The 1955–56 New York Knicks season was the tenth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished with a 35–37 record and tied for third place in the Eastern Division with the Syracuse Nationals. New York lost to the Nationals in a one-game playoff for a berth in the Eastern Division Semifinals.[3]
1955–56 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick Vince Boryla |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Results | |
Record | 35–37 (.486) |
Place | Division: 4th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify (Lost Division third-place tiebreaker to Nationals, 0–1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WPIX (Bob Wolff, Bud Palmer)[1] |
Radio | WINS (Les Keiter, Jim Gordon)[2] |
NBA draft
editNote: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[4]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 4 | Ken Sears | F | Santa Clara | |
2 | 11 | Jerry Mullen | F | San Francisco | |
3 | 19 | Guy Sparrow | F | Detroit |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editW | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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
edit1955–56 NBA Records | ||||||||
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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
edit1955–56 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 5 | @ Rochester | 100–98 (OT) | Carl Braun (23) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 105–112 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | November 12 | Boston | 95–96 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 3–0 | |||||
4 | November 13 | N Rochester | 91–94 | Ray Felix (18) | 4–0 | |||||
5 | November 15 | @ St. Louis | 95–121 | Ken Sears (26) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | November 17 | N Fort Wayne | 110–88 | Ray Felix (24) | 5–1 | |||||
7 | November 19 | St. Louis | 104–91 | Ray Felix (13) | 5–2 | |||||
8 | November 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 119–115 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (25) | 6–2 | |||||
9 | November 23 | @ Boston | 115–111 (OT) | Ray Felix (24) | 7–2 | |||||
10 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 97–118 | Carl Braun (26) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 26 | Syracuse | 99–100 | Ray Felix (31) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | November 27 | @ Syracuse | 74–85 | Ray Felix (14) | 8–4 | |||||
13 | November 29 | Fort Wayne | 104–99 | Baechtold, Sears (18) | 8–5 | |||||
14 | December 1 | N Minneapolis | 90–97 | Ray Felix (22) | 8–6 | |||||
15 | December 3 | Philadelphia | 109–102 | Dick McGuire (28) | 8–7 | |||||
16 | December 6 | Rochester | 105–116 | Gallatin, McGuire (23) | 9–7 | |||||
17 | December 10 | @ St. Louis | 99–80 | Ray Felix (18) | 10–7 | |||||
18 | December 13 | Minneapolis | 91–98 | Bob Peterson (19) | 11–7 | |||||
19 | December 14 | @ Boston | 100–102 | Carl Braun (28) | 11–8 | |||||
20 | December 17 | @ Fort Wayne | 100–95 | Carl Braun (20) | 12–8 | |||||
21 | December 18 | Boston | 95–92 | Ray Felix (21) | 12–9 | |||||
22 | December 20 | Syracuse | 98–91 | Carl Braun (20) | 12–10 | |||||
23 | December 25 | @ Fort Wayne | 87–92 | Carl Braun (18) | 12–11 | |||||
24 | December 26 | @ Philadelphia | 108–97 | Ken Sears (26) | 13–11 | |||||
25 | December 27 | Philadelphia | 79–80 | Carl Braun (15) | 14–11 | |||||
26 | December 28 | @ Rochester | 113–91 | Carl Braun (23) | 15–11 | |||||
27 | December 31 | @ Syracuse | 92–101 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 15–12 | |||||
28 | January 1 | Rochester | 101–92 | Walter Dukes (17) | 15–13 | |||||
29 | January 3 | N Boston | 107–97 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 16–13 | |||||
30 | January 4 | N Boston | 103–86 | Ken Sears (20) | 17–13 | |||||
31 | January 5 | Boston | 92–87 | Ray Felix (15) | 17–14 | |||||
32 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | 97–104 | Dukes, Sears (19) | 17–15 | |||||
33 | January 8 | Philadelphia | 95–83 | Harry Gallatin (34) | 17–16 | |||||
34 | January 14 | St. Louis | 104–101 (2OT) | Harry Gallatin (23) | 17–17 | |||||
35 | January 15 | @ Boston | 109–104 (OT) | Baechtold, Shue (22) | 18–17 | |||||
36 | January 17 | Rochester | 107–112 | Carl Braun (25) | 19–17 | |||||
37 | January 18 | @ Rochester | 103–108 | Jim Baechtold (25) | 19–18 | |||||
38 | January 20 | N Minneapolis | 122–109 | Ken Sears (27) | 20–18 | |||||
39 | January 21 | Minneapolis | 109–89 | Ray Felix (24) | 20–19 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Minneapolis | 100–95 | Harry Gallatin (31) | 21–19 | |||||
41 | January 25 | @ Minneapolis | 95–104 | Ken Sears (28) | 21–20 | |||||
42 | January 27 | N Rochester | 111–93 | Baechtold, Braun (18) | 21–21 | |||||
43 | January 28 | Fort Wayne | 92–91 (OT) | Nathaniel Clifton (20) | 21–22 | |||||
44 | January 29 | @ Syracuse | 99–95 (OT) | Carl Braun (23) | 22–22 | |||||
45 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 95–105 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 23–22 | |||||
46 | February 1 | @ Philadelphia | 105–104 (2OT) | Ken Sears (23) | 24–22 | |||||
47 | February 2 | N Philadelphia | 88–87 | Braun, Gallatin (19) | 24–23 | |||||
48 | February 4 | Syracuse | 103–94 | Carl Braun (25) | 24–24 | |||||
49 | February 5 | @ Boston | 104–114 | Jim Baechtold (22) | 24–25 | |||||
50 | February 7 | Boston | 102–113 | Ken Sears (24) | 25–25 | |||||
51 | February 8 | @ Rochester | 102–97 | Ken Sears (26) | 26–25 | |||||
52 | February 10 | N Syracuse | 94–88 | Jim Baechtold (27) | 26–26 | |||||
53 | February 11 | St. Louis | 91–107 | Dick McGuire (20) | 27–26 | |||||
54 | February 12 | @ Boston | 108–116 | Carl Braun (22) | 27–27 | |||||
55 | February 14 | @ St. Louis | 103–99 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 28–27 | |||||
56 | February 15 | N Minneapolis | 102–113 | Carl Braun (31) | 28–28 | |||||
57 | February 17 | N Syracuse | 91–86 | Ray Felix (21) | 28–29 | |||||
58 | February 19 | @ Syracuse | 98–118 | Jim Baechtold (26) | 28–30 | |||||
59 | February 21 | Syracuse | 108–107 (2OT) | Ray Felix (32) | 28–31 | |||||
60 | February 22 | @ Philadelphia | 117–108 | Ken Sears (23) | 29–31 | |||||
61 | February 25 | St. Louis | 99–89 | Ray Felix (19) | 29–32 | |||||
62 | February 26 | @ St. Louis | 85–103 | Nathaniel Clifton (16) | 29–33 | |||||
63 | February 27 | N St. Louis | 109–113 | Carl Braun (44) | 30–33 | |||||
64 | February 28 | Fort Wayne | 99–95 | Carl Braun (24) | 30–34 | |||||
65 | March 2 | N Fort Wayne | 97–104 | Ken Sears (24) | 30–35 | |||||
66 | March 4 | @ Syracuse | 118–111 (2OT) | Harry Gallatin (24) | 31–35 | |||||
67 | March 6 | Boston | 99–119 | Ray Felix (23) | 32–35 | |||||
68 | March 7 | N Philadelphia | 108–87 | Ken Sears (21) | 32–36 | |||||
69 | March 10 | Syracuse | 84–104 | Carl Braun (17) | 33–36 | |||||
70 | March 11 | @ Fort Wayne | 122–96 | Carl Braun (27) | 34–36 | |||||
71 | March 13 | N Minneapolis | 89–102 | Ken Sears (24) | 34–37 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Philadelphia | 108–115 | Ken Sears (23) | 35–37 |
Division Tiebreaker
edit- Note: Tiebreaker games do not count as official playoff games.
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (failed to qualify)
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1956 schedule |
References
edit- ^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 331. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 330. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ "1955–56 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ "1955 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2012.