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1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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47-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Cervi (47-24)

Points Per Game: 85.6 (3rd of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 81.3 (6th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-23 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 3.62 (3rd of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics

1952-53 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15 Jim Brasco G 6-1 170 February 3, 1931 R New York University
15 Al Cervi G-F 5-11 170 February 12, 1917 3
7 Bill Gabor G-F 5-11 170 May 13, 1922 3 Syracuse University
6 Noble Jorgensen C 6-9 228 May 18, 1925 4 University of Iowa
3 George King G 6-0 175 August 16, 1928 1 University of Charleston
11 Earl Lloyd F-C 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 1 West Virginia State University
14 Bob Lochmueller F 6-5 185 June 5, 1927 R University of Louisville
8 Wally Osterkorn F-C 6-5 215 July 6, 1928 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
16 Red Rocha C-F 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 5 Oregon State University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 3 New York University
5 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 4 University of Toledo

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 71 1942 5329 .364 2197 2950 .745 3472 1459 2132 6081 85.6
Opponent 71 5775 81.3

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 24 71 2668 375 1022 .367 512 619 .827 920 227 271 1262
2 Paul Seymour 25 67 2684 306 798 .383 340 416 .817 246 294 210 952
3 George King 24 71 2519 255 635 .402 284 442 .643 281 364 244 794
4 Red Rocha 29 69 2454 268 690 .388 234 310 .755 510 137 257 770
5 Bill Gabor 30 69 1337 215 614 .350 217 284 .764 104 134 262 647
6 Earl Lloyd 24 64 1806 156 453 .344 160 231 .693 444 64 241 472
7 Noble Jorgensen 27 70 1355 145 436 .333 146 199 .734 236 76 247 436
8 Wally Osterkorn 24 49 1016 85 262 .324 106 168 .631 217 61 129 276
9 Bob Lochmueller 25 62 802 79 245 .322 74 122 .607 162 47 143 232
10 Al Cervi 35 38 301 31 71 .437 81 100 .810 22 28 90 143
11 Jim Brasco 21 30 359 36 142 .254 38 48 .792 39 33 48 110

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 24 71 37.6 5.3 14.4 .367 7.2 8.7 .827 13.0 3.2 3.8 17.8
2 Paul Seymour 25 67 40.1 4.6 11.9 .383 5.1 6.2 .817 3.7 4.4 3.1 14.2
3 Red Rocha 29 69 35.6 3.9 10.0 .388 3.4 4.5 .755 7.4 2.0 3.7 11.2
4 George King 24 71 35.5 3.6 8.9 .402 4.0 6.2 .643 4.0 5.1 3.4 11.2
5 Bill Gabor 30 69 19.4 3.1 8.9 .350 3.1 4.1 .764 1.5 1.9 3.8 9.4
6 Earl Lloyd 24 64 28.2 2.4 7.1 .344 2.5 3.6 .693 6.9 1.0 3.8 7.4
7 Noble Jorgensen 27 70 19.4 2.1 6.2 .333 2.1 2.8 .734 3.4 1.1 3.5 6.2
8 Wally Osterkorn 24 49 20.7 1.7 5.3 .324 2.2 3.4 .631 4.4 1.2 2.6 5.6
9 Al Cervi 35 38 7.9 0.8 1.9 .437 2.1 2.6 .810 0.6 0.7 2.4 3.8
10 Bob Lochmueller 25 62 12.9 1.3 4.0 .322 1.2 2.0 .607 2.6 0.8 2.3 3.7
11 Jim Brasco 21 30 12.0 1.2 4.7 .254 1.3 1.6 .792 1.3 1.1 1.6 3.7

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 Bill Gabor 30 69 1337 5.8 16.5 .350 5.8 7.6 .764 2.8 3.6 7.1 17.4
2 Al Cervi 35 38 301 3.7 8.5 .437 9.7 12.0 .810 2.6 3.3 10.8 17.1
3 Dolph Schayes 24 71 2668 5.1 13.8 .367 6.9 8.4 .827 12.4 3.1 3.7 17.0
4 Paul Seymour 25 67 2684 4.1 10.7 .383 4.6 5.6 .817 3.3 3.9 2.8 12.8
5 Noble Jorgensen 27 70 1355 3.9 11.6 .333 3.9 5.3 .734 6.3 2.0 6.6 11.6
6 Red Rocha 29 69 2454 3.9 10.1 .388 3.4 4.5 .755 7.5 2.0 3.8 11.3
7 George King 24 71 2519 3.6 9.1 .402 4.1 6.3 .643 4.0 5.2 3.5 11.3
8 Jim Brasco 21 30 359 3.6 14.2 .254 3.8 4.8 .792 3.9 3.3 4.8 11.0
9 Bob Lochmueller 25 62 802 3.5 11.0 .322 3.3 5.5 .607 7.3 2.1 6.4 10.4
10 Wally Osterkorn 24 49 1016 3.0 9.3 .324 3.8 6.0 .631 7.7 2.2 4.6 9.8
11 Earl Lloyd 24 64 1806 3.1 9.0 .344 3.2 4.6 .693 8.9 1.3 4.8 9.4

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 Dolph Schayes 24 71 2668 24.9 .487 .367 7.4 5.1 12.5
2 Paul Seymour 25 67 2684 15.9 .485 .383 5.8 2.9 8.7
3 George King 24 71 2519 16.1 .479 .402 4.9 3.2 8.1
4 Red Rocha 29 69 2454 14.3 .466 .388 3.3 3.2 6.5
5 Earl Lloyd 24 64 1806 11.2 .426 .344 0.5 2.5 2.9
6 Bill Gabor 30 69 1337 13.7 .438 .350 1.5 1.3 2.8
7 Al Cervi 35 38 301 18.2 .622 .437 1.8 0.3 2.1
8 Noble Jorgensen 27 70 1355 10.0 .416 .333 0.2 1.6 1.8
9 Wally Osterkorn 24 49 1016 11.1 .411 .324 0.0 1.4 1.4
10 Bob Lochmueller 25 62 802 9.0 .388 .322 -0.5 1.0 0.5
11 Jim Brasco 21 30 359 6.6 .337 .254 -0.9 0.4 -0.5

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 Paul Seymour 25 2 112 9 24 18 19 10 8 11 36 .375 .947 56.0 18.0 5.0 4.0
2 Red Rocha 29 2 107 10 26 11 14 17 7 11 31 .385 .786 53.5 15.5 8.5 3.5
3 George King 24 2 67 6 13 10 12 5 9 12 22 .462 .833 33.5 11.0 2.5 4.5
4 Bill Gabor 30 2 28 5 12 8 13 3 2 12 18 .417 .615 14.0 9.0 1.5 1.0
5 Dolph Schayes 24 2 58 4 16 10 13 17 1 7 18 .250 .769 29.0 9.0 8.5 0.5
6 Al Cervi 35 2 28 3 5 12 15 0 1 12 18 .600 .800 14.0 9.0 0.0 0.5
7 Earl Lloyd 24 2 73 4 17 7 10 9 5 10 15 .235 .700 36.5 7.5 4.5 2.5
8 Noble Jorgensen 27 2 44 5 9 4 6 10 3 11 14 .556 .667 22.0 7.0 5.0 1.5
9 Wally Osterkorn 24 2 42 4 9 1 3 4 2 11 9 .444 .333 21.0 4.5 2.0 1.0
10 Bob Lochmueller 25 2 21 2 10 1 4 5 2 12 5 .200 .250 10.5 2.5 2.5 1.0

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 Al Cervi 35 2 28 19.3 .776 .600 10.5 0.3 0.0 0.3
2 George King 24 2 67 14.5 .602 .462 37.4 0.2 0.0 0.2
3 Paul Seymour 25 2 112 13.1 .556 .375 19.4 0.3 -0.1 0.2
4 Noble Jorgensen 27 2 44 13.8 .601 .556 20.4 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Bill Gabor 30 2 28 14.1 .508 .417 26.5 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Red Rocha 29 2 107 11.7 .482 .385 18.4 0.1 -0.1 0.1
7 Wally Osterkorn 24 2 42 3.2 .436 .444 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Dolph Schayes 24 2 58 11.1 .414 .250 4.5 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
9 Earl Lloyd 24 2 73 4.8 .350 .235 17.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Bob Lochmueller 25 2 21 -9.1 .213 .200 27.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2