1955-56 St. Louis Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 33-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Red Holzman (33-39)

PTS/G: 96.6 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.0 (3rd of 8)

SRS: -1.42 (7th of 8) Pace: 109.4 (3rd of 8)

Off Rtg: 87.6 (7th of 8) Def Rtg: 88.9 (3rd of 8) Net Rtg: -1.3 (7th of 8)

Expected W-L: 32-40 (7th of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Second Place Tiebreaker (0-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (2-3) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (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		Minneapolis Lakers	W		101	89	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		81	91	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Nov 15, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	95	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		104	91	3	1	W 2
5	Sun, Nov 20, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		80	84	3	2	L 1
6	Wed, Nov 23, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	90	88	4	2	W 1
7	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		99	107	4	3	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		104	95	5	3	W 1
9	Sun, Nov 27, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	OT	106	114	5	4	L 1
10	Tue, Nov 29, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		108	95	6	4	W 1
11	Wed, Nov 30, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		99	97	7	4	W 2			at Rochester, NY
12	Thu, Dec 1, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		98	115	7	5	L 1
13	Fri, Dec 2, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		81	94	7	6	L 2	8,047
14	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		89	78	8	6	W 1
15	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		99	122	8	7	L 1	7,364
16	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		80	99	8	8	L 2
17	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		91	93	8	9	L 3
18	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		109	117	8	10	L 4			at Johnstown, PA
19	Fri, Dec 16, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W	OT	100	97	9	10	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
20	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		86	85	10	10	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Mon, Dec 26, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		67	83	10	11	L 1			at Rochester, NY
22	Tue, Dec 27, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	105	10	12	L 2	6,237
23	Wed, Dec 28, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		111	90	11	12	W 1
24	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	74	11	13	L 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
25	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		89	90	11	14	L 2			at Lansing, MI
26	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		68	85	11	15	L 3
27	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		82	84	11	16	L 4
28	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		76	94	11	17	L 5			at Saint Paul, MN
29	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		97	108	11	18	L 6
30	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		96	91	12	18	W 1
31	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	107	109	12	19	L 1
32	Thu, Jan 12, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		78	93	12	20	L 2
33	Fri, Jan 13, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		90	98	12	21	L 3			at Boston, MA
34	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	2OT	104	101	13	21	W 1
35	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		96	108	13	22	L 1
36	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		86	97	13	23	L 2			at Kansas City, MO
37	Thu, Jan 19, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		83	90	13	24	L 3			at New Orleans, LA
38	Fri, Jan 20, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	133	13	25	L 4	12,235
39	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		90	97	13	26	L 5			at Saratoga Springs, NY
40	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		109	105	14	26	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		114	106	15	26	W 2
42	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		93	85	16	26	W 3
43	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		114	107	17	26	W 4
44	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	91	18	26	W 5	6,628
45	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	90	19	26	W 6			at St. Louis, MO
46	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	94	20	26	W 7			at Elkhart, IN
47	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	93	21	26	W 8
48	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		111	110	22	26	W 9	3,950		at Rochester, NY
49	Thu, Feb 9, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		97	108	22	27	L 1
50	Fri, Feb 10, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	124	22	28	L 2	8,820
51	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	107	22	29	L 3
52	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		79	87	22	30	L 4
53	Tue, Feb 14, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		99	103	22	31	L 5
54	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		83	89	22	32	L 6
55	Mon, Feb 20, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		84	82	23	32	W 1			at Kansas City, MO
56	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		101	97	24	32	W 2	5,628
57	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		109	110	24	33	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
58	Fri, Feb 24, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		116	103	25	33	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
59	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		99	89	26	33	W 2
60	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		103	85	27	33	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Feb 27, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		109	113	27	34	L 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
62	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		94	95	27	35	L 2
63	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	86	28	35	W 1
64	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		84	113	28	36	L 1
65	Tue, Mar 6, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		102	97	29	36	W 1			at New York, NY
66	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		96	89	30	36	W 2
67	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		88	92	30	37	L 1
68	Fri, Mar 9, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		103	102	31	37	W 1
69	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		105	97	32	37	W 2
70	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		127	121	33	37	W 3	6,030
71	Mon, Mar 12, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		92	97	33	38	L 1			at New Haven, CT
72	Tue, Mar 13, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		113	116	33	39	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA (Lincoln High School)
73	Fri, Mar 16, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		97	103	33	40	L 3			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	116	115	1	0	W 1
2	Mon, Mar 19, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	75	133	1	1	L 1
3	Wed, Mar 21, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	116	115	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Thu, Mar 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	86	85	3	1	W 2
5	Sat, Mar 24, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	84	74	4	1	W 3
6	Sun, Mar 25, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	84	107	4	2	L 1
7	Tue, Mar 27, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	84	93	4	3	L 2
8	Thu, Mar 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	97	102	4	4	L 3

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