1960-61 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-41
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 4-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 3-0
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-1
Coach: Alex Hannum (38-41)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 112,394, Avg. 4,014 in 28 home dates

1960-61 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1960-61 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1960-61 season with a record of 38 wins and 41 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-4.

Syracuse scored 9,586 points, most in the league. The team yielded 9,416 points. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,868 points for the Nationals, and Hal Greer contributed 19 or more per game as well. Dolph Schayes accounted for 960 rebounds. Larry Costello dished out 413 assists for the squad.

Alex Hannum coached the team. The 1960-61 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	79	3007	1595	594			783	680	960	296	296	1868
Hal Greer	G-F	79	2763	1381	623			394	305	455	302	242	1551
Dick Barnett	G-F	78	2070	1194	540			337	240	283	218	169	1320
Dave Gambee	F	79	2090	947	397			352	291	581	101	276	1085
Larry Costello	G	75	2167	844	407			338	270	292	413	286	1084
Johnny Kerr	C-F	79	2676	1056	419			299	218	951	199	230	1056
Barney Cable	F	75	1642	574	266			108	73	469	85	246	605
Swede Halbrook	C	79	1131	463	155			140	76	550	31	262	386
Joe Roberts	F	68	800	351	130			104	62	243	43	125	322
Al Bianchi	G	52	667	342	118			87	60	105	93	137	296
Ernie Beck	G-F	3	20	8	3			2	1	11	2	1	7
Cal Ramsey	F	2	27	11	2			4	2	7	3	7	6
Totals		748	19060	8766	3654	0	0	2948	2278	4907	1786	2277	9586

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	79	38.1	37.2	86.8	12.2	3.7	3.7	23.6
Hal Greer	G-F	79	35.0	45.1	77.4	5.8	3.8	3.1	19.6
Dick Barnett	G-F	78	26.5	45.2	71.2	3.6	2.8	2.2	16.9
Dave Gambee	F	79	26.5	41.9	82.7	7.4	1.3	3.5	13.7
Larry Costello	G	75	28.9	48.2	79.9	3.9	5.5	3.8	14.5
Johnny Kerr	C-F	79	33.9	39.7	72.9	12.0	2.5	2.9	13.4
Barney Cable	F	75	21.9	46.3	67.6	6.3	1.1	3.3	8.1
Swede Halbrook	C	79	14.3	33.5	54.3	7.0	0.4	3.3	4.9
Joe Roberts	F	68	11.8	37.0	59.6	3.6	0.6	1.8	4.7
Al Bianchi	G	52	12.8	34.5	69.0	2.0	1.8	2.6	5.7
Ernie Beck	G-F	3	6.7	37.5	50.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.3
Cal Ramsey	F	2	13.5	18.2	50.0	3.5	1.5	3.5	3.0
Averages		748	25.5	41.7	77.3	6.6	2.4	3.0	12.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	8	308	152	51			70	63	91	21	32	165
Larry Costello	G	8	269	103	42			55	47	35	52	39	131
Dick Barnett	G-F	8	226	112	49			36	26	36	12	25	124
Hal Greer	G-F	8	232	106	41			40	33	33	19	32	115
Dave Gambee	F	8	208	95	34			41	32	55	12	33	100
Johnny Kerr	C-F	8	210	88	30			23	16	99	20	18	76
Swede Halbrook	C	8	172	72	24			20	14	83	12	21	62
Barney Cable	F	8	185	65	26			17	10	61	7	29	62
Al Bianchi	G	7	90	46	17			9	8	7	5	20	42
Joe Roberts	F	5	20	10	3			0	0	4	0	3	6
Totals		76	1920	849	317	0	0	311	249	504	160	252	883

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	8	38.5	33.6	90.0	11.4	2.6	4.0	20.6
Larry Costello	G	8	33.6	40.8	85.5	4.4	6.5	4.9	16.4
Dick Barnett	G-F	8	28.3	43.8	72.2	4.5	1.5	3.1	15.5
Hal Greer	G-F	8	29.0	38.7	82.5	4.1	2.4	4.0	14.4
Dave Gambee	F	8	26.0	35.8	78.0	6.9	1.5	4.1	12.5
Johnny Kerr	C-F	8	26.3	34.1	69.6	12.4	2.5	2.3	9.5
Swede Halbrook	C	8	21.5	33.3	70.0	10.4	1.5	2.6	7.8
Barney Cable	F	8	23.1	40.0	58.8	7.6	0.9	3.6	7.8
Al Bianchi	G	7	12.9	37.0	88.9	1.0	0.7	2.9	6.0
Joe Roberts	F	5	4.0	30.0		0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2
Averages		748	25.3	37.3	80.1	6.6	2.1	3.3	11.6