1961-62 St. Louis Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-51, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Paul Seymour (5-9), Andrew Levane (20-40), Bob Pettit (4-2)

Executive: Marty Blake

PTS/G: 118.8 (5th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 122.1 (8th of 9)

SRS: -2.96 (7th of 9) Pace: 124.6 (6th of 9)

Off Rtg: 95.2 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 97.8 (9th of 9) Net Rtg: -2.6 (7th of 9)

Expected W-L: 32-48 (7th of 9)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 21, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		129	138	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Oct 24, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	112	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Oct 26, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		110	107	1	2	W 1			at New York, NY
4	Fri, Oct 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		106	117	1	3	L 1
5	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		122	95	2	3	W 1
6	Tue, Oct 31, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		90	107	2	4	L 1
7	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		106	94	3	4	W 1
8	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	111	4	4	W 2
9	Tue, Nov 7, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	127	4	5	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	124	4	6	L 2
11	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		132	119	5	6	W 1
12	Sun, Nov 12, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		126	136	5	7	L 1
13	Tue, Nov 14, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		117	119	5	8	L 2	7,296
14	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		122	127	5	9	L 3
15	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		136	133	6	9	W 1
16	Wed, Nov 22, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		121	141	6	10	L 1	6,197
17	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	122	6	11	L 2
18	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		135	142	6	12	L 3			at Fort Wayne, IN
19	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		141	108	7	12	W 1
20	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	121	7	13	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		119	116	8	13	W 1
22	Sat, Dec 2, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		109	118	8	14	L 1
23	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	L		99	101	8	15	L 2			at New York, NY
24	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	132	9	15	W 1
25	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		123	128	9	16	L 1
26	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	91	10	16	W 1
27	Mon, Dec 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	132	10	17	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	136	137	10	18	L 2
29	Fri, Dec 15, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		120	108	11	18	W 1			at Chicago, IL
30	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	130	11	19	L 1	3,873
31	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		111	128	11	20	L 2
32	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		126	129	11	21	L 3
33	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		118	129	11	22	L 4
34	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		117	142	11	23	L 5
35	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	117	11	24	L 6	8,110
36	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		120	103	12	24	W 1
37	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		101	92	13	24	W 2
38	Mon, Jan 1, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		145	139	14	24	W 3
39	Tue, Jan 2, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		99	136	14	25	L 1	8,264		at New York, NY
40	Fri, Jan 5, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		116	134	14	26	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	112	15	26	W 1
42	Tue, Jan 9, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		113	122	15	27	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
43	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		122	134	15	28	L 2
44	Fri, Jan 12, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		126	128	15	29	L 3			at Boston, MA
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	108	15	30	L 4
46	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		114	119	15	31	L 5
47	Wed, Jan 17, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	130	136	15	32	L 6			at Detroit, MI
48	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		114	113	16	32	W 1
49	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		116	112	17	32	W 2
50	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		124	113	18	32	W 3
51	Tue, Jan 23, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		115	107	19	32	W 4
52	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		135	123	20	32	W 5	7,138
53	Fri, Jan 26, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		110	136	20	33	L 1			at Hershey, PA
54	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		110	97	21	33	W 1
55	Tue, Jan 30, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		121	131	21	34	L 1
56	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		101	135	21	35	L 2			at Utica, NY
57	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		124	127	21	36	L 3
58	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		113	121	21	37	L 4
59	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		114	129	21	38	L 5	5,894
60	Sat, Feb 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		118	134	21	39	L 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		129	109	22	39	W 1
62	Mon, Feb 12, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	113	23	39	W 2
63	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	130	23	40	L 1
64	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		128	121	24	40	W 1
65	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		112	119	24	41	L 1
66	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		109	129	24	42	L 2
67	Wed, Feb 21, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		123	126	24	43	L 3
68	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		121	139	24	44	L 4
69	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		118	130	24	45	L 5
70	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		119	129	24	46	L 6
71	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		137	147	24	47	L 7
72	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		138	120	25	47	W 1	10,310
73	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		134	125	26	47	W 2
74	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		120	123	26	48	L 1	5,498
75	Wed, Mar 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		126	129	26	49	L 2
76	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		124	120	27	49	W 1			at Detroit, MI
77	Sat, Mar 10, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		116	110	28	49	W 2
78	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		126	123	29	49	W 3
79	Tue, Mar 13, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	L		118	124	29	50	L 1
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	125	29	51	L 2

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