Syracuse Nationals 1953-54 Season Review (NBA)

Syracuse Nationals 1953-54 Season Review

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Syracuse Nationals 1953-54 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 42-30

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	5579	2054	2650	1905	0	0	6013	0	0	1541	0	0	0	1852
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	5660	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953-54 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Ed Earle	2	12	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	0
Bill Gabor	61	1211	547	96	162	0	0	551	204	194	139	0	0	183
Bato Govedarica	23	258	75	18	24	0	0	79	25	37	25	0	0	44
Billy Kenville	72	1405	434	247	122	0	0	388	149	182	136	0	0	138
George King	72	2370	817	268	272	0	0	744	280	410	257	0	0	179
Dick Knostman	5	47	13	17	6	0	0	10	3	11	7	0	0	9
Bob Lavoy	60	1152	323	287	68	0	0	320	119	113	85	0	0	196
Earl Lloyd	72	2206	654	529	115	0	0	666	249	209	156	0	0	303
Al Masino	16	131	59	21	15	0	0	46	18	37	23	0	0	24
Jim Neal	67	899	312	257	24	0	0	369	117	132	78	0	0	139
Mike Novak	5	24	1	2	2	0	0	7	0	2	1	0	0	9
Wally Osterkorn	70	2164	615	487	151	0	0	586	203	361	209	0	0	209
Dolph Schayes	72	2655	1228	870	214	0	0	973	370	590	488	0	0	232
Paul Seymour	71	2727	931	291	364	0	0	838	316	368	299	0	0	187

1953-54 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Bill Gabor	10	196	76	28	19			83	24	40	28			36
Billy Kenville	13	374	116	48	25			74	36	62	44			46
George King	10	286	88	22	21			62	25	63	38			30
Bob Lavoy	13	358	118	85	20			95	37	55	44			50
Earl Lloyd	10	260	67	57	20			73	25	26	17			34
Al Masino	13	96	21	6	7			20	7	15	7			23
Jim Neal	11	100	31	27	2			35	13	13	5			14
Wally Osterkorn	13	542	140	125	37			122	45	90	50			40
Dolph Schayes	13	374	208	136	24			140	64	108	80			40
Paul Seymour	13	559	194	34	60			143	59	94	76			39

Syracuse Nationals 1953 - 54 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Sat, Oct 31, 1953	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	73	79
2	Sun, Nov 1, 1953		Philadelphia Warriors	W	85	61
3	Thu, Nov 5, 1953		Minneapolis Lakers	L	65	77
4	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	88	77
5	Sun, Nov 8, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	85	66
6	Tue, Nov 10, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	74	59
7	Thu, Nov 12, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	74	78
8	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	@	Boston Celtics	L	66	77
9	Sun, Nov 15, 1953		Milwaukee Hawks	W	69	61
10	Thu, Nov 19, 1953		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	79	76
11	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	@	New York Knicks	L	67	68
12	Sun, Nov 22, 1953		New York Knicks	L	80	84
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	W	89	80
14	Wed, Nov 25, 1953	N	Baltimore Bullets	L	58	66
15	Thu, Nov 26, 1953		Boston Celtics	W	93	86
16	Sat, Nov 28, 1953	N	Boston Celtics	L	80	91
17	Sun, Nov 29, 1953		Baltimore Bullets	W	101	82
18	Tue, Dec 1, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	76	69
19	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L	74	87
20	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	80	90
21	Sun, Dec 6, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	77	78
22	Wed, Dec 9, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	77	92
23	Thu, Dec 10, 1953		Milwaukee Hawks	W	96	76
24	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	L	85	90
25	Sun, Dec 13, 1953		Boston Celtics	W	108	74
26	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	@	Boston Celtics	W	90	83
27	Sun, Dec 20, 1953		Minneapolis Lakers	W	81	76
28	Wed, Dec 23, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	76	72
29	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	@	New York Knicks	L	80	89
30	Sun, Dec 27, 1953		Milwaukee Hawks	W	96	75
31	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	N	Boston Celtics	W	96	89
32	Thu, Dec 31, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	86	81
33	Fri, Jan 1, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	L	92	95
34	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	74	66
35	Sun, Jan 3, 1954		Philadelphia Warriors	L	77	90
36	Tue, Jan 5, 1954	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	72	60
37	Thu, Jan 7, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	79	67
38	Sun, Jan 10, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	77	73
39	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	N	New York Knicks	W	93	72
40	Thu, Jan 14, 1954		Minneapolis Lakers	W	96	71
41	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	@	Rochester Royals	W	95	93
42	Sun, Jan 17, 1954		Rochester Royals	W	84	81
43	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	91	98
44	Sun, Jan 24, 1954		Philadelphia Warriors	L	78	80
45	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	79	75
46	Thu, Jan 28, 1954		New York Knicks	W	79	66
47	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	@	New York Knicks	L	65	66
48	Sun, Jan 31, 1954		New York Knicks	W	114	70
49	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	79	82
50	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	N	New York Knicks	W	90	82
51	Sat, Feb 6, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	93	87
52	Sun, Feb 7, 1954		Milwaukee Hawks	W	88	73
53	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	L	79	94
54	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	74	76
55	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	@	Rochester Royals	L	78	81
56	Sun, Feb 14, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	111	91
57	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	77	95
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	91	77
59	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	68	83
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954		Minneapolis Lakers	W	100	73
61	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L	68	70
62	Thu, Feb 25, 1954		Boston Celtics	L	96	101
63	Fri, Feb 26, 1954	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	68	62
64	Sun, Feb 28, 1954		Rochester Royals	L	85	91
65	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L	87	91
66	Thu, Mar 4, 1954	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	86	63
67	Sat, Mar 6, 1954		Philadelphia Warriors	W	88	77
68	Sun, Mar 7, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	103	77
69	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	85	77
70	Thu, Mar 11, 1954		Boston Celtics	W	97	95
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	@	New York Knicks	L	60	67
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954		New York Knicks	W	113	83