1956-57 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-34
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 3-0
Coach: Al Cervi (4-8)
Coach: Paul Seymour (34-26)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 118,883, Avg. 3,835 in 31 home dates

1956-57 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1956-57 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1956-57 season with a record of 38 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

Syracuse tossed in 7,175 points and conceded 7,277. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,617 points for the Nationals and contributed 1,008 rebounds. Dolph Schayes dished out 229 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi and Paul Seymour coached the team. The 1956-57 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	2851	1308	496			691	625	1008	229	219	1617
Ed Conlin	F-G	71	2250	896	335			368	283	430	205	170	953
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	2191	827	333			313	225	807	90	190	891
Earl Lloyd	F-C	72	1965	687	256			179	134	435	114	282	646
Al Bianchi	G	68	1577	567	199			239	165	227	106	198	563
Joe Holup	F	71	1284	487	160			253	204	279	84	177	524
Togo Palazzi	F-G	42	780	453	169			143	113	187	41	94	451
Paul Seymour	G-F	65	1235	442	143			123	101	130	193	91	387
Bob Hopkins	C-F	62	764	343	130			126	94	233	22	106	354
Larry Hennessy	G	19	0	168	54			32	23	44	24	28	131
Bob Schafer	G	11	167	66	19			13	11	11	15	16	49
Jim Tucker	F	9	119	44	17			1	0	20	2	26	34
Don Savage	F-G	5	55	19	6			7	6	7	2	7	18
Jim Ray	G	4	43	11	2			5	3	5	3	4	7
Forest Able	G	1	1	2	0			0	0	1	1	1	0
Totals		644	15282	6320	2319	0	0	2493	1987	3824	1131	1609	6625

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	39.6	37.9	90.4	14.0	3.2	3.0	22.5
Ed Conlin	F-G	71	31.7	37.4	76.9	6.1	2.9	2.4	13.4
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	30.4	40.3	71.9	11.2	1.3	2.6	12.4
Earl Lloyd	F-C	72	27.3	37.3	74.9	6.0	1.6	3.9	9.0
Al Bianchi	G	68	23.2	35.1	69.0	3.3	1.6	2.9	8.3
Joe Holup	F	71	18.1	32.9	80.6	3.9	1.2	2.5	7.4
Togo Palazzi	F-G	42	18.6	37.3	79.0	4.5	1.0	2.2	10.7
Paul Seymour	G-F	65	19.0	32.4	82.1	2.0	3.0	1.4	6.0
Bob Hopkins	C-F	62	12.3	37.9	74.6	3.8	0.4	1.7	5.7
Larry Hennessy	G	19	0.0	32.1	71.9	2.3	1.3	1.5	6.9
Bob Schafer	G	11	15.2	28.8	84.6	1.0	1.4	1.5	4.5
Jim Tucker	F	9	13.2	38.6	0.0	2.2	0.2	2.9	3.8
Don Savage	F-G	5	11.0	31.6	85.7	1.4	0.4	1.4	3.6
Jim Ray	G	4	10.8	18.2	60.0	1.3	0.8	1.0	1.8
Forest Able	G	1	1.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		644	23.7	36.7	79.7	5.9	1.8	2.5	10.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	5	215	95	29			55	49	90	14	18	107
Ed Conlin	F-G	5	164	71	28			27	21	17	15	11	77
Johnny Kerr	C-F	5	162	65	28			29	20	69	6	7	76
Togo Palazzi	F-G	5	87	49	19			9	7	18	5	11	45
Al Bianchi	G	5	97	38	12			12	8	15	8	16	32
Bob Harrison	G	5	133	45	12			9	8	13	15	21	32
Earl Lloyd	F-C	5	83	30	12			11	7	21	5	18	31
Bob Hopkins	C-F	5	73	25	9			15	10	19	2	4	28
Paul Seymour	G-F	5	98	37	8			6	5	10	8	11	21
Joe Holup	F	5	88	28	6			12	8	20	1	3	20
Totals		50	1200	483	163	0	0	185	143	292	79	120	469

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	5	43.0	30.5	89.1	18.0	2.8	3.6	21.4
Ed Conlin	F-G	5	32.8	39.4	77.8	3.4	3.0	2.2	15.4
Johnny Kerr	C-F	5	32.4	43.1	69.0	13.8	1.2	1.4	15.2
Togo Palazzi	F-G	5	17.4	38.8	77.8	3.6	1.0	2.2	9.0
Al Bianchi	G	5	19.4	31.6	66.7	3.0	1.6	3.2	6.4
Bob Harrison	G	5	26.6	26.7	88.9	2.6	3.0	4.2	6.4
Earl Lloyd	F-C	5	16.6	40.0	63.6	4.2	1.0	3.6	6.2
Bob Hopkins	C-F	5	14.6	36.0	66.7	3.8	0.4	0.8	5.6
Paul Seymour	G-F	5	19.6	21.6	83.3	2.0	1.6	2.2	4.2
Joe Holup	F	5	17.6	21.4	66.7	4.0	0.2	0.6	4.0
Averages		644	24.0	33.7	77.3	5.8	1.6	2.4	9.4