1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season

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

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

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