1960–61 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 Ben Kerner changed coaches despite reaching the 1960 NBA Finals. Ed Macauley was replaced with Paul Seymour.[1] On the court, rookie Lenny Wilkens was averaging 11.7 points per game in his first year.[1] The brunt of the scoring came from the Hawks' front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette. They combined for 72.0 points per game, and the Hawks won the West by 15 games.[1] The Hawks finished the season with a record of 51–28. In the playoffs, the Hawks needed a 1-point overtime win in Game 6 on the road to force a 7th game with the Los Angeles Lakers. Game 7 was played in St. Louis and the Hawks beat the Lakers by 2 points.[1] The Hawks then were up against the 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 |