1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-24
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 2-0
Coach: Al Cervi (47-24)
Location: Syracuse, New York

1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 47 wins and 24 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Nationals scored 6,081 points and yielded 5,775. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,262 points for Syracuse, while Paul Seymour netted 14 or more per game, too. Dolph Schayes contributed 920 rebounds. George King dished out 364 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1952-53 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	71	2668	1022	375			619	512	920	227	271	1262
Paul Seymour	G-F	67	2684	798	306			416	340	246	294	210	952
George King	G	71	2519	635	255			442	284	281	364	244	794
Red Rocha	C-F	69	2454	690	268			310	234	510	137	257	770
Bill Gabor	G-F	69	1337	614	215			284	217	104	134	262	647
Earl Lloyd	F-C	64	1806	453	156			231	160	444	64	241	472
Noble Jorgensen	C	70	1355	436	145			199	146	236	76	247	436
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	49	1016	262	85			168	106	217	61	129	276
Bob Lochmueller	F	62	802	245	79			122	74	162	47	143	232
Al Cervi	G-F	38	301	71	31			100	81	22	28	90	143
Jim Brasco	G	10	111	48	11			14	11	15	12	18	33
Totals		640	17053	5274	1926	0	0	2905	2165	3157	1444	2112	6017

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	71	37.6	36.7	82.7	13.0	3.2	3.8	17.8
Paul Seymour	G-F	67	40.1	38.3	81.7	3.7	4.4	3.1	14.2
George King	G	71	35.5	40.2	64.3	4.0	5.1	3.4	11.2
Red Rocha	C-F	69	35.6	38.8	75.5	7.4	2.0	3.7	11.2
Bill Gabor	G-F	69	19.4	35.0	76.4	1.5	1.9	3.8	9.4
Earl Lloyd	F-C	64	28.2	34.4	69.3	6.9	1.0	3.8	7.4
Noble Jorgensen	C	70	19.4	33.3	73.4	3.4	1.1	3.5	6.2
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	49	20.7	32.4	63.1	4.4	1.2	2.6	5.6
Bob Lochmueller	F	62	12.9	32.2	60.7	2.6	0.8	2.3	3.7
Al Cervi	G-F	38	7.9	43.7	81.0	0.6	0.7	2.4	3.8
Jim Brasco	G	10	11.1	22.9	78.6	1.5	1.2	1.8	3.3
Averages		640	26.6	36.5	74.5	4.9	2.3	3.3	9.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Paul Seymour	G-F	2	112	24	9			19	18	10	8	11	36
Red Rocha	C-F	2	107	26	10			14	11	17	7	11	31
George King	G	2	67	13	6			12	10	5	9	12	22
Dolph Schayes	F-C	2	58	16	4			13	10	17	1	7	18
Bill Gabor	G-F	2	28	12	5			13	8	3	2	12	18
Al Cervi	G-F	2	28	5	3			15	12	0	1	12	18
Earl Lloyd	F-C	2	73	17	4			10	7	9	5	10	15
Noble Jorgensen	C	2	44	9	5			6	4	10	3	11	14
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	2	42	9	4			3	1	4	2	11	9
Bob Lochmueller	F	2	21	10	2			4	1	5	2	12	5
Totals		20	580	141	52	0	0	109	82	80	40	109	186

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Paul Seymour	G-F	2	56.0	37.5	94.7	5.0	4.0	5.5	18.0
Red Rocha	C-F	2	53.5	38.5	78.6	8.5	3.5	5.5	15.5
George King	G	2	33.5	46.2	83.3	2.5	4.5	6.0	11.0
Dolph Schayes	F-C	2	29.0	25.0	76.9	8.5	0.5	3.5	9.0
Bill Gabor	G-F	2	14.0	41.7	61.5	1.5	1.0	6.0	9.0
Al Cervi	G-F	2	14.0	60.0	80.0	0.0	0.5	6.0	9.0
Earl Lloyd	F-C	2	36.5	23.5	70.0	4.5	2.5	5.0	7.5
Noble Jorgensen	C	2	22.0	55.6	66.7	5.0	1.5	5.5	7.0
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	2	21.0	44.4	33.3	2.0	1.0	5.5	4.5
Bob Lochmueller	F	2	10.5	20.0	25.0	2.5	1.0	6.0	2.5
Averages		640	29.0	36.9	75.2	4.0	2.0	5.5	9.3