Before 1960-61, Elgin Baylor posted the most points for the Minneapolis Lakers in a game, with 64 points versus the Celtics on November 8, 1959.
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most points in a single basketball regular-season game by a laker before 1961| NAME | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Baylor | 64 | 11/8/1959 | vs | 17 | 8 | 25 | 47 | 53.2 | 14 | 19 | 73.7 | 57.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  | G. Mikan | 61 | 1/20/1952 | vs | 36 | 22 | 45 | 48.9 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 56.2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | | E. Baylor | 55 | 2/25/1959 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 60.5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | G. Mikan | 53 | 2/26/1949 | @ | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 72.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | | E. Baylor | 52 | 10/18/1959 | vs | 21 | 22 | 36 | 61.1 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 63.0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | | G. Mikan | 51 | 1/14/1950 | @ | 20 | 36 | 55.6 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 61.8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | | G. Mikan | 51 | 3/13/1949 | vs | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 56.3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | | E. Baylor | 48 | 3/2/1960 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | | G. Mikan | 48 | 2/22/1949 | @ | 18 | 37 | 48.6 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 54.0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | | G. Mikan | 48 | 1/30/1949 | vs | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 68.3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | | G. Mikan | 47 | 11/18/1950 | @ | 16 | 40 | 40.0 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 50.0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | | G. Mikan | 47 | 12/4/1948 | @ | 16 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | G. Mikan | 46 | 1/14/1953 | @ | 28 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 62.8 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | | G. Mikan | 46 | 3/10/1951 | @ | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 59.8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | | G. Mikan | 46 | 3/19/1949 | @ | 18 | 40 | 45.0 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 50.3 | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | | G. Mikan | 44 | 3/4/1951 | @ | 13 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | | G. Mikan | 44 | 12/1/1948 | @ | 14 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | | E. Baylor | 43 | 3/6/1960 | vs | 22 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 58.7 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | | E. Baylor | 43 | 1/17/1960 | @ | 20 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 60.6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | | E. Baylor | 43 | 1/15/1960 | @ | 14 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 60.5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | V. Mikkelsen | 43 | 2/10/1959 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 75.7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | | G. Mikan | 43 | 12/13/1950 | vs | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 60.1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | | G. Mikan | 42 | 1/5/1950 | @ | 4 | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 53.8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | | E. Baylor | 41 | 2/23/1960 | @ | 22 | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 53.6 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | | E. Baylor | 41 | 1/25/1959 | @ | 18 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 15 | 21 | 71.4 | 58.2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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