1957–58 Syracuse Nationals season

The 1957–58 NBA season was the Nationals' 9th season in the NBA.

1957–58 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coach	Paul Seymour
Arena	Onondaga War Memorial
Results
Record	41–31 (.569)
Place	Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division Semifinals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	49	23	.681	-	25-4	16-13	8-6	20-16
x-Syracuse Nationals	41	31	.569	8	26-5	8-20	7-6	21-15
x-Philadelphia Warriors	37	35	.514	12	15-11	11-19	11-5	17-19
New York Knicks	35	37	.486	14	16-12	11-18	8-7	14-22

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1957-58 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	MIN	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	—	7–2	8–1	9–0	7–5	6–6	5–4	7–5
Cincinnati	2–7	—	6–6	8–4	4–5	6–3	3–9	4–5
Detroit	1–8	6–6	—	6–6	4–5	5–4	6–6	5–4
Minneapolis	0–9	4–8	6–6	—	1–8	3–6	3–9	2–7
New York	5–7	5–4	5–4	8–1	—	4–8	3–6	5–7
Philadelphia	6–6	3–6	4–5	6–3	8–4	—	7–2	3–9
St. Louis	4–5	9–3	6–6	9–3	6–3	2–7	—	5–4
Syracuse	5–7	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–5	9–3	4–5	—

Game log

1957–58 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 25	Philadelphia	85–103	Johnny Kerr (22)	1–0
2	October 26	@ Cincinnati	100–110	Dolph Schayes (32)	1–1
3	November 1	Minneapolis	100–113	Lloyd, Schayes (22)	2–1
4	November 2	@ Boston	83–107	Dolph Schayes (24)	2–2
5	November 3	N Boston	95–113	Bob Hopkins (23)	2–3
6	November 5	@ St. Louis	101–115	Dolph Schayes (20)	2–4
7	November 8	New York	104–99	Dolph Schayes (33)	2–5
8	November 14	@ Philadelphia	97–94	Dolph Schayes (29)	3–5
9	November 15	St. Louis	86–91	Dolph Schayes (24)	4–5
10	November 16	@ St. Louis	101–118	Dolph Schayes (29)	4–6
11	November 17	@ Minneapolis	110–98	Kerr, Schayes (28)	5–6
12	November 22	Cincinnati	102–98	Dolph Schayes (24)	5–7
13	November 23	@ New York	119–115	Johnny Kerr (28)	6–7
14	November 27	Philadelphia	87–92	Dolph Schayes (20)	7–7
15	November 28	@ Philadelphia	98–102	Dolph Schayes (25)	7–8
16	November 30	@ Boston	112–118	Ed Conlin (25)	7–9
17	December 1	Boston	109–118	Dolph Schayes (37)	8–9
18	December 3	N Philadelphia	119–96	Dolph Schayes (27)	9–9
19	December 6	Detroit	91–118	Larry Costello (20)	10–9
20	December 7	@ Minneapolis	113–121	Dolph Schayes (31)	10–10
21	December 10	N Minneapolis	114–104	Dolph Schayes (26)	11–10
22	December 11	@ Minneapolis	95–110	Ed Conlin (23)	11–11
23	December 14	N Cincinnati	104–100	Johnny Kerr (22)	12–11
24	December 15	Cincinnati	83–109	Larry Costello (24)	13–11
25	December 17	@ New York	117–123	Dolph Schayes (30)	13–12
26	December 20	@ Cincinnati	122–113	Johnny Kerr (42)	14–12
27	December 21	N St. Louis	136–146	Dolph Schayes (35)	14–13
28	December 22	Detroit	93–119	Johnny Kerr (26)	15–13
29	December 25	New York	130–134 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (33)	16–13
30	December 26	N Cincinnati	104–100	Johnny Kerr (26)	17–13
31	December 28	@ Detroit	111–117	Dolph Schayes (24)	17–14
32	December 29	Philadelphia	97–105	Dolph Schayes (23)	18–14
33	January 1	Minneapolis	109–120	Dolph Schayes (21)	19–14
34	January 2	N New York	98–131	Ed Conlin (23)	19–15
35	January 4	Boston	106–115	Dolph Schayes (34)	20–15
36	January 5	@ Philadelphia	111–96	Larry Costello (33)	21–15
37	January 8	@ Detroit	107–109	Dolph Schayes (31)	21–16
38	January 9	Minneapolis	122–127	Ed Conlin (26)	22–16
39	January 11	@ Cincinnati	100–105	Dolph Schayes (32)	22–17
40	January 12	Detroit	109–135	Larry Costello (26)	23–17
41	January 16	St. Louis	96–112	Dolph Schayes (31)	24–17
42	January 17	@ Boston	99–120	Dolph Schayes (27)	24–18
43	January 18	@ New York	120–123	Togo Palazzi (31)	24–19
44	January 19	New York	108–112	Dolph Schayes (33)	25–19
45	January 22	Cincinnati	115–109	Dolph Schayes (36)	25–20
46	January 23	@ Philadelphia	101–88	Dolph Schayes (35)	26–20
47	January 25	Boston	100–112	Dolph Schayes (31)	27–20
48	January 26	@ Boston	95–118	Ed Conlin (22)	27–21
49	January 28	@ New York	110–102	Dolph Schayes (28)	28–21
50	January 30	N Detroit	83–87	Dolph Schayes (23)	28–22
51	February 1	@ Minneapolis	97–91	Dolph Schayes (29)	29–22
52	February 2	@ St. Louis	102–100	Dolph Schayes (35)	30–22
53	February 4	@ Detroit	113–118	Ed Conlin (24)	30–23
54	February 7	N New York	105–102	Larry Costello (27)	31–23
55	February 8	St. Louis	103–102	Dolph Schayes (33)	31–24
56	February 9	Boston	98–123	Dolph Schayes (25)	32–24
57	February 11	N Boston	84–76	Larry Costello (28)	33–24
58	February 12	@ Boston	101–119	Ed Conlin (25)	33–25
59	February 13	Philadelphia	98–108	Dolph Schayes (38)	34–25
60	February 16	Cincinnati	105–113	Dolph Schayes (25)	35–25
61	February 18	@ Detroit	98–120	Al Bianchi (22)	35–26
62	February 19	New York	110–116	Johnny Kerr (31)	36–26
63	February 20	N Philadelphia	97–110	Togo Palazzi (28)	36–27
64	February 22	@ New York	112–115	Kerr, Schayes (24)	36–28
65	February 23	St. Louis	92–101	Dolph Schayes (30)	37–28
66	February 26	Minneapolis	90–119	Costello, Schayes (20)	38–28
67	February 27	@ Philadelphia	91–97	Ed Conlin (17)	38–29
68	March 2	Boston	107–100	Dolph Schayes (34)	38–30
69	March 5	New York	91–102	Dolph Schayes (20)	39–30
70	March 7	@ St. Louis	100–102	Dolph Schayes (27)	39–31
71	March 9	Detroit	90–111	Dolph Schayes (23)	40–31
72	March 12	Philadelphia	99–110	Harrison, Schayes (13)	41–31

Playoffs

1958 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series 1 March 15 Philadelphia W 86–82 Dolph Schayes (22) Red Kerr (22) Schayes, Costello (4) Onondaga War Memorial 1–0 2 March 16 @ Philadelphia L 93–95 Dolph Schayes (32) Red Kerr (20) Paul Seymour (4) Philadelphia Civic Center 1–1 3 March 18 Philadelphia L 88–101 Dolph Schayes (26) Red Kerr (19) Larry Costello (7) Onondaga War Memorial 1–2
1958 schedule

Awards and records

• Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team