You Are Here > Basketball-Reference.com > Teams > Syracuse Nationals > 1953-54 Roster and Statistics

1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

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

Points Per Game: 83.5 (2nd of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 78.6 (5th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-22 (1st of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 4.26 (1st of 9)

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

1953-54 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 72 2054 5579 .368 1905 2650 .719 3652 1541 1852 6013 83.5
Opponent 72 5660 78.6

Player Statistics

Totals

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Dolph Schayes 25 72 2655 24.1 .498 .380 8.4 6.3 14.8
2 Paul Seymour 26 71 2727 16.1 .466 .377 5.0 4.3 9.3
3 George King 25 72 2370 14.4 .442 .376 2.7 3.6 6.3
4 Earl Lloyd 25 72 2206 12.3 .431 .374 1.2 4.0 5.2
5 Billy Kenville 23 72 1405 14.3 .464 .384 2.1 2.4 4.5
6 Wally Osterkorn 25 70 2164 12.5 .413 .346 0.3 4.0 4.3
7 Bill Gabor 31 61 1211 14.5 .430 .370 1.2 1.8 2.9
8 Al Masino 25 16 101 21.0 .474 .391 0.3 0.2 0.5
9 Dick Knostman 22 5 47 17.3 .438 .300 0.0 0.1 0.2
10 Bato Govedarica 25 23 258 7.1 .394 .316 -0.1 0.3 0.2
11 Jim Neal 23 67 899 9.8 .365 .317 -1.6 1.7 0.1
12 Ed Earle 26 2 12 14.9 .532 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Mike Novak 38 5 24 -14.5 .063 .000 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
14 Bob Lavoy 27

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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

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