1955β56 Rochester Royals season | |
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Head coach | Bobby Wanzer |
Owners | Jack Harrison Les Harrison |
Arena | Rochester Community War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 31–41 (.431) |
Place | Division: 4th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHAM-TV |
Radio | WROC |
The 1955β56 NBA season was the Royals eighth season in the NBA. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 37 | 35 | .514 | - | 19-7 | 10-17 | 8-11 | 19-17 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 33 | 39 | .458 | 4 | 14-12 | 6-21 | 13-6 | 19-17 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 33 | 39 | .458 | 4 | 15-11 | 11-17 | 7-11 | 18-18 |
Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 6 | 15-14 | 6-21 | 10-6 | 16-20 |
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 | New York | 100β98 (OT) | Maurice Stokes (32) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 6 | Syracuse | 80β83 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 10 | N Philadelphia | 84β89 | Maurice Stokes (26) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 12 | N Fort Wayne | 84β79 | Bobby Wanzer (25) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 13 | N New York | 91β94 | Maurice Stokes (19) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 19 | Minneapolis | 91β90 | Art Spoelstra (17) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 20 | @ Minneapolis | 104β96 | Maurice Stokes (25) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 23 | @ St. Louis | 88β90 (OT) | Don Meineke (16) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 24 | @ Fort Wayne | 93β104 | Connie Simmons (19) | 3β6 | |||||
10 | November 26 | Boston | 104β103 | Jack Twyman (28) | 3β7 | |||||
11 | November 30 | Fort Wayne | 76β87 | Jack Twyman (18) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | December 3 | St. Louis | 89β78 | Bobby Wanzer (19) | 4β8 | |||||
13 | December 4 | Philadelphia | 84β107 | Jack Twyman (25) | 5β8 | |||||
14 | December 6 | @ New York | 105β116 | Bobby Wanzer (22) | 5β9 | |||||
15 | December 7 | Minneapolis | 79β92 | Jack Twyman (18) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 9 | N Boston | 109β108 | Maurice Stokes (31) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 10 | Fort Wayne | 116β117 (OT) | Jack Twyman (24) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 11 | St. Louis | 91β93 | Jack Twyman (20) | 9β9 | |||||
19 | December 14 | N St. Louis | 109β117 | Bobby Wanzer (24) | 10β9 | |||||
20 | December 16 | N St. Louis | 100β97 (OT) | Jack Coleman (18) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 17 | @ Minneapolis | 92β94 | Jack Twyman (23) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 18 | @ St. Louis | 85β86 | Jack McMahon (28) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 21 | Philadelphia | 96β92 | Jack Coleman (20) | 10β13 | |||||
24 | December 25 | @ Syracuse | 96β111 | Jack Coleman (22) | 10β14 | |||||
25 | December 26 | Syracuse | 91β93 | Art Spoelstra (19) | 11β14 | |||||
26 | December 27 | N Syracuse | 80β91 | Bobby Wanzer (28) | 12β14 | |||||
27 | December 28 | New York | 113β91 | Jack Twyman (20) | 12β15 | |||||
28 | December 29 | @ Fort Wayne | 75β83 | Jack Twyman (19) | 12β16 | |||||
29 | December 31 | Boston | 112β100 | Ed Fleming (28) | 12β17 | |||||
30 | January 1 | @ New York | 101β92 | Maurice Stokes (28) | 13β17 | |||||
31 | January 2 | N Philadelphia | 100β130 | Ed Fleming (20) | 13β18 | |||||
32 | January 4 | Fort Wayne | 88β86 | Maurice Stokes (20) | 13β19 | |||||
33 | January 7 | Minneapolis | 98β103 | Jack Twyman (19) | 14β19 | |||||
34 | January 8 | @ Boston | 111β109 | Bobby Wanzer (22) | 15β19 | |||||
35 | January 11 | Philadelphia | 97β94 | Art Spoelstra (20) | 15β20 | |||||
36 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 94β123 | Ed Fleming (19) | 15β21 | |||||
37 | January 13 | N St. Louis | 90β98 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 16β21 | |||||
38 | January 14 | Syracuse | 93β102 | Spoelstra, Stokes (26) | 17β21 | |||||
39 | January 15 | @ Syracuse | 88β99 | Art Spoelstra (21) | 17β22 | |||||
40 | January 17 | @ New York | 107β112 | Jack Twyman (26) | 17β23 | |||||
41 | January 18 | New York | 103β108 | Ed Fleming (27) | 18β23 | |||||
42 | January 21 | N St. Louis | 90β97 | Ed Fleming (27) | 19β23 | |||||
43 | January 22 | @ Fort Wayne | 93β111 | Maurice Stokes (19) | 19β24 | |||||
44 | January 25 | @ St. Louis | 106β114 | Maurice Stokes (36) | 19β25 | |||||
45 | January 27 | N New York | 111β93 | Maurice Stokes (26) | 20β25 | |||||
46 | January 28 | Boston | 126β119 | Jack Twyman (40) | 20β26 | |||||
47 | January 29 | @ Boston | 103β112 | Maurice Stokes (18) | 20β27 | |||||
48 | January 31 | N Minneapolis | 86β92 | Maurice Stokes (15) | 20β28 | |||||
49 | February 1 | Syracuse | 77β83 | Jack Twyman (16) | 21β28 | |||||
50 | February 2 | @ Syracuse | 89β97 | Ed Fleming (23) | 21β29 | |||||
51 | February 3 | @ Philadelphia | 105β96 | Maurice Stokes (29) | 22β29 | |||||
52 | February 4 | Boston | 69β83 | Meineke, Spoelstra (18) | 23β29 | |||||
53 | February 5 | @ Minneapolis | 121β109 | Stokes, Twyman (28) | 24β29 | |||||
54 | February 8 | New York | 102β97 | Jack Twyman (19) | 24β30 | |||||
55 | February 11 | Fort Wayne | 93β97 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 25β30 | |||||
56 | February 12 | @ Syracuse | 74β101 | Ed Fleming (14) | 25β31 | |||||
57 | February 14 | N Minneapolis | 79β110 | Bobby Wanzer (19) | 25β32 | |||||
58 | February 16 | @ Fort Wayne | 81β93 | Ed Fleming (16) | 25β33 | |||||
59 | February 18 | Minneapolis | 119β99 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 25β34 | |||||
60 | February 19 | @ Minneapolis | 93β100 | Jack Twyman (14) | 25β35 | |||||
61 | February 21 | @ Fort Wayne | 106β102 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 26β35 | |||||
62 | February 22 | N St. Louis | 109β110 | Ed Fleming (32) | 27β35 | |||||
63 | February 25 | Fort Wayne | 97β72 | Jack Twyman (18) | 27β36 | |||||
64 | February 26 | @ Boston | 100β111 | Maurice Stokes (25) | 27β37 | |||||
65 | February 28 | N Boston | 113β97 | Ed Fleming (21) | 28β37 | |||||
66 | February 29 | @ Philadelphia | 81β86 | Dick Ricketts (20) | 28β38 | |||||
67 | March 1 | @ St. Louis | 95β94 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 29β38 | |||||
68 | March 3 | Minneapolis | 90β94 | Regan, Wanzer (16) | 30β38 | |||||
69 | March 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 88β103 | Regan, Twyman (16) | 30β39 | |||||
70 | March 7 | St. Louis | 96β89 | Maurice Stokes (21) | 30β40 | |||||
71 | March 10 | Philadelphia | 96β111 | Ed Fleming (25) | 31β40 | |||||
72 | March 11 | @ Minneapolis | 98β126 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 31β41 |
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Coleman | |||||||||||
Red Davis | |||||||||||
Ed Fleming | |||||||||||
Chris Harris | |||||||||||
Jack McMahon | |||||||||||
Monk Meineke | |||||||||||
Richie Regan | |||||||||||
Dick Ricketts | |||||||||||
Connie Simmons | |||||||||||
Art Spoelstra | |||||||||||
Maurice Stokes | |||||||||||
Jack Twyman | |||||||||||
Bobby Wanzer |
1955β56 Rochester Royals season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Bobby Wanzer |
Owners | Jack Harrison Les Harrison |
Arena | Rochester Community War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 31–41 (.431) |
Place | Division: 4th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHAM-TV |
Radio | WROC |
The 1955β56 NBA season was the Royals eighth season in the NBA. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 37 | 35 | .514 | - | 19-7 | 10-17 | 8-11 | 19-17 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 33 | 39 | .458 | 4 | 14-12 | 6-21 | 13-6 | 19-17 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 33 | 39 | .458 | 4 | 15-11 | 11-17 | 7-11 | 18-18 |
Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 6 | 15-14 | 6-21 | 10-6 | 16-20 |
1955-56 NBA Records | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New York | 100β98 (OT) | Maurice Stokes (32) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 6 | Syracuse | 80β83 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 10 | N Philadelphia | 84β89 | Maurice Stokes (26) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 12 | N Fort Wayne | 84β79 | Bobby Wanzer (25) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 13 | N New York | 91β94 | Maurice Stokes (19) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 19 | Minneapolis | 91β90 | Art Spoelstra (17) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 20 | @ Minneapolis | 104β96 | Maurice Stokes (25) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 23 | @ St. Louis | 88β90 (OT) | Don Meineke (16) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 24 | @ Fort Wayne | 93β104 | Connie Simmons (19) | 3β6 | |||||
10 | November 26 | Boston | 104β103 | Jack Twyman (28) | 3β7 | |||||
11 | November 30 | Fort Wayne | 76β87 | Jack Twyman (18) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | December 3 | St. Louis | 89β78 | Bobby Wanzer (19) | 4β8 | |||||
13 | December 4 | Philadelphia | 84β107 | Jack Twyman (25) | 5β8 | |||||
14 | December 6 | @ New York | 105β116 | Bobby Wanzer (22) | 5β9 | |||||
15 | December 7 | Minneapolis | 79β92 | Jack Twyman (18) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 9 | N Boston | 109β108 | Maurice Stokes (31) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 10 | Fort Wayne | 116β117 (OT) | Jack Twyman (24) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 11 | St. Louis | 91β93 | Jack Twyman (20) | 9β9 | |||||
19 | December 14 | N St. Louis | 109β117 | Bobby Wanzer (24) | 10β9 | |||||
20 | December 16 | N St. Louis | 100β97 (OT) | Jack Coleman (18) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 17 | @ Minneapolis | 92β94 | Jack Twyman (23) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 18 | @ St. Louis | 85β86 | Jack McMahon (28) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 21 | Philadelphia | 96β92 | Jack Coleman (20) | 10β13 | |||||
24 | December 25 | @ Syracuse | 96β111 | Jack Coleman (22) | 10β14 | |||||
25 | December 26 | Syracuse | 91β93 | Art Spoelstra (19) | 11β14 | |||||
26 | December 27 | N Syracuse | 80β91 | Bobby Wanzer (28) | 12β14 | |||||
27 | December 28 | New York | 113β91 | Jack Twyman (20) | 12β15 | |||||
28 | December 29 | @ Fort Wayne | 75β83 | Jack Twyman (19) | 12β16 | |||||
29 | December 31 | Boston | 112β100 | Ed Fleming (28) | 12β17 | |||||
30 | January 1 | @ New York | 101β92 | Maurice Stokes (28) | 13β17 | |||||
31 | January 2 | N Philadelphia | 100β130 | Ed Fleming (20) | 13β18 | |||||
32 | January 4 | Fort Wayne | 88β86 | Maurice Stokes (20) | 13β19 | |||||
33 | January 7 | Minneapolis | 98β103 | Jack Twyman (19) | 14β19 | |||||
34 | January 8 | @ Boston | 111β109 | Bobby Wanzer (22) | 15β19 | |||||
35 | January 11 | Philadelphia | 97β94 | Art Spoelstra (20) | 15β20 | |||||
36 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 94β123 | Ed Fleming (19) | 15β21 | |||||
37 | January 13 | N St. Louis | 90β98 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 16β21 | |||||
38 | January 14 | Syracuse | 93β102 | Spoelstra, Stokes (26) | 17β21 | |||||
39 | January 15 | @ Syracuse | 88β99 | Art Spoelstra (21) | 17β22 | |||||
40 | January 17 | @ New York | 107β112 | Jack Twyman (26) | 17β23 | |||||
41 | January 18 | New York | 103β108 | Ed Fleming (27) | 18β23 | |||||
42 | January 21 | N St. Louis | 90β97 | Ed Fleming (27) | 19β23 | |||||
43 | January 22 | @ Fort Wayne | 93β111 | Maurice Stokes (19) | 19β24 | |||||
44 | January 25 | @ St. Louis | 106β114 | Maurice Stokes (36) | 19β25 | |||||
45 | January 27 | N New York | 111β93 | Maurice Stokes (26) | 20β25 | |||||
46 | January 28 | Boston | 126β119 | Jack Twyman (40) | 20β26 | |||||
47 | January 29 | @ Boston | 103β112 | Maurice Stokes (18) | 20β27 | |||||
48 | January 31 | N Minneapolis | 86β92 | Maurice Stokes (15) | 20β28 | |||||
49 | February 1 | Syracuse | 77β83 | Jack Twyman (16) | 21β28 | |||||
50 | February 2 | @ Syracuse | 89β97 | Ed Fleming (23) | 21β29 | |||||
51 | February 3 | @ Philadelphia | 105β96 | Maurice Stokes (29) | 22β29 | |||||
52 | February 4 | Boston | 69β83 | Meineke, Spoelstra (18) | 23β29 | |||||
53 | February 5 | @ Minneapolis | 121β109 | Stokes, Twyman (28) | 24β29 | |||||
54 | February 8 | New York | 102β97 | Jack Twyman (19) | 24β30 | |||||
55 | February 11 | Fort Wayne | 93β97 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 25β30 | |||||
56 | February 12 | @ Syracuse | 74β101 | Ed Fleming (14) | 25β31 | |||||
57 | February 14 | N Minneapolis | 79β110 | Bobby Wanzer (19) | 25β32 | |||||
58 | February 16 | @ Fort Wayne | 81β93 | Ed Fleming (16) | 25β33 | |||||
59 | February 18 | Minneapolis | 119β99 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 25β34 | |||||
60 | February 19 | @ Minneapolis | 93β100 | Jack Twyman (14) | 25β35 | |||||
61 | February 21 | @ Fort Wayne | 106β102 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 26β35 | |||||
62 | February 22 | N St. Louis | 109β110 | Ed Fleming (32) | 27β35 | |||||
63 | February 25 | Fort Wayne | 97β72 | Jack Twyman (18) | 27β36 | |||||
64 | February 26 | @ Boston | 100β111 | Maurice Stokes (25) | 27β37 | |||||
65 | February 28 | N Boston | 113β97 | Ed Fleming (21) | 28β37 | |||||
66 | February 29 | @ Philadelphia | 81β86 | Dick Ricketts (20) | 28β38 | |||||
67 | March 1 | @ St. Louis | 95β94 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 29β38 | |||||
68 | March 3 | Minneapolis | 90β94 | Regan, Wanzer (16) | 30β38 | |||||
69 | March 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 88β103 | Regan, Twyman (16) | 30β39 | |||||
70 | March 7 | St. Louis | 96β89 | Maurice Stokes (21) | 30β40 | |||||
71 | March 10 | Philadelphia | 96β111 | Ed Fleming (25) | 31β40 | |||||
72 | March 11 | @ Minneapolis | 98β126 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 31β41 |
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Coleman | |||||||||||
Red Davis | |||||||||||
Ed Fleming | |||||||||||
Chris Harris | |||||||||||
Jack McMahon | |||||||||||
Monk Meineke | |||||||||||
Richie Regan | |||||||||||
Dick Ricketts | |||||||||||
Connie Simmons | |||||||||||
Art Spoelstra | |||||||||||
Maurice Stokes | |||||||||||
Jack Twyman | |||||||||||
Bobby Wanzer |