1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Statistics
Team Record: 42-30
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 9-4 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 2-0
Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 4-3
Coach: Al Cervi (42-30)
Location: Syracuse, New York
1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Results
The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-4.
The Nationals scored 6,013 points and allowed 5,660. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,228 points for Syracuse, and Paul Seymour contributed 13 or more per game, too. Dolph Schayes accounted for 870 rebounds. Paul Seymour dished out 364 assists for the squad.
Al Cervi coached the team. The 1953-54 Syracuse Nationals lost in the finals.
Click on column headings to sort.
Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 72 | 2655 | 973 | 370 | 590 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 870 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 1228 | ||
Paul Seymour | G-F | 71 | 2727 | 838 | 316 | 368 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 931 | ||
George King | G | 72 | 2370 | 744 | 280 | 410 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 817 | ||
Earl Lloyd | F-C | 72 | 2206 | 666 | 249 | 209 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 529 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 654 | ||
Wally Osterkorn | F-C | 70 | 2164 | 586 | 203 | 361 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 487 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 615 | ||
Bill Gabor | G-F | 61 | 1211 | 551 | 204 | 194 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 547 | ||
Billy Kenville | G-F | 72 | 1405 | 388 | 149 | 182 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 434 | ||
Bob Lavoy | F-C | 60 | 1152 | 320 | 119 | 113 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 323 | ||
Jim Neal | C | 67 | 899 | 369 | 117 | 132 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 312 | ||
Bato Govedarica | G | 23 | 258 | 79 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 75 | ||
Al Masino | G | 16 | 131 | 46 | 18 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 59 | ||
Dick Knostman | C | 5 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | ||
Ed Earle | F | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Mike Novak | C-F | 5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
Totals | 668 | 17261 | 5579 | 2054 | 0 | 0 | 2650 | 1905 | 0 | 0 | 3392 | 1539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1852 | 6013 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 72 | 36.9 | 38.0 | 82.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 17.1 | |
Paul Seymour | G-F | 71 | 38.4 | 37.7 | 81.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 13.1 | |
George King | G | 72 | 32.9 | 37.6 | 62.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 11.3 | |
Earl Lloyd | F-C | 72 | 30.6 | 37.4 | 74.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 9.1 | |
Wally Osterkorn | F-C | 70 | 30.9 | 34.6 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.8 | |
Bill Gabor | G-F | 61 | 19.9 | 37.0 | 71.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | |
Billy Kenville | G-F | 72 | 19.5 | 38.4 | 74.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 6.0 | |
Bob Lavoy | F-C | 60 | 19.2 | 37.2 | 75.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 | |
Jim Neal | C | 67 | 13.4 | 31.7 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.7 | |
Bato Govedarica | G | 23 | 11.2 | 31.6 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | |
Al Masino | G | 16 | 8.2 | 39.1 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.7 | |
Dick Knostman | C | 5 | 9.4 | 30.0 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | |
Ed Earle | F | 2 | 6.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
Mike Novak | C-F | 5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | |
Averages | 668 | 25.8 | 36.8 | 71.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 9.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 13 | 374 | 140 | 64 | 108 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 208 | ||
Paul Seymour | G-F | 13 | 559 | 143 | 59 | 94 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 194 | ||
Wally Osterkorn | F-C | 13 | 542 | 122 | 45 | 90 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 140 | ||
Bob Lavoy | F-C | 13 | 358 | 95 | 37 | 55 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 118 | ||
Billy Kenville | G-F | 13 | 374 | 74 | 36 | 62 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 116 | ||
George King | G | 10 | 286 | 62 | 25 | 63 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 88 | ||
Bill Gabor | G-F | 10 | 196 | 83 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 76 | ||
Earl Lloyd | F-C | 10 | 260 | 73 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 67 | ||
Jim Neal | C | 11 | 100 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 | ||
Al Masino | G | 13 | 96 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | ||
Totals | 119 | 3145 | 847 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 566 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 568 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 1059 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 13 | 28.8 | 45.7 | 74.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 16.0 | |
Paul Seymour | G-F | 13 | 43.0 | 41.3 | 80.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 14.9 | |
Wally Osterkorn | F-C | 13 | 41.7 | 36.9 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 10.8 | |
Bob Lavoy | F-C | 13 | 27.5 | 38.9 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 9.1 | |
Billy Kenville | G-F | 13 | 28.8 | 48.6 | 71.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 8.9 | |
George King | G | 10 | 28.6 | 40.3 | 60.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.8 | |
Bill Gabor | G-F | 10 | 19.6 | 28.9 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 7.6 | |
Earl Lloyd | F-C | 10 | 26.0 | 34.2 | 65.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 6.7 | |
Jim Neal | C | 11 | 9.1 | 37.1 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | |
Al Masino | G | 13 | 7.4 | 35.0 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | |
Averages | 668 | 26.4 | 39.6 | 68.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.9 |