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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1959β1960 Saint Louis Hawks season was the 14th season for the franchise in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). The
Hawks claimed their 4th straight division title. They won the division by 16 games with a 46β29 record.
[1]
Bob Pettit ,
Cliff Hagan , and
Clyde Lovellette all averaged more than 20 points per game.
[1] In the Western Finals, the Hawks faced the
Minneapolis Lakers and needed a win in Game 6 to stay alive. Game 6 was played in
Minneapolis and the Hawks dominated the Lakers, as they won the match by 21 points to force a 7th game.
[1] In
St. Louis the Hawks won 97β86 to earn a trip to the
NBA Finals . The Hawks challenged 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
1959β60 St. Louis Hawks roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
SG
11
Ferrari, Al
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1933β07β06
Michigan State
C
20
Ferry, Bob
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1937β05β31
Saint Louis
C
13
Foust, Larry
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1928β06β24
La Salle
SF
12
Gambee, Dave
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1937β04β16
Oregon State
PG
17
Green, Si
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1933β08β20
Duquesne
SF
16
Hagan, Cliff
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1931β12β09
Kentucky
C
34
Lovellette, Clyde
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
234 lb (106 kg)
1929β09β07
Kansas
PG
22
Martin, Slater
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1925β10β22
Texas
SG
15
McCarthy, Johnny
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1934β04β25
Canisius
PG
21
McMahon, Jack
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1928β12β03
St. John's
PF
9
Pettit, Bob
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1932β12β12
LSU
SG
12 β 25
Piontek, Dave
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1934β08β27
Xavier
SF
13
Ramsey, Cal
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1937β07β13
NYU
C
19
Reed, Hub
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1936β10β04
Oklahoma City
C
13
Share, Chuck
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
1927β03β14
Bowling Green
Head coach
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1959-60 NBA Records
Team
BOS
CIN
DET
MIN
NYK
PHI
STL
SYR
Boston
β
8β1
9β0
8β1
12β1
8β5
6β3
8β5
Cincinnati
1β8
β
5β8
5β8
2β7
0β9
4β9
2β7
Detroit
0β9
8β5
β
7β6
4β5
2β7
5β8
4β5
Minneapolis
1β8
8β5
6β7
β
4β5
2β7
3β10
1β8
New York
1β12
7β2
5β4
5β4
β
4β9
3β6
2β11
Philadelphia
5β8
9β0
7β2
7β2
9β4
β
4β5
8β5
St. Louis
3β6
9β4
8β5
10β3
6β3
5β4
β
5β4
Syracuse
5β8
7β2
5β4
8β1
11β2
5β8
4β5
β
Game log
1959β60 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 24
Minneapolis
94β87
Bob Pettit (33)
0β1
2
October 31
Cincinnati
102β109
Clyde Lovellette (33)
1β1
3
November 1
@ Minneapolis
138β101
Bob Pettit (28)
2β1
4
November 3
Boston
103β98
Bob Pettit (25)
2β2
5
November 7
New York
113β117
Bob Pettit (28)
3β2
6
November 10
Minneapolis
105β134
Cliff Hagan (35)
4β2
7
November 14
@ Boston
111β113
Bob Pettit (34)
4β3
8
November 17
@ New York
97β105
Cliff Hagan (27)
4β4
9
November 20
@
Philadelphia
118β117
Bob Pettit (28)
5β4
10
November 21
Detroit
109β107
Bob Pettit (33)
5β5
11
November 22
@ Cincinnati
100β106
Bob Pettit (39)
5β6
12
November 25
@ Detroit
104β97
Bob Pettit (36)
6β6
13
November 26
Syracuse
95β112
Cliff Hagan (31)
7β6
14
November 28
Minneapolis
91β102
Bob Pettit (31)
8β6
15
December 1
N Syracuse
101β106
Bob Pettit (38)
9β6
16
December 2
@ Syracuse
121β130
Cliff Hagan (37)
9β7
17
December 4
N Philadelphia
112β124
Bob Pettit (27)
9β8
18
December 5
Philadelphia
112β113
Cliff Hagan (27)
10β8
19
December 6
@ Cincinnati
118β104
Cliff Hagan (32)
11β8
20
December 8
N Cincinnati
101β105
Cliff Hagan (30)
11β9
21
December 10
N Detroit
129β111
Cliff Hagan (31)
12β9
22
December 11
@ Boston
99β122
Hagan, Pettit (23)
12β10
23
December 13
Cincinnati
98β118
Cliff Hagan (27)
13β10
24
December 15
@ New York
119β110
Bob Pettit (40)
14β10
25
December 16
@ Detroit
107β106
Bob Pettit (32)
15β10
26
December 19
Philadelphia
89β102
Cliff Hagan (23)
16β10
27
December 20
Detroit
86β102
Cliff Hagan (21)
17β10
28
December 25
Minneapolis
96β112
Cliff Hagan (32)
18β10
29
December 26
@ Syracuse
104β117
Clyde Lovellette (23)
18β11
30
December 28
Syracuse
106β120
Cliff Hagan (28)
19β11
31
December 30
Boston
96β82
Bob Pettit (25)
19β12
32
January 1
@ Detroit
107β119
Bob Pettit (32)
19β13
33
January 2
Detroit
113β114
Cliff Hagan (34)
20β13
34
January 3
New York
108β110
Clyde Lovellette (37)
21β13
35
January 6
@ Philadelphia
101β121
Bob Pettit (24)
21β14
36
January 8
@ Cincinnati
102β112
Clyde Lovellette (25)
21β15
37
January 10
Boston
111β121
Bob Pettit (39)
22β15
38
January 12
@ Philadelphia
108β126
Cliff Hagan (26)
22β16
39
January 13
@ Boston
112β134
Clyde Lovellette (26)
22β17
40
January 14
@ Syracuse
112β119
Bob Pettit (38)
22β18
41
January 15
Syracuse
140β141 (OT)
Bob Pettit (39)
23β18
42
January 17
Minneapolis
119β135
Hagan, Pettit (34)
24β18
43
January 20
@ Cincinnati
119β108
Bob Pettit (30)
25β18
44
January 23
Cincinnati
100β108
Cliff Hagan (32)
26β18
45
January 24
New York
129β155
Clyde Lovellette (39)
27β18
46
January 26
@ New York
119β123
Bob Pettit (28)
27β19
47
January 27
@ Boston
114β127
Cliff Hagan (33)
27β20
48
January 29
Detroit
125β130 (OT)
Lovellette, Pettit (30)
28β20
49
January 30
@ Detroit
107β117
Bob Pettit (21)
28β21
50
January 31
Syracuse
110β117
Clyde Lovellette (39)
29β21
51
February 2
N Boston
114β113
Bob Pettit (32)
30β21
52
February 3
N New York
125β115
Bob Pettit (31)
31β21
53
February 5
@ Minneapolis
114β96
Bob Pettit (31)
32β21
54
February 7
Philadelphia
108β130
Bob Pettit (38)
33β21
55
February 9
New York
104β114
Bob Pettit (25)
34β21
56
February 10
@ Cincinnati
120β110
Cliff Hagan (39)
35β21
57
February 11
@ Philadelphia
120β139
Dave Piontek (20)
35β22
58
February 13
@ New York
104β122
Hagan, Lovellette (16)
35β23
59
February 14
Cincinnati
105β107
Clyde Lovellette (33)
36β23
60
February 16
@ Detroit
111β104
Cliff Hagan (26)
37β23
61
February 17
N Minneapolis
131β127
Cliff Hagan (44)
38β23
62
February 19
@ Minneapolis
101β111
Clyde Lovellette (26)
38β24
63
February 20
Boston
105β121
Bob Pettit (39)
39β24
64
February 21
N Minneapolis
98β112
Bob Pettit (31)
39β25
65
February 22
N Minneapolis
113β103
Cliff Hagan (25)
40β25
66
February 24
N Cincinnati
122β124
Clyde Lovellette (26)
40β26
67
February 25
@ Syracuse
105β110
Cliff Hagan (33)
40β27
68
February 27
Detroit
116β114
Clyde Lovellette (34)
40β28
69
February 28
Cincinnati
105β122
Cliff Hagan (39)
41β28
70
March 1
Minneapolis
101β109
Cliff Hagan (33)
42β28
71
March 2
@ Detroit
100β116
Cliff Hagan (25)
42β29
72
March 5
@ Minneapolis
107β106 (OT)
Bob Pettit (41)
43β29
73
March 6
Philadelphia
109β128
Cliff Hagan (29)
44β29
74
March 8
Detroit
101β122
Bob Pettit (34)
45β29
75
March 9
@ Cincinnati
123β116
Cliff Hagan (33)
46β29
Playoffs
1960 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4β3 (home: 2β2; road: 2β1)
NBA Finals: 3β4 (home: 2β1; road: 1β3)
1960 schedule
Awards and honors
References
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