1960–61 Syracuse Nationals season

Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association

NBA professional basketball team season

Head coach

Alex Hannum

Arena

Onondaga War Memorial

Results

Record

38–41 (.481)

Place

Division: 3rd (Eastern)

Playoff finish

East Division Finals
(eliminated 1–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

< 1959–60

1961–62 >

The 1960–61 NBA season was the Nationals' 12th season in the NBA.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	57	22	.722	–	21–7	24–11	12–4	28–11
x-Philadelphia Warriors	46	33	.582	11	23–6	12–21	11–6	22–17
x-Syracuse Nationals	38	41	.481	19	19–9	8–21	11–11	18–21
New York Knicks	21	58	.266	36	10–22	7–25	4–11	10–29

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1960-61 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	—	7–3	8–2	8–2	10–3	8–5	6–4	10–3
Cincinnati	3–7	—	2–11	8–5	8–2	2–8	6–7	4–6
Detroit	2–8	11–2	—	4–9	5–5	5–5	3–10	4–6
Los Angeles	2–8	5–8	9–4	—	7–3	2–8	5–8	6–4
New York	3–10	2–8	5–5	3–7	—	2–11	1–9	5–8
Philadelphia	5–8	8–2	5–5	8–2	11–2	—	3–7	6–7
St. Louis	4–6	7–6	10–3	8–5	9–1	7–3	—	6–4
Syracuse	3–10	6–4	6–4	4–6	8–5	7–6	4–6	—

Game log

1960–61 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 22	Philadelphia	133–123	Hal Greer (28)	0–1
2	October 25	@ St. Louis	100–123	Dolph Schayes (26)	0–2
3	October 27	@ Cincinnati	140–143 (OT)	Dick Barnett (30)	0–3
4	October 29	Los Angeles	118–125	Dolph Schayes (32)	1–3
5	November 5	@ Los Angeles	110–112	Johnny Kerr (21)	1–4
6	November 6	N Los Angeles	113–119	Dolph Schayes (31)	1–5
7	November 11	@ New York	108–112	Dick Barnett (26)	1–6
8	November 12	New York	117–128	Dolph Schayes (34)	2–6
9	November 16	Cincinnati	87–124	Hal Greer (22)	3–6
10	November 17	@ Philadelphia	106–105	Dolph Schayes (22)	4–6
11	November 19	Boston	114–94	Dolph Schayes (30)	4–7
12	November 23	@ Detroit	115–122	Hal Greer (31)	4–8
13	November 24	@ St. Louis	97–132	Hal Greer (20)	4–9
14	November 26	@ Boston	110–129	Dick Barnett (25)	4–10
15	November 29	N Cincinnati	129–105	Dolph Schayes (28)	5–10
16	November 30	N St. Louis	135–126	Hal Greer (35)	6–10
17	December 1	@ Cincinnati	137–126	Dolph Schayes (35)	7–10
18	December 3	New York	113–130	Hal Greer (25)	8–10
19	December 6	N Philadelphia	107–113	Dolph Schayes (23)	8–11
20	December 7	@ Boston	142–134	Dolph Schayes (40)	9–11
21	December 9	N St. Louis	118–131	Dick Barnett (25)	9–12
22	December 10	@ Detroit	117–107	Costello, Greer, Schayes (22)	10–12
23	December 11	Philadelphia	121–132	Dolph Schayes (33)	11–12
24	December 13	N Cincinnati	107–105	Dolph Schayes (32)	12–12
25	December 15	N Boston	105–115	Dolph Schayes (26)	12–13
26	December 18	St. Louis	104–103	Gambee, Kerr, Schayes (18)	12–14
27	December 20	@ New York	112–122	Larry Costello (32)	12–15
28	December 25	New York	100–162	Gambee, Greer (24)	13–15
29	December 26	@ St. Louis	112–133	Hal Greer (26)	13–16
30	December 27	@ Cincinnati	124–129	Dolph Schayes (28)	13–17
31	December 28	Los Angeles	113–115	Dolph Schayes (38)	14–17
32	December 30	N Detroit	112–121	Costello, Kerr (21)	14–18
33	January 1	Boston	113–96	Dick Barnett (22)	14–19
34	January 2	N Cincinnati	125–126	Dolph Schayes (27)	14–20
35	January 3	@ New York	129–104	Hal Greer (31)	15–20
36	January 4	Cincinnati	134–126	Dick Barnett (32)	15–21
37	January 5	@ Philadelphia	127–139	Dick Barnett (34)	15–22
38	January 7	N New York	117–120	Dolph Schayes (36)	15–23
39	January 8	Detroit	115–138	Dick Barnett (36)	16–23
40	January 11	St. Louis	128–133	Dolph Schayes (35)	17–23
41	January 12	N Boston	118–124 (OT)	Dick Barnett (33)	17–24
42	January 13	N New York	106–105	Johnny Kerr (21)	18–24
43	January 15	Philadelphia	113–116	Dolph Schayes (35)	19–24
44	January 18	N Philadelphia	129–118	Greer, Schayes (30)	20–24
45	January 21	Boston	124–127	Dick Barnett (30)	21–24
46	January 22	N Los Angeles	112–109	Dick Barnett (27)	22–24
47	January 24	@ Los Angeles	107–116	Dolph Schayes (19)	22–25
48	January 25	@ Los Angeles	112–117	Dick Barnett (23)	22–26
49	January 27	@ Cincinnati	138–126	Dolph Schayes (28)	23–26
50	January 29	@ St. Louis	108–125	Dolph Schayes (26)	23–27
51	January 31	@ New York	122–106	Hal Greer (34)	24–27
52	February 1	Philadelphia	122–113	Barnett, Schayes (24)	24–28
53	February 3	@ Detroit	118–121	Dolph Schayes (36)	24–29
54	February 4	N Detroit	104–111	Dolph Schayes (25)	24–30
55	February 5	Cincinnati	115–129	Dick Barnett (34)	25–30
56	February 8	Boston	108–130	Dolph Schayes (28)	26–30
57	February 9	@ Philadelphia	136–126	Larry Costello (24)	27–30
58	February 11	N Detroit	141–111	Dolph Schayes (26)	28–30
59	February 12	Detroit	122–148	Hal Greer (34)	29–30
60	February 15	@ New York	127–129 (OT)	Dick Barnett (24)	29–31
61	February 16	New York	120–132	Hal Greer (32)	30–31
62	February 17	N Detroit	115–113	Costello, Greer (19)	31–31
63	February 18	N Philadelphia	129–110	Dolph Schayes (29)	32–31
64	February 19	Boston	116–106	Dolph Schayes (23)	32–32
65	February 20	N Los Angeles	126–121	Dolph Schayes (29)	33–32
66	February 21	N Detroit	123–118	Dolph Schayes (33)	34–32
67	February 23	St. Louis	116–144	Hal Greer (34)	35–32
68	February 24	@ Boston	128–144	Larry Costello (25)	35–33
69	February 26	New York	110–136	Dave Gambee (23)	36–33
70	March 1	Philadelphia	128–149	Dolph Schayes (24)	37–33
71	March 2	N Los Angeles	110–114	Larry Costello (24)	37–34
72	March 3	N Philadelphia	116–123	Dave Gambee (23)	37–35
73	March 4	@ Philadelphia	115–116	Dolph Schayes (21)	37–36
74	March 5	Los Angeles	125–114	Hal Greer (26)	37–37
75	March 7	@ New York	113–114	Barnett, Kerr (22)	37–38
76	March 8	@ Boston	127–136	Costello, Kerr (20)	37–39
77	March 9	St. Louis	119–129	Dolph Schayes (28)	38–39
78	March 11	@ Boston	116–126	Dolph Schayes (24)	38–40
79	March 12	Boston	136–134 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (33)	38–41

Playoffs

1961 playoff game log

Division Semifinals: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 14	@ Philadelphia	W 115–107	Larry Costello (28)	Swede Halbrook (15)	Larry Costello (11)	Philadelphia Civic Center 4,391	1–0
2	March 16	Philadelphia	W 115–114	Hal Greer (26)	Dolph Schayes (14)	Larry Costello (6)	Onondaga War Memorial 5,304	2–0
3	March 18	@ Philadelphia	W 106–103	Larry Costello (20)	Red Kerr (18)	Larry Costello (8)	Philadelphia Civic Center	3–0

Division Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 19	@ Boston	L 115–128	Dolph Schayes (26)	—	Schayes, Costello (6)	Boston Garden 7,728	0–1
2	March 21	Boston	W 115–98	Dolph Schayes (32)	—	Larry Costello (9)	Onondaga War Memorial 6,657	1–1
3	March 23	@ Boston	L 110–133	Dick Barnett (22)	Red Kerr (11)	Larry Costello (4)	Boston Garden 11,754	1–2
4	March 25	Boston	L 107–120	Dolph Schayes (23)	—	Barnett, Costello (4)	Onondaga War Memorial	1–3
5	March 26	@ Boston	L 101–123	Dick Barnett (25)	Swede Halbrook (14)	four players tied (4)	Boston Garden 12,292	1–4

1961 schedule

Awards and records

References

^ 1960–61 Syracuse Nationals

v t e 1960–61 NBA season by team
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Western	Cincinnati Detroit Los Angeles St. Louis