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51-28, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 118.8 points per game, Allowed 115.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 48-31)
Coached by Paul Seymour (51-28)
Arena: Kiel Auditorium / Attendance: 291,084 (2nd of 8 available)
SRS: 2.98 (2nd of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
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 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 96 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 23, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 103 | 114 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 25, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 123 | 100 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 29, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 113 | 97 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 2, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 132 | 117 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 5, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 104 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 9, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 126 | 120 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 11, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 112 | 117 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 12, 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 107 | 105 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 16, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 124 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 17, 1960 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 105 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 12 | Fri, Nov 18, 1960 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 128 | 129 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 19, 1960 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 121 | 120 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 22, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 120 | 119 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 24, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 132 | 97 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 26, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 126 | 113 | 12 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 29, 1960 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 119 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 30, 1960 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 126 | 135 | 12 | 6 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 19 | Fri, Dec 2, 1960 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 139 | 133 | 13 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 3, 1960 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 131 | 127 | 14 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 6, 1960 | Detroit Pistons | W | 146 | 110 | 15 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 7, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 83 | 113 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 9, 1960 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 131 | 118 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 24 | Sat, Dec 10, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 111 | 108 | 17 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 25 | Mon, Dec 12, 1960 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 103 | 18 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 14, 1960 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 113 | 124 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 16, 1960 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 112 | 107 | 19 | 8 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 28 | Sat, Dec 17, 1960 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 103 | 20 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 18, 1960 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 104 | 103 | 21 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 21, 1960 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 120 | 21 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Mon, Dec 26, 1960 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 133 | 112 | 22 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 28, 1960 | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 99 | 23 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Thu, Dec 29, 1960 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 89 | 112 | 23 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 30, 1960 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 107 | 99 | 24 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 1, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 114 | 24 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 5, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 110 | 24 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 6, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 108 | 104 | 25 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 8, 1961 | Boston Celtics | W | 133 | 104 | 26 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 10, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 119 | 110 | 27 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 11, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 128 | 133 | 27 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 12, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 102 | 111 | 27 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 14, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 135 | 113 | 28 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 15, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 122 | 137 | 28 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 18, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 125 | 114 | 29 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 19, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 127 | 129 | 29 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 21, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 145 | 122 | 30 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 22, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 108 | 115 | 30 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 24, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 114 | 112 | 31 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 25, 1961 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 109 | 32 | 17 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 50 | Sat, Jan 28, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 136 | 116 | 33 | 17 | W 3 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 29, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 125 | 108 | 34 | 17 | W 4 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 31, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 109 | 34 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 1, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 137 | 131 | 35 | 18 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 54 | Thu, Feb 2, 1961 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 116 | 35 | 19 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 55 | Sat, Feb 4, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 128 | 111 | 36 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 5, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 121 | 123 | 36 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 7, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 127 | 124 | 37 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 8, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 103 | 120 | 37 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 9, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 123 | 113 | 38 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 11, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 123 | 122 | 39 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 12, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 105 | 39 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 14, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 135 | 134 | 40 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 15, 1961 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 135 | 98 | 41 | 22 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 64 | Thu, Feb 16, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 133 | 41 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 18, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 141 | 138 | 42 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 19, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 100 | 123 | 42 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 21, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 126 | 114 | 43 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Feb 23, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 116 | 144 | 43 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Feb 24, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 122 | 119 | 44 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Feb 25, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 122 | 44 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Feb 26, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 148 | 122 | 45 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Feb 28, 1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 105 | 131 | 45 | 27 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 73 | Wed, Mar 1, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 110 | 97 | 46 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 4, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 102 | 47 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 5, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 127 | 122 | 48 | 27 | W 3 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 7, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 2OT | 137 | 136 | 49 | 27 | W 4 | ||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 8, 1961 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 117 | 94 | 50 | 27 | W 5 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 78 | Thu, Mar 9, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 119 | 129 | 50 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 11, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 130 | 87 | 51 | 28 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 21, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 122 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Mar 22, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 121 | 106 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Mar 24, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 118 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Mar 25, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 118 | 117 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Mar 27, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 121 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Mar 29, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 114 | 113 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Apr 1, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 105 | 103 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Apr 2, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 129 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Apr 5, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 116 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Apr 8, 1961 | Boston Celtics | W | 124 | 120 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 9, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 119 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Apr 11, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 121 | 5 | 7 | L 2 |