Mobile Site You Are Here > BBR > Teams > Syracuse Nationals > 1962-63 Schedule and Results

News: NBA Playoffs Section »post

1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

Previous Season ▪ Next Season

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

PTS/G: 121.6 (1st of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 117.8 (8th of 9)
SRS: 3.40 (2nd of 9)
Expected W-L: 49-31 (2nd of 9)

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

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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 20, 1962 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers W 108 102 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 23, 1962 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 123 119 2 0 W 2
3 Fri, Oct 26, 1962 Box Score Chicago Zephyrs W 130 112 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Oct 27, 1962 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 98 118 3 1 L 1
5 Wed, Oct 31, 1962 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks W 126 108 4 1 W 1 at Baltimore, MD
6 Sat, Nov 3, 1962 Box Score Cincinnati Royals W 130 111 5 1 W 2
7 Fri, Nov 9, 1962 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 101 93 6 1 W 3
8 Wed, Nov 14, 1962 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 120 125 6 2 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 15, 1962 Box Score N Los Angeles Lakers W 120 98 7 2 W 1 at Baltimore, MD
10 Fri, Nov 16, 1962 Box Score Boston Celtics W 113 105 8 2 W 2
11 Sat, Nov 17, 1962 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 107 113 8 3 L 1
12 Sun, Nov 18, 1962 Box Score N Chicago Zephyrs W 110 107 9 3 W 1 at Detroit, MI
13 Wed, Nov 21, 1962 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 122 120 10 3 W 2
14 Thu, Nov 22, 1962 Box Score N Boston Celtics W 130 120 11 3 W 3 at Philadelphia, PA
15 Fri, Nov 23, 1962 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 110 116 11 4 L 1
16 Sat, Nov 24, 1962 Box Score New York Knicks W 137 126 12 4 W 1
17 Tue, Nov 27, 1962 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 105 120 12 5 L 1
18 Thu, Nov 29, 1962 Box Score @ Chicago Zephyrs W 112 85 13 5 W 1
19 Fri, Nov 30, 1962 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 117 130 13 6 L 1
20 Sat, Dec 1, 1962 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 110 129 13 7 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 4, 1962 Box Score N Detroit Pistons L 129 130 13 8 L 3 at New York, NY
22 Fri, Dec 7, 1962 Box Score N Chicago Zephyrs W 149 129 14 8 W 1 at Rochester, NY
23 Sat, Dec 8, 1962 Box Score Boston Celtics W 102 97 15 8 W 2
24 Sun, Dec 9, 1962 Box Score N Los Angeles Lakers W 117 114 16 8 W 3 at Minneapolis, MN
25 Tue, Dec 11, 1962 Box Score @ San Francisco Warriors L 124 136 16 9 L 1
26 Wed, Dec 12, 1962 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 120 126 16 10 L 2
27 Sun, Dec 16, 1962 Box Score @ San Francisco Warriors W 144 137 17 10 W 1
28 Mon, Dec 17, 1962 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 114 121 17 11 L 1
29 Wed, Dec 19, 1962 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 120 129 17 12 L 2
30 Sat, Dec 22, 1962 Box Score San Francisco Warriors L 118 123 17 13 L 3
31 Tue, Dec 25, 1962 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 123 111 18 13 W 1
32 Thu, Dec 27, 1962 Box Score New York Knicks W 128 92 19 13 W 2
33 Fri, Dec 28, 1962 Box Score N San Francisco Warriors L 117 124 19 14 L 1 at Philadelphia, PA
34 Sat, Dec 29, 1962 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 123 132 19 15 L 2
35 Wed, Jan 2, 1963 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 120 95 20 15 W 1
36 Thu, Jan 3, 1963 Box Score N New York Knicks L 115 123 20 16 L 1 at Baltimore, MD
37 Sat, Jan 5, 1963 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals W 136 117 21 16 W 1 at Utica, NY
38 Sun, Jan 6, 1963 Box Score Chicago Zephyrs W 114 102 22 16 W 2
39 Tue, Jan 8, 1963 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals W 119 116 23 16 W 3 at Dayton, OH
40 Wed, Jan 9, 1963 Box Score Cincinnati Royals L 112 116 23 17 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 11, 1963 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 117 134 23 18 L 2
42 Sat, Jan 12, 1963 Box Score N Detroit Pistons L 115 146 23 19 L 3 at Rochester, NY
43 Sun, Jan 13, 1963 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 148 114 24 19 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 19, 1963 Box Score Boston Celtics W OT 149 148 25 19 W 2
45 Tue, Jan 22, 1963 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks L 93 113 25 20 L 1 at New York, NY
46 Wed, Jan 23, 1963 Box Score @ Chicago Zephyrs L 94 104 25 21 L 2
47 Fri, Jan 25, 1963 Box Score N Los Angeles Lakers L 114 122 25 22 L 3 at San Diego, CA
48 Sat, Jan 26, 1963 Box Score @ San Francisco Warriors W 116 110 26 22 W 1
49 Sun, Jan 27, 1963 Box Score @ San Francisco Warriors W 119 110 27 22 W 2
50 Tue, Jan 29, 1963 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 105 123 27 23 L 1
51 Thu, Jan 31, 1963 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 112 100 28 23 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 1, 1963 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 125 111 29 23 W 2
53 Sat, Feb 2, 1963 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals W 117 113 30 23 W 3 at Rochester, NY
54 Sun, Feb 3, 1963 Box Score Cincinnati Royals L 115 125 30 24 L 1
55 Tue, Feb 5, 1963 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 120 100 31 24 W 1
56 Wed, Feb 6, 1963 Box Score Boston Celtics W 126 109 32 24 W 2
57 Fri, Feb 8, 1963 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 162 135 33 24 W 3
58 Sat, Feb 9, 1963 Box Score N New York Knicks W 122 116 34 24 W 4 at Boston, MA
59 Sun, Feb 10, 1963 Box Score San Francisco Warriors W 139 115 35 24 W 5
60 Tue, Feb 12, 1963 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 100 128 35 25 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 13, 1963 Box Score N Cincinnati Royals L 122 124 35 26 L 2 at Indianapolis, IN
62 Thu, Feb 14, 1963 Box Score Chicago Zephyrs W 136 117 36 26 W 1
63 Fri, Feb 15, 1963 Box Score N Boston Celtics L 114 123 36 27 L 1 at Providence, RI
64 Sun, Feb 17, 1963 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 143 124 37 27 W 1
65 Tue, Feb 19, 1963 Box Score N Chicago Zephyrs W 118 110 38 27 W 2 at New York, NY
66 Wed, Feb 20, 1963 Box Score Cincinnati Royals W 128 109 39 27 W 3
67 Thu, Feb 21, 1963 Box Score @ Chicago Zephyrs L 91 108 39 28 L 1
68 Fri, Feb 22, 1963 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 117 126 39 29 L 2
69 Sun, Feb 24, 1963 Box Score New York Knicks W 143 126 40 29 W 1
70 Wed, Feb 27, 1963 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers W 122 111 41 29 W 2
71 Thu, Feb 28, 1963 Box Score N New York Knicks W 132 124 42 29 W 3 at Detroit, MI
72 Sat, Mar 2, 1963 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 152 128 43 29 W 4
73 Sun, Mar 3, 1963 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 127 123 44 29 W 5
74 Tue, Mar 5, 1963 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 131 121 45 29 W 6
75 Thu, Mar 7, 1963 Box Score New York Knicks W 129 118 46 29 W 7
76 Sun, Mar 10, 1963 Box Score San Francisco Warriors W 163 148 47 29 W 8
77 Tue, Mar 12, 1963 Box Score @ Chicago Zephyrs W 130 106 48 29 W 9
78 Wed, Mar 13, 1963 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 114 128 48 30 L 1
79 Sat, Mar 16, 1963 Box Score Boston Celtics L 121 125 48 31 L 2
80 Sun, Mar 17, 1963 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 116 125 48 32 L 3

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 19, 1963 Box Score Cincinnati Royals W 123 120 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Mar 21, 1963 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 115 133 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Mar 23, 1963 Box Score Cincinnati Royals W 121 117 2 1 W 1
4 Sun, Mar 24, 1963 Box Score @ Cincinnati Royals L 118 125 2 2 L 1
5 Tue, Mar 26, 1963 Box Score Cincinnati Royals L OT 127 131 2 3 L 2