1955β56 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, 0β1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WPIX ( Bob Wolff, Bud Palmer) [1] |
Radio |
WINS ( Les Keiter, Jim Gordon) [2] |
The 1955β56 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 35β37 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]
Note: 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 |
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 |
1955β56 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 | @ Rochester | 100β98 (OT) | Carl Braun (23) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 105β112 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 12 | Boston | 95β96 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 13 | N Rochester | 91β94 | Ray Felix (18) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | November 15 | @ St. Louis | 95β121 | Ken Sears (26) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 17 | N Fort Wayne | 110β88 | Ray Felix (24) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 19 | St. Louis | 104β91 | Ray Felix (13) | 5β2 | |||||
8 | November 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 119β115 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (25) | 6β2 | |||||
9 | November 23 | @ Boston | 115β111 (OT) | Ray Felix (24) | 7β2 | |||||
10 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 97β118 | Carl Braun (26) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 26 | Syracuse | 99β100 | Ray Felix (31) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 27 | @ Syracuse | 74β85 | Ray Felix (14) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 29 | Fort Wayne | 104β99 | Baechtold, Sears (18) | 8β5 | |||||
14 | December 1 | N Minneapolis | 90β97 | Ray Felix (22) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | December 3 | Philadelphia | 109β102 | Dick McGuire (28) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | December 6 | Rochester | 105β116 | Gallatin, McGuire (23) | 9β7 | |||||
17 | December 10 | @ St. Louis | 99β80 | Ray Felix (18) | 10β7 | |||||
18 | December 13 | Minneapolis | 91β98 | Bob Peterson (19) | 11β7 | |||||
19 | December 14 | @ Boston | 100β102 | Carl Braun (28) | 11β8 | |||||
20 | December 17 | @ Fort Wayne | 100β95 | Carl Braun (20) | 12β8 | |||||
21 | December 18 | Boston | 95β92 | Ray Felix (21) | 12β9 | |||||
22 | December 20 | Syracuse | 98β91 | Carl Braun (20) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 25 | @ Fort Wayne | 87β92 | Carl Braun (18) | 12β11 | |||||
24 | December 26 | @ Philadelphia | 108β97 | Ken Sears (26) | 13β11 | |||||
25 | December 27 | Philadelphia | 79β80 | Carl Braun (15) | 14β11 | |||||
26 | December 28 | @ Rochester | 113β91 | Carl Braun (23) | 15β11 | |||||
27 | December 31 | @ Syracuse | 92β101 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 15β12 | |||||
28 | January 1 | Rochester | 101β92 | Walter Dukes (17) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | January 3 | N Boston | 107β97 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 16β13 | |||||
30 | January 4 | N Boston | 103β86 | Ken Sears (20) | 17β13 | |||||
31 | January 5 | Boston | 92β87 | Ray Felix (15) | 17β14 | |||||
32 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | 97β104 | Dukes, Sears (19) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | January 8 | Philadelphia | 95β83 | Harry Gallatin (34) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 14 | St. Louis | 104β101 (2OT) | Harry Gallatin (23) | 17β17 | |||||
35 | January 15 | @ Boston | 109β104 (OT) | Baechtold, Shue (22) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 17 | Rochester | 107β112 | Carl Braun (25) | 19β17 | |||||
37 | January 18 | @ Rochester | 103β108 | Jim Baechtold (25) | 19β18 | |||||
38 | January 20 | N Minneapolis | 122β109 | Ken Sears (27) | 20β18 | |||||
39 | January 21 | Minneapolis | 109β89 | Ray Felix (24) | 20β19 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Minneapolis | 100β95 | Harry Gallatin (31) | 21β19 | |||||
41 | January 25 | @ Minneapolis | 95β104 | Ken Sears (28) | 21β20 | |||||
42 | January 27 | N Rochester | 111β93 | Baechtold, Braun (18) | 21β21 | |||||
43 | January 28 | Fort Wayne | 92β91 (OT) | Nathaniel Clifton (20) | 21β22 | |||||
44 | January 29 | @ Syracuse | 99β95 (OT) | Carl Braun (23) | 22β22 | |||||
45 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 95β105 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | February 1 | @ Philadelphia | 105β104 (2OT) | Ken Sears (23) | 24β22 | |||||
47 | February 2 | N Philadelphia | 88β87 | Braun, Gallatin (19) | 24β23 | |||||
48 | February 4 | Syracuse | 103β94 | Carl Braun (25) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 5 | @ Boston | 104β114 | Jim Baechtold (22) | 24β25 | |||||
50 | February 7 | Boston | 102β113 | Ken Sears (24) | 25β25 | |||||
51 | February 8 | @ Rochester | 102β97 | Ken Sears (26) | 26β25 | |||||
52 | February 10 | N Syracuse | 94β88 | Jim Baechtold (27) | 26β26 | |||||
53 | February 11 | St. Louis | 91β107 | Dick McGuire (20) | 27β26 | |||||
54 | February 12 | @ Boston | 108β116 | Carl Braun (22) | 27β27 | |||||
55 | February 14 | @ St. Louis | 103β99 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 28β27 | |||||
56 | February 15 | N Minneapolis | 102β113 | Carl Braun (31) | 28β28 | |||||
57 | February 17 | N Syracuse | 91β86 | Ray Felix (21) | 28β29 | |||||
58 | February 19 | @ Syracuse | 98β118 | Jim Baechtold (26) | 28β30 | |||||
59 | February 21 | Syracuse | 108β107 (2OT) | Ray Felix (32) | 28β31 | |||||
60 | February 22 | @ Philadelphia | 117β108 | Ken Sears (23) | 29β31 | |||||
61 | February 25 | St. Louis | 99β89 | Ray Felix (19) | 29β32 | |||||
62 | February 26 | @ St. Louis | 85β103 | Nathaniel Clifton (16) | 29β33 | |||||
63 | February 27 | N St. Louis | 109β113 | Carl Braun (44) | 30β33 | |||||
64 | February 28 | Fort Wayne | 99β95 | Carl Braun (24) | 30β34 | |||||
65 | March 2 | N Fort Wayne | 97β104 | Ken Sears (24) | 30β35 | |||||
66 | March 4 | @ Syracuse | 118β111 (2OT) | Harry Gallatin (24) | 31β35 | |||||
67 | March 6 | Boston | 99β119 | Ray Felix (23) | 32β35 | |||||
68 | March 7 | N Philadelphia | 108β87 | Ken Sears (21) | 32β36 | |||||
69 | March 10 | Syracuse | 84β104 | Carl Braun (17) | 33β36 | |||||
70 | March 11 | @ Fort Wayne | 122β96 | Carl Braun (27) | 34β36 | |||||
71 | March 13 | N Minneapolis | 89β102 | Ken Sears (24) | 34β37 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Philadelphia | 108β115 | Ken Sears (23) | 35β37 |
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (failed to qualify)
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1956 schedule |
1955β56 New York Knicks season | |
---|---|
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, 0β1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WPIX ( Bob Wolff, Bud Palmer) [1] |
Radio |
WINS ( Les Keiter, Jim Gordon) [2] |
The 1955β56 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 35β37 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]
Note: 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Ken Sears | F | ![]() |
Santa Clara |
2 | 11 | Jerry Mullen | F | ![]() |
San Francisco |
3 | 19 | Guy Sparrow | F | ![]() |
Detroit |
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 |
1955β56 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 | @ Rochester | 100β98 (OT) | Carl Braun (23) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 105β112 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 12 | Boston | 95β96 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 13 | N Rochester | 91β94 | Ray Felix (18) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | November 15 | @ St. Louis | 95β121 | Ken Sears (26) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 17 | N Fort Wayne | 110β88 | Ray Felix (24) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 19 | St. Louis | 104β91 | Ray Felix (13) | 5β2 | |||||
8 | November 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 119β115 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (25) | 6β2 | |||||
9 | November 23 | @ Boston | 115β111 (OT) | Ray Felix (24) | 7β2 | |||||
10 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 97β118 | Carl Braun (26) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 26 | Syracuse | 99β100 | Ray Felix (31) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 27 | @ Syracuse | 74β85 | Ray Felix (14) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 29 | Fort Wayne | 104β99 | Baechtold, Sears (18) | 8β5 | |||||
14 | December 1 | N Minneapolis | 90β97 | Ray Felix (22) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | December 3 | Philadelphia | 109β102 | Dick McGuire (28) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | December 6 | Rochester | 105β116 | Gallatin, McGuire (23) | 9β7 | |||||
17 | December 10 | @ St. Louis | 99β80 | Ray Felix (18) | 10β7 | |||||
18 | December 13 | Minneapolis | 91β98 | Bob Peterson (19) | 11β7 | |||||
19 | December 14 | @ Boston | 100β102 | Carl Braun (28) | 11β8 | |||||
20 | December 17 | @ Fort Wayne | 100β95 | Carl Braun (20) | 12β8 | |||||
21 | December 18 | Boston | 95β92 | Ray Felix (21) | 12β9 | |||||
22 | December 20 | Syracuse | 98β91 | Carl Braun (20) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 25 | @ Fort Wayne | 87β92 | Carl Braun (18) | 12β11 | |||||
24 | December 26 | @ Philadelphia | 108β97 | Ken Sears (26) | 13β11 | |||||
25 | December 27 | Philadelphia | 79β80 | Carl Braun (15) | 14β11 | |||||
26 | December 28 | @ Rochester | 113β91 | Carl Braun (23) | 15β11 | |||||
27 | December 31 | @ Syracuse | 92β101 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 15β12 | |||||
28 | January 1 | Rochester | 101β92 | Walter Dukes (17) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | January 3 | N Boston | 107β97 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 16β13 | |||||
30 | January 4 | N Boston | 103β86 | Ken Sears (20) | 17β13 | |||||
31 | January 5 | Boston | 92β87 | Ray Felix (15) | 17β14 | |||||
32 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | 97β104 | Dukes, Sears (19) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | January 8 | Philadelphia | 95β83 | Harry Gallatin (34) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 14 | St. Louis | 104β101 (2OT) | Harry Gallatin (23) | 17β17 | |||||
35 | January 15 | @ Boston | 109β104 (OT) | Baechtold, Shue (22) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 17 | Rochester | 107β112 | Carl Braun (25) | 19β17 | |||||
37 | January 18 | @ Rochester | 103β108 | Jim Baechtold (25) | 19β18 | |||||
38 | January 20 | N Minneapolis | 122β109 | Ken Sears (27) | 20β18 | |||||
39 | January 21 | Minneapolis | 109β89 | Ray Felix (24) | 20β19 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Minneapolis | 100β95 | Harry Gallatin (31) | 21β19 | |||||
41 | January 25 | @ Minneapolis | 95β104 | Ken Sears (28) | 21β20 | |||||
42 | January 27 | N Rochester | 111β93 | Baechtold, Braun (18) | 21β21 | |||||
43 | January 28 | Fort Wayne | 92β91 (OT) | Nathaniel Clifton (20) | 21β22 | |||||
44 | January 29 | @ Syracuse | 99β95 (OT) | Carl Braun (23) | 22β22 | |||||
45 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 95β105 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | February 1 | @ Philadelphia | 105β104 (2OT) | Ken Sears (23) | 24β22 | |||||
47 | February 2 | N Philadelphia | 88β87 | Braun, Gallatin (19) | 24β23 | |||||
48 | February 4 | Syracuse | 103β94 | Carl Braun (25) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 5 | @ Boston | 104β114 | Jim Baechtold (22) | 24β25 | |||||
50 | February 7 | Boston | 102β113 | Ken Sears (24) | 25β25 | |||||
51 | February 8 | @ Rochester | 102β97 | Ken Sears (26) | 26β25 | |||||
52 | February 10 | N Syracuse | 94β88 | Jim Baechtold (27) | 26β26 | |||||
53 | February 11 | St. Louis | 91β107 | Dick McGuire (20) | 27β26 | |||||
54 | February 12 | @ Boston | 108β116 | Carl Braun (22) | 27β27 | |||||
55 | February 14 | @ St. Louis | 103β99 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 28β27 | |||||
56 | February 15 | N Minneapolis | 102β113 | Carl Braun (31) | 28β28 | |||||
57 | February 17 | N Syracuse | 91β86 | Ray Felix (21) | 28β29 | |||||
58 | February 19 | @ Syracuse | 98β118 | Jim Baechtold (26) | 28β30 | |||||
59 | February 21 | Syracuse | 108β107 (2OT) | Ray Felix (32) | 28β31 | |||||
60 | February 22 | @ Philadelphia | 117β108 | Ken Sears (23) | 29β31 | |||||
61 | February 25 | St. Louis | 99β89 | Ray Felix (19) | 29β32 | |||||
62 | February 26 | @ St. Louis | 85β103 | Nathaniel Clifton (16) | 29β33 | |||||
63 | February 27 | N St. Louis | 109β113 | Carl Braun (44) | 30β33 | |||||
64 | February 28 | Fort Wayne | 99β95 | Carl Braun (24) | 30β34 | |||||
65 | March 2 | N Fort Wayne | 97β104 | Ken Sears (24) | 30β35 | |||||
66 | March 4 | @ Syracuse | 118β111 (2OT) | Harry Gallatin (24) | 31β35 | |||||
67 | March 6 | Boston | 99β119 | Ray Felix (23) | 32β35 | |||||
68 | March 7 | N Philadelphia | 108β87 | Ken Sears (21) | 32β36 | |||||
69 | March 10 | Syracuse | 84β104 | Carl Braun (17) | 33β36 | |||||
70 | March 11 | @ Fort Wayne | 122β96 | Carl Braun (27) | 34β36 | |||||
71 | March 13 | N Minneapolis | 89β102 | Ken Sears (24) | 34β37 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Philadelphia | 108β115 | Ken Sears (23) | 35β37 |
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (failed to qualify)
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1956 schedule |