1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-24
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 2-0
Coach: Al Cervi (47-24)
Location: Syracuse, New York

1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 47 wins and 24 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

Syracuse scored 6,081 points and yielded 5,775.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1952-53 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	71	2668	1022	375			619	512	920	227	271	1262
Paul Seymour	G-F	67	2684	798	306			416	340	246	294	210	952
George King	G	71	2519	635	255			442	284	281	364	244	794
Red Rocha	C-F	69	2454	690	268			310	234	510	137	257	770
Bill Gabor	G-F	69	1337	614	215			284	217	104	134	262	647
Earl Lloyd	F-C	64	1806	453	156			231	160	444	64	241	472
Noble Jorgensen	C	70	1355	436	145			199	146	236	76	247	436
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	49	1016	262	85			168	106	217	61	129	276
Bob Lochmueller	F	62	802	245	79			122	74	162	47	143	232
Al Cervi	G-F	38	301	71	31			100	81	22	28	90	143
Jim Brasco	G	10	111	48	11			14	11	15	12	18	33
Totals		640	17053	5274	1926	0	0	2905	2165	3157	1444	2112	6017

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	71	37.6	36.7	82.7	13.0	3.2	3.8	17.8
Paul Seymour	G-F	67	40.1	38.3	81.7	3.7	4.4	3.1	14.2
George King	G	71	35.5	40.2	64.3	4.0	5.1	3.4	11.2
Red Rocha	C-F	69	35.6	38.8	75.5	7.4	2.0	3.7	11.2
Bill Gabor	G-F	69	19.4	35.0	76.4	1.5	1.9	3.8	9.4
Earl Lloyd	F-C	64	28.2	34.4	69.3	6.9	1.0	3.8	7.4
Noble Jorgensen	C	70	19.4	33.3	73.4	3.4	1.1	3.5	6.2
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	49	20.7	32.4	63.1	4.4	1.2	2.6	5.6
Bob Lochmueller	F	62	12.9	32.2	60.7	2.6	0.8	2.3	3.7
Al Cervi	G-F	38	7.9	43.7	81.0	0.6	0.7	2.4	3.8
Jim Brasco	G	10	11.1	22.9	78.6	1.5	1.2	1.8	3.3
Averages		640	26.6	36.5	74.5	4.9	2.3	3.3	9.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Paul Seymour	G-F	2	112	24	9			19	18	10	8	11	36
Red Rocha	C-F	2	107	26	10			14	11	17	7	11	31
George King	G	2	67	13	6			12	10	5	9	12	22
Dolph Schayes	F-C	2	58	16	4			13	10	17	1	7	18
Bill Gabor	G-F	2	28	12	5			13	8	3	2	12	18
Al Cervi	G-F	2	28	5	3			15	12	0	1	12	18
Earl Lloyd	F-C	2	73	17	4			10	7	9	5	10	15
Noble Jorgensen	C	2	44	9	5			6	4	10	3	11	14
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	2	42	9	4			3	1	4	2	11	9
Bob Lochmueller	F	2	21	10	2			4	1	5	2	12	5
Totals		20	580	141	52	0	0	109	82	80	40	109	186

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Paul Seymour	G-F	2	56.0	37.5	94.7	5.0	4.0	5.5	18.0
Red Rocha	C-F	2	53.5	38.5	78.6	8.5	3.5	5.5	15.5
George King	G	2	33.5	46.2	83.3	2.5	4.5	6.0	11.0
Dolph Schayes	F-C	2	29.0	25.0	76.9	8.5	0.5	3.5	9.0
Bill Gabor	G-F	2	14.0	41.7	61.5	1.5	1.0	6.0	9.0
Al Cervi	G-F	2	14.0	60.0	80.0	0.0	0.5	6.0	9.0
Earl Lloyd	F-C	2	36.5	23.5	70.0	4.5	2.5	5.0	7.5
Noble Jorgensen	C	2	22.0	55.6	66.7	5.0	1.5	5.5	7.0
Wally Osterkorn	F-C	2	21.0	44.4	33.3	2.0	1.0	5.5	4.5
Bob Lochmueller	F	2	10.5	20.0	25.0	2.5	1.0	6.0	2.5
Averages		640	29.0	36.9	75.2	4.0	2.0	5.5	9.3