1955β56 Boston Celtics season | |
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Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 39–33 (.542) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
East Division Semi-finals (lost to Nationals 1β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WBZ-TV/ WNAC-TV |
Radio |
WHDH ( Johnny Most) |
The 1955β56 NBA season was the Celtics' tenth season in the NBA. [1] This was the last time the Celtics failed to advance to the NBA Finals until 1966β67.
W | 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 | 9β19 | 3-10 | 15-21 |
New York Knicks | 35 | 37 | .486 | 10 | 13-15 | 16-13 | 6-9 | 17-19 |
1955-56 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β4 |
Fort Wayne | 5β4 | β | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 2β7 | 7β5 | β | 5β4 | 3β6 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 4β5 |
New York | 7β5 | 4β5 | 4β5 | β | 6β6 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 4β8 |
Philadelphia | 7β5 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 | β | 6β3 | 6β3 | 9β3 |
Rochester | 4β5 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 3β6 | 3β6 | β | 6β6 | 5β4 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 3β6 | 6β6 | β | 3β6 |
Syracuse | 4β8 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β |
1955β56 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 5 | Philadelphia | 87β98 | Bob Cousy (31) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 75β119 | Ed Macauley (23) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 12 | @ New York | 95β96 | Ed Macauley (24) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 17 | @ Philadelphia | 92β106 | Bill Sharman (23) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 19 | Fort Wayne | 102β104 | Bill Sharman (20) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 23 | New York | 115β111 (OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 24 | @ Syracuse | 103β111 | Bob Cousy (23) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 26 | @ Rochester | 104β103 | Bill Sharman (32) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 29 | N Syracuse | 97β105 | Ed Macauley (27) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | December 2 | St. Louis | 81β94 | Ed Macauley (26) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | December 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 90β111 | Ed Macauley (19) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | December 6 | @ St. Louis | 122β99 | Macauley, Sharman (25) | 7β5 | |||||
13 | December 9 | N Rochester | 109β108 | Ed Macauley (28) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | December 10 | Minneapolis | 102β118 | Loscutoff, Macauley (18) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | December 11 | @ Syracuse | 89β101 | Jack Nichols (18) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | December 13 | N Philadelphia | 109β108 | Bob Cousy (29) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 14 | New York | 100β102 | Ed Macauley (23) | 9β8 | |||||
18 | December 17 | Syracuse | 110β104 | Bill Sharman (33) | 9β9 | |||||
19 | December 18 | @ New York | 95β92 | Cousy, Loscutoff (20) | 10β9 | |||||
20 | December 20 | N Minneapolis | 99β100 | Cousy, Nichols (22) | 11β9 | |||||
21 | December 25 | @ Minneapolis | 115β112 | Cousy, Sharman (25) | 12β9 | |||||
22 | December 27 | @ St. Louis | 105β102 | Ed Macauley (24) | 13β9 | |||||
23 | December 30 | N Syracuse | 103β110 | Jack Nichols (25) | 14β9 | |||||
24 | December 31 | @ Rochester | 112β100 | Bill Sharman (21) | 15β9 | |||||
25 | January 1 | Philadelphia | 113β121 | Jack Nichols (31) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | January 3 | N New York | 107β97 | Cousy, Macauley (19) | 16β10 | |||||
27 | January 4 | N New York | 103β86 | Bill Sharman (25) | 16β11 | |||||
28 | January 5 | @ New York | 92β87 | Jack Nichols (24) | 17β11 | |||||
29 | January 7 | @ Syracuse | 105β99 (OT) | Bob Cousy (32) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | January 8 | Rochester | 111β109 | Cousy, Sharman (21) | 18β12 | |||||
31 | January 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β105 | Bill Sharman (25) | 18β13 | |||||
32 | January 11 | N Minneapolis | 114β110 | Bob Cousy (24) | 18β14 | |||||
33 | January 13 | Syracuse | 104β119 | Cousy, Sharman (23) | 19β14 | |||||
34 | January 14 | @ Philadelphia | 104β103 | Bill Sharman (22) | 20β14 | |||||
35 | January 15 | New York | 109β104 (OT) | Ed Macauley (21) | 20β15 | |||||
36 | January 17 | N Fort Wayne | 85β91 | Bob Cousy (20) | 21β15 | |||||
37 | January 18 | N Fort Wayne | 90β95 | Bob Cousy (23) | 22β15 | |||||
38 | January 20 | St. Louis | 112β133 | Bill Sharman (25) | 23β15 | |||||
39 | January 21 | N Syracuse | 96β100 | Bill Sharman (21) | 24β15 | |||||
40 | January 22 | Philadelphia | 129β115 | Cousy, Macauley (27) | 24β16 | |||||
41 | January 23 | N Philadelphia | 120β104 | Ed Macauley (31) | 24β17 | |||||
42 | January 25 | N Fort Wayne | 101β100 | Ed Macauley (23) | 24β18 | |||||
43 | January 27 | Fort Wayne | 106β97 | Cousy, Nichols (16) | 24β19 | |||||
44 | January 28 | @ Rochester | 126β119 | Bob Cousy (29) | 25β19 | |||||
45 | January 29 | Rochester | 103β112 | Bob Cousy (29) | 26β19 | |||||
46 | January 31 | @ St. Louis | 91β114 | Dickie Hemric (16) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | February 1 | @ Minneapolis | 106β107 | Ed Macauley (26) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | February 2 | N Minneapolis | 101β102 | Bill Sharman (35) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | February 4 | @ Rochester | 69β83 | Ed Macauley (15) | 27β22 | |||||
50 | February 5 | New York | 104β114 | Bill Sharman (24) | 28β22 | |||||
51 | February 7 | @ New York | 102β113 | Bill Sharman (29) | 28β23 | |||||
52 | February 8 | N St. Louis | 111β110 | Ed Macauley (27) | 28β24 | |||||
53 | February 9 | @ Syracuse | 98β97 | Jack Nichols (23) | 29β24 | |||||
54 | February 10 | St. Louis | 100β124 | Bill Sharman (30) | 30β24 | |||||
55 | February 12 | New York | 108β116 | Bill Sharman (29) | 31β24 | |||||
56 | February 18 | N Philadelphia | 115β101 | Bob Cousy (27) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 19 | Philadelphia | 118β120 | Bob Cousy (24) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 21 | @ St. Louis | 97β101 | Bill Sharman (26) | 32β26 | |||||
59 | February 22 | @ Minneapolis | 93β90 | Ed Macauley (22) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | February 24 | @ Philadelphia | 129β135 | Bill Sharman (33) | 33β27 | |||||
61 | February 26 | Rochester | 100β111 | Bob Cousy (27) | 34β27 | |||||
62 | February 28 | N Rochester | 113β97 | Bill Sharman (18) | 34β28 | |||||
63 | February 29 | Fort Wayne | 99β106 | Bob Cousy (22) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | March 1 | @ Syracuse | 100β111 | Bob Cousy (21) | 35β29 | |||||
65 | March 2 | Minneapolis | 113β119 | Cousy, Sharman (23) | 36β29 | |||||
66 | March 4 | Philadelphia | 114β128 | Bob Cousy (29) | 37β29 | |||||
67 | March 6 | @ New York | 99β119 | Bob Cousy (24) | 37β30 | |||||
68 | March 7 | Syracuse | 98β111 | Bill Sharman (24) | 38β30 | |||||
69 | March 8 | @ Philadelphia | 120β142 | Bill Sharman (33) | 38β31 | |||||
70 | March 10 | N Fort Wayne | 106β103 | Togo Palazzi (21) | 38β32 | |||||
71 | March 11 | St. Louis | 127β121 | Bill Sharman (27) | 38β33 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Syracuse | 103β122 | Bill Sharman (25) | 39β33 |
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semi-finals: 1β2 (home: 1β1; road: 0β1)
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1956 schedule |
1955β56 Boston Celtics season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 39–33 (.542) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
East Division Semi-finals (lost to Nationals 1β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WBZ-TV/ WNAC-TV |
Radio |
WHDH ( Johnny Most) |
The 1955β56 NBA season was the Celtics' tenth season in the NBA. [1] This was the last time the Celtics failed to advance to the NBA Finals until 1966β67.
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 | 9β19 | 3-10 | 15-21 |
New York Knicks | 35 | 37 | .486 | 10 | 13-15 | 16-13 | 6-9 | 17-19 |
1955-56 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β4 |
Fort Wayne | 5β4 | β | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 2β7 | 7β5 | β | 5β4 | 3β6 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 4β5 |
New York | 7β5 | 4β5 | 4β5 | β | 6β6 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 4β8 |
Philadelphia | 7β5 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 | β | 6β3 | 6β3 | 9β3 |
Rochester | 4β5 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 3β6 | 3β6 | β | 6β6 | 5β4 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 3β6 | 6β6 | β | 3β6 |
Syracuse | 4β8 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β |
1955β56 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 5 | Philadelphia | 87β98 | Bob Cousy (31) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 75β119 | Ed Macauley (23) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 12 | @ New York | 95β96 | Ed Macauley (24) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 17 | @ Philadelphia | 92β106 | Bill Sharman (23) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 19 | Fort Wayne | 102β104 | Bill Sharman (20) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 23 | New York | 115β111 (OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 24 | @ Syracuse | 103β111 | Bob Cousy (23) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 26 | @ Rochester | 104β103 | Bill Sharman (32) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 29 | N Syracuse | 97β105 | Ed Macauley (27) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | December 2 | St. Louis | 81β94 | Ed Macauley (26) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | December 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 90β111 | Ed Macauley (19) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | December 6 | @ St. Louis | 122β99 | Macauley, Sharman (25) | 7β5 | |||||
13 | December 9 | N Rochester | 109β108 | Ed Macauley (28) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | December 10 | Minneapolis | 102β118 | Loscutoff, Macauley (18) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | December 11 | @ Syracuse | 89β101 | Jack Nichols (18) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | December 13 | N Philadelphia | 109β108 | Bob Cousy (29) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 14 | New York | 100β102 | Ed Macauley (23) | 9β8 | |||||
18 | December 17 | Syracuse | 110β104 | Bill Sharman (33) | 9β9 | |||||
19 | December 18 | @ New York | 95β92 | Cousy, Loscutoff (20) | 10β9 | |||||
20 | December 20 | N Minneapolis | 99β100 | Cousy, Nichols (22) | 11β9 | |||||
21 | December 25 | @ Minneapolis | 115β112 | Cousy, Sharman (25) | 12β9 | |||||
22 | December 27 | @ St. Louis | 105β102 | Ed Macauley (24) | 13β9 | |||||
23 | December 30 | N Syracuse | 103β110 | Jack Nichols (25) | 14β9 | |||||
24 | December 31 | @ Rochester | 112β100 | Bill Sharman (21) | 15β9 | |||||
25 | January 1 | Philadelphia | 113β121 | Jack Nichols (31) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | January 3 | N New York | 107β97 | Cousy, Macauley (19) | 16β10 | |||||
27 | January 4 | N New York | 103β86 | Bill Sharman (25) | 16β11 | |||||
28 | January 5 | @ New York | 92β87 | Jack Nichols (24) | 17β11 | |||||
29 | January 7 | @ Syracuse | 105β99 (OT) | Bob Cousy (32) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | January 8 | Rochester | 111β109 | Cousy, Sharman (21) | 18β12 | |||||
31 | January 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β105 | Bill Sharman (25) | 18β13 | |||||
32 | January 11 | N Minneapolis | 114β110 | Bob Cousy (24) | 18β14 | |||||
33 | January 13 | Syracuse | 104β119 | Cousy, Sharman (23) | 19β14 | |||||
34 | January 14 | @ Philadelphia | 104β103 | Bill Sharman (22) | 20β14 | |||||
35 | January 15 | New York | 109β104 (OT) | Ed Macauley (21) | 20β15 | |||||
36 | January 17 | N Fort Wayne | 85β91 | Bob Cousy (20) | 21β15 | |||||
37 | January 18 | N Fort Wayne | 90β95 | Bob Cousy (23) | 22β15 | |||||
38 | January 20 | St. Louis | 112β133 | Bill Sharman (25) | 23β15 | |||||
39 | January 21 | N Syracuse | 96β100 | Bill Sharman (21) | 24β15 | |||||
40 | January 22 | Philadelphia | 129β115 | Cousy, Macauley (27) | 24β16 | |||||
41 | January 23 | N Philadelphia | 120β104 | Ed Macauley (31) | 24β17 | |||||
42 | January 25 | N Fort Wayne | 101β100 | Ed Macauley (23) | 24β18 | |||||
43 | January 27 | Fort Wayne | 106β97 | Cousy, Nichols (16) | 24β19 | |||||
44 | January 28 | @ Rochester | 126β119 | Bob Cousy (29) | 25β19 | |||||
45 | January 29 | Rochester | 103β112 | Bob Cousy (29) | 26β19 | |||||
46 | January 31 | @ St. Louis | 91β114 | Dickie Hemric (16) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | February 1 | @ Minneapolis | 106β107 | Ed Macauley (26) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | February 2 | N Minneapolis | 101β102 | Bill Sharman (35) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | February 4 | @ Rochester | 69β83 | Ed Macauley (15) | 27β22 | |||||
50 | February 5 | New York | 104β114 | Bill Sharman (24) | 28β22 | |||||
51 | February 7 | @ New York | 102β113 | Bill Sharman (29) | 28β23 | |||||
52 | February 8 | N St. Louis | 111β110 | Ed Macauley (27) | 28β24 | |||||
53 | February 9 | @ Syracuse | 98β97 | Jack Nichols (23) | 29β24 | |||||
54 | February 10 | St. Louis | 100β124 | Bill Sharman (30) | 30β24 | |||||
55 | February 12 | New York | 108β116 | Bill Sharman (29) | 31β24 | |||||
56 | February 18 | N Philadelphia | 115β101 | Bob Cousy (27) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 19 | Philadelphia | 118β120 | Bob Cousy (24) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 21 | @ St. Louis | 97β101 | Bill Sharman (26) | 32β26 | |||||
59 | February 22 | @ Minneapolis | 93β90 | Ed Macauley (22) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | February 24 | @ Philadelphia | 129β135 | Bill Sharman (33) | 33β27 | |||||
61 | February 26 | Rochester | 100β111 | Bob Cousy (27) | 34β27 | |||||
62 | February 28 | N Rochester | 113β97 | Bill Sharman (18) | 34β28 | |||||
63 | February 29 | Fort Wayne | 99β106 | Bob Cousy (22) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | March 1 | @ Syracuse | 100β111 | Bob Cousy (21) | 35β29 | |||||
65 | March 2 | Minneapolis | 113β119 | Cousy, Sharman (23) | 36β29 | |||||
66 | March 4 | Philadelphia | 114β128 | Bob Cousy (29) | 37β29 | |||||
67 | March 6 | @ New York | 99β119 | Bob Cousy (24) | 37β30 | |||||
68 | March 7 | Syracuse | 98β111 | Bill Sharman (24) | 38β30 | |||||
69 | March 8 | @ Philadelphia | 120β142 | Bill Sharman (33) | 38β31 | |||||
70 | March 10 | N Fort Wayne | 106β103 | Togo Palazzi (21) | 38β32 | |||||
71 | March 11 | St. Louis | 127β121 | Bill Sharman (27) | 38β33 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Syracuse | 103β122 | Bill Sharman (25) | 39β33 |
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semi-finals: 1β2 (home: 1β1; road: 0β1)
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1956 schedule |