1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 35-37
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 5-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated New York Knicks 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Paul Seymour (35-37)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 107,455, Avg. 3,466 in 31 home dates

1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1958-59 season with a record of 35 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

Syracuse racked up 8,146 points and yielded 7,855. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,534 points for the Nationals, and Johnny Kerr contributed 1,008 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 379 assists for the squad.

Paul Seymour coached the team. The 1958-59 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	72	2645	1304	504			609	526	962	178	280	1534
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	2671	1139	502			367	281	1008	142	183	1285
Larry Costello	G	70	2750	948	414			349	280	365	379	263	1108
Hal Greer	G-F	68	1625	679	308			176	137	196	101	189	753
Al Bianchi	G	72	1779	756	285			206	149	199	159	260	719
Ed Conlin	F-G	57	1601	716	261			211	156	303	115	156	678
Bob Hopkins	C-F	67	1518	611	246			234	176	436	67	181	668
Togo Palazzi	F-G	71	1053	612	240			158	115	266	67	174	595
Connie Dierking	C-F	64	726	290	105			140	83	233	34	148	293
George Yardley	F-G	15	420	199	96			91	59	104	25	37	251
George Dempsey	G	34	410	140	56			73	58	100	36	64	170
Paul Seymour	G-F	21	266	98	32			29	26	39	36	25	90
Tommy Kearns	G	1	7	1	1			0	0	0	0	1	2
Totals		684	17471	7493	3050	0	0	2643	2046	4211	1339	1961	8146

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	36.7	38.7	86.4	13.4	2.5	3.9	21.3
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	37.1	44.1	76.6	14.0	2.0	2.5	17.8
Larry Costello	G	70	39.3	43.7	80.2	5.2	5.4	3.8	15.8
Hal Greer	G-F	68	23.9	45.4	77.8	2.9	1.5	2.8	11.1
Al Bianchi	G	72	24.7	37.7	72.3	2.8	2.2	3.6	10.0
Ed Conlin	F-G	57	28.1	36.5	73.9	5.3	2.0	2.7	11.9
Bob Hopkins	C-F	67	22.7	40.3	75.2	6.5	1.0	2.7	10.0
Togo Palazzi	F-G	71	14.8	39.2	72.8	3.7	0.9	2.5	8.4
Connie Dierking	C-F	64	11.3	36.2	59.3	3.6	0.5	2.3	4.6
George Yardley	F-G	15	28.0	48.2	64.8	6.9	1.7	2.5	16.7
George Dempsey	G	34	12.1	40.0	79.5	2.9	1.1	1.9	5.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	21	12.7	32.7	89.7	1.9	1.7	1.2	4.3
Tommy Kearns	G	1	7.0	100.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		684	25.5	40.7	77.4	6.2	2.0	2.9	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	9	351	195	78			107	98	117	41	36	254
George Yardley	F-G	9	333	189	83			70	60	87	21	29	226
Larry Costello	G	9	361	121	54			61	51	53	54	40	159
Johnny Kerr	C-F	9	312	142	50			33	30	108	24	20	130
Hal Greer	G-F	9	278	93	39			32	26	47	20	35	104
Al Bianchi	G	9	192	74	34			22	14	29	25	41	82
Bob Hopkins	C-F	9	203	68	23			34	28	60	9	33	74
Togo Palazzi	F-G	8	67	44	13			14	10	21	6	10	36
Connie Dierking	C-F	4	34	12	2			9	7	17	2	5	11
George Dempsey	G	5	29	8	3			4	3	6	4	8	9
Totals		80	2160	946	379	0	0	386	327	545	206	257	1085

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	9	39.0	40.0	91.6	13.0	4.6	4.0	28.2
George Yardley	F-G	9	37.0	43.9	85.7	9.7	2.3	3.2	25.1
Larry Costello	G	9	40.1	44.6	83.6	5.9	6.0	4.4	17.7
Johnny Kerr	C-F	9	34.7	35.2	90.9	12.0	2.7	2.2	14.4
Hal Greer	G-F	9	30.9	41.9	81.3	5.2	2.2	3.9	11.6
Al Bianchi	G	9	21.3	45.9	63.6	3.2	2.8	4.6	9.1
Bob Hopkins	C-F	9	22.6	33.8	82.4	6.7	1.0	3.7	8.2
Togo Palazzi	F-G	8	8.4	29.5	71.4	2.6	0.8	1.3	4.5
Connie Dierking	C-F	4	8.5	16.7	77.8	4.3	0.5	1.3	2.8
George Dempsey	G	5	5.8	37.5	75.0	1.2	0.8	1.6	1.8
Averages		684	27.0	40.1	84.7	6.8	2.6	3.2	13.6