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1950-51 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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32-34, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Cervi (32-34)

Points Per Game: 86.1 (1st of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 85.5 (8th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-32 (4th of 11)

Arena: State Fair Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 174,094 (2nd of 4)

SRS: 0.62 (4th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

1950-51 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12-9 Gerry Calabrese G 6-1 175 February 4, 1925 R St. John's University
15 Al Cervi G-F 5-11 170 February 12, 1917 1
11 Leroy Chollet F 6-2 190 March 5, 1925 1 Canisius College
7 Bill Gabor G-F 5-11 170 May 13, 1922 1 Syracuse University
10 Alex Hannum F-C 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 1 University of Southern California
13 Noble Jorgensen C 6-9 228 May 18, 1925 2 University of Iowa
11 Don Lofgran F-C 6-5 200 November 18, 1928 R University of San Francisco
5 Johnny Macknowsky G-F 6-0 180 January 7, 1923 1 Seton Hall University
13 Ed Peterson C 6-9 220 June 27, 1924 1 Cornell University
6 George Ratkovicz C-F 6-6 220 November 13, 1922 1
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 1 New York University
14 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 4 University of San Francisco
8 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 2 University of Toledo
14 Belus Smawley G-F 6-1 195 March 20, 1918 4 Appalachian State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 66 1884 5365 .351 1912 2634 .726 3259 1493 1995 5680 86.1
Opponent 66 5645 85.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 22 66 332 930 .357 457 608 .752 1080 251 271 1121
2 George Ratkovicz 28 66 264 636 .415 321 439 .731 547 193 256 849
3 Bill Gabor 28 61 255 745 .342 179 242 .740 150 125 213 689
4 Alex Hannum 27 63 182 494 .368 107 197 .543 301 119 271 471
5 Al Cervi 33 53 132 346 .382 194 237 .819 152 208 180 458
6 Johnny Macknowsky 28 58 131 435 .301 122 170 .718 110 69 134 384
7 Paul Seymour 23 51 125 385 .325 117 159 .736 194 187 138 367
8 Gerry Calabrese 25 46 70 197 .355 61 88 .693 65 65 80 201
9 Leroy Chollet 25 14 6 51 .118 12 19 .632 15 12 29 24
10 Noble Jorgensen 25
11 Don Lofgran 22
12 Ed Peterson 26
13 Fred Scolari 28
14 Belus Smawley 32

Per Game

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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 22 66 5.0 14.1 .357 6.9 9.2 .752 16.4 3.8 4.1 17.0
2 George Ratkovicz 28 66 4.0 9.6 .415 4.9 6.7 .731 8.3 2.9 3.9 12.9
3 Bill Gabor 28 61 4.2 12.2 .342 2.9 4.0 .740 2.5 2.0 3.5 11.3
4 Al Cervi 33 53 2.5 6.5 .382 3.7 4.5 .819 2.9 3.9 3.4 8.6
5 Alex Hannum 27 63 2.9 7.8 .368 1.7 3.1 .543 4.8 1.9 4.3 7.5
6 Paul Seymour 23 51 2.5 7.5 .325 2.3 3.1 .736 3.8 3.7 2.7 7.2
7 Johnny Macknowsky 28 58 2.3 7.5 .301 2.1 2.9 .718 1.9 1.2 2.3 6.6
8 Gerry Calabrese 25 46 1.5 4.3 .355 1.3 1.9 .693 1.4 1.4 1.7 4.4
9 Leroy Chollet 25 14 0.4 3.6 .118 0.9 1.4 .632 1.1 0.9 2.1 1.7
10 Noble Jorgensen 25
11 Don Lofgran 22
12 Ed Peterson 26
13 Fred Scolari 28
14 Belus Smawley 32

Per 36 Minutes

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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 23 51 .325 .736
2 Dolph Schayes 22 66 .357 .752
3 George Ratkovicz 28 66 .415 .731
4 Johnny Macknowsky 28 58 .301 .718
5 Alex Hannum 27 63 .368 .543
6 Bill Gabor 28 61 .342 .740
7 Leroy Chollet 25 14 .118 .632
8 Al Cervi 33 53 .382 .819
9 Gerry Calabrese 25 46 .355 .693
10 Noble Jorgensen 25
11 Don Lofgran 22
12 Ed Peterson 26
13 Fred Scolari 28
14 Belus Smawley 32

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Paul Seymour 23 51 .403 .325
2 Dolph Schayes 22 66 .468 .357
3 George Ratkovicz 28 66 .512 .415
4 Johnny Macknowsky 28 58 .377 .301
5 Alex Hannum 27 63 .406 .368
6 Bill Gabor 28 61 .405 .342
7 Leroy Chollet 25 14 .202 .118
8 Al Cervi 33 53 .509 .382
9 Gerry Calabrese 25 46 .426 .355
10 Noble Jorgensen 25
11 Don Lofgran 22
12 Ed Peterson 26
13 Fred Scolari 28
14 Belus Smawley 32

Playoffs

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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 22 7 47 105 49 64 102 20 28 143 .448 .766 20.4 14.6 2.9
2 George Ratkovicz 28 7 28 59 41 55 63 14 33 97 .475 .745 13.9 9.0 2.0
3 Fred Scolari 28 7 33 93 22 27 41 16 23 88 .355 .815 12.6 5.9 2.3
4 Al Cervi 33 7 17 56 44 50 33 38 31 78 .304 .880 11.1 4.7 5.4
5 Bill Gabor 28 7 27 72 9 14 20 18 24 63 .375 .643 9.0 2.9 2.6
6 Noble Jorgensen 25 7 18 43 14 22 21 7 19 50 .419 .636 7.1 3.0 1.0
7 Alex Hannum 27 7 17 39 8 10 47 17 37 42 .436 .800 6.0 6.7 2.4
8 Paul Seymour 23 7 10 48 14 21 26 25 22 34 .208 .667 4.9 3.7 3.6
9 Johnny Macknowsky 28 2 6 13 1 3 7 4 5 13 .462 .333 6.5 3.5 2.0
10 Leroy Chollet 25 7 4 23 5 8 16 9 16 13 .174 .625 1.9 2.3 1.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Paul Seymour 23 7 .297 .208
2 Leroy Chollet 25 7 .245 .174
3 Bill Gabor 28 7 .403 .375
4 Alex Hannum 27 7 .484 .436
5 Noble Jorgensen 25 7 .475 .419
6 Johnny Macknowsky 28 2 .454 .462
7 George Ratkovicz 28 7 .583 .475
8 Fred Scolari 28 7 .420 .355
9 Dolph Schayes 22 7 .537 .448
10 Al Cervi 33 7 .500 .304