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 ...

Heading back to St. Louis with Lakers fans on fire . . . or at least with some awareness the Lakers existed . . . team doctor Ernie Vandeweghe, a former NBA player, begged Short to put Game 5 on ...

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… ...

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… ...

Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11- time NBA All-Star, died Monday of natural causes. The Lakers announced that Baylor died in Los Angeles with his wife, Elaine, and daughter Krystal by his side.

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

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… ...