1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season

The 1955–56 NBA season was the Nationals' 7th season in the NBA.

1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coach	Al Cervi
Arena	Onondaga War Memorial
Results
Record	35–37 (.486)
Place	Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division Finals (eliminated 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WSYR-TV
Radio	WSYR

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors	45	27	.625	-	21-7	11-17	13-3	22-14
x-Boston Celtics	39	33	.542	6	20-7	12-15	7-11	18-18
x-Syracuse Nationals	35	37	.486	10	23-8	9–19	3-10	15-21
New York Knicks	35	37	.486	10	13-15	16-13	6-9	17-19

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1955-56 NBA Records
Team	BOS	FWP	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	STL	SYR
Boston	—	4–5	7–2	5–7	5–7	5–4	5–4	8–4
Fort Wayne	5–4	—	5–7	5–4	4–5	7–5	7–5	4–5
Minneapolis	2–7	7–5	—	5–4	3–6	7–5	5–7	4–5
New York	7–5	4–5	4–5	—	6–6	6–3	4–5	4–8
Philadelphia	7–5	5–4	6–3	6–6	—	6–3	6–3	9–3
Rochester	4–5	5–7	5–7	3–6	3–6	—	6–6	5–4
St. Louis	4–5	5–7	7–5	5–4	3–6	6–6	—	3–6
Syracuse	4–8	5–4	5–4	8–4	3–9	4–5	6–3	—

Game log

1955–56 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 5	Fort Wayne	113–114 (OT)	Paul Seymour (19)	1–0
2	November 6	@ Rochester	80–83	Dolph Schayes (15)	1–1
3	November 12	@ St. Louis	91–81	Johnny Kerr (25)	2–1
4	November 13	@ Fort Wayne	79–93	Johnny Kerr (16)	2–2
5	November 17	Minneapolis	91–105	Dolph Schayes (25)	3–2
6	November 19	@ Philadelphia	94–102	Dolph Schayes (25)	3–3
7	November 20	St. Louis	80–84	Paul Seymour (17)	4–3
8	November 23	N Philadelphia	101–104	Dolph Schayes (31)	4–4
9	November 24	Boston	103–111	George King (29)	5–4
10	November 26	@ New York	99–100	Red Rocha (29)	5–5
11	November 27	New York	74–85	Dolph Schayes (19)	6–5
12	November 29	N Boston	97–105	George King (31)	6–6
13	December 3	Minneapolis	103–114	Red Rocha (23)	7–6
14	December 4	@ Minneapolis	102–96	George King (25)	8–6
15	December 6	N Fort Wayne	88–90	Dolph Schayes (21)	8–7
16	December 8	@ Fort Wayne	94–105	Dolph Schayes (20)	8–8
17	December 9	@ Philadelphia	92–101	Johnny Kerr (20)	8–9
18	December 11	Boston	89–101	Dolph Schayes (26)	9–9
19	December 15	Minneapolis	135–133 (3OT)	Dolph Schayes (34)	9–10
20	December 17	@ Boston	110–104	Dolph Schayes (28)	10–10
21	December 18	Philadelphia	79–99	Johnny Kerr (18)	11–10
22	December 20	@ New York	98–91	Johnny Kerr (29)	12–10
23	December 25	Rochester	96–111	Johnny Kerr (20)	13–10
24	December 26	@ Rochester	91–93	Dolph Schayes (27)	13–11
25	December 27	N Rochester	80–91	Dolph Schayes (14)	13–12
26	December 29	@ Philadelphia	83–112	Dolph Schayes (16)	13–13
27	December 30	N Boston	103–110	Johnny Kerr (21)	13–14
28	December 31	New York	92–101	Dolph Schayes (19)	14–14
29	January 1	@ Minneapolis	85–80	Dolph Schayes (19)	15–14
30	January 2	@ St. Louis	84–82	Ed Conlin (17)	16–14
31	January 4	Philadelphia	88–87	Dolph Schayes (21)	16–15
32	January 7	Boston	105–99 (OT)	George King (19)	16–16
33	January 8	@ Minneapolis	91–99	Dolph Schayes (24)	16–17
34	January 10	N Minneapolis	79–90	Dolph Schayes (14)	16–18
35	January 12	St. Louis	78–93	Bill Kenville (19)	17–18
36	January 13	@ Boston	104–119	Dolph Schayes (27)	17–19
37	January 14	@ Rochester	93–102	Dolph Schayes (26)	17–20
38	January 15	Rochester	88–99	Lloyd, Schayes (18)	18–20
39	January 19	Minneapolis	100–122	Johnny Kerr (27)	19–20
40	January 21	N Boston	96–100	Conlin, Kerr (19)	19–21
41	January 22	St. Louis	109–105	Dolph Schayes (24)	19–22
42	January 25	@ Philadelphia	100–112	Dolph Schayes (23)	19–23
43	January 26	Philadelphia	89–100	Kenville, Schayes (26)	20–23
44	January 28	@ St. Louis	85–93	Dolph Schayes (25)	20–24
45	January 29	New York	99–95 (OT)	Earl Lloyd (17)	20–25
46	February 1	@ Rochester	77–83	Lloyd, Schayes (18)	20–26
47	February 2	Rochester	89–97	Paul Seymour (19)	21–26
48	February 4	@ New York	103–94	Dolph Schayes (28)	22–26
49	February 5	Fort Wayne	85–90	Dolph Schayes (25)	23–26
50	February 6	@ Fort Wayne	98–99	Dolph Schayes (25)	23–27
51	February 7	N Philadelphia	95–128	Dolph Schayes (24)	23–28
52	February 9	Boston	98–97	Johnny Kerr (27)	23–29
53	February 10	N New York	94–88	Ed Conlin (18)	24–29
54	February 12	Rochester	74–101	Dolph Schayes (20)	25–29
55	February 17	N New York	91–86	Dolph Schayes (29)	26–29
56	February 18	Fort Wayne	84–85	Johnny Kerr (16)	27–29
57	February 19	New York	98–118	Dolph Schayes (31)	28–29
58	February 21	@ New York	108–107 (2OT)	Dolph Schayes (19)	29–29
59	February 23	Fort Wayne	92–94	Paul Seymour (23)	30–29
60	February 24	N St. Louis	103–116	George King (27)	30–30
61	February 26	Philadelphia	87–85	Dolph Schayes (38)	30–31
62	February 27	@ Fort Wayne	98–95 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (19)	31–31
63	February 29	N Minneapolis	94–98	Dolph Schayes (32)	31–32
64	March 1	Boston	100–111	Dolph Schayes (23)	32–32
65	March 3	@ Philadelphia	96–102	Dolph Schayes (27)	32–33
66	March 4	New York	118–111 (2OT)	Dolph Schayes (29)	32–34
67	March 7	@ Boston	98–111	Paul Seymour (21)	32–35
68	March 8	St. Louis	88–92	Dolph Schayes (19)	33–35
69	March 10	@ New York	84–104	Dolph Schayes (26)	33–36
70	March 11	Philadelphia	88–99	Dolph Schayes (29)	34–36
71	March 12	N St. Louis	97–92	Dolph Schayes (27)	35–36
72	March 14	@ Boston	103–122	Dolph Schayes (25)	35–37

Playoffs

1956 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (Finished as East's #3 seed) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 March 17 New York W 82–77 Dolph Schayes (14) Dolph Schayes (14) Seymour, King (6) Onondaga War Memorial 1–0
Division Semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series 1 March 17 @ Boston L 93–110 Ed Conlin (21) — Dolph Schayes (6) Boston Garden 0–1 2 March 19 Boston W 101–98 Red Kerr (23) Red Kerr (14) Seymour, Schayes (5) Onondaga War Memorial 1–1 3 March 21 @ Boston W 102–97 Dolph Schayes (27) Dolph Schayes (17) Dolph Schayes (5) Boston Garden 2–1
Division Finals: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series 1 March 23 @ Philadelphia L 87–109 Dolph Schayes (19) Kerr, Schayes (14) George King (8) Philadelphia Civic Center 0–1 2 March 25 Philadelphia W 118–112 Dolph Schayes (33) Dolph Schayes (16) George King (10) Onondaga War Memorial 1–1 3 March 27 @ Philadelphia L 96–119 Ed Conlin (19) Dolph Schayes (21) George King (6) Philadelphia Civic Center 1–2 4 March 28 Philadelphia W 108–104 George King (25) Red Kerr (9) George King (15) Onondaga War Memorial 2–2 5 March 29 @ Philadelphia L 104–109 Dolph Schayes (28) Dolph Schayes (16) George King (13) Philadelphia Civic Center 2–3
1956 schedule

Awards and records

• Dolph Schayes, All-NBA Second Team