1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season

Syracuse Nationals

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

The 1958–59 season for the Syracuse Nationals represented the team's tenth campaign competing in the NBA.

Season standings

x – secured a position in the playoffs

Game log

49 31 January N New York 117-119 Hal Greer(28) 25-24 50 1 February @ Boston 137-139 OT Dolph Schayes(50) 25-25 51 3 February @ New York 114-115 Dolph Schayes(24) 25-26 52 4 February St. Louis 111-113 Ed Conlin(23) 25-27 53 5 February N New York 98-111 Dolph Schayes(20) 25-28 54 6 February N Detroit 122-103 Costello & Schayes(25) 26-28 55 8 February New York 113-104 Kerr & Schayes(25) 27-28 56 9 February N St. Louis 94-99 Costello & Schayes(16) 27-29 57 11 February Detroit 114-118 OT Johnny Kerr(33) 27-30 58 14 February @ Boston 121-124 Hal Greer(45) 27-31 59 15 February Philadelphia 121-101 Dolph Schayes(25) 28-31 60 19 February Boston 113-105 Dolph Schayes(33) 29-31 61 21 February @ Philadelphia 112-113 Larry Costello(22) 29-32 62 22 February Detroit 139-108 George Yardley(33) 30-32 63 24 February N Cincinnati 109-113 G.Yardley(26) 30−33 64 February 26 St. Louis 111−130 Dolph Schayes 31−33 65 February 27 @ St. Louis 113−128 George Yardley 31−34 66 March 1 New York 115−140 Dolph Schayes 32−34 67 March 3 @ New York 127−120 Al Bianchi 33−34 68 March 4 @ Boston 114−120 Dolph Schayes 33−35 69 March 5 Boston 118−142 Dolph Schayes 34−35 70 March 6 N Philadelphia 114−118 Togo Palazzi 34−36 71 March 8 Philadelphia 103−133 Hal Greer 35−36 72 March 11 St. Louis 132−130 OT Dolph Schayes 35−37

1958–59 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Result	Top scorer	Overall record
1	October 19	Detroit	103–94	Dolph Schayes (18)	1–0
2	October 25	Philadelphia	109–110	Dolph Schayes (34)	1–1
3	November 1	Cincinnati	130–108	Bob Hopkins (23)	2–1
4	November 5	Boston	115–117	Bob Hopkins (26)	2–2
5	November 8	@ Philadelphia	103–98	Johnny Kerr (24)	3–2
6	November 9	Minneapolis	101–97	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	92–96	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	November23	@Philadelphia	107–110	Johnny Kerr (25)	7–6
14	November26	St. Louis	107–112	Johnny Kerr (20)	7–7
15	November27	@St. Louis	98–107	Kerr, Schayes (23)	7–8
16	November28	@Detroit	93–101	Larry Costello (20)	7–9
17	November29	Minneapolis	105–108	Dolph Schayes (25)	7–10
18	December4	N Boston	114–116	Johnny Kerr (28)	7–11
19	December6	@Boston	101–92	Dolph Schayes (23)	8–11
20	December7	Boston	108–104	Johnny Kerr (24)	9–11
21	December9	N Philadelphia	106–90	Johnny Kerr (22)	10–11
22	December10	@Cincinnati	97–94	Costello, Kerr (19)	11–11
23	December11	@Minneapolis	101–99 (OT)	Al Bianchi (27)	12–11
24	December13	Philadelphia	115–100	Dolph Schayes (28)	13–11
25	December14	@Detroit	101–95	Costello, Schayes (23)	14–11
26	December16	N Boston	104–108	Dolph Schayes (23)	14–12
27	December20	Cincinnati	120–121 (OT)	Johnny Kerr (24)	14–13
28	December21	@New York	94–108	Dolph Schayes (20)	14–14
29	December27	New York	102–106	Larry Costello (23)	14–15
30	December29	@Boston	105–107	Bob Hopkins (25)	14–16
31	December30	N Minneapolis	113–118	Dolph Schayes (30)	14–17
32	January1	Minneapolis	105-106	Dolph Schayes (32)	14-18
January2 |@Philadelphia |117-107 |Larry Costello (29) |15-18
January4 |Detroit |118-94 |Johnny Kerr (31) |16-18
January6 |@New York |108-118 |Dolph Schayes (24) |16-19
January7 |Philadelphia |111-99 |Johnny Kerr (26) |17-19
January8 |@Cincinnati |145-138(3OT) |Johnny Kerr(30)|18-19
January11 |Cincinnati |127-110 |Johnny Kerr(33)|19-19
January14 |N Philadelphia |119-104 |Johnny Kerr(25)|20-19
January15 |Minneapolis |111-105 |Hal Greer & Schayes(21)|21-19
January16 |@St. Louis |89-102 |Dolph Schayes(19)|21-20
January18 |New York |120-118 |Johnny Kerr(28)|21-21
January21 |Boston |134-112 |Hal Greer(22)|22-21
January24 |Cincinnati |123-102 |Connie Dierking & Greer(17)|23-21
January25 |@Cincinnati |104-109 |Dolph Schayes(34)|23-22
January27 |@Detroit |121-107 |Dolph Schayes(28)|24-22
January28 |@Minneapolis |109-112 |Dolph Schayes(34)|24-23
January29 |N Minneapolis 117-91 Costello & Greer(18)|25-23

Playoffs

1	March 13	at New York	Win 129–123	Dolph Schayes (35 points)	Madison Square Garden III	Series 1–0
2	March 15	New York	Win 131–115	Red Kerr (34 points)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series 2–0
1	March 18	at Boston	Loss 109–131	George Yardley (30 points)	Boston Garden	Series 0–1
2	March 21	Boston	Win 120–118	Dolph Schayes (34 points)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series tied 1–1
3	March 22	at Boston	Loss 111–133	Dolph Schayes (21 points)	Boston Garden	Series 1–2
4	March 25	Boston	Win 119–107	Dolph Schayes (28 points)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series tied 2–2
5	March 28	at Boston	Loss 108–129	George Yardley (23 points)	Boston Garden	Series 2–3
6	March 29	Boston	Win 133–121	Dolph Schayes (39 points)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series tied 3–3
7	April 1	at Boston	Loss 125–130	Dolph Schayes (35 points)	Boston Garden	Series concluded 3–4

Awards and records

• Dolph Schayes, named to the All-NBA Second Team