1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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42-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Al Cervi (42-30)

PTS/G: 83.5 (2nd of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 78.6 (5th of 9)
SRS: 4.26 (1st of 9)
Expected W-L: 50-22 (1st of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics
Advanced from Eastern Division Round Robin

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
6	Ed Earle	F	6-3	190	April 28, 1927	R	Loyola University of Chicago
7	Bill Gabor	G-F	5-11	170	May 13, 1922	4	Syracuse University
14	Bato Govedarica	G	5-11	185	April 17, 1928	R	DePaul University
15	Billy Kenville	G-F	6-2	187	December 1, 1930	R	St. Bonaventure University
3	George King	G	6-0	175	August 16, 1928	2	University of Charleston
10	Dick Knostman	C	6-6	215	August 9, 1931	R	Kansas State University
16	Bob Lavoy	F-C	6-7	185	June 29, 1926	3	Western Kentucky University
11	Earl Lloyd	F-C	6-5	200	April 3, 1928	2	West Virginia State University
12	Al Masino	G	5-10	174	February 5, 1928	1	Canisius College
17	Jim Neal	C	6-11	235	May 21, 1930	R	Wofford College
6	Mike Novak	C-F	6-9	219	April 23, 1915	2	Loyola University of Chicago
8	Wally Osterkorn	F-C	6-5	215	July 6, 1928	2	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4	Dolph Schayes	F-C	6-7	195	May 19, 1928	4	New York University
5	Paul Seymour	G-F	6-1	180	January 30, 1928	5	University of Toledo

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	72	2054	5579	.368	1905	2650	.719	3652	1541	1852	6013	83.5
Lg Rank		3	3	7	1	1	5	6	2	4	2	2
Opponent	72										5660	78.6
Lg Rank											4	4

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dolph Schayes	25	72	2655	370	973	.380	488	590	.827	870	214	232	1228
2	Paul Seymour	26	71	2727	316	838	.377	299	368	.813	291	364	187	931
3	George King	25	72	2370	280	744	.376	257	410	.627	268	272	179	817
4	Earl Lloyd	25	72	2206	249	666	.374	156	209	.746	529	115	303	654
5	Wally Osterkorn	25	70	2164	203	586	.346	209	361	.579	487	151	209	615
6	Bill Gabor	31	61	1211	204	551	.370	139	194	.716	96	162	183	547
7	Billy Kenville	23	72	1405	149	388	.384	136	182	.747	247	122	138	434
8	Jim Neal	23	67	899	117	369	.317	78	132	.591	257	24	139	312
9	Bato Govedarica	25	23	258	25	79	.316	25	37	.676	18	24	44	75
10	Al Masino	25	16	101	18	46	.391	23	37	.622	16	15	24	59
11	Dick Knostman	22	5	47	3	10	.300	7	11	.636	17	6	9	13
12	Ed Earle	26	2	12	1	2	.500	2	4	.500	2	0	0	4
13	Mike Novak	38	5	24	0	7	.000	1	2	.500	2	2	9	1
14	Bob Lavoy	27

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dolph Schayes	25	72	36.9	5.1	13.5	.380	6.8	8.2	.827	12.1	3.0	3.2	17.1
2	Paul Seymour	26	71	38.4	4.5	11.8	.377	4.2	5.2	.813	4.1	5.1	2.6	13.1
3	George King	25	72	32.9	3.9	10.3	.376	3.6	5.7	.627	3.7	3.8	2.5	11.3
4	Earl Lloyd	25	72	30.6	3.5	9.3	.374	2.2	2.9	.746	7.3	1.6	4.2	9.1
5	Bill Gabor	31	61	19.9	3.3	9.0	.370	2.3	3.2	.716	1.6	2.7	3.0	9.0
6	Wally Osterkorn	25	70	30.9	2.9	8.4	.346	3.0	5.2	.579	7.0	2.2	3.0	8.8
7	Billy Kenville	23	72	19.5	2.1	5.4	.384	1.9	2.5	.747	3.4	1.7	1.9	6.0
8	Jim Neal	23	67	13.4	1.7	5.5	.317	1.2	2.0	.591	3.8	0.4	2.1	4.7
9	Al Masino	25	16	6.3	1.1	2.9	.391	1.4	2.3	.622	1.0	0.9	1.5	3.7
10	Bato Govedarica	25	23	11.2	1.1	3.4	.316	1.1	1.6	.676	0.8	1.0	1.9	3.3
11	Dick Knostman	22	5	9.4	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	2.2	.636	3.4	1.2	1.8	2.6
12	Ed Earle	26	2	6.0	0.5	1.0	.500	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
13	Mike Novak	38	5	4.8	0.0	1.4	.000	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.2
14	Bob Lavoy	27

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Al Masino	25	16	101	6.4	16.4	.391	8.2	13.2	.622	5.7	5.3	8.6	21.0
2	Dolph Schayes	25	72	2655	5.0	13.2	.380	6.6	8.0	.827	11.8	2.9	3.1	16.7
3	Bill Gabor	31	61	1211	6.1	16.4	.370	4.1	5.8	.716	2.9	4.8	5.4	16.3
4	Jim Neal	23	67	899	4.7	14.8	.317	3.1	5.3	.591	10.3	1.0	5.6	12.5
5	George King	25	72	2370	4.3	11.3	.376	3.9	6.2	.627	4.1	4.1	2.7	12.4
6	Paul Seymour	26	71	2727	4.2	11.1	.377	3.9	4.9	.813	3.8	4.8	2.5	12.3
7	Ed Earle	26	2	12	3.0	6.0	.500	6.0	12.0	.500	6.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
8	Billy Kenville	23	72	1405	3.8	9.9	.384	3.5	4.7	.747	6.3	3.1	3.5	11.1
9	Earl Lloyd	25	72	2206	4.1	10.9	.374	2.5	3.4	.746	8.6	1.9	4.9	10.7
10	Bato Govedarica	25	23	258	3.5	11.0	.316	3.5	5.2	.676	2.5	3.3	6.1	10.5
11	Wally Osterkorn	25	70	2164	3.4	9.7	.346	3.5	6.0	.579	8.1	2.5	3.5	10.2
12	Dick Knostman	22	5	47	2.3	7.7	.300	5.4	8.4	.636	13.0	4.6	6.9	10.0
13	Mike Novak	38	5	24	0.0	10.5	.000	1.5	3.0	.500	3.0	3.0	13.5	1.5
14	Bob Lavoy	27

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Dolph Schayes	25	72	2655	24.1	.498	.380	8.4	6.3	14.8	.267
2	Paul Seymour	26	71	2727	16.1	.466	.377	5.0	4.3	9.3	.164
3	George King	25	72	2370	14.4	.442	.376	2.7	3.6	6.3	.129
4	Earl Lloyd	25	72	2206	12.3	.431	.374	1.2	4.0	5.2	.113
5	Billy Kenville	23	72	1405	14.3	.464	.384	2.1	2.4	4.5	.152
6	Wally Osterkorn	25	70	2164	12.5	.413	.346	0.3	4.0	4.3	.096
7	Bill Gabor	31	61	1211	14.5	.430	.370	1.2	1.8	2.9	.116
8	Al Masino	25	16	101	20.9	.474	.391	0.3	0.2	0.5	.247
9	Dick Knostman	22	5	47	17.3	.438	.300	0.0	0.1	0.2	.183
10	Bato Govedarica	25	23	258	7.0	.394	.316	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.044
11	Jim Neal	23	67	899	9.8	.365	.317	-1.6	1.7	0.1	.007
12	Ed Earle	26	2	12	14.9	.532	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	.193
13	Mike Novak	38	5	24	-14.4	.063	.000	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.344
14	Bob Lavoy	27

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	25	13	374	64	140			80	108		136	24				40	208	.457		.741	28.8	16.0	10.5	1.8
2	Paul Seymour	26	13	559	59	143			76	94		34	60				39	194	.413		.809	43.0	14.9	2.6	4.6
3	Wally Osterkorn	25	13	542	45	122			50	90		125	37				40	140	.369		.556	41.7	10.8	9.6	2.8
4	Bob Lavoy	27	13	358	37	95			44	55		85	20				50	118	.389		.800	27.5	9.1	6.5	1.5
5	Billy Kenville	23	13	374	36	74			44	62		48	25				46	116	.486		.710	28.8	8.9	3.7	1.9
6	George King	25	10	286	25	62			38	63		22	21				30	88	.403		.603	28.6	8.8	2.2	2.1
7	Bill Gabor	31	10	196	24	83			28	40		28	19				36	76	.289		.700	19.6	7.6	2.8	1.9
8	Earl Lloyd	25	10	260	25	73			17	26		57	20				34	67	.342		.654	26.0	6.7	5.7	2.0
9	Jim Neal	23	11	100	13	35			5	13		27	2				14	31	.371		.385	9.1	2.8	2.5	0.2
10	Al Masino	25	13	96	7	20			7	15		6	7				23	21	.350		.467	7.4	1.6	0.5	0.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Dolph Schayes	25	13	374	29.6	.555	.457	17.8	1.7	0.6	2.3	.289
2	Paul Seymour	26	13	559	16.1	.526	.413	25.1	1.4	0.4	1.8	.153
3	Billy Kenville	23	13	374	14.8	.573	.486	15.3	1.1	0.3	1.4	.179
4	Bob Lavoy	27	13	358	15.6	.495	.389	13.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	.126
5	Wally Osterkorn	25	13	542	13.4	.433	.369	15.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	.054
6	George King	25	10	286	11.8	.490	.403	16.5	0.4	0.2	0.6	.100
7	Earl Lloyd	25	10	260	11.1	.397	.342	17.6	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.010
8	Al Masino	25	13	96	3.2	.395	.350	15.9	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.007
9	Jim Neal	23	11	100	9.8	.381	.371	5.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.038
10	Bill Gabor	31	10	196	10.0	.378	.289	23.6	-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.060

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