Professional basketball team season (won NBA championship)
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season George Senesky took over for Eddie Gottlieb as coach, the Warriors had a strong start by winning 12 of their first 16 games.[1] Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston were among the league's scoring leaders as the Warriors won the Eastern Division with a 45–27 record. The addition of rookie Tom Gola made the difference. In his first season Gola averaged 9.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.[1] In the Eastern Division Finals the Warriors beat the Syracuse Nationals in 5 games. In the NBA Finals, the Warriors won their 2nd Championship by beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 1.
Roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
F
11
Arizin, Paul
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Villanova
G
7
Beck, Ernie
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Penn
F/C
12
Davis, Walt
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Texas A&M
G
5
Dempsey, George
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
King's (NY)
G
17
George, Jack
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
La Salle
G/F
15
Gola, Tom
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
La Salle
F/C
9
Graboski, Joe
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Tuley HS (IL)
G
4
Hennessy, Larry
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Villanova
C
6
Johnston, Neil
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Ohio State
F
14
Moore, Jackie
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
La Salle
G
25
Schafer, Bob
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Villanova
Head coach
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1955-56 NBA Records
Team
BOS
FWP
MIN
NYK
PHI
ROC
STL
SYR
Boston
—
4–5
7–2
5–7
6-33
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
@ Boston
87–98
Joe Graboski (18)
1–0
2
November 9
Minneapolis
106–117
Neil Johnston (29)
1–1
3
November 10
N Rochester
84–89
Paul Arizin (33)
2–1
4
November 12
N Minneapolis
100–89
Paul Arizin (34)
3–1
5
November 17
@ Philadelphia
92–106
Joe Graboski (21)
4–1
6
November 19
Syracuse
94–102
Neil Johnston (37)
5–1
7
November 23
N Syracuse
101–104
Arizin, George (23)
6–1
8
November 24
New York
97–118
Neil Johnston (32)
7–1
9
November 26
Fort Wayne
82–87
Paul Arizin (22)
8–1
10
November 27
@ Minneapolis
94–99
Paul Arizin (24)
8–2
11
November 29
@ St. Louis
95–108
Jack George (15)
8–3
12
December 1
St. Louis
98–115
Neil Johnston (31)
9–3
13
December 3
@ New York
109–102
Paul Arizin (32)
10–3
14
December 4
@ Rochester
84–107
Neil Johnston (21)
10–4
15
December 6
N Minneapolis
116–103
Neil Johnston (32)
11–4
16
December 9
Syracuse
92–101
Jack George (30)
12–4
17
December 11
@ Fort Wayne
91–96
Paul Arizin (21)
12–5
18
December 13
N Boston
109–108
Neil Johnston (29)
13–5
19
December 15
Fort Wayne
73–80
Neil Johnston (22)
14–5
20
December 18
@ Syracuse
79–99
Neil Johnston (17)
14–6
21
December 21
@ Rochester
96–92
Neil Johnston (21)
15–6
22
December 26
New York
108–97
Paul Arizin (22)
15–7
23
December 27
@ New York
79–80
Paul Arizin (29)
15–8
24
December 29
Syracuse
83–112
Paul Arizin (20)
16–8
25
January 1
@ Boston
113–121
Paul Arizin (37)
16–9
26
January 2
N Rochester
100–130
Paul Arizin (23)
17–9
27
January 3
Fort Wayne
82–102
Tom Gola (20)
18–9
28
January 4
@ Syracuse
88–87
Neil Johnston (26)
19–9
29
January 5
N Fort Wayne
81–92
Joe Graboski (31)
19–10
30
January 7
New York
97–104
Neil Johnston (24)
20–10
31
January 8
@ New York
95–83
Neil Johnston (28)
21–10
32
January 10
St. Louis
107–109 (OT)
Neil Johnston (35)
22–10
33
January 11
@ Rochester
97–94
Paul Arizin (32)
23–10
34
January 12
Rochester
94–123
Neil Johnston (23)
24–10
35
January 14
Boston
104–103
Paul Arizin (27)
24–11
36
January 15
@ St. Louis
108–96
Paul Arizin (35)
25–11
37
January 18
N Minneapolis
94–105
Neil Johnston (28)
25–12
38
January 21
Fort Wayne
92–91
Joe Graboski (28)
25–13
39
January 22
@ Boston
129–115
Paul Arizin (39)
26–13
40
January 23
N Boston
120–104
Neil Johnston (29)
27–13
41
January 25
Syracuse
100–112
Paul Arizin (26)
28–13
42
January 26
@ Syracuse
89–100
Paul Arizin (23)
28–14
43
January 28
@ Minneapolis
108–85
Paul Arizin (33)
29–14
44
January 29
@ Fort Wayne
85–99
Paul Arizin (20)
29–15
45
January 31
@ New York
95–105
Paul Arizin (38)
29–16
46
February 1
New York
105–104 (2OT)
Joe Graboski (29)
29–17
47
February 2
N New York
88–87
Paul Arizin (31)
30–17
48
February 3
Rochester
105–96
Paul Arizin (31)
30–18
49
February 5
@ St. Louis
93–105
Paul Arizin (22)
30–19
50
February 7
N Syracuse
95–128
Neil Johnston (41)
31–19
51
February 9
St. Louis
97–108
Paul Arizin (34)
32–19
52
February 11
@ Minneapolis
117–102
Paul Arizin (34)
33–19
53
February 12
@ St. Louis
87–79
Neil Johnston (22)
34–19
54
February 13
N Fort Wayne
105–94
Paul Arizin (26)
35–19
55
February 15
N Fort Wayne
101–78
Paul Arizin (25)
36–19
56
February 17
Minneapolis
111–134
Arizin, Johnston (29)
37–19
57
February 18
N Boston
115–101
Neil Johnston (38)
38–19
58
February 19
@ Boston
118–120
Paul Arizin (39)
38–20
59
February 22
New York
117–108
Neil Johnston (29)
38–21
60
February 24
Boston
129–135
Joe Graboski (35)
39–21
61
February 26
@ Syracuse
87–85
Paul Arizin (26)
40–21
62
February 29
Rochester
81–86
Neil Johnston (21)
41–21
63
March 1
Minneapolis
102–100
Joe Graboski (28)
41–22
64
March 3
Syracuse
96–102
Paul Arizin (31)
42–22
65
March 4
@ Boston
114–128
Paul Arizin (39)
42–23
66
March 6
N St. Louis
102–97
Paul Arizin (31)
42–24
67
March 7
N New York
108–87
Neil Johnston (34)
43–24
68
March 8
Boston
120–142
Arizin, Johnston (29)
44–24
69
March 10
@ Rochester
96–111
Paul Arizin (21)
44–25
70
March 11
@ Syracuse
88–99
Paul Arizin (20)
44–26
71
March 13
St. Louis
113–116
Jack George (33)
45–26
72
March 14
@ New York
108–115
Neil Johnston (27)
45–27
Roster
Philadelphia Warriors 1955–56 NBA champions
Playoffs
1956 playoff game log
Division Finals: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
NBA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
1956 schedule
Awards and honors
References
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