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

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 Hawks4629.613–28–512–206–427–12
x-Detroit Pistons3045.4001617–146–217–1020–19
x-Minneapolis Lakers2550.333219–159–217–1417–22
Cincinnati Royals1956.253279–222–208–1414–25
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1959-60 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —8–19–08–112–18–56–38–5
Cincinnati 1–8—5–85–82–70–94–92–7
Detroit 0–98–5—7–64–52–75–84–5
Minneapolis 1–88–56–7—4–52–73–101–8
New York 1–127–25–45–4—4–93–62–11
Philadelphia 5–89–07–27–29–4—4–58–5
St. Louis 3–69–48–510–36–35–4—5–4
Syracuse 5–87–25–48–111–25–84–5—

Game log

1959–60 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18@ Minneapolis106–105Gene Shue (22)1–0
2October 24@ Cincinnati103–108Bailey Howell (17)1–1
3October 28Syracuse102–117Bailey Howell (22)2–1
4October 31@ Philadelphia112–120Gene Shue (23)2–2
5November 4New York107–101Bailey Howell (15)2–3
6November 6@ Minneapolis118–113 (2OT)Gene Shue (22)3–3
7November 7Minneapolis113–111 (OT)Gene Shue (28)3–4
8November 8@ Syracuse107–118Earl Lloyd (19)3–5
9November 10N Boston109–128Gene Shue (28)3–6
10November 11Philadelphia119–105Walter Dukes (22)3–7
11November 12N Minneapolis93–107Archie Dees (23)4–7
12November 14Cincinnati103–111Bailey Howell (22)5–7
13November 15@ New York103–94Gene Shue (26)6–7
14November 17Boston132–129 (2OT)Gene Shue (35)6–8
15November 18N Cincinnati110–93Bailey Howell (27)7–8
16November 20@ Minneapolis85–105Chuck Noble (15)7–9
17November 21@ St. Louis109–107Bailey Howell (27)8–9
18November 22New York104–115Chuck Noble (26)9–9
19November 24N Cincinnati104–91Gene Shue (43)10–9
20November 25St. Louis104–97Gene Shue (22)10–10
21November 28@ Boston110–136Bailey Howell (20)10–11
22December 4Minneapolis101–120Chuck Noble (25)11–11
23December 5@ New York108–124Gene Shue (20)11–12
24December 6@ Philadelphia116–118Bailey Howell (25)11–13
25December 9N Cincinnati119–129Gene Shue (26)11–14
26December 10N St. Louis129–111Archie Dees (26)11–15
27December 13New York129–147Walter Dukes (38)12–15
28December 16St. Louis107–106Bailey Howell (33)12–16
29December 19Syracuse112–120Gene Shue (32)13–16
30December 20@ St. Louis86–102Walter Dukes (20)13–17
31December 22Boston136–104Bailey Howell (25)13–18
32December 25@ Cincinnati103–121Walter Dukes (19)13–19
33December 26Minneapolis108–105Bailey Howell (25)13–20
34December 27@ Minneapolis109–119Gene Shue (30)13–21
35December 30N New York124–109Gene Shue (26)13–22
36January 1St. Louis107–119Gene Shue (28)14–22
37January 2@ St. Louis113–114Walter Dukes (27)14–23
38January 3Cincinnati112–114Gene Shue (31)15–23
39January 5@ New York110–121Gene Shue (23)15–24
40January 7N Philadelphia120–105Earl Lloyd (20)15–25
41January 8N Syracuse118–107Dukes, Howell (25)15–26
42January 9Boston126–103Bailey Howell (19)15–27
43January 10@ Syracuse103–108Gene Shue (26)15–28
44January 13N New York113–114Gene Shue (29)16–28
45January 16N Minneapolis98–105Howell, Shue (18)17–28
46January 17Cincinnati110–115Bailey Howell (28)18–28
47January 23Philadelphia110–130Dees, Shue (22)19–28
48January 25N Philadelphia127–117Gene Shue (24)19–29
49January 26N Syracuse114–121Gene Shue (31)20–29
50January 27Syracuse144–108Bailey Howell (22)20–30
51January 29@ St. Louis125–130 (OT)Bailey Howell (26)20–31
52January 30St. Louis107–117Walter Dukes (26)21–31
53January 31@ Boston128–146Gene Shue (22)21–32
54February 3Cincinnati105–117Gene Shue (28)22–32
55February 4@ Cincinnati121–102Chuck Noble (25)23–32
56February 6Minneapolis101–116Archie Dees (27)24–32
57February 7@ Minneapolis102–104Gene Shue (25)24–33
58February 9Philadelphia113–122Gene Shue (30)25–33
59February 10N Boston121–153Gene Shue (25)25–34
60February 12N Cincinnati101–133Noble, Shue (16)25–35
61February 13Minneapolis123–117 (OT)Gene Shue (34)25–36
62February 16St. Louis111–104Gene Shue (31)25–37
63February 19Boston136–116Chuck Noble (29)25–38
64February 20@ Cincinnati107–110Gene Shue (26)25–39
65February 21@ Syracuse120–122Gene Shue (39)25–40
66February 24Syracuse110–128Gene Shue (37)26–40
67February 25N Boston107–121Ed Conlin (27)26–41
68February 27@ St. Louis97–127Archie Dees (25)27–41
69February 28Philadelphia113–111Gene Shue (22)27–42
70March 1N Cincinnati108–106Dick McGuire (22)28–42
71March 2St. Louis100–116Bailey Howell (28)29–42
72March 3@ Philadelphia101–110Gene Shue (23)29–43
73March 6@ New York112–120Bailey Howell (22)29–44
74March 8@ St. Louis101–122Gene Shue (18)29–45
75March 9Minneapolis116–117Shellie McMillon (26)30–45

Playoffs

1960 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
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. 1 2 "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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