1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Roster and Stats

Record: 48-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Alex Hannum (48-32)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 121.6 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 117.8 (8th of 9)

SRS: 3.40 (2nd of 9) Pace: 123.3 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 98.4 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 95.3 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: +3.1 (2nd of 9)

Expected W-L: 49-31 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1963 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-3) versus Cincinnati Royals (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	SG	6-3	185	March 26, 1932	us US	6	Bowling Green
23	Len Chappell	PF	6-8	240	January 31, 1941	us US	R	Wake Forest
21	Larry Costello	PG	6-1	186	July 2, 1931	us US	7	Niagara University
20	Dave Gambee	SF	6-6	215	April 16, 1937	us US	4	Oregon State
15	Hal Greer	SG	6-2	175	June 26, 1936	us US	4	Marshall
10	Red Kerr	C	6-9	230	July 17, 1932	us US	8	Illinois
14	Porter Meriwether	PG	6-2	180	March 16, 1940		R	Tennessee State
5	Paul Neumann	PG	6-1	175	January 30, 1938		1	Stanford
12	Joe Roberts	PF	6-6	214	May 18, 1936		2	Ohio State
4	Dolph Schayes	PF	6-8	220	May 19, 1928	us US	13	NYU
22	Lee Shaffer	SF	6-7	220	February 23, 1939	us US	1	UNC
25	Chet Walker	SF	6-7	212	February 22, 1940	us US	R	Bradley
14	Ben Warley	PF	6-5	200	September 4, 1936	us US	R	Tennessee State

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	Hal Greer	26	SG	80	32.9	7.5	16.2	.464	4.5	5.4	.834	5.7	3.4	3.6	19.5	AS,NBA2
2	Red Kerr	30	C	80	32.0	6.3	13.4	.474	3.0	4.0	.753	13.0	2.7	2.6	15.7	MVP-6,AS
3	Lee Shaffer	23	SF	80	29.9	7.5	17.4	.429	3.7	4.7	.784	6.6	1.2	3.1	18.6	AS
4	Larry Costello	31	PG	78	26.5	3.7	8.5	.432	3.7	4.2	.881	3.0	4.3	3.4	11.0
5	Chet Walker	22	SF	78	25.5	4.5	9.6	.469	3.2	4.6	.699	7.2	1.1	2.8	12.3
6	Dolph Schayes	34	PF	66	21.8	3.4	8.7	.388	2.7	3.1	.879	5.7	2.7	2.7	9.5
7	Dave Gambee	25	SF	60	20.6	3.9	9.0	.438	3.3	4.0	.836	4.8	0.8	3.2	11.2
8	Paul Neumann	25	PG	80	19.8	3.0	6.3	.471	2.3	2.8	.815	2.5	2.8	2.8	8.2
9	Al Bianchi	30	SG	61	19.0	3.3	7.8	.424	2.0	2.7	.732	2.2	2.8	2.7	8.6
10	Len Chappell	22	PF	80	15.5	3.5	7.6	.465	1.9	3.0	.622	5.8	0.7	2.1	8.9
11	Joe Roberts	26	PF	33	14.1	2.2	5.9	.372	1.1	1.5	.686	4.7	0.5	2.0	5.5
12	Porter Meriwether	22	PG	31	8.6	1.5	3.9	.393	0.7	1.1	.697	0.9	1.4	0.6	3.8
13	Ben Warley	26	PF	26	7.9	1.9	4.3	.450	1.0	1.3	.714	3.3	0.2	1.6	4.8
	Team Totals			80	23.1	4.4	10.0	.445	2.8	3.6	.782	5.5	2.1	2.7	11.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Hal Greer	26	SG	5	42.8	8.8	17.4	.506	5.8	7.0	.829	5.4	4.2	4.2	23.4
2	Red Kerr	30	C	5	37.4	5.2	12.0	.433	3.2	4.2	.762	15.0	1.8	2.4	13.6
3	Lee Shaffer	23	SF	5	34.6	11.2	23.4	.479	4.8	6.0	.800	4.6	1.2	3.8	27.2
4	Larry Costello	31	PG	5	26.8	3.2	7.4	.432	3.8	4.6	.826	0.8	4.6	5.4	10.2
5	Chet Walker	22	SF	5	26.0	5.4	10.6	.509	4.4	6.0	.733	9.4	1.8	1.6	15.2
6	Dolph Schayes	34	PF	5	21.6	4.0	8.8	.455	2.2	2.4	.917	5.6	1.4	3.4	10.2
7	Paul Neumann	25	PG	4	16.3	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	2.3	2.8	4.0
8	Al Bianchi	30	SG	5	15.4	3.0	6.8	.441	0.8	1.4	.571	1.6	0.4	3.4	6.8
9	Dave Gambee	25	SF	5	15.0	2.0	6.8	.294	2.4	2.6	.923	3.2	0.0	2.8	6.4
10	Len Chappell	22	PF	4	13.3	1.0	5.3	.190	3.3	4.0	.813	4.5	0.8	1.8	5.3
11	Ben Warley	26	PF	2	4.5	0.0	2.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.500	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.0
	Team Totals			10	24.5	4.5	10.2	.444	3.0	3.8	.792	5.3	1.8	3.1	12.1

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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	Hal Greer	26	SG	80	2631	8.2	17.7	.464	5.0	5.9	.834	6.3	3.8	3.9	21.4	AS,NBA2
2	Red Kerr	30	C	80	2561	7.1	15.0	.474	3.4	4.5	.753	14.6	3.0	2.9	17.6	MVP-6,AS
3	Lee Shaffer	23	SF	80	2392	9.0	21.0	.429	4.4	5.6	.784	7.9	1.5	3.7	22.4	AS
4	Larry Costello	31	PG	78	2066	5.0	11.5	.432	5.0	5.7	.881	4.1	5.8	4.6	15.0
5	Chet Walker	22	SF	78	1992	6.4	13.6	.469	4.6	6.5	.699	10.1	1.5	4.0	17.3
6	Paul Neumann	25	PG	80	1581	5.4	11.5	.471	4.1	5.1	.815	4.6	5.2	5.0	14.9
7	Dolph Schayes	34	PF	66	1438	5.6	14.4	.388	4.5	5.2	.879	9.4	4.4	4.4	15.7
8	Len Chappell	22	PF	80	1241	8.2	17.5	.465	4.3	6.9	.622	13.4	1.6	5.0	20.6
9	Dave Gambee	25	SF	60	1234	6.9	15.7	.438	5.8	6.9	.836	8.4	1.4	5.5	19.5
10	Al Bianchi	30	SG	61	1159	6.3	14.8	.424	3.7	5.1	.732	4.2	5.3	5.1	16.3
11	Joe Roberts	26	PF	33	466	5.6	15.1	.372	2.7	3.9	.686	12.0	1.2	5.1	14.0
12	Porter Meriwether	22	PG	31	268	6.4	16.4	.393	3.1	4.4	.697	3.9	5.8	2.6	16.0
13	Ben Warley	26	PF	26	206	8.7	19.4	.450	4.4	6.1	.714	15.0	0.7	7.3	21.8

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Hal Greer	26	SG	5	214	7.4	14.6	.506	4.9	5.9	.829	4.5	3.5	3.5	19.7
2	Red Kerr	30	C	5	187	5.0	11.6	.433	3.1	4.0	.762	14.4	1.7	2.3	13.1
3	Lee Shaffer	23	SF	5	173	11.7	24.3	.479	5.0	6.2	.800	4.8	1.2	4.0	28.3
4	Larry Costello	31	PG	5	134	4.3	9.9	.432	5.1	6.2	.826	1.1	6.2	7.3	13.7
5	Chet Walker	22	SF	5	130	7.5	14.7	.509	6.1	8.3	.733	13.0	2.5	2.2	21.0
6	Dolph Schayes	34	PF	5	108	6.7	14.7	.455	3.7	4.0	.917	9.3	2.3	5.7	17.0
7	Al Bianchi	30	SG	5	77	7.0	15.9	.441	1.9	3.3	.571	3.7	0.9	7.9	15.9
8	Dave Gambee	25	SF	5	75	4.8	16.3	.294	5.8	6.2	.923	7.7	0.0	6.7	15.4
9	Paul Neumann	25	PG	4	65	4.4	10.0	.444	0.0	0.6	.000	7.8	5.0	6.1	8.9
10	Len Chappell	22	PF	4	53	2.7	14.3	.190	8.8	10.9	.813	12.2	2.0	4.8	14.3
11	Ben Warley	26	PF	2	9	0.0	16.0	.000	8.0	16.0	.500	12.0	0.0	8.0	8.0