1953-54 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 31, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		73	79	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 1, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		85	61	1	1	W 1
3	Thu, Nov 5, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		65	77	1	2	L 1
4	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		88	77	2	2	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
5	Sun, Nov 8, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		85	66	3	2	W 2
6	Tue, Nov 10, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		74	59	4	2	W 3
7	Thu, Nov 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		74	78	4	3	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		66	77	4	4	L 2	4,015
9	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		69	61	5	4	W 1
10	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		79	76	6	4	W 2
11	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		67	68	6	5	L 1
12	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	80	84	6	6	L 2
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		89	80	7	6	W 1
14	Wed, Nov 25, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		58	66	7	7	L 1			at Boston, MA
15	Thu, Nov 26, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		93	86	8	7	W 1	3,726
16	Sat, Nov 28, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		80	91	8	8	L 1	16,000		at New York, NY
17	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		101	82	9	8	W 1
18	Tue, Dec 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	76	69	10	8	W 2
19	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		74	87	10	9	L 1			at Moorhead, MN
20	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		80	90	10	10	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		77	78	10	11	L 3
22	Wed, Dec 9, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		77	92	10	12	L 4
23	Thu, Dec 10, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		96	76	11	12	W 1
24	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		85	90	11	13	L 1
25	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	74	12	13	W 1	3,249
26	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		90	83	13	13	W 2	1,855
27	Sun, Dec 20, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		81	76	14	13	W 3
28	Wed, Dec 23, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		76	72	15	13	W 4
29	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		80	89	15	14	L 1
30	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		96	75	16	14	W 1
31	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		96	89	17	14	W 2	3,300		at Baltimore, MD
32	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		86	81	18	14	W 3
33	Fri, Jan 1, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	95	18	15	L 1	5,853
34	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		74	66	19	15	W 1
35	Sun, Jan 3, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		77	90	19	16	L 1
36	Tue, Jan 5, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		72	60	20	16	W 1
37	Thu, Jan 7, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		79	67	21	16	W 2
38	Sun, Jan 10, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		77	73	22	16	W 3
39	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		93	72	23	16	W 4			at Boston, MA
40	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		96	71	24	16	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	3OT	95	93	25	16	W 6
42	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		84	81	26	16	W 7
43	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		91	98	26	17	L 1
44	Sun, Jan 24, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		78	80	26	18	L 2
45	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	75	27	18	W 1			at Buffalo, NY
46	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		79	66	28	18	W 2
47	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		65	66	28	19	L 1
48	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	70	29	19	W 1
49	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		79	82	29	20	L 1			at Baltimore, MD
50	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		90	82	30	20	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
51	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	93	87	31	20	W 2
52	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		88	73	32	20	W 3
53	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		79	94	32	21	L 1	8,001
54	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	2OT	74	76	32	22	L 2
55	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		78	81	32	23	L 3
56	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		111	91	33	23	W 1
57	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		77	95	33	24	L 1			at New York, NY
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		91	77	34	24	W 1
59	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		68	83	34	25	L 1
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	73	35	25	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		68	70	35	26	L 1			at Cincinnati, OH
62	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		96	101	35	27	L 2	3,193
63	Fri, Feb 26, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		68	62	36	27	W 1
64	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		85	91	36	28	L 1
65	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		87	91	36	29	L 2			at Saint Paul, MN
66	Thu, Mar 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		86	63	37	29	W 1
67	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	77	38	29	W 2
68	Sun, Mar 7, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		103	77	39	29	W 3
69	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		85	77	40	29	W 4
70	Thu, Mar 11, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	97	95	41	29	W 5	5,492
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		60	67	41	30	L 1
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		113	83	42	30	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 17, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	OT	96	95	1	0	W 1	6,585		Round Robin
2	Thu, Mar 18, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		75	68	2	0	W 2			Round Robin
3	Sun, Mar 21, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	99	3	0	W 3			Round Robin
4	Mon, Mar 22, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		98	85	4	0	W 4			Round Robin
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Thu, Mar 25, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	94	5	0	W 5	5,333
6	Sat, Mar 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		83	76	6	0	W 6	6,924
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Wed, Mar 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		68	79	6	1	L 1	4,579
8	Sat, Apr 3, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		62	60	7	1	W 1	6,277
9	Sun, Apr 4, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		67	81	7	2	L 1	8,719
10	Thu, Apr 8, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		80	69	8	2	W 1	7,655
11	Sat, Apr 10, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		73	84	8	3	L 1	7,283
12	Sun, Apr 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		65	63	9	3	W 1	6,776
13	Mon, Apr 12, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		80	87	9	4	L 1	7,274

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