1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-32
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Cincinnati Royals 3-2
Coach: Alex Hannum (48-32)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 161,593, Avg. 5,771 in 28 home dates

1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1962-63 season with a record of 48 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Nationals scored 9,730 points, best in the league. Syracuse conceded 9,427 points. Hal Greer scored a team-best 1,562 points for the team, and Johnny Kerr contributed 1,039 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 334 assists for the squad.

Alex Hannum coached the team. The 1962-63 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
Hal Greer	G-F	80	2631	1293	600			434	362	457	275	286	1562
Lee Shaffer	F	80	2392	1393	597			375	294	524	97	249	1488
Johnny Kerr	C-F	80	2561	1069	507			320	241	1039	214	208	1255
Chet Walker	F-G	78	1992	751	352			362	253	561	83	220	957
Larry Costello	G	78	2066	660	285			327	288	237	334	263	858
Len Chappell	F-C	80	1241	604	281			238	148	461	56	171	710
Dave Gambee	F	60	1234	537	235			238	199	289	48	190	669
Paul Neumann	G	80	1581	503	237			222	181	200	227	221	655
Dolph Schayes	F-C	66	1438	575	223			206	181	375	175	177	627
Al Bianchi	G	61	1159	476	202			164	120	134	170	165	524
Joe Roberts	F	33	466	196	73			51	35	155	16	66	181
Ben Warley	F-G	26	206	111	50			35	25	86	4	42	125
Porter Meriwether	G	31	268	122	48			33	23	29	43	19	119
Totals		833	19235	8290	3690	0	0	3005	2350	4547	1742	2277	9730

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Hal Greer	G-F	80	32.9	46.4	83.4	5.7	3.4	3.6	19.5
Lee Shaffer	F	80	29.9	42.9	78.4	6.6	1.2	3.1	18.6
Johnny Kerr	C-F	80	32.0	47.4	75.3	13.0	2.7	2.6	15.7
Chet Walker	F-G	78	25.5	46.9	69.9	7.2	1.1	2.8	12.3
Larry Costello	G	78	26.5	43.2	88.1	3.0	4.3	3.4	11.0
Len Chappell	F-C	80	15.5	46.5	62.2	5.8	0.7	2.1	8.9
Dave Gambee	F	60	20.6	43.8	83.6	4.8	0.8	3.2	11.2
Paul Neumann	G	80	19.8	47.1	81.5	2.5	2.8	2.8	8.2
Dolph Schayes	F-C	66	21.8	38.8	87.9	5.7	2.7	2.7	9.5
Al Bianchi	G	61	19.0	42.4	73.2	2.2	2.8	2.7	8.6
Joe Roberts	F	33	14.1	37.2	68.6	4.7	0.5	2.0	5.5
Ben Warley	F-G	26	7.9	45.0	71.4	3.3	0.2	1.6	4.8
Porter Meriwether	G	31	8.6	39.3	69.7	0.9	1.4	0.6	3.8
Averages		833	23.1	44.5	78.2	5.5	2.1	2.7	11.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lee Shaffer	F	5	173	117	56			30	24	23	6	19	136
Hal Greer	G-F	5	214	87	44			35	29	27	21	21	117
Chet Walker	F-G	5	130	53	27			30	22	47	9	8	76
Johnny Kerr	C-F	5	187	60	26			21	16	75	9	12	68
Dolph Schayes	F-C	5	108	44	20			12	11	28	7	17	51
Larry Costello	G	5	134	37	16			23	19	4	23	27	51
Al Bianchi	G	5	77	34	15			7	4	8	2	17	34
Dave Gambee	F	5	75	34	10			13	12	16	0	14	32
Len Chappell	F-C	4	53	21	4			16	13	18	3	7	21
Paul Neumann	G	4	65	18	8			1	0	14	9	11	16
Ben Warley	F-G	2	9	4	0			4	2	3	0	2	2
Totals		50	1225	509	226	0	0	192	152	263	89	155	604

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lee Shaffer	F	5	34.6	47.9	80.0	4.6	1.2	3.8	27.2
Hal Greer	G-F	5	42.8	50.6	82.9	5.4	4.2	4.2	23.4
Chet Walker	F-G	5	26.0	50.9	73.3	9.4	1.8	1.6	15.2
Johnny Kerr	C-F	5	37.4	43.3	76.2	15.0	1.8	2.4	13.6
Dolph Schayes	F-C	5	21.6	45.5	91.7	5.6	1.4	3.4	10.2
Larry Costello	G	5	26.8	43.2	82.6	0.8	4.6	5.4	10.2
Al Bianchi	G	5	15.4	44.1	57.1	1.6	0.4	3.4	6.8
Dave Gambee	F	5	15.0	29.4	92.3	3.2	0.0	2.8	6.4
Len Chappell	F-C	4	13.3	19.0	81.3	4.5	0.8	1.8	5.3
Paul Neumann	G	4	16.3	44.4	0.0	3.5	2.3	2.8	4.0
Ben Warley	F-G	2	4.5	0.0	50.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.0
Averages		833	24.5	44.4	79.2	5.3	1.8	3.1	12.1