Nationals 77-78 Pistons (Dec 5, 1953)

SYR

FTW

1

22

17

2

17

28

3

23

26

4

15

7

77

78

Top Performers

Points

31

Foust

FTW

Rebounds

13

Foust

FTW

Assists

11

Phillip

FTW

SYR

Team Stats

FTW

24-69 (34.8%)

FG%

23- (%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

29-35 (82.9%)

FTM

32-41 (78.0%)

32

Rebounds

40

20

Assists

22

Turnovers

1953-54 Eastern Standings

SYRFTW

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Knicks - y	44	28	.611
2	Nationals - x	42	30	.583	2.0
3	Celtics - x	42	30	.583	2.0
4	Warriors - e	29	43	.403	15.0
5	Bullets - e	16	56	.222	28.0

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers - y	46	26	.639
2	Royals - x	44	28	.611	2.0
3	Pistons - e	40	32	.556	6.0
4	Hawks - e	21	51	.292	25.0

Game Summary

The Fort Wayne Pistons squeaked out a win over the Syracuse Nationals, 78 to 77, on December 6, 1953.

Game Info

December 5, 1953

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	39	14	5 (0)	4	5	5-11	4-4	54.9
Bob Lavoy B. Lavoy #8	36	4	3 (0)	1	3	2-6	0-0	33.3
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	34	10	4 (0)	5	5	1-11	8-9	33.4
Billy Kenville B. Kenville #15	31	12	6 (0)	3	2	4-8	4-5	58.8
Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn #8	23	7	4 (0)	2	5	2-4	3-5	56.5
Earl Lloyd E. Lloyd #11	22	4	1 (0)	1	5	1-5	2-2	34.0
George King G. King #3	17	6	2 (0)	2	3	2-5	2-3	47.5
Jim Neal J. Neal #17	17	7	5 (0)	1	2	2-9	3-4	32.5
Bill Gabor B. Gabor #7	14	11	2 (0)	1	2	4-9	3-3	53.3
Bato Govedarica B. Govedarica #14	7	2	0 (0)	0	1	1-1	0-0	100.0

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	SYR		0 (0)					0-0	0-0	0-0

Players	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FT
Frankie Brian F. Brian #7	9	2 (0)	2	3	3-4
Larry Foust L. Foust #16	31	13 (0)	2	3	13-16
Mel Hutchins M. Hutchins #9	11	9 (0)	3	4	3-4
Monk Meineke M. Meineke #17	7	2 (0)	2	5	3-3
Jack Molinas J. Molinas #6	9	10 (0)	2	5	7-9
Andy Phillip A. Phillip #14	10	2 (0)	11	5	2-4
Fred Scolari F. Scolari #20	1	2 (0)	0	2	1-1
Chuck Share C. Share #5	0	0 (0)	0	0	0-0