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1953–54 Syracuse Nationals season

Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association

Field	Value
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](1954-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 3–4)
bbr_team	SYR

(eliminated 3–4)

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.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1953–54 Game log
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Playoffs

4–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
March 25
Boston
W 109–94
Dolph Schayes (27)
Dolph Schayes (21)
Bill Gabor (6)
Onondaga War Memorial
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
March 27
@ Boston
W 83–76
Wally Osterkorn (16)
—
George King (8)
Boston Garden
2–0
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
March 31
@ Minneapolis
L 68–79
Bob Lavoy (15)
Wally Osterkorn (8)
Paul Seymour (6)
Minneapolis Auditorium
4,579
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
April 3
@ Minneapolis
W 62–60
Wally Osterkorn (20)
Wally Osterkorn (17)
Lavoy, Seymour (3)
Minneapolis Auditorium
6,277
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
April 4
Minneapolis
L 67–81
Bob Lavoy (18)
Bob Lavoy (15)
Paul Seymour (7)
Onondaga War Memorial
8,719
1–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
April 8
Minneapolis
W 80–69
Paul Seymour (25)
Bob Lavoy (11)
Paul Seymour (6)
Onondaga War Memorial
7,655
2–2
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5
April 10
Minneapolis
L 73–84
Dolph Schayes (17)
Earl Lloyd (8)
Wally Osterkorn (5)
Onondaga War Memorial
7,283
2–3
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6
April 11
@ Minneapolis
W 65–63
Paul Seymour (16)
—
—
Minneapolis Auditorium
6,776
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
7
April 12
@ Minneapolis
L 80–87
Dolph Schayes (18)
—
—
Minneapolis Auditorium
7,274
3–4
-

Awards and records

Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team
Paul Seymour, All-NBA Second Team

References

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

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