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MVP: Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit: ... Announcers: Curt Gowdy: NBA All-Star Game < 1958: 1960 > The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game. Legend ...
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 ...
The 1959 NBA Finals, then known as the 1959 NBA World Championship Series, was the championship series of the 1958–59 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1959 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers and the Eastern Division champion Boston ...
The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season, winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy, named after the five-time MVP often considered to be the greatest player in NBA history. [1] [2]
LeBron James was selected to start in the NBA All-Star Game 21 ... and 2002 [28] games. MVP of 2000, 2004, and 2009 (co-MVP with Kobe Bryant) games. ... 1958–1959 ...
1959 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. ... The Series MVP is Larry Sherry, ... NBA Finals – Boston Celtics win 4 games to 0 over the Minneapolis ...
Pettit's league-leading scoring average of 29.2 points per game in the 1958–59 season was an NBA record at the time, and he was named the Sporting News NBA MVP. In the 1960–61 season , Pettit averaged 27.9 points per game [ 7 ] and pulled down 20.3 rebounds per game , making him one of only five players to ever break the 20 rpg barrier.
The 1959 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1958-59 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. It was the Celtics' second NBA championship.