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1960-61 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

Record: 38-41, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Alex Hannum (38-41)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 121.3 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 119.2 (4th of 8)

SRS: 1.93 (3rd of 8) Pace: 129.1 (4th of 8)

Off Rtg: 93.6 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 91.9 (5th of 8) Net Rtg: +1.7 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 44-35 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (1-4) 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
5	Dick Barnett	SG	6-4	190	October 2, 1936	us US	1	Tennessee State
3	Ernie Beck	SG	6-4	190	December 11, 1931	us US	6	Penn
24	Al Bianchi	PG	6-3	185	March 26, 1932	us US	4	Bowling Green
23	Barney Cable	SF	6-7	175	July 29, 1935	us US	2	Bradley
21	Larry Costello	PG	6-1	186	July 2, 1931	us US	5	Niagara University
20	Dave Gambee	SF	6-6	215	April 16, 1937	us US	2	Oregon State
15	Hal Greer	SG	6-2	175	June 26, 1936	us US	2	Marshall
11	Swede Halbrook	C	7-3	235	January 30, 1933	us US	R	Oregon State
10	Red Kerr	C	6-9	230	July 17, 1932	us US	6	Illinois
3	Cal Ramsey	SF	6-4	200	July 13, 1937	us US	1	NYU
12	Joe Roberts	SF	6-6	214	May 18, 1936		R	Ohio State
4	Dolph Schayes	PF	6-8	220	May 19, 1928	us US	11	NYU

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dolph Schayes	32	PF	79	38.1	7.5	20.2	.372	8.6	9.9	.868	12.2	3.7	3.7	23.6	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
2	Hal Greer	24	SG	79	35.0	7.9	17.5	.451	3.9	5.0	.774	5.8	3.8	3.1	19.6	AS
3	Red Kerr	28	C	79	33.9	5.3	13.4	.397	2.8	3.8	.729	12.0	2.5	2.9	13.4
4	Larry Costello	29	PG	75	28.9	5.4	11.3	.482	3.6	4.5	.799	3.9	5.5	3.8	14.5	AS,NBA2
5	Dick Barnett	24	SG	78	26.5	6.9	15.3	.452	3.1	4.3	.712	3.6	2.8	2.2	16.9
6	Dave Gambee	23	SF	79	26.5	5.0	12.0	.419	3.7	4.5	.827	7.4	1.3	3.5	13.7
7	Barney Cable	25	SF	75	21.9	3.5	7.7	.463	1.0	1.4	.676	6.3	1.1	3.3	8.1
8	Swede Halbrook	28	C	79	14.3	2.0	5.9	.335	1.0	1.8	.543	7.0	0.4	3.3	4.9
9	Cal Ramsey	23	SF	2	13.5	1.0	5.5	.182	1.0	2.0	.500	3.5	1.5	3.5	3.0
10	Al Bianchi	28	PG	52	12.8	2.3	6.6	.345	1.2	1.7	.690	2.0	1.8	2.6	5.7
11	Joe Roberts	24	SF	68	11.8	1.9	5.2	.370	0.9	1.5	.596	3.6	0.6	1.8	4.7
12	Ernie Beck	29	SG	3	6.7	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.7	.500	3.7	0.7	1.3	2.3
	Team Totals			79	25.5	46.3	110.7	.417	28.8	37.3	.773	72.5	22.6	28.9	121.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dolph Schayes	32	PF	8	38.5	6.4	19.0	.336	7.9	8.8	.900	11.4	2.6	4.0	20.6
2	Larry Costello	29	PG	8	33.6	5.3	12.9	.408	5.9	6.9	.855	4.4	6.5	4.9	16.4
3	Hal Greer	24	SG	8	29.0	5.1	13.3	.387	4.1	5.0	.825	4.1	2.4	4.0	14.4
4	Dick Barnett	24	SG	8	28.3	6.1	14.0	.438	3.3	4.5	.722	4.5	1.5	3.1	15.5
5	Red Kerr	28	C	8	26.3	3.8	11.0	.341	2.0	2.9	.696	12.4	2.5	2.3	9.5
6	Dave Gambee	23	SF	8	26.0	4.3	11.9	.358	4.0	5.1	.780	6.9	1.5	4.1	12.5
7	Barney Cable	25	SF	8	23.1	3.3	8.1	.400	1.3	2.1	.588	7.6	0.9	3.6	7.8
8	Swede Halbrook	28	C	8	21.5	3.0	9.0	.333	1.8	2.5	.700	10.4	1.5	2.6	7.8
9	Al Bianchi	28	PG	7	12.9	2.4	6.6	.370	1.1	1.3	.889	1.0	0.7	2.9	6.0
10	Joe Roberts	24	SF	5	4.0	0.6	2.0	.300	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2
	Team Totals			8	240.0	39.6	106.1	.373	31.1	38.9	.801	75.5	20.0	31.5	110.4

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dolph Schayes	32	PF	79	3007	7.1	19.1	.372	8.1	9.4	.868	11.5	3.5	3.5	22.4	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
2	Hal Greer	24	SG	79	2763	8.1	18.0	.451	4.0	5.1	.774	5.9	3.9	3.2	20.2	AS
3	Red Kerr	28	C	79	2676	5.6	14.2	.397	2.9	4.0	.729	12.8	2.7	3.1	14.2
4	Larry Costello	29	PG	75	2167	6.8	14.0	.482	4.5	5.6	.799	4.9	6.9	4.8	18.0	AS,NBA2
5	Dave Gambee	23	SF	79	2090	6.8	16.3	.419	5.0	6.1	.827	10.0	1.7	4.8	18.7
6	Dick Barnett	24	SG	78	2070	9.4	20.8	.452	4.2	5.9	.712	4.9	3.8	2.9	23.0
7	Barney Cable	25	SF	75	1642	5.8	12.6	.463	1.6	2.4	.676	10.3	1.9	5.4	13.3
8	Swede Halbrook	28	C	79	1131	4.9	14.7	.335	2.4	4.5	.543	17.5	1.0	8.3	12.3
9	Joe Roberts	24	SF	68	800	5.9	15.8	.370	2.8	4.7	.596	10.9	1.9	5.6	14.5
10	Al Bianchi	28	PG	52	667	6.4	18.5	.345	3.2	4.7	.690	5.7	5.0	7.4	16.0
11	Cal Ramsey	23	SF	2	27	2.7	14.7	.182	2.7	5.3	.500	9.3	4.0	9.3	8.0
12	Ernie Beck	29	SG	3	20	5.4	14.4	.375	1.8	3.6	.500	19.8	3.6	7.2	12.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dolph Schayes	32	PF	8	308	6.0	17.8	.336	7.4	8.2	.900	10.6	2.5	3.7	19.3
2	Larry Costello	29	PG	8	269	5.6	13.8	.408	6.3	7.4	.855	4.7	7.0	5.2	17.5
3	Hal Greer	24	SG	8	232	6.4	16.4	.387	5.1	6.2	.825	5.1	2.9	5.0	17.8
4	Dick Barnett	24	SG	8	226	7.8	17.8	.438	4.1	5.7	.722	5.7	1.9	4.0	19.8
5	Red Kerr	28	C	8	210	5.1	15.1	.341	2.7	3.9	.696	17.0	3.4	3.1	13.0
6	Dave Gambee	23	SF	8	208	5.9	16.4	.358	5.5	7.1	.780	9.5	2.1	5.7	17.3
7	Barney Cable	25	SF	8	185	5.1	12.6	.400	1.9	3.3	.588	11.9	1.4	5.6	12.1
8	Swede Halbrook	28	C	8	172	5.0	15.1	.333	2.9	4.2	.700	17.4	2.5	4.4	13.0
9	Al Bianchi	28	PG	7	90	6.8	18.4	.370	3.2	3.6	.889	2.8	2.0	8.0	16.8
10	Joe Roberts	24	SF	5	20	5.4	18.0	.300	0.0	0.0		7.2	0.0	5.4	10.8