1957-58 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 41-31
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 2-1
Coach: Paul Seymour (41-31)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 112,386, Avg. 3,625 in 31 home dates

1957-58 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1957-58 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1957-58 season with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Syracuse scored 7,721 points and surrendered 7,564. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,791 points for the Nationals and contributed 1,022 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 317 assists for the squad.

Paul Seymour coached the team. The 1957-58 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	72	2918	1458	581			696	629	1022	224	244	1791
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	2384	1020	407			422	280	963	88	197	1094
Larry Costello	G	72	2746	888	378			378	320	378	317	246	1076
Ed Conlin	F-G	60	1871	877	343			270	215	436	133	168	901
Togo Palazzi	F-G	67	1001	579	228			171	123	243	42	125	579
Al Bianchi	G	69	1421	625	215			205	140	221	114	188	570
Bob Hopkins	C-F	69	1224	554	221			161	123	392	45	162	565
Bob Harrison	G	72	1799	604	210			122	97	166	169	200	517
Earl Lloyd	F-C	61	1045	359	119			106	79	287	60	179	317
Paul Seymour	G-F	64	763	315	107			63	53	107	93	88	267
Joe Holup	F	16	133	57	14			23	16	23	13	23	44
Totals		694	17305	7336	2823	0	0	2617	2075	4238	1298	1820	7721

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	40.5	39.8	90.4	14.2	3.1	3.4	24.9
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	33.1	39.9	66.4	13.4	1.2	2.7	15.2
Larry Costello	G	72	38.1	42.6	84.7	5.3	4.4	3.4	14.9
Ed Conlin	F-G	60	31.2	39.1	79.6	7.3	2.2	2.8	15.0
Togo Palazzi	F-G	67	14.9	39.4	71.9	3.6	0.6	1.9	8.6
Al Bianchi	G	69	20.6	34.4	68.3	3.2	1.7	2.7	8.3
Bob Hopkins	C-F	69	17.7	39.9	76.4	5.7	0.7	2.3	8.2
Bob Harrison	G	72	25.0	34.8	79.5	2.3	2.3	2.8	7.2
Earl Lloyd	F-C	61	17.1	33.1	74.5	4.7	1.0	2.9	5.2
Paul Seymour	G-F	64	11.9	34.0	84.1	1.7	1.5	1.4	4.2
Joe Holup	F	16	8.3	24.6	69.6	1.4	0.8	1.4	2.8
Averages		694	24.9	38.5	79.3	6.1	1.9	2.6	11.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	3	131	64	25			36	30	45	6	10	80
Johnny Kerr	C-F	3	116	55	18			18	14	61	3	5	50
Larry Costello	G	3	134	34	10			14	14	25	12	6	34
Ed Conlin	F-G	3	113	45	14			7	5	21	4	10	33
Paul Seymour	G-F	3	50	23	8			3	2	4	4	5	18
Bob Hopkins	C-F	3	39	16	4			6	4	14	0	7	12
Al Bianchi	G	2	37	12	4			8	3	7	2	4	11
Earl Lloyd	F-C	3	32	14	5			0	0	8	0	8	10
Bob Harrison	G	3	43	16	4			3	2	7	5	6	10
Togo Palazzi	F-G	3	25	14	3			6	3	4	0	4	9
Totals		29	720	293	95	0	0	101	77	196	36	65	267

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	3	43.7	39.1	83.3	15.0	2.0	3.3	26.7
Johnny Kerr	C-F	3	38.7	32.7	77.8	20.3	1.0	1.7	16.7
Larry Costello	G	3	44.7	29.4	100.0	8.3	4.0	2.0	11.3
Ed Conlin	F-G	3	37.7	31.1	71.4	7.0	1.3	3.3	11.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	3	16.7	34.8	66.7	1.3	1.3	1.7	6.0
Bob Hopkins	C-F	3	13.0	25.0	66.7	4.7	0.0	2.3	4.0
Al Bianchi	G	2	18.5	33.3	37.5	3.5	1.0	2.0	5.5
Earl Lloyd	F-C	3	10.7	35.7		2.7	0.0	2.7	3.3
Bob Harrison	G	3	14.3	25.0	66.7	2.3	1.7	2.0	3.3
Togo Palazzi	F-G	3	8.3	21.4	50.0	1.3	0.0	1.3	3.0
Averages		694	24.8	32.4	76.2	6.8	1.2	2.2	9.2