Season for the: Nationals in theββNational Basketball Association
NBA professional basketball team season
1960β61 Syracuse Nationals season | |||
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Head coach | Alex Hannum | ||
Arena | Onondaga War Memorial | ||
Results | |||
Record | 38–41 (.481) | ||
Place | Division: 3rd (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | East Division Finals (eliminated 1β4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
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The 1960β61 NBA season was the Nationals' 12th season in the NBA.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 57 | 22 | .722 | β | 21β7 | 24β11 | 12β4 | 28β11 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 46 | 33 | .582 | 11 | 23β6 | 12β21 | 11β6 | 22β17 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 38 | 41 | .481 | 19 | 19β9 | 8β21 | 11β11 | 18β21 |
New York Knicks | 21 | 58 | .266 | 36 | 10β22 | 7β25 | 4β11 | 10β29 |
- x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1960-61 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 6β4 | 10β3 |
Cincinnati | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 8β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β7 | 4β6 |
Detroit | 2β8 | 11β2 | β | 4β9 | 5β5 | 5β5 | 3β10 | 4β6 |
Los Angeles | 2β8 | 5β8 | 9β4 | β | 7β3 | 2β8 | 5β8 | 6β4 |
New York | 3β10 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 1β9 | 5β8 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 8β2 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 11β2 | β | 3β7 | 6β7 |
St. Louis | 4β6 | 7β6 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 9β1 | 7β3 | β | 6β4 |
Syracuse | 3β10 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 8β5 | 7β6 | 4β6 | β |
Game logβ»
1960β61 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Philadelphia | 133β123 | Hal Greer (28) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 25 | @ St. Louis | 100β123 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | October 27 | @ Cincinnati | 140β143 (OT) | Dick Barnett (30) | 0β3 | |||||
4 | October 29 | Los Angeles | 118β125 | Dolph Schayes (32) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 5 | @ Los Angeles | 110β112 | Johnny Kerr (21) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 6 | N Los Angeles | 113β119 | Dolph Schayes (31) | 1β5 | |||||
7 | November 11 | @ New York | 108β112 | Dick Barnett (26) | 1β6 | |||||
8 | November 12 | New York | 117β128 | Dolph Schayes (34) | 2β6 | |||||
9 | November 16 | Cincinnati | 87β124 | Hal Greer (22) | 3β6 | |||||
10 | November 17 | @ Philadelphia | 106β105 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 4β6 | |||||
11 | November 19 | Boston | 114β94 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | November 23 | @ Detroit | 115β122 | Hal Greer (31) | 4β8 | |||||
13 | November 24 | @ St. Louis | 97β132 | Hal Greer (20) | 4β9 | |||||
14 | November 26 | @ Boston | 110β129 | Dick Barnett (25) | 4β10 | |||||
15 | November 29 | N Cincinnati | 129β105 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 5β10 | |||||
16 | November 30 | N St. Louis | 135β126 | Hal Greer (35) | 6β10 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ Cincinnati | 137β126 | Dolph Schayes (35) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 3 | New York | 113β130 | Hal Greer (25) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 6 | N Philadelphia | 107β113 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 8β11 | |||||
20 | December 7 | @ Boston | 142β134 | Dolph Schayes (40) | 9β11 | |||||
21 | December 9 | N St. Louis | 118β131 | Dick Barnett (25) | 9β12 | |||||
22 | December 10 | @ Detroit | 117β107 | Costello, Greer, Schayes (22) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 11 | Philadelphia | 121β132 | Dolph Schayes (33) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 13 | N Cincinnati | 107β105 | Dolph Schayes (32) | 12β12 | |||||
25 | December 15 | N Boston | 105β115 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 12β13 | |||||
26 | December 18 | St. Louis | 104β103 | Gambee, Kerr, Schayes (18) | 12β14 | |||||
27 | December 20 | @ New York | 112β122 | Larry Costello (32) | 12β15 | |||||
28 | December 25 | New York | 100β162 | Gambee, Greer (24) | 13β15 | |||||
29 | December 26 | @ St. Louis | 112β133 | Hal Greer (26) | 13β16 | |||||
30 | December 27 | @ Cincinnati | 124β129 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 13β17 | |||||
31 | December 28 | Los Angeles | 113β115 | Dolph Schayes (38) | 14β17 | |||||
32 | December 30 | N Detroit | 112β121 | Costello, Kerr (21) | 14β18 | |||||
33 | January 1 | Boston | 113β96 | Dick Barnett (22) | 14β19 | |||||
34 | January 2 | N Cincinnati | 125β126 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 14β20 | |||||
35 | January 3 | @ New York | 129β104 | Hal Greer (31) | 15β20 | |||||
36 | January 4 | Cincinnati | 134β126 | Dick Barnett (32) | 15β21 | |||||
37 | January 5 | @ Philadelphia | 127β139 | Dick Barnett (34) | 15β22 | |||||
38 | January 7 | N New York | 117β120 | Dolph Schayes (36) | 15β23 | |||||
39 | January 8 | Detroit | 115β138 | Dick Barnett (36) | 16β23 | |||||
40 | January 11 | St. Louis | 128β133 | Dolph Schayes (35) | 17β23 | |||||
41 | January 12 | N Boston | 118β124 (OT) | Dick Barnett (33) | 17β24 | |||||
42 | January 13 | N New York | 106β105 | Johnny Kerr (21) | 18β24 | |||||
43 | January 15 | Philadelphia | 113β116 | Dolph Schayes (35) | 19β24 | |||||
44 | January 18 | N Philadelphia | 129β118 | Greer, Schayes (30) | 20β24 | |||||
45 | January 21 | Boston | 124β127 | Dick Barnett (30) | 21β24 | |||||
46 | January 22 | N Los Angeles | 112β109 | Dick Barnett (27) | 22β24 | |||||
47 | January 24 | @ Los Angeles | 107β116 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 22β25 | |||||
48 | January 25 | @ Los Angeles | 112β117 | Dick Barnett (23) | 22β26 | |||||
49 | January 27 | @ Cincinnati | 138β126 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 23β26 | |||||
50 | January 29 | @ St. Louis | 108β125 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 23β27 | |||||
51 | January 31 | @ New York | 122β106 | Hal Greer (34) | 24β27 | |||||
52 | February 1 | Philadelphia | 122β113 | Barnett, Schayes (24) | 24β28 | |||||
53 | February 3 | @ Detroit | 118β121 | Dolph Schayes (36) | 24β29 | |||||
54 | February 4 | N Detroit | 104β111 | Dolph Schayes (25) | 24β30 | |||||
55 | February 5 | Cincinnati | 115β129 | Dick Barnett (34) | 25β30 | |||||
56 | February 8 | Boston | 108β130 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 26β30 | |||||
57 | February 9 | @ Philadelphia | 136β126 | Larry Costello (24) | 27β30 | |||||
58 | February 11 | N Detroit | 141β111 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 28β30 | |||||
59 | February 12 | Detroit | 122β148 | Hal Greer (34) | 29β30 | |||||
60 | February 15 | @ New York | 127β129 (OT) | Dick Barnett (24) | 29β31 | |||||
61 | February 16 | New York | 120β132 | Hal Greer (32) | 30β31 | |||||
62 | February 17 | N Detroit | 115β113 | Costello, Greer (19) | 31β31 | |||||
63 | February 18 | N Philadelphia | 129β110 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 32β31 | |||||
64 | February 19 | Boston | 116β106 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 32β32 | |||||
65 | February 20 | N Los Angeles | 126β121 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 33β32 | |||||
66 | February 21 | N Detroit | 123β118 | Dolph Schayes (33) | 34β32 | |||||
67 | February 23 | St. Louis | 116β144 | Hal Greer (34) | 35β32 | |||||
68 | February 24 | @ Boston | 128β144 | Larry Costello (25) | 35β33 | |||||
69 | February 26 | New York | 110β136 | Dave Gambee (23) | 36β33 | |||||
70 | March 1 | Philadelphia | 128β149 | Dolph Schayes (24) | 37β33 | |||||
71 | March 2 | N Los Angeles | 110β114 | Larry Costello (24) | 37β34 | |||||
72 | March 3 | N Philadelphia | 116β123 | Dave Gambee (23) | 37β35 | |||||
73 | March 4 | @ Philadelphia | 115β116 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 37β36 | |||||
74 | March 5 | Los Angeles | 125β114 | Hal Greer (26) | 37β37 | |||||
75 | March 7 | @ New York | 113β114 | Barnett, Kerr (22) | 37β38 | |||||
76 | March 8 | @ Boston | 127β136 | Costello, Kerr (20) | 37β39 | |||||
77 | March 9 | St. Louis | 119β129 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 38β39 | |||||
78 | March 11 | @ Boston | 116β126 | Dolph Schayes (24) | 38β40 | |||||
79 | March 12 | Boston | 136β134 (OT) | Dolph Schayes (33) | 38β41 |
Playoffsβ»
1961 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 3β0 (home: 1β0; road: 2β0)
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Division Finals: 1β4 (home: 1β1; road: 0β3)
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1961 schedule |