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The 1959 NBA All-Star Game was played in Detroit, Michigan, with the West beating the East 124–108. Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks and Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers shared the game's MVP award. The Boston Celtics set the record for the most points scored by a team in regulation, in their 173–139 victory over the Minneapolis ...
A year earlier in 1958, their first in Los Angeles, the Dodgers posted a 71–83 (.461) win–loss record for seventh place in the eight-team NL, and never held a lead. [6] [7] By contrast, the Braves repeated as NL champions that year with a 92–62 (.597) record and returned to the World Series, where the New York Yankees turned the tables and defeated them in seven games. [8]
[3] [4] This was the second of two All-Star Games played in 1959, the first was on Tuesday, July 7, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also an NL city. [5] [6] The first Midsummer Classic held on the West Coast, [2] it was also the first of only two All-Star Games not played in July; the other was in 1981 following a lengthy players' strike.
The Hershey Bears defeat the Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2 to win the AHL Calder Cup. The Louisville Rebels defeat the Fort Wayne Komets 4 games to 2 to win the IHL Turner Cup . On November 1, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante was injured when struck in the face by a flying puck .
The men's basketball tournament at the 1959 Pan American Games was held from August 27 to September 6, 1959 in Chicago, United States. Men's competition [ edit ]
The 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 7, 1959, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 games were played ...
The first game resulted in a 5–4 victory for the NL. [3] [4] and the AL won the second game 5–3 for a split. [7] [8] The experiment of two All-Star Games continued for four seasons; the tradition of just one annual game resumed in 1963.