1955-56 Syracuse Nationals Game Log

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Record: 35-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Cervi (35-37)

Executive: Danny Biasone

PTS/G: 96.9 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 96.9 (2nd of 8)

SRS: 0.17 (4th of 8) Pace: 108.5 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.0 (6th of 8) Def Rtg: 88.0 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +0.0 (4th of 8)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (4th of 8)

Arena: Onondaga War Memorial

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Third Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1955-11-05		FTW	W	114	113	32	89	.360				50	62	.806		55	29				37	37	95	.389				39	51	.765		59	26				43
2	2	1955-11-06	@	ROC	L	80	83	23	91	.253				34	47	.723		40	18				22	33	87	.379				17	27	.630		73	30				32
3	3	1955-11-12	@	STL	W	91	81	29	92	.315				33	48	.688		46	13				30	27	113	.239				27	46	.587		69	11				33
4	4	1955-11-13	@	FTW	L	79	93	28	76	.368				23	35	.657		38	23				23	34	88	.386				25	33	.758		56	31				25
5	5	1955-11-17		MNL	W	105	91	40	91	.440				25	37	.676		54					28	31	96	.323				29	43	.674		55					26
6	6	1955-11-19	@	PHW	L	94	102	30	79	.380				34	46	.739		50	19				25	37	98	.378				28	38	.737		63	28				32
7	7	1955-11-20		STL	W	84	80	27	90	.300				30	40	.750		57	24				23	30	85	.353				20	32	.625		56	26				29
8	8	1955-11-23	N	PHW	L	101	104	30	87	.345				43	52	.827		59	25				27	35	93	.376				34	43	.791		62	29				33
9	9	1955-11-24		BOS	W	111	103	42	102	.412				27	33	.818		54	37				23	39	100	.390				25	30	.833		56	31				25
10	10	1955-11-26	@	NYK	L	99	100	34	89	.382				31	37	.838		36	23				25	36	92	.391				28	34	.824		59	23				26
11	11	1955-11-27		NYK	W	85	74	28	80	.350				29	39	.744		50	23				22	27	88	.307				20	27	.741		53	19				25
12	12	1955-11-29	N	BOS	L	97	105	42	107	.393				13	20	.650		65	32				22	43	108	.398				19	27	.704		63	26				18
13	13	1955-12-03		MNL	W	114	103	43	104	.413				28	35	.800		57	34				26	37	92	.402				29	36	.806		49	26				23
14	14	1955-12-04	@	MNL	W	102	96	40	110	.364				22	34	.647		48	25				22	37	99	.374				22	30	.733		60	22				24
15	15	1955-12-06	N	FTW	L	88	90	26	87	.299				36	45	.800		59	13				23	34	81	.420				22	31	.710		50	26				27
16	16	1955-12-08	@	FTW	L	94	105	29	87	.333				36	43	.837		40	26				25	39	89	.438				27	32	.844		49	38				27
17	17	1955-12-09	@	PHW	L	92	101	32	88	.364				28	35	.800		69	16				23	37	100	.370				27	35	.771		50	31				25
18	18	1955-12-11		BOS	W	101	89	33						35	47	.745							25	30						29	36	.806							28
19	19	1955-12-15		MNL	L	133	135	49	114	.430				35	47	.745		49	42				32	49	109	.450				37	42	.881		61	38				31
20	20	1955-12-17	@	BOS	W	110	104	39	95	.411				32	36	.889		62	33				24	39	105	.371				26	36	.722		62	37				27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1955-12-18		PHW	W	99	79	36	83	.434				27	33	.818		59	25				26	28	77	.364				23	36	.639		41	17				24
22	22	1955-12-20	@	NYK	W	98	91	34	91	.374				30	41	.732		48	20				22	38	93	.409				15	30	.500		61	21				26
23	23	1955-12-25		ROC	W	111	96	45	92	.489				21	33	.636		40	35				19	38	96	.396				20	25	.800		59	26				26
24	24	1955-12-26	@	ROC	L	91	93	29	89	.326				33	44	.750		44	20				21	37	85	.435				19	27	.704		66	24				30
25	25	1955-12-27	N	ROC	L	80	91	30						20	26	.769							27	32						27	36	.750							23
26	26	1955-12-29	@	PHW	L	83	112	32	104	.308				19	30	.633		67	22				25	43	98	.439				26	34	.765		72	35				22
27	27	1955-12-30	N	BOS	L	103	110	39	101	.386				25	37	.676		45	29				29	37	96	.385				36	43	.837		58	28				29
28	28	1955-12-31		NYK	W	101	92	41						19	29	.655							28	30						32	41	.780							22
29	29	1956-01-01	@	MNL	W	85	80	30	75	.400				25	33	.758		47	22				20	27	98	.276				26	31	.839		62	18				22
30	30	1956-01-02	@	STL	W	84	82	30	78	.385				24	33	.727		46	19				18	34	84	.405				14	24	.583		66	22				25
31	31	1956-01-04		PHW	L	87	88	28	78	.359				31	41	.756		41	19				25	31	78	.397				26	38	.684		51	23				24
32	32	1956-01-07		BOS	L	99	105	37	102	.363				25	31	.806		52	16				26	41	99	.414				23	33	.697		66	20				24
33	33	1956-01-08	@	MNL	L	91	99	36	83	.434				19	29	.655		46	21				22	38	88	.432				23	28	.821		49	25				23
34	34	1956-01-10	N	MNL	L	79	90	26	84	.310				27	35	.771		36	24				27	34	77	.442				22	26	.846		42	29				24
35	35	1956-01-12		STL	W	93	78	30	75	.400				33	43	.767		59	23				29	27	83	.325				24	39	.615		51	17				29
36	36	1956-01-13	@	BOS	L	104	119	35	94	.372				34	43	.791		50	24				29	43	97	.443				33	46	.717		73	34				31
37	37	1956-01-14	@	ROC	L	93	102	29	80	.363				35	46	.761		50	16				23	42	87	.483				18	31	.581		67	26				30
38	38	1956-01-15		ROC	W	99	88	35	89	.393				29	38	.763		48	26				28	32	91	.352				24	39	.615		51	23				28
39	39	1956-01-19		MNL	W	122	100	43	95	.453				36	46	.783		53	35				20	38	88	.432				24	29	.828		43	31				30
40	40	1956-01-21	N	BOS	L	96	100	36	112	.321				24	34	.706		67	22				24	37	92	.402				26	33	.788		58	22				23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1956-01-22		STL	L	105	109	33	92	.359				39	55	.709		40	22				29	39	94	.415				31	43	.721		59	25				33
42	42	1956-01-25	@	PHW	L	100	112	43	111	.387				14	25	.560		49	27				20	46	91	.505				20	26	.769		72	33				20
43	43	1956-01-26		PHW	W	100	89	38	101	.376				24	34	.706		55	31				27	31	89	.348				27	35	.771		50	27				23
44	44	1956-01-28	@	STL	L	85	93	27	87	.310				31	44	.705		54	21				26	34	82	.415				25	34	.735		62	26				28
45	45	1956-01-29		NYK	L	95	99	32	101	.317				31	44	.705		54	25				34	31	84	.369				37	48	.771		66	23				30
46	46	1956-02-01	@	ROC	L	77	83	25	82	.305				27	28	.964		56	12				24	32	99	.323				19	30	.633		74	19				19
47	47	1956-02-02		ROC	W	97	89	34	83	.410				29	47	.617		48	25				25	33	84	.393				23	33	.697		50	27				31
48	48	1956-02-04	@	NYK	W	103	94	39	87	.448				25	29	.862		43	20				25	33	89	.371				28	36	.778		51	17				24
49	49	1956-02-05		FTW	W	90	85	29	95	.305				32	43	.744		61	15				33	25	79	.316				35	52	.673		56	13				31
50	50	1956-02-06	@	FTW	L	98	99	34	93	.366				30	38	.789		44	32				35	31	81	.383				37	52	.712		52	31				25
51	51	1956-02-07	N	PHW	L	95	128	30	98	.306				35	42	.833		50	13				23	50	94	.532				28	33	.848		61	34				30
52	52	1956-02-09		BOS	L	97	98	35	100	.350				27	38	.711		46	27				25	37	88	.420				24	31	.774		56	25				27
53	53	1956-02-10	N	NYK	W	94	88	31	89	.348				32	39	.821		57	17				22	33	86	.384				22	27	.815		55	15				27
54	54	1956-02-12		ROC	W	101	74	34	92	.370				33	44	.750		66	29				19	29	98	.296				16	25	.640		61	18				27
55	55	1956-02-17	N	NYK	W	91	86	33	85	.388				25	31	.806		58	19				24	33	92	.359				20	28	.714		58	20				25
56	56	1956-02-18		FTW	W	85	84	33	96	.344				19	26	.731		53	20				20	34	92	.370				16	26	.615		52	20				17
57	57	1956-02-19		NYK	W	118	98	43	85	.506				32	42	.762		52	35				25	37	92	.402				24	32	.750		52	22				29
58	58	1956-02-21	@	NYK	W	108	107	36						36	47	.766							28	36						35	41	.854							33
59	59	1956-02-23		FTW	W	94	92	35	91	.385				24	28	.857		48	24				24	34	74	.459				24	31	.774		48	24				22
60	60	1956-02-24	N	STL	L	103	116	37	115	.322				29	37	.784		65	21				22	46	113	.407				24	31	.774		81	33				25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1956-02-26		PHW	L	85	87	31	85	.365				23	28	.821		46	22				15	34	80	.425				19	21	.905		52	23				19
62	62	1956-02-27	@	FTW	W	98	95	32	86	.372				34	39	.872		45	12				26	36	87	.414				23	33	.697		31	18				27
63	63	1956-02-29	N	MNL	L	94	98	33	84	.393				28	37	.757		52	25				20	39	103	.379				20	30	.667		63	17				28
64	64	1956-03-01		BOS	W	111	100	44	102	.431				23	29	.793		63	32				22	40	91	.440				20	29	.690		68	25				19
65	65	1956-03-03	@	PHW	L	96	102	31	95	.326				34	43	.791		55	17				27	34	100	.340				34	42	.810		82	23				30
66	66	1956-03-04		NYK	L	111	118	38	96	.396				35	54	.648		52	29				37	40	94	.426				38	52	.731		64	32				40
67	67	1956-03-07	@	BOS	L	98	111	40	100	.400				18	22	.818		52	31				19	44	100	.440				23	28	.821		65	26				16
68	68	1956-03-08		STL	W	92	88	33	78	.423				26	34	.765		51	27				25	34	92	.370				20	31	.645		54	21				22
69	69	1956-03-10	@	NYK	L	84	104	30	91	.330				24	29	.828		52	19				18	43	91	.473				18	26	.692		58	30				22
70	70	1956-03-11		PHW	W	99	88	37	91	.407				25	33	.758		57	26				19	36	85	.424				16	26	.615		50	26				21
71	71	1956-03-12	N	STL	W	97	92	39	101	.386				19	25	.760		53	13				27	34	89	.382				24	41	.585		54	13				20
72	72	1956-03-14	@	BOS	L	103	122	41	116	.353				21	29	.724		70	23				25	45	102	.441				32	42	.762		79	26				19

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