Baylor played the game with midair body control, employing his ability to change the position of the ball and the direction of his move while floating toward the basket. He would take it in and hang and shoot from all these angles. Put spin on the ball. Elgin had incredible strength. He could post up Bill Russell. He could pass like Magic [Johnson] and dribble with the best guards in the league. Elgin Baylor was born in in Washington, D. An inadequate scholastic record kept him out of college until a friend arranged a scholarship at the College of Idaho, where he was expected to play basketball and football.
After one season, the school dismissed the head basketball coach and restricted the scholarships. Seattle car dealer Ralph Monroe interested Baylor in Seattle University, and Baylor sat out a year to play for an amateur team while establishing eligibility at Seattle. In his three collegiate seasons, one at Idaho and two at Seattle, Baylor averaged The Minneapolis Lakers used the No. The Lakers, several years removed from the glory days of George Mikan, were in trouble on the court and at the gate.
He was and he did. As a rookie in Baylor was sensational. He finished fourth in the league in scoring The Lakers finished second in the Western Division at , 14 victories better than the previous season. Louis Hawks. He averaged The Lakers finished the regular season at but still made the playoffs as the third-place finisher in the four-team Western Division.
They upset the Pistons in the division semifinals, then lost to the Hawks in a seven-game division finals. Baylor averaged Then came the move west. Following teams in other professional sports that moved to the Pacific rim, the Lakers opened up NBA basketball to the other half of the country when they shifted to Los Angeles for the season.
On November 15, , Baylor scored 71 points against the Knicks in New York, setting a new record for the most points scored in a single contest. He also snared 25 rebounds that night. In a historic performance in , Elgin Baylor scored 71 points vs the Knicks. Each particular shot had nothing amazing about it. It was just that Elgin was such an amazing player. The Lakers lost to St. Louis in seven games in the Western Division Finals that season, dropping Game 6 in overtime, , and Game 7, In , Baylor hit his stride along with hotshot second-year guard Jerry West.
Unfortunately, Baylor was playing at a time when eligible males were required to perform military service, and his season was curtailed. He spent half of the year stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, playing only when he could obtain a weekend pass.
He appeared in 48 games that season. Still, with Baylor In what would become a familiar matchup, the Lakers played the Celtics for the championship — and lost. Boston won Game 7 in overtime, , to claim a fourth consecutive title.
Baylor was phenomenal in the playoffs. He scored 61 points in Game 5 of the title series, setting a single-game playoff record that would stand for 24 years until Jordan with the Chicago Bulls scored 63 against the Celtics in a first-round contest in In , Baylor was no longer spending half his time marching with a rifle and he improved his overall game.
He finished second in the league in scoring Knee troubles began plaguing Baylor during the season, and many said he was never quite the same player afterward. Although he would never again average more than 30 points after , he had five more All-Star seasons ahead and was a major scoring force for six of the next seven years, averaging at least 24 points in every season except , when his output fell to The Lakers remained a winning team throughout those years, although they were constantly overshadowed by the Celtics, who won 11 championships in 13 seasons from through True to form, the Lakers lost to the Celtics in the Finals, four games to one.
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