1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season
Appearance
1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season | |
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Head coach | Al Cervi Paul Seymour |
Arena | Onondaga War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 38–34 (.528) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Division Finals (eliminated 0–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1956–57 NBA season was the Nationals' 8th season in the NBA.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 44 | 28 | .611 | - | 24-4 | 11-18 | 9-6 | 20-16 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 38 | 34 | .528 | 6 | 23-9 | 9-15 | 6-10 | 20-16 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 37 | 35 | .514 | 7 | 20-5 | 5–25 | 12-5 | 17-19 |
New York Knicks | 36 | 36 | .500 | 8 | 18-10 | 9-19 | 9-7 | 15-21 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 6–3 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 5–7 |
Fort Wayne | 3–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–4 |
Minneapolis | 4–5 | 5–7 | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 4–5 |
New York | 5–7 | 4–5 | 6–3 | — | 4–8 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–6 |
Philadelphia | 4–8 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–4 | — | 4–5 | 7–2 | 5–7 |
Rochester | 3–6 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 4–5 | 5–4 | — | 6–6 | 4–5 |
St. Louis | 2–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 7–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 27 | N Philadelphia | 109–103 (2OT) | Dolph Schayes (33) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 28 | Rochester | 75–91 | Dolph Schayes (20) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | November 3 | N St. Louis | 75–73 | Conlin, Schayes (20) | 3–0 | |||||
4 | November 4 | St. Louis | 78–76 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | November 10 | @ Rochester | 76–90 | Ed Conlin (19) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | November 11 | Boston | 94–83 | Ed Conlin (22) | 3–3 | |||||
7 | November 15 | Minneapolis | 103–96 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 3–4 | |||||
8 | November 17 | N Philadelphia | 96–109 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 3–5 | |||||
9 | November 18 | Philadelphia | 97–99 | Dolph Schayes (31) | 4–5 | |||||
10 | November 20 | @ St. Louis | 81–104 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 4–6 | |||||
11 | November 22 | @ Minneapolis | 78–111 | Kerr, Schayes (13) | 4–7 | |||||
12 | November 24 | @ Boston | 99–114 | Ed Conlin (24) | 4–8 | |||||
13 | November 27 | N Rochester | 82–90 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 4–9 | |||||
14 | November 29 | Fort Wayne | 92–87 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 4–10 | |||||
15 | December 1 | @ New York | 100–117 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 4–11 | |||||
16 | December 2 | New York | 100–110 | Ed Conlin (28) | 5–11 | |||||
17 | December 4 | N Fort Wayne | 97–96 (OT) | Dolph Schayes (22) | 6–11 | |||||
18 | December 6 | @ Fort Wayne | 92–104 | Ed Conlin (15) | 6–12 | |||||
19 | December 7 | N Fort Wayne | 97–105 | Ed Conlin (21) | 6–13 | |||||
20 | December 9 | Boston | 110–116 | Dolph Schayes (42) | 7–13 | |||||
21 | December 15 | Philadelphia | 117–108 | Bianchi, Conlin, Schayes (16) | 7–14 | |||||
22 | December 16 | St. Louis | 91–101 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 8–14 | |||||
23 | December 23 | Minneapolis | 97–107 | Dolph Schayes (27) | 9–14 | |||||
24 | December 25 | @ Rochester | 93–98 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 9–15 | |||||
25 | December 27 | @ St. Louis | 95–102 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 9–16 | |||||
26 | December 29 | @ Philadelphia | 104–103 (OT) | Dolph Schayes (32) | 10–16 | |||||
27 | December 30 | @ Boston | 92–105 | Dolph Schayes (20) | 10–17 | |||||
28 | January 1 | New York | 102–106 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 11–17 | |||||
29 | January 3 | @ New York | 111–126 | Togo Palazzi (26) | 11–18 | |||||
30 | January 4 | N Boston | 116–106 | Bob Harrison (23) | 12–18 | |||||
31 | January 6 | Philadelphia | 123–128 | Johnny Kerr (26) | 13–18 | |||||
32 | January 9 | N Minneapolis | 86–93 | Dolph Schayes (17) | 13–19 | |||||
33 | January 10 | Minneapolis | 118–110 | Dolph Schayes (40) | 13–20 | |||||
34 | January 12 | @ Rochester | 97–88 | Dolph Schayes (31) | 14–20 | |||||
35 | January 13 | Rochester | 85–91 | Dolph Schayes (23) | 15–20 | |||||
36 | January 17 | @ Philadelphia | 108–103 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 16–20 | |||||
37 | January 18 | N Philadelphia | 94–96 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 16–21 | |||||
38 | January 19 | St. Louis | 104–96 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 16–22 | |||||
39 | January 20 | Fort Wayne | 98–101 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 17–22 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ New York | 88–90 | Ed Conlin (26) | 17–23 | |||||
41 | January 23 | @ Boston | 108–140 | Togo Palazzi (25) | 17–24 | |||||
42 | January 24 | New York | 97–115 | Johnny Kerr (26) | 18–24 | |||||
43 | January 26 | @ Rochester | 99–95 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 19–24 | |||||
44 | January 27 | Minneapolis | 93–94 | Dolph Schayes (26) | 20–24 | |||||
45 | January 28 | N Minneapolis | 112–96 | Johnny Kerr (26) | 21–24 | |||||
46 | January 30 | @ Boston | 119–116 | Dolph Schayes (24) | 22–24 | |||||
47 | January 31 | Boston | 104–105 | Dolph Schayes (34) | 23–24 | |||||
48 | February 2 | @ Philadelphia | 100–107 | Dolph Schayes (19) | 23–25 | |||||
49 | February 3 | Fort Wayne | 95–104 | Ed Conlin (23) | 24–25 | |||||
50 | February 5 | N Boston | 101–105 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 24–26 | |||||
51 | February 6 | N New York | 100–119 | Paul Seymour (23) | 24–27 | |||||
52 | February 7 | St. Louis | 110–112 | Dolph Schayes (29) | 25–27 | |||||
53 | February 9 | @ New York | 101–89 | Kerr, Lloyd (21) | 26–27 | |||||
54 | February 10 | New York | 100–102 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 27–27 | |||||
55 | February 11 | N St. Louis | 101–107 | Johnny Kerr (20) | 27–28 | |||||
56 | February 14 | Rochester | 104–95 | Ed Conlin (19) | 27–29 | |||||
57 | February 17 | Boston | 106–116 | Dolph Schayes (28) | 28–29 | |||||
58 | February 21 | Philadelphia | 86–92 | Dolph Schayes (16) | 29–29 | |||||
59 | February 23 | @ Minneapolis | 103–101 | Dolph Schayes (30) | 30–29 | |||||
60 | February 24 | Rochester | 93–109 | Ed Conlin (25) | 31–29 | |||||
61 | February 25 | @ Fort Wayne | 102–108 | Joe Holup (20) | 31–30 | |||||
62 | February 26 | Minneapolis | 108–120 | Johnny Kerr (30) | 32–30 | |||||
63 | February 27 | N St. Louis | 108–93 | Johnny Kerr (23) | 33–30 | |||||
64 | February 28 | Fort Wayne | 112–123 | Johnny Kerr (32) | 34–30 | |||||
65 | March 2 | N Philadelphia | 85–98 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 34–31 | |||||
66 | March 3 | Philadelphia | 86–112 | Dolph Schayes (47) | 35–31 | |||||
67 | March 5 | @ New York | 99–92 | Ed Conlin (24) | 36–31 | |||||
68 | March 6 | New York | 100–93 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 36–32 | |||||
69 | March 7 | N New York | 94–99 | Dolph Schayes (21) | 36–33 | |||||
70 | March 9 | Boston | 102–104 | Dolph Schayes (36) | 37–33 | |||||
71 | March 10 | @ Boston | 94–92 | Dolph Schayes (22) | 38–33 | |||||
72 | March 13 | @ Fort Wayne | 81–114 | Dolph Schayes (17) | 38–34 |
Playoffs
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Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
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Division Finals: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
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1957 schedule |