1959–60 St. Louis Hawks season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 St. Louis Hawks yes 1960 46 29 Western 1 Ed Macauley Kiel Auditorium KPLR 11 KMOX NBA Finals(Eliminated 3–4) The 1959–1960 Saint Louis Hawks season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Hawks claimed their 4th straight division title. They won the division by 16 games with a 46–29 record.http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html St. Louis Hawks – Sports Ecyclopedia February 9, 2014 December 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111228121102/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html dead Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette all averaged more than 20 points per game. In the Western Finals, the Hawks faced the Minneapolis Lakers and needed a win in Game 6 to stay alive. Game 6 was played in Minneapolis and the Hawks dominated the Lakers, as they won the match by 21 points to force a 7th game. In St. Louis the Hawks won 97–86 to earn a trip to the NBA Finals. The Hawks challenged the Boston Celtics for the 3rd time in 4 years. The Hawks and Celtics alternated wins as the series went to a 7th game. In Game 7 the Celtics would claim the title as Bill Russell scored 18 points in the 2nd Quarter. Roster St. Louis Hawks 1959–60 11 Al Ferrari SG 6 4 190 Michigan State 1933–07–06 20 Bob Ferry C 6 8 230 Saint Louis 1937–05–31 13 Larry Foust C 6 9 215 La Salle 1928–06–24 12 Dave Gambee SF 6 6 215 Oregon State 1937–04–16 17 Si Green PG 6 2 185 Duquesne 1933–08–20 16 Cliff Hagan SF 6 4 210 Kentucky 1931–12–09 34 Clyde Lovellette C 6 9 234 Kansas 1929–09–07 22 Slater Martin PG 5 10 170 Texas 1925–10–22 15 Johnny McCarthy SG 6 1 185 Canisius 1934–04–25 21 Jack McMahon PG 6 1 185 St. John's 1928–12–03 9 Bob Pettit PF 6 9 205 LSU 1932–12–12 12 — 25 Dave Piontek SG 6 6 230 Xavier 1934–08–27 13 Cal Ramsey SF 6 4 200 NYU 1937–07–13 19 Hub Reed C 6 9 215 Oklahoma City 1936–10–04 13 Chuck Share C 6 11 235 Bowling Green 1927–03–14 * Ed Macauley https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/STL/1960.html Regular season Season standings STL Game log 1959–60 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 24 Minneapolis 94–87 Bob Pettit (33) 0–1 2 October 31 Cincinnati 102–109 Clyde Lovellette (33) 1–1 3 November 1 @ Minneapolis 138–101 Bob Pettit (28) 2–1 4 November 3 Boston 103–98 Bob Pettit (25) 2–2 5 November 7 New York 113–117 Bob Pettit (28) 3–2 6 November 10 Minneapolis 105–134 Cliff Hagan (35) 4–2 7 November 14 @ Boston 111–113 Bob Pettit (34) 4–3 8 November 17 @ New York 97–105 Cliff Hagan (27) 4–4 9 November 20 @ Philadelphia 118–117 Bob Pettit (28) 5–4 10 November 21 Detroit 109–107 Bob Pettit (33) 5–5 11 November 22 @ Cincinnati 100–106 Bob Pettit (39) 5–6 12 November 25 @ Detroit 104–97 Bob Pettit (36) 6–6 13 November 26 Syracuse 95–112 Cliff Hagan (31) 7–6 14 November 28 Minneapolis 91–102 Bob Pettit (31) 8–6 15 December 1 N Syracuse 101–106 Bob Pettit (38) 9–6 16 December 2 @ Syracuse 121–130 Cliff Hagan (37) 9–7 17 December 4 N Philadelphia 112–124 Bob Pettit (27) 9–8 18 December 5 Philadelphia 112–113 Cliff Hagan (27) 10–8 19 December 6 @ Cincinnati 118–104 Cliff Hagan (32) 11–8 20 December 8 N Cincinnati 101–105 Cliff Hagan (30) 11–9 21 December 10 N Detroit 129–111 Cliff Hagan (31) 12–9 22 December 11 @ Boston 99–122 Hagan, Pettit (23) 12–10 23 December 13 Cincinnati 98–118 Cliff Hagan (27) 13–10 24 December 15 @ New York 119–110 Bob Pettit (40) 14–10 25 December 16 @ Detroit 107–106 Bob Pettit (32) 15–10 26 December 19 Philadelphia 89–102 Cliff Hagan (23) 16–10 27 December 20 Detroit 86–102 Cliff Hagan (21) 17–10 28 December 25 Minneapolis 96–112 Cliff Hagan (32) 18–10 29 December 26 @ Syracuse 104–117 Clyde Lovellette (23) 18–11 30 December 28 Syracuse 106–120 Cliff Hagan (28) 19–11 31 December 30 Boston 96–82 Bob Pettit (25) 19–12 32 January 1 @ Detroit 107–119 Bob Pettit (32) 19–13 33 January 2 Detroit 113–114 Cliff Hagan (34) 20–13 34 January 3 New York 108–110 Clyde Lovellette (37) 21–13 35 January 6 @ Philadelphia 101–121 Bob Pettit (24) 21–14 36 January 8 @ Cincinnati 102–112 Clyde Lovellette (25) 21–15 37 January 10 Boston 111–121 Bob Pettit (39) 22–15 38 January 12 @ Philadelphia 108–126 Cliff Hagan (26) 22–16 39 January 13 @ Boston 112–134 Clyde Lovellette (26) 22–17 40 January 14 @ Syracuse 112–119 Bob Pettit (38) 22–18 41 January 15 Syracuse 140–141 (OT) Bob Pettit (39) 23–18 42 January 17 Minneapolis 119–135 Hagan, Pettit (34) 24–18 43 January 20 @ Cincinnati 119–108 Bob Pettit (30) 25–18 44 January 23 Cincinnati 100–108 Cliff Hagan (32) 26–18 45 January 24 New York 129–155 Clyde Lovellette (39) 27–18 46 January 26 @ New York 119–123 Bob Pettit (28) 27–19 47 January 27 @ Boston 114–127 Cliff Hagan (33) 27–20 48 January 29 Detroit 125–130 (OT) Lovellette, Pettit (30) 28–20 49 January 30 @ Detroit 107–117 Bob Pettit (21) 28–21 50 January 31 Syracuse 110–117 Clyde Lovellette (39) 29–21 51 February 2 N Boston 114–113 Bob Pettit (32) 30–21 52 February 3 N New York 125–115 Bob Pettit (31) 31–21 53 February 5 @ Minneapolis 114–96 Bob Pettit (31) 32–21 54 February 7 Philadelphia 108–130 Bob Pettit (38) 33–21 55 February 9 New York 104–114 Bob Pettit (25) 34–21 56 February 10 @ Cincinnati 120–110 Cliff Hagan (39) 35–21 57 February 11 @ Philadelphia 120–139 Dave Piontek (20) 35–22 58 February 13 @ New York 104–122 Hagan, Lovellette (16) 35–23 59 February 14 Cincinnati 105–107 Clyde Lovellette (33) 36–23 60 February 16 @ Detroit 111–104 Cliff Hagan (26) 37–23 61 February 17 N Minneapolis 131–127 Cliff Hagan (44) 38–23 62 February 19 @ Minneapolis 101–111 Clyde Lovellette (26) 38–24 63 February 20 Boston 105–121 Bob Pettit (39) 39–24 64 February 21 N Minneapolis 98–112 Bob Pettit (31) 39–25 65 February 22 N Minneapolis 113–103 Cliff Hagan (25) 40–25 66 February 24 N Cincinnati 122–124 Clyde Lovellette (26) 40–26 67 February 25 @ Syracuse 105–110 Cliff Hagan (33) 40–27 68 February 27 Detroit 116–114 Clyde Lovellette (34) 40–28 69 February 28 Cincinnati 105–122 Cliff Hagan (39) 41–28 70 March 1 Minneapolis 101–109 Cliff Hagan (33) 42–28 71 March 2 @ Detroit 100–116 Cliff Hagan (25) 42–29 72 March 5 @ Minneapolis 107–106 (OT) Bob Pettit (41) 43–29 73 March 6 Philadelphia 109–128 Cliff Hagan (29) 44–29 74 March 8 Detroit 101–122 Bob Pettit (34) 45–29 75 March 9 @ Cincinnati 123–116 Cliff Hagan (33) 46–29 Playoffs St. Louis Hawks 1960 yes St. Louis Hawks Division Finals yes no yes 2 2 2 1 yes |- | 1 | March 16 | Minneapolis | W 112–99 | Cliff Hagan (29) | Bob Pettit (19) | Kiel Auditorium8,377 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 17 | Minneapolis | L 113–120 | Clyde Lovellette (30) | Bob Pettit (15) | Kiel Auditorium8,614 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 19 | @ Minneapolis | W 93–89 | Bob Pettit (35) | — | Minneapolis Armory | 2–1 |- | 4 | March 20 | @ Minneapolis | L 101–103 | Cliff Hagan (28) | Clyde Lovellette (15) | Minneapolis Armory6,852 | 2–2 |- | 5 | March 22 | Minneapolis | L 110–117 (OT) | Bob Pettit (25) | Bob Pettit (19) | Kiel Auditorium10,043 | 2–3 |- | 6 | March 24 | @ Minneapolis | W 117–96 | Bob Pettit (30) | Bob Pettit (18) | Minneapolis Armory | 3–3 |- | 7 | March 26 | Minneapolis | W 97–86 | Bob Pettit (28) | Bob Pettit (20) | Kiel Auditorium6,195 | 4–3 |- St. Louis Hawks NBA Finals no yes 2 1 1 3 |- | 1 | March 27 | @ Boston | L 122–140 | Cliff Hagan (25) | Bob Pettit (17) | Johnny McCarthy (6) | Boston Garden10,002 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 29 | @ Boston | W 113–103 | Bob Pettit (35) | Bob Pettit (22) | Bob Pettit (7) | Boston Garden13,909 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 2 | Boston | L 86–102 | Bob Pettit (23) | Bob Pettit (18) | Green, Lovellette (6) | Kiel Auditorium10,612 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 3 | Boston | W 106–96 | Bob Pettit (32) | Bob Pettit (11) | Johnny McCarthy (8) | Kiel Auditorium10,612 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 5 | @ Boston | L 102–127 | Cliff Hagan (28) | Cliff Hagan (12) | Si Green (8) | Boston Garden13,909 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 7 | Boston | W 105–102 | Cliff Hagan (36) | Clyde Lovellette (15) | Johnny McCarthy (9) | Kiel Auditorium10,612 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 9 | @ Boston | L 103–122 | Bob Pettit (22) | Bob Pettit (14) | Si Green (5) | Boston Garden13,909 | 3–4 |- STL 1960 yes Awards and honors Bob Pettit, All-NBA First Team References Hawks on 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