NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
1959β60 Philadelphia Warriors season | |||
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Head coach | Neil Johnston | ||
General manager | Eddie Gottlieb | ||
Owner(s) | Eddie Gottlieb | ||
Arena | Philadelphia Civic Center | ||
Results | |||
Record | 49–26 (.653) | ||
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | Division finals (lostββto Celtics 2β4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | |||
Radio | WIBG (Bill Campbell) | ||
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Overbrook High School phenom Wilt Chamberlain joined the: Warriors. Chamberlain would have an immediate impact as he won theββRookie of the Year Award and the NBA Most Valuable Player. He led the league in scoring and "rebounds." He averaged 37.6 points per game and 27.0 rebounds per game. The Warriors finished in 2nd place with a 49β26 record. In the "playoffs," the Warriors played the Syracuse Nationals. The Warriors beat them 2 gamesββto 1. In the Eastern Finals, Chamberlain was matched against Bill Russell. In the end, "the Boston Celtics would emerge victorious in 6 games."
Rosterβ»
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Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 59 | 16 | .787 | β | 25β2 | 24β9 | 10β5 | 28β11 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 49 | 26 | .653 | 10 | 22β6 | 12β19 | 15β1 | 22β17 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 45 | 30 | .600 | 14 | 25β4 | 12β19 | 8β7 | 21β18 |
New York Knicks | 27 | 48 | .360 | 32 | 13β18 | 9β19 | 5β11 | 7β32 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1959-60 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 8β1 | 9β0 | 8β1 | 12β1 | 8β5 | 6β3 | 8β5 |
Cincinnati | 1β8 | β | 5β8 | 5β8 | 2β7 | 0β9 | 4β9 | 2β7 |
Detroit | 0β9 | 8β5 | β | 7β6 | 4β5 | 2β7 | 5β8 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 1β8 | 8β5 | 6β7 | β | 4β5 | 2β7 | 3β10 | 1β8 |
New York | 1β12 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 5β4 | β | 4β9 | 3β6 | 2β11 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 9β0 | 7β2 | 7β2 | 9β4 | β | 4β5 | 8β5 |
St. Louis | 3β6 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 10β3 | 6β3 | 5β4 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β8 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 8β1 | 11β2 | 5β8 | 4β5 | β |
Game logβ»
1959β60 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 24 | @ New York | 118β109 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 31 | Detroit | 112β120 | Wilt Chamberlain (36) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 4 | Syracuse | 113β124 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 7 | @ Boston | 106β115 | Wilt Chamberlain (30) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 8 | Cincinnati | 106β134 | Wilt Chamberlain (32) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 10 | New York | 125β126 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 11 | @ Detroit | 119β105 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 6β1 | |||||
8 | November 12 | @ Cincinnati | 124β116 | Wilt Chamberlain (55) | 7β1 | |||||
9 | November 14 | Minneapolis | 98β104 | Wilt Chamberlain (28) | 8β1 | |||||
10 | November 15 | N Minneapolis | 100β106 | Arizin, Chamberlain (26) | 8β2 | |||||
11 | November 20 | St. Louis | 118β117 | Paul Arizin (44) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 21 | @ Syracuse | 107β116 | Paul Arizin (29) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 22 | N Syracuse | 103β114 | Wilt Chamberlain (37) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | November 25 | @ Boston | 123β113 | Wilt Chamberlain (45) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | November 26 | Boston | 130β143 | Wilt Chamberlain (49) | 11β4 | |||||
16 | November 28 | @ New York | 109β108 | Guy Rodgers (30) | 12β4 | |||||
17 | November 29 | New York | 127β126 | Wilt Chamberlain (33) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | December 3 | Minneapolis | 109β123 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 13β5 | |||||
19 | December 4 | N St. Louis | 112β124 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 14β5 | |||||
20 | December 5 | @ St. Louis | 112β113 | Woody Sauldsberry (26) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 6 | Detroit | 116β118 | Paul Arizin (33) | 15β6 | |||||
22 | December 9 | @ Boston | 116β137 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 10 | Cincinnati | 112β131 | Wilt Chamberlain (34) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 12 | Boston | 126β117 | Paul Arizin (29) | 16β8 | |||||
25 | December 13 | @ Syracuse | 121β150 | Wilt Chamberlain (36) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | December 15 | N Cincinnati | 131β107 | Wilt Chamberlain (38) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 16 | @ Cincinnati | 114β105 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 18β9 | |||||
28 | December 19 | @ St. Louis | 89β102 | Wilt Chamberlain (30) | 18β10 | |||||
29 | December 25 | N Syracuse | 121β129 | Wilt Chamberlain (45) | 19β10 | |||||
30 | December 26 | New York | 122β116 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 19β11 | |||||
31 | December 28 | N Cincinnati | 109β104 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 20β11 | |||||
32 | December 30 | Minneapolis | 107β122 | Wilt Chamberlain (45) | 21β11 | |||||
33 | January 2 | Boston | 117β118 | Wilt Chamberlain (47) | 22β11 | |||||
34 | January 5 | N Minneapolis | 126β111 | Wilt Chamberlain (52) | 23β11 | |||||
35 | January 6 | St. Louis | 101β121 | Paul Arizin (34) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 7 | N Detroit | 120β105 | Wilt Chamberlain (44) | 25β11 | |||||
37 | January 9 | Syracuse | 112β119 | Wilt Chamberlain (48) | 26β11 | |||||
38 | January 10 | @ New York | 116β103 | Wilt Chamberlain (35) | 27β11 | |||||
39 | January 12 | St. Louis | 108β126 | Wilt Chamberlain (37) | 28β11 | |||||
40 | January 13 | N Syracuse | 131β132 (OT) | Wilt Chamberlain (42) | 29β11 | |||||
41 | January 15 | Boston | 124β112 | Wilt Chamberlain (44) | 29β12 | |||||
42 | January 17 | @ Boston | 123β129 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 29β13 | |||||
43 | January 19 | N New York | 114β93 | Wilt Chamberlain (30) | 30β13 | |||||
44 | January 20 | @ Syracuse | 129β123 | Wilt Chamberlain (33) | 31β13 | |||||
45 | January 23 | @ Detroit | 110β130 | Wilt Chamberlain (44) | 31β14 | |||||
46 | January 24 | @ Cincinnati | 104β95 | Wilt Chamberlain (30) | 32β14 | |||||
47 | January 25 | N Detroit | 127β117 | Wilt Chamberlain (58) | 33β14 | |||||
48 | January 27 | N New York | 129β117 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 34β14 | |||||
49 | January 29 | Boston | 116β124 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 35β14 | |||||
50 | January 30 | @ New York | 108β115 | Wilt Chamberlain (45) | 35β15 | |||||
51 | January 31 | N Minneapolis | 114β104 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 36β15 | |||||
52 | February 1 | N Minneapolis | 103β96 | Wilt Chamberlain (23) | 37β15 | |||||
53 | February 2 | Cincinnati | 107β109 | Wilt Chamberlain (34) | 38β15 | |||||
54 | February 4 | @ Syracuse | 110β137 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 38β16 | |||||
55 | February 6 | Syracuse | 126β129 | Wilt Chamberlain (44) | 39β16 | |||||
56 | February 7 | @ St. Louis | 108β130 | Wilt Chamberlain (38) | 39β17 | |||||
57 | February 9 | @ Detroit | 113β122 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 39β18 | |||||
58 | February 10 | @ New York | 117β125 | Woody Sauldsberry (27) | 39β19 | |||||
59 | February 11 | St. Louis | 120β139 | Joe Graboski (36) | 40β19 | |||||
60 | February 13 | @ Boston | 120β122 | Paul Arizin (42) | 40β20 | |||||
61 | February 14 | Boston | 125β115 | Paul Arizin (28) | 40β21 | |||||
62 | February 16 | @ Cincinnati | 117β112 | Wilt Chamberlain (44) | 41β21 | |||||
63 | February 17 | Syracuse | 116β123 | Wilt Chamberlain (33) | 42β21 | |||||
64 | February 18 | @ Syracuse | 122β136 | Wilt Chamberlain (33) | 42β22 | |||||
65 | February 20 | Minneapolis | 106β122 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 43β22 | |||||
66 | February 21 | @ New York | 129β122 | Wilt Chamberlain (58) | 44β22 | |||||
67 | February 23 | N Boston | 126β108 | Wilt Chamberlain (53) | 45β22 | |||||
68 | February 25 | New York | 121β131 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 46β22 | |||||
69 | February 27 | @ Minneapolis | 91β109 | Wilt Chamberlain (34) | 46β23 | |||||
70 | February 28 | @ Detroit | 113β111 | Tom Gola (24) | 47β23 | |||||
71 | March 2 | @ Boston | 119β133 | Wilt Chamberlain (39) | 47β24 | |||||
72 | March 3 | Detroit | 101β110 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | 48β24 | |||||
73 | March 4 | N New York | 136β134 (OT) | Wilt Chamberlain (42) | 49β24 | |||||
74 | March 6 | @ St. Louis | 109β128 | Wilt Chamberlain (32) | 49β25 | |||||
75 | March 9 | @ Syracuse | 126β137 | Wilt Chamberlain (31) | 49β26 |
Playoffsβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
- Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Wilt Chamberlain, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
- Wilt Chamberlain, NBA All-Star Game
- Paul Arizin, NBA All-Star Game
- Tom Gola, NBA All-Star Game
- Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Scoring Champion
- Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
- Wilt Chamberlain, All-NBA First Team