1952β53 Syracuse Nationals season | |
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Head coach | Al Cervi |
Arena | Onondaga War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 47–24 (.662) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1952β53 NBA season was the Nationals' 4th season in the NBA. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- New York Knicks | 47 | 23 | .671 | - | 22-4 | 15-14 | 10-5 | 30-10 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 47 | 24 | .662 | 0.5 | 32-2 | 10-20 | 5-2 | 26-15 |
x- Boston Celtics | 46 | 25 | .648 | 1.5 | 21-3 | 11-18 | 14-4 | 28-13 |
x- Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 54 | .229 | 31 | 11-20 | 1β19 | 4-15 | 10-30 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 12 | 57 | .174 | 34.5 | 5-12 | 1β28 | 6-17 | 7-33 |
1952-53 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
1952β53 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | @ Philadelphia | 84β86 (OT) | Lochmueller, Schayes (17) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 2 | Philadelphia | 91β117 | Gabor, Schayes (24) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 8 | @ Boston | 83β106 | Billy Gabor (14) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 9 | Minneapolis | 89β96 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 13 | Boston | 81β96 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 15 | @ Baltimore | 91β97 (OT) | Bill Calhoun (18) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 16 | Indianapolis | 78β84 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 20 | Milwaukee | 73β92 | Billy Gabor (15) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 22 | @ New York | 68β98 | Dolph Schayes (13) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 23 | New York | 73β76 | Dolph Schayes (14) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 27 | Rochester | 79β86 | Paul Seymour (17) | 7β4 | |||||
12 | November 29 | @ Baltimore | 87β74 | King, Rocha (16) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 30 | Boston | 66β78 | Paul Seymour (23) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | December 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 78β70 | Dolph Schayes (18) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | December 6 | @ Philadelphia | 82β74 | Paul Seymour (20) | 11β4 | |||||
16 | December 7 | Milwaukee | 67β71 | Red Rocha (15) | 12β4 | |||||
17 | December 8 | @ Milwaukee | 89β101 | Billy Gabor (14) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | December 9 | @ Indianapolis | 87β70 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 13β5 | |||||
19 | December 11 | @ Minneapolis | 79β82 | Billy Gabor (16) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | December 14 | Philadelphia | 83β102 | Dolph Schayes (20) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 16 | @ New York | 93β98 (OT) | Billy Gabor (21) | 14β7 | |||||
22 | December 18 | N Boston | 83β88 | Dolph Schayes (20) | 14β8 | |||||
23 | December 20 | @ Boston | 77β91 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 14β9 | |||||
24 | December 21 | Boston | 86β90 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 15β9 | |||||
25 | December 25 | Baltimore | 92β102 | George King (18) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | December 27 | @ Baltimore | 81β76 (OT) | Rocha, Seymour (18) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 28 | Indianapolis | 73β84 | Red Rocha (18) | 18β9 | |||||
28 | December 30 | @ Rochester | 93β106 | Red Rocha (18) | 18β10 | |||||
29 | December 31 | @ Boston | 87β97 | Al Cervi (19) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | January 1 | Fort Wayne | 78β92 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 19β11 | |||||
31 | January 3 | @ New York | 77β85 (OT) | Paul Seymour (17) | 19β12 | |||||
32 | January 4 | Baltimore | 68β93 | Red Rocha (15) | 20β12 | |||||
33 | January 7 | N New York | 114β93 | Paul Seymour (29) | 21β12 | |||||
34 | January 8 | Minneapolis | 67β75 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 22β12 | |||||
35 | January 10 | N Philadelphia | 87β77 | Paul Seymour (19) | 23β12 | |||||
36 | January 11 | Philadelphia | 72β76 | Paul Seymour (18) | 24β12 | |||||
37 | January 15 | Rochester | 85β109 | Paul Seymour (19) | 25β12 | |||||
38 | January 18 | Baltimore | 84β103 | Paul Seymour (24) | 26β12 | |||||
39 | January 22 | Fort Wayne | 75β87 | Red Rocha (17) | 27β12 | |||||
40 | January 24 | @ Rochester | 107β82 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 28β12 | |||||
41 | January 25 | New York | 97β62 | Dolph Schayes (16) | 28β13 | |||||
42 | January 27 | @ Indianapolis | 72β76 | Jorgensen, Schayes (21) | 28β14 | |||||
43 | January 29 | @ Minneapolis | 83β65 | Paul Seymour (20) | 29β14 | |||||
44 | January 30 | @ Milwaukee | 68β84 | King, Schayes (15) | 29β15 | |||||
45 | February 1 | Baltimore | 79β94 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 30β15 | |||||
46 | February 2 | N Baltimore | 98β77 | Red Rocha (31) | 31β15 | |||||
47 | February 4 | @ Boston | 92β105 | Paul Seymour (20) | 31β16 | |||||
48 | February 5 | Rochester | 79β83 (OT) | Dolph Schayes (24) | 32β16 | |||||
49 | February 8 | Philadelphia | 89β98 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 33β16 | |||||
50 | February 11 | @ Fort Wayne | 78β96 | Paul Seymour (17) | 33β17 | |||||
51 | February 12 | @ Minneapolis | 81β91 | Paul Seymour (20) | 33β18 | |||||
52 | February 13 | @ Indianapolis | 89β86 (2OT) | Dolph Schayes (20) | 34β18 | |||||
53 | February 15 | New York | 85β81 | Dolph Schayes (35) | 34β19 | |||||
54 | February 17 | N Boston | 84β65 | Red Rocha (21) | 35β19 | |||||
55 | February 19 | Milwaukee | 72β82 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 36β19 | |||||
56 | February 21 | @ Rochester | 73β84 | Dolph Schayes (24) | 36β20 | |||||
57 | February 22 | Philadelphia | 73β86 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 37β20 | |||||
58 | February 24 | N Philadelphia | 74β63 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 38β20 | |||||
59 | February 26 | Fort Wayne | 77β89 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 39β20 | |||||
60 | February 28 | @ Baltimore | 74β77 | Dolph Schayes (18) | 39β21 | |||||
61 | March 1 | New York | 64β79 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 40β21 | |||||
62 | March 3 | @ Milwaukee | 70β75 | George King (19) | 40β22 | |||||
63 | March 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 75β73 (2OT) | Dolph Schayes (18) | 41β22 | |||||
64 | March 5 | Minneapolis | 91β94 | Lloyd, Seymour (23) | 42β22 | |||||
65 | March 6 | @ New York | 66β75 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 42β23 | |||||
66 | March 7 | N Philadelphia | 87β88 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 42β24 | |||||
67 | March 8 | Baltimore | 91β98 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 43β24 | |||||
68 | March 12 | Boston | 70β84 | Dolph Schayes (18) | 44β24 | |||||
69 | March 14 | @ New York | 95β81 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 45β24 | |||||
70 | March 15 | Indianapolis | 68β84 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 46β24 | |||||
71 | March 17 | Boston | 68β72 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 47β24 |
1953 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1953 schedule |
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
1952β53 Syracuse Nationals season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Al Cervi |
Arena | Onondaga War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 47–24 (.662) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1952β53 NBA season was the Nationals' 4th season in the NBA. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- New York Knicks | 47 | 23 | .671 | - | 22-4 | 15-14 | 10-5 | 30-10 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 47 | 24 | .662 | 0.5 | 32-2 | 10-20 | 5-2 | 26-15 |
x- Boston Celtics | 46 | 25 | .648 | 1.5 | 21-3 | 11-18 | 14-4 | 28-13 |
x- Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 54 | .229 | 31 | 11-20 | 1β19 | 4-15 | 10-30 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 12 | 57 | .174 | 34.5 | 5-12 | 1β28 | 6-17 | 7-33 |
1952-53 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
1952β53 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | @ Philadelphia | 84β86 (OT) | Lochmueller, Schayes (17) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 2 | Philadelphia | 91β117 | Gabor, Schayes (24) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 8 | @ Boston | 83β106 | Billy Gabor (14) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 9 | Minneapolis | 89β96 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 13 | Boston | 81β96 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 15 | @ Baltimore | 91β97 (OT) | Bill Calhoun (18) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 16 | Indianapolis | 78β84 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 20 | Milwaukee | 73β92 | Billy Gabor (15) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 22 | @ New York | 68β98 | Dolph Schayes (13) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 23 | New York | 73β76 | Dolph Schayes (14) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 27 | Rochester | 79β86 | Paul Seymour (17) | 7β4 | |||||
12 | November 29 | @ Baltimore | 87β74 | King, Rocha (16) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 30 | Boston | 66β78 | Paul Seymour (23) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | December 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 78β70 | Dolph Schayes (18) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | December 6 | @ Philadelphia | 82β74 | Paul Seymour (20) | 11β4 | |||||
16 | December 7 | Milwaukee | 67β71 | Red Rocha (15) | 12β4 | |||||
17 | December 8 | @ Milwaukee | 89β101 | Billy Gabor (14) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | December 9 | @ Indianapolis | 87β70 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 13β5 | |||||
19 | December 11 | @ Minneapolis | 79β82 | Billy Gabor (16) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | December 14 | Philadelphia | 83β102 | Dolph Schayes (20) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 16 | @ New York | 93β98 (OT) | Billy Gabor (21) | 14β7 | |||||
22 | December 18 | N Boston | 83β88 | Dolph Schayes (20) | 14β8 | |||||
23 | December 20 | @ Boston | 77β91 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 14β9 | |||||
24 | December 21 | Boston | 86β90 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 15β9 | |||||
25 | December 25 | Baltimore | 92β102 | George King (18) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | December 27 | @ Baltimore | 81β76 (OT) | Rocha, Seymour (18) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 28 | Indianapolis | 73β84 | Red Rocha (18) | 18β9 | |||||
28 | December 30 | @ Rochester | 93β106 | Red Rocha (18) | 18β10 | |||||
29 | December 31 | @ Boston | 87β97 | Al Cervi (19) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | January 1 | Fort Wayne | 78β92 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 19β11 | |||||
31 | January 3 | @ New York | 77β85 (OT) | Paul Seymour (17) | 19β12 | |||||
32 | January 4 | Baltimore | 68β93 | Red Rocha (15) | 20β12 | |||||
33 | January 7 | N New York | 114β93 | Paul Seymour (29) | 21β12 | |||||
34 | January 8 | Minneapolis | 67β75 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 22β12 | |||||
35 | January 10 | N Philadelphia | 87β77 | Paul Seymour (19) | 23β12 | |||||
36 | January 11 | Philadelphia | 72β76 | Paul Seymour (18) | 24β12 | |||||
37 | January 15 | Rochester | 85β109 | Paul Seymour (19) | 25β12 | |||||
38 | January 18 | Baltimore | 84β103 | Paul Seymour (24) | 26β12 | |||||
39 | January 22 | Fort Wayne | 75β87 | Red Rocha (17) | 27β12 | |||||
40 | January 24 | @ Rochester | 107β82 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 28β12 | |||||
41 | January 25 | New York | 97β62 | Dolph Schayes (16) | 28β13 | |||||
42 | January 27 | @ Indianapolis | 72β76 | Jorgensen, Schayes (21) | 28β14 | |||||
43 | January 29 | @ Minneapolis | 83β65 | Paul Seymour (20) | 29β14 | |||||
44 | January 30 | @ Milwaukee | 68β84 | King, Schayes (15) | 29β15 | |||||
45 | February 1 | Baltimore | 79β94 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 30β15 | |||||
46 | February 2 | N Baltimore | 98β77 | Red Rocha (31) | 31β15 | |||||
47 | February 4 | @ Boston | 92β105 | Paul Seymour (20) | 31β16 | |||||
48 | February 5 | Rochester | 79β83 (OT) | Dolph Schayes (24) | 32β16 | |||||
49 | February 8 | Philadelphia | 89β98 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 33β16 | |||||
50 | February 11 | @ Fort Wayne | 78β96 | Paul Seymour (17) | 33β17 | |||||
51 | February 12 | @ Minneapolis | 81β91 | Paul Seymour (20) | 33β18 | |||||
52 | February 13 | @ Indianapolis | 89β86 (2OT) | Dolph Schayes (20) | 34β18 | |||||
53 | February 15 | New York | 85β81 | Dolph Schayes (35) | 34β19 | |||||
54 | February 17 | N Boston | 84β65 | Red Rocha (21) | 35β19 | |||||
55 | February 19 | Milwaukee | 72β82 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 36β19 | |||||
56 | February 21 | @ Rochester | 73β84 | Dolph Schayes (24) | 36β20 | |||||
57 | February 22 | Philadelphia | 73β86 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 37β20 | |||||
58 | February 24 | N Philadelphia | 74β63 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 38β20 | |||||
59 | February 26 | Fort Wayne | 77β89 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 39β20 | |||||
60 | February 28 | @ Baltimore | 74β77 | Dolph Schayes (18) | 39β21 | |||||
61 | March 1 | New York | 64β79 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 40β21 | |||||
62 | March 3 | @ Milwaukee | 70β75 | George King (19) | 40β22 | |||||
63 | March 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 75β73 (2OT) | Dolph Schayes (18) | 41β22 | |||||
64 | March 5 | Minneapolis | 91β94 | Lloyd, Seymour (23) | 42β22 | |||||
65 | March 6 | @ New York | 66β75 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 42β23 | |||||
66 | March 7 | N Philadelphia | 87β88 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 42β24 | |||||
67 | March 8 | Baltimore | 91β98 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 43β24 | |||||
68 | March 12 | Boston | 70β84 | Dolph Schayes (18) | 44β24 | |||||
69 | March 14 | @ New York | 95β81 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 45β24 | |||||
70 | March 15 | Indianapolis | 68β84 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 46β24 | |||||
71 | March 17 | Boston | 68β72 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 47β24 |
1953 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1953 schedule |
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |