St. Louis Hawks beat New York Knicks 139–133 for the NBA belt (Dec 2, 1960)

New York Knicks had held it since December 1, 1960, with 0 defenses over 1 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 5 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on December 7, 1960.

524Reign number

55Team's reign

2Defenses

5Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Willie Naulls	47	36	11	—	—	15-28	—	6-6
Richie Guerin	50	28	6	—	—	7-20	—	14-16
Dick Garmaker	37	19	6	—	—	7-12	—	5-10
Ken Sears	22	14	4	—	—	3-6	—	8-8
Johnny Green	36	11	15	—	—	5-10	—	1-2
Charlie Tyra	21	8	4	—	—	2-4	—	4-5
Jim Palmer	10	5	3	—	—	2-4	—	1-1
Dave Budd	16	5	4	—	—	1-3	—	3-5
Carl Braun	12	4	0	—	—	2-3	—	0-0
Jack George	7	3	1	—	—	1-2	—	1-3
Darrall Imhoff	7	0	1	—	—	0-1	—	0-0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Bob Pettit	47	44	17	—	—	18-25	—	8-11
Clyde Lovellette	34	25	11	—	—	10-19	—	5-5
Cliff Hagan	29	16	3	—	—	7-16	—	2-4
Al Ferrari	33	14	1	—	—	4-8	—	6-8
Lenny Wilkens	30	14	3	—	—	5-9	—	4-7
Larry Foust	19	11	7	—	—	3-7	—	5-5
Woody Sauldsberry	24	8	12	—	—	4-14	—	0-0
Phil Rollins	9	4	0	—	—	2-4	—	0-0
Si Green	25	3	5	—	—	0-3	—	3-6
Dave Piontek	6	0	1	—	—	0-1	—	0-0
Johnny McCarthy	9	0	0	—	—	0-1	—	0-0

St. Louis Hawks take the belt