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1956-57 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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38-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Cervi (4-8), Paul Seymour (34-26)

Points Per Game: 99.7 (5th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 101.1 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 32-40 (6th of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 188,883 (4th of 8)

SRS: -1.02 (6th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-0) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

1956-57 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
6 Forest Able G 6-3 180 July 27, 1932 R Western Kentucky University
16 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 March 26, 1932 R Bowling Green State University
8 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 September 2, 1933 1 Fordham University
3 Bob Harrison G 6-1 190 August 12, 1927 7 University of Michigan
15 Larry Hennessy G 6-3 185 May 20, 1929 1 Villanova University
12 Joe Holup F 6-6 215 February 26, 1934 R George Washington University
9 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 November 3, 1934 R Grambling State University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11 Earl Lloyd F-C 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 5 West Virginia State University
6 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 August 8, 1932 2 College of the Holy Cross
3 Jim Ray G 6-1 180 January 12, 1934 R University of Toledo
15 Don Savage F-G 6-3 205 April 9, 1928 1 LeMoyne College
3 Bob Schafer G 6-3 195 1 Villanova University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 7 New York University
5 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 8 University of Toledo
17 Jim Tucker F 6-7 185 December 11, 1932 2 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 2550 6915 .369 2075 2613 .794 4350 1282 1809 7175 99.7
Opponent 72 7277 101.1

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 28 72 2851 496 1308 .379 625 691 .904 1008 229 219 1617
2 Ed Conlin 23 71 2250 335 896 .374 283 368 .769 430 205 170 953
3 Red Kerr 24 72 2191 333 827 .403 225 313 .719 807 90 190 891
4 Earl Lloyd 28 72 1965 256 687 .373 134 179 .749 435 114 282 646
5 Bob Harrison 29 66 1810 243 629 .386 93 130 .715 156 161 220 579
6 Al Bianchi 24 68 1577 199 567 .351 165 239 .690 227 106 198 563
7 Joe Holup 22 71 1284 160 487 .329 204 253 .806 279 84 177 524
8 Togo Palazzi 24 42 780 169 453 .373 113 143 .790 187 41 94 451
9 Paul Seymour 29 65 1235 143 442 .324 101 123 .821 130 193 91 387
10 Bob Hopkins 22 62 764 130 343 .379 94 126 .746 233 22 106 354
11 Larry Hennessy 27 21 373 56 175 .320 23 32 .719 45 27 28 135
12 Bob Schafer 11 167 19 66 .288 11 13 .846 11 15 16 49
13 Jim Tucker 24 9 119 17 44 .386 0 1 .000 20 2 26 34
14 Don Savage 28 5 55 6 19 .316 6 7 .857 7 2 7 18
15 Jim Ray 23 4 43 2 11 .182 3 5 .600 5 3 4 7
16 Forest Able 24 1 1 0 2 .000 0 0 1 1 1 0

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 28 72 39.6 6.9 18.2 .379 8.7 9.6 .904 14.0 3.2 3.0 22.5
2 Ed Conlin 23 71 31.7 4.7 12.6 .374 4.0 5.2 .769 6.1 2.9 2.4 13.4
3 Red Kerr 24 72 30.4 4.6 11.5 .403 3.1 4.3 .719 11.2 1.3 2.6 12.4
4 Togo Palazzi 24 42 18.6 4.0 10.8 .373 2.7 3.4 .790 4.5 1.0 2.2 10.7
5 Earl Lloyd 28 72 27.3 3.6 9.5 .373 1.9 2.5 .749 6.0 1.6 3.9 9.0
6 Bob Harrison 29 66 27.4 3.7 9.5 .386 1.4 2.0 .715 2.4 2.4 3.3 8.8
7 Al Bianchi 24 68 23.2 2.9 8.3 .351 2.4 3.5 .690 3.3 1.6 2.9 8.3
8 Joe Holup 22 71 18.1 2.3 6.9 .329 2.9 3.6 .806 3.9 1.2 2.5 7.4
9 Larry Hennessy 27 21 17.8 2.7 8.3 .320 1.1 1.5 .719 2.1 1.3 1.3 6.4
10 Paul Seymour 29 65 19.0 2.2 6.8 .324 1.6 1.9 .821 2.0 3.0 1.4 6.0
11 Bob Hopkins 22 62 12.3 2.1 5.5 .379 1.5 2.0 .746 3.8 0.4 1.7 5.7
12 Bob Schafer 11 15.2 1.7 6.0 .288 1.0 1.2 .846 1.0 1.4 1.5 4.5
13 Jim Tucker 24 9 13.2 1.9 4.9 .386 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 0.2 2.9 3.8
14 Don Savage 28 5 11.0 1.2 3.8 .316 1.2 1.4 .857 1.4 0.4 1.4 3.6
15 Jim Ray 23 4 10.8 0.5 2.8 .182 0.8 1.3 .600 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.8
16 Forest Able 24 1 1.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

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 Togo Palazzi 24 42 780 7.8 20.9 .373 5.2 6.6 .790 8.6 1.9 4.3 20.8
2 Dolph Schayes 28 72 2851 6.3 16.5 .379 7.9 8.7 .904 12.7 2.9 2.8 20.4
3 Bob Hopkins 22 62 764 6.1 16.2 .379 4.4 5.9 .746 11.0 1.0 5.0 16.7
4 Ed Conlin 23 71 2250 5.4 14.3 .374 4.5 5.9 .769 6.9 3.3 2.7 15.2
5 Joe Holup 22 71 1284 4.5 13.7 .329 5.7 7.1 .806 7.8 2.4 5.0 14.7
6 Red Kerr 24 72 2191 5.5 13.6 .403 3.7 5.1 .719 13.3 1.5 3.1 14.6
7 Larry Hennessy 27 21 373 5.4 16.9 .320 2.2 3.1 .719 4.3 2.6 2.7 13.0
8 Al Bianchi 24 68 1577 4.5 12.9 .351 3.8 5.5 .690 5.2 2.4 4.5 12.9
9 Earl Lloyd 28 72 1965 4.7 12.6 .373 2.5 3.3 .749 8.0 2.1 5.2 11.8
10 Don Savage 28 5 55 3.9 12.4 .316 3.9 4.6 .857 4.6 1.3 4.6 11.8
11 Bob Harrison 29 66 1810 4.8 12.5 .386 1.8 2.6 .715 3.1 3.2 4.4 11.5
12 Paul Seymour 29 65 1235 4.2 12.9 .324 2.9 3.6 .821 3.8 5.6 2.7 11.3
13 Bob Schafer 11 167 4.1 14.2 .288 2.4 2.8 .846 2.4 3.2 3.4 10.6
14 Jim Tucker 24 9 119 5.1 13.3 .386 0.0 0.3 .000 6.1 0.6 7.9 10.3
15 Jim Ray 23 4 43 1.7 9.2 .182 2.5 4.2 .600 4.2 2.5 3.3 5.9
16 Forest Able 24 1 1 0.0 72.0 .000 0.0 0.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 0.0

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 28 72 2851 24.6 .502 .379 8.8 3.7 12.5
2 Red Kerr 24 72 2191 17.4 .462 .403 2.7 2.7 5.4
3 Ed Conlin 23 71 2250 15.5 .450 .374 2.5 2.2 4.7
4 Earl Lloyd 28 72 1965 10.2 .422 .373 0.4 1.8 2.2
5 Joe Holup 22 71 1284 12.8 .438 .329 0.9 1.2 2.1
6 Bob Harrison 29 66 1810 8.6 .422 .386 0.5 1.3 1.8
7 Al Bianchi 24 68 1577 9.6 .419 .351 0.2 1.3 1.5
8 Togo Palazzi 24 42 780 17.0 .437 .373 0.6 0.8 1.4
9 Bob Hopkins 22 62 764 14.9 .444 .379 0.6 0.8 1.4
10 Paul Seymour 29 65 1235 11.4 .390 .324 -0.4 1.2 0.8
11 Jim Tucker 24 9 119 3.5 .383 .386 -0.1 0.1 0.0
12 Don Savage 28 5 55 7.2 .408 .316 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Forest Able 24 1 1 -41.3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Jim Ray 23 4 43 1.8 .265 .182 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Bob Schafer 11 167 5.2 .342 .288 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
16 Larry Hennessy 27 21 373 7.9 .357 .320 -0.7 0.3 -0.4

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 28 5 215 29 95 49 55 90 14 18 107 .305 .891 43.0 21.4 18.0 2.8
2 Ed Conlin 23 5 164 28 71 21 27 17 15 11 77 .394 .778 32.8 15.4 3.4 3.0
3 Red Kerr 24 5 162 28 65 20 29 69 6 7 76 .431 .690 32.4 15.2 13.8 1.2
4 Togo Palazzi 24 5 87 19 49 7 9 18 5 11 45 .388 .778 17.4 9.0 3.6 1.0
5 Al Bianchi 24 5 97 12 38 8 12 15 8 16 32 .316 .667 19.4 6.4 3.0 1.6
6 Bob Harrison 29 5 133 12 45 8 9 13 15 21 32 .267 .889 26.6 6.4 2.6 3.0
7 Earl Lloyd 28 5 83 12 30 7 11 21 5 18 31 .400 .636 16.6 6.2 4.2 1.0
8 Bob Hopkins 22 5 73 9 25 10 15 19 2 4 28 .360 .667 14.6 5.6 3.8 0.4
9 Paul Seymour 29 5 98 8 37 5 6 10 8 11 21 .216 .833 19.6 4.2 2.0 1.6
10 Joe Holup 22 5 88 6 28 8 12 20 1 3 20 .214 .667 17.6 4.0 4.0 0.2

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 28 5 215 23.5 .449 .305 12.0 0.3 0.4 0.8
2 Red Kerr 24 5 162 24.4 .489 .431 7.3 0.4 0.3 0.7
3 Ed Conlin 23 5 164 17.1 .465 .394 18.0 0.3 0.2 0.5
4 Earl Lloyd 28 5 83 12.5 .445 .400 11.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Togo Palazzi 24 5 87 16.0 .425 .388 12.5 0.0 0.1 0.2
6 Bob Hopkins 22 5 73 15.5 .443 .360 4.9 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Al Bianchi 24 5 97 8.1 .370 .316 14.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Joe Holup 22 5 88 5.8 .300 .214 1.9 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
9 Bob Harrison 29 5 133 5.0 .327 .267 19.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
10 Paul Seymour 29 5 98 1.6 .265 .216 13.7 -0.4 0.1 -0.2