1960-61 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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Record: 38-41, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Alex Hannum (38-41)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 121.3 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 119.2 (4th of 8)

SRS: 1.93 (3rd of 8) Pace: 129.1 (4th of 8)

Off Rtg: 93.6 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 91.9 (5th of 8) Net Rtg: +1.7 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 44-35 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (1-4) versus Boston Celtics (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 22, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		123	133	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Oct 25, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		100	123	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Oct 27, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	140	143	0	3	L 3
4	Sat, Oct 29, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		125	118	1	3	W 1
5	Sat, Nov 5, 1960	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	112	1	4	L 1
6	Sun, Nov 6, 1960	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	119	1	5	L 2			at San Francisco, CA
7	Fri, Nov 11, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	112	1	6	L 3
8	Sat, Nov 12, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		128	117	2	6	W 1
9	Wed, Nov 16, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		124	87	3	6	W 2
10	Thu, Nov 17, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	105	4	6	W 3
11	Sat, Nov 19, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		94	114	4	7	L 1	4,308
12	Wed, Nov 23, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		115	122	4	8	L 2
13	Thu, Nov 24, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	132	4	9	L 3
14	Sat, Nov 26, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		110	129	4	10	L 4	2,190
15	Tue, Nov 29, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		129	105	5	10	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
16	Wed, Nov 30, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		135	126	6	10	W 2			at Detroit, MI
17	Thu, Dec 1, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		137	126	7	10	W 3
18	Sat, Dec 3, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		130	113	8	10	W 4
19	Tue, Dec 6, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		107	113	8	11	L 1			at New York, NY
20	Wed, Dec 7, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		142	134	9	11	W 1	2,887
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 9, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		118	131	9	12	L 1			at Boston, MA
22	Sat, Dec 10, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		117	107	10	12	W 1
23	Sun, Dec 11, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		132	121	11	12	W 2
24	Tue, Dec 13, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		107	105	12	12	W 3			at New York, NY
25	Thu, Dec 15, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		105	115	12	13	L 1	2,000		at Providence, RI
26	Sun, Dec 18, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		103	104	12	14	L 2
27	Tue, Dec 20, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	122	12	15	L 3
28	Sun, Dec 25, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		162	100	13	15	W 1
29	Mon, Dec 26, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		112	133	13	16	L 1
30	Tue, Dec 27, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		124	129	13	17	L 2
31	Wed, Dec 28, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	113	14	17	W 1
32	Fri, Dec 30, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		112	121	14	18	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
33	Sun, Jan 1, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		96	113	14	19	L 2	2,649
34	Mon, Jan 2, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		125	126	14	20	L 3			at Utica, NY
35	Tue, Jan 3, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		129	104	15	20	W 1
36	Wed, Jan 4, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		126	134	15	21	L 1
37	Thu, Jan 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		127	139	15	22	L 2
38	Sat, Jan 7, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		117	120	15	23	L 3			at Rochester, NY
39	Sun, Jan 8, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		138	115	16	23	W 1
40	Wed, Jan 11, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		133	128	17	23	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 12, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	OT	118	124	17	24	L 1	8,421		at Philadelphia, PA
42	Fri, Jan 13, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		106	105	18	24	W 1			at Boston, MA
43	Sun, Jan 15, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		116	113	19	24	W 2
44	Wed, Jan 18, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	118	20	24	W 3			at Boston, MA
45	Sat, Jan 21, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		127	124	21	24	W 4	4,039
46	Sun, Jan 22, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	109	22	24	W 5			at Utica, NY
47	Tue, Jan 24, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	116	22	25	L 1
48	Wed, Jan 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	117	22	26	L 2
49	Fri, Jan 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		138	126	23	26	W 1
50	Sun, Jan 29, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		108	125	23	27	L 1
51	Tue, Jan 31, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		122	106	24	27	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 1, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		113	122	24	28	L 1
53	Fri, Feb 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		118	121	24	29	L 2
54	Sat, Feb 4, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		104	111	24	30	L 3			at Baltimore, MD
55	Sun, Feb 5, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		129	115	25	30	W 1
56	Wed, Feb 8, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		130	108	26	30	W 2	2,718
57	Thu, Feb 9, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		136	126	27	30	W 3
58	Sat, Feb 11, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		141	111	28	30	W 4			at Boston, MA
59	Sun, Feb 12, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		148	122	29	30	W 5
60	Wed, Feb 15, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	127	129	29	31	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 16, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	120	30	31	W 1
62	Fri, Feb 17, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		115	113	31	31	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
63	Sat, Feb 18, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	110	32	31	W 3			at Rochester, NY
64	Sun, Feb 19, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	116	32	32	L 1	3,865
65	Mon, Feb 20, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	121	33	32	W 1			at Morgantown, WV
66	Tue, Feb 21, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		123	118	34	32	W 2			at New York, NY
67	Thu, Feb 23, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		144	116	35	32	W 3
68	Fri, Feb 24, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		128	144	35	33	L 1	12,238
69	Sun, Feb 26, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		136	110	36	33	W 1
70	Wed, Mar 1, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		149	128	37	33	W 2
71	Thu, Mar 2, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	114	37	34	L 1			at Scranton, PA
72	Fri, Mar 3, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		116	123	37	35	L 2			at Hershey, PA
73	Sat, Mar 4, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		115	116	37	36	L 3
74	Sun, Mar 5, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	125	37	37	L 4
75	Tue, Mar 7, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		113	114	37	38	L 5
76	Wed, Mar 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		127	136	37	39	L 6	2,441
77	Thu, Mar 9, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		129	119	38	39	W 1
78	Sat, Mar 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		116	126	38	40	L 1	3,277
79	Sun, Mar 12, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	134	136	38	41	L 2	3,214

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 14, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	115	107	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Mar 16, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	115	114	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Mar 18, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	106	103	3	0	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Sun, Mar 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	115	128	3	1	L 1	7,728
5	Tue, Mar 21, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	115	98	4	1	W 1	6,657
6	Thu, Mar 23, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	110	133	4	2	L 1	11,754
7	Sat, Mar 25, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	107	120	4	3	L 2	6,760
8	Sun, Mar 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	101	123	4	4	L 3	12,292

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