1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season

Syracuse Nationals

Industry	Professional basketball team
Founded	1946
Headquarters	Syracuse , United States
Products	Basketball team

The 1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season marked the franchise's third year competing in the NBA.

Draft selections

Round	Overall Pick	Player Name	Playing Position	Country	College Attended
7	64	Roy Reardon	Forward	USA	St. Francis (NY)

Standings

x indicates a secured playoff berth

Match results

1951–52 Season Game Log
#	Date	Opponent	Result	Top Scorer	Team 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	December5	@ Minneapolis	W83-81 (OT)	Dolph Schayes(24)	11-5
17	December6	vs. Milwaukee	L70-73	Paul Seymour(15)	11-6
18	December8	@ Rochester	W95-75	Dolph Schayes(24)	12-6
19	December9	Philadelphia	W93-74	Wally Osterkorn(17)	13-6
20	December11	vs. Fort Wayne	W80-62	Red Rocha(17)	14-6
21	December13	Milwaukee	W89-82	Billy Gabor(23)	15-6
22	December16	Indianapolis	L92-96	Dolph Schayes(21)	15-7
23	December19	@ Boston	L97-103	Wally Osterkorn(19)	15-8
24	December22	@ New York	L73-92	Dolph Schayes(15)	15-9
25	December23	New York	L72-75	Noble Jorgensen(18)	15-10
26	December25	vs. Milwaukee	W70-65	Red Rocha(16)	16-10
27	December27	Milwaukee	L69-68	Ratkovicz, Rocha(13)	16-11
28	December30	Baltimore		108-91	Red Rocha(20)	17-11
29	January1	@ Minneapolis		80-82	Red Rocha(18)	17-12
30	January3	Boston		107-81	George King(17)	18-12
31	January6	Philadelphia		98-93	Dolph Schayes(26)	19-12
32	January10	New York		110-96	Billy Gabor(27)	20-12
33	January12	@ Baltimore		92-88	Dolph Schayes(22)	21-12
34	January13	Indianapolis		103-85	Billy Gabor(23)	22-12
35	January17	Minneapolis		110-105 (3OT)	Dolph Schayes(41)	23-12
36	January20	Baltimore		99-80	Billy Gabor(21)	24-12
37	January22	@ Milwaukee		93-82	Ratkovicz, Rocha, Seymour(17)	25-12
38	January23	@ Minneapolis		99-97 (OT)	George King(22)	26-12
39	January25	@ Philadelphia		95-94 (OT)	Dolph Schayes(27)	26-13
40	January26	@ Baltimore		78-73	Red Rocha(21)	27-13
41	January27	Boston		91-86	Dolph Schayes(29)	28-13
42	January31	Milwaukee		88-79	Jorgensen, Rocha(16)	29-13
43	February3	Baltimore		95-73	Dolph Schayes(27)	30-13
44	February6	@ Boston		88-99	Dolph Schayes(20)	30-14
45	February8	@ Philadelphia		96-87	George King(19)	31-14
46	February9	@ Baltimore		76-84	Red Rocha(21)	31-15
47	February10	Philadelphia		91-84	Paul Seymour(21)	32-15
48	February12	@ New York		69-78	Gerald Calabrese(14)	32-16
49	February14	Rochester		76-78	Red Rocha(21)	32-17
50	February16	@ Rochester		84-92	Red Rocha(18)	32-18
51	February17	New York		66-61	George King(17)	33-18
52	February21	Minneapolis		88-80	George King(21)	34-18
53	February23	@ Baltimore		80-81	Red Rocha(21)	34-19
54	February24	Boston		75-77	George King(17)	34-20
55	February27	@ Boston		81−88│Wally Osterkorn (19)│34−21
February28 |Fort Wayne |88−83 |George King (18) |35−21
March1 |@ Rochester |98−83 |Noble Jorgensen (21) |35−22
March2 |Rochester |76−72 |George Ratkovicz (15) |36−22
March6 |@ Fort Wayne |83−81 (2OT) |Red Rocha (20) |37−22
March7 |@ Indianapolis |76−81 |George King (15) |37−23
March8 |@ Philadelphia |83−92 |Al Cervi (21) |37−24
March9 |Philadelphia |99−82 |Paul Seymour (15) |38−24
March12 |@ Boston |89−71 |George King (25) |39−24
March13 |Boston |82−81 |Wally Osterkorn (16) |40−24
March15 |@ New York |90−97 |Noble Jorgensen (16) |40−25
March16 |New York |90−84 │Rocha, Schayes (19)|40−26

Playoffs

1	March 20	Philadelphia	Victory 102–83	Dolph Schayes (31 points)	Dolph Schayes (18 rebounds)	Seymour, Osterkorn (4 assists each)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series 1–0
2	March 22	@ Philadelphia	Defeat 95–100	Wally Osterkorn, Seymour (16 points each)	Dolph Schayes, George Ratkovicz (12 rebounds each)	Wally Osterkorn (7 assists)	Philadelphia Arena	Series tied 1–1
3	March 23	Philadelphia	Victory 84–73	Red Rocha (20 points)	Wally Osterkorn (12 rebounds)	Paul Seymour (4 assists)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series lead 2–1

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1	April 2	New York	Loss 85–87	Dolph Schayes (25 points)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series deficit 0–1
2	April 3	New York	Win 102–92	Paul Seymour (21 points)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series tied 1–1
3	April 5	@ New York	Loss 92–99	Red Rocha (22 points)	Madison Square Garden III	Series trailing 1–2
4	April 6	@ New York	Loss 93–100	Dolph Schayes (22 points)	Madison Square Garden III	Series down 1–3

Awards and records

Dolph Schayes, selected to the All-NBA First Team

See also

• 1951–52 NBA season