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The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game. Legend Starter MVP MIN Minutes played FG Field goals FGA Field goal attempts FT Free throws ...
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 ...
Pettit was an NBA All-Star in each of his 11 seasons, was named to the All-NBA First Team ten times, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team once. Pettit still holds the top two NBA All-Star Game rebounding performances with 26 in 1958 and 27 in 1962, and has the second-highest All-Star Game points per game average with 20.4 (behind only Oscar ...
The following is a list of players who have been selected for the NBA All-Star Game at least once in their career. [5] Note that the number indicates the player's number of selections—not the number of games played. For instance, Michael Jordan was named to the All-Star Game roster 14 times, but missed the 1986 game due to injury. [6]
1959–1961: Syracuse Nationals: 1961–1962: Cleveland Pipers: 1962–1965: Los Angeles Lakers: 1965–1973: New York Knicks: Career highlights and awards; 2× NBA champion (1970, 1973) NBA All-Star ; ABL champion (1962) All-ABL First Team (1962) No. 12 retired by New York Knicks; 3× NAIA champion (1957–1959) 3× AP Little College All ...
Along with Wes Unseld, he is one of two players to have won the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards in the same year, being the only one to add NBA All-Star Game MVP to this list. [7] Rookie of the Year (1959–60) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960) 4× MVP (1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68) 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–62, 1964, 1966–68)
The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, Baylor is regarded as one of the game's all-time greatest players. [1] In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. [2]
Laurence Michael Foust (June 24, 1928 – October 27, 1984) was an American basketball player who spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Fort Wayne Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers, and was a two-time All-NBA Team member and an eight-time All-Star. His eight All-Star selections is the most in NBA ...