1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season explained

Team:	Syracuse Nationals
Team Link:	Philadelphia 76ers
End Year:	1954
Wins:	42
Losses:	30
Division:	Eastern
Division Place:	3
Coach:	Al Cervi
Arena:	Onondaga War Memorial
Radio:	WSYR
Playoffs:	NBA Finals (eliminated 3–4)
Bbr Team:	SYR

The 1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season was the 5th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the Eastern Division Finals, the Nationals swept the Boston Celtics 2-0 to make it to the NBA Finals. The Nationals would go on to lose the Finals in 7 games to the Minneapolis Lakers.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953-54 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
	—	1–9	0–8	2–6	2–6	3–7	4–6	1–7	3–7
	9–1	—	4–4	6–2	3–5	5–5	6–4	4–4	5–5
	8–0	4–4	—	9–2	5–5	3–5	6–2	3–8	2–6
	6–2	2–6	2–9	—	3–8	3–5	3–5	1–9	1–7
	6–2	5–3	5–5	8–3	—	5–3	6–2	6–5	5–3
	7–3	5–5	5–3	5–3	3–5	—	7–3	7–1	5–5
	6–4	4–6	2–6	5–3	2–6	3–7	—	1–7	6–4
	7–1	4–4	8–3	9–1	5–6	1–7	7–1	—	3–5
Syracuse	7–3	5–5	6–2	7–1	3–5	5–5	4–6	5–3	—

Game log

1953–54 Game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 31		73–79	Paul Seymour (21)	0–1
2	November 1	Philadelphia	61–85	Dolph Schayes (14)	1–1
3	November 5		77–65	Paul Seymour (14)	1–2
4	November 7		88–77	Billy Gabor (21)	2–2
5	November 8		66–85	Billy Gabor (23)	3–2
6	November 10		74–59	George King (15)	4–2
7	November 12		74–78	George King (15)	4–3
8	November 14		66–77	Bill Kenville (14)	4–4
9	November 15	Milwaukee	61–69	Dolph Schayes (20)	5–4
10	November 19	Fort Wayne	76–79	George King (15)	6–4
11	November 21		67–68	Paul Seymour (15)	6–5
12	November 22	New York	84–80 (OT)	Billy Gabor (26)	6–6
13	November 24	@ Rochester	89–80	Paul Seymour (23)	7–6
14	November 25	N Baltimore	58–66	Dolph Schayes (16)	7–7
15	November 26	Boston	86–93	King, Schayes (15)	8–7
16	November 28	N Boston	80–91	Paul Seymour (16)	8–8
17	November 29	Baltimore	82–101	Billy Gabor (17)	9–8
18	December 1	@ Milwaukee	76–69 (OT)	George King (20)	10–8
19	December 3	N Minneapolis	74–87	Dolph Schayes (16)	10–9
20	December 5	@ Minneapolis	80–90	Dolph Schayes (27)	10–10
21	December 6	@ Fort Wayne	77–78	Paul Seymour (14)	10–11
22	December 9	@ Baltimore	77–92	Paul Seymour (20)	10–12
23	December 10	Milwaukee	76–96	Paul Seymour (18)	11–12
24	December 12	@ Rochester	85–90	George King (17)	11–13
25	December 13	Boston	74–108	Billy Gabor (19)	12–13
26	December 19	@ Boston	90–83	Dolph Schayes (19)	13–13
27	December 20	Minneapolis	76–81	Dolph Schayes (16)	14–13
28	December 23	@ Baltimore	76–72	Schayes, Seymour (16)	15–13
29	December 25	@ New York	80–89	Dolph Schayes (22)	15–14
30	December 27	Milwaukee	75–96	Dolph Schayes (22)	16–14
31	December 30	N Boston	96–89	Earl Lloyd (16)	17–14
32	December 31	Rochester	81–86	Dolph Schayes (20)	18–14
33	January 1	@ Boston	92–95	Dolph Schayes (27)	18–15
34	January 2	@ Philadelphia	74–66	George King (15)	19–15
35	January 3	Philadelphia	90–77	Dolph Schayes (22)	19–16
36	January 5	@ Fort Wayne	72–60	Wally Osterkorn (17)	20–16
37	January 7	Fort Wayne	67–79	Wally Osterkorn (25)	21–16
38	January 10	Baltimore	73–77	Dolph Schayes (19)	22–16
39	January 13	N New York	93–72	Dolph Schayes (19)	23–16
40	January 14	Minneapolis	71–96	King, Osterkorn (17)	24–16
41	January 16	@ Rochester	95–93 (3OT)	Dolph Schayes (30)	25–16
42	January 17	Rochester	81–84	Dolph Schayes (28)	26–16
43	January 23	@ Baltimore	91–98	Paul Seymour (18)	26–17
44	January 24	Philadelphia	80–78	Dolph Schayes (29)	26–18
45	January 26	N Philadelphia	79–75	Paul Seymour (19)	27–18
46	January 28	New York	66–79	Dolph Schayes (17)	28–18
47	January 30	@ New York	65–66	Earl Lloyd (17)	28–19
48	January 31	New York	70–114	Dolph Schayes (27)	29–19
49	February 3	N Philadelphia	79–82	Dolph Schayes (31)	29–20
50	February 4	N New York	90–82	Dolph Schayes (20)	30–20
51	February 6	Fort Wayne	87–93 (OT)	George King (21)	31–20
52	February 7	Milwaukee	73–88	Paul Seymour (19)	32–20
53	February 10	@ Boston	79–94	Dolph Schayes (21)	32–21
54	February 11	@ Philadelphia	74–76 (2OT)	Dolph Schayes (20)	32–22
55	February 13	@ Rochester	78–81	Dolph Schayes (26)	32–23
56	February 14	Baltimore	91–111	Gabor, Neal (18)	33–23
57	February 16	N Philadelphia	77–95	Wally Osterkorn (17)	33–24
58	February 18	Fort Wayne	77–91	Dolph Schayes (28)	34–24
59	February 20	@ Minneapolis	68–83	George King (14)	34–25
60	February 21	Minneapolis	73–100	Billy Gabor (22)	35–25
61	February 23	N Milwaukee	68–70	Dolph Schayes (18)	35–26
62	February 25	Boston	101–96	Dolph Schayes (26)	35–27
63	February 26	@ Milwaukee	68–62	Dolph Schayes (23)	36–27
64	February 28	Rochester	91–85	Paul Seymour (16)	36–28
65	March 2	@ Minneapolis	87–91	Dolph Schayes (30)	36–29
66	March 4	@ Fort Wayne	86–63	Dolph Schayes (19)	37–29
67	March 6	Philadelphia	77–88	Dolph Schayes (24)	38–29
68	March 7	Baltimore	77–103	Dolph Schayes (21)	39–29
69	March 10	@ Baltimore	85–77	Dolph Schayes (24)	40–29
70	March 11	Boston	95–97 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (35)	41–29
71	March 13	@ New York	60–67	Paul Seymour (15)	41–30
72	March 14	New York	83–113	Dolph Schayes (23)	42–30

Playoffs

Awards and records

Notes and References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1954.html 1953–54 Syracuse Nationals