1955β56 St. Louis Hawks season | |
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Head coach | Red Holzman |
Arena | Kiel Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 33–39 (.458) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish | West Division Finals(eliminated 2β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTVI |
Radio | KMOX |
The 1955β1956 Saint Louis Hawks season was the 10th season for the franchise. After 4 last-place seasons in Milwaukee, the Hawks relocated to St. Louis. The city had once been home to the St. Louis Bombers, an early BAA franchise that folded in 1950. The Hawks were on the verge of becoming one of the top teams in the NBA, led by second year forward Bob Pettit, who would earn the very first MVP award in NBA history. [1] The Hawks would finish in third place with a 33β39 record.
In the playoffs against the Minneapolis Lakers, the Hawks were triumphant in Game 1 by a single point. Game 2 was played in Minneapolis, and the Hawks were blown out by 58 points in Game 2. The third game was contested in St. Louis. Once again, the Hawks would win by 1 point to advance to the Western Finals. In the three games, the Hawks were outscored by 56 points. In the Western Finals, the Hawks would win the first 2 games against the Fort Wayne Pistons. However, the Pistons would rebound to take the next 3 games and win the series. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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 | Minneapolis | 89β101 | Pettit, Selvy (21) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 12 | Syracuse | 91β81 | Bob Pettit (32) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 15 | New York | 95β121 | Bob Pettit (23) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 19 | @ New York | 104β91 | Bob Pettit (33) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 20 | @ Syracuse | 80β84 | Chuck Share (20) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 23 | Rochester | 88β90 (OT) | Pettit, Share (20) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | November 24 | @ Minneapolis | 99β107 | Bob Pettit (20) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 26 | Minneapolis | 95β104 | Pettit, Selvy (20) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 106β114 (OT) | Bob Pettit (27) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 29 | Philadelphia | 95β108 | Bob Pettit (40) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 30 | N Minneapolis | 99β97 | Bob Harrison (19) | 7β4 | |||||
12 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia | 98β115 | Bob Pettit (22) | 7β5 | |||||
13 | December 2 | @ Boston | 81β94 | Bob Pettit (24) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | December 3 | @ Rochester | 89β78 | Bob Pettit (25) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | December 6 | Boston | 122β99 | Bob Pettit (24) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | December 10 | New York | 99β80 | Bob Pettit (20) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 11 | @ Rochester | 91β93 | Bob Pettit (30) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 14 | N Rochester | 109β117 | Bob Pettit (34) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 16 | N Rochester | 100β97 (OT) | Bob Pettit (23) | 9β10 | |||||
20 | December 18 | Rochester | 85β86 | Bob Pettit (26) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 26 | N Fort Wayne | 67β83 | Bob Harrison (12) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 27 | Boston | 105β102 | Bob Pettit (46) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 28 | @ Minneapolis | 111β90 | Bob Pettit (33) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 29 | N Minneapolis | 71β74 | Bob Pettit (20) | 11β13 | |||||
25 | December 30 | N Fort Wayne | 89β90 | Jack Stephens (21) | 11β14 | |||||
26 | January 1 | @ Fort Wayne | 68β85 | Bob Schafer (17) | 11β15 | |||||
27 | January 2 | Syracuse | 84β82 | Chuck Share (20) | 11β16 | |||||
28 | January 4 | @ Minneapolis | 76β94 | Bob Pettit (27) | 11β17 | |||||
29 | January 7 | Fort Wayne | 108β97 | Bob Pettit (22) | 11β18 | |||||
30 | January 8 | @ Fort Wayne | 96β91 | Bob Pettit (21) | 12β18 | |||||
31 | January 10 | @ Philadelphia | 107β109 (OT) | Bob Pettit (26) | 12β19 | |||||
32 | January 12 | @ Syracuse | 78β93 | Chuck Share (13) | 12β20 | |||||
33 | January 13 | N Rochester | 90β98 | Bob Pettit (20) | 12β21 | |||||
34 | January 14 | @ New York | 104β101 (2OT) | Jack McMahon (29) | 13β21 | |||||
35 | January 15 | Philadelphia | 108β96 | Bob Pettit (23) | 13β22 | |||||
36 | January 17 | N Minneapolis | 86β97 | Chuck Share (21) | 13β23 | |||||
37 | January 19 | N Fort Wayne | 83β90 | Bob Pettit (25) | 13β24 | |||||
38 | January 20 | @ Boston | 112β133 | Jack McMahon (22) | 13β25 | |||||
39 | January 21 | N Rochester | 90β97 | Bob Pettit (28) | 13β26 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Syracuse | 109β105 | Bob Pettit (39) | 14β26 | |||||
41 | January 25 | Rochester | 106β114 | Bob Pettit (33) | 15β26 | |||||
42 | January 28 | Syracuse | 85β93 | Al Ferrari (21) | 16β26 | |||||
43 | January 29 | @ Minneapolis | 114β107 | Bob Pettit (39) | 17β26 | |||||
44 | January 31 | Boston | 91β114 | Al Ferrari (20) | 18β26 | |||||
45 | February 2 | Fort Wayne | 90β98 | Bob Pettit (27) | 19β26 | |||||
46 | February 4 | N Fort Wayne | 98β94 | Bob Pettit (40) | 20β26 | |||||
47 | February 5 | Philadelphia | 93β105 | Bob Pettit (30) | 21β26 | |||||
48 | February 8 | N Boston | 111β110 | Bob Pettit (36) | 22β26 | |||||
49 | February 9 | @ Philadelphia | 97β108 | Bob Pettit (27) | 22β27 | |||||
50 | February 10 | @ Boston | 100β124 | Jack Coleman (23) | 22β28 | |||||
51 | February 11 | @ New York | 91β107 | Bob Pettit (24) | 22β29 | |||||
52 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 87β79 | Bob Pettit (37) | 22β30 | |||||
53 | February 14 | New York | 103β99 | Bob Pettit (30) | 22β31 | |||||
54 | February 19 | Fort Wayne | 89β83 | Bob Pettit (20) | 22β32 | |||||
55 | February 20 | N Fort Wayne | 84β82 | Bob Pettit (26) | 23β32 | |||||
56 | February 21 | Boston | 97β101 | Pettit, Share (27) | 24β32 | |||||
57 | February 22 | N Rochester | 109β110 | Park, Pettit (22) | 24β33 | |||||
58 | February 24 | N Syracuse | 103β116 | Bob Pettit (46) | 25β33 | |||||
59 | February 25 | @ New York | 99β89 | Bob Pettit (37) | 26β33 | |||||
60 | February 26 | New York | 85β103 | Bob Pettit (32) | 27β33 | |||||
61 | February 27 | N New York | 109β113 | Bob Pettit (23) | 27β34 | |||||
62 | March 1 | Rochester | 95β94 | Bob Pettit (27) | 27β35 | |||||
63 | March 3 | Fort Wayne | 86β92 | Ferrari, Share (19) | 28β35 | |||||
64 | March 4 | @ Minneapolis | 84β113 | Jack Stephens (14) | 28β36 | |||||
65 | March 6 | N Philadelphia | 102β97 | Bob Pettit (32) | 29β36 | |||||
66 | March 7 | @ Rochester | 96β89 | Bob Pettit (28) | 30β36 | |||||
67 | March 8 | @ Syracuse | 88β92 | Jack Stephens (21) | 30β37 | |||||
68 | March 9 | Minneapolis | 102β103 | Bob Pettit (44) | 31β37 | |||||
69 | March 10 | Minneapolis | 97β105 | Bob Pettit (34) | 32β37 | |||||
70 | March 11 | @ Boston | 127β121 | Bob Pettit (43) | 33β37 | |||||
71 | March 12 | N Syracuse | 97β92 | Chuck Share (30) | 33β38 | |||||
72 | March 13 | @ Philadelphia | 113β116 | Bob Pettit (29) | 33β39 |
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (finished as West's #3 seed)
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Division Semifinals: 2β1 (home: 1β0; road: 1β1)
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Division Finals: 2β3 (home: 1β1; road: 1β2)
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1956 schedule |
1955β56 St. Louis Hawks season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Red Holzman |
Arena | Kiel Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 33–39 (.458) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish | West Division Finals(eliminated 2β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTVI |
Radio | KMOX |
The 1955β1956 Saint Louis Hawks season was the 10th season for the franchise. After 4 last-place seasons in Milwaukee, the Hawks relocated to St. Louis. The city had once been home to the St. Louis Bombers, an early BAA franchise that folded in 1950. The Hawks were on the verge of becoming one of the top teams in the NBA, led by second year forward Bob Pettit, who would earn the very first MVP award in NBA history. [1] The Hawks would finish in third place with a 33β39 record.
In the playoffs against the Minneapolis Lakers, the Hawks were triumphant in Game 1 by a single point. Game 2 was played in Minneapolis, and the Hawks were blown out by 58 points in Game 2. The third game was contested in St. Louis. Once again, the Hawks would win by 1 point to advance to the Western Finals. In the three games, the Hawks were outscored by 56 points. In the Western Finals, the Hawks would win the first 2 games against the Fort Wayne Pistons. However, the Pistons would rebound to take the next 3 games and win the series. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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 | Minneapolis | 89β101 | Pettit, Selvy (21) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 12 | Syracuse | 91β81 | Bob Pettit (32) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 15 | New York | 95β121 | Bob Pettit (23) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 19 | @ New York | 104β91 | Bob Pettit (33) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 20 | @ Syracuse | 80β84 | Chuck Share (20) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 23 | Rochester | 88β90 (OT) | Pettit, Share (20) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | November 24 | @ Minneapolis | 99β107 | Bob Pettit (20) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 26 | Minneapolis | 95β104 | Pettit, Selvy (20) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 106β114 (OT) | Bob Pettit (27) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 29 | Philadelphia | 95β108 | Bob Pettit (40) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 30 | N Minneapolis | 99β97 | Bob Harrison (19) | 7β4 | |||||
12 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia | 98β115 | Bob Pettit (22) | 7β5 | |||||
13 | December 2 | @ Boston | 81β94 | Bob Pettit (24) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | December 3 | @ Rochester | 89β78 | Bob Pettit (25) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | December 6 | Boston | 122β99 | Bob Pettit (24) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | December 10 | New York | 99β80 | Bob Pettit (20) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 11 | @ Rochester | 91β93 | Bob Pettit (30) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 14 | N Rochester | 109β117 | Bob Pettit (34) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 16 | N Rochester | 100β97 (OT) | Bob Pettit (23) | 9β10 | |||||
20 | December 18 | Rochester | 85β86 | Bob Pettit (26) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 26 | N Fort Wayne | 67β83 | Bob Harrison (12) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 27 | Boston | 105β102 | Bob Pettit (46) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 28 | @ Minneapolis | 111β90 | Bob Pettit (33) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 29 | N Minneapolis | 71β74 | Bob Pettit (20) | 11β13 | |||||
25 | December 30 | N Fort Wayne | 89β90 | Jack Stephens (21) | 11β14 | |||||
26 | January 1 | @ Fort Wayne | 68β85 | Bob Schafer (17) | 11β15 | |||||
27 | January 2 | Syracuse | 84β82 | Chuck Share (20) | 11β16 | |||||
28 | January 4 | @ Minneapolis | 76β94 | Bob Pettit (27) | 11β17 | |||||
29 | January 7 | Fort Wayne | 108β97 | Bob Pettit (22) | 11β18 | |||||
30 | January 8 | @ Fort Wayne | 96β91 | Bob Pettit (21) | 12β18 | |||||
31 | January 10 | @ Philadelphia | 107β109 (OT) | Bob Pettit (26) | 12β19 | |||||
32 | January 12 | @ Syracuse | 78β93 | Chuck Share (13) | 12β20 | |||||
33 | January 13 | N Rochester | 90β98 | Bob Pettit (20) | 12β21 | |||||
34 | January 14 | @ New York | 104β101 (2OT) | Jack McMahon (29) | 13β21 | |||||
35 | January 15 | Philadelphia | 108β96 | Bob Pettit (23) | 13β22 | |||||
36 | January 17 | N Minneapolis | 86β97 | Chuck Share (21) | 13β23 | |||||
37 | January 19 | N Fort Wayne | 83β90 | Bob Pettit (25) | 13β24 | |||||
38 | January 20 | @ Boston | 112β133 | Jack McMahon (22) | 13β25 | |||||
39 | January 21 | N Rochester | 90β97 | Bob Pettit (28) | 13β26 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Syracuse | 109β105 | Bob Pettit (39) | 14β26 | |||||
41 | January 25 | Rochester | 106β114 | Bob Pettit (33) | 15β26 | |||||
42 | January 28 | Syracuse | 85β93 | Al Ferrari (21) | 16β26 | |||||
43 | January 29 | @ Minneapolis | 114β107 | Bob Pettit (39) | 17β26 | |||||
44 | January 31 | Boston | 91β114 | Al Ferrari (20) | 18β26 | |||||
45 | February 2 | Fort Wayne | 90β98 | Bob Pettit (27) | 19β26 | |||||
46 | February 4 | N Fort Wayne | 98β94 | Bob Pettit (40) | 20β26 | |||||
47 | February 5 | Philadelphia | 93β105 | Bob Pettit (30) | 21β26 | |||||
48 | February 8 | N Boston | 111β110 | Bob Pettit (36) | 22β26 | |||||
49 | February 9 | @ Philadelphia | 97β108 | Bob Pettit (27) | 22β27 | |||||
50 | February 10 | @ Boston | 100β124 | Jack Coleman (23) | 22β28 | |||||
51 | February 11 | @ New York | 91β107 | Bob Pettit (24) | 22β29 | |||||
52 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 87β79 | Bob Pettit (37) | 22β30 | |||||
53 | February 14 | New York | 103β99 | Bob Pettit (30) | 22β31 | |||||
54 | February 19 | Fort Wayne | 89β83 | Bob Pettit (20) | 22β32 | |||||
55 | February 20 | N Fort Wayne | 84β82 | Bob Pettit (26) | 23β32 | |||||
56 | February 21 | Boston | 97β101 | Pettit, Share (27) | 24β32 | |||||
57 | February 22 | N Rochester | 109β110 | Park, Pettit (22) | 24β33 | |||||
58 | February 24 | N Syracuse | 103β116 | Bob Pettit (46) | 25β33 | |||||
59 | February 25 | @ New York | 99β89 | Bob Pettit (37) | 26β33 | |||||
60 | February 26 | New York | 85β103 | Bob Pettit (32) | 27β33 | |||||
61 | February 27 | N New York | 109β113 | Bob Pettit (23) | 27β34 | |||||
62 | March 1 | Rochester | 95β94 | Bob Pettit (27) | 27β35 | |||||
63 | March 3 | Fort Wayne | 86β92 | Ferrari, Share (19) | 28β35 | |||||
64 | March 4 | @ Minneapolis | 84β113 | Jack Stephens (14) | 28β36 | |||||
65 | March 6 | N Philadelphia | 102β97 | Bob Pettit (32) | 29β36 | |||||
66 | March 7 | @ Rochester | 96β89 | Bob Pettit (28) | 30β36 | |||||
67 | March 8 | @ Syracuse | 88β92 | Jack Stephens (21) | 30β37 | |||||
68 | March 9 | Minneapolis | 102β103 | Bob Pettit (44) | 31β37 | |||||
69 | March 10 | Minneapolis | 97β105 | Bob Pettit (34) | 32β37 | |||||
70 | March 11 | @ Boston | 127β121 | Bob Pettit (43) | 33β37 | |||||
71 | March 12 | N Syracuse | 97β92 | Chuck Share (30) | 33β38 | |||||
72 | March 13 | @ Philadelphia | 113β116 | Bob Pettit (29) | 33β39 |
1956 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (finished as West's #3 seed)
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Division Semifinals: 2β1 (home: 1β0; road: 1β1)
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Division Finals: 2β3 (home: 1β1; road: 1β2)
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1956 schedule |