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1949-50 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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51-13, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Al Cervi (51-13)

PTS/G: 84.8 (3rd of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 76.7 (5th of 17)
SRS: 6.48 (3rd of 17)
Expected W-L: 51-13 (2nd of 17)

Arena: State Fair Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-1) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15 Al Cervi G-F 5-11 170 February 12, 1917 R
11-9 Leroy Chollet F 6-2 190 March 5, 1925 R Canisius College
4-9 Ray Corley G 6-0 180 January 1, 1928 R Georgetown University
35-7 Bill Gabor G-F 5-11 170 May 13, 1922 R Syracuse University
10 Alex Hannum F-C 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 R University of Southern California
14 Andrew Levane F-G 6-2 190 April 11, 1920 1 St. John's University
5 Johnny Macknowsky G-F 6-0 180 January 7, 1923 R Seton Hall University
13-50 Ed Peterson C 6-9 220 June 27, 1924 R Cornell University
6-65 George Ratkovicz C-F 6-6 220 November 13, 1922 R
4-55 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 R New York University
25-8 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 1 University of Toledo

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 64 1869 5276 .354 1691 2396 .706 1473 1833 5429 84.8
Lg Rank 9 12 5 3 2 13 1 5 6 3
Opponent 64 4908 76.7
Lg Rank 1 5

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dolph Schayes 21 64 348 903 .385 376 486 .774 259 225 1072
2 Bill Gabor 27 56 226 671 .337 157 228 .689 108 198 609
3 Al Cervi 32 56 143 431 .332 287 346 .829 264 223 573
4 George Ratkovicz 27 62 162 439 .369 211 348 .606 124 201 535
5 Alex Hannum 26 64 177 488 .363 128 186 .688 129 264 482
6 Paul Seymour 22 62 175 524 .334 126 176 .716 189 157 476
7 Ed Peterson 25 62 167 390 .428 111 185 .600 33 198 445
8 Johnny Macknowsky 27 59 154 463 .333 131 178 .736 65 128 439
9 Andrew Levane 29 60 139 418 .333 54 85 .635 156 106 332
10 Ray Corley 22 60 117 370 .316 75 122 .615 109 81 309
11 Leroy Chollet 24 49 61 179 .341 35 56 .625 37 52 157

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dolph Schayes 21 64 5.4 14.1 .385 5.9 7.6 .774 4.0 3.5 16.8
2 Bill Gabor 27 56 4.0 12.0 .337 2.8 4.1 .689 1.9 3.5 10.9
3 Al Cervi 32 56 2.6 7.7 .332 5.1 6.2 .829 4.7 4.0 10.2
4 George Ratkovicz 27 62 2.6 7.1 .369 3.4 5.6 .606 2.0 3.2 8.6
5 Paul Seymour 22 62 2.8 8.5 .334 2.0 2.8 .716 3.0 2.5 7.7
6 Alex Hannum 26 64 2.8 7.6 .363 2.0 2.9 .688 2.0 4.1 7.5
7 Johnny Macknowsky 27 59 2.6 7.8 .333 2.2 3.0 .736 1.1 2.2 7.4
8 Ed Peterson 25 62 2.7 6.3 .428 1.8 3.0 .600 0.5 3.2 7.2
9 Andrew Levane 29 60 2.3 7.0 .333 0.9 1.4 .635 2.6 1.8 5.5
10 Ray Corley 22 60 2.0 6.2 .316 1.3 2.0 .615 1.8 1.4 5.2
11 Leroy Chollet 24 49 1.2 3.7 .341 0.7 1.1 .625 0.8 1.1 3.2

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Seymour 22 62 .334 .716
2 Leroy Chollet 24 49 .341 .625
3 Ray Corley 22 60 .316 .615
4 Bill Gabor 27 56 .337 .689
5 Alex Hannum 26 64 .363 .688
6 Andrew Levane 29 60 .333 .635
7 Johnny Macknowsky 27 59 .333 .736
8 Ed Peterson 25 62 .428 .600
9 George Ratkovicz 27 62 .369 .606
10 Dolph Schayes 21 64 .385 .774
11 Al Cervi 32 56 .332 .829

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dolph Schayes 21 64 .480 .385 8.8 4.0 12.8
2 Al Cervi 32 56 .491 .332 5.9 3.4 9.3
3 George Ratkovicz 27 62 .452 .369 3.4 2.6 6.0
4 Ed Peterson 25 62 .472 .428 3.0 2.1 5.1
5 Alex Hannum 26 64 .423 .363 2.0 3.2 5.1
6 Paul Seymour 22 62 .396 .334 1.1 2.7 3.8
7 Bill Gabor 27 56 .395 .337 0.7 2.8 3.5
8 Johnny Macknowsky 27 59 .405 .333 0.9 1.8 2.8
9 Andrew Levane 29 60 .365 .333 -0.2 2.0 1.8
10 Ray Corley 22 60 .365 .316 -0.3 1.6 1.2
11 Leroy Chollet 24 49 .385 .341 0.1 0.8 0.9

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Dolph Schayes 21 11 57 148 74 101 28 43 188 .385 .733 17.1 2.5
2 George Ratkovicz 27 11 47 121 50 73 21 45 144 .388 .685 13.1 1.9
3 Johnny Macknowsky 27 11 39 100 39 51 21 18 117 .390 .765 10.6 1.9
4 Alex Hannum 26 11 38 86 17 34 10 50 93 .442 .500 8.5 0.9
5 Al Cervi 32 11 23 68 38 46 52 36 84 .338 .826 7.6 4.7
6 Paul Seymour 22 11 27 93 24 28 34 32 78 .290 .857 7.1 3.1
7 Bill Gabor 27 10 25 97 26 31 25 27 76 .258 .839 7.6 2.5
8 Ed Peterson 25 11 18 43 8 14 1 33 44 .419 .571 4.0 0.1
9 Andrew Levane 29 9 13 37 5 5 13 11 31 .351 1.000 3.4 1.4
10 Leroy Chollet 24 8 7 26 5 13 4 11 19 .269 .385 2.4 0.5
11 Ray Corley 22 6 6 36 5 11 10 5 17 .167 .455 2.8 1.7

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dolph Schayes 21 11 .488 .385 1.4 0.4 1.8
2 George Ratkovicz 27 11 .470 .388 0.9 0.4 1.2
3 Al Cervi 32 11 .476 .338 0.7 0.4 1.1
4 Johnny Macknowsky 27 11 .478 .390 0.8 0.2 1.0
5 Alex Hannum 26 11 .461 .442 0.5 0.3 0.8
6 Ed Peterson 25 11 .448 .419 0.2 0.2 0.4
7 Paul Seymour 22 11 .370 .290 -0.1 0.3 0.2
8 Andrew Levane 29 9 .395 .351 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Bill Gabor 27 10 .343 .258 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
10 Leroy Chollet 24 8 .299 .269 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
11 Ray Corley 22 6 .208 .167 -0.6 0.1 -0.5