1950-51 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 32-34
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 4-3 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 3-2
Coach: Al Cervi (32-34)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 174,094, Avg. 5,276 in 33 home dates

1950-51 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1950-51 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 32 wins and 34 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-3.

The Nationals scored 5,680 points and yielded 5,645. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,121 points for Syracuse and contributed 1,080 rebounds. Dolph Schayes dished out 251 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1950-51 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	66	930	332			608	457	1080	251	271	1121
George Ratkovicz	C-F	66	636	264			439	321	547	193	256	849
Bill Gabor	G-F	61	745	255			242	179	150	125	213	689
Alex Hannum	F-C	63	494	182			197	107	301	119	271	471
Al Cervi	G-F	53	346	132			237	194	152	208	180	458
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	58	435	131			170	122	110	69	134	384
Noble Jorgensen	C	41	362	136			163	110	226	64	145	382
Fred Scolari	G	31	410	129			132	110	0	127	94	368
Paul Seymour	G-F	51	385	125			159	117	194	187	138	367
Gerry Calabrese	G	46	197	70			88	61	65	65	80	201
Don Lofgran	F-C	47	175	52			93	58	0	29	103	162
Belus Smawley	G-F	16	118	40			54	44	48	36	36	124
Ed Peterson	C	17	81	30			33	20	38	8	45	80
Leroy Chollet	F	14	51	6			19	12	15	12	29	24
Totals		630	5365	1884	0	0	2634	1912	2926	1493	1995	5680

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	66	35.7	75.2	16.4	3.8	4.1	17.0
George Ratkovicz	C-F	66	41.5	73.1	8.3	2.9	3.9	12.9
Bill Gabor	G-F	61	34.2	74.0	2.5	2.0	3.5	11.3
Alex Hannum	F-C	63	36.8	54.3	4.8	1.9	4.3	7.5
Al Cervi	G-F	53	38.2	81.9	2.9	3.9	3.4	8.6
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	58	30.1	71.8	1.9	1.2	2.3	6.6
Noble Jorgensen	C	41	37.6	67.5	5.5	1.6	3.5	9.3
Fred Scolari	G	31	31.5	83.3	0.0	4.1	3.0	11.9
Paul Seymour	G-F	51	32.5	73.6	3.8	3.7	2.7	7.2
Gerry Calabrese	G	46	35.5	69.3	1.4	1.4	1.7	4.4
Don Lofgran	F-C	47	29.7	62.4	0.0	0.6	2.2	3.4
Belus Smawley	G-F	16	33.9	81.5	3.0	2.3	2.3	7.8
Ed Peterson	C	17	37.0	60.6	2.2	0.5	2.6	4.7
Leroy Chollet	F	14	11.8	63.2	1.1	0.9	2.1	1.7
Averages		630	35.1	72.6	4.6	2.4	3.2	9.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	7	105	47			64	49	102	20	28	143
George Ratkovicz	C-F	7	59	28			55	41	63	14	33	97
Fred Scolari	G	7	93	33			27	22	41	16	23	88
Al Cervi	G-F	7	56	17			50	44	33	38	31	78
Bill Gabor	G-F	7	72	27			14	9	20	18	24	63
Noble Jorgensen	C	7	43	18			22	14	21	7	19	50
Alex Hannum	F-C	7	39	17			10	8	47	17	37	42
Paul Seymour	G-F	7	48	10			21	14	26	25	22	34
Leroy Chollet	F	7	23	4			8	5	16	9	16	13
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	2	13	6			3	1	7	4	5	13
Totals		65	551	207	0	0	274	207	376	168	238	621

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	7	44.8	76.6	14.6	2.9	4.0	20.4
George Ratkovicz	C-F	7	47.5	74.5	9.0	2.0	4.7	13.9
Fred Scolari	G	7	35.5	81.5	5.9	2.3	3.3	12.6
Al Cervi	G-F	7	30.4	88.0	4.7	5.4	4.4	11.1
Bill Gabor	G-F	7	37.5	64.3	2.9	2.6	3.4	9.0
Noble Jorgensen	C	7	41.9	63.6	3.0	1.0	2.7	7.1
Alex Hannum	F-C	7	43.6	80.0	6.7	2.4	5.3	6.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	7	20.8	66.7	3.7	3.6	3.1	4.9
Leroy Chollet	F	7	17.4	62.5	2.3	1.3	2.3	1.9
Johnny Macknowski	G-F	2	46.2	33.3	3.5	2.0	2.5	6.5
Averages		630	37.6	75.5	5.8	2.6	3.7	9.6