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1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

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Record: 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 (4th 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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
6 Ed Earle PF 6-3 190 April 28, 1927 R Loyola University of Chicago
7 Bill Gabor SG 5-11 170 May 13, 1922 4 Syracuse University
14 Bato Govedarica PG 5-11 185 April 17, 1928 R DePaul University
15 Billy Kenville PG 6-2 187 December 1, 1930 R St. Bonaventure University
3 George King PG 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 PF 6-7 185 June 29, 1926 3 Western Kentucky University
11 Earl Lloyd SF 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 2 West Virginia State University
12 Al Masino PG 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 PF 6-9 219 April 23, 1915 2 Loyola University of Chicago
8 Wally Osterkorn PF 6-5 215 July 6, 1928 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4 Dolph Schayes C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 4 New York University
5 Paul Seymour SG 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 5 University of Toledo

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 50 22 4.90 -0.64 4.26 .368 .341 Onondaga War Memorial
Lg Rank 1 1 1 9 1 7 2

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 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 Bob Lavoy 27 60 1152 119 320 .372 85 113 .752 287 68 196 323
9 Jim Neal 23 67 899 117 369 .317 78 132 .591 257 24 139 312
10 Bato Govedarica 25 23 258 25 79 .316 25 37 .676 18 24 44 75
11 Al Masino 25 16 131 18 46 .391 23 37 .622 21 15 24 59
12 Dick Knostman 22 5 47 3 10 .300 7 11 .636 17 6 9 13
13 Ed Earle 26 2 12 1 2 .500 2 4 .500 2 0 0 4
14 Mike Novak 38 5 24 0 7 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 9 1

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 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 Bob Lavoy 27 60 19.2 2.0 5.3 .372 1.4 1.9 .752 4.8 1.1 3.3 5.4
9 Jim Neal 23 67 13.4 1.7 5.5 .317 1.2 2.0 .591 3.8 0.4 2.1 4.7
10 Al Masino 25 16 8.2 1.1 2.9 .391 1.4 2.3 .622 1.3 0.9 1.5 3.7
11 Bato Govedarica 25 23 11.2 1.1 3.4 .316 1.1 1.6 .676 0.8 1.0 1.9 3.3
12 Dick Knostman 22 5 9.4 0.6 2.0 .300 1.4 2.2 .636 3.4 1.2 1.8 2.6
13 Ed Earle 26 2 6.0 0.5 1.0 .500 1.0 2.0 .500 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
14 Mike Novak 38 5 4.8 0.0 1.4 .000 0.2 0.4 .500 0.4 0.4 1.8 0.2

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 Dolph Schayes 25 72 2655 5.0 13.2 .380 6.6 8.0 .827 11.8 2.9 3.1 16.7
2 Bill Gabor 31 61 1211 6.1 16.4 .370 4.1 5.8 .716 2.9 4.8 5.4 16.3
3 Al Masino 25 16 131 4.9 12.6 .391 6.3 10.2 .622 5.8 4.1 6.6 16.2
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 Bob Lavoy 27 60 1152 3.7 10.0 .372 2.7 3.5 .752 9.0 2.1 6.1 10.1
13 Dick Knostman 22 5 47 2.3 7.7 .300 5.4 8.4 .636 13.0 4.6 6.9 10.0
14 Mike Novak 38 5 24 0.0 10.5 .000 1.5 3.0 .500 3.0 3.0 13.5 1.5

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 25 72 2655 24.3 .498 .380 8.4 6.3 14.8 .267
2 Paul Seymour 26 71 2727 16.2 .466 .377 5.0 4.3 9.3 .164
3 George King 25 72 2370 14.5 .442 .376 2.7 3.6 6.3 .129
4 Earl Lloyd 25 72 2206 12.4 .431 .374 1.2 4.0 5.2 .113
5 Billy Kenville 23 72 1405 14.5 .464 .384 2.1 2.4 4.5 .152
6 Wally Osterkorn 25 70 2164 12.6 .413 .346 0.3 4.0 4.3 .096
7 Bob Lavoy 27 60 1152 12.0 .437 .372 0.8 2.2 3.0 .124
8 Bill Gabor 31 61 1211 14.6 .430 .370 1.2 1.8 2.9 .116
9 Al Masino 25 16 131 17.3 .474 .391 0.3 0.2 0.6 .204
10 Dick Knostman 22 5 47 17.4 .438 .300 0.0 0.1 0.2 .183
11 Bato Govedarica 25 23 258 7.1 .394 .316 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .044
12 Jim Neal 23 67 899 9.9 .365 .317 -1.6 1.7 0.1 .007
13 Ed Earle 26 2 12 15.0 .532 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 .193
14 Mike Novak 38 5 24 -14.6 .063 .000 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.344

Playoffs 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 25 13 374 64 140 .457 80 108 .741 136 24 40 208
2 Paul Seymour 26 13 559 59 143 .413 76 94 .809 34 60 39 194
3 Wally Osterkorn 25 13 542 45 122 .369 50 90 .556 125 37 40 140
4 Bob Lavoy 27 13 358 37 95 .389 44 55 .800 85 20 50 118
5 Billy Kenville 23 13 374 36 74 .486 44 62 .710 48 25 46 116
6 George King 25 10 286 25 62 .403 38 63 .603 22 21 30 88
7 Bill Gabor 31 10 196 24 83 .289 28 40 .700 28 19 36 76
8 Earl Lloyd 25 10 260 25 73 .342 17 26 .654 57 20 34 67
9 Jim Neal 23 11 100 13 35 .371 5 13 .385 27 2 14 31
10 Al Masino 25 13 96 7 20 .350 7 15 .467 6 7 23 21

Playoffs 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 25 13 28.8 4.9 10.8 .457 6.2 8.3 .741 10.5 1.8 3.1 16.0
2 Paul Seymour 26 13 43.0 4.5 11.0 .413 5.8 7.2 .809 2.6 4.6 3.0 14.9
3 Wally Osterkorn 25 13 41.7 3.5 9.4 .369 3.8 6.9 .556 9.6 2.8 3.1 10.8
4 Bob Lavoy 27 13 27.5 2.8 7.3 .389 3.4 4.2 .800 6.5 1.5 3.8 9.1
5 Billy Kenville 23 13 28.8 2.8 5.7 .486 3.4 4.8 .710 3.7 1.9 3.5 8.9
6 George King 25 10 28.6 2.5 6.2 .403 3.8 6.3 .603 2.2 2.1 3.0 8.8
7 Bill Gabor 31 10 19.6 2.4 8.3 .289 2.8 4.0 .700 2.8 1.9 3.6 7.6
8 Earl Lloyd 25 10 26.0 2.5 7.3 .342 1.7 2.6 .654 5.7 2.0 3.4 6.7
9 Jim Neal 23 11 9.1 1.2 3.2 .371 0.5 1.2 .385 2.5 0.2 1.3 2.8
10 Al Masino 25 13 7.4 0.5 1.5 .350 0.5 1.2 .467 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.6

Playoffs 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 Dolph Schayes 25 13 374 6.2 13.5 .457 7.7 10.4 .741 13.1 2.3 3.9 20.0
2 Bill Gabor 31 10 196 4.4 15.2 .289 5.1 7.3 .700 5.1 3.5 6.6 14.0
3 Paul Seymour 26 13 559 3.8 9.2 .413 4.9 6.1 .809 2.2 3.9 2.5 12.5
4 Bob Lavoy 27 13 358 3.7 9.6 .389 4.4 5.5 .800 8.5 2.0 5.0 11.9
5 Jim Neal 23 11 100 4.7 12.6 .371 1.8 4.7 .385 9.7 0.7 5.0 11.2
6 Billy Kenville 23 13 374 3.5 7.1 .486 4.2 6.0 .710 4.6 2.4 4.4 11.2
7 George King 25 10 286 3.1 7.8 .403 4.8 7.9 .603 2.8 2.6 3.8 11.1
8 Wally Osterkorn 25 13 542 3.0 8.1 .369 3.3 6.0 .556 8.3 2.5 2.7 9.3
9 Earl Lloyd 25 10 260 3.5 10.1 .342 2.4 3.6 .654 7.9 2.8 4.7 9.3
10 Al Masino 25 13 96 2.6 7.5 .350 2.6 5.6 .467 2.3 2.6 8.6 7.9

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 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