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1955-56 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Cervi (35-37)

Points Per Game: 96.9 (5th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 96.9 (2nd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-36 (4th of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 140,714 (5th of 8)

SRS: 0.17 (4th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus Philadelphia Warriors
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Third Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1955-56 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
8 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 September 2, 1933 R Fordham University
12 Dick Farley G-F 6-4 190 April 13, 1932 1 Indiana University
15 Billy Kenville G-F 6-2 187 December 1, 1930 2 St. Bonaventure University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3 George King G 6-0 175 August 16, 1928 4 University of Charleston
11 Earl Lloyd F-C 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 4 West Virginia State University
16 Red Rocha C-F 6-9 185 September 18, 1923 7 Oregon State University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 6 New York University
5 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 7 University of Toledo
17 Jim Tucker F 6-7 185 December 11, 1932 1 Duquesne University

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 72 2466 6661 .370 2044 2703 .756 4060 1710 1783 6976 96.9
Opponent 72 6975 96.9

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 27 72 2517 465 1202 .387 542 632 .858 891 200 251 1472
2 Red Kerr 23 72 2114 377 935 .403 207 316 .655 607 84 168 961
3 George King 27 72 2343 284 763 .372 176 275 .640 250 410 150 744
4 Red Rocha 32 72 1883 250 692 .361 220 281 .783 416 131 244 720
5 Paul Seymour 28 57 1826 227 670 .339 188 233 .807 152 276 130 642
6 Earl Lloyd 27 72 1837 213 636 .335 186 241 .772 492 116 267 612
7 Ed Conlin 22 66 1423 211 574 .368 121 178 .680 326 145 121 543
8 Billy Kenville 25 72 1278 170 448 .379 195 257 .759 215 159 132 535
9 Dick Farley 23 72 1429 168 451 .373 143 207 .691 165 151 154 479
10 Jim Tucker 23 70 895 101 290 .348 66 83 .795 232 38 166 268

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 27 72 35.0 6.5 16.7 .387 7.5 8.8 .858 12.4 2.8 3.5 20.4
2 Red Kerr 23 72 29.4 5.2 13.0 .403 2.9 4.4 .655 8.4 1.2 2.3 13.3
3 Paul Seymour 28 57 32.0 4.0 11.8 .339 3.3 4.1 .807 2.7 4.8 2.3 11.3
4 George King 27 72 32.5 3.9 10.6 .372 2.4 3.8 .640 3.5 5.7 2.1 10.3
5 Red Rocha 32 72 26.2 3.5 9.6 .361 3.1 3.9 .783 5.8 1.8 3.4 10.0
6 Earl Lloyd 27 72 25.5 3.0 8.8 .335 2.6 3.3 .772 6.8 1.6 3.7 8.5
7 Ed Conlin 22 66 21.6 3.2 8.7 .368 1.8 2.7 .680 4.9 2.2 1.8 8.2
8 Billy Kenville 25 72 17.8 2.4 6.2 .379 2.7 3.6 .759 3.0 2.2 1.8 7.4
9 Dick Farley 23 72 19.8 2.3 6.3 .373 2.0 2.9 .691 2.3 2.1 2.1 6.7
10 Jim Tucker 23 70 12.8 1.4 4.1 .348 0.9 1.2 .795 3.3 0.5 2.4 3.8

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 Dolph Schayes 27 72 2517 6.7 17.2 .387 7.8 9.0 .858 12.7 2.9 3.6 21.1
2 Red Kerr 23 72 2114 6.4 15.9 .403 3.5 5.4 .655 10.3 1.4 2.9 16.4
3 Billy Kenville 25 72 1278 4.8 12.6 .379 5.5 7.2 .759 6.1 4.5 3.7 15.1
4 Red Rocha 32 72 1883 4.8 13.2 .361 4.2 5.4 .783 8.0 2.5 4.7 13.8
5 Ed Conlin 22 66 1423 5.3 14.5 .368 3.1 4.5 .680 8.2 3.7 3.1 13.7
6 Paul Seymour 28 57 1826 4.5 13.2 .339 3.7 4.6 .807 3.0 5.4 2.6 12.7
7 Dick Farley 23 72 1429 4.2 11.4 .373 3.6 5.2 .691 4.2 3.8 3.9 12.1
8 Earl Lloyd 27 72 1837 4.2 12.5 .335 3.6 4.7 .772 9.6 2.3 5.2 12.0
9 George King 27 72 2343 4.4 11.7 .372 2.7 4.2 .640 3.8 6.3 2.3 11.4
10 Jim Tucker 23 70 895 4.1 11.7 .348 2.7 3.3 .795 9.3 1.5 6.7 10.8

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 27 72 2517 23.7 .497 .387 6.9 4.9 11.8
2 Red Kerr 23 72 2114 15.7 .447 .403 1.4 3.3 4.6
3 Billy Kenville 25 72 1278 16.0 .477 .379 2.1 1.8 3.9
4 George King 27 72 2343 13.1 .421 .372 0.5 3.3 3.8
5 Red Rocha 32 72 1883 12.4 .441 .361 1.0 2.7 3.6
6 Dick Farley 23 72 1429 10.8 .442 .373 0.8 1.7 2.5
7 Earl Lloyd 27 72 1837 10.8 .412 .335 -0.5 2.9 2.4
8 Paul Seymour 28 57 1826 12.1 .416 .339 0.0 2.2 2.3
9 Ed Conlin 22 66 1423 13.8 .416 .368 -0.2 2.2 2.0
10 Jim Tucker 23 70 895 8.3 .410 .348 -0.3 1.3 1.0

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 Dolph Schayes 27 8 310 52 142 73 83 111 27 27 177 .366 .880 38.8 22.1 13.9 3.4
2 George King 27 8 317 39 108 38 48 47 60 16 116 .361 .792 39.6 14.5 5.9 7.5
3 Red Kerr 23 8 213 37 77 15 33 68 10 23 89 .481 .455 26.6 11.1 8.5 1.3
4 Dick Farley 23 8 169 34 72 19 31 21 28 31 87 .472 .613 21.1 10.9 2.6 3.5
5 Ed Conlin 22 8 197 31 85 22 38 47 9 14 84 .365 .579 24.6 10.5 5.9 1.1
6 Red Rocha 32 8 189 23 68 22 26 52 15 37 68 .338 .846 23.6 8.5 6.5 1.9
7 Earl Lloyd 27 8 172 26 81 13 14 43 7 37 65 .321 .929 21.5 8.1 5.4 0.9
8 Billy Kenville 25 8 128 16 45 16 23 17 14 21 48 .356 .696 16.0 6.0 2.1 1.8
9 Paul Seymour 28 7 153 16 55 15 20 11 18 11 47 .291 .750 21.9 6.7 1.6 2.6
10 Jim Tucker 23 6 72 13 34 6 8 25 2 15 32 .382 .750 12.0 5.3 4.2 0.3

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 Dolph Schayes 27 8 310 22.5 .496 .366 15.0 0.8 0.2 1.0
2 George King 27 8 317 15.9 .449 .361 30.3 0.3 0.2 0.5
3 Dick Farley 23 8 169 16.8 .508 .472 30.3 0.5 0.1 0.5
4 Red Kerr 23 8 213 15.5 .486 .481 8.2 0.3 0.1 0.4
5 Red Rocha 32 8 189 10.8 .428 .338 12.7 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Billy Kenville 25 8 128 9.9 .435 .356 17.6 0.1 0.1 0.1
7 Jim Tucker 23 6 72 11.7 .426 .382 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Ed Conlin 22 8 197 12.1 .413 .365 7.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Paul Seymour 28 7 153 7.5 .368 .291 18.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 Earl Lloyd 27 8 172 6.5 .373 .321 6.8 -0.3 0.1 -0.2