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1959-60 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Statistics

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49-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Neil Johnston (49-26)

Points Per Game: 118.6 (3rd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 116.0 (4th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-32 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 226,412 (3rd of 8)

SRS: 2.77 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Syracuse Nationals

1959-60 Philadelphia Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Paul Arizin F-G 6-4 190 April 9, 1928 7 Villanova University
7 Ernie Beck G-F 6-4 190 December 11, 1931 5 University of Pennsylvania
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 R University of Kansas
15 Tom Gola G-F 6-6 205 January 13, 1933 3 La Salle University
9 Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 10
20-52 Vern Hatton G 6-3 195 January 13, 1936 1 University of Kentucky
12 Andy Johnson F-G 6-5 215 November 8, 1932 1 University of Portland
25-5 Guy Rodgers G 6-0 185 September 1, 1935 1 Temple University
17 Joe Ruklick F-C 6-9 220 August 3, 1938 R Northwestern University
14 Woody Sauldsberry F-C 6-7 220 July 11, 1934 2 Texas Southern University
16 Guy Sparrow F 6-6 218 November 2, 1932 2 University of Detroit Mercy

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 75 3549 8678 .409 1797 2686 .669 5916 1796 1715 8895 118.6
Opponent 75 8698 116.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Wilt Chamberlain 23 72 3338 1065 2311 .461 577 991 .582 1941 168 150 2707
2 Paul Arizin 31 72 2618 593 1400 .424 420 526 .798 621 165 263 1606
3 Tom Gola 27 75 2870 426 983 .433 270 340 .794 779 409 311 1122
4 Guy Rodgers 24 68 2483 338 870 .389 111 181 .613 391 482 196 787
5 Woody Sauldsberry 25 71 1848 325 974 .334 55 103 .534 447 112 203 705
6 Andy Johnson 27 75 1421 245 648 .378 125 208 .601 282 152 196 615
7 Joe Graboski 30 73 1269 217 583 .372 131 174 .753 358 111 147 565
8 Vern Hatton 24 67 1049 127 356 .357 53 87 .609 159 82 61 307
9 Ernie Beck 28 66 809 114 294 .388 27 32 .844 127 72 90 255
10 Joe Ruklick 21 39 384 85 214 .397 26 36 .722 137 24 70 196
11 Guy Sparrow 27 11 80 14 45 .311 2 8 .250 23 6 20 30

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Wilt Chamberlain 23 72 46.4 14.8 32.1 .461 8.0 13.8 .582 27.0 2.3 2.1 37.6
2 Paul Arizin 31 72 36.4 8.2 19.4 .424 5.8 7.3 .798 8.6 2.3 3.7 22.3
3 Tom Gola 27 75 38.3 5.7 13.1 .433 3.6 4.5 .794 10.4 5.5 4.1 15.0
4 Guy Rodgers 24 68 36.5 5.0 12.8 .389 1.6 2.7 .613 5.8 7.1 2.9 11.6
5 Woody Sauldsberry 25 71 26.0 4.6 13.7 .334 0.8 1.5 .534 6.3 1.6 2.9 9.9
6 Andy Johnson 27 75 18.9 3.3 8.6 .378 1.7 2.8 .601 3.8 2.0 2.6 8.2
7 Joe Graboski 30 73 17.4 3.0 8.0 .372 1.8 2.4 .753 4.9 1.5 2.0 7.7
8 Joe Ruklick 21 39 9.8 2.2 5.5 .397 0.7 0.9 .722 3.5 0.6 1.8 5.0
9 Vern Hatton 24 67 15.7 1.9 5.3 .357 0.8 1.3 .609 2.4 1.2 0.9 4.6
10 Ernie Beck 28 66 12.3 1.7 4.5 .388 0.4 0.5 .844 1.9 1.1 1.4 3.9
11 Guy Sparrow 27 11 7.3 1.3 4.1 .311 0.2 0.7 .250 2.1 0.5 1.8 2.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Wilt Chamberlain 23 72 3338 11.5 24.9 .461 6.2 10.7 .582 20.9 1.8 1.6 29.2
2 Paul Arizin 31 72 2618 8.2 19.3 .424 5.8 7.2 .798 8.5 2.3 3.6 22.1
3 Joe Ruklick 21 39 384 8.0 20.1 .397 2.4 3.4 .722 12.8 2.3 6.6 18.4
4 Joe Graboski 30 73 1269 6.2 16.5 .372 3.7 4.9 .753 10.2 3.1 4.2 16.0
5 Andy Johnson 27 75 1421 6.2 16.4 .378 3.2 5.3 .601 7.1 3.9 5.0 15.6
6 Tom Gola 27 75 2870 5.3 12.3 .433 3.4 4.3 .794 9.8 5.1 3.9 14.1
7 Woody Sauldsberry 25 71 1848 6.3 19.0 .334 1.1 2.0 .534 8.7 2.2 4.0 13.7
8 Guy Sparrow 27 11 80 6.3 20.3 .311 0.9 3.6 .250 10.4 2.7 9.0 13.5
9 Guy Rodgers 24 68 2483 4.9 12.6 .389 1.6 2.6 .613 5.7 7.0 2.8 11.4
10 Ernie Beck 28 66 809 5.1 13.1 .388 1.2 1.4 .844 5.7 3.2 4.0 11.3
11 Vern Hatton 24 67 1049 4.4 12.2 .357 1.8 3.0 .609 5.5 2.8 2.1 10.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Wilt Chamberlain 23 72 3338 28.0 .493 .461 9.0 8.0 17.0
2 Tom Gola 27 75 2870 15.4 .495 .433 4.5 5.4 9.9
3 Paul Arizin 31 72 2618 17.2 .492 .424 5.5 3.7 9.2
4 Guy Rodgers 24 68 2483 11.8 .414 .389 0.0 4.3 4.3
5 Joe Graboski 30 73 1269 12.9 .428 .372 0.1 2.1 2.2
6 Andy Johnson 27 75 1421 10.8 .416 .378 -0.4 2.1 1.8
7 Ernie Beck 28 66 809 8.2 .414 .388 -0.2 1.0 0.9
8 Joe Ruklick 21 39 384 13.3 .426 .397 0.0 0.7 0.6
9 Vern Hatton 24 67 1049 7.7 .389 .357 -0.7 1.3 0.5
10 Guy Sparrow 27 11 80 3.8 .309 .311 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
11 Woody Sauldsberry 25 71 1848 7.2 .346 .334 -4.5 2.6 -1.8

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Wilt Chamberlain 23 9 415 125 252 49 110 232 19 17 299 .496 .445 46.1 33.2 25.8 2.1
2 Paul Arizin 31 9 371 84 195 69 79 86 33 29 237 .431 .873 41.2 26.3 9.6 3.7
3 Guy Rodgers 24 9 370 49 136 20 36 77 54 39 118 .360 .556 41.1 13.1 8.6 6.0
4 Woody Sauldsberry 25 9 298 54 159 8 14 64 12 40 116 .340 .571 33.1 12.9 7.1 1.3
5 Tom Gola 27 9 340 42 102 29 36 95 50 41 113 .412 .806 37.8 12.6 10.6 5.6
6 Andy Johnson 27 9 183 28 67 24 47 45 21 26 80 .418 .511 20.3 8.9 5.0 2.3
7 Joe Graboski 30 9 129 17 58 7 9 30 9 23 41 .293 .778 14.3 4.6 3.3 1.0
8 Vern Hatton 24 6 17 4 13 1 3 3 1 3 9 .308 .333 2.8 1.5 0.5 0.2
9 Ernie Beck 28 4 22 4 9 0 1 6 3 1 8 .444 .000 5.5 2.0 1.5 0.8
10 Joe Ruklick 21 4 15 2 9 0 0 5 0 3 4 .222 3.8 1.0 1.3 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Wilt Chamberlain 23 9 415 27.0 .498 .496 7.1 1.2 0.9 2.1
2 Paul Arizin 31 9 371 20.7 .516 .431 12.3 1.2 0.5 1.7
3 Tom Gola 27 9 340 14.6 .479 .412 17.9 0.5 0.6 1.1
4 Andy Johnson 27 9 183 13.9 .456 .418 14.5 0.2 0.3 0.5
5 Guy Rodgers 24 9 370 10.7 .389 .360 17.9 -0.2 0.6 0.4
6 Ernie Beck 28 4 22 14.4 .424 .444 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Vern Hatton 24 6 17 3.9 .314 .308 8.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Joe Graboski 30 9 129 5.4 .331 .293 8.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
9 Joe Ruklick 21 4 15 -1.7 .222 .222 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Woody Sauldsberry 25 9 298 6.5 .351 .340 5.3 -0.7 0.3 -0.3