1959–60 St. Louis Hawks season
St. Louis Hawks season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Ed Macauley |
Arena | Kiel Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 46–29 (.613) |
Place | Division: 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (Eliminated 3–4) |
Local media | |
Television | KPLR 11 |
Radio | KMOX |
The 1959–1960 Saint Louis Hawks season was the 14th season for the franchise in the
Boston Celtics for the 3rd time in 4 years. The Hawks and Celtics alternated wins as the series went to a 7th game. In Game 7 the Celtics would claim the title as Bill Russell scored 18 points in the 2nd Quarter.[1]
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
Wins | Losses | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Division | |
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x-St. Louis Hawks | 46 | 29 | .613 | – | 28–5 | 12–20 | 6–4 | 27–12 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 30 | 45 | .400 | 16 | 17–14 | 6–21 | 7–10 | 20–19 |
x-Minneapolis Lakers | 25 | 50 | .333 | 21 | 9–15 | 9–21 | 7–14 | 17–22 |
Cincinnati Royals | 19 | 56 | .253 | 27 | 9–22 | 2–20 | 8–14 | 14–25 |
Record vs. opponents
1959-60 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 8–1 | 9–0 | 8–1 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 8–5 |
Cincinnati | 1–8 | — | 5–8 | 5–8 | 2–7 | 0–9 | 4–9 | 2–7 |
Detroit | 0–9 | 8–5 | — | 7–6 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 5–8 | 4–5 |
Minneapolis | 1–8 | 8–5 | 6–7 | — | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–10 | 1–8 |
New York | 1–12 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 5–4 | — | 4–9 | 3–6 | 2–11 |
Philadelphia | 5–8 | 9–0 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 9–4 | — | 4–5 | 8–5 |
St. Louis | 3–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 10–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 5–8 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 11–2 | 5–8 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
1959–60 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 24 | Minneapolis |
94–87 | Bob Pettit (33) | 0–1 | |||||
2 | October 31 | Cincinnati |
102–109 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | November 1 | @ Minneapolis | 138–101 | Bob Pettit (28) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | November 3 | Boston | 103–98 | Bob Pettit (25) | 2–2 | |||||
5 | November 7 | New York | 113–117 | Bob Pettit (28) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 105–134 | Cliff Hagan (35) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | November 14 | @ Boston | 111–113 | Bob Pettit (34) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | November 17 | @ New York | 97–105 | Cliff Hagan (27) | 4–4 | |||||
9 | November 20 | @ Philadelphia |
118–117 | Bob Pettit (28) | 5–4 | |||||
10 | November 21 | Detroit | 109–107 | Bob Pettit (33) | 5–5 | |||||
11 | November 22 | @ Cincinnati | 100–106 | Bob Pettit (39) | 5–6 | |||||
12 | November 25 | @ Detroit | 104–97 | Bob Pettit (36) | 6–6 | |||||
13 | November 26 | Syracuse |
95–112 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 7–6 | |||||
14 | November 28 | Minneapolis | 91–102 | Bob Pettit (31) | 8–6 | |||||
15 | December 1 | N Syracuse | 101–106 | Bob Pettit (38) | 9–6 | |||||
16 | December 2 | @ Syracuse | 121–130 | Cliff Hagan (37) | 9–7 | |||||
17 | December 4 | N Philadelphia | 112–124 | Bob Pettit (27) | 9–8 | |||||
18 | December 5 | Philadelphia | 112–113 | Cliff Hagan (27) | 10–8 | |||||
19 | December 6 | @ Cincinnati | 118–104 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 11–8 | |||||
20 | December 8 | N Cincinnati | 101–105 | Cliff Hagan (30) | 11–9 | |||||
21 | December 10 | N Detroit | 129–111 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 12–9 | |||||
22 | December 11 | @ Boston | 99–122 | Hagan, Pettit (23) | 12–10 | |||||
23 | December 13 | Cincinnati | 98–118 | Cliff Hagan (27) | 13–10 | |||||
24 | December 15 | @ New York | 119–110 | Bob Pettit (40) | 14–10 | |||||
25 | December 16 | @ Detroit | 107–106 | Bob Pettit (32) | 15–10 | |||||
26 | December 19 | Philadelphia | 89–102 | Cliff Hagan (23) | 16–10 | |||||
27 | December 20 | Detroit | 86–102 | Cliff Hagan (21) | 17–10 | |||||
28 | December 25 | Minneapolis | 96–112 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 18–10 | |||||
29 | December 26 | @ Syracuse | 104–117 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 18–11 | |||||
30 | December 28 | Syracuse | 106–120 | Cliff Hagan (28) | 19–11 | |||||
31 | December 30 | Boston | 96–82 | Bob Pettit (25) | 19–12 | |||||
32 | January 1 | @ Detroit | 107–119 | Bob Pettit (32) | 19–13 | |||||
33 | January 2 | Detroit | 113–114 | Cliff Hagan (34) | 20–13 | |||||
34 | January 3 | New York | 108–110 | Clyde Lovellette (37) | 21–13 | |||||
35 | January 6 | @ Philadelphia | 101–121 | Bob Pettit (24) | 21–14 | |||||
36 | January 8 | @ Cincinnati | 102–112 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 21–15 | |||||
37 | January 10 | Boston | 111–121 | Bob Pettit (39) | 22–15 | |||||
38 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 108–126 | Cliff Hagan (26) | 22–16 | |||||
39 | January 13 | @ Boston | 112–134 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 22–17 | |||||
40 | January 14 | @ Syracuse | 112–119 | Bob Pettit (38) | 22–18 | |||||
41 | January 15 | Syracuse | 140–141 (OT) | Bob Pettit (39) | 23–18 | |||||
42 | January 17 | Minneapolis | 119–135 | Hagan, Pettit (34) | 24–18 | |||||
43 | January 20 | @ Cincinnati | 119–108 | Bob Pettit (30) | 25–18 | |||||
44 | January 23 | Cincinnati | 100–108 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 26–18 | |||||
45 | January 24 | New York | 129–155 | Clyde Lovellette (39) | 27–18 | |||||
46 | January 26 | @ New York | 119–123 | Bob Pettit (28) | 27–19 | |||||
47 | January 27 | @ Boston | 114–127 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 27–20 | |||||
48 | January 29 | Detroit | 125–130 (OT) | Lovellette, Pettit (30) | 28–20 | |||||
49 | January 30 | @ Detroit | 107–117 | Bob Pettit (21) | 28–21 | |||||
50 | January 31 | Syracuse | 110–117 | Clyde Lovellette (39) | 29–21 | |||||
51 | February 2 | N Boston | 114–113 | Bob Pettit (32) | 30–21 | |||||
52 | February 3 | N New York | 125–115 | Bob Pettit (31) | 31–21 | |||||
53 | February 5 | @ Minneapolis | 114–96 | Bob Pettit (31) | 32–21 | |||||
54 | February 7 | Philadelphia | 108–130 | Bob Pettit (38) | 33–21 | |||||
55 | February 9 | New York | 104–114 | Bob Pettit (25) | 34–21 | |||||
56 | February 10 | @ Cincinnati | 120–110 | Cliff Hagan (39) | 35–21 | |||||
57 | February 11 | @ Philadelphia | 120–139 | Dave Piontek (20) | 35–22 | |||||
58 | February 13 | @ New York | 104–122 | Hagan, Lovellette (16) | 35–23 | |||||
59 | February 14 | Cincinnati | 105–107 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 36–23 | |||||
60 | February 16 | @ Detroit | 111–104 | Cliff Hagan (26) | 37–23 | |||||
61 | February 17 | N Minneapolis | 131–127 | Cliff Hagan (44) | 38–23 | |||||
62 | February 19 | @ Minneapolis | 101–111 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 38–24 | |||||
63 | February 20 | Boston | 105–121 | Bob Pettit (39) | 39–24 | |||||
64 | February 21 | N Minneapolis | 98–112 | Bob Pettit (31) | 39–25 | |||||
65 | February 22 | N Minneapolis | 113–103 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 40–25 | |||||
66 | February 24 | N Cincinnati | 122–124 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 40–26 | |||||
67 | February 25 | @ Syracuse | 105–110 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 40–27 | |||||
68 | February 27 | Detroit | 116–114 | Clyde Lovellette (34) | 40–28 | |||||
69 | February 28 | Cincinnati | 105–122 | Cliff Hagan (39) | 41–28 | |||||
70 | March 1 | Minneapolis | 101–109 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 42–28 | |||||
71 | March 2 | @ Detroit | 100–116 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 42–29 | |||||
72 | March 5 | @ Minneapolis | 107–106 (OT) | Bob Pettit (41) | 43–29 | |||||
73 | March 6 | Philadelphia | 109–128 | Cliff Hagan (29) | 44–29 | |||||
74 | March 8 | Detroit | 101–122 | Bob Pettit (34) | 45–29 | |||||
75 | March 9 | @ Cincinnati | 123–116 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 46–29 |
Playoffs
Awards and honors
- All-NBA First Team