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1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Statistics

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45-27, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: George Senesky (45-27)

1955-56 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 103.1 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.8 (5th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-26 (1st of 8)

Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 164,929 (3rd of 8)

SRS: 3.82 (1st of 8)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals

1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Paul Arizin F-G 6-4 190 April 9, 1928 3 Villanova University
7 Ernie Beck G-F 6-4 190 December 11, 1931 1 University of Pennsylvania
12 Walt Davis C-F 6-8 205 January 5, 1931 2 Texas A&M University
5 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 July 19, 1929 1 King's College
17 Jack George G 6-2 190 November 13, 1928 2 La Salle University
15 Tom Gola G-F 6-6 205 January 13, 1933 R La Salle University
9 Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 6
4 Larry Hennessy G 6-3 185 May 20, 1929 R Villanova University
6 Neil Johnston C 6-8 210 February 4, 1929 4 Ohio State University
14 Jackie Moore F 6-5 180 September 24, 1932 1 La Salle University
25-7 Bob Schafer G 6-3 195 R Villanova University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 72 2641 6437 .410 2142 2829 .757 4362 1886 1872 7424 103.1
Opponent 72 7117 98.8

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Arizin 27 72 2724 617 1378 .448 507 626 .810 539 189 282 1741
2 Neil Johnston 26 70 2594 499 1092 .457 549 685 .801 872 225 251 1547
3 Joe Graboski 26 72 2375 397 1075 .369 240 340 .706 642 190 272 1034
4 Jack George 27 72 2840 352 940 .374 296 391 .757 313 457 202 1000
5 Tom Gola 23 68 2346 244 592 .412 244 333 .733 616 404 272 732
6 Ernie Beck 24 67 1007 136 351 .387 76 106 .717 196 79 86 348
7 George Dempsey 26 72 1444 126 265 .475 88 139 .633 264 205 146 340
8 Walt Davis 25 70 1097 123 333 .369 77 112 .688 276 56 230 323
9 Larry Hennessy 26 53 444 85 247 .344 26 32 .813 49 46 37 196
10 Jackie Moore 23 54 402 50 129 .388 32 53 .604 117 26 80 132
11 Bob Schafer 12 82 12 35 .343 7 12 .583 13 9 14 31

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Arizin 27 72 37.8 8.6 19.1 .448 7.0 8.7 .810 7.5 2.6 3.9 24.2
2 Neil Johnston 26 70 37.1 7.1 15.6 .457 7.8 9.8 .801 12.5 3.2 3.6 22.1
3 Joe Graboski 26 72 33.0 5.5 14.9 .369 3.3 4.7 .706 8.9 2.6 3.8 14.4
4 Jack George 27 72 39.4 4.9 13.1 .374 4.1 5.4 .757 4.3 6.3 2.8 13.9
5 Tom Gola 23 68 34.5 3.6 8.7 .412 3.6 4.9 .733 9.1 5.9 4.0 10.8
6 Ernie Beck 24 67 15.0 2.0 5.2 .387 1.1 1.6 .717 2.9 1.2 1.3 5.2
7 George Dempsey 26 72 20.1 1.8 3.7 .475 1.2 1.9 .633 3.7 2.8 2.0 4.7
8 Walt Davis 25 70 15.7 1.8 4.8 .369 1.1 1.6 .688 3.9 0.8 3.3 4.6
9 Larry Hennessy 26 53 8.4 1.6 4.7 .344 0.5 0.6 .813 0.9 0.9 0.7 3.7
10 Bob Schafer 12 6.8 1.0 2.9 .343 0.6 1.0 .583 1.1 0.8 1.2 2.6
11 Jackie Moore 23 54 7.4 0.9 2.4 .388 0.6 1.0 .604 2.2 0.5 1.5 2.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Arizin 27 72 2724 8.2 18.2 .448 6.7 8.3 .810 7.1 2.5 3.7 23.0
2 Neil Johnston 26 70 2594 6.9 15.2 .457 7.6 9.5 .801 12.1 3.1 3.5 21.5
3 Larry Hennessy 26 53 444 6.9 20.0 .344 2.1 2.6 .813 4.0 3.7 3.0 15.9
4 Joe Graboski 26 72 2375 6.0 16.3 .369 3.6 5.2 .706 9.7 2.9 4.1 15.7
5 Bob Schafer 12 82 5.3 15.4 .343 3.1 5.3 .583 5.7 4.0 6.1 13.6
6 Jack George 27 72 2840 4.5 11.9 .374 3.8 5.0 .757 4.0 5.8 2.6 12.7
7 Ernie Beck 24 67 1007 4.9 12.5 .387 2.7 3.8 .717 7.0 2.8 3.1 12.4
8 Jackie Moore 23 54 402 4.5 11.6 .388 2.9 4.7 .604 10.5 2.3 7.2 11.8
9 Tom Gola 23 68 2346 3.7 9.1 .412 3.7 5.1 .733 9.5 6.2 4.2 11.2
10 Walt Davis 25 70 1097 4.0 10.9 .369 2.5 3.7 .688 9.1 1.8 7.5 10.6
11 George Dempsey 26 72 1444 3.1 6.6 .475 2.2 3.5 .633 6.6 5.1 3.6 8.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Neil Johnston 26 70 2594 25.1 .555 .457 11.2 2.7 13.9
2 Paul Arizin 27 72 2724 21.3 .526 .448 10.2 2.0 12.2
3 Tom Gola 23 68 2346 16.7 .496 .412 4.0 2.5 6.5
4 Jack George 27 72 2840 13.6 .450 .374 2.5 2.1 4.6
5 George Dempsey 26 72 1444 12.8 .521 .475 2.3 1.2 3.5
6 Joe Graboski 26 72 2375 13.8 .422 .369 -0.2 2.1 2.0
7 Ernie Beck 24 67 1007 11.7 .438 .387 0.4 0.8 1.1
8 Walt Davis 25 70 1097 7.7 .422 .369 0.0 0.9 0.8
9 Jackie Moore 23 54 402 10.2 .433 .388 0.1 0.4 0.5
10 Bob Schafer 12 82 8.4 .385 .343 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Larry Hennessy 26 53 444 9.5 .375 .344 -0.8 0.3 -0.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Paul Arizin 27 10 409 103 229 83 99 84 29 31 289 .450 .838 40.9 28.9 8.4 2.9
2 Neil Johnston 26 10 397 69 169 65 92 143 51 41 203 .408 .707 39.7 20.3 14.3 5.1
3 Jack George 27 10 405 46 118 44 59 47 52 37 136 .390 .746 40.5 13.6 4.7 5.2
4 Joe Graboski 26 10 313 53 154 26 35 94 27 37 132 .344 .743 31.3 13.2 9.4 2.7
5 Tom Gola 23 10 360 38 107 47 60 101 58 47 123 .355 .783 36.0 12.3 10.1 5.8
6 Ernie Beck 24 10 250 31 72 22 31 51 22 32 84 .431 .710 25.0 8.4 5.1 2.2
7 George Dempsey 26 10 134 12 30 14 20 25 13 11 38 .400 .700 13.4 3.8 2.5 1.3
8 Walt Davis 25 10 69 10 22 3 6 28 3 21 23 .455 .500 6.9 2.3 2.8 0.3
9 Jackie Moore 23 8 52 8 20 2 6 17 2 14 18 .400 .333 6.5 2.3 2.1 0.3
10 Larry Hennessy 26 3 11 0 9 0 0 1 2 1 0 .000 3.7 0.0 0.3 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Paul Arizin 27 10 409 24.2 .530 .450 13.7 1.7 0.5 2.2
2 Neil Johnston 26 10 397 22.0 .485 .408 21.5 0.8 0.8 1.6
3 Jack George 27 10 405 12.5 .472 .390 19.5 0.5 0.5 1.0
4 Tom Gola 23 10 360 16.2 .461 .355 24.2 0.4 0.6 1.0
5 Ernie Beck 24 10 250 12.6 .490 .431 13.6 0.4 0.3 0.7
6 George Dempsey 26 10 134 12.3 .490 .400 14.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
7 Walt Davis 25 10 69 10.6 .467 .455 6.9 0.1 0.1 0.2
8 Joe Graboski 26 10 313 12.9 .390 .344 14.3 -0.4 0.5 0.1
9 Jackie Moore 23 8 52 7.3 .398 .400 6.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
10 Larry Hennessy 26 3 11 -23.9 .000 .000 23.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2