1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season explained

Team:	Syracuse Nationals
Team Link:	Philadelphia 76ers
End Year:	1959
Wins:	35
Losses:	37
Division:	Eastern
Division Place:	3
Coach:	Paul Seymour
Arena:	Onondaga War Memorial
Playoffs:	East Division Finals (eliminated 3–4)
Bbr Team:	SYR

The 1958–59 NBA season was the Nationals' 10th season in the NBA.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1958-59 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BOS	CIN	DET	MIN	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
	—	8–1	8–1	9–0	7–5	9–3	4–5	7–5
	1–8	—	3–9	6–6	3–6	2–7	1–11	3–6
	1–8	9–3	—	4–8	3–6	5–4	4–8	2–7
	0–9	6–6	8–4	—	4–5	6–3	4–8	5–4
	5–7	6–3	6–3	5–4	—	5–7	4–5	9–3
	3–9	7–2	4–5	3–6	7–5	—	4–5	4–8
	5–4	11–1	8–4	8–4	5–4	5–4	—	7–2
Syracuse	5–7	6–3	7–2	4–5	3–9	8–4	2–7	—

Game log

1958–59 Game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 19		94–103	Dolph Schayes (18)	1–0
2	October 25		110–109	Dolph Schayes (34)	1–1
3	November 1		108–130	Bob Hopkins (23)	2–1
4	November 5		117–115	Bob Hopkins (26)	2–2
5	November 8	@ Philadelphia	103–98	Johnny Kerr (24)	3–2
6	November 9		97–101	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		96–92	Al Bianchi (18)	6–3
10	November 18		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	November 23	@ Philadelphia	107–110	Johnny Kerr (25)	7–6
14	November 26	St. Louis	112–107	Johnny Kerr (20)	7–7
15	November 27	@ St. Louis	98–107	Kerr, Schayes (23)	7–8
16	November 28	@ Detroit	93–101	Larry Costello (20)	7–9
17	November 29	Minneapolis	108–105	Dolph Schayes (25)	7–10
18	December 4	N Boston	114–116	Johnny Kerr (28)	7–11
19	December 6	@ Boston	101–92	Dolph Schayes (23)	8–11
20	December 7	Boston	104–108	Johnny Kerr (24)	9–11
21	December 9	N Philadelphia	106–90	Johnny Kerr (22)	10–11
22	December 10	@ Cincinnati	97–94	Costello, Kerr (19)	11–11
23	December 11	@ Minneapolis	101–99 (OT)	Al Bianchi (27)	12–11
24	December 13	Philadelphia	100–115	Dolph Schayes (28)	13–11
25	December 14	@ Detroit	101–95	Costello, Schayes (23)	14–11
26	December 16	N Boston	104–108	Dolph Schayes (23)	14–12
27	December 20	Cincinnati	121–120 (OT)	Johnny Kerr (24)	14–13
28	December 21	@ New York	94–108	Dolph Schayes (20)	14–14
29	December 27	New York	106–102	Larry Costello (23)	14–15
30	December 29	@ Boston	105–107	Bob Hopkins (25)	14–16
31	December 30	N Minneapolis	113–118	Dolph Schayes (30)	14–17
32	January 1	Minneapolis	106–105	Dolph Schayes (32)	14–18
33	January 2	@ Philadelphia	117–107	Larry Costello (29)	15–18
34	January 4	Detroit	94–118	Johnny Kerr (31)	16–18
35	January 6	@ New York	108–118	Dolph Schayes (24)	16–19
36	January 7	Philadelphia	99–111	Johnny Kerr (26)	17–19
37	January 8	@ Cincinnati	145–138 (3OT)	Johnny Kerr (30)	18–19
38	January 11	Cincinnati	110–127	Johnny Kerr (33)	19–19
39	January 14	N Philadelphia	119–104	Johnny Kerr (25)	20–19
40	January 15	Minneapolis	105–111	Greer, Schayes (21)	21–19
41	January 16	@ St. Louis	89–102	Dolph Schayes (19)	21–20
42	January 18	New York	120–118	Johnny Kerr (28)	21–21
43	January 21	Boston	112–134	Hal Greer (22)	22–21
44	January 24	Cincinnati	102–123	Dierking, Greer (17)	23–21
45	January 25	@ Cincinnati	104–109	Dolph Schayes (34)	23–22
46	January 27	@ Detroit	121–107	Dolph Schayes (28)	24–22
47	January 28	@ Minneapolis	109–112	Dolph Schayes (34)	24–23
48	January 29	N Minneapolis	117–91	Costello, Greer (18)	25–23
49	January 31	N New York	117–119	Hal Greer (28)	25–24
50	February 1	@ Boston	137–139 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (50)	25–25
51	February 3	@ New York	114–115	Dolph Schayes (24)	25–26
52	February 4	St. Louis	113–111	Ed Conlin (23)	25–27
53	February 5	N New York	98–111	Dolph Schayes (20)	25–28
54	February 6	N Detroit	122–103	Costello, Schayes (25)	26–28
55	February 8	New York	104–113	Kerr, Schayes (25)	27–28
56	February 9	N St. Louis	94–99	Costello, Schayes (16)	27–29
57	February 11	Detroit	118–114 (OT)	Johnny Kerr (33)	27–30
58	February 14	@ Boston	121–124	Hal Greer (45)	27–31
59	February 15	Philadelphia	101–121	Dolph Schayes (25)	28–31
60	February 19	Boston	105–113	Dolph Schayes (33)	29–31
61	February 21	@ Philadelphia	112–113	Larry Costello (22)	29–32
62	February 22	Detroit	108–139	George Yardley (33)	30–32
63	February 24	N Cincinnati	109–113	George Yardley (26)	30–33
64	February 26	St. Louis	111–130	Dolph Schayes (31)	31–33
65	February 27	@ St. Louis	113–128	George Yardley (30)	31–34
66	March 1	New York	115–140	Dolph Schayes (20)	32–34
67	March 3	@ New York	127–120	Al Bianchi (22)	33–34
68	March 4	@ Boston	114–120	Dolph Schayes (24)	33–35
69	March 5	Boston	118–142	Dolph Schayes (25)	34–35
70	March 6	N Philadelphia	114–118	Togo Palazzi (37)	34–36
71	March 8	Philadelphia	103–133	Hal Greer (22)	35–36
72	March 11	St. Louis	132–130 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (29)	35–37

Playoffs

Awards and records

Dolph Schayes, All-NBA Second Team

Notes and References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1959.html 1958–59 Syracuse Nationals