Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SF 22 Baylor, Elgin 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle C 14 Felix, Ray 220 lb (100 kg) 1930-12-10 Long Island SF 20 Hawkins, Tom 210 lb (95 kg) 1936-12-22 Notre Dame SG 33 Hundley, Hot Rod 185 lb (84 kg) 1934-10-26 West Virginia PF 54 Jolliff, Howie 218 lb (99 kg) 1938-07-20 Ohio C 32 Krebs, Jim 230 lb (104 kg) 1935-09-08 SMU PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth PG 21 Leonard, Slick 185 lb (84 kg) 1932-07-17 Indiana SG 11 Selvy, Frank 180 lb (82 kg) 1932-11-09 Furman PG 44 West, Jerry 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
Head coach Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) SuspendedRoster
x – clinched playoff spotRecord vs. opponents edit 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 —
1960–61 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 19 @ Cincinnati 123–140 Elgin Baylor (35)0–1 2 October 22 @ St. Louis 96–112 Rudy LaRusso (28)0–2 3 October 24 New York 111–101 Elgin Baylor (25) 0–3 4 October 25 New York 118–120 Elgin Baylor (36) 1–3 5 October 28 @ Philadelphia 120–122 Elgin Baylor (28) 1–4 6 October 29 @ Syracuse 118–125 Elgin Baylor (31) 1–5 7 November 2 N New York 96–106 Elgin Baylor (30) 2–5 8 November 5 Syracuse 110–112 Elgin Baylor (40) 3–5 9 November 6 N Syracuse 113–119 Hot Rod Hundley (29)4–5 10 November 9 N Philadelphia 125–118 Elgin Baylor (40) 4–6 11 November 12 N Boston 124–131 Elgin Baylor (45) 4–7 12 November 15 @ New York 123–108 Elgin Baylor (71) 5–7 13 November 19 Detroit 122–130 Elgin Baylor (35) 6–7 14 November 20 N Detroit 135–131 Elgin Baylor (52) 7–7 15 November 22 N Cincinnati 133–118 Elgin Baylor (41) 8–7 16 November 23 @ Cincinnati 118–122 Elgin Baylor (37) 8–8 17 November 24 N Cincinnati 108–100 Elgin Baylor (33) 9–8 18 November 25 @ Detroit 141–128 (OT) Elgin Baylor (51) 10–8 19 November 26 @ St. Louis 113–126 Hot Rod Hundley (22) 10–9 20 November 27 Philadelphia 113–106 Jim Krebs (25)10–10 21 November 28 Philadelphia 112–137 Elgin Baylor (42) 11–10 22 November 29 N Philadelphia 122–121 Hot Rod Hundley (30) 11–11 23 December 1 @ Philadelphia 114–117 Elgin Baylor (28) 11–12 24 December 2 @ Boston 120–117 Elgin Baylor (23) 12–12 25 December 4 Boston 113–103 Elgin Baylor (40) 12–13 26 December 5 Boston 123–101 Elgin Baylor (43) 12–14 27 December 7 @ Cincinnati 112–114 Elgin Baylor (25) 12–15 28 December 10 @ St. Louis 108–111 Elgin Baylor (34) 12–16 29 December 12 St. Louis 114–103 Jerry West (26)12–17 30 December 14 St. Louis 113–124 Elgin Baylor (28) 13–17 31 December 16 @ Cincinnati 116–130 Elgin Baylor (34) 13–18 32 December 17 @ Boston 112–140 Elgin Baylor (29) 13–19 33 December 19 N Detroit 107–103 Elgin Baylor (39) 14–19 34 December 20 N Detroit 94–97 Elgin Baylor (37) 14–20 35 December 26 @ New York 112–119 Elgin Baylor (44) 14–21 36 December 28 @ Syracuse 113–115 Elgin Baylor (39) 14–22 37 December 29 N New York 95–111 Elgin Baylor (28) 15–22 38 December 30 @ St. Louis 99–107 Elgin Baylor (23) 15–23 39 January 1 @ Detroit 105–116 Elgin Baylor (39) 15–24 40 January 2 N Detroit 123–113 Elgin Baylor (46) 16–24 41 January 3 Boston 102–96 Elgin Baylor (40) 16–25 42 January 5 St. Louis 96–110 Elgin Baylor (26) 17–25 43 January 6 St. Louis 108–104 Elgin Baylor (27) 17–26 44 January 10 New York 104–117 Elgin Baylor (35) 18–26 45 January 11 New York 109–104 Elgin Baylor (39) 18–27 46 January 14 Cincinnati 114–123 Elgin Baylor (45) 19–27 47 January 15 Cincinnati 109–105 Elgin Baylor (37) 19–28 48 January 19 N Boston 103–106 Elgin Baylor (29) 19–29 49 January 21 @ Philadelphia 111–136 Elgin Baylor (27) 19–30 50 January 22 N Syracuse 112–109 Elgin Baylor (38) 19–31 51 January 24 Syracuse 107–116 Elgin Baylor (56) 20–31 52 January 25 Syracuse 112–117 Elgin Baylor (27) 21–31 53 January 29 Detroit 113–137 Elgin Baylor (34) 22–31 54 January 30 Detroit 116–117 Elgin Baylor (28) 23–31 55 January 31 N Detroit 112–121 Elgin Baylor (47) 23–32 56 February 2 N St. Louis 115–116 Rudy LaRusso (35) 24–32 57 February 5 @ Detroit 125–120 Elgin Baylor (45) 25–32 58 February 6 N Cincinnati 110–101 Elgin Baylor (35) 26–32 59 February 7 N Boston 95–96 Jerry West (29) 26–33 60 February 8 St. Louis 103–120 Tom Hawkins (32)27–33 61 February 9 St. Louis 123–113 Elgin Baylor (45) 27–34 62 February 12 St. Louis 105–95 Elgin Baylor (31) 28–34 63 February 13 N Cincinnati 100–104 Elgin Baylor (31) 28–35 64 February 14 N Boston 93–113 Jerry West (21) 28–36 65 February 16 @ Detroit 129–106 Elgin Baylor (57) 29–36 66 February 18 @ New York 121–106 Baylor, Selvy (28) 30–36 67 February 19 @ Cincinnati 106–112 Rudy LaRusso (29) 30–37 68 February 20 N Syracuse 126–121 Elgin Baylor (45) 30–38 69 February 22 Boston 93–105 Elgin Baylor (38) 31–38 70 February 26 Philadelphia 116–121 Jerry West (38) 32–38 71 February 27 Philadelphia 113–88 Rudy LaRusso (26) 32–39 72 February 28 @ Philadelphia 108–123 Hot Rod Hundley (33) 32–40 73 March 1 N New York 107–144 Elgin Baylor (27) 33–40 74 March 2 N Syracuse 110–114 Elgin Baylor (34) 34–40 75 March 5 @ Syracuse 125–114 Elgin Baylor (37) 35–40 76 March 7 @ St. Louis 136–137 (2OT) Elgin Baylor (39) 35–41 77 March 8 @ Detroit 103–120 Baylor, West (20) 35–42 78 March 11 Cincinnati 108–105 Elgin Baylor (27) 35–43 79 March 12 Cincinnati 122–123 Elgin Baylor (49) 36–43
1961 playoff game log Division semifinals: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
Division finals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
1961 schedule
