1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season
St. Louis Hawks season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Paul Seymour |
Arena | Kiel Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 51–28 (.646) |
Place | Division: 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (Eliminated 1–4) |
the 1960–61 Saint Louis Hawks season owner
Boston Celtics
in the NBA Finals. The Hawks fell in 5 games as the Celtics won their 4th NBA Title in 5 seasons.
Regular season
Standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-St. Louis Hawks | 51 | 28 | .646 | – | 29–5 | 15–20 | 7–3 | 25–14 |
x-Los Angeles Lakers | 36 | 43 | .456 | 15 | 16–12 | 8–20 | 12–11 | 19–20 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 34 | 45 | .430 | 17 | 20–11 | 3–19 | 11–15 | 18–21 |
Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 46 | .418 | 18 | 18–13 | 8–19 | 7–14 | 16–23 |
Record vs. opponents
1960-61 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 7–3 | 8–2 | 8–2 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 6–4 | 10–3 |
Cincinnati | 3–7 | — | 2–11 | 8–5 | 8–2 | 2–8 | 6–7 | 4–6 |
Detroit | 2–8 | 11–2 | — | 4–9 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 3–10 | 4–6 |
Los Angeles | 2–8 | 5–8 | 9–4 | — | 7–3 | 2–8 | 5–8 | 6–4 |
New York | 3–10 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | — | 2–11 | 1–9 | 5–8 |
Philadelphia | 5–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 11–2 | — | 3–7 | 6–7 |
St. Louis | 4–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 9–1 | 7–3 | — | 6–4 |
Syracuse | 3–10 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–6 | — |
Game log
1960–61 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Los Angeles | 96–112 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 23 | @ Cincinnati |
103–114 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 25 | Syracuse |
100–123 | Bob Pettit (35) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | October 29 | Cincinnati | 97–113 | Green , Pettit (19) |
3–1 | |||||
5 | November 2 | @ Detroit | 132–117 | Bob Pettit (22) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | November 5 | New York | 104–119 | Cliff Hagan (35) | 5–1 | |||||
7 | November 9 | Detroit | 120–126 | Bob Pettit (39) | 6–1 | |||||
8 | November 11 | @ Philadelphia |
112–117 | Cliff Hagan (22) | 6–2 | |||||
9 | November 12 | Philadelphia | 105–107 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 7–2 | |||||
10 | November 16 | @ Boston | 106–124 | Bob Pettit (22) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 17 | N Detroit | 112–105 | Hagan, Lovellette, Pettit (26) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | November 18 | @ Cincinnati | 128–129 (OT) | Cliff Hagan (36) | 8–4 | |||||
13 | November 19 | Cincinnati | 120–121 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 9–4 | |||||
14 | November 22 | @ New York | 120–119 | Clyde Lovellette (32) | 10–4 | |||||
15 | November 24 | Syracuse | 97–132 | Bob Pettit (31) | 11–4 | |||||
16 | November 26 | Los Angeles | 113–126 | Bob Pettit (41) | 12–4 | |||||
17 | November 29 | Boston | 119–109 | Cliff Hagan (26) | 12–5 | |||||
18 | November 30 | N Syracuse | 135–126 | Bob Pettit (32) | 12–6 | |||||
19 | December 2 | @ New York | 139–133 (OT) | Bob Pettit (44) | 13–6 | |||||
20 | December 3 | @ Philadelphia | 131–127 | Bob Pettit (37) | 14–6 | |||||
21 | December 6 | Detroit | 110–146 | Hagan, Lovellette (18) | 15–6 | |||||
22 | December 7 | @ Detroit | 83–113 | Bob Pettit (13) | 15–7 | |||||
23 | December 9 | N Syracuse | 118–131 | Bob Pettit (36) | 16–7 | |||||
24 | December 10 | Los Angeles | 108–111 | Bob Pettit (30) | 17–7 | |||||
25 | December 12 | @ Los Angeles | 114–103 | Bob Pettit (32) | 18–7 | |||||
26 | December 14 | @ Los Angeles | 113–124 | Cliff Hagan (23) | 18–8 | |||||
27 | December 16 | N Philadelphia | 112–107 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 19–8 | |||||
28 | December 17 | New York | 103–116 | Bob Pettit (36) | 20–8 | |||||
29 | December 18 | @ Syracuse | 104–103 | Bob Pettit (26) | 21–8 | |||||
30 | December 21 | @ Boston | 108–120 | Bob Pettit (37) | 21–9 | |||||
31 | December 26 | Syracuse | 112–133 | Bob Pettit (25) | 22–9 | |||||
32 | December 28 | Boston | 99–105 | Bob Pettit (35) | 23–9 | |||||
33 | December 29 | @ Detroit | 89–112 | Hagan, Pettit (19) | 23–10 | |||||
34 | December 30 | Los Angeles | 99–107 | Cliff Hagan (28) | 24–10 | |||||
35 | January 1 | @ Cincinnati | 112–114 | McCarthy, Pettit (25) | 24–11 | |||||
36 | January 5 | @ Los Angeles | 96–110 | Bob Pettit (23) | 24–12 | |||||
37 | January 6 | @ Los Angeles | 108–104 | Bob Pettit (35) | 25–12 | |||||
38 | January 8 | Boston | 104–133 | Cliff Hagan (37) | 26–12 | |||||
39 | January 10 | Cincinnati | 110–119 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 27–12 | |||||
40 | January 11 | @ Syracuse | 128–133 | Clyde Lovellette (31) | 27–13 | |||||
41 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 102–111 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 27–14 | |||||
42 | January 14 | Detroit | 113–135 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 28–14 | |||||
43 | January 15 | @ Detroit | 122–137 | Bob Pettit (31) | 28–15 | |||||
44 | January 18 | @ Boston | 125–114 | Bob Pettit (37) | 29–15 | |||||
45 | January 19 | @ Philadelphia | 127–129 | Bob Pettit (42) | 29–16 | |||||
46 | January 21 | New York | 122–145 | Bob Pettit (45) | 30–16 | |||||
47 | January 22 | @ Cincinnati | 108–115 | Bob Pettit (26) | 30–17 | |||||
48 | January 24 | Philadelphia | 112–114 | Bob Pettit (37) | 31–17 | |||||
49 | January 25 | N New York | 116–109 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 32–17 | |||||
50 | January 28 | Cincinnati | 116–136 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 33–17 | |||||
51 | January 29 | Syracuse | 108–125 | Lovellette, Pettit (25) | 34–17 | |||||
52 | January 31 | Boston | 109–103 | Bob Pettit (26) | 34–18 | |||||
53 | February 1 | N Detroit | 137–131 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 35–18 | |||||
54 | February 2 | N Los Angeles | 115–116 | Bob Pettit (25) | 35–19 | |||||
55 | February 4 | @ New York | 128–111 | Lenny Wilkens (24) | 36–19 | |||||
56 | February 5 | @ Boston | 121–123 | Bob Pettit (35) | 36–20 | |||||
57 | February 7 | Philadelphia | 124–127 | Bob Pettit (35) | 37–20 | |||||
58 | February 8 | @ Los Angeles | 103–120 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 37–21 | |||||
59 | February 9 | @ Los Angeles | 123–113 | Bob Pettit (40) | 38–21 | |||||
60 | February 11 | Cincinnati | 122–123 | Lenny Wilkens (28) | 39–21 | |||||
61 | February 12 | Los Angeles | 105–95 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 39–22 | |||||
62 | February 14 | Detroit | 134–135 | Cliff Hagan (38) | 40–22 | |||||
63 | February 15 | N Philadelphia | 135–98 | Bob Pettit (26) | 41–22 | |||||
64 | February 16 | @ Cincinnati | 107–133 | Bob Pettit (30) | 41–23 | |||||
65 | February 18 | @ Detroit | 141–138 | Bob Pettit (57) | 42–23 | |||||
66 | February 19 | New York | 123–100 | Bob Pettit (26) | 42–24 | |||||
67 | February 21 | Cincinnati | 114–126 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 43–24 | |||||
68 | February 23 | @ Syracuse | 116–144 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 43–25 | |||||
69 | February 24 | @ New York | 122–119 | Lenny Wilkens (29) | 44–25 | |||||
70 | February 25 | Boston | 122–109 | Bob Pettit (31) | 44–26 | |||||
71 | February 26 | @ Cincinnati | 148–122 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | 45–26 | |||||
72 | February 28 | N Cincinnati | 105–131 | Al Ferrari (18) | 45–27 | |||||
73 | March 1 | @ Boston | 110–97 | Lenny Wilkens (23) | 46–27 | |||||
74 | March 4 | Detroit | 102–104 | Clyde Lovellette (27) | 47–27 | |||||
75 | March 5 | @ Detroit | 127–122 | Cliff Hagan (30) | 48–27 | |||||
76 | March 7 | Los Angeles | 136–137 (2OT) | Bob Pettit (48) | 49–27 | |||||
77 | March 8 | N New York | 117–94 | Bob Pettit (21) | 50–27 | |||||
78 | March 9 | @ Syracuse | 119–129 | Hagan, Pettit (34) | 50–28 | |||||
79 | March 11 | Philadelphia | 87–130 | Cliff Hagan (24) | 51–28 |
Playoffs
Awards and honors
- All-NBA First Team