Former NBA superstar Tracy McGrady firmly believes that one Lakers legend was even more skilled than Michael Jordan.

The LA Lakers' Elgin Baylor isn't a name that comes up very often when talking about the greatest players in the history of the NBA, but his talent was undeniable.

Stephen Curry scored at least 45 points on Feb. 27 for the third time, joining Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor as the only ...

On this day, the Celtics traded Bailey Howell for Mel Counts, Jim Seminoff and Ryan Gomes were born, and the Cs beat the Raps ...

Many of those players are household names to basketball fans — Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, just to name a few. But ...

1961 — Elgin Baylor of Los Angeles scores 57 points to lead the Lakers over the Detroit Pistons 129-106. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ...

The other two players are Elgin Baylor (Feb. 25) and Wilt Chamberlain, who had at least three 45-point games on 16 different calendar days. The first of the three special games for Curry on this ...

1961 — Elgin Baylor of Los Angeles scores 57 points ... title with a fifth-round knockout of Jimmy Ellis. 1972 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers becomes the first player in NBA ...