1960–61 Philadelphia Warriors season

1960–61 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coach	Neil Johnston
Arena	Philadelphia Civic Center
Results
Record	46–33 (.582)
Place	Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Division semifinals (lost to Nationals 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
Radio	WIBG (Bill Campbell)

The 1960–61 NBA season was the Warriors' 15th season in the NBA.

Roster

Philadelphia Warriors 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 16 Attles, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina A&T C 13 Chamberlain, Wilt 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Kansas G/F 7 Conlin, Ed 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fordham 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 34 Kennedy, Pickles 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Temple 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	Head coach Neil Johnston (Ohio State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
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
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	—

Game log

1960–61 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 22	@ Syracuse	133–123	Wilt Chamberlain (42)	1–0
2	October 28	Los Angeles	120–122	Wilt Chamberlain (29)	2–0
3	October 29	@ Boston	131–103	Paul Arizin (28)	3–0
4	November 1	@ Cincinnati	131–113	Wilt Chamberlain (33)	4–0
5	November 4	Detroit	121–136	Wilt Chamberlain (44)	5–0
6	November 5	N Detroit	130–123	Wilt Chamberlain (32)	6–0
7	November 9	N Los Angeles	125–118	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	7–0
8	November 10	@ New York	116–112 (OT)	Paul Arizin (33)	8–0
9	November 11	St. Louis	112–117	Wilt Chamberlain (37)	9–0
10	November 12	@ St. Louis	105–107	Wilt Chamberlain (42)	9–1
11	November 15	@ Cincinnati	115–124	Wilt Chamberlain (36)	9–2
12	November 16	@ Detroit	118–119	Wilt Chamberlain (41)	9–3
13	November 17	Syracuse	106–105	Wilt Chamberlain (45)	9–4
14	November 18	@ New York	101–99	Wilt Chamberlain (34)	10–4
15	November 19	New York	111–121	Wilt Chamberlain (40)	11–4
16	November 24	Boston	132–129	Wilt Chamberlain (34)	11–5
17	November 26	Cincinnati	108–138	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	12–5
18	November 27	@ Los Angeles	113–106	Wilt Chamberlain (41)	13–5
19	November 28	@ Los Angeles	112–137	Wilt Chamberlain (43)	13–6
20	November 29	N Los Angeles	122–121	Wilt Chamberlain (44)	14–6
21	December 1	Los Angeles	114–117	Wilt Chamberlain (41)	15–6
22	December 3	St. Louis	131–127	Wilt Chamberlain (35)	15–7
23	December 6	N Syracuse	107–113	Arizin, Chamberlain (31)	16–7
24	December 8	New York	111–114	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	17–7
25	December 10	Boston	97–102	Wilt Chamberlain (34)	18–7
26	December 11	@ Syracuse	121–132	Arizin, Chamberlain (31)	18–8
27	December 13	N Detroit	110–108	Wilt Chamberlain (36)	19–8
28	December 14	@ Detroit	126–134	Wilt Chamberlain (30)	19–9
29	December 16	N St. Louis	112–107	Wilt Chamberlain (34)	19–10
30	December 18	@ Cincinnati	128–112	Wilt Chamberlain (32)	20–10
31	December 21	N New York	122–117	Wilt Chamberlain (33)	21–10
32	December 26	@ Boston	115–119	Wilt Chamberlain (30)	21–11
33	December 27	Boston	101–116	Wilt Chamberlain (39)	22–11
34	December 29	Cincinnati	124–128	Wilt Chamberlain (27)	23–11
35	December 30	N Cincinnati	130–136	Wilt Chamberlain (49)	23–12
36	January 2	New York	115–131	Wilt Chamberlain (56)	24–12
37	January 3	N Detroit	128–125 (OT)	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	25–12
38	January 5	Syracuse	127–139	Wilt Chamberlain (56)	26–12
39	January 8	@ New York	119–121	Wilt Chamberlain (38)	26–13
40	January 12	St. Louis	102–111	Wilt Chamberlain (37)	27–13
41	January 13	@ Boston	121–123 (OT)	Wilt Chamberlain (30)	27–14
42	January 14	Boston	113–116	Wilt Chamberlain (44)	28–14
43	January 15	@ Syracuse	113–116	Wilt Chamberlain (24)	28–15
44	January 18	N Syracuse	129–118	Wilt Chamberlain (48)	28–16
45	January 19	St. Louis	127–129	Wilt Chamberlain (39)	29–16
46	January 21	Los Angeles	111–136	Wilt Chamberlain (56)	30–16
47	January 22	@ Detroit	128–136	Wilt Chamberlain (28)	30–17
48	January 24	@ St. Louis	112–114	Paul Arizin (26)	30–18
49	January 26	Boston	129–121	Guy Rodgers (33)	30–19
50	January 27	@ New York	119–130	Paul Arizin (29)	30–20
51	January 28	New York	108–114	Joe Graboski (29)	31–20
52	January 29	@ Boston	115–128	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	31–21
53	February 1	@ Syracuse	122–113	Wilt Chamberlain (30)	32–21
54	February 2	Cincinnati	118–133	Wilt Chamberlain (45)	33–21
55	February 3	N Cincinnati	136–135	Wilt Chamberlain (52)	34–21
56	February 5	New York	128–136 (OT)	Wilt Chamberlain (55)	35–21
57	February 7	@ St. Louis	124–127	Wilt Chamberlain (37)	35–22
58	February 8	@ Detroit	123–125	Wilt Chamberlain (42)	35–23
59	February 9	Syracuse	136–126	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	35–24
60	February 10	@ New York	133–131	Wilt Chamberlain (48)	36–24
61	February 12	@ Boston	125–136	Wilt Chamberlain (46)	36–25
62	February 15	N St. Louis	135–98	Wilt Chamberlain (28)	36–26
63	February 16	N Boston	121–111	Wilt Chamberlain (34)	37–26
64	February 17	Boston	133–128	Paul Arizin (49)	37–27
65	February 18	N Syracuse	129–110	Wilt Chamberlain (30)	37–28
66	February 21	@ New York	114–112	Wilt Chamberlain (39)	38–28
67	February 22	N Cincinnati	132–131	Wilt Chamberlain (41)	39–28
68	February 23	Detroit	121–129	Wilt Chamberlain (49)	40–28
69	February 25	@ Cincinnati	129–120	Wilt Chamberlain (58)	41–28
70	February 26	@ Los Angeles	116–121	Wilt Chamberlain (34)	41–29
71	February 27	@ Los Angeles	113–88	Wilt Chamberlain (35)	42–29
72	February 28	Los Angeles	108–123	Wilt Chamberlain (32)	43–29
73	March 1	@ Syracuse	128–149	Wilt Chamberlain (56)	43–30
74	March 3	N Syracuse	116–123	Wilt Chamberlain (47)	44–30
75	March 4	Syracuse	115–116	Wilt Chamberlain (33)	45–30
76	March 5	@ Boston	129–146	Wilt Chamberlain (47)	45–31
77	March 9	New York	126–135	Wilt Chamberlain (67)	46–31
78	March 10	N Detroit	103–120	Wilt Chamberlain (32)	46–32
79	March 11	@ St. Louis	87–130	Paul Arizin (21)	46–33

Playoffs

1961 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–3 (home: 0–2; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 14 Syracuse L 107–115 Wilt Chamberlain (46) Wilt Chamberlain (32) Tom Gola (7) Philadelphia Civic Center 4,391 0–1 2 March 16 @ Syracuse L 114–115 Wilt Chamberlain (32) Wilt Chamberlain (14) Arizin, Attles (5) Onondaga War Memorial 5,304 0–2 3 March 18 Syracuse L 103–106 Wilt Chamberlain (33) Wilt Chamberlain (23) Gola, Rodgers (5) Philadelphia Civic Center 0–3
1961 schedule

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