1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-29
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 7-4 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 3-1
Finals - Defeated Fort Wayne Pistons 4-3
Coach: Al Cervi (43-29)
Location: Syracuse, New York

1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1954-55 season with a record of 43 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

The Nationals racked up 6,557 points and conceded 6,457. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,333 points for Syracuse and contributed 887 rebounds. Paul Seymour dished out 483 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1954-55 Syracuse Nationals won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	66	2526	1103	422			587	489	887	213	247	1333
Paul Seymour	G-F	72	64	2950	1036	375			370	300	309	483	137	1050
Red Rocha	C-F	72	51	2473	801	295			284	222	489	178	242	812
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	0	1529	718	301			223	152	474	80	165	754
Earl Lloyd	F-C	72	53	2212	784	286			212	159	553	151	283	731
George King	G	67	48	2015	605	228			229	140	227	331	148	596
Billy Kenville	G-F	70	22	1380	482	172			201	154	247	150	132	498
Dick Farley	G-F	69	10	1113	353	136			201	136	167	111	145	408
Jim Tucker	F	20	3	287	116	39			38	27	97	12	50	105
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	19	2	286	97	20			32	16	70	17	32	56
Bill Gabor	G-F	3	2	47	22	7			5	3	5	11	6	17
Totals		608	321	16818	6117	2281	0	0	2382	1798	3525	1737	1587	6360

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	66	35.1	38.3	83.3	12.3	3.0	3.4	18.5
Paul Seymour	G-F	72	64	41.0	36.2	81.1	4.3	6.7	1.9	14.6
Red Rocha	C-F	72	51	34.3	36.8	78.2	6.8	2.5	3.4	11.3
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	0	21.2	41.9	68.2	6.6	1.1	2.3	10.5
Earl Lloyd	F-C	72	53	30.7	36.5	75.0	7.7	2.1	3.9	10.2
George King	G	67	48	30.1	37.7	61.1	3.4	4.9	2.2	8.9
Billy Kenville	G-F	70	22	19.7	35.7	76.6	3.5	2.1	1.9	7.1
Dick Farley	G-F	69	10	16.1	38.5	67.7	2.4	1.6	2.1	5.9
Jim Tucker	F	20	3	14.4	33.6	71.1	4.9	0.6	2.5	5.3
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	19	2	15.1	20.6	50.0	3.7	0.9	1.7	2.9
Bill Gabor	G-F	3	2	15.7	31.8	60.0	1.7	3.7	2.0	5.7
Averages		608	321	27.7	37.3	75.5	5.8	2.9	2.6	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	11	363	167	60			106	89	141	40	48	209
Johnny Kerr	C-F	11	363	151	59			61	34	118	13	27	152
Paul Seymour	G-F	11	410	149	46			50	45	43	75	21	137
Red Rocha	C-F	11	371	110	46			58	44	74	14	45	136
Earl Lloyd	F-C	11	355	122	44			52	39	89	35	41	127
George King	G	11	371	117	46			55	35	41	62	33	127
Billy Kenville	G-F	11	130	48	17			49	36	31	11	23	70
Dick Farley	G-F	11	168	56	19			25	14	13	20	29	52
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	11	75	34	11			17	13	21	11	14	35
Jim Tucker	F	9	59	27	8			9	8	15	1	13	24
Totals		108	2665	981	356	0	0	482	357	586	282	294	1069

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	11	33.0	35.9	84.0	12.8	3.6	4.4	19.0
Johnny Kerr	C-F	11	33.0	39.1	55.7	10.7	1.2	2.5	13.8
Paul Seymour	G-F	11	37.3	30.9	90.0	3.9	6.8	1.9	12.5
Red Rocha	C-F	11	33.7	41.8	75.9	6.7	1.3	4.1	12.4
Earl Lloyd	F-C	11	32.3	36.1	75.0	8.1	3.2	3.7	11.5
George King	G	11	33.7	39.3	63.6	3.7	5.6	3.0	11.5
Billy Kenville	G-F	11	11.8	35.4	73.5	2.8	1.0	2.1	6.4
Dick Farley	G-F	11	15.3	33.9	56.0	1.2	1.8	2.6	4.7
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	11	6.8	32.4	76.5	1.9	1.0	1.3	3.2
Jim Tucker	F	9	6.6	29.6	88.9	1.7	0.1	1.4	2.7
Averages		608	24.7	36.3	74.1	5.4	2.6	2.7	9.9