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1951-52 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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40-26, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Al Cervi (40-26)

PTS/G: 86.7 (2nd of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 82.2 (4th of 10)
SRS: 3.94 (2nd of 10)
Expected W-L: 45-21 (2nd of 10)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Philadelphia Warriors

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
13 Gerry Calabrese G 6-1 175 February 4, 1925 1 St. John's University
15 Al Cervi G-F 5-11 170 February 12, 1917 2
7 Bill Gabor G-F 5-11 170 May 13, 1922 2 Syracuse University
6 Noble Jorgensen C 6-9 228 May 18, 1925 3 University of Iowa
3 George King G 6-0 175 August 16, 1928 R University of Charleston
17-8 Wally Osterkorn F-C 6-5 215 July 6, 1928 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10 George Ratkovicz C-F 6-6 220 November 13, 1922 2
16 Red Rocha C-F 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 4 Oregon State University
9 Don Savage F-G 6-3 205 April 9, 1928 R LeMoyne College
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 2 New York University
5 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 3 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 66 1894 5207 .364 1933 2589 .747 3603 1373 1970 5721 86.7
Lg Rank 7 7 7 1 1 4 6 8 1 2 2
Opponent 66 5427 82.2
Lg Rank 4 4

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 23 63 2004 263 740 .355 342 424 .807 773 182 213 868
2 Red Rocha 28 66 2543 300 749 .401 254 330 .770 549 128 249 854
3 George King 23 66 1889 235 579 .406 188 264 .712 274 244 199 658
4 Paul Seymour 24 66 2209 206 615 .335 186 245 .759 225 220 165 598
5 Noble Jorgensen 26 66 1318 190 460 .413 149 187 .797 288 63 190 529
6 George Ratkovicz 29 66 1356 165 473 .349 163 242 .674 328 90 235 493
7 Wally Osterkorn 23 66 1721 145 413 .351 199 335 .594 444 117 226 489
8 Bill Gabor 29 57 1085 173 538 .322 142 183 .776 93 86 188 488
9 Al Cervi 34 55 850 99 280 .354 219 248 .883 87 148 176 417
10 Gerry Calabrese 26 58 937 109 317 .344 73 103 .709 84 83 107 291
11 Don Savage 23 12 118 9 43 .209 18 28 .643 24 12 22 36

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 23 63 31.8 4.2 11.7 .355 5.4 6.7 .807 12.3 2.9 3.4 13.8
2 Red Rocha 28 66 38.5 4.5 11.3 .401 3.8 5.0 .770 8.3 1.9 3.8 12.9
3 George King 23 66 28.6 3.6 8.8 .406 2.8 4.0 .712 4.2 3.7 3.0 10.0
4 Paul Seymour 24 66 33.5 3.1 9.3 .335 2.8 3.7 .759 3.4 3.3 2.5 9.1
5 Bill Gabor 29 57 19.0 3.0 9.4 .322 2.5 3.2 .776 1.6 1.5 3.3 8.6
6 Noble Jorgensen 26 66 20.0 2.9 7.0 .413 2.3 2.8 .797 4.4 1.0 2.9 8.0
7 Al Cervi 34 55 15.5 1.8 5.1 .354 4.0 4.5 .883 1.6 2.7 3.2 7.6
8 George Ratkovicz 29 66 20.5 2.5 7.2 .349 2.5 3.7 .674 5.0 1.4 3.6 7.5
9 Wally Osterkorn 23 66 26.1 2.2 6.3 .351 3.0 5.1 .594 6.7 1.8 3.4 7.4
10 Gerry Calabrese 26 58 16.2 1.9 5.5 .344 1.3 1.8 .709 1.4 1.4 1.8 5.0
11 Don Savage 23 12 9.8 0.8 3.6 .209 1.5 2.3 .643 2.0 1.0 1.8 3.0

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 Al Cervi 34 55 850 4.2 11.9 .354 9.3 10.5 .883 3.7 6.3 7.5 17.7
2 Bill Gabor 29 57 1085 5.7 17.9 .322 4.7 6.1 .776 3.1 2.9 6.2 16.2
3 Dolph Schayes 23 63 2004 4.7 13.3 .355 6.1 7.6 .807 13.9 3.3 3.8 15.6
4 Noble Jorgensen 26 66 1318 5.2 12.6 .413 4.1 5.1 .797 7.9 1.7 5.2 14.4
5 George Ratkovicz 29 66 1356 4.4 12.6 .349 4.3 6.4 .674 8.7 2.4 6.2 13.1
6 George King 23 66 1889 4.5 11.0 .406 3.6 5.0 .712 5.2 4.7 3.8 12.5
7 Red Rocha 28 66 2543 4.2 10.6 .401 3.6 4.7 .770 7.8 1.8 3.5 12.1
8 Gerry Calabrese 26 58 937 4.2 12.2 .344 2.8 4.0 .709 3.2 3.2 4.1 11.2
9 Don Savage 23 12 118 2.7 13.1 .209 5.5 8.5 .643 7.3 3.7 6.7 11.0
10 Wally Osterkorn 23 66 1721 3.0 8.6 .351 4.2 7.0 .594 9.3 2.4 4.7 10.2
11 Paul Seymour 24 66 2209 3.4 10.0 .335 3.0 4.0 .759 3.7 3.6 2.7 9.7

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 23 63 2004 23.7 .468 .355 4.4 4.0 8.5 .203
2 Red Rocha 28 66 2543 15.1 .478 .401 4.6 3.2 7.8 .148
3 George King 23 66 1889 16.6 .473 .406 3.9 2.5 6.4 .162
4 Al Cervi 34 55 850 21.9 .536 .354 4.1 1.2 5.3 .297
5 Noble Jorgensen 26 66 1318 16.3 .488 .413 3.1 1.7 4.8 .175
6 Wally Osterkorn 23 66 1721 13.4 .436 .351 1.4 2.6 4.0 .111
7 Paul Seymour 24 66 2209 10.9 .414 .335 0.8 2.4 3.2 .069
8 George Ratkovicz 29 66 1356 13.3 .425 .349 0.8 1.9 2.8 .098
9 Gerry Calabrese 26 58 937 9.4 .402 .344 0.0 0.9 0.9 .046
10 Bill Gabor 29 57 1085 9.8 .394 .322 -0.5 1.0 0.5 .021
11 Don Savage 23 12 118 7.2 .325 .209 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.053

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 23 7 248 41 91 60 78 90 15 34 142 .451 .769 35.4 20.3 12.9 2.1
2 Red Rocha 28 7 276 41 95 37 51 48 10 36 119 .432 .725 39.4 17.0 6.9 1.4
3 Paul Seymour 24 7 270 25 60 35 43 26 25 33 85 .417 .814 38.6 12.1 3.7 3.6
4 Wally Osterkorn 23 7 249 23 67 28 47 57 20 32 74 .343 .596 35.6 10.6 8.1 2.9
5 Noble Jorgensen 26 7 150 19 52 23 31 27 5 30 61 .365 .742 21.4 8.7 3.9 0.7
6 George King 23 6 207 19 54 19 28 29 21 17 57 .352 .679 34.5 9.5 4.8 3.5
7 Al Cervi 34 7 88 7 30 22 23 10 15 23 36 .233 .957 12.6 5.1 1.4 2.1
8 Bill Gabor 29 7 80 11 33 12 16 6 10 16 34 .333 .750 11.4 4.9 0.9 1.4
9 Gerry Calabrese 26 6 53 10 24 4 4 8 4 18 24 .417 1.000 8.8 4.0 1.3 0.7
10 George Ratkovicz 29 6 59 5 15 8 20 22 3 16 18 .333 .400 9.8 3.0 3.7 0.5

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 23 7 248 27.6 .567 .451 14.0 1.1 0.4 1.5 .284
2 Paul Seymour 24 7 270 13.3 .539 .417 18.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 .144
3 Red Rocha 28 7 276 15.5 .507 .432 8.1 0.5 0.3 0.8 .134
4 Al Cervi 34 7 88 13.8 .449 .233 32.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 .088
5 Noble Jorgensen 26 7 150 11.8 .465 .365 7.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 .078
6 George King 23 6 207 11.7 .430 .352 20.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 .048
7 Wally Osterkorn 23 7 249 12.1 .422 .343 15.9 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .045
8 Gerry Calabrese 26 6 53 11.0 .466 .417 18.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 .088
9 Bill Gabor 29 7 80 11.5 .425 .333 27.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 .028
10 George Ratkovicz 29 6 59 9.4 .378 .333 9.9 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.003