1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Nationals' 4th season in the NBA.[1]

1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coachAl Cervi
ArenaOnondaga War Memorial
Results
Record47–24 (.662)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks4723.671-22-415-1410-530-10
x-Syracuse Nationals4724.6620.532-210-205-226-15
x-Boston Celtics4625.6481.521-311-1814-428-13
x-Baltimore Bullets1654.2293111-201–194-1510-30
Philadelphia Warriors1257.17434.55-121–286-177-33
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —2–80–62–43–31–50–106–40–62–8
Boston 8–2—4–24–25–11–56–49–14–25–6
Fort Wayne 6–02–4—7–37–31–94–25–03–71–5
Indianapolis 4–22–43–7—5–64–61–55–13–71–5
Milwaukee 3–31–53–76–5—3–71–54–23–73–3
Minneapolis 5–15–19–16–47–3—4–26–04–62–4
New York 10–04–62–45–15–12–4—10–03–36–4
Philadelphia 4–61–90–51–52–40–60–10—2–42–8
Rochester 6–02–47–37–37–36–43–34–2—2–4
Syracuse 8–26–55–15–13–34–24–68–24–2—

Game log
1952–53 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1@ Philadelphia84–86 (OT)Lochmueller, Schayes (17)0–1
2November 2Philadelphia91–117Gabor, Schayes (24)1–1
3November 8@ Boston83–106Billy Gabor (14)1–2
4November 9Minneapolis89–96Dolph Schayes (27)2–2
5November 13Boston81–96Dolph Schayes (23)3–2
6November 15@ Baltimore91–97 (OT)Bill Calhoun (18)3–3
7November 16Indianapolis78–84Dolph Schayes (27)4–3
8November 20Milwaukee73–92Billy Gabor (15)5–3
9November 22@ New York68–98Dolph Schayes (13)5–4
10November 23New York73–76Dolph Schayes (14)6–4
11November 27Rochester79–86Paul Seymour (17)7–4
12November 29@ Baltimore87–74King, Rocha (16)8–4
13November 30Boston66–78Paul Seymour (23)9–4
14December 4@ Fort Wayne78–70Dolph Schayes (18)10–4
15December 6@ Philadelphia82–74Paul Seymour (20)11–4
16December 7Milwaukee67–71Red Rocha (15)12–4
17December 8@ Milwaukee89–101Billy Gabor (14)12–5
18December 9@ Indianapolis87–70Dolph Schayes (21)13–5
19December 11@ Minneapolis79–82Billy Gabor (16)13–6
20December 14Philadelphia83–102Dolph Schayes (20)14–6
21December 16@ New York93–98 (OT)Billy Gabor (21)14–7
22December 18N Boston83–88Dolph Schayes (20)14–8
23December 20@ Boston77–91Dolph Schayes (19)14–9
24December 21Boston86–90Dolph Schayes (28)15–9
25December 25Baltimore92–102George King (18)16–9
26December 27@ Baltimore81–76 (OT)Rocha, Seymour (18)17–9
27December 28Indianapolis73–84Red Rocha (18)18–9
28December 30@ Rochester93–106Red Rocha (18)18–10
29December 31@ Boston87–97Al Cervi (19)18–11
30January 1Fort Wayne78–92Dolph Schayes (29)19–11
31January 3@ New York77–85 (OT)Paul Seymour (17)19–12
32January 4Baltimore68–93Red Rocha (15)20–12
33January 7N New York114–93Paul Seymour (29)21–12
34January 8Minneapolis67–75Dolph Schayes (19)22–12
35January 10N Philadelphia87–77Paul Seymour (19)23–12
36January 11Philadelphia72–76Paul Seymour (18)24–12
37January 15Rochester85–109Paul Seymour (19)25–12
38January 18Baltimore84–103Paul Seymour (24)26–12
39January 22Fort Wayne75–87Red Rocha (17)27–12
40January 24@ Rochester107–82Dolph Schayes (22)28–12
41January 25New York97–62Dolph Schayes (16)28–13
42January 27@ Indianapolis72–76Jorgensen, Schayes (21)28–14
43January 29@ Minneapolis83–65Paul Seymour (20)29–14
44January 30@ Milwaukee68–84King, Schayes (15)29–15
45February 1Baltimore79–94Dolph Schayes (22)30–15
46February 2N Baltimore98–77Red Rocha (31)31–15
47February 4@ Boston92–105Paul Seymour (20)31–16
48February 5Rochester79–83 (OT)Dolph Schayes (24)32–16
49February 8Philadelphia89–98Dolph Schayes (26)33–16
50February 11@ Fort Wayne78–96Paul Seymour (17)33–17
51February 12@ Minneapolis81–91Paul Seymour (20)33–18
52February 13@ Indianapolis89–86 (2OT)Dolph Schayes (20)34–18
53February 15New York85–81Dolph Schayes (35)34–19
54February 17N Boston84–65Red Rocha (21)35–19
55February 19Milwaukee72–82Dolph Schayes (21)36–19
56February 21@ Rochester73–84Dolph Schayes (24)36–20
57February 22Philadelphia73–86Dolph Schayes (23)37–20
58February 24N Philadelphia74–63Dolph Schayes (27)38–20
59February 26Fort Wayne77–89Dolph Schayes (19)39–20
60February 28@ Baltimore74–77Dolph Schayes (18)39–21
61March 1New York64–79Dolph Schayes (28)40–21
62March 3@ Milwaukee70–75George King (19)40–22
63March 4@ Fort Wayne75–73 (2OT)Dolph Schayes (18)41–22
64March 5Minneapolis91–94Lloyd, Seymour (23)42–22
65March 6@ New York66–75Dolph Schayes (19)42–23
66March 7N Philadelphia87–88Dolph Schayes (30)42–24
67March 8Baltimore91–98Dolph Schayes (28)43–24
68March 12Boston70–84Dolph Schayes (18)44–24
69March 14@ New York95–81Dolph Schayes (26)45–24
70March 15Indianapolis68–84Dolph Schayes (30)46–24
71March 17Boston68–72Dolph Schayes (23)47–24

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) Syracuse Nationals vs. (3) Boston Celtics: Celtics win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Syracuse: Boston 87, Syracuse 81
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Boston 111, Syracuse 105 (4OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Nationals and Celtics.

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

References
  1. 1952–53 Syracuse Nationals
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