NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
Overbrook High School phenom Wilt Chamberlain joined the Warriors. Chamberlain would have an immediate impact as he won the Rookie of the Year Award and the NBA Most Valuable Player .[ 1]
He led the league in scoring and rebounds. He averaged 37.6 points per game and 27.0 rebounds per game.[ 1] The Warriors finished in 2nd place with a 49–26 record. In the playoffs, the Warriors played the Syracuse Nationals . The Warriors beat them 2 games to 1. In the Eastern Finals, Chamberlain was matched against Bill Russell . In the end, the Boston Celtics would emerge victorious in 6 games.
Roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
F
11
Arizin, Paul
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Villanova
G
7
Beck, Ernie
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Penn
C
13
Chamberlain, Wilt
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
Kansas
G/F
15
Gola, Tom
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
La Salle
F/C
9
Graboski, Joe
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Tuley HS (IL)
G
52
Hatton, Vern
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Kentucky
F
12
Johnson, Andy
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Portland
G
5
Rodgers, Guy
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Temple
F
17
Ruklick, Joe
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Northwestern
F/C
14
Sauldsberry, Woody
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Texas Southern
F
16
Sparrow, Guy
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
218 lb (99 kg)
Detroit Mercy
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1959-60 NBA Records
Team
BOS
CIN
DET
MIN
NYK
PHI
STL
SYR
Boston
—
8–1
9–0
8–1
12–1
8–5
6–3
8–5
Cincinnati
1–8
—
5–8
5–8
2–7
0–9
4–9
2–7
Detroit
0–9
8–5
—
7–6
4–5
2–7
5–8
4–5
Minneapolis
1–8
8–5
6–7
—
4–5
2–7
3–10
1–8
New York
1–12
7–2
5–4
5–4
—
4–9
3–6
2–11
Philadelphia
5–8
9–0
7–2
7–2
9–4
—
4–5
8–5
St. Louis
3–6
9–4
8–5
10–3
6–3
5–4
—
5–4
Syracuse
5–8
7–2
5–4
8–1
11–2
5–8
4–5
—
Game log
1959–60 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 24
@ New York
118–109
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
1–0
2
October 31
Detroit
112–120
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
2–0
3
November 4
Syracuse
113–124
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
3–0
4
November 7
@ Boston
106–115
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
3–1
5
November 8
Cincinnati
106–134
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
4–1
6
November 10
New York
125–126
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
5–1
7
November 11
@ Detroit
119–105
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
6–1
8
November 12
@ Cincinnati
124–116
Wilt Chamberlain (55)
7–1
9
November 14
Minneapolis
98–104
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
8–1
10
November 15
N Minneapolis
100–106
Arizin , Chamberlain (26)
8–2
11
November 20
St. Louis
118–117
Paul Arizin (44)
8–3
12
November 21
@ Syracuse
107–116
Paul Arizin (29)
8–4
13
November 22
N Syracuse
103–114
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
9–4
14
November 25
@ Boston
123–113
Wilt Chamberlain (45)
10–4
15
November 26
Boston
130–143
Wilt Chamberlain (49)
11–4
16
November 28
@ New York
109–108
Guy Rodgers (30)
12–4
17
November 29
New York
127–126
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
12–5
18
December 3
Minneapolis
109–123
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
13–5
19
December 4
N St. Louis
112–124
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
14–5
20
December 5
@ St. Louis
112–113
Woody Sauldsberry (26)
14–6
21
December 6
Detroit
116–118
Paul Arizin (33)
15–6
22
December 9
@ Boston
116–137
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
15–7
23
December 10
Cincinnati
112–131
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
16–7
24
December 12
Boston
126–117
Paul Arizin (29)
16–8
25
December 13
@ Syracuse
121–150
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
16–9
26
December 15
N Cincinnati
131–107
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
17–9
27
December 16
@ Cincinnati
114–105
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
18–9
28
December 19
@ St. Louis
89–102
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
18–10
29
December 25
N Syracuse
121–129
Wilt Chamberlain (45)
19–10
30
December 26
New York
122–116
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
19–11
31
December 28
N Cincinnati
109–104
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
20–11
32
December 30
Minneapolis
107–122
Wilt Chamberlain (45)
21–11
33
January 2
Boston
117–118
Wilt Chamberlain (47)
22–11
34
January 5
N Minneapolis
126–111
Wilt Chamberlain (52)
23–11
35
January 6
St. Louis
101–121
Paul Arizin (34)
24–11
36
January 7
N Detroit
120–105
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
25–11
37
January 9
Syracuse
112–119
Wilt Chamberlain (48)
26–11
38
January 10
@ New York
116–103
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
27–11
39
January 12
St. Louis
108–126
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
28–11
40
January 13
N Syracuse
131–132 (OT)
Wilt Chamberlain (42)
29–11
41
January 15
Boston
124–112
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
29–12
42
January 17
@ Boston
123–129
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
29–13
43
January 19
N New York
114–93
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
30–13
44
January 20
@ Syracuse
129–123
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
31–13
45
January 23
@ Detroit
110–130
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
31–14
46
January 24
@ Cincinnati
104–95
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
32–14
47
January 25
N Detroit
127–117
Wilt Chamberlain (58)
33–14
48
January 27
N New York
129–117
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
34–14
49
January 29
Boston
116–124
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
35–14
50
January 30
@ New York
108–115
Wilt Chamberlain (45)
35–15
51
January 31
N Minneapolis
114–104
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
36–15
52
February 1
N Minneapolis
103–96
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
37–15
53
February 2
Cincinnati
107–109
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
38–15
54
February 4
@ Syracuse
110–137
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
38–16
55
February 6
Syracuse
126–129
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
39–16
56
February 7
@ St. Louis
108–130
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
39–17
57
February 9
@ Detroit
113–122
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
39–18
58
February 10
@ New York
117–125
Woody Sauldsberry (27)
39–19
59
February 11
St. Louis
120–139
Joe Graboski (36)
40–19
60
February 13
@ Boston
120–122
Paul Arizin (42)
40–20
61
February 14
Boston
125–115
Paul Arizin (28)
40–21
62
February 16
@ Cincinnati
117–112
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
41–21
63
February 17
Syracuse
116–123
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
42–21
64
February 18
@ Syracuse
122–136
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
42–22
65
February 20
Minneapolis
106–122
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
43–22
66
February 21
@ New York
129–122
Wilt Chamberlain (58)
44–22
67
February 23
N Boston
126–108
Wilt Chamberlain (53)
45–22
68
February 25
New York
121–131
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
46–22
69
February 27
@ Minneapolis
91–109
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
46–23
70
February 28
@ Detroit
113–111
Tom Gola (24)
47–23
71
March 2
@ Boston
119–133
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
47–24
72
March 3
Detroit
101–110
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
48–24
73
March 4
N New York
136–134 (OT)
Wilt Chamberlain (42)
49–24
74
March 6
@ St. Louis
109–128
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
49–25
75
March 9
@ Syracuse
126–137
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
49–26
Playoffs
1960 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
Division finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
1960 schedule
Awards and honors
References
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