1955-56 Rochester Royals Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-41, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Bobby Wanzer (31-41)

PTS/G: 95.8 (7th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (4th of 8)

SRS: -2.61 (8th of 8) Pace: 111.7 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 85.3 (8th of 8) Def Rtg: 87.9 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: -2.5 (8th of 8)

Expected W-L: 29-43 (8th of 8)

Arena: Rochester Community War Memorial

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 5, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	98	100	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 6, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		83	80	1	1	W 1
3	Thu, Nov 10, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		84	89	1	2	L 1			at New York, NY
4	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		84	79	2	2	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
5	Sun, Nov 13, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		91	94	2	3	L 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
6	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		90	91	2	4	L 2
7	Sun, Nov 20, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		104	96	3	4	W 1
8	Wed, Nov 23, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	88	90	3	5	L 1
9	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		93	104	3	6	L 2
10	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	104	3	7	L 3	3,620
11	Wed, Nov 30, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		87	76	4	7	W 1
12	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		78	89	4	8	L 1
13	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	84	5	8	W 1
14	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	116	5	9	L 1
15	Wed, Dec 7, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		92	79	6	9	W 1
16	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		109	108	7	9	W 2	5,238		at Philadelphia, PA
17	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	117	116	8	9	W 3
18	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		93	91	9	9	W 4
19	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		117	109	10	9	W 5			at Johnstown, PA
20	Fri, Dec 16, 1955	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	97	100	10	10	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		92	94	10	11	L 2
22	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		85	86	10	12	L 3
23	Wed, Dec 21, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		92	96	10	13	L 4
24	Sun, Dec 25, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		96	111	10	14	L 5
25	Mon, Dec 26, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		93	91	11	14	W 1
26	Tue, Dec 27, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		91	80	12	14	W 2			at New York, NY
27	Wed, Dec 28, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		91	113	12	15	L 1
28	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		75	83	12	16	L 2
29	Sat, Dec 31, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		100	112	12	17	L 3	2,069
30	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		101	92	13	17	W 1
31	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		100	130	13	18	L 1			at New Haven, CT
32	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		86	88	13	19	L 2
33	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		103	98	14	19	W 1
34	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		111	109	15	19	W 2	5,027
35	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		94	97	15	20	L 1
36	Thu, Jan 12, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		94	123	15	21	L 2
37	Fri, Jan 13, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		98	90	16	21	W 1			at Boston, MA
38	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		102	93	17	21	W 2
39	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		88	99	17	22	L 1
40	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	112	17	23	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	103	18	23	W 1
42	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		97	90	19	23	W 2			at Saratoga Springs, NY
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		93	111	19	24	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		106	114	19	25	L 2
45	Fri, Jan 27, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		111	93	20	25	W 1			at Boston, MA
46	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		119	126	20	26	L 1	4,004
47	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	112	20	27	L 2	3,668
48	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		86	92	20	28	L 3			at St. Louis, MO
49	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		83	77	21	28	W 1
50	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	97	21	29	L 1
51	Fri, Feb 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	96	22	29	W 1
52	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		83	69	23	29	W 2	6,089
53	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		121	109	24	29	W 3
54	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		97	102	24	30	L 1
55	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		97	93	25	30	W 1
56	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		74	101	25	31	L 1
57	Tue, Feb 14, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	110	25	32	L 2			at St. Louis, MO
58	Thu, Feb 16, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		81	93	25	33	L 3
59	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		99	119	25	34	L 4
60	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		93	100	25	35	L 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		106	102	26	35	W 1			at New York, NY
62	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		110	109	27	35	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
63	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		72	97	27	36	L 1
64	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	111	27	37	L 2	4,435
65	Tue, Feb 28, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		113	97	28	37	W 1	9,453		at New York, NY
66	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		81	86	28	38	L 1
67	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		95	94	29	38	W 1
68	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		94	90	30	38	W 2
69	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		88	103	30	39	L 1
70	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		89	96	30	40	L 2
71	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		111	96	31	40	W 1
72	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		98	126	31	41	L 1

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