1960β61 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 1β4) |
the 1960β61 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 51β28. 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.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- St. Louis Hawks | 51 | 28 | .646 | β | 29β5 | 15β20 | 7β3 | 25β14 |
x- Los Angeles Lakers | 36 | 43 | .456 | 15 | 16β12 | 8β20 | 12β11 | 19β20 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 34 | 45 | .430 | 17 | 20β11 | 3β19 | 11β15 | 18β21 |
Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 46 | .418 | 18 | 18β13 | 8β19 | 7β14 | 16β23 |
1960-61 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 6β4 | 10β3 |
Cincinnati | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 8β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β7 | 4β6 |
Detroit | 2β8 | 11β2 | β | 4β9 | 5β5 | 5β5 | 3β10 | 4β6 |
Los Angeles | 2β8 | 5β8 | 9β4 | β | 7β3 | 2β8 | 5β8 | 6β4 |
New York | 3β10 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 1β9 | 5β8 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 8β2 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 11β2 | β | 3β7 | 6β7 |
St. Louis | 4β6 | 7β6 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 9β1 | 7β3 | β | 6β4 |
Syracuse | 3β10 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 8β5 | 7β6 | 4β6 | β |
1960β61 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Los Angeles | 96β112 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 23 | @ Cincinnati | 103β114 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | October 25 | Syracuse | 100β123 | Bob Pettit (35) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | October 29 | Cincinnati | 97β113 | Green, Pettit (19) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 2 | @ Detroit | 132β117 | Bob Pettit (22) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 5 | New York | 104β119 | Cliff Hagan (35) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 9 | Detroit | 120β126 | Bob Pettit (39) | 6β1 | |||||
8 | November 11 | @ Philadelphia | 112β117 | Cliff Hagan (22) | 6β2 | |||||
9 | November 12 | Philadelphia | 105β107 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 7β2 | |||||
10 | November 16 | @ Boston | 106β124 | Bob Pettit (22) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 17 | N Detroit | 112β105 | Hagan, Lovellette, Pettit (26) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 18 | @ Cincinnati | 128β129 (OT) | Cliff Hagan (36) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 19 | Cincinnati | 120β121 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | November 22 | @ New York | 120β119 | Clyde Lovellette (32) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | November 24 | Syracuse | 97β132 | Bob Pettit (31) | 11β4 | |||||
16 | November 26 | Los Angeles | 113β126 | Bob Pettit (41) | 12β4 | |||||
17 | November 29 | Boston | 119β109 | Cliff Hagan (26) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | November 30 | N Syracuse | 135β126 | Bob Pettit (32) | 12β6 | |||||
19 | December 2 | @ New York | 139β133 (OT) | Bob Pettit (44) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | December 3 | @ Philadelphia | 131β127 | Bob Pettit (37) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 6 | Detroit | 110β146 | Hagan, Lovellette (18) | 15β6 | |||||
22 | December 7 | @ Detroit | 83β113 | Bob Pettit (13) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 9 | N Syracuse | 118β131 | Bob Pettit (36) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 10 | Los Angeles | 108β111 | Bob Pettit (30) | 17β7 | |||||
25 | December 12 | @ Los Angeles | 114β103 | Bob Pettit (32) | 18β7 | |||||
26 | December 14 | @ Los Angeles | 113β124 | Cliff Hagan (23) | 18β8 | |||||
27 | December 16 | N Philadelphia | 112β107 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 19β8 | |||||
28 | December 17 | New York | 103β116 | Bob Pettit (36) | 20β8 | |||||
29 | December 18 | @ Syracuse | 104β103 | Bob Pettit (26) | 21β8 | |||||
30 | December 21 | @ Boston | 108β120 | Bob Pettit (37) | 21β9 | |||||
31 | December 26 | Syracuse | 112β133 | Bob Pettit (25) | 22β9 | |||||
32 | December 28 | Boston | 99β105 | Bob Pettit (35) | 23β9 | |||||
33 | December 29 | @ Detroit | 89β112 | Hagan, Pettit (19) | 23β10 | |||||
34 | December 30 | Los Angeles | 99β107 | Cliff Hagan (28) | 24β10 | |||||
35 | January 1 | @ Cincinnati | 112β114 | McCarthy, Pettit (25) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 5 | @ Los Angeles | 96β110 | Bob Pettit (23) | 24β12 | |||||
37 | January 6 | @ Los Angeles | 108β104 | Bob Pettit (35) | 25β12 | |||||
38 | January 8 | Boston | 104β133 | Cliff Hagan (37) | 26β12 | |||||
39 | January 10 | Cincinnati | 110β119 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 27β12 | |||||
40 | January 11 | @ Syracuse | 128β133 | Clyde Lovellette (31) | 27β13 | |||||
41 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 102β111 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 27β14 | |||||
42 | January 14 | Detroit | 113β135 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 28β14 | |||||
43 | January 15 | @ Detroit | 122β137 | Bob Pettit (31) | 28β15 | |||||
44 | January 18 | @ Boston | 125β114 | Bob Pettit (37) | 29β15 | |||||
45 | January 19 | @ Philadelphia | 127β129 | Bob Pettit (42) | 29β16 | |||||
46 | January 21 | New York | 122β145 | Bob Pettit (45) | 30β16 | |||||
47 | January 22 | @ Cincinnati | 108β115 | Bob Pettit (26) | 30β17 | |||||
48 | January 24 | Philadelphia | 112β114 | Bob Pettit (37) | 31β17 | |||||
49 | January 25 | N New York | 116β109 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 32β17 | |||||
50 | January 28 | Cincinnati | 116β136 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 33β17 | |||||
51 | January 29 | Syracuse | 108β125 | Lovellette, Pettit (25) | 34β17 | |||||
52 | January 31 | Boston | 109β103 | Bob Pettit (26) | 34β18 | |||||
53 | February 1 | N Detroit | 137β131 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 35β18 | |||||
54 | February 2 | N Los Angeles | 115β116 | Bob Pettit (25) | 35β19 | |||||
55 | February 4 | @ New York | 128β111 | Lenny Wilkens (24) | 36β19 | |||||
56 | February 5 | @ Boston | 121β123 | Bob Pettit (35) | 36β20 | |||||
57 | February 7 | Philadelphia | 124β127 | Bob Pettit (35) | 37β20 | |||||
58 | February 8 | @ Los Angeles | 103β120 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 37β21 | |||||
59 | February 9 | @ Los Angeles | 123β113 | Bob Pettit (40) | 38β21 | |||||
60 | February 11 | Cincinnati | 122β123 | Lenny Wilkens (28) | 39β21 | |||||
61 | February 12 | Los Angeles | 105β95 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 39β22 | |||||
62 | February 14 | Detroit | 134β135 | Cliff Hagan (38) | 40β22 | |||||
63 | February 15 | N Philadelphia | 135β98 | Bob Pettit (26) | 41β22 | |||||
64 | February 16 | @ Cincinnati | 107β133 | Bob Pettit (30) | 41β23 | |||||
65 | February 18 | @ Detroit | 141β138 | Bob Pettit (57) | 42β23 | |||||
66 | February 19 | New York | 123β100 | Bob Pettit (26) | 42β24 | |||||
67 | February 21 | Cincinnati | 114β126 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 43β24 | |||||
68 | February 23 | @ Syracuse | 116β144 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 43β25 | |||||
69 | February 24 | @ New York | 122β119 | Lenny Wilkens (29) | 44β25 | |||||
70 | February 25 | Boston | 122β109 | Bob Pettit (31) | 44β26 | |||||
71 | February 26 | @ Cincinnati | 148β122 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | 45β26 | |||||
72 | February 28 | N Cincinnati | 105β131 | Al Ferrari (18) | 45β27 | |||||
73 | March 1 | @ Boston | 110β97 | Lenny Wilkens (23) | 46β27 | |||||
74 | March 4 | Detroit | 102β104 | Clyde Lovellette (27) | 47β27 | |||||
75 | March 5 | @ Detroit | 127β122 | Cliff Hagan (30) | 48β27 | |||||
76 | March 7 | Los Angeles | 136β137 (2OT) | Bob Pettit (48) | 49β27 | |||||
77 | March 8 | N New York | 117β94 | Bob Pettit (21) | 50β27 | |||||
78 | March 9 | @ Syracuse | 119β129 | Hagan, Pettit (34) | 50β28 | |||||
79 | March 11 | Philadelphia | 87β130 | Cliff Hagan (24) | 51β28 |
1960β61 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 1β4) |
the 1960β61 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 51β28. 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.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- St. Louis Hawks | 51 | 28 | .646 | β | 29β5 | 15β20 | 7β3 | 25β14 |
x- Los Angeles Lakers | 36 | 43 | .456 | 15 | 16β12 | 8β20 | 12β11 | 19β20 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 34 | 45 | .430 | 17 | 20β11 | 3β19 | 11β15 | 18β21 |
Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 46 | .418 | 18 | 18β13 | 8β19 | 7β14 | 16β23 |
1960-61 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 6β4 | 10β3 |
Cincinnati | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 8β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β7 | 4β6 |
Detroit | 2β8 | 11β2 | β | 4β9 | 5β5 | 5β5 | 3β10 | 4β6 |
Los Angeles | 2β8 | 5β8 | 9β4 | β | 7β3 | 2β8 | 5β8 | 6β4 |
New York | 3β10 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 1β9 | 5β8 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 8β2 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 11β2 | β | 3β7 | 6β7 |
St. Louis | 4β6 | 7β6 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 9β1 | 7β3 | β | 6β4 |
Syracuse | 3β10 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 8β5 | 7β6 | 4β6 | β |
1960β61 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Los Angeles | 96β112 | Clyde Lovellette (28) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 23 | @ Cincinnati | 103β114 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | October 25 | Syracuse | 100β123 | Bob Pettit (35) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | October 29 | Cincinnati | 97β113 | Green, Pettit (19) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 2 | @ Detroit | 132β117 | Bob Pettit (22) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 5 | New York | 104β119 | Cliff Hagan (35) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 9 | Detroit | 120β126 | Bob Pettit (39) | 6β1 | |||||
8 | November 11 | @ Philadelphia | 112β117 | Cliff Hagan (22) | 6β2 | |||||
9 | November 12 | Philadelphia | 105β107 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 7β2 | |||||
10 | November 16 | @ Boston | 106β124 | Bob Pettit (22) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 17 | N Detroit | 112β105 | Hagan, Lovellette, Pettit (26) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 18 | @ Cincinnati | 128β129 (OT) | Cliff Hagan (36) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 19 | Cincinnati | 120β121 | Clyde Lovellette (33) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | November 22 | @ New York | 120β119 | Clyde Lovellette (32) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | November 24 | Syracuse | 97β132 | Bob Pettit (31) | 11β4 | |||||
16 | November 26 | Los Angeles | 113β126 | Bob Pettit (41) | 12β4 | |||||
17 | November 29 | Boston | 119β109 | Cliff Hagan (26) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | November 30 | N Syracuse | 135β126 | Bob Pettit (32) | 12β6 | |||||
19 | December 2 | @ New York | 139β133 (OT) | Bob Pettit (44) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | December 3 | @ Philadelphia | 131β127 | Bob Pettit (37) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 6 | Detroit | 110β146 | Hagan, Lovellette (18) | 15β6 | |||||
22 | December 7 | @ Detroit | 83β113 | Bob Pettit (13) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 9 | N Syracuse | 118β131 | Bob Pettit (36) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 10 | Los Angeles | 108β111 | Bob Pettit (30) | 17β7 | |||||
25 | December 12 | @ Los Angeles | 114β103 | Bob Pettit (32) | 18β7 | |||||
26 | December 14 | @ Los Angeles | 113β124 | Cliff Hagan (23) | 18β8 | |||||
27 | December 16 | N Philadelphia | 112β107 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 19β8 | |||||
28 | December 17 | New York | 103β116 | Bob Pettit (36) | 20β8 | |||||
29 | December 18 | @ Syracuse | 104β103 | Bob Pettit (26) | 21β8 | |||||
30 | December 21 | @ Boston | 108β120 | Bob Pettit (37) | 21β9 | |||||
31 | December 26 | Syracuse | 112β133 | Bob Pettit (25) | 22β9 | |||||
32 | December 28 | Boston | 99β105 | Bob Pettit (35) | 23β9 | |||||
33 | December 29 | @ Detroit | 89β112 | Hagan, Pettit (19) | 23β10 | |||||
34 | December 30 | Los Angeles | 99β107 | Cliff Hagan (28) | 24β10 | |||||
35 | January 1 | @ Cincinnati | 112β114 | McCarthy, Pettit (25) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 5 | @ Los Angeles | 96β110 | Bob Pettit (23) | 24β12 | |||||
37 | January 6 | @ Los Angeles | 108β104 | Bob Pettit (35) | 25β12 | |||||
38 | January 8 | Boston | 104β133 | Cliff Hagan (37) | 26β12 | |||||
39 | January 10 | Cincinnati | 110β119 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 27β12 | |||||
40 | January 11 | @ Syracuse | 128β133 | Clyde Lovellette (31) | 27β13 | |||||
41 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 102β111 | Clyde Lovellette (29) | 27β14 | |||||
42 | January 14 | Detroit | 113β135 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 28β14 | |||||
43 | January 15 | @ Detroit | 122β137 | Bob Pettit (31) | 28β15 | |||||
44 | January 18 | @ Boston | 125β114 | Bob Pettit (37) | 29β15 | |||||
45 | January 19 | @ Philadelphia | 127β129 | Bob Pettit (42) | 29β16 | |||||
46 | January 21 | New York | 122β145 | Bob Pettit (45) | 30β16 | |||||
47 | January 22 | @ Cincinnati | 108β115 | Bob Pettit (26) | 30β17 | |||||
48 | January 24 | Philadelphia | 112β114 | Bob Pettit (37) | 31β17 | |||||
49 | January 25 | N New York | 116β109 | Clyde Lovellette (25) | 32β17 | |||||
50 | January 28 | Cincinnati | 116β136 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 33β17 | |||||
51 | January 29 | Syracuse | 108β125 | Lovellette, Pettit (25) | 34β17 | |||||
52 | January 31 | Boston | 109β103 | Bob Pettit (26) | 34β18 | |||||
53 | February 1 | N Detroit | 137β131 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 35β18 | |||||
54 | February 2 | N Los Angeles | 115β116 | Bob Pettit (25) | 35β19 | |||||
55 | February 4 | @ New York | 128β111 | Lenny Wilkens (24) | 36β19 | |||||
56 | February 5 | @ Boston | 121β123 | Bob Pettit (35) | 36β20 | |||||
57 | February 7 | Philadelphia | 124β127 | Bob Pettit (35) | 37β20 | |||||
58 | February 8 | @ Los Angeles | 103β120 | Clyde Lovellette (23) | 37β21 | |||||
59 | February 9 | @ Los Angeles | 123β113 | Bob Pettit (40) | 38β21 | |||||
60 | February 11 | Cincinnati | 122β123 | Lenny Wilkens (28) | 39β21 | |||||
61 | February 12 | Los Angeles | 105β95 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 39β22 | |||||
62 | February 14 | Detroit | 134β135 | Cliff Hagan (38) | 40β22 | |||||
63 | February 15 | N Philadelphia | 135β98 | Bob Pettit (26) | 41β22 | |||||
64 | February 16 | @ Cincinnati | 107β133 | Bob Pettit (30) | 41β23 | |||||
65 | February 18 | @ Detroit | 141β138 | Bob Pettit (57) | 42β23 | |||||
66 | February 19 | New York | 123β100 | Bob Pettit (26) | 42β24 | |||||
67 | February 21 | Cincinnati | 114β126 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 43β24 | |||||
68 | February 23 | @ Syracuse | 116β144 | Clyde Lovellette (26) | 43β25 | |||||
69 | February 24 | @ New York | 122β119 | Lenny Wilkens (29) | 44β25 | |||||
70 | February 25 | Boston | 122β109 | Bob Pettit (31) | 44β26 | |||||
71 | February 26 | @ Cincinnati | 148β122 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | 45β26 | |||||
72 | February 28 | N Cincinnati | 105β131 | Al Ferrari (18) | 45β27 | |||||
73 | March 1 | @ Boston | 110β97 | Lenny Wilkens (23) | 46β27 | |||||
74 | March 4 | Detroit | 102β104 | Clyde Lovellette (27) | 47β27 | |||||
75 | March 5 | @ Detroit | 127β122 | Cliff Hagan (30) | 48β27 | |||||
76 | March 7 | Los Angeles | 136β137 (2OT) | Bob Pettit (48) | 49β27 | |||||
77 | March 8 | N New York | 117β94 | Bob Pettit (21) | 50β27 | |||||
78 | March 9 | @ Syracuse | 119β129 | Hagan, Pettit (34) | 50β28 | |||||
79 | March 11 | Philadelphia | 87β130 | Cliff Hagan (24) | 51β28 |
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Division Finals: 4β3 (home: 2β2; road: 2β1)
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NBA Finals: 1β4 (home: 1β1; road: 0β3)
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1961 schedule |