1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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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)

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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 21, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		123	103	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Oct 26, 1961	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		107	110	1	1	L 1			at New York, NY
3	Fri, Oct 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		126	122	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		115	119	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Oct 29, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		132	139	2	3	L 2
6	Tue, Oct 31, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		107	90	3	3	W 1
7	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		94	106	3	4	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	127	3	5	L 2	2,482
9	Thu, Nov 9, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		108	151	3	6	L 3
10	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		135	109	4	6	W 1
11	Tue, Nov 14, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	119	4	7	L 1			at New York, NY
12	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		114	102	5	7	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
13	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		148	130	6	7	W 2
14	Wed, Nov 22, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		109	110	6	8	L 1			at Boston, MA
15	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		117	99	7	8	W 1			at Rochester, NY
16	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		125	127	7	9	L 1
17	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		108	141	7	10	L 2
18	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		121	111	8	10	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
19	Wed, Nov 29, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		136	122	9	10	W 2
20	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	118	9	11	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 2, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		132	118	10	11	W 1
22	Mon, Dec 4, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	131	10	12	L 1
23	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	125	10	13	L 2			at Portland, OR
24	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	121	123	10	14	L 3
25	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	123	10	15	L 4	2,843
26	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	106	10	16	L 5	3,156
27	Tue, Dec 12, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		126	124	11	16	W 1
28	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		126	136	11	17	L 1
29	Thu, Dec 14, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		125	136	11	18	L 2
30	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		128	123	12	18	W 1			at Rochester, NY
31	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		124	111	13	18	W 2			at New York, NY
32	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		122	127	13	19	L 1	3,420
33	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	118	13	20	L 2			at Boston, MA
34	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	119	13	21	L 3			at Philadelphia, PA
35	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	121	13	22	L 4
36	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		109	108	14	22	W 1
37	Mon, Jan 1, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		110	106	15	22	W 2
38	Tue, Jan 2, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		127	102	16	22	W 3
39	Fri, Jan 5, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	135	138	16	23	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
40	Sat, Jan 6, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		120	102	17	23	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	116	18	23	W 2
42	Tue, Jan 9, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	120	19	23	W 3
43	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		134	122	20	23	W 4
44	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		127	117	21	23	W 5	5,860		at Rochester, NY
45	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		141	118	22	23	W 6
46	Thu, Jan 18, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		118	111	23	23	W 7			at Philadelphia, PA
47	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	128	23	24	L 1	8,304
48	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		101	107	23	25	L 2	5,348
49	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	132	139	23	26	L 3			at Utica, NY
50	Tue, Jan 23, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		107	115	23	27	L 4
51	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	111	23	28	L 5
52	Thu, Jan 25, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		100	101	23	29	L 6			at Chicago, IL
53	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		107	102	24	29	W 1
54	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		131	139	24	30	L 1
55	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		138	109	25	30	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		135	101	26	30	W 2			at Utica, NY
57	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		134	112	27	30	W 3
58	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		117	128	27	31	L 1
59	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		127	123	28	31	W 1			at New York, NY
60	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		122	110	29	31	W 2	7,192
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 9, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		111	120	29	32	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		132	116	30	32	W 1
63	Thu, Feb 15, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		121	126	30	33	L 1
64	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		132	106	31	33	W 1			at Evansville, IN
65	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		136	127	32	33	W 2			at Rochester, NY
66	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		141	126	33	33	W 3
67	Wed, Feb 21, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		150	109	34	33	W 4
68	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		106	134	34	34	L 1	3,006		at Providence, RI
69	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	121	34	35	L 2	12,236
70	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		120	117	35	35	W 1			at Utica, NY
71	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	110	35	36	L 1	4,105
72	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		130	120	36	36	W 1
73	Thu, Mar 1, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		137	108	37	36	W 2
74	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		128	114	38	36	W 3
75	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	124	38	37	L 1
76	Wed, Mar 7, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		129	126	39	37	W 1
77	Sat, Mar 10, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	111	40	37	W 2
78	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		148	130	41	37	W 3
79	Tue, Mar 13, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		110	142	41	38	L 1	4,651
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	105	41	39	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Fri, Mar 16, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	103	110	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Mar 18, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L	82	97	0	2	L 2
3	Mon, Mar 19, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	101	100	1	2	W 1
4	Tue, Mar 20, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	106	99	2	2	W 2
5	Thu, Mar 22, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	104	121	2	3	L 1

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