1960–61 Philadelphia Warriors season
Appearance
1960–61 Philadelphia Warriors season | |
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Head coach | Neil Johnston |
Arena | Philadelphia Civic Center |
Results | |
Record | 46–33 (.582) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1960–61 NBA season was the Warriors' 15th season in the NBA.[1]
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | — |
Playoffs
East Division Semifinals
(2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals:Nationals win series 3-0
- Game 1 @ Philadelphia: Syracuse 115, Philadelphia 107
- Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 115, Philadelphia 114
- Game 3 @ Philadelphia: Syracuse 106, Philadelphia 103
Awards and records
- 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, All-NBA First Team