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46-29, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 113.4 points per game, Allowed 110.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 44-31)
Coached by Ed Macauley (46-29)
Arena: Kiel Auditorium / Attendance: 277,502 (2nd of 8 available)
SRS: 1.77 (4th of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Minneapolis Lakers
1959-60 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 24, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 87 | 94 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 31, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 109 | 102 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Nov 1, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 138 | 101 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 3, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 103 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 7, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 117 | 113 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 10, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 134 | 105 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 14, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 113 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 17, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 105 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 20, 1959 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 118 | 117 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 21, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 109 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 100 | 106 | 5 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 25, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 97 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 26, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 112 | 95 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 28, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 102 | 91 | 8 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Dec 1, 1959 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 106 | 101 | 9 | 6 | W 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 16 | Wed, Dec 2, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 121 | 130 | 9 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Dec 4, 1959 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 112 | 124 | 9 | 8 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 18 | Sat, Dec 5, 1959 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 113 | 112 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Dec 6, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 118 | 104 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 8, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 101 | 105 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 10, 1959 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 129 | 111 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 22 | Fri, Dec 11, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 122 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 13, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 118 | 98 | 13 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 15, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 110 | 14 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 16, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 107 | 106 | 15 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 19, 1959 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 102 | 89 | 16 | 10 | W 4 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 20, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 86 | 17 | 10 | W 5 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 25, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 112 | 96 | 18 | 10 | W 6 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 26, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 104 | 117 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Mon, Dec 28, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 120 | 106 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 30, 1959 | Boston Celtics | L | 82 | 96 | 19 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 1, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 119 | 19 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 2, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 114 | 113 | 20 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 3, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 110 | 108 | 21 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 35 | Wed, Jan 6, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 101 | 121 | 21 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 8, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 102 | 112 | 21 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 10, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 121 | 111 | 22 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 12, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 126 | 22 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 13, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 134 | 22 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 14, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 112 | 119 | 22 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 15, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 141 | 140 | 23 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 17, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 135 | 119 | 24 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 20, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 119 | 108 | 25 | 18 | W 3 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 23, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 108 | 100 | 26 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 24, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 155 | 129 | 27 | 18 | W 5 | |||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 26, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 119 | 123 | 27 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 27, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 127 | 27 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 29, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 130 | 125 | 28 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 30, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 117 | 28 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 31, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 117 | 110 | 29 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 2, 1960 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 114 | 113 | 30 | 21 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 52 | Wed, Feb 3, 1960 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 125 | 115 | 31 | 21 | W 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 53 | Fri, Feb 5, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 114 | 96 | 32 | 21 | W 4 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 7, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 130 | 108 | 33 | 21 | W 5 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 9, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 104 | 34 | 21 | W 6 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 10, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 120 | 110 | 35 | 21 | W 7 | ||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 11, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 120 | 139 | 35 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 13, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 104 | 122 | 35 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 14, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 107 | 105 | 36 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 16, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 104 | 37 | 23 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 17, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 131 | 127 | 38 | 23 | W 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 62 | Fri, Feb 19, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 101 | 111 | 38 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 20, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 121 | 105 | 39 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 21, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 112 | 39 | 25 | L 1 | at Los Angeles, CA | |
| 65 | Mon, Feb 22, 1960 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 113 | 103 | 40 | 25 | W 1 | at Los Angeles, CA | |
| 66 | Wed, Feb 24, 1960 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 122 | 124 | 40 | 26 | L 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 67 | Thu, Feb 25, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 105 | 110 | 40 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 68 | Sat, Feb 27, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | L | 114 | 116 | 40 | 28 | L 3 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Feb 28, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 122 | 105 | 41 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 1, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 109 | 101 | 42 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 2, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 100 | 116 | 42 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 5, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 107 | 106 | 43 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 6, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 128 | 109 | 44 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 8, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 101 | 45 | 29 | W 3 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 9, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 123 | 116 | 46 | 29 | W 4 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 16, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 112 | 99 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 17, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 113 | 120 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Mar 19, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 93 | 89 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Mar 20, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 101 | 103 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Mar 22, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | OT | 110 | 117 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Mar 24, 1960 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 117 | 96 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Mar 26, 1960 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 97 | 86 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Mar 27, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 122 | 140 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Mar 29, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 103 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Apr 2, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 86 | 102 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 3, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 106 | 96 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Apr 5, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 127 | 6 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Apr 7, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 102 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Apr 9, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 122 | 7 | 7 | L 1 |