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1959-60 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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Record: 45-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Paul Seymour (45-30)

PTS/G: 118.9 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 116.3 (6th of 8)
SRS: 2.77 (3rd of 8)
Expected W-L: 43-32 (4th of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 110,000 (6th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Philadelphia Warriors

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 24, 1959 Box Score Boston Celtics L 109 121 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Oct 28, 1959 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 102 117 0 2 L 2
3 Fri, Oct 30, 1959 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals W 136 127 1 2 W 1
4 Sat, Oct 31, 1959 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 117 108 2 2 W 2
5 Wed, Nov 4, 1959 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 113 124 2 3 L 1
6 Sat, Nov 7, 1959 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals L 101 103 2 4 L 2 at Rochester, NY
7 Sun, Nov 8, 1959 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 118 107 3 4 W 1
8 Thu, Nov 12, 1959 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 113 104 4 4 W 2
9 Sat, Nov 14, 1959 Box Score New York Knicks W 116 108 5 4 W 3
10 Tue, Nov 17, 1959 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals W 121 116 6 4 W 4 at New York, NY
11 Wed, Nov 18, 1959 Box Score Boston Celtics W 138 103 7 4 W 5
12 Fri, Nov 20, 1959 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 101 114 7 5 L 1
13 Sat, Nov 21, 1959 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 116 107 8 5 W 1
14 Sun, Nov 22, 1959 Box Score N Philadelphia Warriors L 103 114 8 6 L 1 at Camden, NJ
15 Tue, Nov 24, 1959 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 120 107 9 6 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 25, 1959 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers W 100 93 10 6 W 2
17 Thu, Nov 26, 1959 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 95 112 10 7 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 28, 1959 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals W 111 105 11 7 W 1
19 Tue, Dec 1, 1959 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks L 101 106 11 8 L 1 at New York, NY
20 Wed, Dec 2, 1959 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 130 121 12 8 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 5, 1959 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 108 95 13 8 W 2
22 Tue, Dec 8, 1959 Box Score N Minneapolis Lakers W 93 89 14 8 W 3 at Seattle, WA
23 Wed, Dec 9, 1959 Box Score N Minneapolis Lakers L 86 96 14 9 L 1 at San Francisco, CA
24 Fri, Dec 11, 1959 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 121 152 14 10 L 2
25 Sun, Dec 13, 1959 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 150 121 15 10 W 1
26 Wed, Dec 16, 1959 Box Score New York Knicks W 116 113 16 10 W 2
27 Sat, Dec 19, 1959 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 112 120 16 11 L 1
28 Sun, Dec 20, 1959 Box Score Boston Celtics L 127 132 16 12 L 2
29 Fri, Dec 25, 1959 Box Score N Philadelphia Warriors L 121 129 16 13 L 3 at Hershey, PA
30 Sat, Dec 26, 1959 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 117 104 17 13 W 1
31 Mon, Dec 28, 1959 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 106 120 17 14 L 1
32 Wed, Dec 30, 1959 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals W 131 127 18 14 W 1
33 Fri, Jan 1, 1960 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers W 109 98 19 14 W 2
34 Sun, Jan 3, 1960 Box Score Boston Celtics W 114 113 20 14 W 3
35 Mon, Jan 4, 1960 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 120 127 20 15 L 1
36 Tue, Jan 5, 1960 Box Score N Boston Celtics W OT 145 143 21 15 W 1 at Providence, RI
37 Thu, Jan 7, 1960 Box Score Cincinnati Royals W 132 114 22 15 W 2
38 Fri, Jan 8, 1960 Box Score N Detroit Pistons W 118 107 23 15 W 3 at Rochester, NY
39 Sat, Jan 9, 1960 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 112 119 23 16 L 1
40 Sun, Jan 10, 1960 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 108 103 24 16 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 12, 1960 Box Score N Boston Celtics W 127 120 25 16 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
42 Wed, Jan 13, 1960 Box Score N Philadelphia Warriors L OT 131 132 25 17 L 1 at Boston, MA
43 Thu, Jan 14, 1960 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 119 112 26 17 W 1
44 Fri, Jan 15, 1960 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L OT 140 141 26 18 L 1
45 Sun, Jan 17, 1960 Box Score New York Knicks W 129 117 27 18 W 1
46 Wed, Jan 20, 1960 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors L 123 129 27 19 L 1
47 Sat, Jan 23, 1960 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 121 130 27 20 L 2
48 Sun, Jan 24, 1960 Box Score Boston Celtics L 110 131 27 21 L 3
49 Tue, Jan 26, 1960 Box Score N Detroit Pistons L 114 121 27 22 L 4 at New York, NY
50 Wed, Jan 27, 1960 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 144 108 28 22 W 1
51 Fri, Jan 29, 1960 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers W 119 112 29 22 W 2
52 Sun, Jan 31, 1960 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 110 117 29 23 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 2, 1960 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 119 102 30 23 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 4, 1960 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 137 110 31 23 W 2
55 Fri, Feb 5, 1960 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 100 124 31 24 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 6, 1960 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 126 129 31 25 L 2
57 Sun, Feb 7, 1960 Box Score Cincinnati Royals W 135 112 32 25 W 1
58 Tue, Feb 9, 1960 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals W 117 111 33 25 W 2 at Detroit, MI
59 Wed, Feb 10, 1960 Box Score N Minneapolis Lakers W 110 109 34 25 W 3 at New York, NY
60 Thu, Feb 11, 1960 Box Score New York Knicks W 116 109 35 25 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 14, 1960 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 121 119 36 25 W 5
62 Tue, Feb 16, 1960 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 116 125 36 26 L 1
63 Wed, Feb 17, 1960 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 116 123 36 27 L 2
64 Thu, Feb 18, 1960 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 136 122 37 27 W 1
65 Sat, Feb 20, 1960 Box Score N New York Knicks W 126 121 38 27 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
66 Sun, Feb 21, 1960 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 122 120 39 27 W 3
67 Tue, Feb 23, 1960 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 133 135 39 28 L 1
68 Wed, Feb 24, 1960 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 110 128 39 29 L 2
69 Thu, Feb 25, 1960 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 110 105 40 29 W 1
70 Sat, Feb 27, 1960 Box Score New York Knicks W 114 111 41 29 W 2
71 Tue, Mar 1, 1960 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 124 121 42 29 W 3
72 Thu, Mar 3, 1960 Box Score Boston Celtics W 149 108 43 29 W 4
73 Sat, Mar 5, 1960 Box Score New York Knicks W 132 115 44 29 W 5
74 Sun, Mar 6, 1960 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 117 126 44 30 L 1
75 Wed, Mar 9, 1960 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 137 126 45 30 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 11, 1960 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 92 115 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Mar 13, 1960 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 125 119 1 1 W 1
3 Mon, Mar 14, 1960 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 112 132 1 2 L 1