1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coachAl Cervi
ArenaOnondaga War Memorial
Results
Record4230 (.583)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(eliminated 3–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWSYR

The 1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season was the 5th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the Eastern Division Finals, the Nationals swept the Boston Celtics 2-0 to make it to the NBA Finals. The Nationals would go on to lose the Finals in 7 games to the Minneapolis Lakers.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks4428.61118–815–1311–724–16
x-Boston Celtics4230.583217–610–1915–525–15
x-Syracuse Nationals4230.583226–611–175–721–19
Philadelphia Warriors2943.4031510–96–1613–1819–21
Baltimore Bullets1656.2222812–180–224–1611–29
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953-54 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore 1–90–82–62–63–74–61–73–7
Boston 9–14–46–23–55–56–44–45–5
Fort Wayne 8–04–49–25–53–56–23–82–6
Milwaukee 6–22–62–93–83–53–51–91–7
Minneapolis 6–25–35–58–35–36–26–55–3
New York 7–35–55–35–33–57–37–15–5
Philadelphia 6–44–62–65–32–63–71–76–4
Rochester 7–14–48–39–15–61–77–13–5
Syracuse 7–35–56–27–13–55–54–65–3

Game log

1953–54 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 31@ Philadelphia73–79Paul Seymour (21)0–1
2November 1Philadelphia61–85Dolph Schayes (14)1–1
3November 5Minneapolis77–65Paul Seymour (14)1–2
4November 7N Baltimore88–77Billy Gabor (21)2–2
5November 8Rochester66–85Billy Gabor (23)3–2
6November 10@ Milwaukee74–59George King (15)4–2
7November 12@ Fort Wayne74–78George King (15)4–3
8November 14@ Boston66–77Bill Kenville (14)4–4
9November 15Milwaukee61–69Dolph Schayes (20)5–4
10November 19Fort Wayne76–79George King (15)6–4
11November 21@ New York67–68Paul Seymour (15)6–5
12November 22New York84–80 (OT)Billy Gabor (26)6–6
13November 24@ Rochester89–80Paul Seymour (23)7–6
14November 25N Baltimore58–66Dolph Schayes (16)7–7
15November 26Boston86–93King, Schayes (15)8–7
16November 28N Boston80–91Paul Seymour (16)8–8
17November 29Baltimore82–101Billy Gabor (17)9–8
18December 1@ Milwaukee76–69 (OT)George King (20)10–8
19December 3N Minneapolis74–87Dolph Schayes (16)10–9
20December 5@ Minneapolis80–90Dolph Schayes (27)10–10
21December 6@ Fort Wayne77–78Paul Seymour (14)10–11
22December 9@ Baltimore77–92Paul Seymour (20)10–12
23December 10Milwaukee76–96Paul Seymour (18)11–12
24December 12@ Rochester85–90George King (17)11–13
25December 13Boston74–108Billy Gabor (19)12–13
26December 19@ Boston90–83Dolph Schayes (19)13–13
27December 20Minneapolis76–81Dolph Schayes (16)14–13
28December 23@ Baltimore76–72Schayes, Seymour (16)15–13
29December 25@ New York80–89Dolph Schayes (22)15–14
30December 27Milwaukee75–96Dolph Schayes (22)16–14
31December 30N Boston96–89Earl Lloyd (16)17–14
32December 31Rochester81–86Dolph Schayes (20)18–14
33January 1@ Boston92–95Dolph Schayes (27)18–15
34January 2@ Philadelphia74–66George King (15)19–15
35January 3Philadelphia90–77Dolph Schayes (22)19–16
36January 5@ Fort Wayne72–60Wally Osterkorn (17)20–16
37January 7Fort Wayne67–79Wally Osterkorn (25)21–16
38January 10Baltimore73–77Dolph Schayes (19)22–16
39January 13N New York93–72Dolph Schayes (19)23–16
40January 14Minneapolis71–96King, Osterkorn (17)24–16
41January 16@ Rochester95–93 (3OT)Dolph Schayes (30)25–16
42January 17Rochester81–84Dolph Schayes (28)26–16
43January 23@ Baltimore91–98Paul Seymour (18)26–17
44January 24Philadelphia80–78Dolph Schayes (29)26–18
45January 26N Philadelphia79–75Paul Seymour (19)27–18
46January 28New York66–79Dolph Schayes (17)28–18
47January 30@ New York65–66Earl Lloyd (17)28–19
48January 31New York70–114Dolph Schayes (27)29–19
49February 3N Philadelphia79–82Dolph Schayes (31)29–20
50February 4N New York90–82Dolph Schayes (20)30–20
51February 6Fort Wayne87–93 (OT)George King (21)31–20
52February 7Milwaukee73–88Paul Seymour (19)32–20
53February 10@ Boston79–94Dolph Schayes (21)32–21
54February 11@ Philadelphia74–76 (2OT)Dolph Schayes (20)32–22
55February 13@ Rochester78–81Dolph Schayes (26)32–23
56February 14Baltimore91–111Gabor, Neal (18)33–23
57February 16N Philadelphia77–95Wally Osterkorn (17)33–24
58February 18Fort Wayne77–91Dolph Schayes (28)34–24
59February 20@ Minneapolis68–83George King (14)34–25
60February 21Minneapolis73–100Billy Gabor (22)35–25
61February 23N Milwaukee68–70Dolph Schayes (18)35–26
62February 25Boston101–96Dolph Schayes (26)35–27
63February 26@ Milwaukee68–62Dolph Schayes (23)36–27
64February 28Rochester91–85Paul Seymour (16)36–28
65March 2@ Minneapolis87–91Dolph Schayes (30)36–29
66March 4@ Fort Wayne86–63Dolph Schayes (19)37–29
67March 6Philadelphia77–88Dolph Schayes (24)38–29
68March 7Baltimore77–103Dolph Schayes (21)39–29
69March 10@ Baltimore85–77Dolph Schayes (24)40–29
70March 11Boston95–97 (OT)Dolph Schayes (35)41–29
71March 13@ New York60–67Paul Seymour (15)41–30
72March 14New York83–113Dolph Schayes (23)42–30

Playoffs

1954 playoff game log
Division Round Robin Semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 March 17 @ Boston W 96–95 (OT) Dolph Schayes (20) Dolph Schayes (13) Earl Lloyd (8) Boston Garden 1–0
2 March 18 New York W 75–68 Dolph Schayes (23) Dolph Schayes (16) Paul Seymour (6) Onondaga War Memorial 2–0
3 March 21 @ New York W 103–99 Dolph Schayes (36) Dolph Schayes (21) Paul Seymour (6) Madison Square Garden III 3–0
4 March 22 Boston W 98–85 Dolph Schayes (25) Dolph Schayes (16) Paul Seymour (7) Onondaga War Memorial 4–0
Division Finals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 25 Boston W 109–94 Dolph Schayes (27) Dolph Schayes (21) Bill Gabor (6) Onondaga War Memorial 1–0
2 March 27 @ Boston W 83–76 Wally Osterkorn (16) George King (8) Boston Garden 2–0
NBA Finals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 March 31 @ Minneapolis L 68–79 Bob Lavoy (15) Wally Osterkorn (8) Paul Seymour (6) Minneapolis Auditorium
4,579
0–1
2 April 3 @ Minneapolis W 62–60 Wally Osterkorn (20) Wally Osterkorn (17) Lavoy, Seymour (3) Minneapolis Auditorium
6,277
1–1
3 April 4 Minneapolis L 67–81 Bob Lavoy (18) Bob Lavoy (15) Paul Seymour (7) Onondaga War Memorial
8,719
1–2
4 April 8 Minneapolis W 80–69 Paul Seymour (25) Bob Lavoy (11) Paul Seymour (6) Onondaga War Memorial
7,655
2–2
5 April 10 Minneapolis L 73–84 Dolph Schayes (17) Earl Lloyd (8) Wally Osterkorn (5) Onondaga War Memorial
7,283
2–3
6 April 11 @ Minneapolis W 65–63 Paul Seymour (16) Minneapolis Auditorium
6,776
3–3
7 April 12 @ Minneapolis L 80–87 Dolph Schayes (18) Minneapolis Auditorium
7,274
3–4
1954 schedule

Awards and records

References

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