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1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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43-29, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Al Cervi (43-29)

1954-55 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 91.1 (6th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 89.7 (1st of 8)
SRS: 1.23 (2nd of 8)
Expected W-L: 40-32 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus Boston Celtics


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12-14 Dick Farley G-F 6-4 190 April 13, 1932 R Indiana University
7 Bill Gabor G-F 5-11 170 May 13, 1922 5 Syracuse University
15 Billy Kenville G-F 6-2 187 December 1, 1930 1 St. Bonaventure University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3 George King G 6-0 175 August 16, 1928 3 University of Charleston
11 Earl Lloyd F-C 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 3 West Virginia State University
Jackie Moore F 6-5 180 September 24, 1932 R La Salle University
8 Wally Osterkorn F-C 6-5 215 July 6, 1928 3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
16 Red Rocha C-F 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 6 Oregon State University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 5 New York University
5 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 6 University of Toledo
6 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 8
14 Jim Tucker F 6-7 185 December 11, 1932 R Duquesne University

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 72 2360 6343 .372 1837 2450 .750 3933 1778 1658 6557 91.1
Lg Rank 6 3 7 7 7 2 4 2 7 6 6
Opponent 72 6457 89.7
Lg Rank 1 1

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 26 72 2526 422 1103 .383 489 587 .833 887 213 247 1333
2 Paul Seymour 27 72 2950 375 1036 .362 300 370 .811 309 483 137 1050
3 Red Rocha 31 72 2473 295 801 .368 222 284 .782 489 178 242 812
4 Red Kerr 22 72 1529 301 718 .419 152 223 .682 474 80 165 754
5 Earl Lloyd 26 72 2212 286 784 .365 159 212 .750 553 151 283 731
6 George King 26 67 2015 228 605 .377 140 229 .611 227 331 148 596
7 Billy Kenville 24 70 1380 172 482 .357 154 201 .766 247 150 132 498
8 Dick Farley 22 69 1113 136 353 .385 136 201 .677 167 111 145 408
9 Jim Tucker 22 20 287 39 116 .336 27 38 .711 97 12 50 105
10 Wally Osterkorn 26 19 286 20 97 .206 16 32 .500 70 17 32 56
11 Bill Gabor 32 3 47 7 22 .318 3 5 .600 5 11 6 17
12 Jackie Moore 22
13 Connie Simmons 29

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 26 72 35.1 5.9 15.3 .383 6.8 8.2 .833 12.3 3.0 3.4 18.5
2 Paul Seymour 27 72 41.0 5.2 14.4 .362 4.2 5.1 .811 4.3 6.7 1.9 14.6
3 Red Rocha 31 72 34.3 4.1 11.1 .368 3.1 3.9 .782 6.8 2.5 3.4 11.3
4 Red Kerr 22 72 21.2 4.2 10.0 .419 2.1 3.1 .682 6.6 1.1 2.3 10.5
5 Earl Lloyd 26 72 30.7 4.0 10.9 .365 2.2 2.9 .750 7.7 2.1 3.9 10.2
6 George King 26 67 30.1 3.4 9.0 .377 2.1 3.4 .611 3.4 4.9 2.2 8.9
7 Billy Kenville 24 70 19.7 2.5 6.9 .357 2.2 2.9 .766 3.5 2.1 1.9 7.1
8 Dick Farley 22 69 16.1 2.0 5.1 .385 2.0 2.9 .677 2.4 1.6 2.1 5.9
9 Bill Gabor 32 3 15.7 2.3 7.3 .318 1.0 1.7 .600 1.7 3.7 2.0 5.7
10 Jim Tucker 22 20 14.4 2.0 5.8 .336 1.4 1.9 .711 4.9 0.6 2.5 5.3
11 Wally Osterkorn 26 19 15.1 1.1 5.1 .206 0.8 1.7 .500 3.7 0.9 1.7 2.9
12 Jackie Moore 22
13 Connie Simmons 29

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 26 72 2526 6.0 15.7 .383 7.0 8.4 .833 12.6 3.0 3.5 19.0
2 Red Kerr 22 72 1529 7.1 16.9 .419 3.6 5.3 .682 11.2 1.9 3.9 17.8
3 Dick Farley 22 69 1113 4.4 11.4 .385 4.4 6.5 .677 5.4 3.6 4.7 13.2
4 Jim Tucker 22 20 287 4.9 14.6 .336 3.4 4.8 .711 12.2 1.5 6.3 13.2
5 Bill Gabor 32 3 47 5.4 16.9 .318 2.3 3.8 .600 3.8 8.4 4.6 13.0
6 Billy Kenville 24 70 1380 4.5 12.6 .357 4.0 5.2 .766 6.4 3.9 3.4 13.0
7 Paul Seymour 27 72 2950 4.6 12.6 .362 3.7 4.5 .811 3.8 5.9 1.7 12.8
8 Earl Lloyd 26 72 2212 4.7 12.8 .365 2.6 3.5 .750 9.0 2.5 4.6 11.9
9 Red Rocha 31 72 2473 4.3 11.7 .368 3.2 4.1 .782 7.1 2.6 3.5 11.8
10 George King 26 67 2015 4.1 10.8 .377 2.5 4.1 .611 4.1 5.9 2.6 10.6
11 Wally Osterkorn 26 19 286 2.5 12.2 .206 2.0 4.0 .500 8.8 2.1 4.0 7.0
12 Jackie Moore 22
13 Connie Simmons 29

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 26 72 2526 23.0 .490 .383 6.4 5.7 12.0 .229
2 Paul Seymour 27 72 2950 15.1 .438 .362 2.1 4.5 6.7 .108
3 Red Rocha 31 72 2473 12.0 .438 .368 1.1 3.8 5.0 .096
4 Red Kerr 22 72 1529 18.2 .462 .419 2.0 3.0 5.0 .157
5 George King 26 67 2015 12.8 .422 .377 0.6 3.2 3.8 .090
6 Earl Lloyd 26 72 2212 11.6 .417 .365 -0.3 3.9 3.6 .077
7 Billy Kenville 24 70 1380 13.6 .437 .357 0.8 2.2 3.0 .104
8 Dick Farley 22 69 1113 12.7 .462 .385 1.3 1.6 3.0 .128
9 Jim Tucker 22 20 287 11.2 .396 .336 -0.3 0.6 0.3 .053
10 Bill Gabor 32 3 47 11.7 .351 .318 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.012
11 Wally Osterkorn 26 19 286 2.7 .252 .206 -1.3 0.5 -0.8 -0.133
12 Jackie Moore 22
13 Connie Simmons 29

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 26 11 363 60 167 89 106 141 40 48 209 .359 .840 33.0 19.0 12.8 3.6
2 Red Kerr 22 11 363 59 151 34 61 118 13 27 152 .391 .557 33.0 13.8 10.7 1.2
3 Paul Seymour 27 11 410 46 149 45 50 43 75 21 137 .309 .900 37.3 12.5 3.9 6.8
4 Red Rocha 31 11 371 46 110 44 58 74 14 45 136 .418 .759 33.7 12.4 6.7 1.3
5 George King 26 11 371 46 117 35 55 41 62 33 127 .393 .636 33.7 11.5 3.7 5.6
6 Earl Lloyd 26 11 355 44 122 39 52 89 35 41 127 .361 .750 32.3 11.5 8.1 3.2
7 Billy Kenville 24 11 130 17 48 36 49 31 11 23 70 .354 .735 11.8 6.4 2.8 1.0
8 Dick Farley 22 11 168 19 56 14 25 13 20 29 52 .339 .560 15.3 4.7 1.2 1.8
9 Wally Osterkorn 26 11 75 11 34 13 17 21 11 14 35 .324 .765 6.8 3.2 1.9 1.0
10 Jim Tucker 22 9 59 8 27 8 9 15 1 13 24 .296 .889 6.6 2.7 1.7 0.1

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 26 11 363 24.3 .489 .359 21.9 0.9 1.0 1.8 .242
2 Red Rocha 31 11 371 12.5 .502 .418 6.9 0.6 0.5 1.2 .152
3 George King 26 11 371 13.8 .450 .393 30.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 .116
4 Earl Lloyd 26 11 355 13.8 .438 .361 18.1 0.1 0.7 0.8 .112
5 Red Kerr 22 11 363 14.9 .427 .391 7.1 0.0 0.7 0.7 .091
6 Billy Kenville 24 11 130 18.2 .503 .354 15.8 0.4 0.2 0.6 .218
7 Paul Seymour 27 11 410 13.4 .401 .309 32.9 -0.2 0.7 0.5 .060
8 Wally Osterkorn 26 11 75 15.9 .422 .324 28.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 .109
9 Dick Farley 22 11 168 6.1 .388 .339 21.5 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .020
10 Jim Tucker 22 9 59 6.8 .388 .296 3.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .007