1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season

Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association August 2023 March 2026 December 2024 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia 76ers 1952 yes 40 26 Eastern 1 Al Cervi Onondaga War Memorial East Division Finals(eliminated 1–3) SYR The 1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season was the Nationals' 3rd season in the NBA.1951–52 Syracuse Nationals Draft picks 1951 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College764Roy ReardonForwardUSASt. Francis (NY) Roster 1951–52 Syracuse Nationals #D0103A #FFFFFF #0046AD #FFFFFF Gerry Calabrese G 6 1 175 St. John's 1925-02-04 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 Wally Osterkorn F-C 6 4 205 Illinois 1928-07-06 George Ratkovicz C-F 6 6 220 Lindblom (IL) 1922-11-13 Red Rocha C-F 6 8 185 Oregon State 1923-09-18 Don Savage basketball F-G 6 3 190 Le Moyne 1928-04-09 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/1952.html Regular season Season standings SYR x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1951–52 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 Fort Wayne W 90–75 Dolph Schayes (18) 1–0 2 November 4 Minneapolis W 98–67 Dolph Schayes (23) 2–0 3 November 10 @ Baltimore L 82–91 Billy Gabor (18) 2–1 4 November 11 Indianapolis W 93–79 Red Rocha (21) 3–1 5 November 15 Boston W 97–95 Osterkorn, Schayes (15) 4–1 6 November 16 @ Philadelphia W 97–90 Dolph Schayes (35) 5–1 7 November 17 @ New York W 79–72 Dolph Schayes (20) 6–1 8 November 18 Baltimore W 71–68 Al Cervi (26) 7–1 9 November 22 @ Fort Wayne W 96–72 Red Rocha (23) 8–1 10 November 23 @ Indianapolis L 68–82 Dolph Schayes (14) 8–2 11 November 25 New York W 100–73 Al Cervi (19) 9–2 12 November 29 Fort Wayne W 82–78 Red Rocha (21) 10–2 13 November 30 @ Philadelphia L 75–82 King, Seymour (15) 10–3 14 December 2 Rochester L 79–81 Dolph Schayes (29) 10–4 15 December 4 @ Indianapolis L 77–83 Al Cervi (16) 10–5 16 December 5 @ Minneapolis W 83–81 (OT) Dolph Schayes (24) 11–5 17 December 6 vs.Milwaukee L 70–73 Paul Seymour (15) 11–6 18 December 8 @ Rochester W 95–75 Dolph Schayes (24) 12–6 19 December 9 Philadelphia W 93–74 Wally Osterkorn (17) 13–6 20 December 11 vs.Fort Wayne W 80–62 Red Rocha (17) 14–6 21 December 13 Milwaukee W 89–82 Billy Gabor (23) 15–6 22 December 16 Indianapolis L 92–96 Dolph Schayes (21) 15–7 23 December 19 @ Boston L 97–103 Wally Osterkorn (19) 15–8 24 December 22 @ New York L 73–92 Dolph Schayes (15) 15–9 25 December 23 New York L 72–75 Noble Jorgensen (18) 15–10 26 December 25 vs.Milwaukee W 70–65 Red Rocha (16) 16–10 27 December 27 Milwaukee 69–68 Ratkovicz, Rocha (13) 16–11 28 December 30 Baltimore 91–108 Red Rocha (20) 17–11 29 January 1 @ Minneapolis 80–82 Red Rocha (18) 17–12 30 January 3 Boston 81–107 George King (17) 18–12 31 January 6 Philadelphia 93–98 Dolph Schayes (26) 19–12 32 January 10 New York 96–110 Billy Gabor (27) 20–12 33 January 12 @ Baltimore 92–88 Dolph Schayes (22) 21–12 34 January 13 Indianapolis 85–103 Billy Gabor (23) 22–12 35 January 17 Minneapolis 105–110 (3OT) Dolph Schayes (41) 23–12 36 January 20 Baltimore 80–99 Billy Gabor (21) 24–12 37 January 22 @ Milwaukee 93–82 Ratkovicz, Rocha, Seymour (17) 25–12 38 January 23 @ Minneapolis 99–97 (OT) George King (22) 26–12 39 January 25 @ Philadelphia 94–95 (OT) Dolph Schayes (27) 26–13 40 January 26 @ Baltimore 78–73 Red Rocha (21) 27–13 41 January 27 Boston 86–91 Dolph Schayes (29) 28–13 42 January 31 Milwaukee 79–88 Jorgensen, Rocha (16) 29–13 43 February 3 Baltimore 73–95 Dolph Schayes (27) 30–13 44 February 6 @ Boston 88–99 Dolph Schayes (20) 30–14 45 February 8 @ Philadelphia 96–87 George King (19) 31–14 46 February 9 @ Baltimore 76–84 Red Rocha (21) 31–15 47 February 10 Philadelphia 84–91 Paul Seymour (21) 32–15 48 February 12 @ New York 69–78 Gerald Calabrese (14) 32–16 49 February 14 Rochester 78–76 Red Rocha (21) 32–17 50 February 16 @ Rochester 84–92 Red Rocha (18) 32–18 51 February 17 New York 61–66 George King (17) 33–18 52 February 21 Minneapolis 80–88 George King (21) 34–18 53 February 23 @ Baltimore 80–81 Red Rocha (21) 34–19 54 February 24 Boston 77–75 George King (17) 34–20 55 February 27 @ Boston 81–88 Wally Osterkorn (19) 34–21 56 February 28 Fort Wayne 83–88 George King (18) 35–21 57 March 1 @ Rochester 83–98 Noble Jorgensen (21) 35–22 58 March 2 Rochester 72–76 George Ratkovicz (15) 36–22 59 March 6 @ Fort Wayne 83–81 (2OT) Red Rocha (20) 37–22 60 March 7 @ Indianapolis 76–81 George King (15) 37–23 61 March 8 @ Philadelphia 83–92 Al Cervi (21) 37–24 62 March 9 Philadelphia 82–99 Paul Seymour (15) 38–24 63 March 12 @ Boston 89–71 George King (25) 39–24 64 March 13 Boston 82–81 Wally Osterkorn (16) 40–24 65 March 15 @ New York 90–97 Noble Jorgensen (16) 40–25 66 March 16 New York 90–84 Rocha, Schayes (19) 40–26 Playoffs Syracuse Nationals 1952 #0046AD white yes Syracuse Nationals Division Semifinals yes #D0103A white yes no 2 0 0 1 yes |- | 1 | March 20 | Philadelphia | W 102–83 | Dolph Schayes (31) | Dolph Schayes (18) | Seymour, Osterkorn (4) | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 22 | @ Philadelphia | L 95–100 | Osterkorn, Seymour (16) | Schayes, Ratkovicz (12) | Wally Osterkorn (7) | Philadelphia Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 23 | Philadelphia | W 84–73 | Red Rocha (20) | Wally Osterkorn (12) | Paul Seymour (4) | Onondaga War Memorial | 2–1 |- Syracuse Nationals Division Finals #D0103A white yes no 1 1 0 2 yes yes yes |- | 1 | April 2 | New York | L 85–87 | Dolph Schayes (25) | Onondaga War Memorial | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 3 | New York | W 102–92 | Paul Seymour (21) | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 5 | @ New York | L 92–99 | Red Rocha (22) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 6 | @ New York | L 93–100 | Dolph Schayes (22) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–3 |- SYR 1952 yes Awards and records Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team References See also 1951–52 NBA season Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Sy Syracuse Nationals Syracuse Nationals