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1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season

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Syracuse Nationals
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Founded1946
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The 1953–54 Syracuse Nationals campaign represented the franchise's fifth season competing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During this year, the Nationals progressed to the 1954 NBA Finals, where they swept the Boston Celtics 2–0 in the Eastern Division Finals but ultimately were defeated in a tightly fought seven-game matchup by the Minneapolis Lakers.

Game log

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1953–54 Game log
# Date Opponent Score Leading scorer Team record
1 October 31 @ Philadelphia 73–79 Paul Seymour (21) 0–1
2 November 1 Philadelphia 85–61 Dolph Schayes (14) 1–1
3 November 5 Minneapolis 65–77 Paul Seymour (14) 1–2
4 November 7 N Baltimore 88–77 Billy Gabor (21) 2–2
5 November 8 Rochester 85–66 Billy Gabor (23) 3–2
6 November 10 @ Milwaukee 74–59 George King (15) 4–2
72 March 14 New York 113–83 Dolph Schayes (23) 42–30


Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 17 | @ Boston | W 96–95 (OT) | Dolph Schayes (20) | Dolph Schayes (13) | Earl Lloyd (8) | Boston Garden | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 18 | New York | W 75–68 | Dolph Schayes (23) | Dolph Schayes (16) | Paul Seymour (6) | Onondaga War Memorial | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | March 21 | @ New York | W 103–99 | Dolph Schayes (36) | Dolph Schayes (21) | Paul Seymour (6) | Madison Square Garden III | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | March 22 | Boston | W 98–85 | Dolph Schayes (25) | Dolph Schayes (16) | Paul Seymour (7) | Onondaga War Memorial | 4–0 |} {{NBA game log section|Syracuse Nationals|Division Finals|bgcolor=#D0103A|color=white|playoffs=yes|show=no | home_wins = 1 | home_losses = 0 | road_wins = 1 | road_losses = 0 |} |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 25 | Boston | W 109–94 | Dolph Schayes (27) | Dolph Schayes (21) | Bill Gabor (6) | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 27 | @ Boston | W 83–76 | Wally Osterkorn (16) | — | George King (8) | Boston Garden | 2–0 |}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 31 | @ Minneapolis | L 68–79 | Bob Lavoy (15) | Wally Osterkorn (8) | Paul Seymour (6) | Minneapolis Auditorium
4,579 

|0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" 

|2 
|April 3 
|@minneapolis
|W 62–60 
|Wally Osterkorn (20) 
|Wally Osterkorn (17) 
|Lavoy, Seymour (3) 
|Minneapolis Auditorium
6,277 
|1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" 

|3 
|April 4 
|minneapolis
|L 67–81 
|Lavoy (18) 
|Lavoy (15) 
|Seymour (7) 
|Onondaga War Memorial
8,719 
|1–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" 

|4 
|April 8 
|minneapolis
|W 80–69 
|Seymour (25) 
|Lavoy (11) 
|Seymour (6) 
|Onondaga War Memorial
7,655 
|2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" 

|5 
|April 10 
|minneapolis
|L 73–84 
|Schayes (17) 
|Lloyd (8) 
|Osterkorn (5) 
|Onondaga War Memorial
7,283 
|2–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" 

|6 
|April 11 
|@minneapolis
|W 65–63 
|Seymour (16) 
|— 
|— 
|Minneapolis Auditorium
6,776 
|3–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" 

|7  
|April 12  
|@minneapolis
|L 80–87  
|Schayes (18)  
|—  
|—  
|Minneapolis Auditorium
7,274  
|3–4

|}


Awards and records

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