the 1960–61 Saint Louis Hawks season owner Ben Kerner changed coaches despite reaching the 1960 NBA Finals.
[1] On the court, rookie Lenny Wilkens was averaging 11.7 points per game in his first year.
[1] The brunt of the scoring came from the Hawks' front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette.
Game 7 was played in St. Louis and the Hawks beat the Lakers by 2 points.
The Hawks fell in 5 games as the Celtics won their 4th NBA Title in 5 seasons.