1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season

Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association August 2023 March 2026 December 2024 Syracuse Nationals Philadelphia 76ers 1959 35 37 Eastern 3 Paul Seymour Onondaga War Memorial East Division Finals(eliminated 3–4) SYR The 1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season was the Nationals' 10th season in the NBA.1958–59 Syracuse Nationals Roster thumb|left|The 1958–59 Syracuse Nationals Syracuse Nationals 1958-59 #D0103A #FFFFFF #0046AD #FFFFFF 16 Al Bianchi PG 6 3 185 Bowling Green 1932-03-26 11 Ed Conlin F-G 6 5 200 Fordham 1933-09-02 6 Larry Costello PG 6 1 186 Niagara University 1931-07-02 3 George Dempsey basketball PG 6 2 190 King's College 1929-07-19 8 Connie Dierking C 6 9 222 Cincinnati 1936-10-02 15 Hal Greer SG 6 2 175 Marshall 1936-06-26 9 Bob Hopkins PF 6 8 205 Grambling State University 1934-11-03 3 Tommy Kearns G 5 11 185 UNC 1936-10-06 10 Red Kerr C 6 9 230 Illinois 1932-07-17 17 Togo Palazzi SF 6 4 205 Holy Cross 1932-08-08 4 Dolph Schayes PF 6 8 220 NYU 1928-05-19 5 Paul Seymour basketball SG 6 1 180 Toledo 1928-01-30 12 George Yardley SF 6 5 190 Stanford 1928-11-03 Paul Seymour https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1959.html Regular season Season standings SYR x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1958–59 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 19 Detroit 94–103 Dolph Schayes (18) 1–0 2 October 25 Philadelphia 110–109 Dolph Schayes (34) 1–1 3 November 1 Cincinnati 108–130 Bob Hopkins (23) 2–1 4 November 5 Boston 117–115 Bob Hopkins (26) 2–2 5 November 8 @ Philadelphia 103–98 Johnny Kerr (24) 3–2 6 November 9 Minneapolis 97–101 Al Bianchi (21) 4–2 7 November 12 @ Cincinnati 116–115 Dolph Schayes (32) 5–2 8 November 14 @ Detroit 111–109 Johnny Kerr (30) 6–2 9 November 15 New York 96–92 Al Bianchi (18) 6–3 10 November 18 @ St. Louis 120–94 Larry Costello (28) 7–3 11 November 20 @ Minneapolis 102–121 Johnny Kerr (17) 7–4 12 November 22 @ New York 99–114 Dolph Schayes (17) 7–5 13 November 23 @ Philadelphia 107–110 Johnny Kerr (25) 7–6 14 November 26 St. Louis 112–107 Johnny Kerr (20) 7–7 15 November 27 @ St. Louis 98–107 Kerr, Schayes (23) 7–8 16 November 28 @ Detroit 93–101 Larry Costello (20) 7–9 17 November 29 Minneapolis 108–105 Dolph Schayes (25) 7–10 18 December 4 N Boston 114–116 Johnny Kerr (28) 7–11 19 December 6 @ Boston 101–92 Dolph Schayes (23) 8–11 20 December 7 Boston 104–108 Johnny Kerr (24) 9–11 21 December 9 N Philadelphia 106–90 Johnny Kerr (22) 10–11 22 December 10 @ Cincinnati 97–94 Costello, Kerr (19) 11–11 23 December 11 @ Minneapolis 101–99 (OT) Al Bianchi (27) 12–11 24 December 13 Philadelphia 100–115 Dolph Schayes (28) 13–11 25 December 14 @ Detroit 101–95 Costello, Schayes (23) 14–11 26 December 16 N Boston 104–108 Dolph Schayes (23) 14–12 27 December 20 Cincinnati 121–120 (OT) Johnny Kerr (24) 14–13 28 December 21 @ New York 94–108 Dolph Schayes (20) 14–14 29 December 27 New York 106–102 Larry Costello (23) 14–15 30 December 29 @ Boston 105–107 Bob Hopkins (25) 14–16 31 December 30 N Minneapolis 113–118 Dolph Schayes (30) 14–17 32 January 1 Minneapolis 106–105 Dolph Schayes (32) 14–18 33 January 2 @ Philadelphia 117–107 Larry Costello (29) 15–18 34 January 4 Detroit 94–118 Johnny Kerr (31) 16–18 35 January 6 @ New York 108–118 Dolph Schayes (24) 16–19 36 January 7 Philadelphia 99–111 Johnny Kerr (26) 17–19 37 January 8 @ Cincinnati 145–138 (3OT) Johnny Kerr (30) 18–19 38 January 11 Cincinnati 110–127 Johnny Kerr (33) 19–19 39 January 14 N Philadelphia 119–104 Johnny Kerr (25) 20–19 40 January 15 Minneapolis 105–111 Greer, Schayes (21) 21–19 41 January 16 @ St. Louis 89–102 Dolph Schayes (19) 21–20 42 January 18 New York 120–118 Johnny Kerr (28) 21–21 43 January 21 Boston 112–134 Hal Greer (22) 22–21 44 January 24 Cincinnati 102–123 Dierking, Greer (17) 23–21 45 January 25 @ Cincinnati 104–109 Dolph Schayes (34) 23–22 46 January 27 @ Detroit 121–107 Dolph Schayes (28) 24–22 47 January 28 @ Minneapolis 109–112 Dolph Schayes (34) 24–23 48 January 29 N Minneapolis 117–91 Costello, Greer (18) 25–23 49 January 31 N New York 117–119 Hal Greer (28) 25–24 50 February 1 @ Boston 137–139 (OT) Dolph Schayes (50) 25–25 51 February 3 @ New York 114–115 Dolph Schayes (24) 25–26 52 February 4 St. Louis 113–111 Ed Conlin (23) 25–27 53 February 5 N New York 98–111 Dolph Schayes (20) 25–28 54 February 6 N Detroit 122–103 Costello, Schayes (25) 26–28 55 February 8 New York 104–113 Kerr, Schayes (25) 27–28 56 February 9 N St. Louis 94–99 Costello, Schayes (16) 27–29 57 February 11 Detroit 118–114 (OT) Johnny Kerr (33) 27–30 58 February 14 @ Boston 121–124 Hal Greer (45) 27–31 59 February 15 Philadelphia 101–121 Dolph Schayes (25) 28–31 60 February 19 Boston 105–113 Dolph Schayes (33) 29–31 61 February 21 @ Philadelphia 112–113 Larry Costello (22) 29–32 62 February 22 Detroit 108–139 George Yardley (33) 30–32 63 February 24 N Cincinnati 109–113 George Yardley (26) 30–33 64 February 26 St. Louis 111–130 Dolph Schayes (31) 31–33 65 February 27 @ St. Louis 113–128 George Yardley (30) 31–34 66 March 1 New York 115–140 Dolph Schayes (20) 32–34 67 March 3 @ New York 127–120 Al Bianchi (22) 33–34 68 March 4 @ Boston 114–120 Dolph Schayes (24) 33–35 69 March 5 Boston 118–142 Dolph Schayes (25) 34–35 70 March 6 N Philadelphia 114–118 Togo Palazzi (37) 34–36 71 March 8 Philadelphia 103–133 Hal Greer (22) 35–36 72 March 11 St. Louis 132–130 (OT) Dolph Schayes (29) 35–37 Playoffs Syracuse Nationals 1959 #0046AD white yes Syracuse Nationals Division Semifinals yes #D0103A white yes no 1 0 1 0 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 13 | @ New York | W 129–123 | Dolph Schayes (35) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 15 | New York | W 131–115 | Red Kerr (34) | Onondaga War Memorial | 2–0 |- Syracuse Nationals Division Finals #D0103A white yes no 3 0 0 4 yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 18 | @ Boston | L 109–131 | George Yardley (30) | George Yardley (17) | — | Boston Garden | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 21 | Boston | W 120–118 | Dolph Schayes (34) | Schayes, Kerr (17) | — | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 22 | @ Boston | L 111–133 | Dolph Schayes (21) | Connie Dierking (11) | — | Boston Garden | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | March 25 | Boston | W 119–107 | Dolph Schayes (28) | Dolph Schayes (18) | — | Onondaga War Memorial | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | March 28 | @ Boston | L 108–129 | George Yardley (23) | Schayes, Kerr (11) | — | Boston Garden | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | March 29 | Boston | W 133–121 | Dolph Schayes (39) | Dolph Schayes (12) | — | Onondaga War Memorial | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | April 1 | @ Boston | L 125–130 | Dolph Schayes (35) | Dolph Schayes (16) | Schayes, Costello (9) | Boston Garden | 3–4 |- SYR 1959 yes Awards and records Dolph Schayes, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Philadelphia 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