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1954-55 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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Record: 43-29, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Cervi (43-29)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 91.1 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 89.7 (1st of 8)

SRS: 1.23 (2nd of 8) Pace: 103.6 (3rd of 8)

Off Rtg: 87.5 (7th of 8) Def Rtg: 86.2 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: +1.3 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 40-32 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sun, Oct 31, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		94	97	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Nov 6, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		84	107	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Nov 7, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		97	80	1	2	W 1
4	Thu, Nov 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		88	86	2	2	W 2
5	Sat, Nov 13, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		72	85	2	3	L 1
6	Sun, Nov 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		92	99	2	4	L 2
7	Tue, Nov 16, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	85	3	4	W 1	at New York, NY
8	Thu, Nov 18, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		91	82	4	4	W 2
9	Sat, Nov 20, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		80	79	5	4	W 3
10	Sun, Nov 21, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	104	6	4	W 4
11	Thu, Nov 25, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		91	85	7	4	W 5
12	Sat, Nov 27, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		80	74	8	4	W 6
13	Sun, Nov 28, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		79	77	9	4	W 7
14	Wed, Dec 1, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		86	88	9	5	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
15	Thu, Dec 2, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		82	78	10	5	W 1
16	Sat, Dec 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		73	79	10	6	L 1
17	Sun, Dec 5, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		89	72	11	6	W 1
18	Tue, Dec 7, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	81	12	6	W 2	at New Haven, CT
19	Wed, Dec 8, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		78	105	12	7	L 1
20	Thu, Dec 9, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	107	13	7	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	94	13	8	L 1
22	Sun, Dec 12, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		87	96	13	9	L 2
23	Tue, Dec 14, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		91	82	14	9	W 1
24	Wed, Dec 15, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		81	88	14	10	L 1	at Boston, MA
25	Sat, Dec 18, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		83	86	14	11	L 2
26	Sun, Dec 19, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		108	93	15	11	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 25, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	109	15	12	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 26, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	97	92	16	12	W 1
29	Tue, Dec 28, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		84	82	17	12	W 2	at New York, NY
30	Wed, Dec 29, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		70	72	17	13	L 1
31	Sat, Jan 1, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	102	18	13	W 1
32	Sun, Jan 2, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		79	91	18	14	L 1
33	Thu, Jan 6, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		106	117	18	15	L 2
34	Sat, Jan 8, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	97	19	15	W 1
35	Sun, Jan 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		72	77	19	16	L 1
36	Tue, Jan 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		82	93	19	17	L 2
37	Thu, Jan 13, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		100	83	20	17	W 1
38	Sun, Jan 16, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		90	85	21	17	W 2
39	Wed, Jan 19, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	98	97	22	17	W 3	at Hershey, PA
40	Thu, Jan 20, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		92	87	23	17	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 23, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		89	98	23	18	L 1
42	Tue, Jan 25, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		66	69	23	19	L 2	at Buffalo, NY
43	Wed, Jan 26, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	99	24	19	W 1	at Boston, MA
44	Thu, Jan 27, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		94	79	25	19	W 2
45	Fri, Jan 28, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	101	25	20	L 1
46	Sun, Jan 30, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		83	93	25	21	L 2
47	Thu, Feb 3, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		85	104	25	22	L 3
48	Fri, Feb 4, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		88	114	25	23	L 4
49	Sat, Feb 5, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		94	88	26	23	W 1
50	Sun, Feb 6, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		77	75	27	23	W 2
51	Tue, Feb 8, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		115	88	28	23	W 3	at New York, NY
52	Wed, Feb 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	104	28	24	L 1
53	Thu, Feb 10, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		85	81	29	24	W 1
54	Sat, Feb 12, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		92	66	30	24	W 2
55	Sun, Feb 13, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		88	87	31	24	W 3
56	Mon, Feb 14, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		82	81	32	24	W 4	at Toledo, OH
57	Thu, Feb 17, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		107	93	33	24	W 5
58	Fri, Feb 18, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		86	110	33	25	L 1
59	Sat, Feb 19, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		80	78	34	25	W 1
60	Sun, Feb 20, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	84	35	25	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 22, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		95	97	35	26	L 1	at New York, NY
62	Thu, Feb 24, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		97	83	36	26	W 1
63	Sun, Feb 27, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	77	37	26	W 2
64	Tue, Mar 1, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		105	102	38	26	W 3
65	Wed, Mar 2, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		103	90	39	26	W 4	at Elkhart, IN
66	Thu, Mar 3, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		83	81	40	26	W 5
67	Fri, Mar 4, 1955	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		99	96	41	26	W 6
68	Sun, Mar 6, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	101	42	26	W 7
69	Wed, Mar 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		97	100	42	27	L 1
70	Thu, Mar 10, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		93	96	42	28	L 2	at New York, NY
71	Sat, Mar 12, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		112	92	43	28	W 1
72	Sun, Mar 13, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		76	77	43	29	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 22, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	100	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Mar 24, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	110	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Mar 26, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	97	100	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Mar 27, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		110	94	3	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Thu, Mar 31, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		86	82	4	1	W 2
6	Sat, Apr 2, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		87	84	5	1	W 3
7	Sun, Apr 3, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		89	96	5	2	L 1	at Indianapolis, IN
8	Tue, Apr 5, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		102	109	5	3	L 2	at Indianapolis, IN
9	Thu, Apr 7, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		71	74	5	4	L 3	at Indianapolis, IN
10	Sat, Apr 9, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		109	104	6	4	W 1
11	Sun, Apr 10, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	91	7	4	W 2

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