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32-40, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 103.3 points per game, Allowed 106.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 29-43)
Coached by Al Cervi (32-40)
Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center / Attendance: 153,566 (5th of 8 available)
SRS: -2.28 (7th of 8)
1958-59 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 25, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 110 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 26, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 100 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 1, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 92 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 2, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | L | 91 | 107 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 6, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 101 | 103 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 8, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 98 | 103 | 2 | 4 | L 3 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 9, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 106 | 92 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 14, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 100 | 110 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 15, 1958 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 106 | 101 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 21, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 108 | 90 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 22, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 105 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 23, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 110 | 107 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 25, 1958 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 106 | 105 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 14 | Thu, Nov 27, 1958 | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 107 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 29, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 103 | 115 | 7 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 30, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 100 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Dec 2, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 91 | 95 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 4, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 92 | 107 | 8 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 6, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 97 | 107 | 8 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 7, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 103 | 90 | 9 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 9, 1958 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 90 | 106 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 22 | Wed, Dec 10, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 100 | 9 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Dec 11, 1958 | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 123 | 9 | 14 | L 3 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 12, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 97 | 9 | 15 | L 4 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 13, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 100 | 115 | 9 | 16 | L 5 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 20, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 88 | 99 | 9 | 17 | L 6 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 21, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 86 | 98 | 9 | 18 | L 7 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 26, 1958 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 93 | 10 | 18 | W 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 29 | Sat, Dec 27, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 114 | 108 | 11 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 30 | Mon, Dec 29, 1958 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 95 | 93 | 12 | 18 | W 3 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 31 | Tue, Dec 30, 1958 | Boston Celtics | W | 112 | 105 | 13 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 2, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 107 | 117 | 13 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 4, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 95 | 111 | 13 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 6, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 107 | 13 | 21 | L 3 | |||
| 35 | Wed, Jan 7, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 99 | 111 | 13 | 22 | L 4 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 10, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 97 | 14 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 11, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 105 | 111 | 14 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 14, 1959 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 104 | 119 | 14 | 24 | L 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 39 | Thu, Jan 15, 1959 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 95 | 91 | 15 | 24 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 40 | Fri, Jan 16, 1959 | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 98 | 16 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 17, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 104 | 17 | 24 | W 3 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 18, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 119 | 17 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 21, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 105 | 18 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 24, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 132 | 18 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 25, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 125 | 111 | 19 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Mon, Jan 26, 1959 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 98 | 20 | 26 | W 2 | at Bethlehem, PA | |
| 47 | Tue, Jan 27, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 92 | 100 | 20 | 27 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 48 | Wed, Jan 28, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 99 | 84 | 21 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 31, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 137 | 21 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 1, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 105 | 22 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 3, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 103 | 120 | 22 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 4, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 2OT | 118 | 119 | 22 | 30 | L 2 | |
| 53 | Thu, Feb 5, 1959 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 106 | 95 | 23 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 7, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 97 | 109 | 23 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 8, 1959 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 93 | 100 | 23 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Mon, Feb 9, 1959 | Boston Celtics | W | 121 | 113 | 24 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 11, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 118 | 120 | 24 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 14, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 106 | 94 | 25 | 33 | W 1 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 59 | Sun, Feb 15, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 101 | 121 | 25 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 17, 1959 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 84 | 95 | 25 | 35 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 21, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 113 | 112 | 26 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 22, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 90 | 111 | 26 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 25, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 134 | 123 | 27 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Thu, Feb 26, 1959 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 125 | 27 | 37 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 65 | Sun, Mar 1, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 100 | 27 | 38 | L 2 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 66 | Tue, Mar 3, 1959 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 116 | 107 | 28 | 38 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 67 | Wed, Mar 4, 1959 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 115 | 118 | 28 | 39 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 68 | Thu, Mar 5, 1959 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 106 | 101 | 29 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 6, 1959 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 118 | 114 | 30 | 39 | W 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 70 | Sat, Mar 7, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 93 | 86 | 31 | 39 | W 3 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 8, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 103 | 133 | 31 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 10, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 102 | 96 | 32 | 40 | W 1 |