1962-63 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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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)

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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 20, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	102	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 23, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	119	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Oct 26, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		130	112	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Oct 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	118	3	1	L 1	8,098		Dolph Schayes of Syracuse scored a field goal for Boston
5	Wed, Oct 31, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		126	108	4	1	W 1			at Baltimore, MD
6	Sat, Nov 3, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		130	111	5	1	W 2
7	Fri, Nov 9, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		101	93	6	1	W 3
8	Wed, Nov 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		120	125	6	2	L 1
9	Thu, Nov 15, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	98	7	2	W 1			at Baltimore, MD
10	Fri, Nov 16, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	105	8	2	W 2	7,887
11	Sat, Nov 17, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		107	113	8	3	L 1
12	Sun, Nov 18, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		110	107	9	3	W 1			at Detroit, MI
13	Wed, Nov 21, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		122	120	10	3	W 2
14	Thu, Nov 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		130	120	11	3	W 3	4,490		at Philadelphia, PA
15	Fri, Nov 23, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	116	11	4	L 1
16	Sat, Nov 24, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		137	126	12	4	W 1
17	Tue, Nov 27, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	120	12	5	L 1
18	Thu, Nov 29, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		112	85	13	5	W 1
19	Fri, Nov 30, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		117	130	13	6	L 1
20	Sat, Dec 1, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		110	129	13	7	L 2	10,010
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 4, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		129	130	13	8	L 3			at New York, NY
22	Fri, Dec 7, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		149	129	14	8	W 1			at Rochester, NY
23	Sat, Dec 8, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		102	97	15	8	W 2	6,583
24	Sun, Dec 9, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	114	16	8	W 3			at Minneapolis, MN
25	Tue, Dec 11, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		124	136	16	9	L 1
26	Wed, Dec 12, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	126	16	10	L 2
27	Sun, Dec 16, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		144	137	17	10	W 1
28	Mon, Dec 17, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	121	17	11	L 1
29	Wed, Dec 19, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		120	129	17	12	L 2
30	Sat, Dec 22, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		118	123	17	13	L 3
31	Tue, Dec 25, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	111	18	13	W 1
32	Thu, Dec 27, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		128	92	19	13	W 2
33	Fri, Dec 28, 1962	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L		117	124	19	14	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
34	Sat, Dec 29, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		123	132	19	15	L 2
35	Wed, Jan 2, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		120	95	20	15	W 1
36	Thu, Jan 3, 1963	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		115	123	20	16	L 1			at Baltimore, MD
37	Sat, Jan 5, 1963	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		136	117	21	16	W 1			at Utica, NY
38	Sun, Jan 6, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		114	102	22	16	W 2
39	Tue, Jan 8, 1963	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		119	116	23	16	W 3			at Dayton, OH
40	Wed, Jan 9, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		112	116	23	17	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 11, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	134	23	18	L 2	6,427
42	Sat, Jan 12, 1963	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		115	146	23	19	L 3			at Rochester, NY
43	Sun, Jan 13, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		148	114	24	19	W 1
44	Sat, Jan 19, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	149	148	25	19	W 2	6,835
45	Tue, Jan 22, 1963	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		93	113	25	20	L 1			at New York, NY
46	Wed, Jan 23, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		94	104	25	21	L 2
47	Fri, Jan 25, 1963	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	122	25	22	L 3			at San Diego, CA
48	Sat, Jan 26, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		116	110	26	22	W 1
49	Sun, Jan 27, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		119	110	27	22	W 2
50	Tue, Jan 29, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	123	27	23	L 1
51	Thu, Jan 31, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		112	100	28	23	W 1
52	Fri, Feb 1, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		125	111	29	23	W 2	12,413
53	Sat, Feb 2, 1963	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		117	113	30	23	W 3			at Rochester, NY
54	Sun, Feb 3, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		115	125	30	24	L 1
55	Tue, Feb 5, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	100	31	24	W 1
56	Wed, Feb 6, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		126	109	32	24	W 2	4,146
57	Fri, Feb 8, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		162	135	33	24	W 3
58	Sat, Feb 9, 1963	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		122	116	34	24	W 4			at Boston, MA
59	Sun, Feb 10, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		139	115	35	24	W 5
60	Tue, Feb 12, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		100	128	35	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 13, 1963	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		122	124	35	26	L 2			at Indianapolis, IN
62	Thu, Feb 14, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		136	117	36	26	W 1
63	Fri, Feb 15, 1963	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		114	123	36	27	L 1	5,595		at Providence, RI
64	Sun, Feb 17, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		143	124	37	27	W 1
65	Tue, Feb 19, 1963	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		118	110	38	27	W 2			at New York, NY
66	Wed, Feb 20, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		128	109	39	27	W 3
67	Thu, Feb 21, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		91	108	39	28	L 1
68	Fri, Feb 22, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		117	126	39	29	L 2
69	Sun, Feb 24, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		143	126	40	29	W 1
70	Wed, Feb 27, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	111	41	29	W 2
71	Thu, Feb 28, 1963	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		132	124	42	29	W 3			at Detroit, MI
72	Sat, Mar 2, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		152	128	43	29	W 4
73	Sun, Mar 3, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		127	123	44	29	W 5
74	Tue, Mar 5, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		131	121	45	29	W 6
75	Thu, Mar 7, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	118	46	29	W 7
76	Sun, Mar 10, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		163	148	47	29	W 8
77	Tue, Mar 12, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		130	106	48	29	W 9
78	Wed, Mar 13, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		114	128	48	30	L 1
79	Sat, Mar 16, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		121	125	48	31	L 2	7,152
80	Sun, Mar 17, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		116	125	48	32	L 3	13,909

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Tue, Mar 19, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		123	120	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Mar 21, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	133	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Mar 23, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	117	2	1	W 1
4	Sun, Mar 24, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		118	125	2	2	L 1
5	Tue, Mar 26, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	127	131	2	3	L 2

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