1948-49 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 40-23
Finishing 2nd in the NBL's East Division
Lost conference finals
Location: Syracuse, New York

1948-49 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1948-49 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 40 wins and 23 losses, finishing second in the NBL's East Division.

Syracuse poured in 4,189 points and conceded 4,017. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 809 points for the Nationals, and Al Cervi contributed 11 or more per game as well. The 1948-49 Syracuse Nationals lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	63	271			370	267	217	809
Al Cervi	G-F	57	204			382	287	170	695
Ed Peterson	C	63	165			177	104	203	434
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	62	146			178	128	128	420
James Homer	F-C-G	59	141			164	104	181	386
Bill Gabor	G-F	58	115			169	125	163	355
Paul Seymour	G-F	63	120			106	70	145	310
Jerry Rizzo	G	45	67			150	106	106	240
Henry O'Keeffe	F	56	94			90	52	102	240
John Chaney	F-C-G	59	82			88	59	84	223
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	11	28			21	13	33	69
Paul Yesawich	F	5	2			5	4	4	8
Totals		601	1435	0	0	1900	1319	1536	4189

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	63	72.2	3.4	12.8
Al Cervi	G-F	57	75.1	3.0	12.2
Ed Peterson	C	63	58.8	3.2	6.9
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	62	71.9	2.1	6.8
James Homer	F-C-G	59	63.4	3.1	6.5
Bill Gabor	G-F	58	74.0	2.8	6.1
Paul Seymour	G-F	63	66.0	2.3	4.9
Jerry Rizzo	G	45	70.7	2.4	5.3
Henry O'Keeffe	F	56	57.8	1.8	4.3
John Chaney	F-C-G	59	67.0	1.4	3.8
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	11	61.9	3.0	6.3
Paul Yesawich	F	5	80.0	0.8	1.6
Averages		601	69.4	2.6	7.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	6	27			41	32	86
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	6	21			23	17	59
Paul Seymour	G-F	6	21			10	9	51
Al Cervi	G-F	6	12			30	22	46
Jerry Rizzo	G	6	13			22	18	44
Ed Peterson	C	6	14			28	16	44
Bill Gabor	G-F	6	12			15	12	36
James Homer	F-C-G	6	13			14	6	32
John Chaney	F-C-G	6	13			8	6	32
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	6	3			9	7	13
Henry O'Keeffe	F	5	2			2	2	6
Totals		65	151	0	0	202	147	449

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	6	78.0	14.3
Robert Calihan	F-G-C	6	73.9	9.8
Paul Seymour	G-F	6	90.0	8.5
Al Cervi	G-F	6	73.3	7.7
Jerry Rizzo	G	6	81.8	7.3
Ed Peterson	C	6	57.1	7.3
Bill Gabor	G-F	6	80.0	6.0
James Homer	F-C-G	6	42.9	5.3
John Chaney	F-C-G	6	75.0	5.3
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	6	77.8	2.2
Henry O'Keeffe	F	5	100.0	1.2
Averages		601	72.8	6.9