1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season

Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association August 2023 March 2026 December 2024 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia 76ers 1953 47 24 Eastern 2 Al Cervi Onondaga War Memorial East Division Semifinals(eliminated 0–2) SYR The 1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season was the Nationals' 4th season in the NBA.1952–53 Syracuse Nationals Roster 1952–53 Syracuse Nationals #D0103A #FFFFFF #0046AD #FFFFFF Jim Brasco G 6 1 170 NYU 1931-02-03 Al Cervi G/F 5 11 170 East HS (NY) 1917-02-12 Bill Gabor G/F 5 11 170 Syracuse 1922-05-13 Noble Jorgensen C 6 9 228 Iowa 1925-05-18 George King basketball, born 1928 G 6 0 175 Charleston 1928-08-16 Earl Lloyd F-C 6 5 200 West Virginia State 1928-04-03 Bob Lochmueller F 6 5 185 Louisville 1927-06-05 Wally Osterkorn F-C 6 4 205 Illinois 1928-07-06 Red Rocha C-F 6 8 185 Oregon State 1923-09-18 Dolph Schayes F-C 6 7 195 NYU 1928-05-19 Paul Seymour basketball G-F 6 1 180 Toledo 1928-01-30 Al Cervi https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1953.html Regular season Season standings SYR x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1952–53 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 @ Philadelphia 84–86 (OT) Lochmueller, Schayes (17) 0–1 2 November 2 Philadelphia 91–117 Gabor, Schayes (24) 1–1 3 November 8 @ Boston 83–106 Billy Gabor (14) 1–2 4 November 9 Minneapolis 89–96 Dolph Schayes (27) 2–2 5 November 13 Boston 81–96 Dolph Schayes (23) 3–2 6 November 15 @ Baltimore 91–97 (OT) Bill Calhoun (18) 3–3 7 November 16 Indianapolis 78–84 Dolph Schayes (27) 4–3 8 November 20 Milwaukee 73–92 Billy Gabor (15) 5–3 9 November 22 @ New York 68–98 Dolph Schayes (13) 5–4 10 November 23 New York 73–76 Dolph Schayes (14) 6–4 11 November 27 Rochester 79–86 Paul Seymour (17) 7–4 12 November 29 @ Baltimore 87–74 King, Rocha (16) 8–4 13 November 30 Boston 66–78 Paul Seymour (23) 9–4 14 December 4 @ Fort Wayne 78–70 Dolph Schayes (18) 10–4 15 December 6 @ Philadelphia 82–74 Paul Seymour (20) 11–4 16 December 7 Milwaukee 67–71 Red Rocha (15) 12–4 17 December 8 @ Milwaukee 89–101 Billy Gabor (14) 12–5 18 December 9 @ Indianapolis 87–70 Dolph Schayes (21) 13–5 19 December 11 @ Minneapolis 79–82 Billy Gabor (16) 13–6 20 December 14 Philadelphia 83–102 Dolph Schayes (20) 14–6 21 December 16 @ New York 93–98 (OT) Billy Gabor (21) 14–7 22 December 18 N Boston 83–88 Dolph Schayes (20) 14–8 23 December 20 @ Boston 77–91 Dolph Schayes (19) 14–9 24 December 21 Boston 86–90 Dolph Schayes (28) 15–9 25 December 25 Baltimore 92–102 George King (18) 16–9 26 December 27 @ Baltimore 81–76 (OT) Rocha, Seymour (18) 17–9 27 December 28 Indianapolis 73–84 Red Rocha (18) 18–9 28 December 30 @ Rochester 93–106 Red Rocha (18) 18–10 29 December 31 @ Boston 87–97 Al Cervi (19) 18–11 30 January 1 Fort Wayne 78–92 Dolph Schayes (29) 19–11 31 January 3 @ New York 77–85 (OT) Paul Seymour (17) 19–12 32 January 4 Baltimore 68–93 Red Rocha (15) 20–12 33 January 7 N New York 114–93 Paul Seymour (29) 21–12 34 January 8 Minneapolis 67–75 Dolph Schayes (19) 22–12 35 January 10 N Philadelphia 87–77 Paul Seymour (19) 23–12 36 January 11 Philadelphia 72–76 Paul Seymour (18) 24–12 37 January 15 Rochester 85–109 Paul Seymour (19) 25–12 38 January 18 Baltimore 84–103 Paul Seymour (24) 26–12 39 January 22 Fort Wayne 75–87 Red Rocha (17) 27–12 40 January 24 @ Rochester 107–82 Dolph Schayes (22) 28–12 41 January 25 New York 97–62 Dolph Schayes (16) 28–13 42 January 27 @ Indianapolis 72–76 Jorgensen, Schayes (21) 28–14 43 January 29 @ Minneapolis 83–65 Paul Seymour (20) 29–14 44 January 30 @ Milwaukee 68–84 King, Schayes (15) 29–15 45 February 1 Baltimore 79–94 Dolph Schayes (22) 30–15 46 February 2 N Baltimore 98–77 Red Rocha (31) 31–15 47 February 4 @ Boston 92–105 Paul Seymour (20) 31–16 48 February 5 Rochester 79–83 (OT) Dolph Schayes (24) 32–16 49 February 8 Philadelphia 89–98 Dolph Schayes (26) 33–16 50 February 11 @ Fort Wayne 78–96 Paul Seymour (17) 33–17 51 February 12 @ Minneapolis 81–91 Paul Seymour (20) 33–18 52 February 13 @ Indianapolis 89–86 (2OT) Dolph Schayes (20) 34–18 53 February 15 New York 85–81 Dolph Schayes (35) 34–19 54 February 17 N Boston 84–65 Red Rocha (21) 35–19 55 February 19 Milwaukee 72–82 Dolph Schayes (21) 36–19 56 February 21 @ Rochester 73–84 Dolph Schayes (24) 36–20 57 February 22 Philadelphia 73–86 Dolph Schayes (23) 37–20 58 February 24 N Philadelphia 74–63 Dolph Schayes (27) 38–20 59 February 26 Fort Wayne 77–89 Dolph Schayes (19) 39–20 60 February 28 @ Baltimore 74–77 Dolph Schayes (18) 39–21 61 March 1 New York 64–79 Dolph Schayes (28) 40–21 62 March 3 @ Milwaukee 70–75 George King (19) 40–22 63 March 4 @ Fort Wayne 75–73 (2OT) Dolph Schayes (18) 41–22 64 March 5 Minneapolis 91–94 Lloyd, Seymour (23) 42–22 65 March 6 @ New York 66–75 Dolph Schayes (19) 42–23 66 March 7 N Philadelphia 87–88 Dolph Schayes (30) 42–24 67 March 8 Baltimore 91–98 Dolph Schayes (28) 43–24 68 March 12 Boston 70–84 Dolph Schayes (18) 44–24 69 March 14 @ New York 95–81 Dolph Schayes (26) 45–24 70 March 15 Indianapolis 68–84 Dolph Schayes (30) 46–24 71 March 17 Boston 68–72 Dolph Schayes (23) 47–24 Playoffs Syracuse Nationals 1953 #0046AD white yes Syracuse Nationals Division Semifinals yes #D0103A white yes no 0 1 0 1 yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 19 | Boston | L 81–87 | Paul Seymour (18) | — | Onondaga War Memorial | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 21 | @ Boston | L 105–111 (4OT) | Red Rocha (19) | George King (4) | Boston Garden | 0–2 |- SYR 1953 yes Player statistics Awards and records Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team References Syracuse Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Syracuse Nationals Syracuse Nationals