1959-60 St. Louis Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-29, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Ed Macauley (46-29)

PTS/G: 113.4 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 110.7 (1st of 8)

SRS: 1.77 (4th of 8) Pace: 120.0 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 94.0 (1st of 8) Def Rtg: 91.8 (5th of 8) Net Rtg: +2.2 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 44-31 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 24, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		87	94	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 31, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		109	102	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Nov 1, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		138	101	2	1	W 2
4	Tue, Nov 3, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		98	103	2	2	L 1	8,826
5	Sat, Nov 7, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	113	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Nov 10, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		134	105	4	2	W 2
7	Sat, Nov 14, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	113	4	3	L 1	7,246
8	Tue, Nov 17, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	105	4	4	L 2
9	Fri, Nov 20, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		118	117	5	4	W 1
10	Sat, Nov 21, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		107	109	5	5	L 1
11	Sun, Nov 22, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		100	106	5	6	L 2
12	Wed, Nov 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		104	97	6	6	W 1
13	Thu, Nov 26, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		112	95	7	6	W 2
14	Sat, Nov 28, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		102	91	8	6	W 3
15	Tue, Dec 1, 1959	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		106	101	9	6	W 4			at New York, NY
16	Wed, Dec 2, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		121	130	9	7	L 1
17	Fri, Dec 4, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		112	124	9	8	L 2			at Detroit, MI
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		113	112	10	8	W 1
19	Sun, Dec 6, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		118	104	11	8	W 2
20	Tue, Dec 8, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		101	105	11	9	L 1			at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 10, 1959	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		129	111	12	9	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
22	Fri, Dec 11, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		99	122	12	10	L 1	4,706
23	Sun, Dec 13, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		118	98	13	10	W 1
24	Tue, Dec 15, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		119	110	14	10	W 2
25	Wed, Dec 16, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		107	106	15	10	W 3
26	Sat, Dec 19, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		102	89	16	10	W 4
27	Sun, Dec 20, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		102	86	17	10	W 5
28	Fri, Dec 25, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		112	96	18	10	W 6
29	Sat, Dec 26, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		104	117	18	11	L 1
30	Mon, Dec 28, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		120	106	19	11	W 1
31	Wed, Dec 30, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		82	96	19	12	L 1	11,084
32	Fri, Jan 1, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	119	19	13	L 2
33	Sat, Jan 2, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		114	113	20	13	W 1
34	Sun, Jan 3, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		110	108	21	13	W 2
35	Wed, Jan 6, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	121	21	14	L 1
36	Fri, Jan 8, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		102	112	21	15	L 2
37	Sun, Jan 10, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		121	111	22	15	W 1	8,428
38	Tue, Jan 12, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		108	126	22	16	L 1
39	Wed, Jan 13, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	134	22	17	L 2	12,187
40	Thu, Jan 14, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		112	119	22	18	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 15, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	141	140	23	18	W 1
42	Sun, Jan 17, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		135	119	24	18	W 2
43	Wed, Jan 20, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		119	108	25	18	W 3
44	Sat, Jan 23, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		108	100	26	18	W 4
45	Sun, Jan 24, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		155	129	27	18	W 5
46	Tue, Jan 26, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		119	123	27	19	L 1
47	Wed, Jan 27, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	127	27	20	L 2	10,837
48	Fri, Jan 29, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	130	125	28	20	W 1
49	Sat, Jan 30, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	117	28	21	L 1
50	Sun, Jan 31, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		117	110	29	21	W 1
51	Tue, Feb 2, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		114	113	30	21	W 2	16,133		at New York, NY
52	Wed, Feb 3, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		125	115	31	21	W 3			at Boston, MA
53	Fri, Feb 5, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		114	96	32	21	W 4
54	Sun, Feb 7, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		130	108	33	21	W 5
55	Tue, Feb 9, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	104	34	21	W 6
56	Wed, Feb 10, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		120	110	35	21	W 7
57	Thu, Feb 11, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		120	139	35	22	L 1
58	Sat, Feb 13, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	122	35	23	L 2
59	Sun, Feb 14, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		107	105	36	23	W 1
60	Tue, Feb 16, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		111	104	37	23	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 17, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		131	127	38	23	W 3			at Philadelphia, PA
62	Fri, Feb 19, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		101	111	38	24	L 1
63	Sat, Feb 20, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		121	105	39	24	W 1	10,336
64	Sun, Feb 21, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		98	112	39	25	L 1			at Los Angeles, CA
65	Mon, Feb 22, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		113	103	40	25	W 1			at Los Angeles, CA
66	Wed, Feb 24, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		122	124	40	26	L 1			at Detroit, MI
67	Thu, Feb 25, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		105	110	40	27	L 2
68	Sat, Feb 27, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		114	116	40	28	L 3
69	Sun, Feb 28, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		122	105	41	28	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 1, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		109	101	42	28	W 2
71	Wed, Mar 2, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		100	116	42	29	L 1			at Detroit, MI (University of Detroit Fieldhouse)
72	Sat, Mar 5, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	107	106	43	29	W 1
73	Sun, Mar 6, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		128	109	44	29	W 2
74	Tue, Mar 8, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	101	45	29	W 3
75	Wed, Mar 9, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		123	116	46	29	W 4

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 16, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		112	99	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Mar 17, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		113	120	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Mar 19, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		93	89	2	1	W 1
4	Sun, Mar 20, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		101	103	2	2	L 1
5	Tue, Mar 22, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	110	117	2	3	L 2
6	Thu, Mar 24, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	96	3	3	W 1
7	Sat, Mar 26, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		97	86	4	3	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sun, Mar 27, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		122	140	4	4	L 1	10,002
9	Tue, Mar 29, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		113	103	5	4	W 1	13,909
10	Sat, Apr 2, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		86	102	5	5	L 1	10,612
11	Sun, Apr 3, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	96	6	5	W 1	10,612
12	Tue, Apr 5, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	127	6	6	L 1	13,909
13	Thu, Apr 7, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		105	102	7	6	W 1	10,612
14	Sat, Apr 9, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	122	7	7	L 1	13,909

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