1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season

Syracuse Nationals

Industry	Professional basketball team
Founded	1946
Defunct	1963
Fate	Relocated to Philadelphia and renamed Philadelphia 76ers
Headquarters	Syracuse , United States

The 1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season represented the team's 14th campaign in the NBA. During their concluding year based in Syracuse, the Nationals achieved a 48–32 win-loss tally, finishing second in the Eastern Division. They advanced to the 1963 NBA Playoffs but were ultimately defeated in a 3–2 series by the Cincinnati Royals during the Eastern Division semifinals.

Following this season, the franchise moved to Philadelphia and adopted the name Philadelphia 76ers. This relocation addressed the void left in that market after the Golden State Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area the year prior.

Season standings

x – secured playoff berth

Game log

46 January23 @ Chicago94-104Kerr, Shaffer(21)25-21 47 January25 N Los Angeles114-122Hal Greer(24)25-22 48 January26 @ San Francisco116-110Hal Greer(23)26-22 49 January27 @ San Francisco119-110Greer, Shaffer(26)27-22 50 January29 @ St. Louis105-123Al Bianchi(22)27-23 51 January31 St. Louis100-112Johnny Kerr(30)28-23 52 February1 @ Boston125-111Chet Walker(21)29-23 53 February2 N Cincinnati117-113Al Bianchi(20)30-23 54 February3 Cincinnati125-115Chet Walker(21)30-24 55 February5 @ New York120-100Chet Walker(22)31-24 56 February6 Boston109-126Kerr, Dolph Schayes(17)32-24 57 February8 @ Detroit162-135Lee Shaffer(30)33-24 58 February9 N New York122-116Lee Shaffer(29)34-24 59 February10 San Francisco115-139Greer, Kerr(26)35-24 60 February12 @ St. Louis100 -128Bianchi, Kerr, Neumann(13)35 -25

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Playoffs

1962–63 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Top scorer	Record
1	October 20	Los Angeles	108–102	Lee Shaffer (22)	1–0
2	October 23	@ New York	123–119	Johnny Kerr (31)	2–0
3	October 26	Chicago	130–112	Greer, Kerr (18)	3–0
4	October 27	@ Boston	98–118	Lee Shaffer (21)	3–1
5	October 31	N St. Louis	126–108	Johnny Kerr (24)	4–1
6	November 3	Cincinnati	130–111	Larry Costello (22)	5–1
7	November 9	St. Louis	101–93	Hal Greer (22)	6–1
8	November 14	@ Cincinnati	120–125	Hal Greer (24)	6–2
9	November 15	N Los Angeles	120–98	Johnny Kerr (28)	7–2
10	November 16	Boston	113–105	Hal Greer (25)	8–2
11	November 17	@ St. Louis	107–113	Hal Greer (32)	8–3
12	November18	N Chicago	110–107	Johnny Kerr (22)	9–3
13	November21	@ Detroit	122–120	Larry Costello (30)	10–3
14	November22	N Boston	130–120	Lee Shaffer (32)	11–3
15	November23	@ New York	110–116	Gambee, Kerr (17)	11–4
16	November24	New York	137–126	Lee Shaffer (25)	12–4
17	November27	@ St. Louis	105–120	Hal Greer (25)	12–5
18	November29	@ Chicago	112–85	Lee Shaffer (23)	13–5
19	November30	@ Cincinnati	117–130	Johnny Kerr (17)	13–6
20	December1	@ Boston	110–129	Larry Costello (22)	13–7
21	December4	N Detroit	129–130	Hal Greer (27)	13–8
22	December7	N Chicago	149–129	Hal Greer (24)	14–8
23	December8	Boston	102–97	Lee Shaffer (28)	15–8
24	December9	N Los Angeles	117–114	Lee Shaffer (30)	16–8
25	December11	@ San Francisco	124–136	Lee Shaffer (28)	16–9
26	December12	@ Los Angeles	120–126	Lee Shaffer (33)	16–10
27	December16	@ San Francisco	144–137	Greer, Shaffer (32)	17–10
28	December17	@ Los Angeles	114-121	Lee Shaffer (26)	17-11
29	December19	@ Cincinnati	120-129	Lee Shaffer (32)	17-12
30	December22	San Francisco	118-123	Lee Shaffer (26)	17-13
31	December25	@ New York	123-111	Lee Shaffer (31)	18-13
32	December27	New York	128-92	Kerr, Shaffer (24)	19-13
33	December28	N San Francisco	117-124	Lee Shaffer (30)	19-14
34	December29	Los Angeles	132-123	Lee Shaffer (26)	19-15
35	January2	St. Louis	120-95	Hal Greer (23)	20-15
36	January3	N New York	115-123	Hal Greer (30)	20-16
37	January5	N Cincinnati	136-117	Lee Shaffer (33)	21-16
38	January6	Chicago	114-102	Hal Greer (21)	22-16
39	January8	N Cincinnati	119-116	Hal Greer (31)	23-16
40	January9	Cincinnati	112-116	Hal Greer (25)	23-17
41	January11	@ Boston	117-134	Johnny Kerr (20)	23-18
42	January12	N Detroit	115-146	Chet Walker (30)	23-19
43	January13	Detroit	148-114	Lee Shaffer (32)	24-19
44	January19	Boston		149-148 OT		Chet Walker (35)	25-19
45		January22		N St. Louis		93-113		Lee Shaffer (20)	25-20

Awards and records

• Hal Greer, selected for the All-NBA Second Team