1951–52 Syracuse Nationals season explained

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Nationals' 3rd season in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

See main article: 1951 NBA draft.

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1951-52 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	1–8	2–4	2–4	4–2	0–6	2–7	4–5	2–4	3–6
Boston	8–1	—	3–3	3–3	5–1	3–3	4–5	6–3	3–3	4–5
Fort Wayne	4–2	3–3	—	5–4	4–5	5–4	3–3	2–4	3–6	0–6
Indianapolis	4–2	3–3	4–5	—	7–2	4–5	3–3	2–4	3–6	4–2
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	5–4	2–7	—	1–8	2–4	1–5	1–8	2–4
Minneapolis	6–0	3–3	4–5	5–4	8–1	—	4–2	2–4	7–2	1–5
New York	7–2	5–4	3–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	—	6–3	2–4	5–4
Philadelphia	5–4	3–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	3–6	—	2–4	3–6
Rochester	4–2	3–3	6–3	6–3	8–1	2–7	4–2	4–2	—	4–2
Syracuse	6–3	5–4	6–0	2–4	4–2	5–1	4–5	6–3	2–4	—

Game log

1951–52 Game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1		75–90	Dolph Schayes (18)	1–0
2	November 4		67–98	Dolph Schayes (23)	2–0
3	November 10		82–91	Billy Gabor (18)	2–1
4	November 11		79–93	Red Rocha (21)	3–1
5	November 15		95–97	Osterkorn, Schayes (15)	4–1
6	November 16		97–90	Dolph Schayes (35)	5–1
7	November 17		79–72	Dolph Schayes (20)	6–1
8	November 18	Baltimore	68–71	Al Cervi (26)	7–1
9	November 22	@ Fort Wayne	96–72	Red Rocha (23)	8–1
10	November 23	@ Indianapolis	68–82	Dolph Schayes (14)	8–2
11	November 25	New York	73–100	Al Cervi (19)	9–2
12	November 29	Fort Wayne	78–82	Red Rocha (21)	10–2
13	November 30	@ Philadelphia	75–82	King, Seymour (15)	10–3
14	December 2		81–79	Dolph Schayes (29)	10–4
15	December 4	@ Indianapolis	77–83	Al Cervi (16)	10–5
16	December 5	@ Minneapolis	83–81 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (24)	11–5
17	December 6		70–73	Paul Seymour (15)	11–6
18	December 8	@ Rochester	95–75	Dolph Schayes (24)	12–6
19	December 9	Philadelphia	74–93	Wally Osterkorn (17)	13–6
20	December 11	N Fort Wayne	80–62	Red Rocha (17)	14–6
21	December 13	Milwaukee	82–89	Billy Gabor (23)	15–6
22	December 16	Indianapolis	96–92	Dolph Schayes (21)	15–7
23	December 19	@ Boston	97–103	Wally Osterkorn (19)	15–8
24	December 22	@ New York	73–92	Dolph Schayes (15)	15–9
25	December 23	New York	75–72	Noble Jorgensen (18)	15–10
26	December 25	N Milwaukee	70–65	Red Rocha (16)	16–10
27	December 27	Milwaukee	69–68	Ratkovicz, Rocha (13)	16–11
28	December 30	Baltimore	91–108	Red Rocha (20)	17–11
29	January 1	@ Minneapolis	80–82	Red Rocha (18)	17–12
30	January 3	Boston	81–107	George King (17)	18–12
31	January 6	Philadelphia	93–98	Dolph Schayes (26)	19–12
32	January 10	New York	96–110	Billy Gabor (27)	20–12
33	January 12	@ Baltimore	92–88	Dolph Schayes (22)	21–12
34	January 13	Indianapolis	85–103	Billy Gabor (23)	22–12
35	January 17	Minneapolis	105–110 (3OT)	Dolph Schayes (41)	23–12
36	January 20	Baltimore	80–99	Billy Gabor (21)	24–12
37	January 22	@ Milwaukee	93–82	Ratkovicz, Rocha, Seymour (17)	25–12
38	January 23	@ Minneapolis	99–97 (OT)	George King (22)	26–12
39	January 25	@ Philadelphia	94–95 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (27)	26–13
40	January 26	@ Baltimore	78–73	Red Rocha (21)	27–13
41	January 27	Boston	86–91	Dolph Schayes (29)	28–13
42	January 31	Milwaukee	79–88	Jorgensen, Rocha (16)	29–13
43	February 3	Baltimore	73–95	Dolph Schayes (27)	30–13
44	February 6	@ Boston	88–99	Dolph Schayes (20)	30–14
45	February 8	@ Philadelphia	96–87	George King (19)	31–14
46	February 9	@ Baltimore	76–84	Red Rocha (21)	31–15
47	February 10	Philadelphia	84–91	Paul Seymour (21)	32–15
48	February 12	@ New York	69–78	Gerald Calabrese (14)	32–16
49	February 14	Rochester	78–76	Red Rocha (21)	32–17
50	February 16	@ Rochester	84–92	Red Rocha (18)	32–18
51	February 17	New York	61–66	George King (17)	33–18
52	February 21	Minneapolis	80–88	George King (21)	34–18
53	February 23	@ Baltimore	80–81	Red Rocha (21)	34–19
54	February 24	Boston	77–75	George King (17)	34–20
55	February 27	@ Boston	81–88	Wally Osterkorn (19)	34–21
56	February 28	Fort Wayne	83–88	George King (18)	35–21
57	March 1	@ Rochester	83–98	Noble Jorgensen (21)	35–22
58	March 2	Rochester	72–76	George Ratkovicz (15)	36–22
59	March 6	@ Fort Wayne	83–81 (2OT)	Red Rocha (20)	37–22
60	March 7	@ Indianapolis	76–81	George King (15)	37–23
61	March 8	@ Philadelphia	83–92	Al Cervi (21)	37–24
62	March 9	Philadelphia	82–99	Paul Seymour (15)	38–24
63	March 12	@ Boston	89–71	George King (25)	39–24
64	March 13	Boston	82–81	Wally Osterkorn (16)	40–24
65	March 15	@ New York	90–97	Noble Jorgensen (16)	40–25
66	March 16	New York	90–84	Rocha, Schayes (19)	40–26

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| March 20| Philadelphia| W 102–83| Dolph Schayes (31)| Dolph Schayes (18)| Seymour, Osterkorn (4)| Onondaga War Memorial| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| March 22| @ Philadelphia| L 95–100| Osterkorn, Seymour (16)| Schayes, Ratkovicz (12)| Wally Osterkorn (7)| Philadelphia Arena| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| March 23| Philadelphia| W 84–73| Red Rocha (20)| Wally Osterkorn (12)| Paul Seymour (4)| Onondaga War Memorial| 2–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 2| New York| L 85–87| Dolph Schayes (25)| Onondaga War Memorial| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 3| New York| W 102–92| Paul Seymour (21)| Onondaga War Memorial| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 5| @ New York| L 92–99| Red Rocha (22)| Madison Square Garden III| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| April 6| @ New York| L 93–100| Dolph Schayes (22)| Madison Square Garden III| 1–3|-

Player statistics

Playoffs

Awards and records

Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team

See also

• 1951–52 NBA season

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1952.html 1951–52 Syracuse Nationals