1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

Record: 41-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Alex Hannum (41-39)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 120.7 (4th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 118.4 (4th of 9)

SRS: 2.24 (3rd of 9) Pace: 128.8 (3rd of 9)

Off Rtg: 93.4 (5th of 9) Def Rtg: 91.6 (2nd of 9) Net Rtg: +1.8 (3rd of 9)

Expected W-L: 45-35 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors (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
24	Al Bianchi	PG	6-3	185	March 26, 1932	us US	5	Bowling Green
21	Larry Costello	PG	6-1	186	July 2, 1931	us US	6	Niagara University
20	Dave Gambee	SF	6-6	215	April 16, 1937	us US	3	Oregon State
23	Joe Graboski	PF	6-7	195	January 15, 1930	us US	12
15	Hal Greer	SG	6-2	175	June 26, 1936	us US	3	Marshall
11	Swede Halbrook	C	7-3	235	January 30, 1933	us US	1	Oregon State
10	Red Kerr	C	6-9	230	July 17, 1932	us US	7	Illinois
5	Paul Neumann	PG	6-1	175	January 30, 1938		R	Stanford
23	Chuck Osborne	PF	6-6	210	January 21, 1939		R	Western Kentucky
12	Joe Roberts	PF	6-6	214	May 18, 1936		1	Ohio State
4	Dolph Schayes	PF	6-8	220	May 19, 1928	us US	12	NYU
22	Lee Shaffer	SF	6-7	220	February 23, 1939	us US	R	UNC

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	Hal Greer	25	SG	71	38.1	9.1	20.3	.447	4.7	5.7	.819	7.4	4.4	3.5	22.8	AS
2	Red Kerr	29	C	80	34.6	6.8	15.3	.443	2.8	3.8	.735	14.7	3.0	3.4	16.3
3	Larry Costello	30	PG	63	29.4	4.9	11.5	.427	3.9	4.7	.837	3.9	5.7	3.5	13.8	AS
4	Dave Gambee	24	SF	80	28.8	6.0	14.1	.424	4.8	5.9	.817	7.9	1.4	3.4	16.7
5	Lee Shaffer	22	SF	75	27.8	6.9	15.7	.436	3.2	4.1	.771	6.8	1.3	3.5	16.9
6	Dolph Schayes	33	PF	56	26.4	4.8	13.4	.357	5.1	5.7	.897	7.8	2.1	3.0	14.7	AS
7	Al Bianchi	29	PG	80	24.1	4.2	10.6	.397	1.9	2.8	.697	3.5	3.3	2.9	10.3
8	Joe Roberts	25	PF	80	20.5	3.0	7.7	.393	1.6	2.4	.665	6.7	0.6	2.9	7.7
9	Paul Neumann	24	PG	77	16.4	2.2	5.2	.429	1.7	2.2	.773	2.5	2.3	2.6	6.2
10	Swede Halbrook	29	C	64	14.2	2.4	6.6	.360	1.5	2.4	.636	6.2	0.5	2.8	6.3
11	Joe Graboski	32	PF	23	14.0	2.1	5.8	.361	1.0	1.7	.579	4.6	0.9	2.0	5.1
12	Chuck Osborne	23	PF	4	5.3	0.3	2.0	.125	0.8	1.0	.750	2.3	0.3	0.8	1.3
	Team Totals			80	25.6	4.9	11.8	.418	3.0	3.8	.780	6.7	2.4	3.1	12.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Red Kerr	29	C	5	38.6	8.2	21.8	.376	1.2	1.6	.750	16.0	2.0	3.0	17.6
2	Al Bianchi	29	PG	5	36.8	5.4	13.8	.391	3.4	4.0	.850	5.2	3.6	3.4	14.2
3	Lee Shaffer	22	SF	5	34.8	7.0	19.8	.354	4.8	6.2	.774	11.0	1.4	3.4	18.8
4	Dave Gambee	24	SF	5	34.0	3.4	10.8	.315	4.4	5.0	.880	9.0	0.8	4.4	11.2
5	Larry Costello	30	PG	5	33.4	4.4	10.2	.431	5.8	6.6	.879	3.2	5.6	4.2	14.6
6	Paul Neumann	24	PG	5	24.8	2.4	5.8	.414	0.8	1.2	.667	3.4	2.8	2.6	5.6
7	Dolph Schayes	33	PF	5	19.0	4.8	13.2	.364	1.8	2.6	.692	7.0	1.0	4.2	11.4
8	Joe Roberts	25	PF	4	16.0	2.0	5.5	.364	2.5	3.5	.714	7.0	0.0	2.3	6.5
9	Joe Graboski	32	PF	4	6.0	0.3	1.8	.143	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8
10	Hal Greer	25	SG	1	5.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals			10	27.3	4.3	11.5	.370	2.8	3.4	.808	7.0	2.0	3.2	11.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Red Kerr	29	C	80	2768	7.0	15.9	.443	2.9	3.9	.735	15.3	3.2	3.5	17.0
2	Hal Greer	25	SG	71	2705	8.6	19.2	.447	4.4	5.4	.819	7.0	4.2	3.4	21.5	AS
3	Dave Gambee	24	SF	80	2301	7.5	17.6	.424	6.0	7.4	.817	9.9	1.8	4.3	20.9
4	Lee Shaffer	22	SF	75	2083	8.9	20.4	.436	4.1	5.4	.771	8.8	1.7	4.6	21.9
5	Al Bianchi	29	PG	80	1925	6.3	15.8	.397	2.9	4.1	.697	5.3	4.9	4.3	15.4
6	Larry Costello	30	PG	63	1854	6.0	14.1	.427	4.8	5.7	.837	4.8	7.0	4.3	16.8	AS
7	Joe Roberts	25	PF	80	1642	5.3	13.6	.393	2.8	4.3	.665	11.8	1.1	5.0	13.5
8	Dolph Schayes	33	PF	56	1480	6.5	18.3	.357	7.0	7.8	.897	10.7	2.9	4.1	20.0	AS
9	Paul Neumann	24	PG	77	1265	4.9	11.4	.429	3.8	4.9	.773	5.5	5.0	5.8	13.6
10	Swede Halbrook	29	C	64	908	6.0	16.7	.360	3.8	6.0	.636	15.8	1.3	7.1	15.9
11	Joe Graboski	32	PF	23	323	5.3	14.8	.361	2.5	4.2	.579	11.7	2.2	5.0	13.2
12	Chuck Osborne	23	PF	4	21	1.7	13.7	.125	5.1	6.9	.750	15.4	1.7	5.1	8.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Red Kerr	29	C	5	193	7.6	20.3	.376	1.1	1.5	.750	14.9	1.9	2.8	16.4
2	Al Bianchi	29	PG	5	184	5.3	13.5	.391	3.3	3.9	.850	5.1	3.5	3.3	13.9
3	Lee Shaffer	22	SF	5	174	7.2	20.5	.354	5.0	6.4	.774	11.4	1.4	3.5	19.4
4	Dave Gambee	24	SF	5	170	3.6	11.4	.315	4.7	5.3	.880	9.5	0.8	4.7	11.9
5	Larry Costello	30	PG	5	167	4.7	11.0	.431	6.3	7.1	.879	3.4	6.0	4.5	15.7
6	Paul Neumann	24	PG	5	124	3.5	8.4	.414	1.2	1.7	.667	4.9	4.1	3.8	8.1
7	Dolph Schayes	33	PF	5	95	9.1	25.0	.364	3.4	4.9	.692	13.3	1.9	8.0	21.6
8	Joe Roberts	25	PF	4	64	4.5	12.4	.364	5.6	7.9	.714	15.8	0.0	5.1	14.6
9	Joe Graboski	32	PF	4	24	1.5	10.5	.143	1.5	1.5	1.000	6.0	0.0	4.5	4.5
10	Hal Greer	25	SG	1	5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	7.2	0.0