1951-52 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-26
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 3-1
Coach: Al Cervi (40-26)
Location: Syracuse, New York

1951-52 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1951-52 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1951-52 season with a record of 40 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Nationals scored 5,721 points and conceded 5,427. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 868 points for Syracuse and contributed 773 rebounds. George King dished out 244 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1951-52 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	63	2004	740	263			424	342	773	182	213	868
Red Rocha	C-F	66	2543	749	300			330	254	549	128	249	854
George King	G	66	1889	579	235			264	188	274	244	199	658
Paul Seymour	G-F	66	2209	615	206			245	186	225	220	165	598
Noble Jorgensen	C	66	1318	460	190			187	149	288	63	190	529
George Ratkovicz	C-F	66	1356	473	165			242	163	328	90	235	493
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	66	1721	413	145			335	199	444	117	226	489
Bill Gabor	G-F	57	1085	538	173			183	142	93	86	188	488
Al Cervi	G-F	55	850	280	99			248	219	87	148	176	417
Gerry Calabrese	G	58	937	317	109			103	73	84	83	107	291
Don Savage	F-G	12	118	43	9			28	18	24	12	22	36
Totals		641	16030	5207	1894	0	0	2589	1933	3169	1373	1970	5721

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	63	31.8	35.5	80.7	12.3	2.9	3.4	13.8
Red Rocha	C-F	66	38.5	40.1	77.0	8.3	1.9	3.8	12.9
George King	G	66	28.6	40.6	71.2	4.2	3.7	3.0	10.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	66	33.5	33.5	75.9	3.4	3.3	2.5	9.1
Noble Jorgensen	C	66	20.0	41.3	79.7	4.4	1.0	2.9	8.0
George Ratkovicz	C-F	66	20.5	34.9	67.4	5.0	1.4	3.6	7.5
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	66	26.1	35.1	59.4	6.7	1.8	3.4	7.4
Bill Gabor	G-F	57	19.0	32.2	77.6	1.6	1.5	3.3	8.6
Al Cervi	G-F	55	15.5	35.4	88.3	1.6	2.7	3.2	7.6
Gerry Calabrese	G	58	16.2	34.4	70.9	1.4	1.4	1.8	5.0
Don Savage	F-G	12	9.8	20.9	64.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	3.0
Averages		641	25.0	36.4	74.7	4.9	2.1	3.1	8.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	7	248	91	41			78	60	90	15	34	142
Red Rocha	C-F	7	276	95	41			51	37	48	10	36	119
Paul Seymour	G-F	7	270	60	25			43	35	26	25	33	85
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	7	249	67	23			47	28	57	20	32	74
Noble Jorgensen	C	7	150	52	19			31	23	27	5	30	61
George King	G	6	207	54	19			28	19	29	21	17	57
Al Cervi	G-F	7	88	30	7			23	22	10	15	23	36
Bill Gabor	G-F	7	80	33	11			16	12	6	10	16	34
Gerry Calabrese	G	6	53	24	10			4	4	8	4	18	24
George Ratkovicz	C-F	6	59	15	5			20	8	22	3	16	18
Totals		67	1680	521	201	0	0	341	248	323	128	255	650

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	7	35.4	45.1	76.9	12.9	2.1	4.9	20.3
Red Rocha	C-F	7	39.4	43.2	72.5	6.9	1.4	5.1	17.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	7	38.6	41.7	81.4	3.7	3.6	4.7	12.1
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	7	35.6	34.3	59.6	8.1	2.9	4.6	10.6
Noble Jorgensen	C	7	21.4	36.5	74.2	3.9	0.7	4.3	8.7
George King	G	6	34.5	35.2	67.9	4.8	3.5	2.8	9.5
Al Cervi	G-F	7	12.6	23.3	95.7	1.4	2.1	3.3	5.1
Bill Gabor	G-F	7	11.4	33.3	75.0	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.9
Gerry Calabrese	G	6	8.8	41.7	100.0	1.3	0.7	3.0	4.0
George Ratkovicz	C-F	6	9.8	33.3	40.0	3.7	0.5	2.7	3.0
Averages		641	25.1	38.6	72.7	4.8	1.9	3.8	9.7