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1960-61 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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38-41, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Alex Hannum (38-41)

Points Per Game: 121.3 (1st of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 119.2 (4th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-35 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 112,394 (8th of 8)

SRS: 1.92 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

1960-61 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 1 Tennessee State University
3 Ernie Beck G-F 6-4 190 December 11, 1931 6 University of Pennsylvania
24 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 March 26, 1932 4 Bowling Green State University
23 Barney Cable F 6-7 175 July 29, 1935 2 Bradley University
21 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 July 2, 1931 5 Niagara University
20 Dave Gambee F 6-6 215 April 16, 1937 2 Oregon State University
15 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 June 26, 1936 2 Marshall University
11 Swede Halbrook C 7-3 235 January 30, 1933 R Oregon State University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3 Cal Ramsey F 6-4 200 July 13, 1937 1 New York University
12 Joe Roberts F 6-6 214 May 18, 1936 R Ohio State University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 11 New York 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 79 3654 8746 .418 2278 2948 .773 5726 1786 2280 9586 121.3
Opponent 79 9416 119.2

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 32 79 3007 594 1595 .372 680 783 .868 960 296 296 1868
2 Hal Greer 24 79 2763 623 1381 .451 305 394 .774 455 302 242 1551
3 Dick Barnett 24 78 2070 540 1194 .452 240 337 .712 283 218 169 1320
4 Dave Gambee 23 79 2090 397 947 .419 291 352 .827 581 101 276 1085
5 Larry Costello 29 75 2167 407 844 .482 270 338 .799 292 413 286 1084
6 Red Kerr 28 79 2676 419 1056 .397 218 299 .729 951 199 230 1056
7 Barney Cable 25 75 1642 266 574 .463 73 108 .676 469 85 246 605
8 Swede Halbrook 28 79 1131 155 463 .335 76 140 .543 550 31 262 386
9 Joe Roberts 24 68 800 130 351 .370 62 104 .596 243 43 125 322
10 Al Bianchi 28 52 667 118 342 .345 60 87 .690 105 93 137 296
11 Ernie Beck 29 3 20 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 11 2 1 7
12 Cal Ramsey 23 2 27 2 11 .182 2 4 .500 7 3 7 6

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 32 79 38.1 7.5 20.2 .372 8.6 9.9 .868 12.2 3.7 3.7 23.6
2 Hal Greer 24 79 35.0 7.9 17.5 .451 3.9 5.0 .774 5.8 3.8 3.1 19.6
3 Dick Barnett 24 78 26.5 6.9 15.3 .452 3.1 4.3 .712 3.6 2.8 2.2 16.9
4 Larry Costello 29 75 28.9 5.4 11.3 .482 3.6 4.5 .799 3.9 5.5 3.8 14.5
5 Dave Gambee 23 79 26.5 5.0 12.0 .419 3.7 4.5 .827 7.4 1.3 3.5 13.7
6 Red Kerr 28 79 33.9 5.3 13.4 .397 2.8 3.8 .729 12.0 2.5 2.9 13.4
7 Barney Cable 25 75 21.9 3.5 7.7 .463 1.0 1.4 .676 6.3 1.1 3.3 8.1
8 Al Bianchi 28 52 12.8 2.3 6.6 .345 1.2 1.7 .690 2.0 1.8 2.6 5.7
9 Swede Halbrook 28 79 14.3 2.0 5.9 .335 1.0 1.8 .543 7.0 0.4 3.3 4.9
10 Joe Roberts 24 68 11.8 1.9 5.2 .370 0.9 1.5 .596 3.6 0.6 1.8 4.7
11 Cal Ramsey 23 2 13.5 1.0 5.5 .182 1.0 2.0 .500 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.0
12 Ernie Beck 29 3 6.7 1.0 2.7 .375 0.3 0.7 .500 3.7 0.7 0.3 2.3

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 Dick Barnett 24 78 2070 9.4 20.8 .452 4.2 5.9 .712 4.9 3.8 2.9 23.0
2 Dolph Schayes 32 79 3007 7.1 19.1 .372 8.1 9.4 .868 11.5 3.5 3.5 22.4
3 Hal Greer 24 79 2763 8.1 18.0 .451 4.0 5.1 .774 5.9 3.9 3.2 20.2
4 Dave Gambee 23 79 2090 6.8 16.3 .419 5.0 6.1 .827 10.0 1.7 4.8 18.7
5 Larry Costello 29 75 2167 6.8 14.0 .482 4.5 5.6 .799 4.9 6.9 4.8 18.0
6 Al Bianchi 28 52 667 6.4 18.5 .345 3.2 4.7 .690 5.7 5.0 7.4 16.0
7 Joe Roberts 24 68 800 5.9 15.8 .370 2.8 4.7 .596 10.9 1.9 5.6 14.5
8 Red Kerr 28 79 2676 5.6 14.2 .397 2.9 4.0 .729 12.8 2.7 3.1 14.2
9 Barney Cable 25 75 1642 5.8 12.6 .463 1.6 2.4 .676 10.3 1.9 5.4 13.3
10 Ernie Beck 29 3 20 5.4 14.4 .375 1.8 3.6 .500 19.8 3.6 1.8 12.6
11 Swede Halbrook 28 79 1131 4.9 14.7 .335 2.4 4.5 .543 17.5 1.0 8.3 12.3
12 Cal Ramsey 23 2 27 2.7 14.7 .182 2.7 5.3 .500 9.3 4.0 9.3 8.0

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 Larry Costello 29 75 2167 17.2 .546 .482 6.3 2.3 8.6
2 Dolph Schayes 32 79 3007 19.2 .482 .372 5.0 3.5 8.5
3 Hal Greer 24 79 2763 16.3 .499 .451 5.4 2.5 7.9
4 Dick Barnett 24 78 2070 17.1 .492 .452 4.1 1.7 5.8
5 Dave Gambee 23 79 2090 14.7 .492 .419 3.3 2.0 5.3
6 Red Kerr 28 79 2676 13.7 .445 .397 0.8 3.1 3.9
7 Barney Cable 25 75 1642 11.4 .487 .463 1.7 1.6 3.3
8 Joe Roberts 24 68 800 9.9 .406 .370 -0.6 0.8 0.2
9 Ernie Beck 29 3 20 16.1 .394 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Al Bianchi 28 52 667 8.8 .389 .345 -0.8 0.6 -0.1
11 Cal Ramsey 23 2 27 0.5 .235 .182 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Swede Halbrook 28 79 1131 8.9 .368 .335 -1.8 1.5 -0.3

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 32 8 308 51 152 63 70 91 21 32 165 .336 .900 38.5 20.6 11.4 2.6
2 Larry Costello 29 8 269 42 103 47 55 35 52 39 131 .408 .855 33.6 16.4 4.4 6.5
3 Dick Barnett 24 8 226 49 112 26 36 36 12 25 124 .438 .722 28.3 15.5 4.5 1.5
4 Hal Greer 24 8 232 41 106 33 40 33 19 32 115 .387 .825 29.0 14.4 4.1 2.4
5 Dave Gambee 23 8 208 34 95 32 41 55 12 33 100 .358 .780 26.0 12.5 6.9 1.5
6 Red Kerr 28 8 210 30 88 16 23 99 20 18 76 .341 .696 26.3 9.5 12.4 2.5
7 Swede Halbrook 28 8 172 24 72 14 20 83 12 21 62 .333 .700 21.5 7.8 10.4 1.5
8 Barney Cable 25 8 185 26 65 10 17 61 7 29 62 .400 .588 23.1 7.8 7.6 0.9
9 Al Bianchi 28 7 90 17 46 8 9 7 5 20 42 .370 .889 12.9 6.0 1.0 0.7
10 Joe Roberts 24 5 20 3 10 0 0 4 0 3 6 .300 4.0 1.2 0.8 0.0

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 Larry Costello 29 8 269 17.3 .515 .408 28.9 0.7 0.3 0.9
2 Dolph Schayes 32 8 308 16.3 .451 .336 10.3 0.2 0.3 0.5
3 Dick Barnett 24 8 226 14.6 .485 .438 8.7 0.4 0.1 0.5
4 Hal Greer 24 8 232 12.8 .465 .387 12.6 0.3 0.2 0.4
5 Dave Gambee 23 8 208 12.9 .442 .358 8.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
6 Barney Cable 25 8 185 10.3 .428 .400 5.5 0.0 0.2 0.2
7 Red Kerr 28 8 210 15.2 .387 .341 14.0 -0.2 0.3 0.1
8 Swede Halbrook 28 8 172 13.8 .384 .333 10.2 -0.2 0.2 0.0
9 Al Bianchi 28 7 90 7.0 .420 .370 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Joe Roberts 24 5 20 1.5 .300 .300 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1