1960-61 St. Louis Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 51-28, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Paul Seymour (51-28)

Executive: Marty Blake

PTS/G: 118.8 (4th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 115.2 (3rd of 8)

SRS: 2.99 (2nd of 8) Pace: 129.1 (3rd of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.4 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 88.7 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +2.7 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 48-31 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) 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 22, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	96	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Oct 23, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		103	114	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 25, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		123	100	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 29, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		113	97	3	1	W 2
5	Wed, Nov 2, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		132	117	4	1	W 3
6	Sat, Nov 5, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	104	5	1	W 4
7	Wed, Nov 9, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		126	120	6	1	W 5
8	Fri, Nov 11, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		112	117	6	2	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 12, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	105	7	2	W 1
10	Wed, Nov 16, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	124	7	3	L 1	4,318
11	Thu, Nov 17, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		112	105	8	3	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
12	Fri, Nov 18, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	128	129	8	4	L 1
13	Sat, Nov 19, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	120	9	4	W 1
14	Tue, Nov 22, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	119	10	4	W 2
15	Thu, Nov 24, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		132	97	11	4	W 3
16	Sat, Nov 26, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	113	12	4	W 4
17	Tue, Nov 29, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	119	12	5	L 1	9,228
18	Wed, Nov 30, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		126	135	12	6	L 2			at Detroit, MI
19	Fri, Dec 2, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	139	133	13	6	W 1
20	Sat, Dec 3, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		131	127	14	6	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 6, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		146	110	15	6	W 3
22	Wed, Dec 7, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		83	113	15	7	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 9, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		131	118	16	7	W 1			at Boston, MA
24	Sat, Dec 10, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		111	108	17	7	W 2
25	Mon, Dec 12, 1960	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	103	18	7	W 3
26	Wed, Dec 14, 1960	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	124	18	8	L 1
27	Fri, Dec 16, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		112	107	19	8	W 1			at Detroit, MI
28	Sat, Dec 17, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	103	20	8	W 2
29	Sun, Dec 18, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		104	103	21	8	W 3
30	Wed, Dec 21, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	120	21	9	L 1	6,613
31	Mon, Dec 26, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		133	112	22	9	W 1
32	Wed, Dec 28, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		105	99	23	9	W 2	10,428
33	Thu, Dec 29, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		89	112	23	10	L 1
34	Fri, Dec 30, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		107	99	24	10	W 1
35	Sun, Jan 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		112	114	24	11	L 1
36	Thu, Jan 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		96	110	24	12	L 2
37	Fri, Jan 6, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	104	25	12	W 1
38	Sun, Jan 8, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		133	104	26	12	W 2	9,128
39	Tue, Jan 10, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		119	110	27	12	W 3
40	Wed, Jan 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		128	133	27	13	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 12, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		102	111	27	14	L 2
42	Sat, Jan 14, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	113	28	14	W 1
43	Sun, Jan 15, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		122	137	28	15	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 18, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		125	114	29	15	W 1	10,166
45	Thu, Jan 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		127	129	29	16	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 21, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		145	122	30	16	W 1
47	Sun, Jan 22, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		108	115	30	17	L 1
48	Tue, Jan 24, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		114	112	31	17	W 1
49	Wed, Jan 25, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		116	109	32	17	W 2			at Detroit, MI
50	Sat, Jan 28, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		136	116	33	17	W 3
51	Sun, Jan 29, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		125	108	34	17	W 4
52	Tue, Jan 31, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	109	34	18	L 1	9,336
53	Wed, Feb 1, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		137	131	35	18	W 1			at Syracuse, NY
54	Thu, Feb 2, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	116	35	19	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
55	Sat, Feb 4, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		128	111	36	19	W 1
56	Sun, Feb 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		121	123	36	20	L 1	4,088
57	Tue, Feb 7, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		127	124	37	20	W 1
58	Wed, Feb 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	120	37	21	L 1
59	Thu, Feb 9, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	113	38	21	W 1
60	Sat, Feb 11, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		123	122	39	21	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 12, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		95	105	39	22	L 1
62	Tue, Feb 14, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	134	40	22	W 1
63	Wed, Feb 15, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		135	98	41	22	W 2			at New York, NY
64	Thu, Feb 16, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		107	133	41	23	L 1
65	Sat, Feb 18, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		141	138	42	23	W 1
66	Sun, Feb 19, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		100	123	42	24	L 1
67	Tue, Feb 21, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		126	114	43	24	W 1
68	Thu, Feb 23, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		116	144	43	25	L 1
69	Fri, Feb 24, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		122	119	44	25	W 1
70	Sat, Feb 25, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	122	44	26	L 1	10,416
71	Sun, Feb 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		148	122	45	26	W 1
72	Tue, Feb 28, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		105	131	45	27	L 1			at New York, NY
73	Wed, Mar 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		110	97	46	27	W 1	7,712
74	Sat, Mar 4, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		104	102	47	27	W 2
75	Sun, Mar 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		127	122	48	27	W 3
76	Tue, Mar 7, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	2OT	137	136	49	27	W 4
77	Wed, Mar 8, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		117	94	50	27	W 5			at Detroit, MI
78	Thu, Mar 9, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		119	129	50	28	L 1
79	Sat, Mar 11, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		130	87	51	28	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 21, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	122	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Mar 22, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		121	106	1	1	W 1
3	Fri, Mar 24, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	118	1	2	L 1
4	Sat, Mar 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	117	2	2	W 1
5	Mon, Mar 27, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	121	2	3	L 1
6	Wed, Mar 29, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	114	113	3	3	W 1
7	Sat, Apr 1, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	103	4	3	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sun, Apr 2, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	129	4	4	L 1	11,531
9	Wed, Apr 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	116	4	5	L 2	13,909
10	Sat, Apr 8, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		124	120	5	5	W 1	8,468
11	Sun, Apr 9, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	119	5	6	L 1	10,442
12	Tue, Apr 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	121	5	7	L 2	13,909

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