1952-53 Syracuse Nationals Game Log

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Record: 47-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Cervi (47-24)

PTS/G: 85.6 (3rd of 10) Opp PTS/G: 81.3 (6th of 10)

SRS: 3.62 (3rd of 10) Pace: 92.8 (7th of 10)

Off Rtg: 90.6 (2nd of 10) Def Rtg: 86.0 (4th of 10) Net Rtg: +4.6 (3rd of 10)

Expected W-L: 48-23 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (0-2) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1952-11-01	@	PHW	L	84	86	33	95	.347				18	25	.720		56	22				30	30	90	.333				26	35	.743		67	25				22
2	2	1952-11-02		PHW	W	117	91	42						33	43	.767							39	26						39	49	.796							39
3	3	1952-11-08	@	BOS	L	83	106	24	84	.286				35	45	.778			14				40	37	91	.407				32	49	.653			30				36
4	4	1952-11-09		MNL	W	96	89	30						36	53	.679							28	32						25	31	.806							43
5	5	1952-11-13		BOS	W	96	81	33						30	43	.698							35	25						31	39	.795							33
6	6	1952-11-15	@	BLB	L	91	97	20						51	66	.773							59	28						41	70	.586							54
7	7	1952-11-16		INO	W	84	78	28						28	40	.700							20	29						20	24	.833							30
8	8	1952-11-20		MLH	W	92	73	33						26	38	.684							21	27						19	29	.655							28
9	9	1952-11-22	@	NYK	L	68	98	22						24	33	.727							32	35						28	38	.737							26
10	10	1952-11-23		NYK	W	76	73	19						38	50	.760							37	20						33	44	.750							41
11	11	1952-11-27		ROC	W	86	79	24						38	56	.679							40	22						35	47	.745							51
12	12	1952-11-29	@	BLB	W	87	74	27						33	46	.717							32	23						28	46	.609							38
13	13	1952-11-30		BOS	W	78	66	25						28	33	.848							17	25						16	22	.727							27
14	14	1952-12-04	@	FTW	W	78	70	24	76	.316				30	47	.638			18				28	23	74	.311				24	35	.686			20				37
15	15	1952-12-06	@	PHW	W	82	74	28	96	.292				26	40	.650		63	20				27	29	75	.387				16	29	.552		62	22				32
16	16	1952-12-07		MLH	W	71	67	19						33	48	.688							31	18						31	39	.795							38
17	17	1952-12-08	@	MLH	L	89	101	28						33	46	.717							40	29						43	59	.729							29
18	18	1952-12-09	@	INO	W	87	70	30						27	34	.794							15	26						18	24	.750							26
19	19	1952-12-11	@	MNL	L	79	82	23	62	.371				33	42	.786							44	25	71	.352				32	46	.696							33
20	20	1952-12-14		PHW	W	102	83	39						24	34	.706							18	32						19	26	.731							22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1952-12-16	@	NYK	L	93	98	27						39	59	.661							42	31						36	49	.735							44
22	22	1952-12-18	N	BOS	L	83	88	29	100	.290				25	31	.806		66	22				31	28	81	.346				32	38	.842		61	26				22
23	23	1952-12-20	@	BOS	L	77	91	28	70	.400				21	26	.808			16				32	30	74	.405				31	39	.795			25				22
24	24	1952-12-21		BOS	W	90	86	26						38	49	.776							35	31						24	40	.600							38
25	25	1952-12-25		BLB	W	102	92	29						44	54	.815							30	33						26	40	.650							41
26	26	1952-12-27	@	BLB	W	81	76	24						33	39	.846							31	27						22	39	.564							34
27	27	1952-12-28		INO	W	84	73	31						22	28	.786							26	27						19	31	.613							22
28	28	1952-12-30	@	ROC	L	93	106	32						29	44	.659							32	38						30	37	.811							36
29	29	1952-12-31	@	BOS	L	87	97	27						33	38	.868							36	33						31	44	.705							29
30	30	1953-01-01		FTW	W	92	78	30	67	.448				32	52	.615							33	25	86	.291				28	42	.667							38
31	31	1953-01-03	@	NYK	L	77	85	26						25	44	.568							39	26						33	46	.717							40
32	32	1953-01-04		BLB	W	93	68	33						27	38	.711							26	20						28	38	.737							30
33	33	1953-01-07	N	NYK	W	114	93	43	80	.538				28	45	.622		58	33				35	32	83	.386				29	43	.674		52	24				38
34	34	1953-01-08		MNL	W	75	67	19						37	52	.712							21	22						23	31	.742							36
35	35	1953-01-10	N	PHW	W	87	77	30						27	36	.750							20	29						19	27	.704							26
36	36	1953-01-11		PHW	W	76	72	21						34	44	.773							28	24						24	33	.727							34
37	37	1953-01-15		ROC	W	109	85	29						51	65	.785							44	26						33	53	.623							52
38	38	1953-01-18		BLB	W	103	84	39						25	35	.714							18	33						18	25	.720							27
39	39	1953-01-22		FTW	W	87	75	29						29	34	.853							22	28						19	29	.655							25
40	40	1953-01-24	@	ROC	W	107	82	35						37	49	.755							27	27						28	33	.848							38
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1953-01-25		NYK	L	62	97	20						22	22	1.000							37	34						29	45	.644							33
42	42	1953-01-27	@	INO	L	72	76	26						20	26	.769							28	26						24	34	.706							22
43	43	1953-01-29	@	MNL	W	83	65	29	77	.377				25	31	.806							26	20	80	.250				25	30	.833							27
44	44	1953-01-30	@	MLH	L	68	84	23						22	32	.688							23	32						20	30	.667							23
45	45	1953-02-01		BLB	W	94	79	32						30	37	.811							23	25						29	36	.806							26
46	46	1953-02-02	N	BLB	W	98	77	32						34	44	.773							27	25						27	38	.711							32
47	47	1953-02-04	@	BOS	L	92	105	30	85	.353				32	38	.842			23				32	36	74	.486				33	41	.805			30				29
48	48	1953-02-05		ROC	W	83	79	27						29	48	.604							27	27						25	33	.758							37
49	49	1953-02-08		PHW	W	98	89	31						36	43	.837							26	33						23	35	.657							36
50	50	1953-02-11	@	FTW	L	78	96	17	60	.283				44	55	.800			15				35	29	83	.349				38	45	.844			25				42
51	51	1953-02-12	@	MNL	L	81	91	23	68	.338				35	39	.897							25	35	86	.407				21	29	.724							28
52	52	1953-02-13	@	INO	W	89	86	29						31	48	.646							36	27						32	40	.800							40
53	53	1953-02-15		NYK	L	81	85	20						41	58	.707							50	24						37	56	.661							47
54	54	1953-02-17	N	BOS	W	84	65	28						28	35	.800							27	22						21	35	.600							25
55	55	1953-02-19		MLH	W	82	72	25						32	39	.821							24	27						18	30	.600							29
56	56	1953-02-21	@	ROC	L	73	84	22						29	32	.906							28	30						24	32	.750							25
57	57	1953-02-22		PHW	W	86	73	28						30	36	.833							23	27						19	30	.633							26
58	58	1953-02-24	N	PHW	W	74	63	22						30	36	.833							23	24						15	22	.682							27
59	59	1953-02-26		FTW	W	89	77	27						35	48	.729							27	27						23	37	.622							36
60	60	1953-02-28	@	BLB	L	74	77	27						20	26	.769							23	29						19	26	.731							24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1953-03-01		NYK	W	79	64	24						31	39	.795							25	20						24	34	.706							32
62	62	1953-03-03	@	MLH	L	70	75	23						24	32	.750							25	23						29	36	.806							23
63	63	1953-03-04	@	FTW	W	75	73	23	69	.333				29	35	.829			21				30	22	72	.306				29	40	.725			17				30
64	64	1953-03-05		MNL	W	94	91	28	62	.452				38	48	.792							27	33	82	.402				25	32	.781							38
65	65	1953-03-06	@	NYK	L	66	75	20						26	31	.839							30	26						23	32	.719							25
66	66	1953-03-07	N	PHW	L	87	88	31						25	33	.758							31	30						28	37	.757							26
67	67	1953-03-08		BLB	W	98	91	29						40	54	.741							27	35						21	33	.636							43
68	68	1953-03-12		BOS	W	84	70	30						24	34	.706							26	24						22	31	.710							29
69	69	1953-03-14	@	NYK	W	95	81	31						33	40	.825							39	23						35	47	.745							34
70	70	1953-03-15		INO	W	84	68	28						28	39	.718							22	26						16	23	.696							30
71	71	1953-03-17		BOS	W	72	68	19						34	45	.756							31	20						28	37	.757							35

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