1959-60 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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Record: 45-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Paul Seymour (45-30)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 118.9 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 116.3 (6th of 8)

SRS: 2.77 (3rd of 8) Pace: 127.2 (3rd of 8)

Off Rtg: 93.1 (2nd of 8) Def Rtg: 91.0 (3rd of 8) Net Rtg: +2.1 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 43-32 (4th of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-2) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)

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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		Boston Celtics	L		109	121	0	1	L 1	4,803
2	Wed, Oct 28, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	117	0	2	L 2
3	Fri, Oct 30, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		136	127	1	2	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 31, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	108	2	2	W 2
5	Wed, Nov 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		113	124	2	3	L 1
6	Sat, Nov 7, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		101	103	2	4	L 2			at Rochester, NY
7	Sun, Nov 8, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		118	107	3	4	W 1
8	Thu, Nov 12, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		113	104	4	4	W 2
9	Sat, Nov 14, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	108	5	4	W 3
10	Tue, Nov 17, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		121	116	6	4	W 4			at New York, NY
11	Wed, Nov 18, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		138	103	7	4	W 5	2,310
12	Fri, Nov 20, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		101	114	7	5	L 1	5,135
13	Sat, Nov 21, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		116	107	8	5	W 1
14	Sun, Nov 22, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		103	114	8	6	L 1			at Camden, NJ
15	Tue, Nov 24, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	107	9	6	W 1
16	Wed, Nov 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	93	10	6	W 2
17	Thu, Nov 26, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		95	112	10	7	L 1
18	Sat, Nov 28, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		111	105	11	7	W 1
19	Tue, Dec 1, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		101	106	11	8	L 1			at New York, NY
20	Wed, Dec 2, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		130	121	12	8	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 5, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		108	95	13	8	W 2
22	Tue, Dec 8, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		93	89	14	8	W 3			at Seattle, WA
23	Wed, Dec 9, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		86	96	14	9	L 1			at San Francisco, CA
24	Fri, Dec 11, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		121	152	14	10	L 2
25	Sun, Dec 13, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		150	121	15	10	W 1
26	Wed, Dec 16, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	113	16	10	W 2
27	Sat, Dec 19, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		112	120	16	11	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 20, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		127	132	16	12	L 2	3,904
29	Fri, Dec 25, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		121	129	16	13	L 3			at Hershey, PA
30	Sat, Dec 26, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		117	104	17	13	W 1
31	Mon, Dec 28, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		106	120	17	14	L 1
32	Wed, Dec 30, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		131	127	18	14	W 1
33	Fri, Jan 1, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		109	98	19	14	W 2
34	Sun, Jan 3, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	113	20	14	W 3	4,781
35	Mon, Jan 4, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		120	127	20	15	L 1	11,000
36	Tue, Jan 5, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W	OT	145	143	21	15	W 1	4,063		at Providence, RI
37	Thu, Jan 7, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		132	114	22	15	W 2
38	Fri, Jan 8, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		118	107	23	15	W 3			at Rochester, NY
39	Sat, Jan 9, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		112	119	23	16	L 1
40	Sun, Jan 10, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	103	24	16	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 12, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		127	120	25	16	W 2	11,344		at Philadelphia, PA
42	Wed, Jan 13, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	131	132	25	17	L 1			at Boston, MA
43	Thu, Jan 14, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		119	112	26	17	W 1
44	Fri, Jan 15, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	140	141	26	18	L 1
45	Sun, Jan 17, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	117	27	18	W 1
46	Wed, Jan 20, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		123	129	27	19	L 1
47	Sat, Jan 23, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		121	130	27	20	L 2	6,296
48	Sun, Jan 24, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		110	131	27	21	L 3	4,844
49	Tue, Jan 26, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		114	121	27	22	L 4			at New York, NY
50	Wed, Jan 27, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		144	108	28	22	W 1
51	Fri, Jan 29, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		119	112	29	22	W 2
52	Sun, Jan 31, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		110	117	29	23	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 2, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		119	102	30	23	W 1
54	Thu, Feb 4, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	110	31	23	W 2
55	Fri, Feb 5, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	124	31	24	L 1	5,518
56	Sat, Feb 6, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		126	129	31	25	L 2
57	Sun, Feb 7, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		135	112	32	25	W 1
58	Tue, Feb 9, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		117	111	33	25	W 2			at Detroit, MI
59	Wed, Feb 10, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		110	109	34	25	W 3			at New York, NY
60	Thu, Feb 11, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	109	35	25	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 14, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		121	119	36	25	W 5
62	Tue, Feb 16, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		116	125	36	26	L 1
63	Wed, Feb 17, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		116	123	36	27	L 2
64	Thu, Feb 18, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		136	122	37	27	W 1
65	Sat, Feb 20, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		126	121	38	27	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
66	Sun, Feb 21, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	120	39	27	W 3
67	Tue, Feb 23, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		133	135	39	28	L 1
68	Wed, Feb 24, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		110	128	39	29	L 2
69	Thu, Feb 25, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		110	105	40	29	W 1
70	Sat, Feb 27, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	111	41	29	W 2
71	Tue, Mar 1, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		124	121	42	29	W 3
72	Thu, Mar 3, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		149	108	43	29	W 4	1,676
73	Sat, Mar 5, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	115	44	29	W 5
74	Sun, Mar 6, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	126	44	30	L 1	5,793
75	Wed, Mar 9, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	126	45	30	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Fri, Mar 11, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	92	115	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Mar 13, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	125	119	1	1	W 1
3	Mon, Mar 14, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	112	132	1	2	L 1

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