1960 NBA playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–April 9, 1960 |
| Season | 1959–60 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Boston Celtics (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | St. Louis Hawks |
| Semifinalists | |
The 1960 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the
St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals
.
This was the second straight and third overall NBA title for Boston, who got revenge for the Hawks' win over them in 1958. The 1960 Finals was the third Celtics–Hawks Finals in the past four years.
Bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
| E1 | Boston* | 4 | |||||||||||
| E3 | Syracuse | 1 | E2 | Philadelphia | 2 | ||||||||
| E2 | Philadelphia | 2 | E1 | Boston* | 4 | ||||||||
| W1 | St. Louis* | 3 | |||||||||||
| W1 | St. Louis* | 4 | |||||||||||
| W3 | Minneapolis | 2 | W3 | Minneapolis | 3 | ||||||||
| W2 | Detroit | 0 | |||||||||||
- * Division winner
- Bold Series winner
- Italic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals
Division Semifinals
Eastern Division Semifinals
(2) Syracuse Nationals
March 11
|
Philadelphia Warriors 115
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–33, 20–22, 28–28, 18–32 | ||
| 4 | Pts: Paul Arizin 40 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 27 Asts: Tom Gola 7 | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 | ||
Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
March 13
|
Syracuse Nationals 125
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 28–33, 33–32, 34–37 | ||
| 6 | Pts: Dolph Schayes 40 Rebs: Dolph Schayes 22 Asts: Larry Costello 9 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
Onondaga War Memorial, Syracuse, New York |
March 14
|
Philadelphia Warriors 132
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 26–38, 28–34, 30–29 | ||
| 7 | Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 53 Rebs: Tom Gola 23 Asts: Tom Gola 11 | |
| Philadelphia wins series, 2–1 | ||
Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
- George Yardley's final NBA game.
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers/Nationals winning four of the first six meetings.
| Philadelphia 76ers/ Syracuse Nationals leads 4–2 in all-time playoff series |
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Western Division Semifinals
(2) Minneapolis Lakers
March 12
|
Minneapolis Lakers 113, Detroit Pistons 112
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 32–25, 23–38, 33–23 | ||
Pts: Elgin Baylor 40 |
Pts: Bailey Howell 29 | |
| Minneapolis leads series, 1–0 | ||
Grosse Pointe High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan |
March 13
|
Minneapolis Lakers 114
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 28–34, 21–35, 25–23 | ||
Pts: Gene Shue 27 |
Pts: Frank Selvy 30 | |
| Minneapolis wins series, 2–0 | ||
- Dick McGuire's final NBA game.
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning five of the first six meetings.
| Minneapolis leads 5–1 in all-time playoff series |
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Division Finals
Eastern Division Finals
(1) Philadelphia Warriors
March 16
|
Philadelphia Warriors 105, Boston Celtics 111
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–37, 29–27, 28–25, 24–22 | ||
| 5 | Pts: Bill Sharman 25 Rebs: Bill Russell 30 Asts: Bob Cousy 13 | |
| Boston leads series, 1–0 | ||
March 18
|
Philadelphia Warriors 115
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 26–32, 32–27, 25–25 | ||
| 6 | Pts: Paul Arizin 30 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 28 Asts: Guy Rodgers 9 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
March 19
|
Philadelphia Warriors 90, Boston Celtics 120
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 16–28, 25–37, 26–33 | ||
| 6 | Pts: Bill Russell 26 Rebs: Bill Russell 39 Asts: Bob Cousy 8 | |
| Boston leads series, 2–1 | ||
March 20
|
Philadelphia Warriors 104
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 38–22, 20–29, 22–25, 32–28 | ||
| 8 | Pts: Paul Arizin 35 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 34 Asts: Guy Rodgers 5 | |
| Boston leads series, 3–1 | ||
Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
March 22
|
Philadelphia Warriors 128, Boston Celtics 107
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 32–27, 32–30, 31–32 | ||
| 10 | Pts: Bill Russell 22 Rebs: Bill Russell 27 Asts: Bob Cousy 7 | |
| Boston leads series, 3–2 | ||
March 24
|
Philadelphia Warriors 117
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–33, 27–17, 33–34, 35–33 | ||
| 4 | Pts: Guy Rodgers 31 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 24 Asts: Guy Rodgers 9 | |
| Boston wins series, 4–2 | ||
Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.
| Boston leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
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Western Division Finals
(1) Minneapolis Lakers
March 16
|
St. Louis Hawks 112
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 23–28, 28–31, 29–26 | ||
| 9 each | Pts: Cliff Hagan 29 Rebs: Bob Pettit 19 | |
| St. Louis leads series, 1–0 | ||
March 17
|
St. Louis Hawks 113
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–31, 29–29, 33–30, 34–23 | ||
| 14 | Pts: Clyde Lovellette 30 Rebs: Bob Pettit 15 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
March 19
|
Minneapolis Lakers 89
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 22–31, 24–24, 21–19 | ||
Pts: Bob Pettit 35 |
Pts: Elgin Baylor 27 | |
| St. Louis leads series, 2–1 | ||
March 20
|
Minneapolis Lakers 103
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 27–25, 20–25, 22–31 | ||
| 15 | Pts: Elgin Baylor 39 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 16 | |
| Series tied, 2–2 | ||
March 22
|
St. Louis Hawks 110 (OT)
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 33–21, 28–26, 28–30, Overtime: 14–7 | ||
| 18 | Pts: Bob Pettit 25 Rebs: Bob Pettit 19 | |
| Minneapolis leads series, 3–2 | ||
- Slater Martin's final NBA game.
March 24
|
Minneapolis Lakers 96
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 26–32, 26–17, 35–28 | ||
| 18 | Pts: Elgin Baylor 38 Rebs: Frank Selvy 12 | |
| Series tied, 3–3 | ||
March 26
|
St. Louis Hawks 97
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 19–25, 26–24, 22–22 | ||
| 13 | Pts: Bob Pettit 28 Rebs: Bob Pettit 20 | |
| St. Louis wins series, 4–3 | ||
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Hawks winning two of the first three meetings.
| St. Louis leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series |
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NBA Finals: (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) St. Louis Hawks
March 27
|
St. Louis Hawks 122, Boston Celtics 140
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| Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 26–46, 34–38, 37–26 | ||
| 6 | Pts: Tom Heinsohn 24 Rebs: Bill Russell 19 Asts: Bob Cousy 12 | |
| Boston leads series, 1–0 | ||
March 29
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St. Louis Hawks 113, Boston Celtics 103
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| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 24–35, 34–23, 30–24 | ||
| 7 | Pts: Bill Sharman 30 Rebs: Bill Russell 40 Asts: Bob Cousy 8 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
- Bill Russell's 40 rebounds set a single-game Finals record for an individual player.
April 2
|
St. Louis Hawks 86
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| Scoring by quarter: 31–32, 23–23, 23–17, 25–14 | ||
| 13 | Pts: Bob Pettit 23 Rebs: Bob Pettit 18 Asts: Green, Lovellette 6 each | |
| Boston leads series, 2–1 | ||
April 3
|
St. Louis Hawks 106
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 21–22, 24–31, 33–25 | ||
| 4 | Pts: Bob Pettit 32 Rebs: Bob Pettit 11 Asts: Johnny McCarthy 8 | |
| Series tied, 2–2 | ||
April 5
|
St. Louis Hawks 102, Boston Celtics 127
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| Scoring by quarter: 26–34, 27–31, 25–30, 24–32 | ||
| 8 | Pts: Tom Heinsohn 34 Rebs: Bill Russell 26 Asts: Bob Cousy 10 | |
| Boston leads series, 3–2 | ||
April 7
|
St. Louis Hawks 105
| ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 36–30, 12–36, 38–15 | ||
| 9 | Pts: Cliff Hagan 36 Rebs: Clyde Lovellette 15 Asts: Johnny McCarthy 9 | |
| Series tied, 3–3 | ||
April 9
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St. Louis Hawks 103, Boston Celtics 122
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| Scoring by quarter: 30–29, 23–41, 25–26, 25–26 | ||
| 5 | Pts: Frank Ramsey 24 Rebs: Bill Russell 35 Asts: Bob Cousy 14 | |
| Boston wins series, 4–3 | ||
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with both teams splitting the first two meetings.
| Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series |
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See also
- NBA records
References
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