1959-60 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-30
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 2-1
Coach: Paul Seymour (45-30)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 110,000, Avg. 3,667 in 30 home dates

1959-60 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1959-60 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1959-60 season with a record of 45 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Nationals racked up 8,917 points and allowed 8,720. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,689 points for Syracuse, and George Yardley contributed 19 or more per game also. Dolph Schayes accounted for 959 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 449 assists for the squad.

Paul Seymour coached the team. The 1959-60 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	75	2741	1440	578			597	533	959	256	263	1689
George Yardley	F-G	73	2402	1205	546			467	381	579	122	227	1473
Johnny Kerr	C-F	75	2372	1111	436			310	233	913	167	207	1105
Larry Costello	G	71	2469	822	372			289	249	388	449	234	993
Hal Greer	G-F	70	1979	815	388			189	148	303	188	208	924
Dick Barnett	G-F	57	1235	701	289			180	128	155	160	98	706
Bob Hopkins	C-F	75	1616	660	257			174	136	465	55	193	650
Al Bianchi	G	69	1256	576	211			155	109	179	169	231	531
Connie Dierking	C-F	71	1119	526	192			188	108	456	54	168	492
Barney Cable	F	50	599	230	87			57	40	177	33	74	214
Frank Selvy	G-F	19	217	94	36			48	31	47	20	25	103
Togo Palazzi	F-G	7	70	41	13			8	4	14	3	7	30
Jim Ray	G	4	21	6	1			0	0	0	2	3	2
Paul Seymour	G-F	4	7	4	0			0	0	1	0	1	0
Totals		720	18103	8231	3406	0	0	2662	2100	4636	1678	1939	8912

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	75	36.5	40.1	89.3	12.8	3.4	3.5	22.5
George Yardley	F-G	73	32.9	45.3	81.6	7.9	1.7	3.1	20.2
Johnny Kerr	C-F	75	31.6	39.2	75.2	12.2	2.2	2.8	14.7
Larry Costello	G	71	34.8	45.3	86.2	5.5	6.3	3.3	14.0
Hal Greer	G-F	70	28.3	47.6	78.3	4.3	2.7	3.0	13.2
Dick Barnett	G-F	57	21.7	41.2	71.1	2.7	2.8	1.7	12.4
Bob Hopkins	C-F	75	21.5	38.9	78.2	6.2	0.7	2.6	8.7
Al Bianchi	G	69	18.2	36.6	70.3	2.6	2.4	3.3	7.7
Connie Dierking	C-F	71	15.8	36.5	57.4	6.4	0.8	2.4	6.9
Barney Cable	F	50	12.0	37.8	70.2	3.5	0.7	1.5	4.3
Frank Selvy	G-F	19	11.4	38.3	64.6	2.5	1.1	1.3	5.4
Togo Palazzi	F-G	7	10.0	31.7	50.0	2.0	0.4	1.0	4.3
Jim Ray	G	4	5.3	16.7		0.0	0.5	0.8	0.5
Paul Seymour	G-F	4	1.8	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
Averages		720	25.1	41.4	78.9	6.4	2.3	2.7	12.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	3	126	66	30			30	28	48	8	10	88
Larry Costello	G	3	122	47	20			12	10	14	20	15	50
Hal Greer	G-F	3	84	43	22			4	3	14	10	5	47
Johnny Kerr	C-F	3	104	51	15			12	11	25	9	9	41
George Yardley	F-G	3	88	39	15			12	10	17	1	9	40
Dick Barnett	G-F	3	64	38	12			7	6	14	4	4	30
Barney Cable	F	3	63	14	5			8	4	28	1	12	14
Connie Dierking	C-F	3	32	20	6			1	0	15	1	6	12
Bob Hopkins	C-F	1	19	8	2			3	3	6	0	3	7
Al Bianchi	G	2	18	8	0			0	0	3	3	2	0
Totals		27	720	334	127	0	0	89	75	184	57	75	329

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	3	42.0	45.5	93.3	16.0	2.7	3.3	29.3
Larry Costello	G	3	40.7	42.6	83.3	4.7	6.7	5.0	16.7
Hal Greer	G-F	3	28.0	51.2	75.0	4.7	3.3	1.7	15.7
Johnny Kerr	C-F	3	34.7	29.4	91.7	8.3	3.0	3.0	13.7
George Yardley	F-G	3	29.3	38.5	83.3	5.7	0.3	3.0	13.3
Dick Barnett	G-F	3	21.3	31.6	85.7	4.7	1.3	1.3	10.0
Barney Cable	F	3	21.0	35.7	50.0	9.3	0.3	4.0	4.7
Connie Dierking	C-F	3	10.7	30.0	0.0	5.0	0.3	2.0	4.0
Bob Hopkins	C-F	1	19.0	25.0	100.0	6.0	0.0	3.0	7.0
Al Bianchi	G	2	9.0	0.0		1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0
Averages		720	26.7	38.0	84.3	6.8	2.1	2.8	12.2