1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Stats

Record: 45-27, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: George Senesky (45-27)

Executive: Eddie Gottlieb

PTS/G: 103.1 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.8 (5th of 8)

SRS: 3.82 (1st of 8) Pace: 108.5 (4th of 8)

Off Rtg: 94.6 (1st of 8) Def Rtg: 90.7 (5th of 8) Net Rtg: +3.9 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 46-26 (1st of 8)

Arena: Convention Hall

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
11	Paul Arizin	SF	6-4	190	April 9, 1928	us US	3	Villanova
7	Ernie Beck	SG	6-4	190	December 11, 1931	us US	1	Penn
12	Walt Davis	PF	6-8	205	January 5, 1931	us US	2	Texas A&M
5	George Dempsey	PG	6-2	190	July 19, 1929	us US	1	King's College
17	Jack George	PG	6-2	190	November 13, 1928	us US	2	La Salle
15	Tom Gola	SG	6-6	205	January 13, 1933	us US	R	La Salle
9	Joe Graboski	PF	6-7	195	January 15, 1930	us US	6
4	Larry Hennessy	SG	6-3	185	May 20, 1929	us US	R	Villanova
6	Neil Johnston	C	6-8	210	February 4, 1929	us US	4	Ohio State
14	Jackie Moore	SF	6-5	180	September 24, 1932	us US	1	La Salle
7, 25	Bob Schafer	SG	6-3	195	March 29, 1933	us US	R	Villanova

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jack George	27	PG	72	39.4	4.9	13.1	.374	4.1	5.4	.757	4.3	6.3	2.8	13.9	AS,NBA2
2	Paul Arizin	27	SF	72	37.8	8.6	19.1	.448	7.0	8.7	.810	7.5	2.6	3.9	24.2	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
3	Neil Johnston	26	C	70	37.1	7.1	15.6	.457	7.8	9.8	.801	12.5	3.2	3.6	22.1	AS,NBA1
4	Tom Gola	23	SG	68	34.5	3.6	8.7	.412	3.6	4.9	.733	9.1	5.9	4.0	10.8	MVP-7
5	Joe Graboski	26	PF	72	33.0	5.5	14.9	.369	3.3	4.7	.706	8.9	2.6	3.8	14.4
6	George Dempsey	26	PG	72	20.1	1.8	3.7	.475	1.2	1.9	.633	3.7	2.8	2.0	4.7
7	Walt Davis	25	PF	70	15.7	1.8	4.8	.369	1.1	1.6	.688	3.9	0.8	3.3	4.6
8	Ernie Beck	24	SG	67	15.0	2.0	5.2	.387	1.1	1.6	.717	2.9	1.2	1.3	5.2
9	Larry Hennessy	26	SG	53	8.4	1.6	4.7	.344	0.5	0.6	.813	0.9	0.9	0.7	3.7
10	Jackie Moore	23	SF	54	7.4	0.9	2.4	.388	0.6	1.0	.604	2.2	0.5	1.5	2.4
11	Bob Schafer	22	SG	12	6.8	1.0	2.9	.343	0.6	1.0	.583	1.1	0.8	1.2	2.6
	Team Totals			72	25.4	36.7	89.4	.410	29.8	39.3	.757	60.6	26.2	26.0	103.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Paul Arizin	27	SF	10	40.9	10.3	22.9	.450	8.3	9.9	.838	8.4	2.9	3.1	28.9
2	Jack George	27	PG	10	40.5	4.6	11.8	.390	4.4	5.9	.746	4.7	5.2	3.7	13.6
3	Neil Johnston	26	C	10	39.7	6.9	16.9	.408	6.5	9.2	.707	14.3	5.1	4.1	20.3
4	Tom Gola	23	SG	10	36.0	3.8	10.7	.355	4.7	6.0	.783	10.1	5.8	4.7	12.3
5	Joe Graboski	26	PF	10	31.3	5.3	15.4	.344	2.6	3.5	.743	9.4	2.7	3.7	13.2
6	Ernie Beck	24	SG	10	25.0	3.1	7.2	.431	2.2	3.1	.710	5.1	2.2	3.2	8.4
7	George Dempsey	26	PG	10	13.4	1.2	3.0	.400	1.4	2.0	.700	2.5	1.3	1.1	3.8
8	Walt Davis	25	PF	10	6.9	1.0	2.2	.455	0.3	0.6	.500	2.8	0.3	2.1	2.3
9	Jackie Moore	23	SF	8	6.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.3	0.8	.333	2.1	0.3	1.8	2.3
10	Larry Hennessy	26	SG	3	3.7	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0
	Team Totals			20	960.0	148.0	370.2	.398	122.4	163.0	.750	247.0	103.6	108.8	418.4

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jack George	27	PG	72	2840	4.5	11.9	.374	3.8	5.0	.757	4.0	5.8	2.6	12.7	AS,NBA2
2	Paul Arizin	27	SF	72	2724	8.2	18.2	.448	6.7	8.3	.810	7.1	2.5	3.7	23.0	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
3	Neil Johnston	26	C	70	2594	6.9	15.2	.457	7.6	9.5	.801	12.1	3.1	3.5	21.5	AS,NBA1
4	Joe Graboski	26	PF	72	2375	6.0	16.3	.369	3.6	5.2	.706	9.7	2.9	4.1	15.7
5	Tom Gola	23	SG	68	2346	3.7	9.1	.412	3.7	5.1	.733	9.5	6.2	4.2	11.2	MVP-7
6	George Dempsey	26	PG	72	1444	3.1	6.6	.475	2.2	3.5	.633	6.6	5.1	3.6	8.5
7	Walt Davis	25	PF	70	1097	4.0	10.9	.369	2.5	3.7	.688	9.1	1.8	7.5	10.6
8	Ernie Beck	24	SG	67	1007	4.9	12.5	.387	2.7	3.8	.717	7.0	2.8	3.1	12.4
9	Larry Hennessy	26	SG	53	444	6.9	20.0	.344	2.1	2.6	.813	4.0	3.7	3.0	15.9
10	Jackie Moore	23	SF	54	402	4.5	11.6	.388	2.9	4.7	.604	10.5	2.3	7.2	11.8
11	Bob Schafer	22	SG	12	82	5.3	15.4	.343	3.1	5.3	.583	5.7	4.0	6.1	13.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Paul Arizin	27	SF	10	409	9.1	20.2	.450	7.3	8.7	.838	7.4	2.6	2.7	25.4
2	Jack George	27	PG	10	405	4.1	10.5	.390	3.9	5.2	.746	4.2	4.6	3.3	12.1
3	Neil Johnston	26	C	10	397	6.3	15.3	.408	5.9	8.3	.707	13.0	4.6	3.7	18.4
4	Tom Gola	23	SG	10	360	3.8	10.7	.355	4.7	6.0	.783	10.1	5.8	4.7	12.3
5	Joe Graboski	26	PF	10	313	6.1	17.7	.344	3.0	4.0	.743	10.8	3.1	4.3	15.2
6	Ernie Beck	24	SG	10	250	4.5	10.4	.431	3.2	4.5	.710	7.3	3.2	4.6	12.1
7	George Dempsey	26	PG	10	134	3.2	8.1	.400	3.8	5.4	.700	6.7	3.5	3.0	10.2
8	Walt Davis	25	PF	10	69	5.2	11.5	.455	1.6	3.1	.500	14.6	1.6	11.0	12.0
9	Jackie Moore	23	SF	8	52	5.5	13.8	.400	1.4	4.2	.333	11.8	1.4	9.7	12.5
10	Larry Hennessy	26	SG	3	11	0.0	29.5	.000	0.0	0.0		3.3	6.5	3.3	0.0