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NBA professional basketball team season
1952–53 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coachAl Cervi
ArenaOnondaga War Memorial
Results
Record47–24 (.662)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1951–52 1953–54 >

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Nationals' 4th season in the NBA.

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks 47 23 .671 - 22-4 15-14 10-5 30-10
x-Syracuse Nationals 47 24 .662 0.5 32-2 10-20 5-2 26-15
x-Boston Celtics 46 25 .648 1.5 21-3 11-18 14-4 28-13
x-Baltimore Bullets 16 54 .229 31 11-20 1–19 4-15 10-30
Philadelphia Warriors 12 57 .174 34.5 5-12 1–28 6-17 7-33
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore — 2–8 0–6 2–4 3–3 1–5 0–10 6–4 0–6 2–8
Boston 8–2 — 4–2 4–2 5–1 1–5 6–4 9–1 4–2 5–6
Fort Wayne 6–0 2–4 — 7–3 7–3 1–9 4–2 5–0 3–7 1–5
Indianapolis 4–2 2–4 3–7 — 5–6 4–6 1–5 5–1 3–7 1–5
Milwaukee 3–3 1–5 3–7 6–5 — 3–7 1–5 4–2 3–7 3–3
Minneapolis 5–1 5–1 9–1 6–4 7–3 — 4–2 6–0 4–6 2–4
New York 10–0 4–6 2–4 5–1 5–1 2–4 — 10–0 3–3 6–4
Philadelphia 4–6 1–9 0–5 1–5 2–4 0–6 0–10 — 2–4 2–8
Rochester 6–0 2–4 7–3 7–3 7–3 6–4 3–3 4–2 — 2–4
Syracuse 8–2 6–5 5–1 5–1 3–3 4–2 4–6 8–2 4–2 —

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

1953 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High assists Location Series
1 March 19 Boston L 81–87 Paul Seymour (18) — Onondaga War Memorial 0–1
2 March 21 @ Boston L 105–111 (4OT) Red Rocha (19) George King (4) Boston Garden 0–2
1953 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Awards and records

References

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