Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association
NBA professional basketball team season
The1961–62 Syracuse Nationals seasonNBA .[ 1]
1961-62 Syracuse Nationals roster Players Coaches Head coach
Alex Hannum
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) SuspendedRoster
x – clinched playoff spot1961–62 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 21 Chicago 103–123 Hal Greer (23)1–0 2 October 26 NSt. Louis 107–110 Dave Gambee (21)1–1 3 October 27 @Philadelphia 126–122 Dolph Schayes (28)2–1 4 October 28 Philadelphia 119–115 Dolph Schayes (31) 2–2 5 October 29 @Cincinnati 132–139 Dolph Schayes (27) 2–3 6 October 31 @ St. Louis 107–90 Hal Greer (30) 3–3 7 November 3 St. Louis 106–94 Lee Shaffer (16)3–4 8 November 4 @Boston 107–127 Johnny Kerr (21)3–5 9 November 9 @ Philadelphia 108–151 Dave Gambee (20) 3–6 10 November 11 New York 109–135 Hal Greer (24) 4–6 11 November 14 N Cincinnati 115–119 Dolph Schayes (28) 4–7 12 November 15 N New York 114–102 Johnny Kerr (25) 5–7 13 November 18 Philadelphia 130–148 Hal Greer (36) 6–7 14 November 22 N New York 109–110 Hal Greer (30) 6–8 15 November 23 N Cincinnati 117–99 Hal Greer (21) 7–8 16 November 24 Cincinnati 127–125 Dolph Schayes (32) 7–9 17 November 25 @ St. Louis 108–141 Larry Costello (20)7–10 18 November 28 NLos Angeles 121–111 Johnny Kerr (24) 8–10 19 November 29 @ Cincinnati 136–122 Dave Gambee (30) 9–10 20 December 1 @ New York 100–118 Dolph Schayes (23) 9–11 21 December 2 Chicago 118–132 Kerr, Shaffer (25) 10–11 22 December 4 @ Los Angeles 120–131 Lee Shaffer (32) 10–12 23 December 5 N Los Angeles 120–125 Larry Costello (22) 10–13 24 December 6 @ Los Angeles 121–123 (OT) Dolph Schayes (28) 10–14 25 December 8 @ Boston 111–123 Larry Costello (32) 10–15 26 December 9 Boston 106–102 Dolph Schayes (24) 10–16 27 December 12 @ New York 126–124 Hal Greer (33) 11–16 28 December 13 Cincinnati 136–126 Lee Shaffer (28) 11–17 29 December 14 @ Philadelphia 125–136 Johnny Kerr (26) 11–18 30 December 16 N Los Angeles 128–123 Lee Shaffer (34) 12–18 31 December 19 NDetroit 124–111 Larry Costello (30) 13–18 32 December 25 Boston 127–122 Dave Gambee (28) 13–19 33 December 26 N Philadelphia 111–118 Hal Greer (25) 13–20 34 December 27 N Los Angeles 111–119 Lee Shaffer (23) 13–21 35 December 28 Los Angeles 121–114 Lee Shaffer (26) 13–22 36 December 30 Detroit 108–109 Lee Shaffer (22) 14–22 37 January 1 @ Cincinnati 110–106 Johnny Kerr (23) 15–22 38 January 2 @ Chicago 127–102 Hal Greer (31) 16–22 39 January 5 N Detroit 135–138 (OT) Dave Gambee (34) 16–23 40 January 6 Chicago 102–120 Hal Greer (27) 17–23 41 January 7 @ New York 123–116 Greer, Shaffer (23) 18–23 42 January 9 @ Philadelphia 129–120 Johnny Kerr (31) 19–23 43 January 10 St. Louis 122–134 Hal Greer (36) 20–23 44 January 13 N Boston 127–117 Lee Shaffer (26) 21–23 45 January 14 New York 118–141 Hal Greer (40) 22–23 46 January 18 N Chicago 118–111 Hal Greer (35) 23–23 47 January 19 @ Boston 103–128 Hal Greer (23) 23–24 48 January 20 Boston 107–101 Johnny Kerr (27) 23–25 49 January 21 N Philadelphia 132–139 (OT) Hal Greer (44) 23–26 50 January 23 @ St. Louis 107–115 Dave Gambee (21) 23–27 51 January 24 @ Detroit 102–111 Hal Greer (34) 23–28 52 January 25 N Detroit 100–101 Lee Shaffer (23) 23–29 53 January 27 @ Chicago 107–102 Hal Greer (22) 24–29 54 January 28 @ Cincinnati 131–139 Lee Shaffer (31) 24–30 55 January 31 New York 109–138 Hal Greer (30) 25–30 56 February 2 N St. Louis 135–101 Hal Greer (38) 26–30 57 February 3 Philadelphia 112–134 Johnny Kerr (32) 27–30 58 February 4 @ Philadelphia 117–128 Hal Greer (38) 27–31 59 February 6 N Chicago 127–123 Hal Greer (33) 28–31 60 February 8 Boston 110–122 Lee Shaffer (28) 29–31 61 February 9 @ New York 111–120 Al Bianchi (23)29–32 62 February 11 Detroit 116–132 Hal Greer (23) 30–32 63 February 15 @ Chicago 121–126 Hal Greer (33) 30–33 64 February 16 N Chicago 132–106 Hal Greer (25) 31–33 65 February 17 N Chicago 136–127 Dolph Schayes (30) 32–33 66 February 18 New York 126–141 Gambee, Greer (33) 33–33 67 February 21 Philadelphia 109–150 Dave Gambee (31) 34–33 68 February 22 N Boston 106–134 Johnny Kerr (26) 34–34 69 February 23 @ Boston 107–121 Dave Gambee (28) 34–35 70 February 24 N New York 120–117 Dave Gambee (36) 35–35 71 February 25 Boston 110–106 Lee Shaffer (24) 35–36 72 February 27 @ New York 130–120 Lee Shaffer (34) 36–36 73 March 1 Cincinnati 108–137 Al Bianchi (29) 37–36 74 March 3 @ Detroit 128–114 Lee Shaffer (26) 38–36 75 March 4 Los Angeles 124–115 Lee Shaffer (32) 38–37 76 March 7 St. Louis 126–129 Dave Gambee (34) 39–37 77 March 10 Detroit 111–128 Lee Shaffer (31) 40–37 78 March 11 Philadelphia 130–148 Johnny Kerr (36) 41–37 79 March 13 @ Boston 110–142 Johnny Kerr (24) 41–38 80 March 14 @ Detroit 102–105 Larry Costello (21) 41–39
1962 playoff game log Division Semifinals: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
1962 schedule
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