1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Schedule and Results

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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)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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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	@	Boston Celtics	L		87	98	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Nov 9, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	106	1	1	W 1
3	Thu, Nov 10, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		89	84	2	1	W 2			at New York, NY
4	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	89	3	1	W 3			at Hershey, PA
5	Thu, Nov 17, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	92	4	1	W 4
6	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		102	94	5	1	W 5
7	Wed, Nov 23, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		104	101	6	1	W 6			at Boston, MA
8	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		118	97	7	1	W 7
9	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		87	82	8	1	W 8
10	Sun, Nov 27, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		94	99	8	2	L 1
11	Tue, Nov 29, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		95	108	8	3	L 2
12	Thu, Dec 1, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		115	98	9	3	W 1
13	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		109	102	10	3	W 2
14	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		84	107	10	4	L 1
15	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		116	103	11	4	W 1			at New York, NY
16	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		101	92	12	4	W 2
17	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		91	96	12	5	L 1
18	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		109	108	13	5	W 1			at New York, NY
19	Thu, Dec 15, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		80	73	14	5	W 2
20	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		79	99	14	6	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 21, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		96	92	15	6	W 1
22	Mon, Dec 26, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		97	108	15	7	L 1
23	Tue, Dec 27, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		79	80	15	8	L 2
24	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		112	83	16	8	W 1
25	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	121	16	9	L 1
26	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		130	100	17	9	W 1			at New Haven, CT
27	Tue, Jan 3, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		102	82	18	9	W 2
28	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		88	87	19	9	W 3
29	Thu, Jan 5, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		81	92	19	10	L 1			at New York, NY
30	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	97	20	10	W 1
31	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		95	83	21	10	W 2
32	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	109	107	22	10	W 3
33	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		97	94	23	10	W 4
34	Thu, Jan 12, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		123	94	24	10	W 5
35	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	104	24	11	L 1
36	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		108	96	25	11	W 1
37	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		94	105	25	12	L 1			at Saint Paul, MN
38	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		91	92	25	13	L 2
39	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		129	115	26	13	W 1
40	Mon, Jan 23, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		120	104	27	13	W 2			at New Haven, CT
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		112	100	28	13	W 3
42	Thu, Jan 26, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	100	28	14	L 1
43	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		108	85	29	14	W 1
44	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		85	99	29	15	L 1
45	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	105	29	16	L 2
46	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	2OT	104	105	29	17	L 3
47	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		88	87	30	17	W 1			at Syracuse, NY
48	Fri, Feb 3, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		96	105	30	18	L 1
49	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		93	105	30	19	L 2
50	Tue, Feb 7, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		128	95	31	19	W 1			at New York, NY
51	Thu, Feb 9, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		108	97	32	19	W 2
52	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	102	33	19	W 3
53	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		87	79	34	19	W 4
54	Mon, Feb 13, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		105	94	35	19	W 5			at Miami Beach, FL
55	Wed, Feb 15, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		101	78	36	19	W 6			at Miami Beach, FL
56	Fri, Feb 17, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		134	111	37	19	W 7
57	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		115	101	38	19	W 8			at New Haven, CT
58	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		118	120	38	20	L 1
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		108	117	38	21	L 2
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		135	129	39	21	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		87	85	40	21	W 2
62	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		86	81	41	21	W 3
63	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		100	102	41	22	L 1
64	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		102	96	42	22	W 1
65	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	128	42	23	L 1
66	Tue, Mar 6, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	102	42	24	L 2			at New York, NY
67	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		108	87	43	24	W 1			at Boston, MA
68	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		142	120	44	24	W 2
69	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		96	111	44	25	L 1
70	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		88	99	44	26	L 2
71	Tue, Mar 13, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		116	113	45	26	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA (Lincoln High School)
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	115	45	27	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 23, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	109	87	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 25, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	118	122	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Mar 27, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	119	96	2	1	W 1
4	Wed, Mar 28, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	104	108	2	2	L 1
5	Thu, Mar 29, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	109	104	3	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Sat, Mar 31, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	98	94	4	2	W 2	4,128
7	Sun, Apr 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	83	84	4	3	L 1	6,976
8	Tue, Apr 3, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	100	96	5	3	W 1	11,698
9	Thu, Apr 5, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	107	105	6	3	W 2	7,852
10	Sat, Apr 7, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	99	88	7	3	W 3	11,194

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