Team West head coach Alex Hannum, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, and Bob Pettit look on from the bench during the NBA All-Star Game on Jan. 1, 1965 at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Walter Iooss Jr ...

MVP: Elgin Baylor (Los Angeles Lakers) and Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks) Box score The 1959 All-Star Game, held at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium, featured a first in NBA All-Star history: the sharing ...

One of the game's most gifted players, Elgin Baylor made 10 appearances on the All-NBA first team. ... The Lakers lost to St. Louis in seven games in the Western Division Finals that season, ...

Baylor did even more scoring the next season, averaging 29.6 points and leading a 25-50 Minneapolis team to the Western Division finals, where it lost in seven games to the St. Louis Hawks.

Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11- time NBA All-Star, ... Minneapolis beat the Detroit Pistons and the defending champion St. Louis Hawks in the 1959 playoffs to make it to the NBA Finals, ...

Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, an 11-time NBA All-Star for the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers who soared through the 1960s with a high-scoring style that became the model for the modern player, di… ...

Baylor was an 11-time All-Star and made 10 All-NBA teams in his 13 seasons. “He was the franchise, without question,” Gail Goodrich said.

Elgin Baylor was the first NBA player to surpass 70 points with a 71-point game Dec. 11, 1960, against New York.

Elgin Baylor was the first NBA player to surpass 70 points with a 71-point game Dec. 11, 1960, against New York.