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1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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41-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Alex Hannum (41-39)

Points Per Game: 120.7 (4th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 118.4 (4th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-35 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 112,486 (8th of 9)

SRS: 2.24 (3rd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Philadelphia Warriors

1961-62 Syracuse Nationals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 March 26, 1932 5 Bowling Green State University
21 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 July 2, 1931 6 Niagara University
20 Dave Gambee F 6-6 215 April 16, 1937 3 Oregon State University
23 Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 12
15 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 June 26, 1936 3 Marshall University
11 Swede Halbrook C 7-3 235 January 30, 1933 1 Oregon State University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 7 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5 Paul Neumann G 6-1 175 January 30, 1938 R Stanford University
23 Chuck Osborne F 6-6 210 January 21, 1939 R Western Kentucky University
12 Joe Roberts F 6-6 214 May 18, 1936 1 Ohio State University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 12 New York University
22 Lee Shaffer F 6-7 220 February 23, 1939 R University of North Carolina

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 80 3706 8875 .418 2246 2880 .780 5764 1791 2344 9658 120.7
Opponent 80 9473 118.4

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 Hal Greer 25 71 2705 644 1442 .447 331 404 .819 524 313 252 1619
2 Dave Gambee 24 80 2314 477 1126 .424 384 470 .817 631 114 275 1338
3 Red Kerr 29 80 2767 541 1220 .443 222 302 .735 1176 243 272 1304
4 Lee Shaffer 22 75 2093 514 1180 .436 239 310 .771 511 99 266 1267
5 Larry Costello 30 63 1854 310 726 .427 247 295 .837 245 359 220 867
6 Al Bianchi 29 80 1925 336 847 .397 154 221 .697 281 263 232 826
7 Dolph Schayes 33 56 1480 268 751 .357 286 319 .897 439 120 167 822
8 Joe Roberts 25 80 1642 243 619 .393 129 194 .665 538 50 230 615
9 Paul Neumann 24 79 1365 172 401 .429 133 172 .773 194 176 203 477
10 Swede Halbrook 29 64 908 152 422 .360 96 151 .636 399 33 179 400
11 Chuck Osborne 23 4 21 1 8 .125 3 4 .750 9 1 3 5
12 Joe Graboski 32 23 323 48 133 22 38 105 20 45 118

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 Hal Greer 25 71 38.1 9.1 20.3 .447 4.7 5.7 .819 7.4 4.4 3.5 22.8
2 Lee Shaffer 22 75 27.9 6.9 15.7 .436 3.2 4.1 .771 6.8 1.3 3.5 16.9
3 Dave Gambee 24 80 28.9 6.0 14.1 .424 4.8 5.9 .817 7.9 1.4 3.4 16.7
4 Red Kerr 29 80 34.6 6.8 15.3 .443 2.8 3.8 .735 14.7 3.0 3.4 16.3
5 Dolph Schayes 33 56 26.4 4.8 13.4 .357 5.1 5.7 .897 7.8 2.1 3.0 14.7
6 Larry Costello 30 63 29.4 4.9 11.5 .427 3.9 4.7 .837 3.9 5.7 3.5 13.8
7 Al Bianchi 29 80 24.1 4.2 10.6 .397 1.9 2.8 .697 3.5 3.3 2.9 10.3
8 Joe Roberts 25 80 20.5 3.0 7.7 .393 1.6 2.4 .665 6.7 0.6 2.9 7.7
9 Swede Halbrook 29 64 14.2 2.4 6.6 .360 1.5 2.4 .636 6.2 0.5 2.8 6.3
10 Paul Neumann 24 79 17.3 2.2 5.1 .429 1.7 2.2 .773 2.5 2.2 2.6 6.0
11 Chuck Osborne 23 4 5.3 0.3 2.0 .125 0.8 1.0 .750 2.3 0.3 0.8 1.3
12 Joe Graboski 32 23

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 Lee Shaffer 22 75 2093 8.8 20.3 .436 4.1 5.3 .771 8.8 1.7 4.6 21.8
2 Hal Greer 25 71 2705 8.6 19.2 .447 4.4 5.4 .819 7.0 4.2 3.4 21.5
3 Dave Gambee 24 80 2314 7.4 17.5 .424 6.0 7.3 .817 9.8 1.8 4.3 20.8
4 Dolph Schayes 33 56 1480 6.5 18.3 .357 7.0 7.8 .897 10.7 2.9 4.1 20.0
5 Red Kerr 29 80 2767 7.0 15.9 .443 2.9 3.9 .735 15.3 3.2 3.5 17.0
6 Larry Costello 30 63 1854 6.0 14.1 .427 4.8 5.7 .837 4.8 7.0 4.3 16.8
7 Swede Halbrook 29 64 908 6.0 16.7 .360 3.8 6.0 .636 15.8 1.3 7.1 15.9
8 Al Bianchi 29 80 1925 6.3 15.8 .397 2.9 4.1 .697 5.3 4.9 4.3 15.4
9 Joe Roberts 25 80 1642 5.3 13.6 .393 2.8 4.3 .665 11.8 1.1 5.0 13.5
10 Paul Neumann 24 79 1365 4.5 10.6 .429 3.5 4.5 .773 5.1 4.6 5.4 12.6
11 Chuck Osborne 23 4 21 1.7 13.7 .125 5.1 6.9 .750 15.4 1.7 5.1 8.6
12 Joe Graboski 32 23 323

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 Hal Greer 25 71 2705 17.5 .500 .447 5.0 3.5 8.5
2 Red Kerr 29 80 2767 17.4 .482 .443 2.9 4.9 7.8
3 Dave Gambee 24 80 2314 16.2 .502 .424 4.1 2.9 7.0
4 Larry Costello 30 63 1854 15.6 .507 .427 3.3 2.6 5.9
5 Lee Shaffer 22 75 2093 15.3 .481 .436 2.6 2.4 5.0
6 Paul Neumann 24 79 1365 10.8 .500 .429 1.6 1.6 3.3
7 Dolph Schayes 33 56 1480 15.8 .461 .357 0.9 2.1 3.1
8 Al Bianchi 29 80 1925 11.4 .437 .397 0.0 2.4 2.4
9 Joe Roberts 25 80 1642 10.3 .437 .393 -0.2 2.2 1.9
10 Swede Halbrook 29 64 908 11.6 .409 .360 -0.9 1.5 0.6
11 Chuck Osborne 23 4 21 4.7 .256 .125 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Joe Graboski 32 23 323

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 Lee Shaffer 22 5 174 35 99 24 31 55 7 17 94 .354 .774 34.8 18.8 11.0 1.4
2 Red Kerr 29 5 193 41 109 6 8 80 10 15 88 .376 .750 38.6 17.6 16.0 2.0
3 Larry Costello 30 5 167 22 51 29 33 16 28 21 73 .431 .879 33.4 14.6 3.2 5.6
4 Al Bianchi 29 5 184 27 69 17 20 26 18 17 71 .391 .850 36.8 14.2 5.2 3.6
5 Dolph Schayes 33 5 95 24 66 9 13 35 5 21 57 .364 .692 19.0 11.4 7.0 1.0
6 Dave Gambee 24 5 170 17 54 22 25 45 4 22 56 .315 .880 34.0 11.2 9.0 0.8
7 Paul Neumann 24 5 124 12 29 4 6 17 14 13 28 .414 .667 24.8 5.6 3.4 2.8
8 Joe Roberts 25 4 64 8 22 10 14 28 0 9 26 .364 .714 16.0 6.5 7.0 0.0
9 Joe Graboski 32 4 24 1 7 1 1 4 0 3 3 .143 1.000 6.0 0.8 1.0 0.0
10 Hal Greer 25 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.0 0.0 0.0 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 30 5 167 17.6 .557 .431 25.9 0.5 0.2 0.8
2 Al Bianchi 29 5 184 12.8 .456 .391 15.5 0.1 0.2 0.3
3 Dave Gambee 24 5 170 10.2 .431 .315 3.5 0.0 0.2 0.2
4 Paul Neumann 24 5 124 9.1 .442 .414 16.5 0.0 0.2 0.2
5 Joe Roberts 25 4 64 15.2 .462 .364 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Lee Shaffer 22 5 174 15.9 .417 .354 7.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1
7 Dolph Schayes 33 5 95 14.6 .397 .364 10.0 -0.2 0.2 0.0
8 Hal Greer 25 1 5 -4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Red Kerr 29 5 193 15.9 .391 .376 9.1 -0.3 0.3 0.0
10 Joe Graboski 32 4 24 -2.3 .202 .143 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1