1955-56 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 39-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (39-33)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 106.0 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (8th of 8)

SRS: 0.72 (2nd of 8) Pace: 114.5 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 92.2 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 91.7 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: +0.6 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 38-34 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 209,645 (1st of 1)

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 5, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		98	87	1	0	W 1	9,594
2	Fri, Nov 11, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		119	75	2	0	W 2	13,909
3	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	96	2	1	L 1	10,021
4	Thu, Nov 17, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		92	106	2	2	L 2	6,157
5	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		104	102	3	2	W 1	6,485
6	Wed, Nov 23, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	111	115	3	3	L 1	11,195
7	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		103	111	3	4	L 2	4,312
8	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		104	103	4	4	W 1	3,620
9	Tue, Nov 29, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		105	97	5	4	W 2	10,135		at New York, NY
10	Fri, Dec 2, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		94	81	6	4	W 3	8,047
11	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		90	111	6	5	L 1	4,909
12	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		122	99	7	5	W 1	7,364
13	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		108	109	7	6	L 1	5,238		at Philadelphia, PA
14	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		118	102	8	6	W 1	7,488
15	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	101	8	7	L 1	3,722
16	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		108	109	8	8	L 2	9,548		at New York, NY
17	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	100	9	8	W 1	6,095
18	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		104	110	9	9	L 1	5,411
19	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		95	92	10	9	W 1	12,613
20	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		111	104	11	9	W 2	9,280		at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 25, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		115	112	12	9	W 3	2,962
22	Tue, Dec 27, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		105	102	13	9	W 4	6,237
23	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		110	103	14	9	W 5	4,200		at Bangor, ME
24	Sat, Dec 31, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		112	100	15	9	W 6	2,069
25	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		121	113	16	9	W 7	5,798
26	Tue, Jan 3, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		97	107	16	10	L 1	5,751		at Philadelphia, PA
27	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		86	103	16	11	L 2	7,415		at Syracuse, NY
28	Thu, Jan 5, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		92	87	17	11	W 1	9,281
29	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	105	99	18	11	W 2	3,806
30	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		109	111	18	12	L 1	5,027
31	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		89	105	18	13	L 2	4,500
32	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		110	114	18	14	L 3	2,470		at Saint Paul, MN
33	Fri, Jan 13, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		119	104	19	14	W 1	9,104
34	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		104	103	20	14	W 2	4,823
35	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	104	109	20	15	L 1	7,663
36	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		91	85	21	15	W 1	6,112		at Charlotte, NC
37	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		95	90	22	15	W 2	2,551		at Miami, FL
38	Fri, Jan 20, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		133	112	23	15	W 3	12,235
39	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		100	96	24	15	W 4	10,421		at Philadelphia, PA
40	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		115	129	24	16	L 1	7,507
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Mon, Jan 23, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		104	120	24	17	L 2	5,500		at New Haven, CT
42	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		100	101	24	18	L 3	5,798		at Philadelphia, PA
43	Fri, Jan 27, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		97	106	24	19	L 4	9,064
44	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		126	119	25	19	W 1	4,004
45	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		112	103	26	19	W 2	3,668
46	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		91	114	26	20	L 1	6,628
47	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		106	107	26	21	L 2	3,006
48	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		102	101	27	21	W 1	6,738		at St. Louis, MO
49	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		69	83	27	22	L 1	6,089
50	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	104	28	22	W 1	10,084
51	Tue, Feb 7, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		102	113	28	23	L 1	14,280
52	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		110	111	28	24	L 2	3,950		at Rochester, NY
53	Thu, Feb 9, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		98	97	29	24	W 1	2,646
54	Fri, Feb 10, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		124	100	30	24	W 2	8,820
55	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	108	31	24	W 3	7,086
56	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	115	31	25	L 1	4,500		at New Haven, CT
57	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		120	118	32	25	W 1	4,339
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	101	32	26	L 1	5,628
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		93	90	33	26	W 1	4,017
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		129	135	33	27	L 1	9,878
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		111	100	34	27	W 1	4,435
62	Tue, Feb 28, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		97	113	34	28	L 1	9,453		at New York, NY
63	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		106	99	35	28	W 1	6,260
64	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		100	111	35	29	L 1	4,935
65	Fri, Mar 2, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		119	113	36	29	W 1	10,161
66	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		128	114	37	29	W 2	9,552
67	Tue, Mar 6, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	119	37	30	L 1	10,035
68	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		111	98	38	30	W 1	11,338
69	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		120	142	38	31	L 1	4,647
70	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		103	106	38	32	L 2	15,500		at New York, NY
71	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		121	127	38	33	L 3	6,030
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		122	103	39	33	W 1	2,316

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	110	93	1	0	W 1	5,446
2	Mon, Mar 19, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	98	101	1	1	L 1	6,489
3	Wed, Mar 21, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	97	102	1	2	L 2	11,669

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