1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Nationals' 3rd season in the NBA.[1]

1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season
Division champions
Head coachAl Cervi
ArenaOnondaga War Memorial
Results
Record40–26 (.606)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Finals
(eliminated 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Draft picks
Main article: 1951 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
7 64 Roy Reardon Forward USA St. Francis (NY)

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals4026.606–26–712–182–121–15
x-Boston Celtics3927.591122–710–197–122–14
x-New York Knicks3729.561321–412–224–323–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors3333.500724–76–253–114–22
Baltimore Bullets2046.3032017–152–221–910–26
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1951-52 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —1–82–42–44–20–62–74–52–43–6
Boston 8–1—3–33–35–13–34–56–33–34–5
Fort Wayne 4–23–3—5–44–55–43–32–43–60–6
Indianapolis 4–23–34–5—7–24–53–32–43–64–2
Milwaukee 2–41–55–42–7—1–82–41–51–82–4
Minneapolis 6–03–34–55–48–1—4–22–47–21–5
New York 7–25–43–33–34–22–4—6–32–45–4
Philadelphia 5–43–64–24–25–14–23–6—2–43–6
Rochester 4–23–36–36–38–12–74–24–2—4–2
Syracuse 6–35–46–02–44–25–14–56–32–4—

Game log
1951–52 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1Fort Wayne75–90Dolph Schayes (18)1–0
2November 4Minneapolis67–98Dolph Schayes (23)2–0
3November 10@ Baltimore82–91Billy Gabor (18)2–1
4November 11Indianapolis79–93Red Rocha (21)3–1
5November 15Boston95–97Osterkorn, Schayes (15)4–1
6November 16@ Philadelphia97–90Dolph Schayes (35)5–1
7November 17@ New York79–72Dolph Schayes (20)6–1
8November 18Baltimore68–71Al Cervi (26)7–1
9November 22@ Fort Wayne96–72Red Rocha (23)8–1
10November 23@ Indianapolis68–82Dolph Schayes (14)8–2
11November 25New York73–100Al Cervi (19)9–2
12November 29Fort Wayne78–82Red Rocha (21)10–2
13November 30@ Philadelphia75–82King, Seymour (15)10–3
14December 2Rochester81–79Dolph Schayes (29)10–4
15December 4@ Indianapolis77–83Al Cervi (16)10–5
16December 5@ Minneapolis83–81 (OT)Dolph Schayes (24)11–5
17December 6N Milwaukee70–73Paul Seymour (15)11–6
18December 8@ Rochester95–75Dolph Schayes (24)12–6
19December 9Philadelphia74–93Wally Osterkorn (17)13–6
20December 11N Fort Wayne80–62Red Rocha (17)14–6
21December 13Milwaukee82–89Billy Gabor (23)15–6
22December 16Indianapolis96–92Dolph Schayes (21)15–7
23December 19@ Boston97–103Wally Osterkorn (19)15–8
24December 22@ New York73–92Dolph Schayes (15)15–9
25December 23New York75–72Noble Jorgensen (18)15–10
26December 25N Milwaukee70–65Red Rocha (16)16–10
27December 27Milwaukee69–68Ratkovicz, Rocha (13)16–11
28December 30Baltimore91–108Red Rocha (20)17–11
29January 1@ Minneapolis80–82Red Rocha (18)17–12
30January 3Boston81–107George King (17)18–12
31January 6Philadelphia93–98Dolph Schayes (26)19–12
32January 10New York96–110Billy Gabor (27)20–12
33January 12@ Baltimore92–88Dolph Schayes (22)21–12
34January 13Indianapolis85–103Billy Gabor (23)22–12
35January 17Minneapolis105–110 (3OT)Dolph Schayes (41)23–12
36January 20Baltimore80–99Billy Gabor (21)24–12
37January 22@ Milwaukee93–82Ratkovicz, Rocha, Seymour (17)25–12
38January 23@ Minneapolis99–97 (OT)George King (22)26–12
39January 25@ Philadelphia94–95 (OT)Dolph Schayes (27)26–13
40January 26@ Baltimore78–73Red Rocha (21)27–13
41January 27Boston86–91Dolph Schayes (29)28–13
42January 31Milwaukee79–88Jorgensen, Rocha (16)29–13
43February 3Baltimore73–95Dolph Schayes (27)30–13
44February 6@ Boston88–99Dolph Schayes (20)30–14
45February 8@ Philadelphia96–87George King (19)31–14
46February 9@ Baltimore76–84Red Rocha (21)31–15
47February 10Philadelphia84–91Paul Seymour (21)32–15
48February 12@ New York69–78Gerald Calabrese (14)32–16
49February 14Rochester78–76Red Rocha (21)32–17
50February 16@ Rochester84–92Red Rocha (18)32–18
51February 17New York61–66George King (17)33–18
52February 21Minneapolis80–88George King (21)34–18
53February 23@ Baltimore80–81Red Rocha (21)34–19
54February 24Boston77–75George King (17)34–20
55February 27@ Boston81–88Wally Osterkorn (19)34–21
56February 28Fort Wayne83–88George King (18)35–21
57March 1@ Rochester83–98Noble Jorgensen (21)35–22
58March 2Rochester72–76George Ratkovicz (15)36–22
59March 6@ Fort Wayne83–81 (2OT)Red Rocha (20)37–22
60March 7@ Indianapolis76–81George King (15)37–23
61March 8@ Philadelphia83–92Al Cervi (21)37–24
62March 9Philadelphia82–99Paul Seymour (15)38–24
63March 12@ Boston89–71George King (25)39–24
64March 13Boston82–81Wally Osterkorn (16)40–24
65March 15@ New York90–97Noble Jorgensen (16)40–25
66March 16New York90–84Rocha, Schayes (19)40–26

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors: Nationals win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 102, Philadelphia 83
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 100, Syracuse 95
  • Game 3 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 84, Philadelphia 73

East Division Finals

(1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (3) New York Knicks: Knicks win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ Syracuse: New York 87, Syracuse 85
  • Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 102, New York 92
  • Game 3 @ New York: New York 99, Syracuse 92
  • Game 4 @ New York: New York 100, Syracuse 93

Player statistics
Legend
  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

Awards and records

Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team

References
  1. 1951–52 Syracuse Nationals

See also
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