1955-56 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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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 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		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	114	113	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Nov 6, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		80	83	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		91	81	2	1	W 1
4	Sun, Nov 13, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	93	2	2	L 1
5	Thu, Nov 17, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		105	91	3	2	W 1
6	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		94	102	3	3	L 1
7	Sun, Nov 20, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		84	80	4	3	W 1
8	Wed, Nov 23, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	104	4	4	L 1			at Boston, MA
9	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	103	5	4	W 1	4,312
10	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	100	5	5	L 1
11	Sun, Nov 27, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		85	74	6	5	W 1
12	Tue, Nov 29, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		97	105	6	6	L 1	10,135		at New York, NY
13	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		114	103	7	6	W 1
14	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		102	96	8	6	W 2
15	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		88	90	8	7	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
16	Thu, Dec 8, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		94	105	8	8	L 2
17	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		92	101	8	9	L 3
18	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		101	89	9	9	W 1	3,722
19	Thu, Dec 15, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	3OT	133	135	9	10	L 1
20	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		110	104	10	10	W 1	5,411
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		99	79	11	10	W 2
22	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		98	91	12	10	W 3
23	Sun, Dec 25, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		111	96	13	10	W 4
24	Mon, Dec 26, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		91	93	13	11	L 1
25	Tue, Dec 27, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		80	91	13	12	L 2			at New York, NY
26	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		83	112	13	13	L 3
27	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		103	110	13	14	L 4	4,200		at Bangor, ME
28	Sat, Dec 31, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		101	92	14	14	W 1
29	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		85	80	15	14	W 2
30	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		84	82	16	14	W 3
31	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		87	88	16	15	L 1
32	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	99	105	16	16	L 2	3,806
33	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		91	99	16	17	L 3
34	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	90	16	18	L 4			at Fort Wayne, IN
35	Thu, Jan 12, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		93	78	17	18	W 1
36	Fri, Jan 13, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	119	17	19	L 1	9,104
37	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		93	102	17	20	L 2
38	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		99	88	18	20	W 1
39	Thu, Jan 19, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		122	100	19	20	W 2
40	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		96	100	19	21	L 1	10,421		at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		105	109	19	22	L 2
42	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		100	112	19	23	L 3
43	Thu, Jan 26, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	89	20	23	W 1
44	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		85	93	20	24	L 1
45	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	95	99	20	25	L 2
46	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		77	83	20	26	L 3
47	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		97	89	21	26	W 1
48	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	94	22	26	W 2
49	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		90	85	23	26	W 3
50	Mon, Feb 6, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		98	99	23	27	L 1
51	Tue, Feb 7, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		95	128	23	28	L 2			at New York, NY
52	Thu, Feb 9, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		97	98	23	29	L 3	2,646
53	Fri, Feb 10, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		94	88	24	29	W 1			at Boston, MA
54	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		101	74	25	29	W 2
55	Fri, Feb 17, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		91	86	26	29	W 3			at Philadelphia, PA
56	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		85	84	27	29	W 4
57	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		118	98	28	29	W 5
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	2OT	108	107	29	29	W 6
59	Thu, Feb 23, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		94	92	30	29	W 7
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		103	116	30	30	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		85	87	30	31	L 2
62	Mon, Feb 27, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	98	95	31	31	W 1
63	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		94	98	31	32	L 1			at Saint Paul, MN
64	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	100	32	32	W 1	4,935
65	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		96	102	32	33	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	2OT	111	118	32	34	L 2
67	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	111	32	35	L 3	11,338
68	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		92	88	33	35	W 1
69	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		84	104	33	36	L 1
70	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		99	88	34	36	W 1
71	Mon, Mar 12, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		97	92	35	36	W 2			at New Haven, CT
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	122	35	37	L 1	2,316
73	Thu, Mar 15, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		82	77	36	37	W 1			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	93	110	0	1	L 1	5,446
2	Mon, Mar 19, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	101	98	1	1	W 1	6,489
3	Wed, Mar 21, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	102	97	2	1	W 2	11,669
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Fri, Mar 23, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	87	109	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Mar 25, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	122	118	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Mar 27, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	96	119	3	3	L 1
7	Wed, Mar 28, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	108	104	4	3	W 1
8	Thu, Mar 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	104	109	4	4	L 1

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