 16
Thursday, March 17	at Baltimore	L 67-101	42-16	Pollard 22, Mikan 14
Saturday, March 19	at Rochester	W 99-85	43-16	Mikan 46
Sunday, March 20	Philadelphia	W 91-78	44-16	Mikan 28
	Playoffs
Wednesday, March 23	Chicago	W 84-77	1-0	Mikan 37, Pollard 18, Jaros 17
Thursday, March 24	at Chicago	W 101-85	2-0	Mikan 38, Schaefer 19
Sunday, March 27	at Rochester	W 80-79	1-0	Mikan 32
Tuesday, March 29	Rochester	W 67-55	2-0	Mikan 31
Monday, April 4	Washington	W 88-84	1-0	Mikan 42
Wednesday, April 6	Washington	W 76-62	2-0	Carlson 16, Pollard 11, Schaefer 13, Mikan 10
Friday, April 8	at Washington	W 94-74	3-0	Mikan 35
Saturday, April 9	at Washington	L 71-83	3-1	Mikan 27, chips bone in hand in first quarter
Monday, April 11	at Washington	L 65-74	3-2	Mikan 22
Wednesday, April 13	Washington at St. Paul Auditorium	W 77-56	4-2	Mikan 29
1949-50, National Basketball Association, 51-17 (National Basketball Association champions), Coach: John Kundla, Players: Don "Swede" Carlson, Arnie Ferrin, Normie Glick, Bud Grant, Bob Harrison, Buddy Hassett, Tony Jaros, Slater Martin, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard, Herm Schaefer, Gene Stump, Paul Walther. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Wednesday, October 26	College All-Stars in Chicago (Exhibition Game)	W 94-86		Mikan 31
Wednesday, November 2	at Philadelphia	W 81-69	1-0	Pollard 30, Mikan 17
Saturday, November 5	at Baltimore	W 92-77	2-0	Mikan 28
Tuesday, November 8	at Washington	W 68-66	3-0	Pollard 21, Mikan 11
Thursday, November 10	at Boston	W 98-84	4-0	Mikan 37
Saturday, November 12	at Chicago	L 79-86	4-1	Mikan 30
Wednesday, November 16	St. Louis	W 94-71	5-1	Schaefer 20, Pollard 19, Mikan 18
Thursday, November 17	at St. Louis	L 65-78	5-2	Mikan 17
Saturday, November 19	at Anderson	L 80-83	5-3	Mikan 34
Sunday, November 20	Indianapolis Olympians	W 121-95	6-3	Mikan 29, 121 points sets NBA record
Wednesday, November 23	Baltimore	W 84-71	7-3	Mikan 28
Friday, November 25	at Denver Nuggets	W 101-81	8-3	Mikan 29 (Denver now 0-15)
Sunday, November 27	Chicago	L 82-96	8-4	Mikan 34
Wednesday, November 30	New York	W 102-92	9-4	Mikan 28
Thursday, December 1	at Indianapolis	L 68-86	9-5	Mikan 33
Saturday, December 3	at Chicago	W 91-80	10-5	Mikan 34
Sunday, December 4	Rochester	W 95-80	11-5	Mikan 27, Mikkelsen 24
Wednesday, December 7	Washington	W 93-76	12-5	Mikan 35
Thursday, December 8	at Fort Wayne	L 66-87	12-6	Mikan 27, Mikkelsen 24
Saturday, December 10	Denver at Mayo Civic Auditorium, Rochester, Minnesota	W 89-76	13-6	Mikan 31
Sunday, December 11	Philadelphia	W 90-81	14-6	Mikan 28
Wednesday, December 14	at New York	L 84-94	14-7	Mikan 38
Thursday, December 15	at Baltimore	L 68-87	14-8	Mikan 34
Sunday, December 18	Boston	W 77-72	15-8	Mikan 24
Tuesday, December 20	at Rochester	L 62-87	15-9	Mikan 26
Wednesday, December 21	at Washington	W 75-61	16-9	Mikan 21
Thursday, December 22	at Boston	L 69-87	16-10	Mikan 21
Sunday, December 25	Fort Wayne	W 72-58	17-10	Mikan 22, Pollard 20 (Bud Grant debuts with Lakers)
Monday, December 26	at Tri-Cities	W 78-76	18-10	Mikan 22, Mikkelsen 18
Wednesday, December 28	Baltimore	W 88-77	19-10	Mikan-Pollard 24
Saturday, December 31	at Waterloo Hawks	W 86-68	20-10	Mikan 35
Sunday, January 1	Anderson	W 87-75	21-10	Mikan 38
Wednesday, January 4	Fort Wayne	W 91-75	22-10	Mikan 22
Thursday, January 5	at Sheboygan	L 82-85	22-11	Mikan 42
Sunday, January 8	Boston	W 85-80 OT	23-11	Mikan 30
Wednesday, January 11	Syracuse	W 98-88	24-11	Mikan 27, Mikkelsen 24
Thursday, January 12	at St. Louis	W 89-73	25-11	Mikkelsen 31, Mikan 18
Saturday, January 14	at Rochester	L 77-83	25-12	Mikan 51
Sunday, January 15	Rochester	W 85-73	26-12	Mikan 25
Tuesday, January 17	at Boston	W 105-79	27-12	Mikan 22
Wednesday, January 18	at Washington	W 76-68	28-12	Mikan 23
Thursday, January 19	at New York	W 94-83	29-12	Mikan 31
Friday, January 20	at Philadelphia	L 89-90	29-13	Mikan 34
Sunday, January 22	Chicago	W 103-75	30-13	Mikan 28, Mikkelsen 19
Tuesday, January 24	at Chicago	W 80-68	31-13	Mikan 40
Wednesday, January 25	St. Louis	W 85-78	32-13	Mikan 23
Monday, January 29	Washington	W 89-60	33-13	Mikan 31
Wednesday, February 1	New York	W 96-81	34-13	Mikan 35
Thursday, February 2	at Fort Wayne	W 79-78	35-13	Mikan 14
Sunday, February 5	Philadelphia	W 100-67	36-13	Mikan 23
Thursday, February 9	Washington	W 71-59	37-13	Mikan-Mikkelsen 15, Pollard 14
Sunday, February 12	Boston	W 88-70	38-13	Pollard 29, Mikan 23
Wednesday, February 15	Rochester	W 92-70	39-13	Mikan 34
Thursday, February 16	at St. Louis	W 72-71	40-13	Pollard 25, Mikan 21
Friday, February 17	Waterloo at St. Paul Auditorium	W 80-74	41-13	Mikkelsen 20, Pollard 17, Mikan-Martin 9
Sunday, February 19	Chicago	W 96-83	42-13	Mikan 33
Tuesday, February 21	Harlem Globetrotters at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	W 76-60		Mikan 36, Globetrotters' 113-game winning streak broken
Wednesday, February 22	St. Louis	W 100-57	43-13	Mikan 28
Saturday, February 25	at Rochester	L 64-66	43-14	Mikan 39, 14-game winning streak stopped
Sunday, February 26	Tri-Cities	W 80-66	44-14	Mikan 30
Tuesday, February 28	Fort Wayne	W 71-65	45-14	Mikan-Mikkelsen 19
Thursday, March 2	at Baltimore	W 88-66	46-14	Mikan 24
Friday, March 3	at Philadelphia	L 61-66	46-15	Mikan 21
Saturday, March 4	at New York	W 84-75	47-15	Mikan-Pollard 23
Sunday, March 5	at Syracuse	L 75-84	47-16	Mikan 29
Tuesday, March 7	Sheboygan at Minneapolis Armory	W 90-73	48-16	Mikkelsen 19, Jaros 17, Pollard 11, Schaefer 10, Martin-Mikan 8
Wednesday, March 8	Philadelphia at St. Paul Auditorium	W 68-65	49-16	Mikan 34
Sunday, March 12	New York	W 87-66	50-16	Mikan 32
Wednesday, March 15	Baltimore	W 96-62	51-16	Mikan 34
Sunday, March 19	at Fort Wayne	L 67-69	51-17	Mikan 30
Monday, March 20	Harlem Globetrotters at St. Paul Auditorium (Exhibition Game)	W 69-54		Mikan 21
	Tie-breaker playoff game for Central Division Championship
Tuesday, March 21	at Rochester	W 78-76		Mikan 35, Jaros's 40-foot two-handed set show with three seconds left wins game
	Playoffs
Wednesday, March 22	Chicago at St. Paul Auditorium	W 85-75	1-0	Mikan 30
Saturday, March 25	at Chicago	W 75-67	2-0	Mikan 34
Monday, March 27	Fort Wayne	W 93-79	1-0	Mikan 24
Tuesday, March 28	at Fort Wayne	W 89-82	2-0	Mikan 37
Wednesday, April 5	Anderson	W 75-50	1-0	Mikan 26
Thursday, April 6	at Anderson	W 90-71	2-0	Mikan 32, Mikkelsen 23
Saturday, April 8	at Syracuse	W 68-66	1-0	Mikan 37, Harrison hits 40-footer at buzzer to win game
Sunday, April 9	at Syracuse	L 85-91	1-1	Mikan 32
Friday, April 14	Syracuse at St. Paul Auditorium	W 91-77	2-1	Mikan 28, Mikkelsen 27
Sunday, April 16	Syracuse at St. Paul Auditorium	W 77-69	3-1	Mikan 28
Thursday, April 20	at Syracuse	L 76-83	3-2	Mikan 28
Sunday, April 23	Syracuse	W 110-75	4-2	Mikan 40
1950-51 National Basketball Association, 44-24, Coach: John Kundla, Players: Ed Beach, Arnie Ferrin, Bud Grant, Bob Harrison, Joe Hutton, Tony Jaros, Slater Martin, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Kevin O'Shea, Jim Pollard. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Wednesday, November 1	at Baltimore	L 71-81	0-1	Mikan 34
Saturday, November 4	at Washington	W 91-85	1-1	Mikan 27
Sunday, November 5	at Syracuse	L 87-90	1-2	Mikan 29
Tuesday, November 7	at Utica (Exhibition Game)	W 82-71
Thursday, November 9	at Boston	L 71-76	1-3	Mikan 24
Sunday, November 12	Philadelphia	W 83-70	2-3	Mikan 25
Wednesday, November 15	Syracuse	W 72-71 OT	3-3	Mikan 28
Thursday, November 16	at New York	L 69-71	3-4	Mikan 27
Saturday, November 18	at Rochester	W 86-77 2OT	4-4	Mikan 47
Sunday, November 19	Rochester	W 90-77	5-4	Mikan 23, 29th straight win at home
Wednesday, November 22	Fort Wayne	L 18-19	5-5	Mikan 15
Thursday, November 23	at Fort Wayne	L 63-73	5-6	Mikan 32
Friday, November 24	New York Rens at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	W 58-52		Mikan 11
Sunday, November 26	Baltimore	W 85-71	6-6	Mikan 23
Wednesday, November 29	Tri-Cities	W 85-66	7-6	Martin 19, Mikan-Mikkelsen 15
Friday, December 1	at Indianapolis	L 65-66	7-7	Mikan 22
Sunday, December 3	Philadelphia	W 95-83	8-7	Mikan 38
Wednesday, December 6	New York	W 84-62	9-7	Pollard 20, Mikan 17
Saturday, December 9	at Tri-Cities	W 88-79	10-7	Mikan 17
Sunday, December 10	Tri-Cities	W 114-101	11-7	Mikan 29
Wednesday, December 13	Rochester	L 72-82	11-8	Mikean 43
Friday, December 15	at Indianapolis	W 82-71	12-8	Mikan 32
Saturday, December 16	at Tri-Cities	W 86-71	13-8	Mikan 21, Mikkelsen 19
Sunday, December 17	Indianapolis	W 79-60	14-8	Mikan 29
Tuesday, December 19	at Philadelphia	L 67-71	14-9	Mikan 25
Wednesday, December 20	at Baltimore	L 84-91	14-10	Mikan 39
Saturday, December 23	at Boston	L 81-87	14-11	Mikan 31
Monday, December 25	Washington	W 93-79	15-11	Mikan 35
Wednesday, December 27	Baltimore	W 81-63	16-11	Mikan 19
Thursday, December 28	at Rochester	L 67-75	16-12	Mikan 41
Sunday, December 31	Philadelphia	W 83-73	17-12	Mikan 24
Monday, January 1	at Fort Wayne	L 70-83	17-13	Mikkelsen 20, Mikan 13
Wednesday, January 3	Fort Wayne	W 86-64	18-13	Mikkelsen 23, Mikan 17
Thursday, January 4	at Syracuse	W 80-77	19-13	Mikan 27
Friday, January 5	Boston	W 69-54	20-13	Mikkelsen 17, Mikan 15
Sunday, January 7	Rochester	W 69-57	21-13	Mikkelsen 26, Mikan 17
Wednesday, January 10	New York	W 70-65	22-13	Mikan 21
Thursday, January 11	at Tri-Cities	W 113-109	23-13	Mikan 34, Mikkelsen 28
Sunday, January 14	Indianapolis	W 86-84 OT	24-13	Mikan 28
Tuesday, January 16	at Indianapolis	L 68-82	24-14	Mikan 28
Thursday, January 18	at New York	L 78-95	24-15	Mikan 27
Saturday, January 20	Fort Wayne at Milwaukee	W 89-70	25-15	Mikan 31
Sunday, January 21	Tri-Cities	W 89-82	26-15	Mikan 31
Tuesday, January 23	Baltimore at Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 89-79	27-15	Pollard-Mikkelsen 20, Mikan-Martin 15
Thursday, January 25	at Philadelphia	W 90-71	28-15	Mikan 24
Friday, January 26	at Wilkes-Barre, American Pro Basketball League (Exhibition Game)	W 93-72
Sunday, January 28	Indianapolis	W 101-75	29-15	Mikan 34
Wednesday, January 31	Tri-Cities	W 106-78	30-15	Mikan 35
Saturday, February 3	at Indianapolis	W 89-84	31-15	Mikan 29
Sunday, February 4	Boston	W 98-84	32-15	Mikan 29
Wednesday, February 7	at Fort Wayne	L 86-96	32-16	Mikan 20
Thursday, February 8	Rochester	W 69-58	33-16	Mikan 37
Sunday, February 11	Indianapolis	W 91-78	34-16	Mikan 27
Wednesday, February 14	Baltimore	W 99-71	35-16	Mikan 28
Friday, February 16	at Indianapolis	W 76-71	36-16	Mikan 32
Saturday, February 17	at Rochester	L 82-87	36-17	Mikan 30
Sunday, February 18	at Syracuse	L 80-91	36-18	Mikan 25
Wednesday, February 21	Syracuse	W 82-76	37-18	Mikan 36
Friday, February 23	Harlem Globetrotters at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	W 72-68		Mikan 47
Saturday, February 24	Fort Wayne	W 95-78	38-18	Mikan 32
Sunday, February 25	Indianapolis	L 73-75	38-19	Mikan-Pollard 20
Tuesday, February 27	Tri-Cities at Milwaukee Arena	W 83-77	39-19	Mikan 33
Wednesday, February 28	at Fort Wayne	L 73-77	39-20	Mikan 39
Thursday, March 1	at Philadelphia	L 77-97	39-21	Pollard 26, Mikan 22
Friday, March 2	All-Star Game at Boston	L 94-111		Lakers: Mikan 12, Mikkelsen 11, Pollard 4. Kundla coaches West squad.
Sunday, March 4	at Boston	L 86-92	39-22	Mikan 44
Tuesday, March 6	at Rochester	L 79-90	39-23	Mikan 18
Thursday, March 8	at New York	L 94-97 OT	39-24	Mikan 40
Saturday, March 10	at Tri-Cities	W 99-88	40-24	Mikan 46
Sunday, March 11	Boston	W 98-96 2OT	41-24	Mikan 40
Monday, March 12	Big Ten All-Stars (Exhibition Game)	W 67-59		Mikan 24
Wednesday, March 14	Syracuse	W 100-76	42-24	Mikan 40
Saturday, March 17	at Tri-Cities	W 92-91 OT	43-24	Mikan 38
Sunday, March 18	New York	W 86-68	44-24	Mikkelsen 19, Pollard-Mikan 14
	Playoffs
Wednesday, March 21	Indianapolis	W 95-81	1-0	Mikan 41
Friday, March 23	at Indianapolis	L 88-108	1-1	Mikkelsen 30 (Mikan, resting injured ankle, plays 15 minutes and scores 2 points)
Sunday, March 25	Indianapolis at Minneapolis Armory	W 85-80	2-1	Mikan 30
Thursday, March 29	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	W 76-73	1-0	Mikkelsen 23, Mikan 22
Saturday, March 31	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	L 66-70	1-1	Pollard 20, Mikan 18
Sunday, April 1	at Rochester	L 70-83	1-2	Mikan 23
Tuesday, April 3	at Rochester	L 75-80	1-3	Mikan 32
1951-52 National Basketball Association, 40-26 (National Basketball Association champions), Coach: John Kundla, Players: Bob Harrison, Lew Hitch, Joe Hutton, Slater Martin, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Johnny Pilch, Jim Pollard, Frank "Pep" Saul, Howie Schultz, Whitey Skoog. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, November 3	at Rochester	W 93-74	1-0	Mikkelsen 25, Mikan 24
Sunday, November 4	at Syracuse	L 67-98	1-1	Mikan 27, Mikkelsen 21
Friday, November 9	at Philadelphia	L 86-98	1-2	Mikan 41
Saturday, November 10	at New York	W 89-73	2-2	Mikan 31
Sunday, November 11	at Boston	L 72-77	2-3	Pollard 17, Mikan 4
Monday, November 12	at Baltimore	W 90-80	3-3	Mikan 31
Tuesday, November 13	at Indianapolis	W 77-71	4-3	Mikan 22
Saturday, November 17	Fort Wayne	W 68-64 OT	5-3	Mikan 32
Thursday, November 22	Rochester	W 70-65 2OT	6-3	Mikkelsen 21, Mikan 20
Saturday, November 24	at Milwaukee Hawks	W 72-59	7-3	Mikan 19
Sunday, November 25	Indianapolis	W 82-73	8-3	Mikan 31
Wednesday, November 28	Boston	W 90-76	9-3	Mikan 34
Saturday, December 1	Fort Wayne	W 89-69	10-3	Mikan 24
Sunday, December 2	at Fort Wayne	L 61-63	10-4	Mikan 22
Wednesday, December 5	Syracuse	L 81-83	10-5	Mikkelsen 23, Mikan 18
Saturday, December 8	Baltimore at St. Paul Auditorium	W 85-64	11-5	Mikan-Pollard 22
Sunday, December 9	Indianapolis	L 78-85	11-6	Mikkelsen 25, Mikan 20
Tuesday, December 11	at Indianapolis	L 69-85	11-7	Mikan-Mikkelsen 16
Wednesday, December 12	Baltimore	W 99-79	12-7	Mikan 25
Sunday, December 16	Milwaukee	W 99-52	13-7	Mikan 24
Tuesday, December 18	at New York	L 67-69	13-8	Mikan 19
Friday, December 21	at Philadelphia	L 103-105 3OT	13-9	Mikan 36
Saturday, December 22	at Baltimore	W 96-90 3OT	14-9	Mikan 39
Sunday, December 23	at Fort Wayne	L 79-81	14-10	Mikan 33
Tuesday, December 25	Boston	W 100-93	15-10	Pollard 25, Mikan 14
Sunday, December 30	Philadelphia	W 93-64	16-10	Mikan 22
Monday, December 31	Syracuse	Postponed, snow
Tuesday, January 1	Syracuse	W 82-80	17-10	Mikan 37
Wednesday, January 2	Harlem Globetrotters at Chicago (Exhibition Game)	W 84-60		Mikan-Mikkelsen 24; Attendance - 20,004.
Friday, January 4	Fort Wayne at St. Paul Auditorium	W 79-64	18-10	Mikan-Pollard 21; Attendance - 10,067, largest crowd in Twin Cities pro basketball history, helped by the appearance of the Harlem Globetrotters, who beat the Boston Whirlwinds 60-46 in the second game of the doubleheader.
Saturday, January 5	Indianapolis in Hibbing, Minnesota	W 86-65	19-10	Mikan 20; Estimated crowd of 7,000 sets Hibbing record
Sunday, January 6	New York	W 107-92	20-10	Pollard 32, Mikan 25
Tuesday, January 8	at Indianapolis	L 75-82	20-11	Mikan 27, Mikkelsen 21
Wednesday, January 9	Indianapolis	W 91-74	21-11	Mikan 29
Friday, January 11	at Milwaukee	W 75-63	22-11	Mikan18
Saturday, January 12	Milwaukee at Kansas City	W 96-84	23-11	Pollard 24, Mikan 22
Sunday, January 13	Philadelphia	L 81-88	23-12	Mikan 33
Wednesday, January 16	at Boston	W 108-94	24-12	Mikkelsen 36, Mikan 14
Thursday, January 17	at Syracuse	L 105-111 3OT	24-13	Mikkelsen 19, Mikan 18
Saturday, January 19	at Rochester	L 85-96	24-14	Martin 20, Mikan 15
Sunday, January 20	Rochester	W 91-81 2OT	25-14	Mikan 61
Wednesday, January 23	Syracuse	L 97-99	25-15	Mikan 28
Saturday, January 26	at Milwaukee	W 57-56	26-15	Pollard 18, Mikan 17
Sunday, January 27	Milwaukee	W 91-62	27-15	Mikan 17
Wednesday, January 30	New York	W 77-65	28-15	Pollard-Martin 14, Mikan 13
Thursday, January 31	at Fort Wayne	W 85-73	29-15	Mikan-Pollard 23
Friday, February 1	at Indianapolis	L 77-85	29-16	Mikan 25
Sunday, February 3	Rochester	W 77-75	30-16	Mikan 25
Thursday, February 7	Rochester	W 86-75	31-16	Mikan 27, Mikkelsen 21
Saturday, February 9	Fort Wayne	L 67-70	31-17	Mikan 29
Sunday, February 10	Milwaukee at Moline, Illinois	L 69-70 2OT	31-18	Saul 14, Mikan 8
Monday, February 11	All-Star Game at Boston	L 91-108		Mikan and Paul Arizin of Philadelphia are game-high with 26 points. Other Lakers: Mikkelsen 12, Pollard 4. Kundla coaches West squad.
Thursday, February 14	Milwaukee at Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 109-74	32-18	Pollard 25, Mikan 16. 9,500 at University of North Dakota Fieldhouse.
Saturday, February 16	Boston at St. Paul Auditorium	L 75-77	32-19	Martin 17. Mikan misses game with virus infection.
Sunday, February 17	at Fort Wayne	L 87-99	32-20	Schultz 19. Mikan still out.
Tuesday, February 19	at New York	L 96-98	32-21	Mikan 26
Wednesday, February 20	at Baltimore	W 93-78	33-21	Mikkelsen 28, Mikan 25
Thursday, February 21	at Syracuse	L 80-88	33-22	Mikan 25
Saturday, February 23	at Rochester	W 83-73	34-22	Mikan 26
Sunday, February 24	at Fort Wayne	L 70-83	34-23	Pollard 19, Mikan 16
Sunday, February 25	Philadelphia	W 108-95	35-23	Mikan 28
Saturday, March 1	Indianapolis at St. Paul Auditorium	W 98-88	36-23	Mikan 26
Sunday, March 2	at Milwaukee	W 96-85	37-23	Pollard 27, Mikan 14
Tuesday, March 4	at Philadelphia	L 81-83	37-24	Mikan 41, sets new NBA record with 36 rebounds
Wednesday, March 5	at Boston	L 74-82	37-25	Martin 20, Mikan 17
Saturday, March 8	at Rochester	L 92-94 OT	37-26	Mikan-Pollard 21
Sunday, March 9	Rochester	W 96-90 3OT	38-26	Pollard 32, Mikkelsen 25, Mikan 9
Wednesday, March 12	New York	W 85-83	39-26	Pollard 22, Mikan 16
Sunday, March 16	Baltimore	W 126-82	40-26	Mikkelsen 23, Mikan 15
	Playoffs
Sunday, March 23	Indianapolis	W 78-70	1-0	Mikan 24
Tuesday, March 25	at Indianapolis	W 94-87	2-0	Mikan 36
Saturday, March 29	at Rochester	L 78-88	0-1	Mikan 47
Sunday, March 30	at Rochester	W 83-78 OT	1-1	Mikkelsen 19, Mikan, Pollard, Saul 17
Saturday, April 5	Rochester	W 77-67	2-1	Pollard 22, Mikan and Martin 15
Sunday, April 6	Rochester	W 82-80	3-1	Mikkelsen and Saul 18, Mikan 16
Saturday, April 12	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	W 83-79 OT	1-0	Pollard 34, Mikan 15
Sunday, April 13	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	L 72-80	1-1	Mikan 18
Wednesday, April 16	at New York at 69th Regiment Armory in New York	W 82-77	2-1	Mikan 26
Friday, April 18	at New York at 69th Regiment Armory in New York	L 89-90 OT	2-2	Martin 32, Mikan 11
Sunday, April 20	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	W 102-89	3-2	Mikan-Mikkelsen 32
Wednesday, April 23	at New York at 69th Regiment Armory in New York	L 68-76	3-3	Mikan 28
Friday, April 25	New York	W 82-65	4-3	Mikan 22
1952-53 National Basketball Association, 48-22 (National Basketball Association champions), Coach: John Kundla, Players: Bob Harrison, Lew Hitch, Jim Holstein, Slater Martin, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard, Frank "Pep" Saul, Dick Schnittker (playoffs only), Howie Schultz, Whitey Skoog. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, November 1	Boston	W 94-91	1-0	Mikkelsen 17, Pollard 16, Mikan 13
Sunday, November 2	at Fort Wayne	W 81-69	2-0	Pollard 18, Mikkelsen 16, Mikan 6
Wednesday, November 5	at Baltimore	W 97-75	3-0	Martin 21, Mikan 18
Saturday, November 8	at Philadelphia	W 93-71	4-0	Mikan 18
Sunday, November 9	at Syracuse	L 89-96	4-1	Mikan 25
Tuesday, November 11	at Boston	W 101-92	5-1	Martin 20, Mikan 7. Second game of doubleheader at Boston Garden. Harlem Globetrotters beat Washington Generals 67-59 in first game.
Thursday, November 13	at New York	L 91-100	5-2	Mikan 32
Saturday, November 15	at Rochester	L 89-77	5-3	Mikan 29
Sunday, November 16	Milwaukee	W 87-51	6-3	Mikan 14
Thursday, November 20	at Fort Wayne	W 89-81	7-3	Mikan 32, Mikkelsen 31
Saturday, November 22	Fort Wayne	W 96-89	8-3	Mikan 35
Sunday, November 23	at Milwaukee	W 62-46	9-3	Mikan 17
Thursday, November 27	Indianapolis	W 90-69	10-3	Mikkelsen 19, Mikan 8. Harlem Globetrotters beat Toledo Mercuries in second game of doubleheader.
Friday, November 28	at Indianapolis	W 97-82	11-3	Mikan-Mikkelsen 21
Saturday, November 29	at Rochester	L 71-83	11-4	Pollard 17, Mikan 16
Sunday, November 30	Philadelphia	W 91-66	12-4	Mikan 23
Monday, December 1	Baltimore at St. Paul Auditorium	W 89-67	13-4	Mikan-Mikkelsen 17
Wednesday, December 3	at Boston	W 106-102	14-4	Pollard 29, Mikkelsen 28, Mikan 14
Thursday, December 4	at New York	W 81-71	15-4	Mikkelsen 24, Mikan 18
Saturday, December 6	New York	W 85-78 OT	16-4	Mikan 27
Monday, December 8	Indianapolis at Milwaukee	L 76-81	16-5	Mikan 25
Thursday, December 11	Syracuse	W 82-79	17-5	Mikkelsen 31, Mikan 14
Sunday, December 14	Rochester	W 95-77	18-5	Martin 17, Harrison 14, Mikan-Saul 12
Friday, December 19	at Indianapolis	W 87-69	19-5	Martin 22, Mikan 18
Saturday, December 20	at Milwaukee	L 75-86	19-6	Mikkelsen 28, Mikan 14
Thursday, December 25	Indianapolis	W 90-73	20-6	Mikan 20
Saturday, December 27	Boston	W 94-71	21-6	Pollard 20, Mikkelsen 17, Mikan 15
Sunday, December 28	Milwaukee	W 86-77	22-6	Harrison-Mikkelsen 17, Mikan 12
Thursday, December 30	at Indianapolis	L 69-74	22-7	Mikan 16
Wednesday, December 31	Baltimore	W 82-56	23-7	Mikan 19
Friday, January 2	Milwaukee at Chicago Stadium	W 74-66	24-7	Mikkelsen 22, Mikan-Pollard 16. Harlem Globetrotters play second game of doubleheader. A-20,392.
Saturday, January 3	Milwaukee at War Memorial Auditorium, Hibbing, Minnesota	W 79-75	25-7	Martin 22, Mikan 18
Sunday, January 4	Rochester	W 83-80 OT	26-7	Mikan 23, Mikkelsen 22
Tuesday, January 6	Rochester at Milwaukee	L 69-85	26-8	Mikan 26
Thursday, January 8	at Syracuse	L 67-75	26-9	Mikan 16
Saturday, January 10	Fort Wayne at St. Paul Auditorium	W 84-79	27-9	Mikan 29
Sunday, January 11	New York	W 85-79	28-9	Mikan 22
Tuesday, January 13	All-Star Game at Fort Wayne	W 79-75		Mikan, with a game-high 22 points, is voted the Most Valuable Player for the game. Other Lakers: Mikkelsen 6, Martin 5. Kundla coaches West squad.
Wednesday, January 14	at Baltimore	W 112-104 2OT	29-9	Mikan 46
Thursday, January 15	at Philadelphia	Postponed because of public transportation strike
Saturday, January 17	at Rochester	L 101-109	29-10	Mikan 41
Sunday, January 18	Milwaukee	L 70-83	29-11	Mikan 22
Friday, January 23	Milwaukee at Indianapolis	L 65-67	29-12	Mikan 22
Sunday, January 25	Boston	W 87-82	30-12	Mikan 30
Tuesday, January 27	Fort Wayne at Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 96-76	31-12	Pollard 23, Mikan 18
Thursday, January 29	Syracuse	L 65-83	31-13	Mikan 13
Saturday, January 31	Fort Wayne	W 87-80	32-13	Mikan 23
Sunday, February 1	at Fort Wayne	W 92-76	33-13	Martin 19, Mikan 9
Tuesday, February 3	at Indianapolis	L 93-96 3OT	33-14	Mikan 29
Thursday, February 5	New York	W 81-73	34-14	Mikan 36
Saturday, February 7	at Rochester	L 72-87	34-15	Mikan 25
Sunday, February 8	Indianapolis	W 71-67	35-15	Mikan 24
Thursday, February 12	Syracuse	W 91-81	36-15	Mikan 36
Saturday, February 14	Philadelphia	W 92-84	37-15	Mikan 19
Sunday, February 15	at Milwaukee	W 80-71	38-15	Mikan 23
Tuesday, February 17	Baltimore at Concordia College Fieldhouse, Moorhead, Minn.	L 70-74	38-16	Mikkelsen 19, Mikan 17
Thursday, February 19	Rochester	W 107-87	39-16	Pollard-Mikan 17
Saturday, February 21	Fort Wayne	W 85-75	40-16	Pollard 17, Mikan 12. Indianapolis and Milwaukee play in second game of doubleheader
Sunday, February 22	at Fort Wayne	L 78-90	40-17	Mikan 26
Tuesday, February 24	at New York	L 63-79	40-18	Pollard 12, Mikan 7
Wednesday, February 25	at Baltimore	W 85-72	41-18	Mikan 20
Thursday, February 26	at Philadelphia	W 85-73	42-18	Mikan 25
Friday, February 27	Philadelphia at Cleveland	W 98-75	43-18	Mikan 22, Martin 20
Sunday, March 1	Philadelphia at St. Paul Auditorium	W 102-80	44-18	Mikan 33
Tuesday, March 3	Fort Wayne at Milwaukee	W 86-68	45-18	Mikkelsen 23, Mikan 13
Thursday, March 5	at Syracuse	L 91-94	45-19	Mikkelsen 23, Mikan 18
Friday, March 6	at Boston	L 85-100	45-20	Mikkelsen 21, Mikan-Pollard 19
Saturday, March 7	at Rochester	L 82-84	45-21	Mikkelsen 17, Mikan 14
Sunday, March 8	Milwaukee	W 100-73	46-21	Mikan 18
Monday, March 9	Indianapolis at Moorhead, Minnesota	L 83-95	46-22	Mikan 21
Thursday, March 12	Rochester	W 89-77	47-22	Mikan 28
Tuesday, March 17	at Indianapolis	W 73-71	48-22	Pollard 14, Mikan 12
	Playoffs
Sunday, March 22	Indianapolis at St. Paul Auditorium	W 85-60	1-0	Mikkelsen 18, Pollard 15, Mikan 14
Monday, March 23	at Indianapolis	W 81-79	2-0	Pollard-Mikkelsen 16, Mikan 13
Thursday, March 26	Fort Wayne	W 83-73	1-0	Mikan 21
Saturday, March 28	Fort Wayne	W 82-75	2-0	Mikan 20
Monday, March 30	at Fort Wayne	L 95-98	2-1	Mikan 23
Wednesday, April 1	at Fort Wayne	L 82-85	2-2	Mikan 25. Schnittker debuts with Lakers.
Thursday, April 2	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	W 74-58	3-2	Mikan-Martin 18
Saturday, April 4	New York at Minneapolis Armory	L 88-96	0-1	Mikan 25
Sunday, April 5	New York at Minneapolis Armory	W 73-71	1-1	Mikan 18
Tuesday, April 7	at New York at 69th Regiment Armory in New York	W 90-75	2-1	Mikan 20
Wednesday, April 8	at New York at 69th Regiment Armory in New York	W 71-69	3-1	Mikan 27
Friday, April 10	at New York at 69th Regiment Armory in New York	W 91-84	4-1	Pollard 17, Mikan 14
1953-54 National Basketball Association, 46-26 (National Basketball Association champions), Coach: John Kundla, Players: Jim Fritsche, Bob Harrison, Jim Holstein, Clyde Lovellette, Slater Martin, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard, Frank "Pep" Saul, Dick Schnittker, Whitey Skoog. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Friday, October 23	College All-Stars at Chicago (Exhibition Game)	W 70-65		Pollard 19, Mikan 15; Harlem Globetrotters beat Toledo Mercury 96-47 in first game of doubleheader before crowd of 21, 987.
Sunday, October 25	College All-Stars at St. Paul Auditorium (Exhibition Game)	W 77-58		Lovellette 16, Mikan 5. Harlem Globetrotters beat Toledo Mercury 66-54 in second game of doubleheader.
Friday, October 30	at Milwaukee	L 59-69	0-1	Mikan 12
Saturday, October 31	at New York	L 67-91	0-2	Mikan 16
Sunday, November 1	at Boston	W 84-79	1-2	Mikan 19
Wednesday, November 4	at Baltimore	W 77-75	2-2	Mikan 24
Thursday, November 5	at Syracuse	W 77-65	3-2	Martin 20, Mikan 11
Saturday, November 7	New York	W 70-62	4-2	Mikan 22
Tuesday, November 10	Fort Wayne at Milwaukee	L 62-78	4-3	Martin 12, Mikan 3 (dislocates finger in right hand)
Friday, November 13	at Milwaukee	W 92-84	5-3	Mikan 26, Martin 23
Saturday, November 14	at Rochester	L 91-98 3OT	5-4	Mikan 30
Sunday, November 15	Boston at Madison Square Garden, New York	W 89-74	6-4	Pollard 17, Mikan 15
Tuesday, November 17	Fort Wayne at Buffalo, New York	W 83-66	7-4	Lovellette 19, Mikan 13
Thursday, November 19	at Philadelphia	W 107-79	8-4	Mikkelsen 24, Pollard 21, Mikan 13
Saturday, November 21	Rochester	W 76-70	9-4	Mikan 36
Sunday, November 22	Milwaukee at Fort Wayne	W 57-55	10-4	Mikan 24
Thursday, November 26	Philadelphia	W 88-80	11-4	Mikan 23
Sunday, November 29	Boston	W 95-82	12-4	Mikan 28, Mikkelsen 22
Thursday, December 3	Syracuse at Moorhead, Minnesota	W 87-74	13-4	Mikan 27
Saturday, December 5	Syracuse	W 90-80	14-4	Mikan 18
Saturday, December 12	New York	W 71-67	15-4	Lovellette 18, Mikan 8
Sunday, December 13	Rochester at Fort Wayne	L 70-87	15-5	Saul 16, Mikan 7
Tuesday, December 15	at New York	L 79-80 OT	15-6	Mikan 17
Wednesday, December 16	Milwaukee at Boston	W 69-63 OT	16-6	Mikan 21
Thursday, December 17	at Baltimore	L 64-75	16-7	Mikan 18
Saturday, December 19	at Rochester	W 91-78	17-7	Martin 20, Mikan 16
Sunday, December 20	at Syracuse	L 76-81	17-8	Martin 17, Mikan 16
Friday, December 25	Baltimore at St. Paul Auditorium	L 78-88	17-9	Mikkelsen 15, Mikan 14
Saturday, December 26	Fort Wayne	W 77-71	18-9	Mikan 16
Sunday, December 27	at Fort Wayne	W 79-75	19-9	Mikan 21
Wednesday, December 30	Fort Wayne	L 80-87	19-10	Mikan 17
Saturday, January 2	New York	W 78-74	20-10	Mikan 26. Dave MacMillan coaches Lakers as John Kundla is in the hospital.
Monday, January 4	Rochester at Chicago	L 84-85	20-11	Mikan 32
Thursday, January 7	Rochester	W 89-71	21-11	Mikan-Mikkelsen 20 as Kundla returns.
Saturday, January 9	at Milwaukee	W 78-67	22-11	Mikan-Lovellette 17
Sunday, January 10	Boston	W 99-85	23-11	Mikan-Pollard 16
Wednesday, January 13	at Boston	L 84-88	23-12	Mikan 21
Thursday, January 14	at Syracuse	L 71-96	23-13	Mikan 19
Saturday, January 16	Milwaukee	L 58-64	23-14	Lovellette 12, Mikan 6
Sunday, January 17	at Fort Wayne	L 83-86	23-15	Mikan 23
Monday, January 18	Milwaukee at Kansas City	W 91-72	24-15	Mikkelsen 18, Mikan 15
Thursday, January 21	All-Star Game at New York	L 93-98		Pollard leads all players with 23 points. Other Lakers: Mikan 18, Martin 2. Kundla coaches West squad.
Saturday, January 23	Fort Wayne	W 75-72	25-15	Mikan 16
Tuesday, January 26	at Milwaukee	W 84-69	26-15	Lovellette-Martin 14, Mikan 12
Wednesday, January 27	Baltimore	W 76-73	27-15	Pollard 24, Mikan 17
Thursday, January 28	Baltimore at Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 104-82	28-15	Mikan 24
Saturday, January 30	Milwaukee	W 80-64	29-15	Pollard 13, Mikan-Mikkelsen 12
Sunday, January 31	Boston	W 82-67	30-15	Pollard 22, Mikan 14
Tuesday, February 2	at Rochester	W 87-78	31-15	Mikan 23
Wednesday, February 3	New York at Boston	W 91-79	32-15	Mikan 17
Thursday, February 4	Baltimore	W 82-70	33-15	Mikan 20
Saturday, February 6	Philadelphia	W 97-94	34-15	Mikan 26. 11th straight win
Sunday, February 7	at Fort Wayne	L 83-90	34-16	Pollard 18, Mikan 9
Monday, February 8	Philadelphia at Spencer, Iowa	W 106-91	35-16	Mikan 20
Tuesday, February 9	Philadelphia at Huron, South Dakota	W 110-82	36-16	Mikan 23
Thursday, February 11	Baltimore	W 110-82	37-16	Schnittker 17, Mikan 12
Friday, February 12	Milwaukee at Toledo	L 62-71	37-17	Mikan 21
Saturday, February 13	Philadelphia at Grand Rapids, Michigan	W 86-77	38-17	Mikan 27
Sunday, February 14	Rochester	W 105-77	39-17	Mikan 16
Tuesday, February 16	Rochester at Hibbing, Minnesota	W 85-79	40-17	Pollard 24, Mikan 12
Thursday, February 18	Boston	L 92-105	40-18	Mikan 17
Saturday, February 20	Syracuse	W 83-68	41-18	Mikan 14
Sunday, February 21	at Syracuse	L 73-100	41-19	Mikan-Lovellette 14
Monday, February 22	Philadelphia at New Haven, Connecticut	L 72-79	41-20	Mikkelsen 17, Mikan 5
Tuesday, February 23	at New York	W 100-82	42-20	Mikan-Mikkelsen 20
Thursday, February 25	at Philadelphia	L 72-81	42-21	Mikan-Mikkelsen 17
Saturday, February 27	at Baltimore	W 95-85	43-21	Mikan 29
Sunday, February 28	at Fort Wayne	L 77-94	43-22	Mikan-Lovellette 15
Tuesday, March 2	Syracuse at St. Paul Auditorium	W 91-87	44-22	Mikan 27, Pollard 25
Friday, March 5	at Boston	L 106-128	44-23	Mikan 30
Saturday, March 6	at Rochester	L 59-74	44-24	Mikan 15
Sunday, March 7	Milwaukee	W 65-63	45-24	Mikkelsen 17, Mikan 12. Game played with experimental rules, including 12-foot-high baskets. In the first and third periods, the free throws were saved and shot at the end of the quarter.
Tuesday, March 9	Rochester at Indianapolis	L 61-70	45-25	Mikan 11
Wednesday, March 10	New York	L 76-85	45-26	Pollard 17, Mikan 15
Saturday, March 13	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	W 93-66	46-26	Martin 27, Mikan 16
	Playoffs (Round-robin in opening round)
Wednesday, March 17	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	W 109-88	1-0	Martin 24, Lovellette 18, Mikan-Mikkelsen 14
Thursday, March 18	at Fort Wayne	W 90-85	2-0	Mikan 28
Saturday, March 20	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	W 78-73	3-0	Mikan 21
Tuesday, March 23	at Rochester			Cancelled, game not necessary.
Wednesday, March 24	Rochester	W 89-76	1-0	Mikan 28, Pollard 23
Saturday, March 27	at Rochester	L 73-74	1-1	Mikan 17
Sunday, March 28	Rochester	W 82-72	2-1	Mikan 17
Wednesday, March 31	Syracuse	W 79-68	1-0	Lovellette 16, Mikan 15
Saturday, April 3	Syracuse	L 60-62	1-1	Mikan 15
Sunday, April 4	at Syracuse	W 81-67	2-1	Mikan 30
Thursday, April 8	at Syracuse	L 69-80	2-2	Skoog 16, Mikan-Mikkelsen 12
Saturday, April 10	at Syracuse	W 84-73	3-2	Mikkelsen 21, Mikan-Lovellette 14
Sunday, April 11	Syracuse	L 63-65	3-3	Mikan 30. Lakers remove some seats and move a press table to make the court 50-feet wide. The court at the Minneapolis Auditorium had been 46 feet wide.
Monday, April 12	Syracuse	W 87-80	4-3	Pollard 21, Mikan 11
1954-55 National Basketball Association, 40-32, Coach: John Kundla, Players: Bob Carney, Lew Hitch, Jim Holstein, Ed Kalafat, Clyde Lovellette, Slater Martin,Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard, Dick Schnittker, Don Sunderlage, Whitey Skoog, Bob Watson. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, October 30	at New York	L 83-94	0-1	Lovellette 18, Mikkelsen 17, Pollard 12
Sunday, October 31	at Syracuse	W 97-94	1-1	Lovellette 22, Mikkelsen 19
Wednesday, November 3	at Baltimore	L 92-93	1-2	Mikkelsen 21, Martin 20
Saturday, November 6	Milwaukee at Buffalo, New York	W 79-67	2-2	Lovellette 18, Mikkelsen 17, Pollard 12
Sunday, November 7	New York	L 93-103	2-3	Pollard 23, Mikkelsen 22
Thursday, November 11	Baltimore at Greenville, South Carolina	W 97-87	3-3	Mikkelsen 26
Friday, November 12	Baltimore at Raleigh, North Carolina	W 126-88	4-3	Pollard-Schnittker 22
Sunday, November 14	Syracuse at Minneapolis Armory	W 99-92	5-3	Pollard 25
Sunday, November 21	Baltimore	W 116-85	6-3	Mikkelsen 24
Thursday, November 25	Rochester	W 95-84	7-3	Pollard 24
Saturday, November 27	at Fort Wayne	L 81-97	7-4	Mikkelsen 20
Sunday, November 28	Boston at Minneapolis Armory	W 115-108	8-4	Lovellette 29
Tuesday, November 30	Fort Wayne at New York	L 90-92	8-5	Mikkelsen 20
Wednesday, December 1	at Philadelphia	W 91-88	9-5	Schnittker 16
Thursday, December 2	Milwaukee at Fort Wayne	L 108-117	9-6	Lovellette 29
Saturday, December 4	at Milwaukee	L 88-95	9-7	Lovellette 18
Sunday, December 5	Milwaukee	W 104-102 OT	10-7	Mikkelsen 22, Martin 21
Tuesday, December 7	at New York	L 89-97	10-8	Lovellette 24
Wednesday, December 8	at Boston	W 101-99	11-8	Mikkelsen 25, Lovellette 24, Skoog 20. Mikkelsen sinks two free throws to win game after time had expired. The free throws came after a seven-minute delay following a dispute between Boston coach Red Auerbach and the officials.
Saturday, December 11	at Rochester	W 91-83	12-8	Skoog 22
Sunday, December 12	New York	W 80-73	13-8	Lovellette 23
Tuesday, December 14	Boston at New York	L 108-115	13-9	Mikkelsen 31
Wednesday, December 15	Rochester at Buffalo, New York	L 97-99	13-10	Mikkelsen 26
Saturday, December 18	Syracuse	W 86-83	14-10	Lovellette 26
Sunday, December 19	at Syracuse	L 93-108	14-11	Mikkelsen 21, Martin 20
Saturday, December 25	Philadelphia	W 99-91	15-11	Mikkelsen 27
Baltimore Bullets disband, and all their games are dropped from the standings, including one win and three losses against Minneapolis, which changes the Lakers' record to 12-10.
Sunday, December 26	Boston	W 87-82	13-10	Mikkelsen 20
Wednesday, December 29	Boston at Hibbing, Minnesota	W 129-118	14-10	Martin 35
Thursday, December 30	Fort Wayne at Minot, North Dakota	L 76-93	14-11	Lovellette 16
Friday, December 31	at Fort Wayne	W 103-91	15-11	Lovellette 27
Sunday, January 2	Rochester	L 100-102	15-12	Mikkelsen 28
Monday, January 3	Philadelphia at Chicago	W 76-74	16-12	Lovellette 21. Mikkelsen wins game with a hook shot from the corner with two seconds left.
Tuesday, January 4	Fort Wayne at Elkhart, Indiana	L 92-93	16-13	Mikkelsen 17
Wednesday, January 5	at Philadelphia	L 85-106	16-14	Schnittker 18
Thursday, January 6	at Syracuse	W 117-106	17-14	Mikkelsen 24
Saturday, January 8	Syracuse	L 97-100	17-15	Pollard 21, Mikkelsen 20
Sunday, January 9	at Fort Wayne	L 86-89	17-16	Lovellette 18
Tuesday, January 11	Syracuse at Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 93-82	18-16	Mikkelsen 21, Martin 20
Wednesday, January 12	at Rochester	W 102-88	19-16	Lovellette 23
Thursday, January 13	at Philadelphia	L 96-102 OT	19-17	Mikkelsen 22, Martin 21
Friday, January 14	at Boston	L 95-100	19-18	Lovellette 24
Saturday, January 15	at Rochester	L 90-93	19-19	Mikkelsen 21, Martin 20
Sunday, January 16	Philadelphia	W 106-98	20-19	Mikkelsen 23
Tuesday, January 18	All-Star Game at New York	91-100		Pollard and Mikkelsen lead West scorers with 17 and 16 points, respectively. Martin scores 5.
Wednesday, January 19	Milwaukee at New Orleans, Louisiana	W 95-81	21-19	Lovellette 37
Thursday, January 20	Milwaukee at Shreveport, Louisiana	W 97-90	22-19	Mikkelsen 32
Friday, January 21	Milwaukee at Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 100-92	23-19	Lovellette 20
Sunday, January 23	Milwaukee	W 82-79	24-19	Mikkelsen 25, Lovellette24, Skoog 20
Thursday, January 27	Milwaukee at Huron, South Dakota	L 79-85	24-20	Martin 19
Saturday, January 29	Fort Wayne	W 100-91	25-20	Lovellette 30
Sunday, January 30	at Fort Wayne	L 92-99	25-21	Pollard 18
Wednesday, February 2	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	W 96-81	26-21	Pollard 22
Thursday, February 3	New York	W 90-83	27-21	Mikkelsen 23
Saturday, February 5	Milwaukee at Waterloo, Iowa	W 103-87	28-21	Mikkelsen 22
Sunday, February 6	Milwaukee	L 99-101	28-22	Lovellette 30
Tuesday, February 8	at New York	L 95-98	28-23	Lovellette 27
Wednesday, February 9	New York at Boston	L 112-118	28-24	Martin 19
Thursday, February 10	at Syracuse	L 81-85	28-25	Lovellette 26
Saturday, February 12	at Rochester	W 96-95	29-25	Lovellette 25, Pollard-Mikkelsen 23
Sunday, February 13	Philadelphia	W 103-95	30-25	Lovellette 20
Saturday, February 19	Fort Wayne	W 98-92	31-25	Lovellette 24
Sunday, February 20	Rochester	W 105-92	32-25	Skoog 23
Monday, January 21	Rochester at Spencer, Iowa	W 112-110	33-25	Lovellette 26
Wednesday, February 23	Fort Wayne at St. Louis, Missouri	L 97-120	33-26	Martin 17
Thursday, February 24	Boston at Minneapolis Armory	W 112-98	34-26	Lovellette 23
Friday, February 25	Boston at Moorhead, Minnesota	L 104-107	34-27	Skoog 31
Saturday, February 26	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	L 89-90	34-28	Mikkelsen-Martin 19
Sunday, February 27	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	W 93-84	35-28	Schnittker 22
Monday, February 28	Fort Wayne at St. Paul Auditorium	L 88-90	35-29	Skoog 17
Thursday, March 3	Rochester at Fort Wayne	L 76-83	35-30	Mikkelsen 21, Martin 20
Friday, March 4	at Boston	W 121-106	36-30	Martin 26
Saturday, March 5	at Rochester	W 107-104 OT	37-30	Lovellette 30
Sunday, March 6	Milwaukee	L 98-100	37-31	Mikkelsen 22, Skoog-Martin 21. Bob Pettit of the Hawks scores the final 10 points in the last 3-1/2 minutes.
Monday, March 7	New York at Boston	W 97-96	38-31	Schnittker 20
Wednesday, March 9	at Philadelphia	L 89-102	38-32	Mikkelsen 23
Thursday, March 10	Syracuse at New York	W 96-93	39-32	Lovellette 27
Saturday, March 12	Philadelphia at DesMoine, Iowa	W 86-78	40-32	Mikkelsen 20
	Playoffs
Wednesday, March 16	Rochester at St. Paul Auditorium	W 82-78	1-0	Lovellette 26
Friday, March 18	at Rochester	L 92-94	1-1	Lovellette 19
Saturday, March 19	Rochester at St. Paul Auditorium	W 119-110	2-1	Pollard 26
Sunday, March 20	Fort Wayne at Elkhart, Indiana	L 79-96	0-1	Lovellette 18
Tuesday, March 22	Fort Wayne at Indianapolis	L 97-98 OT	0-2	Skoog 24. Score in regulation was 97-97.
Wednesday, March 23	Fort Wayne	W 99-91 OT	1-2	Skoog 24. Score in regulation was 84-84.
Sunday, March 27	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	L 96-105	1-3	Lovellette 25
1955-56 National Basketball Association, 33-39, Coach: John Kundla, Players: Ron Feireisel, Dick Garmaker, Lew Hitch, Jim Holstein, John Horan, Ed Kalafat, Clyde Lovellette, Slater Martin, Chuck Mencel, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Dick Schnittker, Whitey Skoog, Bob Williams. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, November 5	at St. Louis Hawks	L 89-101	0-1	Lovellette 27
Sunday, November 6	at Fort Wayne	W 96-95	1-1	Lovellette 31
Wednesday, November 9	at Philadelphia	L 106-117	1-2	Lovellette 21
Thursday, November 10	at New York	L 105-112	1-3	Lovellette 22
Friday, November 11	at Boston	L 75-119	1-4	Schnittker 12, Martin 10
Saturday, November 12	Philadelphia at Hershey, Pennsylvania	L 89-100	1-5	Mikkelsen 19
Thursday, November 17	at Syracuse	L 91-105	1-6	Mikkelsen-Kalafat 15
Saturday, November 19	at Rochester	W 91-90	2-6	Lovellette 26, Mikkelsen 21
Sunday, November 20	Rochester	L 96-104	2-7	Lovellette 21
Thursday, November 24	St. Louis	W 107-99	3-7	Mikkelsen-Lovellette 19
Saturday, November 26	at St. Louis	L 95-104	3-8	Lovellette 25
Sunday, November 27	Philadelphia	W 99-94	4-8	Lovellette 25
Wednesday, November 30	St. Louis at Rochester, New York	L 97-99	4-9	Lovellette 20, Mikkelsen 10
Thursday, December 1	New York at Philadelphia	W 97-90	5-9	Lovellette 21
Saturday, December 3	at Syracuse	L 103-114	5-10	Lovellette 25
Sunday, December 4	Syracuse	L 96-102	5-11	Lovellette 26, Mikkelsen 21
Tuesday, December 6	Philadelphia at New York	L 103-116	5-12	Lovellette 27
Wednesday, December 7	at Rochester	L 79-92	5-13	Schnittker-Kalafat 17
Saturday, December 10	at Boston	L 102-118	5-14	Lovellette 21
Tuesday, December 13	at New York	L 91-98	5-15	Lovellette 31
Wednesday, December 14	Fort Wayne at Boston	W 98-85	6-15	Lovellette 22, Mikkelsen-Skoog 21
Thursday, December 15	at Syracuse	W 135-133 3OT	7-15	Lovellette 30, Mikkelsen 25
Saturday, December 17	Rochester	W 94-92	8-15	Lovellette 21
Saturday, December 18	at Fort Wayne	L 86-96	8-16	Martin 19
Tuesday, December 20	Boston at New York	W 104-111	8-17	Mikkelsen 22
Sunday, December 25	Boston	L 112-115	8-18	Lovellette 35
Wednesday, December 28	St. Louis	L 90-111	8-19	Lovellette 26, Mikkelsen 21
Thursday, December 29	St. Louis at Fort Wayne	W 74-71	9-19	Lovellette 17
Sunday, January 1	Syracuse	L 80-85	9-20	Lovellette 23
Monday, January 2	Fort Wayne at St. Louis	W 95-89	10-20	Martin 26
Wednesday, January 4	St. Louis	W 94-76	11-20	Lovellette 28
Saturday, January 7	at Rochester	L 98-103	11-21	Lovellette 33
Sunday, January 8	at Syracuse	W 99-91	12-21	Lovellette 24
Tuesday, January 10	Syracuse	W 90-79	13-21	Lovellette-Mikkelsen-Garmaker 16
Wednesday, January 11	Boston at St. Paul Auditorium	W 114-110	14-21	Lovellette 24
Saturday, January 14	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	W 117-94	15-21	Lovellette 22. Mikan returns, enters game late in first period, and scores 11 points in the 12 minutes that he plays.
Sunday, January 15	at Fort Wayne	L 99-104	15-22	Martin 24, Schnittker 23, Mikan 10.
Tuesday, January 17	St. Louis at Kansas City, Missouri	W 97-86	16-22	Lovellette 22, Mikan 3
Wednesday, January 18	Philadelphia at St. Paul	W 105-94	17-22	Lovellette 31, Mikan 7
Thursday, January 19	at Syracuse	L 100-122	17-23	Lovellette 17, Mikan 15
Friday, January 20	New York at Boston	L 109-122	17-24	Lovellette 27, Mikan 2
Saturday, January 21	at New York	W 109-89	18-24	Mikan 20
Sunday, January 22	New York	L 95-100	18-25	Skoog 19, Mikan 9
Tuesday, January 24	All-Star Game at Rochester	W 108-94		Lakers: Mikkelsen 16, Martin 9, Lovellette 7
Wednesday, January 25	New York	W 104-95	19-25	Lovellette 21, Mikan 16
Saturday, January 28	Philadelphia	L 85-108	19-26	Mikan-Garmaker 17
Sunday, January 29	St. Louis	L 107-114	19-27	Schnittker 22, Mikan 4
Tuesday, January 31	Rochester at St. Louis	W 92-86	20-27	Lovellette 20, Mikan 19
Wednesday, February 1	Boston	W 107-106	21-27	Martin-Lovellette 21, Mikan 12
Thursday, February 2	Boston at St. Louis	L 101-102	21-28	Lovellette 21, Mikan 12
Sunday, February 5	Rochester	L 109-121	21-29	Mikkelsen 27, Mikan 12
Wednesday, February 8	Fort Wayne	W 106-82	22-29	Skoog 25, Mikan 4
Saturday, February 11	Philadelphia	L 102-117	22-30	Lovellette 32, Mikan 6
Sunday, February 12	at Fort Wayne	L 78-82	22-31	Lovellette 16, Mikan 9
Tuesday, February 14	Rochester at St. Louis	W 110-79	23-31	Lovellette 22, Mikan 8
Wednesday, February 15	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	W 113-102	24-31	Lovellette 20, Mikan 13
Friday, February 17	at Philadelphia	L 111-134	24-32	Lovellette 24, Mikan 13
Saturday, February 18	at Rochester	W 119-99	25-32	Skoog 23, Mikan 18
Sunday, February 19	Rochester	W 100-93	26-32	Lovellette 19, Mikan 3
Wednesday, February 22	Boston at Minneapolis Armory	L 90-93	26-33	Lovellette 20, Mikan 19. Boston's Bob Cousy scores final eight points in the game in the final 1:47.
Sunday, February 26	Fort Wayne	L 90-95	26-34	Mikan 17
Wednesday, February 29	Syracuse at St. Paul Auditorium	W 98-94	27-34	Lovellette 30, Skoog 20, Mikan 4.
Thursday, March 1	at Philadelphia	W 102-100	28-34	Lovellette 24, Mikan 8
Friday, March 2	at Boston	L 113-119	28-35	Lovellette-Skoog 23, Mikan 12
Saturday, March 3	at Rochester	L 90-94	28-36	Lovellette 22, Mikan 10
Sunday, March 4	St. Louis	W 113-84	29-36	Lovellette 24, Mikan 2
Wednesday, March 7	Fort Wayne	W 98-95	30-36	Lovellette 25, Mikan 4
Thursday, March 8	at Fort Wayne	L 82-100	30-37	Martin 18, Mikan 7
Friday, March 9	at St. Louis	L 102-103	30-38	Schnittker 24, Mikan 6
Saturday, March 10	at St. Louis	L 97-105	30-39	Lovellette 20, Mikan 16
Sunday, March 11	Rochester at Minneapolis Armory	W 126-98	31-39	Lovellette 24, Mikan 17
Monday, March 12	New York at Moorhead, Minnesota	W 102-89	32-39	Lovellette 19, Mikan 16
Wednesday, March 14	Fort Wayne	W 100-96	33-39	Kalafat 21, Mikan 10
	Tie-breaker playoff game for second place (to determine home-court advantage)
Friday, March 16	at St. Louis	W 103-97		Martin 28, Mikan 13
	Playoffs
Saturday, March 17	at St. Louis	L 115-116	0-1	Martin 19, Mikan 11
Monday, March 19	St. Louis	W 133-75	1-1	Martin 19, Mikan 13
Wednesday, March 21	St. Louis	L 115-116	1-2	Lovellette 31, Mikan 12
1956-57 National Basketball Association, 34-38, Coach: John Kundla, Players: Walter Dukes, Dick Garmaker, Ed Kalafat, Bob Leonard, Clyde Lovellette, Chuck Mencel, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Paxson, Dick Schnittker, Whitey Skoog, Bob Williams. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, October 27	at St. Louis	L 75-97	0-1	Lovellette 16
Sunday, October 28	at Fort Wayne	L 88-94	0-2	Lovellette 19, Mikkelsen 18
Thursday, November 1	Rochester at Johnstown, Pennsylvania	W 97-88	1-2	Skoog 20
Saturday, November 3	at Rochester	W 95-85	2-2	Lovellette 20
Sunday, November 4	Rochester	W 88-87	3-2	Lovellette 23
Saturday, November 10	at Boston	L 110-117	3-3	Lovellette 26
Sunday, November 11	Rochester at New York	L 82-94	3-4	Lovellette 18
Wednesday, November 14	Boston at Rochester, New York	W 113-97	4-4	Kalafat 20
Thursday, November 15	at Syracuse	W 103-96	5-4	Lovellette 28, Mikkelsen 26
Friday, November 16	at Philadelphia	L 97-123	5-5	Lovellette 25
Sunday, November 18	Fort Wayne	L 107-111	5-6	Mencel 26
Thursday, November 22	Syracuse	W 111-78	6-6	Garmaker-Lovellette 22
Saturday, November 24	at St. Louis	W 104-102 OT	7-6	Garmaker 25
Sunday, November 25	St. Louis	L 94-95	7-7	Garmaker 24
Tuesday, November 27	Philadelphia at St. Louis	W 113-98	8-7	Lovellette 26
Wednesday, November 28	Boston at Louisville, Kentucky	L 93-105	8-8	Lovellette 22
Saturday, December 1	at Rochester	L 83-95	8-9	Lovellette 24
Sunday, December 2	Philadelphia	W 106-96	9-9	Mencel 21
Tuesday, December 4	at New York	L 88-101	9-10	Lovellette 21
Thursday, December 6	St. Louis at Philadelphia	W 103-96	10-10	Garmaker 30
Friday, November 7	at Boston	L 114-121	10-11	Lovellette 24
Sunday, November 9	New York	L 91-100	10-12	Lovellette 17
Tuesday, December 11	at Philadelphia	L 111-114	10-13	Lovellette 10-13
Wednesday, December 12	New York at Boston	W 121-103	11-13	Lovellette 29
Sunday, December 16	Rochester	W 101-97	12-13	Lovellette 26
Thursday, December 20	Rochester at Albany, New York	W 105-103	13-13	Lovellette 33
Saturday, December 22	at Rochester	L 101-115	13-14	Lovellette 17
Sunday, December 23	at Syracuse	L 97-107	13-15	Lovellette 23
Tuesday, December 25	Fort Wayne at Rochester, New York	W 100-89	14-15	Lovellette 23
Thursday, December 27	at Fort Wayne	L 93-120	14-16	Lovellette 19, Mikkelsen 18
Saturday, December 29	St. Louis at Minneapolis Armory	L 92-95	14-17	Lovellette 22
Sunday, January 30	at St. Louis	L 93-100	14-18	Lovellette 19, Mikkelsen 18
Thursday, January 3	at Fort Wayne	L 102-104	14-19	Lovellette 24
Sunday, January 6	New York	L 101-111	14-20	Lovellette 29
Tuesday, January 8	Fort Wayne at Winnipeg, Manitoba	L 86-87	14-21	Lovellette 23
Wednesday, January 9	Syracuse	W 93-86	15-21	Leonard 19
Thursday, January 10	at Syracuse	W 118-110	16-21	Lovellette 29
Saturday, January 12	Fort Wayne at St. Louis	W 105-87	17-21	Lovellette 24
Sunday, January 13	Boston	W 104-87	18-21	Mikkelsen 23, Leonard 21. With Skoog and Lovellette out, Dukes scores 20 points, gets 25 rebounds, and holds Boston's Bill Russell to 11 points.
Tuesday, January 15	All-Star Game at Boston	L 97-109		Lakers: Garmaker 10, Mikkelsen 6
Thursday, January 17	New York at LaCrosse, Wisconsin	L 93-94	18-22	Mikkelsen 26
Sunday, January 20	Rochester	W 114-107	19-22	Mikkelsen 27
Wednesday, January 23	Rochester at Louisville, Kentucky	W 107-99	20-22	Garmaker-Leonard 21
Friday, January 25	at Boston	L 106-115	20-23	Garmaker 24
Saturday, January 26	at New York	L 107-122	20-24	Lovellette 30
Sunday, January 27	at Syracuse	L 93-94	20-25	Lovellette 20
Monday, January 28	Syracuse at Boston	L 96-112	20-26	Garmaker 28
Tuesday, January 29	Boston at New York	L 91-103	20-27	Lovellette 29
Thursday, January 31	Fort Wayne	L 107-111	20-28	Lovellette 26
Saturday, February 2	St. Louis	L 97-106	20-29	Mikkelsen 21
Sunday, February 3	at St. Louis	L 85-102	20-30	Lovellette 20
Wednesday, February 6	Philadelphia	W 101-100	21-30	Mencel 28
Saturday, February 9	Fort Wayne	W 99-92	22-30	Leonard 17
Sunday, February 10	at Fort Wayne	L 100-113	22-31	Garmaker 23
Tuesday, February 12	St. Louis at Kansas City, Missouri	W 110-105	23-31	Garmaker 22
Wednesday, February 13	Boston	W 115-114	24-31	Dukes 22
Thursday, February 14	New York at Fort Wayne	W 99-97	25-31	Lovellette 22
Friday, February 15	Philadelphia at Camden, New Jersey	L 104-105	25-32	Paxson 22
Saturday, February 16	at New York	L 112-120	25-33	Lovellette 21
Sunday, February 17	St. Louis	L 115-118 OT	25-34	Garmaker 24
Wednesday, February 20	Rochester	W 111-103	26-34	Mikkelsen 24
Saturday, February 23	Syracuse	L 101-103	26-35	Lovellette 26
Sunday, February 24	Fort Wayne	W 123-115	27-35	Garmaker 29
Monday, February 25	St. Louis at Fort Wayne	L 94-110	27-36	Garmaker 27
Tuesday, February 26	Syracuse at Mayo Civic Auditorium, Rochester, Minnesota	L 108-120	27-37	Garmaker 22
Thursday, February 28	at Philadelphia	L 112-129	27-38	Lovellette 18
Friday, March 1	Rochester at Boston	W 125-117	28-38	Garmaker 30
Sunday, March 3	New York	W 119-108	29-38	Garmaker 27
Thursday, March 7	Boston at Minneapolis Armory	W 109-104	30-38	Mikkelsen 24
Friday, March 8	at Fort Wayne	W 101-97	31-38	Garmaker 20
Sunday, March 10	St. Louis	W 117-104	32-28	Lovellette 32
Tuesday, March 12	Philadelphia at Norton Fieldhouse, Hamline University, St. Paul	W 100-94	33-38	Lovellette 25
Wednesday, March 13	Philadelphia	W 114-97	34-38	Mikkelsen 25. Finish in three-way tie for first place.
	Tie-breaker playoff game
Saturday, March 16	at St. Louis	L 111-114 OT		Lovellette 30. Two nights before, St. Louis defeated Fort Wayne, the other team tied for first.
	Playoffs
Sunday, March 17	Fort Wayne at Minneapolis Armory	W 131-127	1-0	Lovellette 30
Tuesday, March 19	at Fort Wayne	W 110-108	2-0	Leonard 19
Thursday, March 21	at St. Louis	L 109-118	0-1	Mikkelsen 24
Sunday, March 24	at St. Louis	L 104-106	0-2	Lovellette 33
Monday, March 25	St. Louis	L 135-143 2OT	0-3	Leonard 42
1957-58 National Basketball Association, 19-53, Coaches: George Mikan (9-30), John Kundla (10-23), Players: George Brown, Bob Burrow, Corky Devlin, Baltico "Bo" Erias, Ed Fleming, Larry Foust, Dick Garmaker, Hot Rod Hundley, McCoy Ingram, Jim Krebs, Bob Leonard, Vern Mikkelsen, Dick Schnittker, Frank Selvy, Art Spoelstra. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Saturday, October 26	at St. Louis	L 84-112	0-1	Leonard 21
Wednesday, October 30	Detroit Pistons	L 96-115	0-2	Schnittker 17
Friday, November 1	at Syracuse	L 100-113	0-3	Foust 24
Saturday, November 2	at Philadelphia	L 108-118	0-4	Mikkelsen 24
Wednesday, November 6	Boston	L 94-103	0-5	Garmaker 26, Foust 23
Friday, November 8	Philadelphia at Hershey, Pennsylvania	L 108-119	0-6	Spoelstra 21, Mikkelsen 20
Tuesday, November 12	Boston at Detroit	L 104-107	0-7	Leonard 25, Mikkelsen 22
Wednesday, November 13	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	W 124-106	1-7	Mikkelsen 26
Friday, November 15	at Detroit Pistons	W 112-104	2-7	Schnittker 22
Sunday, November 17	Syracuse	L 98-110	2-8	Foust 21
Wednesday, November 20	New York	L 101-105	2-9	Mikkelsen 19
Thursday, November 21	New York at Detroit	L 123-124	2-10	Foust 27, Garmaker 26
Saturday, November 23	at Boston	L 107-131	2-11	Foust 27, Garmaker 26
Sunday, November 24	Philadelphia at Camden, New Jersey	L 98-105	2-12	Garmaker 28
Tuesday, November 26	Detroit at New York	L 91-109	2-13	Mikkelsen 20
Wednesday, November 27	Cincinnati at Detroit	L 106-107	2-14	Schnittker 24
Saturday, November 30	St. Louis	W 118-113	3-14	Foust 36. Mikan ejected in second quarter, goes to balcony and communicates by phone with general manager/acting coach Kundla.
Sunday, December 1	at Cincinnati	L 89-90	3-15	Garmaker 20
Tuesday, December 3	St. Louis at Detroit	L 108-115	3-16	Garmaker 30
Wednesday, December 4	Boston	L 98-108	3-17	Foust 19
Saturday, December 7	Syracuse at St. Paul Auditorium	W 121-113	4-17	Garmaker 21
Tuesday, December 10	Syracuse at Detroit	L 104-114	4-18	Garmaker 22
Wednesday, December 11	Syracuse	W 110-95	5-18	Garmaker 26, Foust 23
Sunday, December 15	St. Louis	L 118-138	5-19	Mikkelsen 27
Wednesday, December 18	Philadelphia	W 108-102	6-19	Mikkelsen 23
Saturday, December 21	at Boston	L 119-140	6-20	Foust 27
Sunday, December 22	at St. Louis	L 115-123	6-21	Foust 30
Wednesday, December 25	at Detroit	W 106-104	7-21	Foust 24
Saturday, December 28	Cincinnati Royals	L 101-112	7-22	Garmaker 32
Sunday, December 29	at Cincinnati	W 111-103	8-22	Mikkelsen-Garmaker 21
Monday, December 30	St. Louis at Dallas, Texas	L 98-105	8-23	Mikkelsen 20
Tuesday, December 31	at New York	L 116-142	8-24	Devlin 17
Wednesday, January 1	at Syracuse	L 109-120	8-25	Garmaker 33
Friday, January 3	Harlem Globetrotters at Chicago Stadium (Exhibition Game)	W 111-100		Foust 30
Sunday, January 5	Boston at Providence, Rhode Island	L 100-113	8-26	Leonard 19
Wednesday, January 8	Boston at St. Paul Auditorium	L 100-113	8-26	Mikkelsen 23
Thursday, January 9	at Syracuse	L 122-127	8-28	Mikkelsen-Foust 23
Friday, January 10	Detroit at Philadelphia	W 124-114	9-28	Foust-Garmaker 23
Saturday, January 11	at Detroit	L 102-129	9-29	Foust 20
Sunday, January 12	at St. Louis	L 105-111	9-30	Garmaker 27
Thursday, January 16	at Cincinnati	L 108-124	9-31	Foust-Mikkelsen 27. Kundla takes over as coach.
Friday, January 17	St. Louis at Detroit	W 112-110 OT	10-31	Devlin 31
Sunday, January 19	Detroit	W 118-111	11-31	Garmaker 24, Hundley 22
Tuesday, January 21	All-Star Game at St. Louis	L 118-130		Lakers: Foust 10, Garmaker 5
Wednesday, January 22	Boston	L 87-97	11-32	Mikkelsen 22
Thursday, January 23	Detroit at St. Paul Auditorium	W 128-125 OT	12-32	Garmaker 25
Saturday, January 25	at New York	L 116-128	12-33	Leonard 25, Mikkelsen 22
Sunday, January 26	New York	L 106-109	12-34	Garmaker 39
Monday, January 27	New York at Detroit	L 102-113	12-35	Garmaker 17
Thursday, January 30	Cincinnati	W 105-104	13-35	Mikkelsen 33, including tying and winning free throws with seven seconds left.
Saturday, February 1	Syracuse	L 91-97	13-36	Foust 23
Sunday, February 2	Cincinnati	W 106-95	14-36	Mikkelsen 18
Tuesday, February 4	Philadelphia at Detroit	L 103-107	14-37	Foust-Schnittker 23
Wednesday, February 5	Philadelphia	L 102-112	14-38	Schnittker 22
Friday, February 7	at Boston	L 88-114	14-39	Garmaker 23
Saturday, February 8	at New York	L 93-94	14-40	Leonard 17
Sunday, February 9	at Cincinnati	L 104-121	14-41	Foust 24
Tuesday, February 11	Cincinnati at St. Louis	L 103-106	14-42	Mikkelsen 28
Wednesday, February 12	New York	L 97-106	14-43	Foust 17
Friday, February 14	St. Louis at St. Paul Auditorium	L 100-104	14-44	Garmaker 21
Saturday, February 15	at Detroit	W 111-110	15-44	Leonard-Erias 17
Sunday, February 17	Philadelphia	W 106-99	16-44	Mikkelsen 31
Tuesday, February 18	at St. Louis	L 98-118	16-45	Mikkelsen 18. Selvy scores 10 in Lakers debut.
Wednesday, February 19	Detroit	L 115-117 OT	16-46	Mikkelsen 28
Saturday, February 22	Cincinnati	W 100-81	17-46	Mikkelsen 23
Sunday, February 23	at Cincinnati	L 93-111	17-47	Fleming 16
Monday, February 24	Philadelphia at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	L 95-110	17-48	Garmaker 25
Wednesday, February 26	at Syracuse	L 90-119	17-49	Mikkelsen 26
Thursday, February 27	Detroit at Philadelphia	L 109-112	17-50	Fleming 19
Sunday, March 2	Philadelphia at Minneapolis Armory	W 102-92	18-50	Mikkelsen 33
Thursday, March 6	Detroit at Minneapolis Armory	L 116-132	18-51	Foust 20
Saturday, March 8	at St. Louis	L 123-126	18-52	Mikkelsen 28
Sunday, March 9	St. Louis	W 107-99	19-52	Selvy 26
Wednesday, March 12	Cincinnati	L 89-96	19-53	Mikkelsen 24
1958-59 National Basketball Association, 33-39, Coach: John Kundla, Players: Elgin Baylor, Alex "Boo" Ellis, Ed Fleming, Larry Foust, Dick Garmaker, Steve Hamilton, Hot Rod Hundley, Jim Krebs, Bob Leonard, Vern Mikkelsen. (Home games at Minneapolis Auditorium unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Thursday, October 22	Cincinnati	W 99-79	1-0	Baylor 25
Saturday, October 25	at Cincinnati	L 94-110	1-1	Garmaker 23, Mikkelsen 18, Baylor 15
Sunday, October 26	Detroit	W 108-100	2-1	Mikkelsen 22, Leonard-Foust 29, Baylor 18
Wednesday, October 29	St. Louis	L 100-112	2-2	Baylor-Leonard-Garmaker 13
Saturday, November 1	at St. Louis	W 108-101	3-2	Baylor 29
Thursday, November 6	Philadelphia	W 103-101	4-2	Baylor 26
Saturday, November 8	New York	L 100-108	4-3	Krebs 18, Baylor-Garmaker 17
Sunday, November 9	at Syracuse	L 97-101	4-4	Baylor 34
Tuesday, November 11	at Boston	L 113-116 OT	4-5	Baylor 36
Thursday, November 13	Detroit at New York	L 110-119	4-6	Baylor 28
Saturday, November 15	at Philadelphia	L 101-106	4-7	Baylor 26
Sunday, November 16	at New York	L 90-98	4-8	Baylor 18
Thursday, November 20	Syracuse	W 121-102	5-8	Baylor 37 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists. Mikkelsen, with injured leg, comes off the bench to play in his 583rd straight game.
Saturday, November 22	at St. Louis	L 109-114	5-9	Baylor 30
Sunday, November 23	Detroit at Minneapolis Armory			Baylor 30
Monday, November 24	Boston at Charlotte, North Carolina	L 104-123	5-11	Baylor-Leonard 22
Tuesday, November 25	at Detroit	W 98-80	6-11	Baylor 19
Friday, November 28	Cincinnati at Minneapolis Armory	W 114-93	7-11	Baylor 26, Mikkelsen 20
Saturday, November 29	at Syracuse	W 108-105	8-11	Baylor 35
Sunday, November 30	at Cincinnati	W 84-77	9-11	Baylor 21
Saturday, December 6	Cincinnati at St. Louis	L 128-132 3OT	9-12	Baylor 30
Tuesday, December 9	at New York	L 97-110	9-13	Baylor 23
Thursday, December 11	Syracuse	L 99-101 OT	9-14	Baylor 31
Sunday, December 14	New York	L 99-100	9-15	Baylor 21
Thursday, December 18	Detroit	W 113-104	10-15	Baylor 26
Saturday, December 20	Philadelphia	W 99-88	11-15	Baylor 33
Thursday, December 25	Detroit at New York	L 97-98 OT	11-16	Mikkelsen 21, Baylor 12
Friday, December 26	Boston at Detroit	L 99-107	11-17	Baylor 15
Saturday, December 27	Boston	L 92-112	11-18	Mikkelsen 16, Baylor 8
Sunday, December 28	at Cincinnati	L 116-120	11-19	Leonard 20, Baylor 16
Monday, December 29	Philadelphia at St. Louis	L 93-95	11-20	Baylor 21
Tuesday, December 30	Syracuse at Philadelphia	W 118-113	12-20	Garmaker 27, Hundley 26, Baylor 24
Thursday, January 1	at Syracuse	W 106-105	13-20	Baylor 22
Friday, January 2	New York	W 10-97	14-20	Garmaker 27, Baylor 16
Sunday, January 4	at Philadelphia	W 111-95	15-20	Baylor 28
Monday, January 5	at Boston	L 106-118	15-21	Baylor 30
Tuesday, January 6	St. Louis at New York	L 95-112	15-22	Mikkelsen 17, Baylor 12
Wednesday, January 7	St. Louis at Houston, Texas	L 78-89	15-23	Baylor 21
Thursday, January 8	St. Louis at Dallas, Texas	L 95-93	16-23	Garmaker 22, Hundley 21, Baylor 16
Sunday, January 11	Boston at Cow Palace, San Francisco, California	L 106-109 OT	16-24	Garmaker 20, Baylor 15
Monday, January 12	Boston at Seattle, Washington	L 108-117	16-25	Baylor 30, Hundley 28
Tuesday, January 13	at St. Louis	L 95-110	16-26	Ellis 18. Baylor misses game with sore throat.
Thursday, January 15	at Syracuse	L 105-111	16-27	Baylor 19
Friday, January 16	Cincinnati at Charleston, West Virginia	L 91-95	16-28	Foust 23. Baylor refuses to dress for game after being refused the right to eat in the hotel restaurant.
Sunday, January 18	Philadelphia	W 119-98	17-28	Baylor 30
Friday, January 23	All-Star Game at Detroit	W 124-108		Lakers: Baylor 24, Foust 8, Garmaker 5
Sunday, January 25	Philadelphia at Camden, New Jersey	L 111-125	17-29	Baylor 41
Wednesday, January 28	Syracuse	W 112-109	18-29	Baylor 38
Thursday, January 29	Syracuse at Houston, Texas	L 91-117	18-30	Mikkelsen 16-Baylor 13
Friday, January 30	Detroit at St. Louis	W 88-86	19-30	Baylor 23
Saturday, January 31	St. Louis at Detroit	L 96-120	19-31	Baylor 16
Saturday, February 7	Philadelphia	W 109-197	20-31	Mikkelsen 27, Baylor 15
Sunday, February 8	at Detroit	W 115-103	21-31	Baylor 27
Monday, February 9	New York	W 128-122	22-31	Baylor 31
Tuesday, February 10	Cincinnati at Houston, Texas	W 118-100	23-31	Mikkelsen 43, Baylor 14
Wednesday, February 11	Cincinnati at San Francisco, California	W 106-105	24-31	Foust 36, Baylor 29. Baylor sinks two free throws with two seconds left.
Thursday, February 12	Cincinnati at Portland, Oregon	L 114-119	24-32	Fleming-Baylor 28
Saturday, February 14	at St. Louis	L 96-139	24-33	Baylor 26
Sunday, February 15	St. Louis	W 109-98	25-33	Baylor 26, Mikkelsen 25
Tuesday, February 17	at Detroit	W 97-90	26-33	Baylor 17
Wednesday, February 18	Detroit	W 105-95	27-33	Baylor 29
Friday, February 20	New York at Detroit	W 116-106	28-33	Baylor-Garmaker 20
Sunday, February 22	at St. Louis	L 106-120	28-34	Garmaker 27, Baylor 10
Wednesday, February 25	Cincinnati at Detroit	W 116-96	29-34	Baylor 55 (3rd-highest ever behind Fulks and Mikan)
Friday, February 27	at Boston	L 139-173	29-35	Baylor 28, Mikkelsen 25. Celtics set record for most points in a game, and Boston's Bob Cousy sets record with 28 assists.
Saturday, February 28	at New York	L 107-112	29-36	Baylor 34
Sunday, March 1	Philadelphia at Camden, New Jersey	W 100-98	30-36	Baylor 23
Tuesday, March 3	Boston at Providence, Rhode Island	L 112-119	30-37	Baylor 24
Wednesday, March 4	at Cincinnati	L 122-128	30-38	Baylor 33
Thursday, March 5	New York at Philadelphia	W 135-115	31-38	Baylor 32
Friday, March 6	at Detroit	W 99-98	32-38	Foust 23, Baylor 18
Sunday, March 8	St. Louis	W 120-104	33-38	Baylor 36
Wednesday, March 11	Detroit	L 118-123	33-39	Baylor 39
	Playoffs
Saturday, March 14	Detroit at Norton Fieldhouse, Hamline University, St. Paul	W 92-89	1-0	Foust 17, Baylor 14
Sunday, March 15	at Detroit	L 103-117	1-1	Baylor 26
Wednesday, March 18	Detroit at Minneapolis Armory	W 129-102	2-1	Baylor 30
Saturday, March 21	at St. Louis	L 90-124	0-1	Baylor 21
Sunday, March 22	St. Louis at St. Paul Auditorium	W 106-98	1-1	Baylor 33
Tuesday, March 24	at St. Louis	L 97-127	2-1	Baylor-Fleming 15, Mikkelsen-Foust 14, Hundley 13
Thursday, March 26	St. Louis at St. Paul Auditorium	W 108-98	2-2	Baylor 32
Saturday, March 28	at St. Louis	W 98-97 OT	3-2	Baylor 36
Sunday, March 29	St. Louis at Minneapolis Armory	W 106-104	4-2	Baylor 33
Saturday, April 4	at Boston	L 115-118	0-1	Baylor 34, Mikkelsen 23
Sunday, April 5	at Boston	L 108-128	0-2	Mikkelsen 24, Baylor 13
Tuesday, April 7	Boston at St. Paul Auditorium	L 120-123	0-3	Foust 26, Baylor 14
Thursday, April 9	Boston at Minneapolis Armory	L 113-118	0-4	Baylor 30, Mikkelsen 20
1959-60 National Basketball Association, 25-50, Coaches: John Castellani (11-25), Jim Pollard (14-25), Players: Elgin Baylor, Alex "Boo" Ellis, Ray Felix, Ed Fleming, Larry Foust, Dick Garmaker, Steve Hamilton, Tom Hawkins, Hot Rod Hundley, Jim Krebs, Rudy LaRusso, Bob Leonard, Nick Mantis, Frank Selvy, Charlie Share, Ron Sobie, Bob Smith. (Home games at Minneapolis Armory unless otherwise noted)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Sunday, October 18	Detroit	L 105-106	0-1	Baylor 52 in the refurbished Minneapolis Armory, which will be the Lakers' primary arena in 1959-60.
Saturday, October 24	at St. Louis	W 94-87	1-1	Garmaker 27, Baylor 23
Sunday, October 25	at Cincinnati	L 102-103	1-2	Baylor 30
Saturday, October 31	at Syracuse	L 108-117	1-3	Baylor 31
Sunday, November 1	St. Louis	L 101-138	1-4	Baylor 27
Tuesday, November 3	New York at St. Louis	L 93-99	1-5	Baylor 28
Friday, November 6	Detroit	L 113-118	1-6	Baylor 33, LaRusso-Foust 25
Saturday, November 7	at Detroit	W 113-111 OT	2-6	Baylor 40
Sunday, November 8	Boston at Minneapolis Auditorium	W 136-113	3-6	Baylor 64, new NBA record
Tuesday, November 10	at St. Louis	L 105-134	3-7	Baylor 37
Thursday, November 12	Detroit at New York	L 93-107	3-8	Baylor 33, LaRusso-Foust 25
Saturday, November 14	at Philadelphia	L 98-104	3-9	Baylor 27. Wilt Chamberlain scores 28 for Warriors.
Sunday, November 15	Philadelphia at St. Paul Auditorium	W 106-100	4-9	Garmaker 23, Baylor 21
Wednesday, November 18	New York	L 105-106	4-10	Baylor 20
Friday, November 20	Detroit	W 105-85	5-10	LaRusso 24. Baylor misses game with the flu.
Saturday, November 21	at Cincinnati	W 99-93 OT	6-10	Garmaker 26
Wednesday, November 25	Syracuse at Minneapolis Auditorium	L 93-100	6-11	Foust 21
Thursday, November 26	at Cincinnati	W 99-93 OT	6-10	Garmaker 26
Saturday, November 28	at St. Louis	L 91-102	6-13	LaRusso 18
Sunday, November 29	Boston at St. Paul Auditorium	L 93-109	6-14	Hundley 18. Baylor returns from illness and scores 2.
Tuesday, December 1	at New York	W 103-100	7-14	Baylor 20
Thursday, December 3	at Philadelphia	L 109-123	7-15	LaRusso 24, Baylor 21. Chamberlain scores 41.
Friday, December 4	at Detroit	L 101-120	7-16	Baylor 28
Saturday, December 5	at Syracuse	L 95-108	7-17	Baylor 35
Sunday, December 6	Boston at Minneapolis Auditorium	L 104-121	7-18	Baylor 29
Wednesday, December 9	Syracuse at Seattle, Washington	L 89-93	7-19	LaRusso 22, Baylor 17
Thursday, December 10	Syracuse at San Francisco, California	W 96-86	8-19	Baylor 29
Saturday, December 12	Cincinnati	L 97-107	8-20	Garmaker 29, Baylor 13
Saturday, December 19	at Cincinnati	W 131-113	9-20	Baylor 25
Friday, December 25	at St. Louis	L 96-112	9-21	Baylor 23
Saturday, December 26	at Detroit	W 108-105	10-21	Baylor 28
Sunday, December 27	Detroit	W 119-109	11-21	Baylor 28
Monday, December 28	at Boston	L 104-107	11-22	Baylor 29. 16th straight win for Celtics (29-4).
Wednesday, December 30	at Philadelphia	L 107-122	11-23	Baylor 22. Chamberlain 45 for Philadelphia.
Thursday, December 31	at New York	W 102-127	11-23	Baylor 26
Thursday, January 1	Syracuse	L 98-109	11-25	Hawkins 20, Baylor 14. Castellini resigns as coach on January 2. Jim Pollard takes over.
Thursday, January 5	Philadelphia at New York	L 111-126	11-26	Hundley 24, Baylor 20. Chamberlain 52 for Philadelphia.
Saturday, January 9	Cincinnati	W 121-91	12-26	Baylor 28
Sunday, January 10	at Cincinnati	W 112-106	13-26	Foust 30, LaRusso 23, Baylor 14
Thursday, January 14	New York at St. Paul Auditorium	L 126-131	13-27	Baylor 26
Friday, January 15	at Cincinnati	L 118-122	13-28	Baylor 43. Jack Twyman scores 59 for Cincinnati.
Saturday, January 16	Detroit at St. Paul Auditorium	L 98-105	13-29	Baylor 29
Sunday, January 17	at St. Louis	L 119-135	13-30	Baylor 43. On the way back from St. Louis to Minneapolis, the Lakers' plane had to make a forced landing in a cornfield outside Carroll, Iowa.
Friday, January 22, 1960	All-Star Game at Philadelphia	L 115-125		Lakers: Baylor 25, Garmaker 11, Hundley 10
Saturday, January 23	New York	L 104-115	13-31	Baylor 30
Wednesday, January 27	Cincinnati at Detroit	W 116-112	14-31	Baylor 34
Friday, January 29	Syracuse	L 112-119	14-32	Baylor 34
Sunday, January 31	Philadelphia at Cow Palace, San Francisco, California	L 104-114	14-33	Baylor 21. Chamberlain 41 points and 33 rebounds.
Monday, February 1	Philadelphia at Los Angeles, California	L 96-103	14-34	Baylor 36
Wednesday, February 3	at Boston	L 108-128	14-35	Baylor 24
Friday, February 5	St. Louis	L 96-114	14-36	Baylor 36
Saturday, February 6	at Detroit	L 101-116	14-37	Baylor 34
Sunday, February 7	Detroit	W 104-102	15-37	Baylor 26
Tuesday, February 9	Boston at St. Louis	L 90-120	15-38	Baylor 23
Wednesday, February 10	Syracuse at New York	L 109-110	15-39	Baylor 37
Thursday, February 11	Cincinnati	L 108-111	15-40	Baylor 32
Saturday, February 13	at Detroit	W 123-117	16-40	Baylor 37
Sunday, February 14	at Syracuse	L 119-121	16-41	Baylor 26
Tuesday, February 16	Boston at New York	L 122-130	16-42	Baylor 40
Wednesday, February 17	St. Louis at Philadelphia	L 127-131	16-43	Baylor 38 points and 25 rebounds.
Thursday, February 19	St. Louis	W 111-101	17-43	Baylor 28
Saturday, February 20	at Philadelphia	L 106-122	17-44	Baylor 32, LaRusso 22. Chamberlain 41 for Warriors.
Sunday, February 21	St. Louis at Los Angeles, California	W 112-98	18-44	Baylor 35
Monday, February 22	St. Louis at Los Angeles, California	L 103-113	18-45	LaRusso 24, Selvy 23, Baylor 20
Tuesday, February 23	at New York	W 117-112	19-45	Baylor 41
Wednesday, February 24	Boston at College Park, Maryland	L 110-131	19-46	LaRusso 27, Baylor 26
Thursday, February 25	Cincinnati at Providence, Rhode Island	W 105-95	20-46	Baylor 31
Friday, February 26	at Boston	L 111-128	20-47	Baylor 28
Saturday, February 27	Philadelphia	W 109-91	21-47	Baylor 23 points 26 rebounds. Chamberlain 34 points, 22 rebounds for Philadelphia before 5,172 fans at the Armory, the Lakers' largest home crowd of the season.
Tuesday, March 1	at St. Louis	L 101-109	21-48	Baylor 27
Wednesday, March 2	New York at Boston	W 123-113	22-48	Baylor 48
Thursday, March 3	Cincinnati at Philadelphia	W 117-114	23-48	Baylor 23
Saturday, March 5	St. Louis	L 106-107 OT	23-49	Baylor 35. Cliff Hagan's layup with 1 second left wins game for Hawks.
Sunday, March 6	Cincinnati	W 114-105	24-49	Baylor 43 points and 22 rebounds
Wednesday, March 9	at Detroit	L 116-117	24-50	Baylor 31
Thursday, March 10	New York	W 133-108	25-50	Baylor 37
	Playoffs
Saturday, March 12	at Detroit	W 113-112	1-0	Baylor 40, including free throw to break 112-112 tie with six seconds left.
Sunday, March 13	Detroit	W 114-99	2-0	Selvy 30, Baylor 25
Wednesay, March 16	at St. Louis	L 99-112	0-1	Baylor 19
Thursday, March 17	at St. Louis	W 120-113	1-1	Baylor 40
Saturday, March 19	St. Louis	L 89-93	1-2	Baylor 27
Sunday, March 20	St. Louis	W 103-101	2-2	Baylor 39. Baylor hits winning basket with 42 seconds left, then steals the ball from Cliff Hagan.
Tuesday, March 22	at St. Louis	W 117-110 OT	3-2	Baylor 40
Thursday, March 24	St. Louis	L 96-117	3-3	Baylor 38. Attendance of 7,544 is a record for the Armory.
Saturday, March 26	at St. Louis	L 86-97	3-4	Baylor 33
Los Angeles Lakers regular-season games in Minneapolis (all games at Minneapolis Auditorium)
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Lakers game-high scorer and other notes
Sun., December 17, 1961	Detroit	W 122-116	Jerry West 47 points, Elgin Baylor 36
Sun., December 9, 1962	Syracuse	L 117-114	Baylor 34, West 24
Mon., November 11, 1963	Detroit	L 116-109	Baylor 28, Dick Barnett 27, West 24
Sun., December 6, 1964	Philadelphia 76ers	W 109-104	West 30, Baylor 20
Fri., November 12, 1965	New York	W 107-106	West 29, Baylor 17. Baylor breaks 106-106 tie with free throw with 14 seconds left.