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1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

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Record: 35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Paul Seymour (35-37)

PTS/G: 113.1 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.1 (5th of 8)
SRS: 3.74 (2nd of 8)
Expected W-L: 45-27 (2nd of 8)

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

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
16 Al Bianchi PG 6-3 185 March 26, 1932 2 Bowling Green State University
11 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 September 2, 1933 3 Fordham University
6 Larry Costello PG 6-1 186 July 2, 1931 3 Niagara University
3 George Dempsey PG 6-2 190 July 19, 1929 4 King's College
8 Connie Dierking C 6-9 222 October 2, 1936 R University of Cincinnati
15 Hal Greer SG 6-2 175 June 26, 1936 R Marshall University
9 Bob Hopkins PF 6-8 205 November 3, 1934 2 Grambling State University
3 Tommy Kearns G 5-11 185 October 6, 1936 R University of North Carolina
10 Red Kerr C 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 4 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17 Togo Palazzi SF 6-4 205 August 8, 1932 4 College of the Holy Cross
4 Dolph Schayes PF 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 9 New York University
5 Paul Seymour SG 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 10 University of Toledo
12 George Yardley SF 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 5 Stanford University

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 3050 7490 .407 2046 2642 .774 4900 1340 1961 8146 113.1
Lg Rank 2 2 2 4 4 2 6 7 1 2 2
Opponent 72 7855 109.1
Lg Rank 5 5

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 45 27 4.04 -0.30 3.74 .407 .273 Onondaga War Memorial 107,455
Lg Rank 2 2 2 6 2 2 4 7

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 22 68 23.9 4.5 10.0 .454 2.0 2.6 .778 2.9 1.5 2.8 11.1
7 Al Bianchi 26 72 24.7 4.0 10.5 .377 2.1 2.9 .723 2.8 2.2 3.6 10.0
8 Bob Hopkins 24 67 22.7 3.7 9.1 .403 2.6 3.5 .752 6.5 1.0 2.7 10.0
9 Togo Palazzi 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 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 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 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 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

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

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 30 72 2645 21.0 .488 .387 5.8 3.6 9.4 .171
2 Red Kerr 26 72 2671 19.4 .494 .441 5.2 3.6 8.7 .157
3 Larry Costello 27 70 2750 15.0 .503 .437 5.5 3.0 8.5 .149
4 Hal Greer 22 68 1625 13.3 .498 .454 3.2 1.3 4.5 .132
5 Bob Hopkins 24 67 1518 14.4 .468 .403 1.8 1.7 3.5 .109
6 Al Bianchi 26 72 1779 9.5 .425 .377 0.3 1.5 1.8 .048
7 George Yardley 30 15 420 20.5 .525 .482 1.4 0.4 1.8 .207
8 Togo Palazzi 26 71 1053 14.7 .437 .392 0.5 1.1 1.7 .076
9 Ed Conlin 25 57 1601 11.7 .419 .365 -0.1 1.6 1.5 .044
10 George Dempsey 29 34 410 14.4 .494 .400 0.7 0.5 1.2 .141
11 Connie Dierking 22 64 726 10.7 .417 .362 -0.1 0.9 0.7 .049
12 Paul Seymour 31 21 266 11.0 .406 .327 0.0 0.3 0.3 .046
13 Tommy Kearns 22 1 7 8.8 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .230

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 30 9 351 78 195 .400 98 107 .916 117 41 36 254
2 George Yardley 30 9 333 83 189 .439 60 70 .857 87 21 29 226
3 Larry Costello 27 9 361 54 121 .446 51 61 .836 53 54 40 159
4 Red Kerr 26 9 312 50 142 .352 30 33 .909 108 24 20 130
5 Hal Greer 22 9 277 39 93 .419 26 32 .813 47 20 35 104
6 Al Bianchi 26 9 192 34 74 .459 14 22 .636 29 25 41 82
7 Bob Hopkins 24 9 203 23 68 .338 28 34 .824 60 9 33 74
8 Togo Palazzi 26 8 67 13 44 .295 10 14 .714 21 6 10 36
9 Connie Dierking 22 4 34 2 12 .167 7 9 .778 17 2 5 11
10 George Dempsey 29 5 30 3 8 .375 3 4 .750 6 4 8 9

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 30 9 39.0 8.7 21.7 .400 10.9 11.9 .916 13.0 4.6 4.0 28.2
2 George Yardley 30 9 37.0 9.2 21.0 .439 6.7 7.8 .857 9.7 2.3 3.2 25.1
3 Larry Costello 27 9 40.1 6.0 13.4 .446 5.7 6.8 .836 5.9 6.0 4.4 17.7
4 Red Kerr 26 9 34.7 5.6 15.8 .352 3.3 3.7 .909 12.0 2.7 2.2 14.4
5 Hal Greer 22 9 30.8 4.3 10.3 .419 2.9 3.6 .813 5.2 2.2 3.9 11.6
6 Al Bianchi 26 9 21.3 3.8 8.2 .459 1.6 2.4 .636 3.2 2.8 4.6 9.1
7 Bob Hopkins 24 9 22.6 2.6 7.6 .338 3.1 3.8 .824 6.7 1.0 3.7 8.2
8 Togo Palazzi 26 8 8.4 1.6 5.5 .295 1.3 1.8 .714 2.6 0.8 1.3 4.5
9 Connie Dierking 22 4 8.5 0.5 3.0 .167 1.8 2.3 .778 4.3 0.5 1.3 2.8
10 George Dempsey 29 5 6.0 0.6 1.6 .375 0.6 0.8 .750 1.2 0.8 1.6 1.8

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 30 9 351 8.0 20.0 .400 10.1 11.0 .916 12.0 4.2 3.7 26.1
2 George Yardley 30 9 333 9.0 20.4 .439 6.5 7.6 .857 9.4 2.3 3.1 24.4
3 Togo Palazzi 26 8 67 7.0 23.6 .295 5.4 7.5 .714 11.3 3.2 5.4 19.3
4 Larry Costello 27 9 361 5.4 12.1 .446 5.1 6.1 .836 5.3 5.4 4.0 15.9
5 Al Bianchi 26 9 192 6.4 13.9 .459 2.6 4.1 .636 5.4 4.7 7.7 15.4
6 Red Kerr 26 9 312 5.8 16.4 .352 3.5 3.8 .909 12.5 2.8 2.3 15.0
7 Hal Greer 22 9 277 5.1 12.1 .419 3.4 4.2 .813 6.1 2.6 4.5 13.5
8 Bob Hopkins 24 9 203 4.1 12.1 .338 5.0 6.0 .824 10.6 1.6 5.9 13.1
9 Connie Dierking 22 4 34 2.1 12.7 .167 7.4 9.5 .778 18.0 2.1 5.3 11.6
10 George Dempsey 29 5 30 3.6 9.6 .375 3.6 4.8 .750 7.2 4.8 9.6 10.8

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 30 9 351 23.9 .525 .400 17.8 1.2 0.1 1.3 .174
2 George Yardley 30 9 333 19.8 .514 .439 10.0 0.9 0.1 1.0 .141
3 Larry Costello 27 9 361 15.0 .538 .446 20.6 0.9 0.1 0.9 .125
4 Hal Greer 22 9 277 10.3 .486 .419 9.8 0.3 0.0 0.4 .061
5 Al Bianchi 26 9 192 10.9 .490 .459 18.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 .077
6 Bob Hopkins 24 9 203 9.8 .446 .338 5.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 .025
7 Red Kerr 26 9 312 13.5 .415 .352 10.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.007
8 George Dempsey 29 5 30 7.7 .461 .375 17.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .042
9 Connie Dierking 22 4 34 10.3 .345 .167 7.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.082
10 Togo Palazzi 26 8 67 10.3 .359 .295 13.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.120