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1959–60 Detroit Pistons season

1959–60 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachRed Rocha
Dick McGuire
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Results
Record30–45 (.400)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWXYZ
< 1958–59 1960–61 >

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

Western Division
 Wins Losses PCT GB  Home   Road  Neutral Division
x-St. Louis Hawks 46 29 .613 – 28–5 12–20 6–4 27–12
x-Detroit Pistons 30 45 .400 16 17–14 6–21 7–10 20–19
x-Minneapolis Lakers 25 50 .333 21 9–15 9–21 7–14 17–22
Cincinnati Royals 19 56 .253 27 9–22 2–20 8–14 14–25
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)
Game Date Team Score High points Location Series
1 March 12 Minneapolis L 112–113 Bailey Howell (29) Grosse Pointe South High School[3] 0–1
2 March 13 @ Minneapolis L 99–114 Gene Shue (27) Minneapolis Armory 0–2
1960 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ a b "1959-60 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Chevette to Corvette No. 46: The 1959-60 Detroit Pistons". Pistonpowered.com. October 10, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Alternate location for Pistons playoff game". drive.google.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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