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1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 42-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Cervi (42-30)

PTS/G: 83.5 (2nd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 78.6 (5th of 9)

SRS: 4.27 (1st of 9) Pace: 93.5 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 88.2 (4th of 9) Def Rtg: 83.0 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +5.2 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 50-22 (1st of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Advanced from Eastern Division Round Robin

NBA Runners-up
Eastern Div Champs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 31 @ PHW, SYR (0-1) lost to PHW, 73-79

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
6	Ed Earle	PF	6-3	190	April 28, 1927	us	R	Loyola Chicago
7	Bill Gabor	SG	5-11	170	May 13, 1922	us	4	Syracuse
14	Bato Govedarica	PG	5-11	185	April 17, 1928	us	R	DePaul
15	Billy Kenville	PG	6-2	187	December 1, 1930	us	R	St. Bonaventure
3	George King	PG	6-0	175	August 16, 1928	us	2	University of Charleston
10	Dick Knostman	C	6-6	215	August 9, 1931	us	R	Kansas State
16	Bob Lavoy	PF	6-7	185	June 29, 1926	us	3	Western Kentucky
11	Earl Lloyd	SF	6-5	200	April 3, 1928	us	2	West Virginia State University
12	Al Masino	PG	5-10	174	February 5, 1928	us	1	Canisius
17	Jim Neal	C	6-11	235	May 21, 1930	us	R	Wofford College
6	Mike Novak	PF	6-9	219	April 23, 1915	us	2	Loyola Chicago
8	Wally Osterkorn	PF	6-5	215	July 6, 1928	us	2	Illinois
4	Dolph Schayes	C	6-8	220	May 19, 1928	us	4	NYU
5	Paul Seymour	SG	6-1	180	January 30, 1928	us	5	Toledo

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Paul Seymour	26	71		38.4	4.5	11.8	.377				4.5	11.8	.377	.377	4.2	5.2	.813			4.1	5.1				2.6	13.1
2	Dolph Schayes	25	72		36.9	5.1	13.5	.380				5.1	13.5	.380	.380	6.8	8.2	.827			12.1	3.0				3.2	17.1
3	George King	25	72		32.9	3.9	10.3	.376				3.9	10.3	.376	.376	3.6	5.7	.627			3.7	3.8				2.5	11.3
4	Wally Osterkorn	25	70		30.9	2.9	8.4	.346				2.9	8.4	.346	.346	3.0	5.2	.579			7.0	2.2				3.0	8.8
5	Earl Lloyd	25	72		30.6	3.5	9.3	.374				3.5	9.3	.374	.374	2.2	2.9	.746			7.3	1.6				4.2	9.1
6	Bill Gabor	31	61		19.9	3.3	9.0	.370				3.3	9.0	.370	.370	2.3	3.2	.716			1.6	2.7				3.0	9.0
7	Billy Kenville	23	72		19.5	2.1	5.4	.384				2.1	5.4	.384	.384	1.9	2.5	.747			3.4	1.7				1.9	6.0
8	Bob Lavoy	27	60		19.2	2.0	5.3	.372				2.0	5.3	.372	.372	1.4	1.9	.752			4.8	1.1				3.3	5.4
9	Jim Neal	23	67		13.4	1.7	5.5	.317				1.7	5.5	.317	.317	1.2	2.0	.591			3.8	0.4				2.1	4.7
10	Bato Govedarica	25	23		11.2	1.1	3.4	.316				1.1	3.4	.316	.316	1.1	1.6	.676			0.8	1.0				1.9	3.3
11	Dick Knostman	22	5		9.4	0.6	2.0	.300				0.6	2.0	.300	.300	1.4	2.2	.636			3.4	1.2				1.8	2.6
12	Al Masino	25	16		8.2	1.1	2.9	.391				1.1	2.9	.391	.391	1.4	2.3	.622			1.3	0.9				1.5	3.7
13	Ed Earle	26	2		6.0	0.5	1.0	.500				0.5	1.0	.500	.500	1.0	2.0	.500			1.0	0.0				0.0	2.0
14	Mike Novak	38	5		4.8	0.0	1.4	.000				0.0	1.4	.000	.000	0.2	0.4	.500			0.4	0.4				1.8	0.2

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Paul Seymour	26	13		43.0	4.5	11.0	.413				4.5	11.0	.413	.413	5.8	7.2	.809			2.6	4.6				3.0	14.9
2	Wally Osterkorn	25	13		41.7	3.5	9.4	.369				3.5	9.4	.369	.369	3.8	6.9	.556			9.6	2.8				3.1	10.8
3	Billy Kenville	23	13		28.8	2.8	5.7	.486				2.8	5.7	.486	.486	3.4	4.8	.710			3.7	1.9				3.5	8.9
4	Dolph Schayes	25	13		28.8	4.9	10.8	.457				4.9	10.8	.457	.457	6.2	8.3	.741			10.5	1.8				3.1	16.0
5	George King	25	10		28.6	2.5	6.2	.403				2.5	6.2	.403	.403	3.8	6.3	.603			2.2	2.1				3.0	8.8
6	Bob Lavoy	27	13		27.5	2.8	7.3	.389				2.8	7.3	.389	.389	3.4	4.2	.800			6.5	1.5				3.8	9.1
7	Earl Lloyd	25	10		26.0	2.5	7.3	.342				2.5	7.3	.342	.342	1.7	2.6	.654			5.7	2.0				3.4	6.7
8	Bill Gabor	31	10		19.6	2.4	8.3	.289				2.4	8.3	.289	.289	2.8	4.0	.700			2.8	1.9				3.6	7.6
9	Jim Neal	23	11		9.1	1.2	3.2	.371				1.2	3.2	.371	.371	0.5	1.2	.385			2.5	0.2				1.3	2.8
10	Al Masino	25	13		7.4	0.5	1.5	.350				0.5	1.5	.350	.350	0.5	1.2	.467			0.5	0.5				1.8	1.6

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Paul Seymour	26	71		2727	316	838	.377				316	838	.377	.377	299	368	.813			291	364				187	931
2	Dolph Schayes	25	72		2655	370	973	.380				370	973	.380	.380	488	590	.827			870	214				232	1228
3	George King	25	72		2370	280	744	.376				280	744	.376	.376	257	410	.627			268	272				179	817
4	Earl Lloyd	25	72		2206	249	666	.374				249	666	.374	.374	156	209	.746			529	115				303	654
5	Wally Osterkorn	25	70		2164	203	586	.346				203	586	.346	.346	209	361	.579			487	151				209	615
6	Billy Kenville	23	72		1405	149	388	.384				149	388	.384	.384	136	182	.747			247	122				138	434
7	Bill Gabor	31	61		1211	204	551	.370				204	551	.370	.370	139	194	.716			96	162				183	547
8	Bob Lavoy	27	60		1152	119	320	.372				119	320	.372	.372	85	113	.752			287	68				196	323
9	Jim Neal	23	67		899	117	369	.317				117	369	.317	.317	78	132	.591			257	24				139	312
10	Bato Govedarica	25	23		258	25	79	.316				25	79	.316	.316	25	37	.676			18	24				44	75
11	Al Masino	25	16		131	18	46	.391				18	46	.391	.391	23	37	.622			21	15				24	59
12	Dick Knostman	22	5		47	3	10	.300				3	10	.300	.300	7	11	.636			17	6				9	13
13	Mike Novak	38	5		24	0	7	.000				0	7	.000	.000	1	2	.500			2	2				9	1
14	Ed Earle	26	2		12	1	2	.500				1	2	.500	.500	2	4	.500			2	0				0	4
			72			2054	5579	.368				2054	5579	.368	.368	1905	2650	.719			3652	1541				1852	6013

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Paul Seymour	26	13		559	59	143	.413				59	143	.413	.413	76	94	.809			34	60				39	194
2	Wally Osterkorn	25	13		542	45	122	.369				45	122	.369	.369	50	90	.556			125	37				40	140
3	Billy Kenville	23	13		374	36	74	.486				36	74	.486	.486	44	62	.710			48	25				46	116
4	Dolph Schayes	25	13		374	64	140	.457				64	140	.457	.457	80	108	.741			136	24				40	208
5	Bob Lavoy	27	13		358	37	95	.389				37	95	.389	.389	44	55	.800			85	20				50	118
6	George King	25	10		286	25	62	.403				25	62	.403	.403	38	63	.603			22	21				30	88
7	Earl Lloyd	25	10		260	25	73	.342				25	73	.342	.342	17	26	.654			57	20				34	67
8	Bill Gabor	31	10		196	24	83	.289				24	83	.289	.289	28	40	.700			28	19				36	76
9	Jim Neal	23	11		100	13	35	.371				13	35	.371	.371	5	13	.385			27	2				14	31
10	Al Masino	25	13		96	7	20	.350				7	20	.350	.350	7	15	.467			6	7				23	21

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Paul Seymour	26	71	2727	16.4	.466		.439										5.0	4.3	9.3	.164
2	Dolph Schayes	25	72	2655	24.5	.498		.606										8.4	6.3	14.8	.267
3	George King	25	72	2370	14.6	.442		.551										2.7	3.6	6.3	.129
4	Earl Lloyd	25	72	2206	12.5	.431		.314										1.2	4.0	5.2	.113
5	Wally Osterkorn	25	70	2164	12.7	.413		.616										0.3	4.0	4.3	.096
6	Billy Kenville	23	72	1405	14.6	.464		.469										2.1	2.4	4.5	.152
7	Bill Gabor	31	61	1211	14.8	.430		.352										1.2	1.8	2.9	.116
8	Bob Lavoy	27	60	1152	12.1	.437		.353										0.8	2.2	3.0	.124
9	Jim Neal	23	67	899	9.9	.365		.358										-1.6	1.7	0.1	.007
10	Bato Govedarica	25	23	258	7.2	.394		.468										-0.1	0.3	0.2	.044
11	Al Masino	25	16	131	17.5	.474		.804										0.3	0.2	0.6	.204
12	Dick Knostman	22	5	47	17.6	.438		1.100										0.0	0.1	0.2	.183
13	Mike Novak	38	5	24	-14.7	.063		.286										-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.344
14	Ed Earle	26	2	12	15.2	.532		2.000										0.0	0.0	0.0	.193

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Paul Seymour	26	13	559	16.1	.526		.657				25.1						1.4	0.4	1.8	.153
2	Wally Osterkorn	25	13	542	13.4	.433		.738				15.2						0.0	0.6	0.6	.054
3	Billy Kenville	23	13	374	14.8	.573		.838				15.3						1.1	0.3	1.4	.179
4	Dolph Schayes	25	13	374	29.6	.555		.771				17.8						1.7	0.6	2.3	.289
5	Bob Lavoy	27	13	358	15.6	.495		.579				13.0						0.5	0.4	0.9	.126
6	George King	25	10	286	11.8	.490		1.016				16.5						0.4	0.2	0.6	.100
7	Earl Lloyd	25	10	260	11.1	.397		.356				17.6						-0.2	0.3	0.1	.010
8	Bill Gabor	31	10	196	10.0	.378		.482				23.6						-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.060
9	Jim Neal	23	11	100	9.8	.381		.371				5.0						-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.038
10	Al Masino	25	13	96	3.2	.395		.750				15.9						-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.007

Players on League Leaderboards

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