1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season

1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coach Paul Seymour
Arena Onondaga War Memorial
Results
Record 35–37 (.486)
Place Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish East Division Finals
(eliminated 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1958–59 NBA season was the Nationals' tenth season in the NBA.[1]

Regular season

The 1958–59 Syracuse Nationals

Season standings

Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5220.722–26–413–1513–123–13
x-New York Knicks4032.5561221–915–154–819–17
x-Syracuse Nationals3537.4861717–97–248–714–22
Philadelphia Warriors3240.4442017–97–248–714–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1958-59 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —8–18–19–07–59–34–57–5
Cincinnati 1–8—3–96–63–62–71–113–6
Detroit 1–89–3—4–83–65–44–82–7
Minneapolis 0–96–68–4—4–56–34–85–4
New York 5–76–36–35–4—5–74–59–3
Philadelphia 3–97–24–53–67–5—4–54–8
St. Louis 5–411–18–48–45–45–4—7–2
Syracuse 5–76–37–24–53–98–42–7—

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals: Nationals win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ New York: Syracuse 129, New York 123
  • Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 131, New York 115

East Division Finals

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals: Celtics win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ Boston: Boston 131, Syracuse 109
  • Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 120, Boston 118
  • Game 3 @ Boston: Boston 133, Syracuse 111
  • Game 4 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 119, Boston 107
  • Game 5 @ Boston: Boston 129, Syracuse 108
  • Game 6 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 133, Boston 121
  • Game 7 @ Boston: Boston 130, Syracuse 125

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1958–59 Syracuse Nationals
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