1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Paul Seymour (35-37)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 113.1 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 109.1 (5th of 8)

SRS: 3.74 (2nd of 8) Pace: 121.0 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 92.5 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 89.2 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +3.3 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 45-27 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1959 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Menu

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Oct 19, 1958	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	94	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 25, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		109	110	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Nov 1, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		130	108	2	1	W 1
4	Wed, Nov 5, 1958	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		115	117	2	2	L 1	2,551
5	Sat, Nov 8, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	98	3	2	W 1
6	Sun, Nov 9, 1958	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		101	97	4	2	W 2
7	Wed, Nov 12, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		116	115	5	2	W 3
8	Fri, Nov 14, 1958	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		111	109	6	2	W 4
9	Sat, Nov 15, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		92	96	6	3	L 1
10	Tue, Nov 18, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		120	94	7	3	W 1
11	Thu, Nov 20, 1958	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		102	121	7	4	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 22, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	114	7	5	L 2
13	Sun, Nov 23, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		107	110	7	6	L 3
14	Wed, Nov 26, 1958	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		107	112	7	7	L 4
15	Thu, Nov 27, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		98	107	7	8	L 5
16	Fri, Nov 28, 1958	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		93	101	7	9	L 6
17	Sat, Nov 29, 1958	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		105	108	7	10	L 7
18	Thu, Dec 4, 1958	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		114	116	7	11	L 8	4,224		at Philadelphia, PA
19	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		101	92	8	11	W 1	5,839
20	Sun, Dec 7, 1958	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	104	9	11	W 2	3,110
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 9, 1958	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	90	10	11	W 3			at New York, NY
22	Wed, Dec 10, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		97	94	11	11	W 4
23	Thu, Dec 11, 1958	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	101	99	12	11	W 5
24	Sat, Dec 13, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		115	100	13	11	W 6
25	Sun, Dec 14, 1958	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		101	95	14	11	W 7
26	Tue, Dec 16, 1958	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		104	108	14	12	L 1	9,850		at New York, NY
27	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	120	121	14	13	L 2
28	Sun, Dec 21, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		94	108	14	14	L 3
29	Sat, Dec 27, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	106	14	15	L 4
30	Mon, Dec 29, 1958	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		105	107	14	16	L 5	13,909
31	Tue, Dec 30, 1958	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		113	118	14	17	L 6			at Philadelphia, PA
32	Thu, Jan 1, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		105	106	14	18	L 7
33	Fri, Jan 2, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		117	107	15	18	W 1
34	Sun, Jan 4, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		118	94	16	18	W 2
35	Tue, Jan 6, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	118	16	19	L 1
36	Wed, Jan 7, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		111	99	17	19	W 1
37	Thu, Jan 8, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	3OT	145	138	18	19	W 2
38	Sun, Jan 11, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		127	110	19	19	W 3
39	Wed, Jan 14, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	104	20	19	W 4			at Boston, MA
40	Thu, Jan 15, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		111	105	21	19	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 16, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		89	102	21	20	L 1
42	Sun, Jan 18, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		118	120	21	21	L 2
43	Wed, Jan 21, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		134	112	22	21	W 1	2,676
44	Sat, Jan 24, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		123	102	23	21	W 2
45	Sun, Jan 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		104	109	23	22	L 1
46	Tue, Jan 27, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	107	24	22	W 1
47	Wed, Jan 28, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		109	112	24	23	L 1
48	Thu, Jan 29, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	91	25	23	W 1			at Houston, TX
49	Sat, Jan 31, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		117	119	25	24	L 1			at Boston, MA
50	Sun, Feb 1, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	137	139	25	25	L 2	5,725
51	Tue, Feb 3, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		114	115	25	26	L 3
52	Wed, Feb 4, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		111	113	25	27	L 4
53	Thu, Feb 5, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		98	111	25	28	L 5			at Philadelphia, PA
54	Fri, Feb 6, 1959	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		122	103	26	28	W 1			at Boston, MA
55	Sun, Feb 8, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		113	104	27	28	W 2
56	Mon, Feb 9, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		94	99	27	29	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
57	Wed, Feb 11, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	114	118	27	30	L 2
58	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		121	124	27	31	L 3	5,854
59	Sun, Feb 15, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		121	101	28	31	W 1
60	Thu, Feb 19, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	105	29	31	W 2	3,062
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 21, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		112	113	29	32	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 22, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		139	108	30	32	W 1
63	Tue, Feb 24, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		109	113	30	33	L 1			at New York, NY
64	Thu, Feb 26, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		130	111	31	33	W 1
65	Fri, Feb 27, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	128	31	34	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 1, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		140	115	32	34	W 1
67	Tue, Mar 3, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		127	120	33	34	W 2
68	Wed, Mar 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	120	33	35	L 1	6,222
69	Thu, Mar 5, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		142	118	34	35	W 1	5,915
70	Fri, Mar 6, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		114	118	34	36	L 1			at Hershey, PA
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		133	103	35	36	W 1
72	Wed, Mar 11, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	130	132	35	37	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 13, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	129	123	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 15, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	131	115	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Wed, Mar 18, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	109	131	2	1	L 1	12,727
4	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	120	118	3	1	W 1	7,815
5	Sun, Mar 22, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	111	133	3	2	L 1	11,774
6	Wed, Mar 25, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	119	107	4	2	W 1	7,503
7	Sat, Mar 28, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	108	129	4	3	L 1	8,071
8	Sun, Mar 29, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	133	121	5	3	W 1	6,559
9	Wed, Apr 1, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	125	130	5	4	L 1	13,909

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