NBA team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1959–60 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons ' 12th season in the NBA and third season in the city of Detroit .[ 1] The team played at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.
The team finished with a 30-45 (.400) record, second in the Western Division, advancing to the playoffs, dropping the Western Conference semi-final 2-0 to the Minneapolis Lakers . The team was led guard Gene Shue (22.8 ppg, NBA All-Star) and center Walter Dukes (15.2 ppg, 13.4 rpg). The Pistons also featured rookie Bailey Howell who put up outstanding numbers (17.8 ppg, 10.5 rpg) on his way to a Hall of Fame career.[ 2] [ 1]
Regular season
Season standings
x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1959-60 NBA Records
Team
BOS
CIN
DET
MIN
NYK
PHI
STL
SYR
Boston
—
8–1
9–0
8–1
12–1
8–5
6–3
8–5
Cincinnati
1–8
—
5–8
5–8
2–7
0–9
4–9
2–7
Detroit
0–9
8–5
—
7–6
4–5
2–7
5–8
4–5
Minneapolis
1–8
8–5
6–7
—
4–5
2–7
3–10
1–8
New York
1–12
7–2
5–4
5–4
—
4–9
3–6
2–11
Philadelphia
5–8
9–0
7–2
7–2
9–4
—
4–5
8–5
St. Louis
3–6
9–4
8–5
10–3
6–3
5–4
—
5–4
Syracuse
5–8
7–2
5–4
8–1
11–2
5–8
4–5
—
Game log
1959–60 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 18
@ Minneapolis
106–105
Gene Shue (22)
1–0
2
October 24
@ Cincinnati
103–108
Bailey Howell (17)
1–1
3
October 28
Syracuse
102–117
Bailey Howell (22)
2–1
4
October 31
@ Philadelphia
112–120
Gene Shue (23)
2–2
5
November 4
New York
107–101
Bailey Howell (15)
2–3
6
November 6
@ Minneapolis
118–113 (2OT)
Gene Shue (22)
3–3
7
November 7
Minneapolis
113–111 (OT)
Gene Shue (28)
3–4
8
November 8
@ Syracuse
107–118
Earl Lloyd (19)
3–5
9
November 10
N Boston
109–128
Gene Shue (28)
3–6
10
November 11
Philadelphia
119–105
Walter Dukes (22)
3–7
11
November 12
N Minneapolis
93–107
Archie Dees (23)
4–7
12
November 14
Cincinnati
103–111
Bailey Howell (22)
5–7
13
November 15
@ New York
103–94
Gene Shue (26)
6–7
14
November 17
Boston
132–129 (2OT)
Gene Shue (35)
6–8
15
November 18
N Cincinnati
110–93
Bailey Howell (27)
7–8
16
November 20
@ Minneapolis
85–105
Chuck Noble (15)
7–9
17
November 21
@ St. Louis
109–107
Bailey Howell (27)
8–9
18
November 22
New York
104–115
Chuck Noble (26)
9–9
19
November 24
N Cincinnati
104–91
Gene Shue (43)
10–9
20
November 25
St. Louis
104–97
Gene Shue (22)
10–10
21
November 28
@ Boston
110–136
Bailey Howell (20)
10–11
22
December 4
Minneapolis
101–120
Chuck Noble (25)
11–11
23
December 5
@ New York
108–124
Gene Shue (20)
11–12
24
December 6
@ Philadelphia
116–118
Bailey Howell (25)
11–13
25
December 9
N Cincinnati
119–129
Gene Shue (26)
11–14
26
December 10
N St. Louis
129–111
Archie Dees (26)
11–15
27
December 13
New York
129–147
Walter Dukes (38)
12–15
28
December 16
St. Louis
107–106
Bailey Howell (33)
12–16
29
December 19
Syracuse
112–120
Gene Shue (32)
13–16
30
December 20
@ St. Louis
86–102
Walter Dukes (20)
13–17
31
December 22
Boston
136–104
Bailey Howell (25)
13–18
32
December 25
@ Cincinnati
103–121
Walter Dukes (19)
13–19
33
December 26
Minneapolis
108–105
Bailey Howell (25)
13–20
34
December 27
@ Minneapolis
109–119
Gene Shue (30)
13–21
35
December 30
N New York
124–109
Gene Shue (26)
13–22
36
January 1
St. Louis
107–119
Gene Shue (28)
14–22
37
January 2
@ St. Louis
113–114
Walter Dukes (27)
14–23
38
January 3
Cincinnati
112–114
Gene Shue (31)
15–23
39
January 5
@ New York
110–121
Gene Shue (23)
15–24
40
January 7
N Philadelphia
120–105
Earl Lloyd (20)
15–25
41
January 8
N Syracuse
118–107
Dukes, Howell (25)
15–26
42
January 9
Boston
126–103
Bailey Howell (19)
15–27
43
January 10
@ Syracuse
103–108
Gene Shue (26)
15–28
44
January 13
N New York
113–114
Gene Shue (29)
16–28
45
January 16
N Minneapolis
98–105
Howell, Shue (18)
17–28
46
January 17
Cincinnati
110–115
Bailey Howell (28)
18–28
47
January 23
Philadelphia
110–130
Dees, Shue (22)
19–28
48
January 25
N Philadelphia
127–117
Gene Shue (24)
19–29
49
January 26
N Syracuse
114–121
Gene Shue (31)
20–29
50
January 27
Syracuse
144–108
Bailey Howell (22)
20–30
51
January 29
@ St. Louis
125–130 (OT)
Bailey Howell (26)
20–31
52
January 30
St. Louis
107–117
Walter Dukes (26)
21–31
53
January 31
@ Boston
128–146
Gene Shue (22)
21–32
54
February 3
Cincinnati
105–117
Gene Shue (28)
22–32
55
February 4
@ Cincinnati
121–102
Chuck Noble (25)
23–32
56
February 6
Minneapolis
101–116
Archie Dees (27)
24–32
57
February 7
@ Minneapolis
102–104
Gene Shue (25)
24–33
58
February 9
Philadelphia
113–122
Gene Shue (30)
25–33
59
February 10
N Boston
121–153
Gene Shue (25)
25–34
60
February 12
N Cincinnati
101–133
Noble, Shue (16)
25–35
61
February 13
Minneapolis
123–117 (OT)
Gene Shue (34)
25–36
62
February 16
St. Louis
111–104
Gene Shue (31)
25–37
63
February 19
Boston
136–116
Chuck Noble (29)
25–38
64
February 20
@ Cincinnati
107–110
Gene Shue (26)
25–39
65
February 21
@ Syracuse
120–122
Gene Shue (39)
25–40
66
February 24
Syracuse
110–128
Gene Shue (37)
26–40
67
February 25
N Boston
107–121
Ed Conlin (27)
26–41
68
February 27
@ St. Louis
97–127
Archie Dees (25)
27–41
69
February 28
Philadelphia
113–111
Gene Shue (22)
27–42
70
March 1
N Cincinnati
108–106
Dick McGuire (22)
28–42
71
March 2
St. Louis
100–116
Bailey Howell (28)
29–42
72
March 3
@ Philadelphia
101–110
Gene Shue (23)
29–43
73
March 6
@ New York
112–120
Bailey Howell (22)
29–44
74
March 8
@ St. Louis
101–122
Gene Shue (18)
29–45
75
March 9
Minneapolis
116–117
Shellie McMillon (26)
30–45
Playoffs
1960 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
1960 schedule
Awards and records
References
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