1960-61 St. Louis Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 51-28
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 5-7 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-1
Coach: Paul Seymour (51-28)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 291,084, Avg. 8,561 in 34 home dates

1960-61 St. Louis Hawks Roster
1960-61 St. Louis Hawks Results

The St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1960-61 season with a record of 51 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-7.

St. Louis scored 9,383 points and allowed 9,102. Bob Pettit tossed in a team-leading 2,120 points for the Hawks, while Clyde Lovellette and Cliff Hagan netted 19 or more per game, too. Bob Pettit contributed 1,540 boards. Johnny McCarthy dished out 430 assists for the squad.

Paul Seymour coached the team. The 1960-61 St. Louis Hawks lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	76	3027	1720	769			804	582	1540	262	217	2120
Cliff Hagan	F-G	77	2701	1490	661			467	383	715	381	286	1705
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	67	2111	1321	599			329	273	677	172	248	1471
Lenny Wilkens	G	75	1898	783	333			300	214	335	212	215	880
Si Green	G-F	76	1968	718	263			247	174	380	258	234	700
Johnny McCarthy	G	79	2519	746	266			226	122	325	430	272	654
Larry Foust	C-F	68	1208	489	194			208	164	389	77	185	552
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	69	1491	768	230			100	56	491	74	197	516
Al Ferrari	G-F	63	1031	328	117			116	95	115	143	157	329
Fred LaCour	G-F	55	722	295	123			84	63	178	84	73	309
Dave Piontek	F-C	29	254	96	47			31	16	68	19	31	110
Ernie Beck	G-F	7	62	21	7			5	5	12	13	6	19
Phil Rollins	G	7	71	20	9			4	0	3	11	14	18
Totals		748	19063	8795	3618	0	0	2921	2147	5228	2136	2135	9383

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	76	39.8	44.7	72.4	20.3	3.4	2.9	27.9
Cliff Hagan	F-G	77	35.1	44.4	82.0	9.3	4.9	3.7	22.1
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	67	31.5	45.3	83.0	10.1	2.6	3.7	22.0
Lenny Wilkens	G	75	25.3	42.5	71.3	4.5	2.8	2.9	11.7
Si Green	G-F	76	25.9	36.6	70.4	5.0	3.4	3.1	9.2
Johnny McCarthy	G	79	31.9	35.7	54.0	4.1	5.4	3.4	8.3
Larry Foust	C-F	68	17.8	39.7	78.8	5.7	1.1	2.7	8.1
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	69	21.6	29.9	56.0	7.1	1.1	2.9	7.5
Al Ferrari	G-F	63	16.4	35.7	81.9	1.8	2.3	2.5	5.2
Fred LaCour	G-F	55	13.1	41.7	75.0	3.2	1.5	1.3	5.6
Dave Piontek	F-C	29	8.8	49.0	51.6	2.3	0.7	1.1	3.8
Ernie Beck	G-F	7	8.9	33.3	100.0	1.7	1.9	0.9	2.7
Phil Rollins	G	7	10.1	45.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6
Averages		748	25.5	41.1	73.5	7.0	2.9	2.9	12.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	12	526	284	117			144	109	211	38	42	343
Cliff Hagan	F-G	12	455	235	104			69	56	118	54	45	264
Lenny Wilkens	G	12	437	166	63			58	44	72	42	51	170
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	12	407	206	75			25	14	108	34	51	164
Si Green	G-F	12	350	148	56			37	25	71	48	38	137
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	8	191	114	46			47	31	52	11	23	123
Al Ferrari	G-F	10	157	44	20			17	10	22	21	31	50
Johnny McCarthy	G	12	236	55	19			9	6	31	33	29	44
Larry Foust	C-F	8	89	20	9			14	8	28	2	13	26
Fred LaCour	G-F	5	47	21	7			7	6	6	4	6	20
Dave Piontek	F-C	1	10	7	1			0	0	3	1	2	2
Totals		104	2905	1300	517	0	0	427	309	722	288	331	1343

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Pettit	F-C	12	43.8	41.2	75.7	17.6	3.2	3.5	28.6
Cliff Hagan	F-G	12	37.9	44.3	81.2	9.8	4.5	3.8	22.0
Lenny Wilkens	G	12	36.4	38.0	75.9	6.0	3.5	4.3	14.2
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	12	33.9	36.4	56.0	9.0	2.8	4.3	13.7
Si Green	G-F	12	29.2	37.8	67.6	5.9	4.0	3.2	11.4
Clyde Lovellette	C-F	8	23.9	40.4	66.0	6.5	1.4	2.9	15.4
Al Ferrari	G-F	10	15.7	45.5	58.8	2.2	2.1	3.1	5.0
Johnny McCarthy	G	12	19.7	34.5	66.7	2.6	2.8	2.4	3.7
Larry Foust	C-F	8	11.1	45.0	57.1	3.5	0.3	1.6	3.3
Fred LaCour	G-F	5	9.4	33.3	85.7	1.2	0.8	1.2	4.0
Dave Piontek	F-C	1	10.0	14.3		3.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
Averages		748	27.9	39.8	72.4	6.9	2.8	3.2	12.9