1958-59 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

Record: 35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Paul Seymour (35-37)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 113.1 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 109.1 (5th of 8)

SRS: 3.74 (2nd of 8) Pace: 121.0 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 92.5 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 89.2 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +3.3 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 45-27 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1959 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
16	Al Bianchi	PG	6-3	185	March 26, 1932	us US	2	Bowling Green
11	Ed Conlin	F-G	6-5	200	September 2, 1933	us US	3	Fordham
6	Larry Costello	PG	6-1	186	July 2, 1931	us US	3	Niagara University
3	George Dempsey	PG	6-2	190	July 19, 1929	us US	4	King's College
8	Connie Dierking	C	6-9	222	October 2, 1936	us US	R	Cincinnati
15	Hal Greer	SG	6-2	175	June 26, 1936	us US	R	Marshall
9	Bob Hopkins	PF	6-8	205	November 3, 1934	us US	2	Grambling State University
3	Tommy Kearns	G	5-11	185	October 6, 1936	us US	R	UNC
10	Red Kerr	C	6-9	230	July 17, 1932	us US	4	Illinois
17	Togo Palazzi	SF	6-4	205	August 8, 1932	us US	4	Holy Cross
4	Dolph Schayes	PF	6-8	220	May 19, 1928	us US	9	NYU
5	Paul Seymour	SG	6-1	180	January 30, 1928	us US	10	Toledo
12	George Yardley	SF	6-5	190	November 3, 1928	us US	5	Stanford

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Larry Costello	27	PG	70	39.3	5.9	13.5	.437	4.0	5.0	.802	5.2	5.4	3.8	15.8	MVP-7,AS
2	Red Kerr	26	C	72	37.1	7.0	15.8	.441	3.9	5.1	.766	14.0	2.0	2.5	17.8	AS
3	Dolph Schayes	30	PF	72	36.7	7.0	18.1	.387	7.3	8.5	.864	13.4	2.5	3.9	21.3	MVP-6,AS,NBA2
4	Ed Conlin	25		57	28.1	4.6	12.6	.365	2.7	3.7	.739	5.3	2.0	2.7	11.9
5	George Yardley	30	SF	15	28.0	6.4	13.3	.482	3.9	6.1	.648	6.9	1.7	2.5	16.7	AS
6	Al Bianchi	26	PG	72	24.7	4.0	10.5	.377	2.1	2.9	.723	2.8	2.2	3.6	10.0	MVP-14
7	Hal Greer	22	SG	68	23.9	4.5	10.0	.454	2.0	2.6	.778	2.9	1.5	2.8	11.1
8	Bob Hopkins	24	PF	67	22.7	3.7	9.1	.403	2.6	3.5	.752	6.5	1.0	2.7	10.0
9	Togo Palazzi	26	SF	71	14.8	3.4	8.6	.392	1.6	2.2	.728	3.7	0.9	2.5	8.4
10	Paul Seymour	31	SG	21	12.7	1.5	4.7	.327	1.2	1.4	.897	1.9	1.7	1.2	4.3
11	George Dempsey	29	PG	34	12.1	1.6	4.1	.400	1.7	2.1	.795	2.9	1.1	1.9	5.0
12	Connie Dierking	22	C	64	11.3	1.6	4.5	.362	1.3	2.2	.593	3.6	0.5	2.3	4.6
13	Tommy Kearns	22		1	7.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
	Team Totals					42.4	104.0	.407	28.4	36.7	.774	68.1	18.6	27.2	113.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Larry Costello	27	PG	9	40.1	6.0	13.4	.446	5.7	6.8	.836	5.9	6.0	4.4	17.7
2	Dolph Schayes	30	PF	9	39.0	8.7	21.7	.400	10.9	11.9	.916	13.0	4.6	4.0	28.2
3	George Yardley	30	SF	9	37.0	9.2	21.0	.439	6.7	7.8	.857	9.7	2.3	3.2	25.1
4	Red Kerr	26	C	9	34.7	5.6	15.8	.352	3.3	3.7	.909	12.0	2.7	2.2	14.4
5	Hal Greer	22	SG	9	30.8	4.3	10.3	.419	2.9	3.6	.813	5.2	2.2	3.9	11.6
6	Bob Hopkins	24	PF	9	22.6	2.6	7.6	.338	3.1	3.8	.824	6.7	1.0	3.7	8.2
7	Al Bianchi	26	PG	9	21.3	3.8	8.2	.459	1.6	2.4	.636	3.2	2.8	4.6	9.1
8	Connie Dierking	22	C	4	8.5	0.5	3.0	.167	1.8	2.3	.778	4.3	0.5	1.3	2.8
9	Togo Palazzi	26	SF	8	8.4	1.6	5.5	.295	1.3	1.8	.714	2.6	0.8	1.3	4.5
10	George Dempsey	29	PG	5	6.0	0.6	1.6	.375	0.6	0.8	.750	1.2	0.8	1.6	1.8
	Team Totals				48.0	42.1	105.1	.401	36.3	42.9	.847	61.6	22.7	29.1	120.6

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Larry Costello	27	PG	70	2750	5.4	12.4	.437	3.7	4.6	.802	4.8	5.0	3.4	14.5	MVP-7,AS
2	Red Kerr	26	C	72	2671	6.8	15.4	.441	3.8	4.9	.766	13.6	1.9	2.5	17.3	AS
3	Dolph Schayes	30	PF	72	2645	6.9	17.7	.387	7.2	8.3	.864	13.1	2.4	3.8	20.9	MVP-6,AS,NBA2
4	Al Bianchi	26	PG	72	1779	5.8	15.3	.377	3.0	4.2	.723	4.0	3.2	5.3	14.5	MVP-14
5	Hal Greer	22	SG	68	1625	6.8	15.0	.454	3.0	3.9	.778	4.3	2.2	4.2	16.7
6	Ed Conlin	25		57	1601	5.9	16.1	.365	3.5	4.7	.739	6.8	2.6	3.5	15.2
7	Bob Hopkins	24	PF	67	1518	5.8	14.5	.403	4.2	5.5	.752	10.3	1.6	4.3	15.8
8	Togo Palazzi	26	SF	71	1053	8.2	20.9	.392	3.9	5.4	.728	9.1	2.3	5.9	20.3
9	Connie Dierking	22	C	64	726	5.2	14.4	.362	4.1	6.9	.593	11.6	1.7	7.3	14.5
10	George Yardley	30	SF	15	420	8.2	17.1	.482	5.1	7.8	.648	8.9	2.1	3.2	21.5	AS
11	George Dempsey	29	PG	34	410	4.9	12.3	.400	5.1	6.4	.795	8.8	3.2	5.6	14.9
12	Paul Seymour	31	SG	21	266	4.3	13.3	.327	3.5	3.9	.897	5.3	4.9	3.4	12.2
13	Tommy Kearns	22		1	7	5.1	5.1	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	5.1	10.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Larry Costello	27	PG	9	361	5.4	12.1	.446	5.1	6.1	.836	5.3	5.4	4.0	15.9
2	Dolph Schayes	30	PF	9	351	8.0	20.0	.400	10.1	11.0	.916	12.0	4.2	3.7	26.1
3	George Yardley	30	SF	9	333	9.0	20.4	.439	6.5	7.6	.857	9.4	2.3	3.1	24.4
4	Red Kerr	26	C	9	312	5.8	16.4	.352	3.5	3.8	.909	12.5	2.8	2.3	15.0
5	Hal Greer	22	SG	9	277	5.1	12.1	.419	3.4	4.2	.813	6.1	2.6	4.5	13.5
6	Bob Hopkins	24	PF	9	203	4.1	12.1	.338	5.0	6.0	.824	10.6	1.6	5.9	13.1
7	Al Bianchi	26	PG	9	192	6.4	13.9	.459	2.6	4.1	.636	5.4	4.7	7.7	15.4
8	Togo Palazzi	26	SF	8	67	7.0	23.6	.295	5.4	7.5	.714	11.3	3.2	5.4	19.3
9	Connie Dierking	22	C	4	34	2.1	12.7	.167	7.4	9.5	.778	18.0	2.1	5.3	11.6
10	George Dempsey	29	PG	5	30	3.6	9.6	.375	3.6	4.8	.750	7.2	4.8	9.6	10.8