1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 41-39
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 3-2
Coach: Alex Hannum (41-39)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 112,486, Avg. 4,017 in 28 home dates

1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1961-62 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 41 wins and 39 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Nationals netted 9,658 points and surrendered 9,473. Hal Greer scored a team-best 1,619 points for Syracuse, and Johnny Kerr contributed 1,176 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 359 assists for the squad.

Alex Hannum coached the team. The 1961-62 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Hal Greer	G-F	71	2705	1442	644			404	331	524	313	252	1619
Dave Gambee	F	80	2301	1126	477			470	384	631	114	275	1338
Johnny Kerr	C-F	80	2768	1220	541			302	222	1176	243	272	1304
Lee Shaffer	F	75	2083	1180	514			310	239	511	99	266	1267
Larry Costello	G	63	1854	726	310			295	247	245	359	220	867
Al Bianchi	G	80	1925	847	336			221	154	281	263	232	826
Dolph Schayes	F-C	56	1480	751	268			319	286	439	120	167	822
Joe Roberts	F	80	1642	619	243			194	129	538	50	230	615
Paul Neumann	G	77	1265	401	172			172	133	194	176	203	477
Swede Halbrook	C	64	908	422	152			151	96	399	33	179	400
Joe Graboski	F-C	23	323	133	48			38	22	105	20	45	118
Chuck Osborne	F	4	21	8	1			4	3	9	1	3	5
Totals		753	19275	8875	3706	0	0	2880	2246	5052	1791	2344	9658

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Hal Greer	G-F	71	38.1	44.7	81.9	7.4	4.4	3.5	22.8
Dave Gambee	F	80	28.8	42.4	81.7	7.9	1.4	3.4	16.7
Johnny Kerr	C-F	80	34.6	44.3	73.5	14.7	3.0	3.4	16.3
Lee Shaffer	F	75	27.8	43.6	77.1	6.8	1.3	3.5	16.9
Larry Costello	G	63	29.4	42.7	83.7	3.9	5.7	3.5	13.8
Al Bianchi	G	80	24.1	39.7	69.7	3.5	3.3	2.9	10.3
Dolph Schayes	F-C	56	26.4	35.7	89.7	7.8	2.1	3.0	14.7
Joe Roberts	F	80	20.5	39.3	66.5	6.7	0.6	2.9	7.7
Paul Neumann	G	77	16.4	42.9	77.3	2.5	2.3	2.6	6.2
Swede Halbrook	C	64	14.2	36.0	63.6	6.2	0.5	2.8	6.3
Joe Graboski	F-C	23	14.0	36.1	57.9	4.6	0.9	2.0	5.1
Chuck Osborne	F	4	5.3	12.5	75.0	2.3	0.3	0.8	1.3
Averages		753	25.6	41.8	78.0	6.7	2.4	3.1	12.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lee Shaffer	F	5	174	99	35			31	24	55	7	17	94
Johnny Kerr	C-F	5	193	109	41			8	6	80	10	15	88
Larry Costello	G	5	167	51	22			33	29	16	28	21	73
Al Bianchi	G	5	184	69	27			20	17	26	18	17	71
Dolph Schayes	F-C	5	95	66	24			13	9	35	5	21	57
Dave Gambee	F	5	170	54	17			25	22	45	4	22	56
Paul Neumann	G	5	124	29	12			6	4	17	14	13	28
Joe Roberts	F	4	64	22	8			14	10	28	0	9	26
Joe Graboski	F-C	4	24	7	1			1	1	4	0	3	3
Hal Greer	G-F	1	5	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		44	1200	506	187	0	0	151	122	306	86	139	496

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Lee Shaffer	F	5	34.8	35.4	77.4	11.0	1.4	3.4	18.8
Johnny Kerr	C-F	5	38.6	37.6	75.0	16.0	2.0	3.0	17.6
Larry Costello	G	5	33.4	43.1	87.9	3.2	5.6	4.2	14.6
Al Bianchi	G	5	36.8	39.1	85.0	5.2	3.6	3.4	14.2
Dolph Schayes	F-C	5	19.0	36.4	69.2	7.0	1.0	4.2	11.4
Dave Gambee	F	5	34.0	31.5	88.0	9.0	0.8	4.4	11.2
Paul Neumann	G	5	24.8	41.4	66.7	3.4	2.8	2.6	5.6
Joe Roberts	F	4	16.0	36.4	71.4	7.0	0.0	2.3	6.5
Joe Graboski	F-C	4	6.0	14.3	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8
Hal Greer	G-F	1	5.0			0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		753	27.3	37.0	80.8	7.0	2.0	3.2	11.3