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21-58, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Carl Braun (21-58)
Points Per Game: 113.7 (8th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 120.1 (6th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 25-54 (8th of 8)
Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 326,895 (1st of 8)
SRS: -5.43 (8th of 8)
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 20, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 105 | 113 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 22, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 117 | 119 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Oct 24, 1960 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 111 | 101 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 25, 1960 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 120 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 28, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 101 | 110 | 1 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 29, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 110 | 115 | 1 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 2, 1960 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 106 | 1 | 6 | L 4 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 8 | Sat, Nov 5, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 104 | 119 | 1 | 7 | L 5 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 10, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 112 | 116 | 1 | 8 | L 6 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 11, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 112 | 108 | 2 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 12, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 117 | 128 | 2 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 15, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 108 | 123 | 2 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 18, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 99 | 101 | 2 | 11 | L 3 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 19, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 111 | 121 | 2 | 12 | L 4 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 22, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 119 | 120 | 2 | 13 | L 5 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 23, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 122 | 2 | 14 | L 6 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 25, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 111 | 2 | 15 | L 7 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 26, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 127 | 119 | 3 | 15 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 19 | Sun, Nov 27, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 122 | 118 | 4 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 29, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 107 | 5 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 1, 1960 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 111 | 6 | 15 | W 4 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 22 | Fri, Dec 2, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 133 | 139 | 6 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 3, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 113 | 130 | 6 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 6, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 117 | 6 | 18 | L 3 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 8, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 111 | 114 | 6 | 19 | L 4 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 13, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 117 | 115 | 7 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 14, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 114 | 121 | 7 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 16, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 104 | 8 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 17, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 103 | 116 | 8 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 20, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 122 | 112 | 9 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 21, 1960 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 117 | 122 | 9 | 22 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 32 | Sun, Dec 25, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 100 | 162 | 9 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Mon, Dec 26, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 119 | 112 | 10 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 28, 1960 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 104 | 114 | 10 | 24 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 35 | Thu, Dec 29, 1960 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 111 | 10 | 25 | L 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 36 | Fri, Dec 30, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 120 | 10 | 26 | L 3 | |||
| 37 | Mon, Jan 2, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 115 | 131 | 10 | 27 | L 4 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 3, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 104 | 129 | 10 | 28 | L 5 | |||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 5, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 102 | 11 | 28 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 40 | Sat, Jan 7, 1961 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 120 | 117 | 12 | 28 | W 2 | at Rochester, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 8, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 121 | 119 | 13 | 28 | W 3 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 10, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 104 | 117 | 13 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 11, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 109 | 104 | 14 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 13, 1961 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 105 | 106 | 14 | 30 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 45 | Sun, Jan 15, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 124 | 142 | 14 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 19, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 129 | 122 | 15 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 20, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 128 | 132 | 15 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 21, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 122 | 145 | 15 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 24, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 125 | 15 | 34 | L 3 | |||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 25, 1961 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 109 | 116 | 15 | 35 | L 4 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 51 | Fri, Jan 27, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 130 | 119 | 16 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 28, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 114 | 16 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 31, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 106 | 122 | 16 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 1, 1961 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 120 | 124 | 16 | 38 | L 3 | at Providence, RI | |
| 55 | Fri, Feb 3, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 123 | 16 | 39 | L 4 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 4, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 111 | 128 | 16 | 40 | L 5 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 5, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 128 | 136 | 16 | 41 | L 6 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 7, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 131 | 120 | 17 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 9, 1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 115 | 119 | 17 | 42 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 60 | Fri, Feb 10, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 131 | 133 | 17 | 43 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 11, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 129 | 107 | 18 | 43 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 12, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 104 | 105 | 18 | 44 | L 1 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 15, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 129 | 127 | 19 | 44 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Thu, Feb 16, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 120 | 132 | 19 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 18, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 121 | 19 | 46 | L 2 | |||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 19, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 123 | 100 | 20 | 46 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 21, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 112 | 114 | 20 | 47 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Wed, Feb 22, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 117 | 123 | 20 | 48 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Feb 24, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 119 | 122 | 20 | 49 | L 3 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Feb 26, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 110 | 136 | 20 | 50 | L 4 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Feb 28, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 142 | 20 | 51 | L 5 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 1, 1961 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 144 | 20 | 52 | L 6 | at Boston, MA | |
| 73 | Fri, Mar 3, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 112 | 129 | 20 | 53 | L 7 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 74 | Sat, Mar 4, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 113 | 20 | 54 | L 8 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 5, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 118 | 124 | 20 | 55 | L 9 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 7, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 114 | 113 | 21 | 55 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 8, 1961 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 94 | 117 | 21 | 56 | L 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 78 | Thu, Mar 9, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 126 | 135 | 21 | 57 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 12, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | L | 106 | 120 | 21 | 58 | L 3 |