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1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Statistics

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48-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Alex Hannum (48-32)

Points Per Game: 121.6 (1st of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 117.8 (8th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-31 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 161,593 (5th of 9)

SRS: 3.40 (2nd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Cincinnati Royals

1962-63 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 6 Bowling Green State University
23 Len Chappell F-C 6-8 240 January 31, 1941 R Wake Forest University
21 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 July 2, 1931 7 Niagara University
20 Dave Gambee F 6-6 215 April 16, 1937 4 Oregon State University
15 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 June 26, 1936 4 Marshall University
10 Red Kerr C-F 6-9 230 August 17, 1932 8 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
14 Porter Meriwether G 6-2 180 March 16, 1940 R Tennessee State University
5 Paul Neumann G 6-1 175 January 30, 1938 1 Stanford University
12 Joe Roberts F 6-6 214 May 18, 1936 2 Ohio State University
4 Dolph Schayes F-C 6-7 195 May 19, 1928 13 New York University
22 Lee Shaffer F 6-7 220 February 23, 1939 1 University of North Carolina
25 Chet Walker F-G 6-6 212 February 22, 1940 R Bradley University
14 Ben Warley F-G 6-5 200 September 4, 1936 R Tennessee State 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 80 3690 8290 .445 2350 3005 .782 5516 1742 2277 9730 121.6
Opponent 80 9427 117.8

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 26 80 2631 600 1293 .464 362 434 .834 457 275 286 1562
2 Lee Shaffer 23 80 2392 597 1393 .429 294 375 .784 524 97 249 1488
3 Red Kerr 30 80 2561 507 1069 .474 241 320 .753 1039 214 208 1255
4 Chet Walker 22 78 1992 352 751 .469 253 362 .699 561 83 220 957
5 Larry Costello 31 78 2066 285 660 .432 288 327 .881 237 334 263 858
6 Len Chappell 22 80 1241 281 604 .465 148 238 .622 461 56 171 710
7 Dave Gambee 25 60 1234 235 537 .438 199 238 .836 289 48 190 669
8 Paul Neumann 25 80 1581 237 503 .471 181 222 .815 200 227 221 655
9 Dolph Schayes 34 66 1438 223 575 .388 181 206 .879 375 175 177 627
10 Al Bianchi 30 61 1159 202 476 .424 120 164 .732 134 170 165 524
11 Joe Roberts 26 33 466 73 196 .372 35 51 .686 155 16 66 181
12 Ben Warley 26 26 206 50 111 .450 25 35 .714 86 4 42 125
13 Porter Meriwether 22 31 268 48 122 .393 23 33 .697 29 43 19 119

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 26 80 32.9 7.5 16.2 .464 4.5 5.4 .834 5.7 3.4 3.6 19.5
2 Lee Shaffer 23 80 29.9 7.5 17.4 .429 3.7 4.7 .784 6.6 1.2 3.1 18.6
3 Red Kerr 30 80 32.0 6.3 13.4 .474 3.0 4.0 .753 13.0 2.7 2.6 15.7
4 Chet Walker 22 78 25.5 4.5 9.6 .469 3.2 4.6 .699 7.2 1.1 2.8 12.3
5 Dave Gambee 25 60 20.6 3.9 9.0 .438 3.3 4.0 .836 4.8 0.8 3.2 11.2
6 Larry Costello 31 78 26.5 3.7 8.5 .432 3.7 4.2 .881 3.0 4.3 3.4 11.0
7 Dolph Schayes 34 66 21.8 3.4 8.7 .388 2.7 3.1 .879 5.7 2.7 2.7 9.5
8 Len Chappell 22 80 15.5 3.5 7.6 .465 1.9 3.0 .622 5.8 0.7 2.1 8.9
9 Al Bianchi 30 61 19.0 3.3 7.8 .424 2.0 2.7 .732 2.2 2.8 2.7 8.6
10 Paul Neumann 25 80 19.8 3.0 6.3 .471 2.3 2.8 .815 2.5 2.8 2.8 8.2
11 Joe Roberts 26 33 14.1 2.2 5.9 .372 1.1 1.5 .686 4.7 0.5 2.0 5.5
12 Ben Warley 26 26 7.9 1.9 4.3 .450 1.0 1.3 .714 3.3 0.2 1.6 4.8
13 Porter Meriwether 22 31 8.6 1.5 3.9 .393 0.7 1.1 .697 0.9 1.4 0.6 3.8

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 23 80 2392 9.0 21.0 .429 4.4 5.6 .784 7.9 1.5 3.7 22.4
2 Ben Warley 26 26 206 8.7 19.4 .450 4.4 6.1 .714 15.0 0.7 7.3 21.8
3 Hal Greer 26 80 2631 8.2 17.7 .464 5.0 5.9 .834 6.3 3.8 3.9 21.4
4 Len Chappell 22 80 1241 8.2 17.5 .465 4.3 6.9 .622 13.4 1.6 5.0 20.6
5 Dave Gambee 25 60 1234 6.9 15.7 .438 5.8 6.9 .836 8.4 1.4 5.5 19.5
6 Red Kerr 30 80 2561 7.1 15.0 .474 3.4 4.5 .753 14.6 3.0 2.9 17.6
7 Chet Walker 22 78 1992 6.4 13.6 .469 4.6 6.5 .699 10.1 1.5 4.0 17.3
8 Al Bianchi 30 61 1159 6.3 14.8 .424 3.7 5.1 .732 4.2 5.3 5.1 16.3
9 Porter Meriwether 22 31 268 6.4 16.4 .393 3.1 4.4 .697 3.9 5.8 2.6 16.0
10 Dolph Schayes 34 66 1438 5.6 14.4 .388 4.5 5.2 .879 9.4 4.4 4.4 15.7
11 Larry Costello 31 78 2066 5.0 11.5 .432 5.0 5.7 .881 4.1 5.8 4.6 15.0
12 Paul Neumann 25 80 1581 5.4 11.5 .471 4.1 5.1 .815 4.6 5.2 5.0 14.9
13 Joe Roberts 26 33 466 5.6 15.1 .372 2.7 3.9 .686 12.0 1.2 5.1 14.0

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 Hal Greer 26 80 2631 17.3 .526 .464 5.7 2.5 8.2
2 Red Kerr 30 80 2561 18.6 .519 .474 4.1 3.6 7.7
3 Larry Costello 31 78 2066 13.8 .534 .432 3.6 2.1 5.7
4 Chet Walker 22 78 1992 14.8 .526 .469 3.3 2.0 5.3
5 Paul Neumann 25 80 1581 13.5 .545 .471 3.0 1.5 4.6
6 Lee Shaffer 23 80 2392 15.3 .478 .429 1.8 2.1 3.8
7 Dave Gambee 25 60 1234 14.6 .521 .438 2.2 1.1 3.3
8 Len Chappell 22 80 1241 17.2 .501 .465 1.7 1.5 3.2
9 Dolph Schayes 34 66 1438 14.2 .471 .388 0.7 1.7 2.4
10 Al Bianchi 30 61 1159 12.5 .478 .424 0.8 1.1 1.9
11 Ben Warley 26 26 206 16.8 .494 .450 0.2 0.3 0.5
12 Porter Meriwether 22 31 268 12.4 .436 .393 -0.1 0.3 0.2
13 Joe Roberts 26 33 466 10.1 .414 .372 -0.5 0.5 0.0

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 23 5 173 56 117 24 30 23 6 19 136 .479 .800 34.6 27.2 4.6 1.2
2 Hal Greer 26 5 214 44 87 29 35 27 21 21 117 .506 .829 42.8 23.4 5.4 4.2
3 Chet Walker 22 5 130 27 53 22 30 47 9 8 76 .509 .733 26.0 15.2 9.4 1.8
4 Red Kerr 30 5 187 26 60 16 21 75 9 12 68 .433 .762 37.4 13.6 15.0 1.8
5 Dolph Schayes 34 5 108 20 44 11 12 28 7 17 51 .455 .917 21.6 10.2 5.6 1.4
6 Larry Costello 31 5 134 16 37 19 23 4 23 27 51 .432 .826 26.8 10.2 0.8 4.6
7 Al Bianchi 30 5 77 15 34 4 7 8 2 17 34 .441 .571 15.4 6.8 1.6 0.4
8 Dave Gambee 25 5 75 10 34 12 13 16 0 14 32 .294 .923 15.0 6.4 3.2 0.0
9 Len Chappell 22 4 53 4 21 13 16 18 3 7 21 .190 .813 13.3 5.3 4.5 0.8
10 Paul Neumann 25 4 65 8 18 0 1 14 9 11 16 .444 .000 16.3 4.0 3.5 2.3
11 Ben Warley 26 2 9 0 4 2 4 3 0 2 2 .000 .500 4.5 1.0 1.5 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 Hal Greer 26 5 214 16.8 .571 .506 13.7 0.6 0.0 0.6
2 Chet Walker 22 5 130 21.6 .574 .509 9.7 0.4 0.0 0.4
3 Lee Shaffer 23 5 173 19.1 .522 .479 5.8 0.4 0.0 0.4
4 Dolph Schayes 34 5 108 14.1 .517 .455 8.8 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Red Kerr 30 5 187 14.6 .491 .433 6.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Larry Costello 31 5 134 10.6 .541 .432 21.4 0.2 0.0 0.2
7 Paul Neumann 25 4 65 8.7 .434 .444 17.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Al Bianchi 30 5 77 7.0 .458 .441 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Dave Gambee 25 5 75 6.7 .403 .294 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Len Chappell 22 4 53 9.7 .374 .190 6.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Ben Warley 26 2 9 -5.6 .174 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1