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1959-60 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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45-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Paul Seymour (45-30)

Points Per Game: 118.9 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 116.3 (6th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-32 (4th of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 110,000 (6th of 8)

SRS: 2.77 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Philadelphia Warriors

1959-60 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Dick Barnett G-F 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 R Tennessee State University
24 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 March 26, 1932 3 Bowling Green State University
23 Barney Cable F 6-7 175 July 29, 1935 1 Bradley University
21 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 July 2, 1931 4 Niagara University
8 Connie Dierking C-F 6-9 222 October 2, 1936 1 University of Cincinnati
15 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 June 26, 1936 1 Marshall University
9 Bob Hopkins C-F 6-8 205 November 3, 1934 3 Grambling State University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 August 8, 1932 5 College of the Holy Cross
3 Jim Ray G 6-1 180 January 12, 1934 1 University of Toledo
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 10 New York University
11 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 4 Furman University
5 Paul Seymour G-F 6-1 180 January 30, 1928 11 University of Toledo
12 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 6 Stanford 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 75 3406 8232 .414 2105 2662 .791 5406 1676 1939 8917 118.9
Opponent 75 8720 116.3

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 31 75 2741 578 1440 .401 533 597 .893 959 256 263 1689
2 George Yardley 31 73 2402 546 1205 .453 381 467 .816 579 122 227 1473
3 Red Kerr 27 75 2372 436 1111 .392 233 310 .752 913 167 207 1105
4 Larry Costello 28 71 2469 372 822 .453 249 289 .862 388 449 234 993
5 Hal Greer 23 70 1979 388 815 .476 148 189 .783 303 188 208 924
6 Dick Barnett 23 57 1235 289 701 .412 128 180 .711 155 160 98 706
7 Bob Hopkins 25 75 1616 257 660 .389 136 174 .782 465 55 193 650
8 Al Bianchi 27 69 1256 211 576 .366 109 155 .703 179 169 231 531
9 Connie Dierking 23 71 1119 192 526 .365 108 188 .574 456 54 168 492
10 Barney Cable 24 50 599 87 230 .378 40 57 .702 177 33 74 214
11 Frank Selvy 27 19 217 36 94 .383 31 48 .646 47 20 25 103
12 Togo Palazzi 27 7 70 13 41 .317 4 8 .500 14 3 7 30
13 Jim Ray 26 4 21 1 6 .167 0 0 0 2 3 2
14 Paul Seymour 32 4 7 0 4 .000 0 0 1 0 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 31 75 36.5 7.7 19.2 .401 7.1 8.0 .893 12.8 3.4 3.5 22.5
2 George Yardley 31 73 32.9 7.5 16.5 .453 5.2 6.4 .816 7.9 1.7 3.1 20.2
3 Red Kerr 27 75 31.6 5.8 14.8 .392 3.1 4.1 .752 12.2 2.2 2.8 14.7
4 Larry Costello 28 71 34.8 5.2 11.6 .453 3.5 4.1 .862 5.5 6.3 3.3 14.0
5 Hal Greer 23 70 28.3 5.5 11.6 .476 2.1 2.7 .783 4.3 2.7 3.0 13.2
6 Dick Barnett 23 57 21.7 5.1 12.3 .412 2.2 3.2 .711 2.7 2.8 1.7 12.4
7 Bob Hopkins 25 75 21.5 3.4 8.8 .389 1.8 2.3 .782 6.2 0.7 2.6 8.7
8 Al Bianchi 27 69 18.2 3.1 8.3 .366 1.6 2.2 .703 2.6 2.4 3.3 7.7
9 Connie Dierking 23 71 15.8 2.7 7.4 .365 1.5 2.6 .574 6.4 0.8 2.4 6.9
10 Frank Selvy 27 19 11.4 1.9 4.9 .383 1.6 2.5 .646 2.5 1.1 1.3 5.4
11 Togo Palazzi 27 7 10.0 1.9 5.9 .317 0.6 1.1 .500 2.0 0.4 1.0 4.3
12 Barney Cable 24 50 12.0 1.7 4.6 .378 0.8 1.1 .702 3.5 0.7 1.5 4.3
13 Jim Ray 26 4 5.3 0.3 1.5 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.5
14 Paul Seymour 32 4 1.8 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 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 Dolph Schayes 31 75 2741 7.6 18.9 .401 7.0 7.8 .893 12.6 3.4 3.5 22.2
2 George Yardley 31 73 2402 8.2 18.1 .453 5.7 7.0 .816 8.7 1.8 3.4 22.1
3 Dick Barnett 23 57 1235 8.4 20.4 .412 3.7 5.2 .711 4.5 4.7 2.9 20.6
4 Frank Selvy 27 19 217 6.0 15.6 .383 5.1 8.0 .646 7.8 3.3 4.1 17.1
5 Hal Greer 23 70 1979 7.1 14.8 .476 2.7 3.4 .783 5.5 3.4 3.8 16.8
6 Red Kerr 27 75 2372 6.6 16.9 .392 3.5 4.7 .752 13.9 2.5 3.1 16.8
7 Connie Dierking 23 71 1119 6.2 16.9 .365 3.5 6.0 .574 14.7 1.7 5.4 15.8
8 Togo Palazzi 27 7 70 6.7 21.1 .317 2.1 4.1 .500 7.2 1.5 3.6 15.4
9 Al Bianchi 27 69 1256 6.0 16.5 .366 3.1 4.4 .703 5.1 4.8 6.6 15.2
10 Larry Costello 28 71 2469 5.4 12.0 .453 3.6 4.2 .862 5.7 6.5 3.4 14.5
11 Bob Hopkins 25 75 1616 5.7 14.7 .389 3.0 3.9 .782 10.4 1.2 4.3 14.5
12 Barney Cable 24 50 599 5.2 13.8 .378 2.4 3.4 .702 10.6 2.0 4.4 12.9
13 Jim Ray 26 4 21 1.7 10.3 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.1 3.4
14 Paul Seymour 32 4 7 0.0 20.6 .000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.1 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 31 75 2741 20.5 .496 .401 6.2 3.3 9.5
2 George Yardley 31 73 2402 18.2 .522 .453 6.9 2.1 9.0
3 Larry Costello 28 71 2469 15.6 .523 .453 5.4 2.6 8.0
4 Hal Greer 23 70 1979 14.1 .514 .476 4.2 1.6 5.8
5 Red Kerr 27 75 2372 15.7 .443 .392 1.0 2.8 3.8
6 Dick Barnett 23 57 1235 15.1 .452 .412 1.1 1.1 2.2
7 Bob Hopkins 25 75 1616 11.1 .441 .389 0.4 1.5 1.9
8 Al Bianchi 27 69 1256 9.6 .412 .366 -0.4 1.1 0.8
9 Connie Dierking 23 71 1119 12.3 .404 .365 -0.8 1.3 0.5
10 Barney Cable 24 50 599 10.4 .419 .378 -0.1 0.6 0.5
11 Frank Selvy 27 19 217 13.0 .447 .383 0.1 0.2 0.3
12 Jim Ray 26 4 21 -3.5 .167 .167 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 Paul Seymour 32 4 7 -17.1 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
14 Togo Palazzi 27 7 70 6.0 .337 .317 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

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 31 3 126 30 66 28 30 48 8 10 88 .455 .933 42.0 29.3 16.0 2.7
2 Larry Costello 28 3 122 20 47 10 12 14 20 15 50 .426 .833 40.7 16.7 4.7 6.7
3 Hal Greer 23 3 84 22 43 3 4 14 10 5 47 .512 .750 28.0 15.7 4.7 3.3
4 Red Kerr 27 3 104 15 51 11 12 25 9 9 41 .294 .917 34.7 13.7 8.3 3.0
5 George Yardley 31 3 88 15 39 10 12 17 1 9 40 .385 .833 29.3 13.3 5.7 0.3
6 Dick Barnett 23 3 64 12 38 6 7 14 4 4 30 .316 .857 21.3 10.0 4.7 1.3
7 Barney Cable 24 3 63 5 14 4 8 28 1 12 14 .357 .500 21.0 4.7 9.3 0.3
8 Connie Dierking 23 3 32 6 20 0 1 15 1 6 12 .300 .000 10.7 4.0 5.0 0.3
9 Bob Hopkins 25 1 19 2 8 3 3 6 0 3 7 .250 1.000 19.0 7.0 6.0 0.0
10 Al Bianchi 27 2 18 0 8 0 0 3 3 2 0 .000 9.0 0.0 1.5 1.5

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 31 3 126 24.8 .556 .455 9.9 0.6 0.0 0.6
2 Hal Greer 23 3 84 18.4 .525 .512 19.2 0.3 0.0 0.3
3 Larry Costello 28 3 122 13.1 .478 .426 22.8 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 George Yardley 31 3 88 10.5 .452 .385 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Barney Cable 24 3 63 8.3 .400 .357 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Bob Hopkins 25 1 19 7.5 .376 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Connie Dierking 23 3 32 6.2 .294 .300 4.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Dick Barnett 23 3 64 9.6 .365 .316 9.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Red Kerr 27 3 104 9.5 .364 .294 11.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
10 Al Bianchi 27 2 18 -7.6 .000 .000 18.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2