1949-50 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 51-13
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 6-5 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 2-1
Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 4-2
Coach: Al Cervi (51-13)
Location: Syracuse, New York

1949-50 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1949-50 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 51 wins and 13 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

The Nationals conceded 4,908 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Syracuse poured in 5,429 points. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,072 points for the team, while Al Cervi dished out 264 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1949-50 Syracuse Nationals lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	64	903	348			486	376	259	225	1072
Bill Gabor	G-F	56	671	226			228	157	108	198	609
Al Cervi	G-F	56	431	143			346	287	264	223	573
George Ratkovicz	C-F	62	439	162			348	211	124	201	535
Alex Hannum	F-C	64	488	177			186	128	129	264	482
Paul Seymour	G-F	62	524	175			176	126	189	157	476
Ed Peterson	C	62	390	167			185	111	33	198	445
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	59	463	154			178	131	65	128	439
Andrew Levane	F-G	60	418	139			85	54	156	106	332
Ray Corley	G	60	370	117			122	75	109	81	309
Leroy Chollet	F	49	179	61			56	35	37	52	157
Totals		654	5276	1869	0	0	2396	1691	1473	1833	5429

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	64	38.5	77.4	4.0	3.5	16.8
Bill Gabor	G-F	56	33.7	68.9	1.9	3.5	10.9
Al Cervi	G-F	56	33.2	82.9	4.7	4.0	10.2
George Ratkovicz	C-F	62	36.9	60.6	2.0	3.2	8.6
Alex Hannum	F-C	64	36.3	68.8	2.0	4.1	7.5
Paul Seymour	G-F	62	33.4	71.6	3.0	2.5	7.7
Ed Peterson	C	62	42.8	60.0	0.5	3.2	7.2
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	59	33.3	73.6	1.1	2.2	7.4
Andrew Levane	F-G	60	33.3	63.5	2.6	1.8	5.5
Ray Corley	G	60	31.6	61.5	1.8	1.4	5.2
Leroy Chollet	F	49	34.1	62.5	0.8	1.1	3.2
Averages		654	35.4	70.6	2.3	2.8	8.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	11	148	57			101	74	28	43	188
George Ratkovicz	C-F	11	121	47			73	50	21	45	144
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	11	100	39			51	39	21	18	117
Alex Hannum	F-C	11	86	38			34	17	10	50	93
Al Cervi	G-F	11	68	23			46	38	52	36	84
Paul Seymour	G-F	11	93	27			28	24	32	34	78
Bill Gabor	G-F	10	97	25			31	26	25	27	76
Ed Peterson	C	11	43	18			14	8	1	33	44
Andrew Levane	F-G	9	37	13			5	5	13	11	31
Leroy Chollet	F	8	26	7			13	5	4	11	19
Ray Corley	G	6	36	6			11	5	10	5	17
Totals		110	855	300	0	0	407	291	217	313	891

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	11	38.5	73.3	2.5	3.9	17.1
George Ratkovicz	C-F	11	38.8	68.5	1.9	4.1	13.1
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	11	39.0	76.5	1.9	1.6	10.6
Alex Hannum	F-C	11	44.2	50.0	0.9	4.5	8.5
Al Cervi	G-F	11	33.8	82.6	4.7	3.3	7.6
Paul Seymour	G-F	11	29.0	85.7	2.9	3.1	7.1
Bill Gabor	G-F	10	25.8	83.9	2.5	2.7	7.6
Ed Peterson	C	11	41.9	57.1	0.1	3.0	4.0
Andrew Levane	F-G	9	35.1	100.0	1.4	1.2	3.4
Leroy Chollet	F	8	26.9	38.5	0.5	1.4	2.4
Ray Corley	G	6	16.7	45.5	1.7	0.8	2.8
Averages		654	35.1	71.5	2.0	2.8	8.1