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46-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 121.0 points per game, Allowed 120.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 42-37)
Coached by Neil Johnston (46-33)
Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center / Attendance: 196,223 (4th of 8 available)
SRS: 0.88 (4th of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-0) versus Syracuse Nationals
1960-61 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 22, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 133 | 123 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 28, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 122 | 120 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 29, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 131 | 103 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 1, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 131 | 113 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 4, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 136 | 121 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 5, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 130 | 123 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | at Boston, MA | |
| 7 | Wed, Nov 9, 1960 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 125 | 118 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 8 | Thu, Nov 10, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 112 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 11, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 117 | 112 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 12, 1960 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 105 | 107 | 9 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 15, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 115 | 124 | 9 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 16, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 118 | 119 | 9 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 17, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 105 | 106 | 9 | 4 | L 4 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 18, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 101 | 99 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 19, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 121 | 111 | 11 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Nov 24, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 129 | 132 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 26, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 138 | 108 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 27, 1960 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 106 | 13 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Mon, Nov 28, 1960 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 137 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 29, 1960 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 122 | 121 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 1, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 114 | 15 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 3, 1960 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 127 | 131 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 6, 1960 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 113 | 107 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 24 | Thu, Dec 8, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 111 | 17 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 10, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 102 | 97 | 18 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 11, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 121 | 132 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 13, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 108 | 19 | 8 | W 1 | at College Park, MD | |
| 28 | Wed, Dec 14, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 126 | 134 | 19 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 16, 1960 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 107 | 112 | 19 | 10 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 30 | Sun, Dec 18, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 128 | 112 | 20 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 21, 1960 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 122 | 117 | 21 | 10 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 32 | Mon, Dec 26, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 119 | 21 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 27, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 101 | 22 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 29, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 128 | 124 | 23 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 30, 1960 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 130 | 136 | 23 | 12 | L 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 36 | Mon, Jan 2, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 131 | 115 | 24 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 3, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 128 | 125 | 25 | 12 | W 2 | at New York, NY |
| 38 | Thu, Jan 5, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 139 | 127 | 26 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 8, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 119 | 121 | 26 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 12, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 111 | 102 | 27 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 13, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 121 | 123 | 27 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 14, 1961 | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 113 | 28 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 15, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 113 | 116 | 28 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 18, 1961 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 118 | 129 | 28 | 16 | L 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 45 | Thu, Jan 19, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 129 | 127 | 29 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 21, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 136 | 111 | 30 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 22, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 128 | 136 | 30 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 24, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 112 | 114 | 30 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Thu, Jan 26, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 121 | 129 | 30 | 19 | L 3 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 27, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 119 | 130 | 30 | 20 | L 4 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 28, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 108 | 31 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 29, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 128 | 31 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 1, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 122 | 113 | 32 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Thu, Feb 2, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 133 | 118 | 33 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 3, 1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 136 | 135 | 34 | 21 | W 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 56 | Sun, Feb 5, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 136 | 128 | 35 | 21 | W 4 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 7, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 124 | 127 | 35 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 8, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 123 | 125 | 35 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 9, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 126 | 136 | 35 | 24 | L 3 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 10, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 133 | 131 | 36 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 12, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 125 | 136 | 36 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 15, 1961 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 98 | 135 | 36 | 26 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 63 | Thu, Feb 16, 1961 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 121 | 111 | 37 | 26 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 64 | Fri, Feb 17, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 128 | 133 | 37 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 18, 1961 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 110 | 129 | 37 | 28 | L 2 | at Rochester, NY | |
| 66 | Tue, Feb 21, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 112 | 38 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 22, 1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 132 | 131 | 39 | 28 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 68 | Thu, Feb 23, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 129 | 121 | 40 | 28 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Feb 25, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 129 | 120 | 41 | 28 | W 4 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Feb 26, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 116 | 121 | 41 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Mon, Feb 27, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 88 | 42 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Feb 28, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 123 | 108 | 43 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 1, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 128 | 149 | 43 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 3, 1961 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 123 | 116 | 44 | 30 | W 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 75 | Sat, Mar 4, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 116 | 115 | 45 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 76 | Sun, Mar 5, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 129 | 146 | 45 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Thu, Mar 9, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 135 | 126 | 46 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 10, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 103 | 120 | 46 | 32 | L 1 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 79 | Sat, Mar 11, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 87 | 130 | 46 | 33 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 14, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 107 | 115 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 16, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 114 | 115 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Mar 18, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 103 | 106 | 0 | 3 | L 3 |