1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1953-10-31	@	PHW	L	73	79				.295		.340	51.7	63.0			.284			.200	.373			.307
2	2	1953-11-01		PHW	W	85	61				.457		.505	61.4	80.6			.443			.329	.276			.250
3	3	1953-11-05		MNL	L	65	77				.309		.295	45.2	95.5			.227			.216	.390			.221
4	4	1953-11-07	N	BLB	W	88	77				.494		.469	43.2	75.0			.364			.416	.377			.508
5	5	1953-11-08		ROC	W	85	66				.657		.492	50.0	74.1			.403			.463	.288			.329
6	6	1953-11-10	@	MLH	W	74	59				.733		.466	48.3	81.0			.350			.533	.250			.319
7	7	1953-11-12	@	FTW	L	74	78				.474		.403	45.7	77.3			.289			.395	.390			.542
8	8	1953-11-14	@	BOS	L	66	77				.363		.356	47.1	73.9			.288			.250	.375			.625
9	9	1953-11-15		MLH	W	69	61				.418		.435	53.8	80.0			.373			.284	.229			.277
10	10	1953-11-19		FTW	W	79	76				.507		.468	52.9	84.6			.377			.391	.342			.356
11	11	1953-11-21	@	NYK	L	67	68				.235		.310	44.9	53.8			.265			.153	.338			.282
12	12	1953-11-22		NYK	L	80	84				.488		.402	52.9	72.0			.305			.366	.349			.313
13	13	1953-11-24	@	ROC	W	89	80				.603		.517	41.8	61.3			.456			.397	.348			.174
14	14	1953-11-25	N	BLB	L	58	66				.237		.346	45.9	87.0			.303			.158	.403			.179
15	15	1953-11-26		BOS	W	93	86				.612		.431	48.4	82.1			.329			.435	.338			.486
16	16	1953-11-28	N	BOS	L	80	91				.513		.408	54.5	60.0			.313			.375	.394			.591
17	17	1953-11-29		BLB	W	101	82				.477		.485	52.3	83.8			.430			.314	.392			.324
18	18	1953-12-01	@	MLH	W	76	69				.446		.489	49.4	72.4			.446			.277	.354			.354
19	19	1953-12-03	N	MNL	L	74	87				.439		.378	47.4	48.0			.305			.293	.380			.185
20	20	1953-12-05	@	MNL	L	80	90				.569		.444	42.2	40.7			.375			.361	.398			.227
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1953-12-06	@	FTW	L	77	78				.507		.456	44.4	83.3			.348			.420	.371			.516
22	22	1953-12-09	@	BLB	L	77	92				.500		.376	38.8	56.0			.298			.321	.421			.368
23	23	1953-12-10		MLH	W	96	76				.330		.461	55.8	88.9			.396			.264	.342			.278
24	24	1953-12-12	@	ROC	L	85	90				.420		.443	50.0	63.3			.370			.309	.370			.370
25	25	1953-12-13		BOS	W	108	74				.381		.551	59.6	83.3			.500			.286	.298			.286
26	26	1953-12-19	@	BOS	W	90	83				.506		.478	43.4	79.3			.377			.416	.385			.295
27	27	1953-12-20		MNL	W	81	76				.592		.423	52.9	100.0			.342			.382	.310			.253
28	28	1953-12-23	@	BLB	W	76	72				.370		.403	48.5	72.4			.358			.222	.409			.273
29	29	1953-12-25	@	NYK	L	80	89				.420		.417	44.0	72.4			.358			.272	.471			.368
30	30	1953-12-27		MLH	W	96	75				.526		.513	54.3	78.1			.421			.421	.349			.205
31	31	1953-12-30	N	BOS	W	96	89
32	32	1953-12-31		ROC	W	86	81				.934		.500	55.4	95.0			.328			.754	.338			.338
33	33	1954-01-01	@	BOS	L	92	95				.566		.485		63.3			.395			.421	.375			.438
34	34	1954-01-02	@	PHW	W	74	66				.440		.413	50.9	76.0			.333			.320	.333			.148
35	35	1954-01-03		PHW	L	77	90				.794		.420	50.6	73.7			.279			.574	.443			.400
36	36	1954-01-05	@	FTW	W	72	60				.478		.431		84.6			.377			.290	.288			.247
37	37	1954-01-07		FTW	W	79	67				.775		.415	53.0	86.4			.310			.493	.377			.217
38	38	1954-01-10		BLB	W	77	73				.500		.394	53.6	80.8			.325			.313	.420			.217
39	39	1954-01-13	N	NYK	W	93	72				.567		.555	51.8	90.0			.448			.493	.347			.306
40	40	1954-01-14		MNL	W	96	71				.432		.498	55.6	89.5			.469			.247	.324			.311
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1954-01-16	@	ROC	W	95	93							41.1
42	42	1954-01-17		ROC	W	84	81				.569		.517	54.4	79.3			.446			.400	.456			.279
43	43	1954-01-23	@	BLB	L	91	98
44	44	1954-01-24		PHW	L	78	80				.358		.416	55.7	75.9			.358			.247	.430			.152
45	45	1954-01-26	N	PHW	W	79	75
46	46	1954-01-28		NYK	W	79	66				.522		.479	52.4	92.3			.388			.403	.293			.293
47	47	1954-01-30	@	NYK	L	65	66
48	48	1954-01-31		NYK	W	114	70				.411		.536	65.2	86.4			.489			.289	.316			.253
49	49	1954-02-03	N	PHW	L	79	82
50	50	1954-02-04	N	NYK	W	90	82				.691		.507	59.3	79.3			.426			.471	.433			.358
51	51	1954-02-06		FTW	W	93	87				.671		.513	56.0	63.3			.429			.471	.423			.269
52	52	1954-02-07		MLH	W	88	73				.395		.436	56.4	80.6			.360			.302	.377			.304
53	53	1954-02-10	@	BOS	L	79	94				.513		.403		84.6			.325			.338	.405			.459
54	54	1954-02-11	@	PHW	L	74	76				.476		.364	46.2	64.0			.298			.286	.277			.361
55	55	1954-02-13	@	ROC	L	78	81				.405		.394					.310			.310	.448			.313
56	56	1954-02-14		BLB	W	111	91
57	57	1954-02-16	N	PHW	L	77	95				.627		.364	50.5	55.0			.241			.446	.439			.280
58	58	1954-02-18		FTW	W	91	77				.425		.525	58.4	87.1			.425			.397	.394			.296
59	59	1954-02-20	@	MNL	L	68	83				.193		.378					.361			.096	.391			.172
60	60	1954-02-21		MNL	W	100	73				.371		.483	60.6	89.7			.438			.247	.376			.106
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1954-02-23	N	MLH	L	68	70				.500		.387	45.8	72.7			.306			.333	.365			.381
62	62	1954-02-25		BOS	L	96	101				.568		.519	41.7	100.0			.432			.432	.434			.349
63	63	1954-02-26	@	MLH	W	68	62
64	64	1954-02-28		ROC	L	85	91				.627		.444	48.1	96.0			.333			.467	.451			.380
65	65	1954-03-02	@	MNL	L	87	91				.373		.498					.440			.280	.442			.299
66	66	1954-03-04	@	FTW	W	86	63				.623		.553		85.2			.443			.525	.323			.323
67	67	1954-03-06		PHW	W	88	77				.347		.530	51.7	85.3			.472			.278	.353			.200
68	68	1954-03-07		BLB	W	103	77				.280		.493	53.7	80.5			.441			.226	.357			.202
69	69	1954-03-10	@	BLB	W	85	77				.588		.496	46.4	92.6			.397			.456	.386			.329
70	70	1954-03-11		BOS	W	97	95				.941		.504	53.7	56.0			.368			.691	.351			.532
71	71	1954-03-13	@	NYK	L	60	67				.289		.321	49.1	66.7			.253			.217	.352			.239
72	72	1954-03-14		NYK	W	113	83								65.9							.437			.296

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