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
Regular season
Season standings
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
|- 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
|- 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
Awards and records Dolph Schayes, All-NBA Second Team Larry Costello, All-NBA Second Team
References