1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Game Log

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Record: 42-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Cervi (42-30)

PTS/G: 83.5 (2nd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 78.6 (5th of 9)

SRS: 4.27 (1st of 9) Pace: 93.5 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 88.2 (4th of 9) Def Rtg: 83.0 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +5.2 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 50-22 (1st of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Round-Robin (2-0) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Round-Robin (2-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Advanced from Eastern Division Round Robin

NBA Runners-up
Eastern Div Champs

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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	1953-10-31	@	PHW	L	73	79	27	95	.284				19	28	.679		61	17				24	28	75	.373				23	31	.742		57	24				22
2	2	1953-11-01		PHW	W	85	61	31	70	.443				23	32	.719		51	25				21	21	76	.276				19	30	.633		32	22				23
3	3	1953-11-05		MNL	L	65	77	22	97	.227				21	30	.700		42	21				21	30	77	.390				17	24	.708		51	21				24
4	4	1953-11-07	N	BLB	W	88	77	28	77	.364				32	38	.842		38	21				32	23	61	.377				31	42	.738		50	16				27
5	5	1953-11-08		ROC	W	85	66	27	67	.403				31	44	.705		32	20				30	21	73	.288				24	37	.649		32	11				33
6	6	1953-11-10	@	MLH	W	74	59	21	60	.350				32	44	.727		43	17				27	18	72	.250				23	36	.639		46	14				36
7	7	1953-11-12	@	FTW	L	74	78	22	76	.289				30	36	.833		42	17				35	23	59	.390				32	42	.762		50	21				23
8	8	1953-11-14	@	BOS	L	66	77	23	80	.288				20	29	.690		48	17				32	21	56	.375				35	41	.854		54	16				24
9	9	1953-11-15		MLH	W	69	61	25	67	.373				19	28	.679		43	20				25	19	83	.229				23	34	.676		37	15				22
10	10	1953-11-19		FTW	W	79	76	26	69	.377				27	35	.771		46	22				25	25	73	.342				26	32	.813		41	17				28
11	11	1953-11-21	@	NYK	L	67	68	26	98	.265				15	23	.652		53	14				25	24	71	.338				20	29	.690		65	18				19
12	12	1953-11-22		NYK	L	80	84	25	82	.305				30	40	.750		45	18				31	29	83	.349				26	38	.684		40	25				31
13	13	1953-11-24	@	ROC	W	89	80	31	68	.456				27	41	.659		38	19				31	32	92	.348				16	35	.457		53	20				34
14	14	1953-11-25	N	BLB	L	58	66	23	76	.303				12	18	.667		39	20				16	27	67	.403				12	19	.632		46	24				14
15	15	1953-11-26		BOS	W	93	86	28	85	.329				37	52	.712		45	23				35	25	74	.338				36	47	.766		48	19				37
16	16	1953-11-28	N	BOS	L	80	91	25	80	.313				30	41	.732		54	15				38	26	66	.394				39	52	.750		45	20				32
17	17	1953-11-29		BLB	W	101	82	37	86	.430				27	41	.659		45	31				26	29	74	.392				24	34	.706		41	23				29
18	18	1953-12-01	@	MLH	W	76	69	29	65	.446				18	29	.621		42	21				29	23	65	.354				23	34	.676		43	17				21
19	19	1953-12-03	N	MNL	L	74	87	25	82	.305				24	36	.667		64	12				21	35	92	.380				17	25	.680		71	14				27
20	20	1953-12-05	@	MNL	L	80	90	27	72	.375				26	41	.634		38	11				22	35	88	.398				20	27	.741		52	20				29
								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	1953-12-06	@	FTW	L	77	78	24	69	.348				29	35	.829		32	20				33	23	62	.371				32	41	.780		40	22				27
22	22	1953-12-09	@	BLB	L	77	92	25	84	.298				27	42	.643		38	14				29	32	76	.421				28	34	.824		60	23				33
23	23	1953-12-10		MLH	W	96	76	36	91	.396				24	30	.800		53	32				22	27	79	.342				22	32	.688		42	21				24
24	24	1953-12-12	@	ROC	L	85	90	30	81	.370				25	34	.735		43	19				30	30	81	.370				30	40	.750		43	27				28
25	25	1953-12-13		BOS	W	108	74	42	84	.500				24	32	.750		56	35				26	25	84	.298				24	34	.706		38	20				24
26	26	1953-12-19	@	BOS	W	90	83	29	77	.377				32	39	.821		43	23				23	30	78	.385				23	30	.767		56	27				28
27	27	1953-12-20		MNL	W	81	76	26	76	.342				29	45	.644		46	26				29	27	87	.310				22	34	.647		41	22				34
28	28	1953-12-23	@	BLB	W	76	72	29	81	.358				18	30	.600		47	21				26	27	66	.409				18	33	.545		50	18				22
29	29	1953-12-25	@	NYK	L	80	89	29	81	.358				22	34	.647		44	21				30	32	68	.471				25	37	.676		56	26				29
30	30	1953-12-27		MLH	W	96	75	32	76	.421				32	40	.800		51	25				25	29	83	.349				17	26	.654		43	19				29
31	31	1953-12-30	N	BOS	W	96	89	34						28	39	.718							24	34						21	31	.677							35
32	32	1953-12-31		ROC	W	86	81	20	61	.328				46	57	.807		41	19				26	27	80	.338				27	34	.794		33	24				46
33	33	1954-01-01	@	BOS	L	92	95	30	76	.395				32	43	.744			19				36	30	80	.375				35	48	.729			18				31
34	34	1954-01-02	@	PHW	W	74	66	25	75	.333				24	33	.727		55	19				16	27	81	.333				12	21	.571		53	22				24
35	35	1954-01-03		PHW	L	77	90	19	68	.279				39	54	.722		45	14				36	31	70	.443				28	44	.636		44	20				39
36	36	1954-01-05	@	FTW	W	72	60	26	69	.377				20	33	.606			22				16	21	73	.288				18	23	.783			16				26
37	37	1954-01-07		FTW	W	79	67	22	71	.310				35	55	.636		53	19				26	26	69	.377				15	36	.417		47	20				35
38	38	1954-01-10		BLB	W	77	73	26	80	.325				25	40	.625		52	21				21	29	69	.420				15	30	.500		45	21				30
39	39	1954-01-13	N	NYK	W	93	72	30	67	.448				33	38	.868		44	27				24	25	72	.347				22	31	.710		41	14				29
40	40	1954-01-14		MNL	W	96	71	38	81	.469				20	35	.571		55	34				25	24	74	.324				23	35	.657		44	20				25
								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	1954-01-16	@	ROC	W	95	93	29						37	45	.822		46					26	37						19	31	.613		66					32
42	42	1954-01-17		ROC	W	84	81	29	65	.446				26	37	.703		43	23				24	31	68	.456				19	32	.594		36	24				27
43	43	1954-01-23	@	BLB	L	91	98	37						17	24	.708							25	37						24	30	.800							20
44	44	1954-01-24		PHW	L	78	80	29	81	.358				20	29	.690		49	22				18	34	79	.430				12	23	.522		39	27				23
45	45	1954-01-26	N	PHW	W	79	75	28						23	35	.657							32	28						19	36	.528							29
46	46	1954-01-28		NYK	W	79	66	26	67	.388				27	35	.771		43	24				24	22	75	.293				22	30	.733		39	17				30
47	47	1954-01-30	@	NYK	L	65	66	27						11	18	.611							21	23						20	28	.714							16
48	48	1954-01-31		NYK	W	114	70	44	90	.489				26	37	.703		58	38				21	25	79	.316				20	32	.625		31	18				27
49	49	1954-02-03	N	PHW	L	79	82	29						21	25	.840							22	35						12	23	.522							18
50	50	1954-02-04	N	NYK	W	90	82	29	68	.426				32	47	.681		54	23				26	29	67	.433				24	30	.800		37	28				39
51	51	1954-02-06		FTW	W	93	87	30	70	.429				33	47	.702		51	19				24	33	78	.423				21	31	.677		40	17				36
52	52	1954-02-07		MLH	W	88	73	31	86	.360				26	34	.765		57	25				24	26	69	.377				21	32	.656		44	19				25
53	53	1954-02-10	@	BOS	L	79	94	26	80	.325				27	41	.659			22				31	30	74	.405				34	45	.756			26				29
54	54	1954-02-11	@	PHW	L	74	76	25	84	.298				24	40	.600		61	16				35	23	83	.277				30	44	.682		71	18				31
55	55	1954-02-13	@	ROC	L	78	81	26	84	.310				26	34	.765							26	30	67	.448				21	32	.656							24
56	56	1954-02-14		BLB	W	111	91	43						25	29	.862		50					17	39						13	24	.542			27				22
57	57	1954-02-16	N	PHW	L	77	95	20	83	.241				37	52	.712		54	11				28	36	82	.439				23	30	.767		53	26				38
58	58	1954-02-18		FTW	W	91	77	31	73	.425				29	31	.935		52	27				18	28	71	.394				21	25	.840		37	24				24
59	59	1954-02-20	@	MNL	L	68	83	30	83	.361				8	16	.500							12	34	87	.391				15	16	.938							13
60	60	1954-02-21		MNL	W	100	73	39	89	.438				22	33	.667		57	35				13	32	85	.376				9	14	.643		37	26				25
								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	1954-02-23	N	MLH	L	68	70	22	72	.306				24	36	.667		44	16				29	23	63	.365				24	32	.750		52	19				34
62	62	1954-02-25		BOS	L	96	101	32	74	.432				32	42	.762		30	32				30	36	83	.434				29	42	.690		42	28				29
63	63	1954-02-26	@	MLH	W	68	62	18						32	47	.681							29	22						18	34	.529							42
64	64	1954-02-28		ROC	L	85	91	25	75	.333				35	47	.745		37	24				31	32	71	.451				27	39	.692		40	26				35
65	65	1954-03-02	@	MNL	L	87	91	33	75	.440				21	28	.750							19	34	77	.442				23	25	.920							22
66	66	1954-03-04	@	FTW	W	86	63	27	61	.443				32	38	.842			23				23	21	65	.323				21	28	.750			18				28
67	67	1954-03-06		PHW	W	88	77	34	72	.472				20	25	.800		45	29				16	30	85	.353				17	20	.850		42	20				19
68	68	1954-03-07		BLB	W	103	77	41	93	.441				21	26	.808		58	33				19	30	84	.357				17	27	.630		50	22				21
69	69	1954-03-10	@	BLB	W	85	77	27	68	.397				31	40	.775		39	25				26	27	70	.386				23	32	.719		45	22				32
70	70	1954-03-11		BOS	W	97	95	25	68	.368				47	64	.734		51	14				45	27	77	.351				41	57	.719		44	16				48
71	71	1954-03-13	@	NYK	L	60	67	21	83	.253				18	24	.750		52	14				23	25	71	.352				17	26	.654		54	19				18
72	72	1954-03-14		NYK	W	113	83	41						31	40	.775			27				28	31	71	.437				21	38	.553		41	25				29

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