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1958-59 Syracuse Nationals

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35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 113.1 points per game, Allowed 109.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 45-27)
Coached by Paul Seymour (35-37)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial / Attendance: 107,455 (7th of 8 available)

SRS: 3.74 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1958-59 Statistics / Schedule

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 3050 7490 .407 2046 2642 .774 4900 1340 1961 8146 113.1
Opponent 72 7855 109.1

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F-C 6-7 195 30 72 2645 504 1304 .387 526 609 .864 962 178 280 1534
2 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 26 72 2671 502 1139 .441 281 367 .766 1008 142 183 1285
3 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 27 70 2750 414 948 .437 280 349 .802 365 379 263 1108
4 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 22 68 1625 308 679 .454 137 176 .778 196 101 189 753
5 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 26 72 1779 285 756 .377 149 206 .723 199 159 260 719
6 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 25 57 1601 261 716 .365 156 211 .739 303 115 156 678
7 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 24 67 1518 246 611 .403 176 234 .752 436 67 181 668
8 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 26 71 1053 240 612 .392 115 158 .728 266 67 174 595
9 Connie Dierking C-F 6-9 222 22 64 726 105 290 .362 83 140 .593 233 34 148 293
10 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 30 15 420 96 199 .482 59 91 .648 104 25 37 251
11 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 29 34 410 56 140 .400 58 73 .795 100 36 64 170
12 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 31 21 266 32 98 .327 26 29 .897 39 36 25 90
13 Tommy Kearns G 5-11 185 22 1 7 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F-C 6-7 195 30 72 36.7 7.0 18.1 .387 7.3 8.5 .864 13.4 2.5 3.9 21.3
2 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 26 72 37.1 7.0 15.8 .441 3.9 5.1 .766 14.0 2.0 2.5 17.8
3 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 30 15 28.0 6.4 13.3 .482 3.9 6.1 .648 6.9 1.7 2.5 16.7
4 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 27 70 39.3 5.9 13.5 .437 4.0 5.0 .802 5.2 5.4 3.8 15.8
5 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 25 57 28.1 4.6 12.6 .365 2.7 3.7 .739 5.3 2.0 2.7 11.9
6 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 22 68 23.9 4.5 10.0 .454 2.0 2.6 .778 2.9 1.5 2.8 11.1
7 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 24 67 22.7 3.7 9.1 .403 2.6 3.5 .752 6.5 1.0 2.7 10.0
8 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 26 72 24.7 4.0 10.5 .377 2.1 2.9 .723 2.8 2.2 3.6 10.0
9 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 26 71 14.8 3.4 8.6 .392 1.6 2.2 .728 3.7 0.9 2.5 8.4
10 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 29 34 12.1 1.6 4.1 .400 1.7 2.1 .795 2.9 1.1 1.9 5.0
11 Connie Dierking C-F 6-9 222 22 64 11.3 1.6 4.5 .362 1.3 2.2 .593 3.6 0.5 2.3 4.6
12 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 31 21 12.7 1.5 4.7 .327 1.2 1.4 .897 1.9 1.7 1.2 4.3
13 Tommy Kearns G 5-11 185 22 1 7.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 30 15 420 8.2 17.1 .482 5.1 7.8 .648 8.9 2.1 3.2 21.5
2 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 30 72 2645 6.9 17.7 .387 7.2 8.3 .864 13.1 2.4 3.8 20.9
3 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 26 71 1053 8.2 20.9 .392 3.9 5.4 .728 9.1 2.3 5.9 20.3
4 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 26 72 2671 6.8 15.4 .441 3.8 4.9 .766 13.6 1.9 2.5 17.3
5 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 22 68 1625 6.8 15.0 .454 3.0 3.9 .778 4.3 2.2 4.2 16.7
6 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 24 67 1518 5.8 14.5 .403 4.2 5.5 .752 10.3 1.6 4.3 15.8
7 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 25 57 1601 5.9 16.1 .365 3.5 4.7 .739 6.8 2.6 3.5 15.2
8 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 29 34 410 4.9 12.3 .400 5.1 6.4 .795 8.8 3.2 5.6 14.9
9 Connie Dierking C-F 6-9 222 22 64 726 5.2 14.4 .362 4.1 6.9 .593 11.6 1.7 7.3 14.5
10 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 27 70 2750 5.4 12.4 .437 3.7 4.6 .802 4.8 5.0 3.4 14.5
11 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 26 72 1779 5.8 15.3 .377 3.0 4.2 .723 4.0 3.2 5.3 14.5
12 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 31 21 266 4.3 13.3 .327 3.5 3.9 .897 5.3 4.9 3.4 12.2
13 Tommy Kearns G 5-11 185 22 1 7 5.1 5.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 26 72 1779 9.5 .425 .377
2 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 31 21 266 11.0 .406 .327
3 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 30 72 2645 21.0 .488 .387
4 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 26 71 1053 14.7 .437 .392
5 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 26 72 2671 19.4 .494 .441
6 Tommy Kearns G 5-11 185 22 1 7 8.8 1.000 1.000
7 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 24 67 1518 14.4 .468 .403
8 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 22 68 1625 13.3 .498 .454
9 Connie Dierking C-F 6-9 222 22 64 726 10.7 .417 .362
10 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 29 34 410 14.4 .494 .400
11 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 27 70 2750 15.0 .503 .437
12 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 25 57 1601 11.7 .419 .365
13 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 30 15 420 20.5 .525 .482

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F-C 6-7 195 30 9 351 78 195 98 107 117 41 36 254 .400 .916 39.0 28.2 13.0 4.6
2 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 30 9 333 83 189 60 70 87 21 29 226 .439 .857 37.0 25.1 9.7 2.3
3 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 27 9 361 54 121 51 61 53 54 40 159 .446 .836 40.1 17.7 5.9 6.0
4 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 26 9 312 50 142 30 33 108 24 20 130 .352 .909 34.7 14.4 12.0 2.7
5 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 22 9 278 39 93 26 32 47 20 35 104 .419 .813 30.9 11.6 5.2 2.2
6 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 26 9 192 34 74 14 22 29 25 41 82 .459 .636 21.3 9.1 3.2 2.8
7 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 24 9 203 23 68 28 34 60 9 33 74 .338 .824 22.6 8.2 6.7 1.0
8 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 26 8 67 13 44 10 14 21 6 10 36 .295 .714 8.4 4.5 2.6 0.8
9 Connie Dierking C-F 6-9 222 22 4 34 2 12 7 9 17 2 5 11 .167 .778 8.5 2.8 4.3 0.5
10 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 29 5 29 3 8 3 4 6 4 8 9 .375 .750 5.8 1.8 1.2 0.8