1960-61 St. Louis Hawks season

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1960-61 St. Louis Hawks season
Head Coach Paul Seymour
Arena Kiel Auditorium
Results
Record 51–28
(.646)
Place Division: 1st
Conference: 1st
Playoff Finish Lost NBA Finals

Despite reaching the finals in 1960, owner Ben Kerner changed coaches during the off-season. Ed Macauley was replaced with Paul Seymour. [1]On the court, rookie Lenny Wilkens was averaging 11.7 points per game in his first year. [2]The brunt of the scoring came from the Hawks' front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette. They combined for 72.0 points per game, and the Hawks won the West by 15 games. [3]The Hawks finished the season with a record of 51-28. In the playoffs, the Hawks needed a 1-point overtime win in Game 6 on the road to force a 7th game with the Minneapolis Lakers. Game 7 was played in St. Louis and the Hawks beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 2 points. [4]The Hawks were up against the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Hawks fell in 5 games as the Celtics won their 4th NBA Title in 5 seasons.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NBA Draft

Pick Player Nationality School

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

[edit] Season Schedule

[edit] Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Awards and Honors

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html
  2. ^ www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html
  3. ^ www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html
  4. ^ www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html
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