1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Statistics
Team Record: 41-39
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 3-2
Coach: Alex Hannum (41-39)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 112,486, Avg. 4,017 in 28 home dates
1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Results
The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 41 wins and 39 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Nationals netted 9,658 points and surrendered 9,473. Hal Greer scored a team-best 1,619 points for Syracuse, and Johnny Kerr contributed 1,176 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 359 assists for the squad.
Alex Hannum coached the team. The 1961-62 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Greer | G-F | 71 | 2705 | 1442 | 644 | 404 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 524 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 1619 | ||
Dave Gambee | F | 80 | 2301 | 1126 | 477 | 470 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 631 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 1338 | ||
Johnny Kerr | C-F | 80 | 2768 | 1220 | 541 | 302 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 1176 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 1304 | ||
Lee Shaffer | F | 75 | 2083 | 1180 | 514 | 310 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 511 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 1267 | ||
Larry Costello | G | 63 | 1854 | 726 | 310 | 295 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 867 | ||
Al Bianchi | G | 80 | 1925 | 847 | 336 | 221 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 826 | ||
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 56 | 1480 | 751 | 268 | 319 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 439 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 822 | ||
Joe Roberts | F | 80 | 1642 | 619 | 243 | 194 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 538 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 615 | ||
Paul Neumann | G | 77 | 1265 | 401 | 172 | 172 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 477 | ||
Swede Halbrook | C | 64 | 908 | 422 | 152 | 151 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 399 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 400 | ||
Joe Graboski | F-C | 23 | 323 | 133 | 48 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 118 | ||
Chuck Osborne | F | 4 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
Totals | 753 | 19275 | 8875 | 3706 | 0 | 0 | 2880 | 2246 | 0 | 0 | 5052 | 1791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2344 | 9658 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Greer | G-F | 71 | 38.1 | 44.7 | 81.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 22.8 | |
Dave Gambee | F | 80 | 28.8 | 42.4 | 81.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 16.7 | |
Johnny Kerr | C-F | 80 | 34.6 | 44.3 | 73.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 16.3 | |
Lee Shaffer | F | 75 | 27.8 | 43.6 | 77.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 16.9 | |
Larry Costello | G | 63 | 29.4 | 42.7 | 83.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 13.8 | |
Al Bianchi | G | 80 | 24.1 | 39.7 | 69.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 10.3 | |
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 56 | 26.4 | 35.7 | 89.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 14.7 | |
Joe Roberts | F | 80 | 20.5 | 39.3 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 7.7 | |
Paul Neumann | G | 77 | 16.4 | 42.9 | 77.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 6.2 | |
Swede Halbrook | C | 64 | 14.2 | 36.0 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 6.3 | |
Joe Graboski | F-C | 23 | 14.0 | 36.1 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | |
Chuck Osborne | F | 4 | 5.3 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | |
Averages | 753 | 25.6 | 41.8 | 78.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 12.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Lee Shaffer | F | 5 | 174 | 99 | 35 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 94 | ||
Johnny Kerr | C-F | 5 | 193 | 109 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 88 | ||
Larry Costello | G | 5 | 167 | 51 | 22 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 73 | ||
Al Bianchi | G | 5 | 184 | 69 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 71 | ||
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 5 | 95 | 66 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 57 | ||
Dave Gambee | F | 5 | 170 | 54 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 56 | ||
Paul Neumann | G | 5 | 124 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | ||
Joe Roberts | F | 4 | 64 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | ||
Joe Graboski | F-C | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Hal Greer | G-F | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 44 | 1200 | 506 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 306 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 496 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Lee Shaffer | F | 5 | 34.8 | 35.4 | 77.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 18.8 | |
Johnny Kerr | C-F | 5 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 17.6 | |
Larry Costello | G | 5 | 33.4 | 43.1 | 87.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 14.6 | |
Al Bianchi | G | 5 | 36.8 | 39.1 | 85.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 14.2 | |
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 5 | 19.0 | 36.4 | 69.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 11.4 | |
Dave Gambee | F | 5 | 34.0 | 31.5 | 88.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 11.2 | |
Paul Neumann | G | 5 | 24.8 | 41.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 5.6 | |
Joe Roberts | F | 4 | 16.0 | 36.4 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 6.5 | |
Joe Graboski | F-C | 4 | 6.0 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
Hal Greer | G-F | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
Averages | 753 | 27.3 | 37.0 | 80.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 11.3 |