1960–61 Syracuse Nationals season

Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association August 2023 March 2026 December 2024 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia 76ers 1961 38 41 Eastern 3 Alex Hannum Onondaga War Memorial East Division Finals(eliminated 1–4) SYR The 1960–61 Syracuse Nationals season was the Nationals' 12th season in the NBA.1960–61 Syracuse Nationals The team also hosted the 11th NBA All-Star Game held on January 17, 1961. Roster Syracuse Nationals 1960-61 #D0103A #FFFFFF #0046AD #FFFFFF 5 Dick Barnett G-F 6 4 190 Tennessee State 1936-10-02 3 Ernie Beck G-F 6 4 190 Pennsylvania 1931-12-11 24 Al Bianchi G 6 3 185 Bowling Green 1932-03-26 23 Barney Cable F 6 7 175 Bradley 1935-07-29 21 Larry Costello G 6 1 185 Niagara 1931-07-02 20 Dave Gambee F 6 6 215 Oregon State 1937-04-16 15 Hal Greer G-F 6 2 175 Marshall 1936-06-26 11 Swede Halbrook C 7 3 230 Oregon State 1933-01-30 10 Johnny Kerr C-F 6 9 230 Illinois 1932-08-17 3 Cal Ramsey F 6 4 200 NYU 1937-07-13 12 Joe Roberts basketball F 6 6 214 Ohio State 1936-05-18 4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6 7 195 NYU 1928-05-19 Alex Hannum https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1961.html Regular season Season standings SYR x – clinched playoff spot 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 Syracuse Nationals 1961 #0046AD white yes Syracuse Nationals Division Semifinals yes #D0103A white yes no 1 0 2 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 14 | @ Philadelphia | W 115–107 | Larry Costello (28) | Swede Halbrook (15) | Larry Costello (11) | Philadelphia Civic Center4,391 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 16 | Philadelphia | W 115–114 | Hal Greer (26) | Dolph Schayes (14) | Larry Costello (6) | Onondaga War Memorial5,304 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | March 18 | @ Philadelphia | W 106–103 | Larry Costello (20) | Red Kerr (18) | Larry Costello (8) | Philadelphia Civic Center | 3–0 |- Syracuse Nationals Division Finals #D0103A white yes no 1 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 19 | @ Boston | L 115–128 | Dolph Schayes (26) | — | Schayes, Costello (6) | Boston Garden7,728 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 21 | Boston | W 115–98 | Dolph Schayes (32) | — | Larry Costello (9) | Onondaga War Memorial6,657 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 23 | @ Boston | L 110–133 | Dick Barnett (22) | Red Kerr (11) | Larry Costello (4) | Boston Garden11,754 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | March 25 | Boston | L 107–120 | Dolph Schayes (23) | — | Barnett, Costello (4) | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | March 26 | @ Boston | L 101–123 | Dick Barnett (25) | Swede Halbrook (14) | four players tied (4) | Boston Garden12,292 | 1–4 |- SYR 1961 yes Awards and records Dolph Schayes, All-NBA Second Team Larry Costello, All-NBA Second Team References 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