1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coachAlex Hannum
ArenaOnondaga War Memorial
Results
Record4832 (.600)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 2–3)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1962–63 NBA season was the Nationals' 14th season in the NBA.[1] In their final season in Syracuse, the Nationals finished with a record of 48–32, good enough for 2nd place in the NBA Eastern Division. They qualified for the playoffs but lost to the Cincinnati Royals, 3 games to 2 in the East semifinals.

Following this season, the Nationals relocated to Philadelphia and became the 76ers, filling the void left by the Warriors, who moved to the Bay Area the prior year.

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5822.72525–521–1612–125–11
x-Syracuse Nationals4832.6001023–513–1912–821–15
x-Cincinnati Royals4238.5251623–1015–194–920–16
New York Knicks2159.2633712–225–284–96–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NBA records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK SFW STL SYR
Boston 8–29–38–04–510–28–15–36–6
Chicago 2–84–63–73–74–64–63–72–8
Cincinnati 3–96–44–43–610–26–33–57–5
Detroit 0–87–34–41–118–17–54–83–6
Los Angeles 5–47–36–311–15–38–47–54–4
New York 2–106–42–101–83–52–63–62–10
San Francisco 1–86–43–65–74–86–23–93–5
St. Louis 3–57–35–38–45–76–39–35–4
Syracuse 6–68–25–76–34–410–25–34–5

Game log

1962–63 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 20Los Angeles102–108Lee Shaffer (22)1–0
2October 23@ New York123–119Johnny Kerr (31)2–0
3October 26Chicago112–130Greer, Kerr (18)3–0
4October 27@ Boston98–118Lee Shaffer (21)3–1
5October 31N St. Louis126–108Johnny Kerr (24)4–1
6November 3Cincinnati111–130Larry Costello (22)5–1
7November 9St. Louis93–101Hal Greer (22)6–1
8November 14@ Cincinnati120–125Hal Greer (24)6–2
9November 15N Los Angeles120–98Johnny Kerr (28)7–2
10November 16Boston105–113Hal Greer (25)8–2
11November 17@ St. Louis107–113Hal Greer (32)8–3
12November 18N Chicago110–107Johnny Kerr (22)9–3
13November 21@ Detroit122–120Larry Costello (30)10–3
14November 22N Boston130–120Lee Shaffer (32)11–3
15November 23@ New York110–116Gambee, Kerr (17)11–4
16November 24New York126–137Lee Shaffer (25)12–4
17November 27@ St. Louis105–120Hal Greer (25)12–5
18November 29@ Chicago112–85Lee Shaffer (23)13–5
19November 30@ Cincinnati117–130Johnny Kerr (17)13–6
20December 1@ Boston110–129Larry Costello (22)13–7
21December 4N Detroit129–130Hal Greer (27)13–8
22December 7N Chicago149–129Hal Greer (24)14–8
23December 8Boston97–102Lee Shaffer (28)15–8
24December 9N Los Angeles117–114Lee Shaffer (30)16–8
25December 11@ San Francisco124–136Lee Shaffer (28)16–9
26December 12@ Los Angeles120–126Lee Shaffer (33)16–10
27December 16@ San Francisco144–137Greer, Shaffer (32)17–10
28December 17@ Los Angeles114–121Lee Shaffer (26)17–11
29December 19@ Cincinnati120–129Lee Shaffer (32)17–12
30December 22San Francisco123–118Lee Shaffer (26)17–13
31December 25@ New York123–111Lee Shaffer (31)18–13
32December 27New York92–128Kerr, Shaffer (24)19–13
33December 28N San Francisco117–124Lee Shaffer (30)19–14
34December 29Los Angeles132–123Lee Shaffer (26)19–15
35January 2St. Louis95–120Hal Greer (23)20–15
36January 3N New York115–123Hal Greer (30)20–16
37January 5N Cincinnati136–117Lee Shaffer (33)21–16
38January 6Chicago102–114Hal Greer (21)22–16
39January 8N Cincinnati119–116Hal Greer (31)23–16
40January 9Cincinnati116–112Hal Greer (25)23–17
41January 11@ Boston117–134Johnny Kerr (20)23–18
42January 12N Detroit115–146Chet Walker (30)23–19
43January 13Detroit114–148Lee Shaffer (32)24–19
44January 19Boston148–149 (OT)Chet Walker (35)25–19
45January 22N St. Louis93–113Lee Shaffer (20)25–20
46January 23@ Chicago94–104Kerr, Shaffer (21)25–21
47January 25N Los Angeles114–122Hal Greer (24)25–22
48January 26@ San Francisco116–110Hal Greer (23)26–22
49January 27@ San Francisco119–110Greer, Shaffer (26)27–22
50January 29@ St. Louis105–123Al Bianchi (22)27–23
51January 31St. Louis100–112Johnny Kerr (30)28–23
52February 1@ Boston125–111Chet Walker (21)29–23
53February 2N Cincinnati117–113Al Bianchi (20)30–23
54February 3Cincinnati125–115Chet Walker (21)30–24
55February 5@ New York120–100Chet Walker (22)31–24
56February 6Boston109–126Kerr, Schayes (17)32–24
57February 8@ Detroit162–135Lee Shaffer (30)33–24
58February 9N New York122–116Lee Shaffer (29)34–24
59February 10San Francisco115–139Greer, Kerr (26)35–24
60February 12@ St. Louis100–128Bianchi, Kerr, Neumann (13)35–25
61February 13N Cincinnati122–124Lee Shaffer (31)35–26
62February 14Chicago117–136Larry Costello (23)36–26
63February 15N Boston114–123Hal Greer (24)36–27
64February 17Detroit124–143Bianchi, Neumann (19)37–27
65February 19N Chicago118–110Lee Shaffer (41)38–27
66February 20Cincinnati109–128Hal Greer (24)39–27
67February 21@ Chicago91–108Hal Greer (19)39–28
68February 22@ Detroit117–126Lee Shaffer (29)39–29
69February 24New York126–143Greer, Kerr (20)40–29
70February 27Los Angeles111–122Lee Shaffer (27)41–29
71February 28N New York132–124Len Chappell (31)42–29
72March 2Detroit128–152Lee Shaffer (32)43–29
73March 3@ Detroit127–123Lee Shaffer (32)44–29
74March 5@ New York131–121Hal Greer (31)45–29
75March 7New York118–129Hal Greer (28)46–29
76March 10San Francisco148–163Lee Shaffer (31)47–29
77March 12@ Chicago130–106Johnny Kerr (24)48–29
78March 13@ Cincinnati114–128Dave Gambee (15)48–30
79March 16Boston125–121Lee Shaffer (28)48–31
80March 17@ Boston116–125Hal Greer (25)48–32

Playoffs

1963 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 March 19 Cincinnati W 123–120 Hal Greer (32) Hal Greer (11) Costello, Greer (6) Onondaga War Memorial
4,335
1–0
2 March 21 @ Cincinnati L 115–133 Chet Walker (24) Johnny Kerr (12) Larry Costello (3) Cincinnati Gardens
3,205
1–1
3 March 23 Cincinnati W 121–117 Lee Shaffer (34) Johnny Kerr (17) Hal Greer (7) Onondaga War Memorial
8,007
2–1
4 March 24 @ Cincinnati L 118–125 Lee Shaffer (32) Johnny Kerr (14) Larry Costello (5) Cincinnati Gardens
3,331
2–2
5 March 26 Cincinnati L 127–131 (OT) Lee Shaffer (45) Johnny Kerr (20) Paul Neumann (6) Onondaga War Memorial
7,418
2–3
1963 schedule

Awards and records

References

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