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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
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 24, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 118 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 31, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 112 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 4, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 124 | 113 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 7, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 115 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Nov 8, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 134 | 106 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 10, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 125 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 11, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 105 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 12, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 124 | 116 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 14, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 104 | 98 | 8 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 15, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 100 | 106 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 11 | Fri, Nov 20, 1959 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 117 | 118 | 8 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 21, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 107 | 116 | 8 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 22, 1959 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 114 | 103 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 14 | Wed, Nov 25, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 123 | 113 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 26, 1959 | Boston Celtics | W | 143 | 130 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 28, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 108 | 12 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 29, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 126 | 127 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 3, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 123 | 109 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Dec 4, 1959 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 124 | 112 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 20 | Sat, Dec 5, 1959 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 112 | 113 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 6, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 116 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 9, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 137 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Dec 10, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 131 | 112 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 12, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 126 | 16 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 13, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 121 | 150 | 16 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 15, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 131 | 107 | 17 | 9 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Wed, Dec 16, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 114 | 105 | 18 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 19, 1959 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 89 | 102 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 25, 1959 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 129 | 121 | 19 | 10 | W 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 30 | Sat, Dec 26, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 116 | 122 | 19 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Mon, Dec 28, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 109 | 104 | 20 | 11 | W 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 32 | Wed, Dec 30, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 122 | 107 | 21 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 2, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 118 | 117 | 22 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 5, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 126 | 111 | 23 | 11 | W 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 35 | Wed, Jan 6, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 121 | 101 | 24 | 11 | W 5 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 7, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 105 | 25 | 11 | W 6 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 37 | Sat, Jan 9, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 119 | 112 | 26 | 11 | W 7 | |||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 10, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 103 | 27 | 11 | W 8 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 12, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 126 | 108 | 28 | 11 | W 9 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 13, 1960 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 132 | 131 | 29 | 11 | W 10 | at Boston, MA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 15, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 124 | 29 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 17, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 123 | 129 | 29 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 19, 1960 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 93 | 30 | 13 | W 1 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 44 | Wed, Jan 20, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 129 | 123 | 31 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 23, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 110 | 130 | 31 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 24, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 104 | 95 | 32 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Mon, Jan 25, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 127 | 117 | 33 | 14 | W 2 | at Bethlehem, PA | |
| 48 | Wed, Jan 27, 1960 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 129 | 117 | 34 | 14 | W 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 49 | Fri, Jan 29, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 124 | 116 | 35 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 30, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 108 | 115 | 35 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 31, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 114 | 104 | 36 | 15 | W 1 | at San Francisco, CA | |
| 52 | Mon, Feb 1, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 103 | 96 | 37 | 15 | W 2 | at Los Angeles, CA | |
| 53 | Tue, Feb 2, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 109 | 107 | 38 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| 54 | Thu, Feb 4, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 110 | 137 | 38 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 6, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 129 | 126 | 39 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 7, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 108 | 130 | 39 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 9, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 113 | 122 | 39 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 10, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 125 | 39 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 11, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 139 | 120 | 40 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 13, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 120 | 122 | 40 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 14, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 125 | 40 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 16, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 117 | 112 | 41 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 17, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 123 | 116 | 42 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 64 | Thu, Feb 18, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 122 | 136 | 42 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 20, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 122 | 106 | 43 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 21, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 129 | 122 | 44 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 23, 1960 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 126 | 108 | 45 | 22 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 68 | Thu, Feb 25, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 131 | 121 | 46 | 22 | W 4 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Feb 27, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 91 | 109 | 46 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Feb 28, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 113 | 111 | 47 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 2, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 119 | 133 | 47 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 3, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 101 | 48 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 4, 1960 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 136 | 134 | 49 | 24 | W 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 74 | Sun, Mar 6, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 109 | 128 | 49 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 9, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 126 | 137 | 49 | 26 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Mar 11, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 115 | 92 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Mar 13, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 119 | 125 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Mar 14, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 132 | 112 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 4 | Wed, Mar 16, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 111 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Mar 18, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 115 | 110 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Mar 19, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 120 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Mar 20, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 112 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Mar 22, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 128 | 107 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Mar 24, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 119 | 4 | 5 | L 1 |