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1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season

January 30, 2023

Prior to the 1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season owner Ben Kerner changed coaches despite reaching the 1960 NBA Finals. Ed Macauley was replaced with Paul Seymour.[1] On the court, rookie Lenny Wilkens was averaging 11.7 points per game in his first year.[1] The brunt of the scoring came from the Hawks' front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette. They combined for 72.0 points per game, and the Hawks won the West by 15 games.[1] The Hawks finished the season with a record of 51–28. In the playoffs, the Hawks needed a 1-point overtime win in Game 6 on the road to force a 7th game with the Los Angeles Lakers. Game 7 was played in St. Louis and the Hawks beat the Lakers by 2 points.[1] The Hawks then were up against the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Hawks fell in 5 games as the Celtics won their 4th NBA Title in 5 seasons.

1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season
Division champions
Head coachPaul Seymour
ArenaKiel Auditorium
Results
Record51–28 (.646)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(Eliminated 1–4)

Regular season

Standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 51 28 .646 – 29–5 15–20 7–3 25–14
x-Los Angeles Lakers 36 43 .456 15 16–12 8–20 12–11 19–20
x-Detroit Pistons 34 45 .430 17 20–11 3–19 11–15 18–21
Cincinnati Royals 33 46 .418 18 18–13 8–19 7–14 16–23


Record vs. opponents

1960-61 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston — 7–3 8–2 8–2 10–3 8–5 6–4 10–3
Cincinnati 3–7 — 2–11 8–5 8–2 2–8 6–7 4–6
Detroit 2–8 11–2 — 4–9 5–5 5–5 3–10 4–6
Los Angeles 2–8 5–8 9–4 — 7–3 2–8 5–8 6–4
New York 3–10 2–8 5–5 3–7 — 2–11 1–9 5–8
Philadelphia 5–8 8–2 5–5 8–2 11–2 — 3–7 6–7
St. Louis 4–6 7–6 10–3 8–5 9–1 7–3 — 6–4
Syracuse 3–10 6–4 6–4 4–6 8–5 7–6 4–6 —

Game log

1960–61 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 22 Los Angeles 96–112 Clyde Lovellette (28) 1–0
2 October 23 @ Cincinnati 103–114 Cliff Hagan (25) 1–1
3 October 25 Syracuse 100–123 Bob Pettit (35) 2–1
4 October 29 Cincinnati 97–113 Green, Pettit (19) 3–1
5 November 2 @ Detroit 132–117 Bob Pettit (22) 4–1
6 November 5 New York 104–119 Cliff Hagan (35) 5–1
7 November 9 Detroit 120–126 Bob Pettit (39) 6–1
8 November 11 @ Philadelphia 112–117 Cliff Hagan (22) 6–2
9 November 12 Philadelphia 105–107 Clyde Lovellette (24) 7–2
10 November 16 @ Boston 106–124 Bob Pettit (22) 7–3
11 November 17 N Detroit 112–105 Hagan, Lovellette, Pettit (26) 8–3
12 November 18 @ Cincinnati 128–129 (OT) Cliff Hagan (36) 8–4
13 November 19 Cincinnati 120–121 Clyde Lovellette (33) 9–4
14 November 22 @ New York 120–119 Clyde Lovellette (32) 10–4
15 November 24 Syracuse 97–132 Bob Pettit (31) 11–4
16 November 26 Los Angeles 113–126 Bob Pettit (41) 12–4
17 November 29 Boston 119–109 Cliff Hagan (26) 12–5
18 November 30 N Syracuse 135–126 Bob Pettit (32) 12–6
19 December 2 @ New York 139–133 (OT) Bob Pettit (44) 13–6
20 December 3 @ Philadelphia 131–127 Bob Pettit (37) 14–6
21 December 6 Detroit 110–146 Hagan, Lovellette (18) 15–6
22 December 7 @ Detroit 83–113 Bob Pettit (13) 15–7
23 December 9 N Syracuse 118–131 Bob Pettit (36) 16–7
24 December 10 Los Angeles 108–111 Bob Pettit (30) 17–7
25 December 12 @ Los Angeles 114–103 Bob Pettit (32) 18–7
26 December 14 @ Los Angeles 113–124 Cliff Hagan (23) 18–8
27 December 16 N Philadelphia 112–107 Clyde Lovellette (24) 19–8
28 December 17 New York 103–116 Bob Pettit (36) 20–8
29 December 18 @ Syracuse 104–103 Bob Pettit (26) 21–8
30 December 21 @ Boston 108–120 Bob Pettit (37) 21–9
31 December 26 Syracuse 112–133 Bob Pettit (25) 22–9
32 December 28 Boston 99–105 Bob Pettit (35) 23–9
33 December 29 @ Detroit 89–112 Hagan, Pettit (19) 23–10
34 December 30 Los Angeles 99–107 Cliff Hagan (28) 24–10
35 January 1 @ Cincinnati 112–114 McCarthy, Pettit (25) 24–11
36 January 5 @ Los Angeles 96–110 Bob Pettit (23) 24–12
37 January 6 @ Los Angeles 108–104 Bob Pettit (35) 25–12
38 January 8 Boston 104–133 Cliff Hagan (37) 26–12
39 January 10 Cincinnati 110–119 Cliff Hagan (33) 27–12
40 January 11 @ Syracuse 128–133 Clyde Lovellette (31) 27–13
41 January 12 @ Philadelphia 102–111 Clyde Lovellette (29) 27–14
42 January 14 Detroit 113–135 Cliff Hagan (31) 28–14
43 January 15 @ Detroit 122–137 Bob Pettit (31) 28–15
44 January 18 @ Boston 125–114 Bob Pettit (37) 29–15
45 January 19 @ Philadelphia 127–129 Bob Pettit (42) 29–16
46 January 21 New York 122–145 Bob Pettit (45) 30–16
47 January 22 @ Cincinnati 108–115 Bob Pettit (26) 30–17
48 January 24 Philadelphia 112–114 Bob Pettit (37) 31–17
49 January 25 N New York 116–109 Clyde Lovellette (25) 32–17
50 January 28 Cincinnati 116–136 Cliff Hagan (32) 33–17
51 January 29 Syracuse 108–125 Lovellette, Pettit (25) 34–17
52 January 31 Boston 109–103 Bob Pettit (26) 34–18
53 February 1 N Detroit 137–131 Cliff Hagan (33) 35–18
54 February 2 N Los Angeles 115–116 Bob Pettit (25) 35–19
55 February 4 @ New York 128–111 Lenny Wilkens (24) 36–19
56 February 5 @ Boston 121–123 Bob Pettit (35) 36–20
57 February 7 Philadelphia 124–127 Bob Pettit (35) 37–20
58 February 8 @ Los Angeles 103–120 Clyde Lovellette (23) 37–21
59 February 9 @ Los Angeles 123–113 Bob Pettit (40) 38–21
60 February 11 Cincinnati 122–123 Lenny Wilkens (28) 39–21
61 February 12 Los Angeles 105–95 Cliff Hagan (25) 39–22
62 February 14 Detroit 134–135 Cliff Hagan (38) 40–22
63 February 15 N Philadelphia 135–98 Bob Pettit (26) 41–22
64 February 16 @ Cincinnati 107–133 Bob Pettit (30) 41–23
65 February 18 @ Detroit 141–138 Bob Pettit (57) 42–23
66 February 19 New York 123–100 Bob Pettit (26) 42–24
67 February 21 Cincinnati 114–126 Cliff Hagan (31) 43–24
68 February 23 @ Syracuse 116–144 Clyde Lovellette (26) 43–25
69 February 24 @ New York 122–119 Lenny Wilkens (29) 44–25
70 February 25 Boston 122–109 Bob Pettit (31) 44–26
71 February 26 @ Cincinnati 148–122 Clyde Lovellette (30) 45–26
72 February 28 N Cincinnati 105–131 Al Ferrari (18) 45–27
73 March 1 @ Boston 110–97 Lenny Wilkens (23) 46–27
74 March 4 Detroit 102–104 Clyde Lovellette (27) 47–27
75 March 5 @ Detroit 127–122 Cliff Hagan (30) 48–27
76 March 7 Los Angeles 136–137 (2OT) Bob Pettit (48) 49–27
77 March 8 N New York 117–94 Bob Pettit (21) 50–27
78 March 9 @ Syracuse 119–129 Hagan, Pettit (34) 50–28
79 March 11 Philadelphia 87–130 Cliff Hagan (24) 51–28

Playoffs

1961 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 21 Los Angeles L 118–122 Bob Pettit (28) Bob Pettit (20) Kiel Auditorium
8,147 		0–1
2 March 22 Los Angeles W 121–106 Clyde Lovellette (28) Bob Pettit (19) Kiel Auditorium
8,472 		1–1
3 March 24 @ Los Angeles L 112–118 Bob Pettit (26) Bob Pettit (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
5,006 		1–2
4 March 25 @ Los Angeles W 118–117 Bob Pettit (40) Bob Pettit (18) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
4,923 		2–2
5 March 27 Los Angeles L 112–121 Cliff Hagan (26) Bob Pettit (21) Kiel Auditorium 2–3
6 March 29 @ Los Angeles W 114–113 (OT) Bob Pettit (31) Bob Pettit (21) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,840 		3–3
7 April 1 Los Angeles W 105–103 Bob Pettit (31) Bob Pettit (17) Kiel Auditorium 4–3
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 2 @ Boston L 95–129 Cliff Hagan (33) Cliff Hagan (13) Hagan, Sauldsberry (4) Boston Garden
11,531 		0–1
2 April 5 @ Boston L 108–116 Cliff Hagan (40) Bob Pettit (19) Cliff Hagan (6) Boston Garden
13,909 		0–2
3 April 8 Boston W 124–120 Bob Pettit (31) Bob Pettit (24) Si Green (7) Kiel Auditorium
8,468 		1–2
4 April 9 Boston L 104–119 Bob Pettit (40) Bob Pettit (18) Cliff Hagan (7) Kiel Auditorium
10,442 		1–3
5 April 11 @ Boston L 112–121 Bob Pettit (24) Pettit, Sauldsberry (11) Johnny McCarthy (6) Boston Garden
13,909 		1–4
1961 schedule

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d "St. Louis Hawks – Sports Ecyclopedia".
  • Hawks on Basketball Reference

January 30, 2023
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Prior to the 1960 61 St Louis Hawks season owner Ben Kerner changed coaches despite reaching the 1960 NBA Finals Ed Macauley was replaced with Paul Seymour 1 On the court rookie Lenny Wilkens was averaging 11 7 points per game in his first year 1 The brunt of the scoring came from the Hawks front line of Bob Pettit Cliff Hagan and Clyde Lovellette They combined for 72 0 points per game and the Hawks won the West by 15 games 1 The Hawks finished the season with a record of 51 28 In the playoffs the Hawks needed a 1 point overtime win in Game 6 on the road to force a 7th game with the Los Angeles Lakers Game 7 was played in St Louis and the Hawks beat the Lakers by 2 points 1 The Hawks then were up against the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals The Hawks fell in 5 games as the Celtics won their 4th NBA Title in 5 seasons 1960 61 St Louis Hawks seasonDivision championsHead coachPaul SeymourArenaKiel AuditoriumResultsRecord51 28 646 PlaceDivision 1st Western Playoff finishNBA Finals Eliminated 1 4 lt 1959 60 1961 62 gt Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Standings 1 2 Record vs opponents 1 3 Game log 2 Playoffs 3 Awards and honors 4 ReferencesRegular season EditStandings Edit Western Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Divx St Louis Hawks 51 28 646 29 5 15 20 7 3 25 14x Los Angeles Lakers 36 43 456 15 16 12 8 20 12 11 19 20x Detroit Pistons 34 45 430 17 20 11 3 19 11 15 18 21Cincinnati Royals 33 46 418 18 18 13 8 19 7 14 16 23 Record vs opponents Edit 1960 61 NBA RecordsTeam BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYRBoston 7 3 8 2 8 2 10 3 8 5 6 4 10 3Cincinnati 3 7 2 11 8 5 8 2 2 8 6 7 4 6Detroit 2 8 11 2 4 9 5 5 5 5 3 10 4 6Los Angeles 2 8 5 8 9 4 7 3 2 8 5 8 6 4New York 3 10 2 8 5 5 3 7 2 11 1 9 5 8Philadelphia 5 8 8 2 5 5 8 2 11 2 3 7 6 7St Louis 4 6 7 6 10 3 8 5 9 1 7 3 6 4Syracuse 3 10 6 4 6 4 4 6 8 5 7 6 4 6 Game log Edit 1960 61 Game log Date Opponent Score High points Record1 October 22 Los Angeles 96 112 Clyde Lovellette 28 1 02 October 23 Cincinnati 103 114 Cliff Hagan 25 1 13 October 25 Syracuse 100 123 Bob Pettit 35 2 14 October 29 Cincinnati 97 113 Green Pettit 19 3 15 November 2 Detroit 132 117 Bob Pettit 22 4 16 November 5 New York 104 119 Cliff Hagan 35 5 17 November 9 Detroit 120 126 Bob Pettit 39 6 18 November 11 Philadelphia 112 117 Cliff Hagan 22 6 29 November 12 Philadelphia 105 107 Clyde Lovellette 24 7 210 November 16 Boston 106 124 Bob Pettit 22 7 311 November 17 N Detroit 112 105 Hagan Lovellette Pettit 26 8 312 November 18 Cincinnati 128 129 OT Cliff Hagan 36 8 413 November 19 Cincinnati 120 121 Clyde Lovellette 33 9 414 November 22 New York 120 119 Clyde Lovellette 32 10 415 November 24 Syracuse 97 132 Bob Pettit 31 11 416 November 26 Los Angeles 113 126 Bob Pettit 41 12 417 November 29 Boston 119 109 Cliff Hagan 26 12 518 November 30 N Syracuse 135 126 Bob Pettit 32 12 619 December 2 New York 139 133 OT Bob Pettit 44 13 620 December 3 Philadelphia 131 127 Bob Pettit 37 14 621 December 6 Detroit 110 146 Hagan Lovellette 18 15 622 December 7 Detroit 83 113 Bob Pettit 13 15 723 December 9 N Syracuse 118 131 Bob Pettit 36 16 724 December 10 Los Angeles 108 111 Bob Pettit 30 17 725 December 12 Los Angeles 114 103 Bob Pettit 32 18 726 December 14 Los Angeles 113 124 Cliff Hagan 23 18 827 December 16 N Philadelphia 112 107 Clyde Lovellette 24 19 828 December 17 New York 103 116 Bob Pettit 36 20 829 December 18 Syracuse 104 103 Bob Pettit 26 21 830 December 21 Boston 108 120 Bob Pettit 37 21 931 December 26 Syracuse 112 133 Bob Pettit 25 22 932 December 28 Boston 99 105 Bob Pettit 35 23 933 December 29 Detroit 89 112 Hagan Pettit 19 23 1034 December 30 Los Angeles 99 107 Cliff Hagan 28 24 1035 January 1 Cincinnati 112 114 McCarthy Pettit 25 24 1136 January 5 Los Angeles 96 110 Bob Pettit 23 24 1237 January 6 Los Angeles 108 104 Bob Pettit 35 25 1238 January 8 Boston 104 133 Cliff Hagan 37 26 1239 January 10 Cincinnati 110 119 Cliff Hagan 33 27 1240 January 11 Syracuse 128 133 Clyde Lovellette 31 27 1341 January 12 Philadelphia 102 111 Clyde Lovellette 29 27 1442 January 14 Detroit 113 135 Cliff Hagan 31 28 1443 January 15 Detroit 122 137 Bob Pettit 31 28 1544 January 18 Boston 125 114 Bob Pettit 37 29 1545 January 19 Philadelphia 127 129 Bob Pettit 42 29 1646 January 21 New York 122 145 Bob Pettit 45 30 1647 January 22 Cincinnati 108 115 Bob Pettit 26 30 1748 January 24 Philadelphia 112 114 Bob Pettit 37 31 1749 January 25 N New York 116 109 Clyde Lovellette 25 32 1750 January 28 Cincinnati 116 136 Cliff Hagan 32 33 1751 January 29 Syracuse 108 125 Lovellette Pettit 25 34 1752 January 31 Boston 109 103 Bob Pettit 26 34 1853 February 1 N Detroit 137 131 Cliff Hagan 33 35 1854 February 2 N Los Angeles 115 116 Bob Pettit 25 35 1955 February 4 New York 128 111 Lenny Wilkens 24 36 1956 February 5 Boston 121 123 Bob Pettit 35 36 2057 February 7 Philadelphia 124 127 Bob Pettit 35 37 2058 February 8 Los Angeles 103 120 Clyde Lovellette 23 37 2159 February 9 Los Angeles 123 113 Bob Pettit 40 38 2160 February 11 Cincinnati 122 123 Lenny Wilkens 28 39 2161 February 12 Los Angeles 105 95 Cliff Hagan 25 39 2262 February 14 Detroit 134 135 Cliff Hagan 38 40 2263 February 15 N Philadelphia 135 98 Bob Pettit 26 41 2264 February 16 Cincinnati 107 133 Bob Pettit 30 41 2365 February 18 Detroit 141 138 Bob Pettit 57 42 2366 February 19 New York 123 100 Bob Pettit 26 42 2467 February 21 Cincinnati 114 126 Cliff Hagan 31 43 2468 February 23 Syracuse 116 144 Clyde Lovellette 26 43 2569 February 24 New York 122 119 Lenny Wilkens 29 44 2570 February 25 Boston 122 109 Bob Pettit 31 44 2671 February 26 Cincinnati 148 122 Clyde Lovellette 30 45 2672 February 28 N Cincinnati 105 131 Al Ferrari 18 45 2773 March 1 Boston 110 97 Lenny Wilkens 23 46 2774 March 4 Detroit 102 104 Clyde Lovellette 27 47 2775 March 5 Detroit 127 122 Cliff Hagan 30 48 2776 March 7 Los Angeles 136 137 2OT Bob Pettit 48 49 2777 March 8 N New York 117 94 Bob Pettit 21 50 2778 March 9 Syracuse 119 129 Hagan Pettit 34 50 2879 March 11 Philadelphia 87 130 Cliff Hagan 24 51 28Playoffs Edit1961 playoff game logDivision Finals 4 3 home 2 2 road 2 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds LocationAttendance Series1 March 21 Los Angeles L 118 122 Bob Pettit 28 Bob Pettit 20 Kiel Auditorium8 147 0 12 March 22 Los Angeles W 121 106 Clyde Lovellette 28 Bob Pettit 19 Kiel Auditorium8 472 1 13 March 24 Los Angeles L 112 118 Bob Pettit 26 Bob Pettit 13 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena5 006 1 24 March 25 Los Angeles W 118 117 Bob Pettit 40 Bob Pettit 18 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena4 923 2 25 March 27 Los Angeles L 112 121 Cliff Hagan 26 Bob Pettit 21 Kiel Auditorium 2 36 March 29 Los Angeles W 114 113 OT Bob Pettit 31 Bob Pettit 21 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena14 840 3 37 April 1 Los Angeles W 105 103 Bob Pettit 31 Bob Pettit 17 Kiel Auditorium 4 3NBA Finals 1 4 home 1 1 road 0 3 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series1 April 2 Boston L 95 129 Cliff Hagan 33 Cliff Hagan 13 Hagan Sauldsberry 4 Boston Garden11 531 0 12 April 5 Boston L 108 116 Cliff Hagan 40 Bob Pettit 19 Cliff Hagan 6 Boston Garden13 909 0 23 April 8 Boston W 124 120 Bob Pettit 31 Bob Pettit 24 Si Green 7 Kiel Auditorium8 468 1 24 April 9 Boston L 104 119 Bob Pettit 40 Bob Pettit 18 Cliff Hagan 7 Kiel Auditorium10 442 1 35 April 11 Boston L 112 121 Bob Pettit 24 Pettit Sauldsberry 11 Johnny McCarthy 6 Boston Garden13 909 1 41961 scheduleAwards and honors EditBob Pettit All NBA First TeamReferences Edit a b c d St Louis Hawks Sports Ecyclopedia Hawks on Basketball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 61 St Louis Hawks season amp oldid 1082251263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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