# 1960 NBA playoffs

The 1960 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1959-60 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
This was the second straight and third overall NBA title for Boston, who got revenge for the Hawks' win over them in 1958. The 1960 Finals was the third Celtics–Hawks Finals in the past four years.

## Bracket

| Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | NBA Finals | NBA Finals |
| | | | Eastern Division | Eastern Division | Eastern Division | | | |
| | | | E1 | Boston* | 4 | | | |
| E3 | Syracuse | 1 | E2 | Philadelphia | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Philadelphia | 2 | | | | E1 | Boston* | 4 |
| | | | Western Division | Western Division | Western Division | W1 | St. Louis* | 3 |
| | | | W1 | St. Louis* | 4 | | | |
| W3 | Minneapolis | 2 | W3 | Minneapolis | 3 | | | |
| W2 | Detroit | 0 | | | | | | |
* * Division winner
* Bold Series winner
* Italic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals

## Division Semifinals
### Eastern Division Semifinals
#### (2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals

* March 11
* Boxscore
Syracuse Nationals 92, Philadelphia Warriors 115 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–33, 20–22, 28–28, 18–32 |||
| Pts: Dick Barnett 19 Rebs: Barney Cable 13 Asts: Larry Costello 4 | Pts: Paul Arizin 40 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 27 Asts: Tom Gola 7 |
| Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 |||
* Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* March 13
* Boxscore
Philadelphia Warriors 119, Syracuse Nationals 125 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 28–33, 33–32, 34–37 |||
| Pts: Paul Arizin 29 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 18 Asts: Guy Rodgers 6 | Pts: Dolph Schayes 40 Rebs: Dolph Schayes 22 Asts: Larry Costello 9 |
| Series tied, 1–1 |||
* Onondaga War Memorial, Syracuse, New York
* March 14
* Boxscore
Syracuse Nationals 112, Philadelphia Warriors 132 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 26–38, 28–34, 30–29 |||
| Pts: Dolph Schayes 31 Rebs: Dolph Schayes 14 Asts: Larry Costello 7 | Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 53 Rebs: Tom Gola 23 Asts: Tom Gola 11 |
| Philadelphia wins series, 2–1 |||
* Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* George Yardley's final NBA game.
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers/Nationals winning four of the first six meetings.
Philadelphia 76ers/ Syracuse Nationals leads 4–2 in all-time playoff series :
1950
Philadelphia Warriors 0, Syracuse Nationals 2
1950 Eastern Division Semifinals
1951
Philadelphia Warriors 0, Syracuse Nationals 2
1951 Eastern Division Semifinals
1952
Philadelphia Warriors 1, Syracuse Nationals 2
1952 Eastern Division Semifinals
1956
Philadelphia Warriors 3, Syracuse Nationals 2
1956 Eastern Division Finals
1957
Philadelphia Warriors 0, Syracuse Nationals 2
1957 Eastern Division Semifinals
1958
Philadelphia Warriors 2, Syracuse Nationals 1
1958 Eastern Division Semifinals :

### Western Division Semifinals
#### (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Minneapolis Lakers

* March 12
* Boxscore
Minneapolis Lakers 113, Detroit Pistons 112 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 32–25, 23–38, 33–23 |||
| Pts: Elgin Baylor 40 | Pts: Bailey Howell 29 |
| Minneapolis leads series, 1–0 |||
* Grosse Pointe High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
* March 13
* Boxscore
Detroit Pistons 99, Minneapolis Lakers 114 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 28–34, 21–35, 25–23 |||
| Pts: Gene Shue 27 | Pts: Frank Selvy 30 |
| Minneapolis wins series, 2–0 |||
* Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Dick McGuire's final NBA game.
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning five of the first six meetings.
Minneapolis leads 5–1 in all-time playoff series :
1950
Fort Wayne Pistons 0, Minneapolis Lakers 2
1950 Central Division Finals
1953
Fort Wayne Pistons 2, Minneapolis Lakers 3
1953 Western Division Finals
1954
Fort Wayne Pistons 0, Minneapolis Lakers 2
1954 Western Division Round Robin Semifinals
1955
Fort Wayne Pistons 3, Minneapolis Lakers 1
1955 Western Division Finals
1957
Fort Wayne Pistons 0, Minneapolis Lakers 2
1957 Western Division Semifinals
1959
Detroit Pistons 1, Minneapolis Lakers 2
1959 Western Division Semifinals :

## Division Finals
### Eastern Division Finals
#### (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Philadelphia Warriors

* March 16
* Boxscore
Philadelphia Warriors 105, Boston Celtics 111 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–37, 29–27, 28–25, 24–22 |||
| Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 42 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 29 Asts: Paul Arizin 5 | Pts: Bill Sharman 25 Rebs: Bill Russell 30 Asts: Bob Cousy 13 |
| Boston leads series, 1–0 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
* March 18
* Boxscore
Boston Celtics 110, Philadelphia Warriors 115 :
| Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 26–32, 32–27, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Tom Heinsohn 26 Rebs: Bill Russell 20 Asts: Bob Cousy 6 | Pts: Paul Arizin 30 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 28 Asts: Guy Rodgers 9 |
| Series tied, 1–1 |||
* Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* March 19
* Boxscore
Philadelphia Warriors 90, Boston Celtics 120 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 16–28, 25–37, 26–33 |||
| Pts: Woody Sauldsberry 22 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 15 Asts: Wilt Chamberlain 6 | Pts: Bill Russell 26 Rebs: Bill Russell 39 Asts: Bob Cousy 8 |
| Boston leads series, 2–1 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
* March 20
* Boxscore
Boston Celtics 112, Philadelphia Warriors 104 :
| Scoring by quarter: 38–22, 20–29, 22–25, 32–28 |||
| Pts: Tom Heinsohn 28 Rebs: Bill Russell 21 Asts: Bob Cousy 8 | Pts: Paul Arizin 35 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 34 Asts: Guy Rodgers 5 |
| Boston leads series, 3–1 |||
* Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* March 22
* Boxscore
Philadelphia Warriors 128, Boston Celtics 107 :
| Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 32–27, 32–30, 31–32 |||
| Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 50 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 35 Asts: Tom Gola 10 | Pts: Bill Russell 22 Rebs: Bill Russell 27 Asts: Bob Cousy 7 |
| Boston leads series, 3–2 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
* March 24
* Boxscore
Boston Celtics 119, Philadelphia Warriors 117 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–33, 27–17, 33–34, 35–33 |||
| Pts: Bill Russell 25 Rebs: Bill Russell 25 Asts: Bob Cousy 4 | Pts: Guy Rodgers 31 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 24 Asts: Guy Rodgers 9 |
| Boston wins series, 4–2 |||
* Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.
Boston leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series :
1958
Boston Celtics 4, Philadelphia Warriors 1
1958 Eastern Division Finals :

### Western Division Finals
#### (1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (3) Minneapolis Lakers

* March 16
* Boxscore
Minneapolis Lakers 99, St. Louis Hawks 112 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 23–28, 28–31, 29–26 |||
| Pts: Elgin Baylor 19 Rebs: Baylor, Hundley 9 each | Pts: Cliff Hagan 29 Rebs: Bob Pettit 19 |
| St. Louis leads series, 1–0 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 8,377 Referees: Arnie Heft, Richie Powers
* March 17
* Boxscore
Minneapolis Lakers 120, St. Louis Hawks 113 :
| Scoring by quarter: 24–31, 29–29, 33–30, 34–23 |||
| Pts: Elgin Baylor 40 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 14 | Pts: Clyde Lovellette 30 Rebs: Bob Pettit 15 |
| Series tied, 1–1 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 8,614 Referees: Arnie Heft, Richie Powers
* March 19
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 93, Minneapolis Lakers 89 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 22–31, 24–24, 21–19 |||
| Pts: Bob Pettit 35 | Pts: Elgin Baylor 27 |
| St. Louis leads series, 2–1 |||
* Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* March 20
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 101, Minneapolis Lakers 103 :
| Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 27–25, 20–25, 22–31 |||
| Pts: Cliff Hagan 28 Rebs: Clyde Lovellette 15 | Pts: Elgin Baylor 39 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 16 |
| Series tied, 2–2 |||
* Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 6,852 Referees: Sid Borgia, Richie Powers
* March 22
* Boxscore
Minneapolis Lakers 117, St. Louis Hawks 110 (OT) :
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 33–21, 28–26, 28–30, Overtime: 14–7 |||
| Pts: Elgin Baylor 40 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 18 | Pts: Bob Pettit 25 Rebs: Bob Pettit 19 |
| Minneapolis leads series, 3–2 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 10,043 Referees: Arnie Heft, Richie Powers
* Slater Martin's final NBA game.
* March 24
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 117, Minneapolis Lakers 96 :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 26–32, 26–17, 35–28 |||
| Pts: Bob Pettit 30 Rebs: Bob Pettit 18 | Pts: Elgin Baylor 38 Rebs: Frank Selvy 12 |
| Series tied, 3–3 |||
* Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* March 26
* Boxscore
Minneapolis Lakers 86, St. Louis Hawks 97 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 19–25, 26–24, 22–22 |||
| Pts: Elgin Baylor 33 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 13 | Pts: Bob Pettit 28 Rebs: Bob Pettit 20 |
| St. Louis wins series, 4–3 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 6,195 Referees: Arnie Heft, Mendy Rudolph
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Hawks winning two of the first three meetings.
St. Louis leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series :
1956
St. Louis Hawks 2, Minneapolis Lakers 1
1956 Western Division Semifinals
1957
St. Louis Hawks 3, Minneapolis Lakers 0
1957 Western Division Finals
1959
St. Louis Hawks 2, Minneapolis Lakers 4
1959 Western Division Finals :

## NBA Finals: (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) St. Louis Hawks

* March 27
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 122, Boston Celtics 140 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 26–46, 34–38, 37–26 |||
| Pts: Cliff Hagan 25 Rebs: Bob Pettit 17 Asts: Johnny McCarthy 6 | Pts: Tom Heinsohn 24 Rebs: Bill Russell 19 Asts: Bob Cousy 12 |
| Boston leads series, 1–0 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 10,002
* March 29
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 113, Boston Celtics 103 :
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 24–35, 34–23, 30–24 |||
| Pts: Bob Pettit 35 Rebs: Bob Pettit 22 Asts: Bob Pettit 7 | Pts: Bill Sharman 30 Rebs: Bill Russell 40 Asts: Bob Cousy 8 |
| Series tied, 1–1 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 13,909
* Bill Russell's 40 rebounds set a single-game Finals record for an individual player.
* April 2
* Boxscore
Boston Celtics 102, St. Louis Hawks 86 :
| Scoring by quarter: 31–32, 23–23, 23–17, 25–14 |||
| Pts: Tom Heinsohn 30 Rebs: Bill Russell 19 Asts: Bob Cousy 13 | Pts: Bob Pettit 23 Rebs: Bob Pettit 18 Asts: Green, Lovellette 6 each |
| Boston leads series, 2–1 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 10,612 Referees: Sid Borgia, Arnie Heft
* April 3
* Boxscore
Boston Celtics 96, St. Louis Hawks 106 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 21–22, 24–31, 33–25 |||
| Pts: Ramsey, Sharman 20 each Rebs: Bill Russell 19 Asts: Bob Cousy 4 | Pts: Bob Pettit 32 Rebs: Bob Pettit 11 Asts: Johnny McCarthy 8 |
| Series tied, 2–2 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 10,612 Referees: Jim Duffy, Mendy Rudolph
* April 5
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 102, Boston Celtics 127 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–34, 27–31, 25–30, 24–32 |||
| Pts: Cliff Hagan 28 Rebs: Cliff Hagan 12 Asts: Si Green 8 | Pts: Tom Heinsohn 34 Rebs: Bill Russell 26 Asts: Bob Cousy 10 |
| Boston leads series, 3–2 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 13,909
* April 7
* Boxscore
Boston Celtics 102, St. Louis Hawks 105 :
| Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 36–30, 12–36, 38–15 |||
| Pts: Bill Russell 17 Rebs: Bill Russell 16 Asts: Bob Cousy 9 | Pts: Cliff Hagan 36 Rebs: Clyde Lovellette 15 Asts: Johnny McCarthy 9 |
| Series tied, 3–3 |||
* Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 10,612 Referees: Jim Duffy, Mendy Rudolph
* April 9
* Boxscore
St. Louis Hawks 103, Boston Celtics 122 :
| Scoring by quarter: 30–29, 23–41, 25–26, 25–26 |||
| Pts: Bob Pettit 22 Rebs: Bob Pettit 14 Asts: Si Green 5 | Pts: Frank Ramsey 24 Rebs: Bill Russell 35 Asts: Bob Cousy 14 |
| Boston wins series, 4–3 |||
* Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 13,909
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with both teams splitting the first two meetings.
Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series :
1957
Boston Celtics 4, St. Louis Hawks 3
1957 NBA Finals
1958
Boston Celtics 2, St. Louis Hawks 4
1958 NBA Finals :