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1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors Schedule and Results

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

1955-56 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 103.1 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.8 (5th of 8)
SRS: 3.82 (1st of 8)
Expected W-L: 46-26 (1st of 8)

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

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


NBA Champions

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 5, 1955 @ Boston Celtics L 87 98 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Nov 9, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers W 117 106 1 1 W 1
3 Thu, Nov 10, 1955 N Rochester Royals W 89 84 2 1 W 2 at New York, NY
4 Sat, Nov 12, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers W 100 89 3 1 W 3 at Hershey, PA
5 Thu, Nov 17, 1955 Boston Celtics W 106 92 4 1 W 4
6 Sat, Nov 19, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 102 94 5 1 W 5
7 Wed, Nov 23, 1955 N Syracuse Nationals W 104 101 6 1 W 6 at Boston, MA
8 Thu, Nov 24, 1955 New York Knicks W 118 97 7 1 W 7
9 Sat, Nov 26, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 87 82 8 1 W 8
10 Sun, Nov 27, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 94 99 8 2 L 1
11 Tue, Nov 29, 1955 @ St. Louis Hawks L 95 108 8 3 L 2
12 Thu, Dec 1, 1955 St. Louis Hawks W 115 98 9 3 W 1
13 Sat, Dec 3, 1955 @ New York Knicks W 109 102 10 3 W 2
14 Sun, Dec 4, 1955 @ Rochester Royals L 84 107 10 4 L 1
15 Tue, Dec 6, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers W 116 103 11 4 W 1 at New York, NY
16 Fri, Dec 9, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 101 92 12 4 W 2
17 Sun, Dec 11, 1955 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 91 96 12 5 L 1
18 Tue, Dec 13, 1955 N Boston Celtics W 109 108 13 5 W 1 at New York, NY
19 Thu, Dec 15, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 80 73 14 5 W 2
20 Sun, Dec 18, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 79 99 14 6 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Dec 21, 1955 @ Rochester Royals W 96 92 15 6 W 1
22 Mon, Dec 26, 1955 New York Knicks L 97 108 15 7 L 1
23 Tue, Dec 27, 1955 @ New York Knicks L 79 80 15 8 L 2
24 Thu, Dec 29, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 112 83 16 8 W 1
25 Sun, Jan 1, 1956 @ Boston Celtics L 113 121 16 9 L 1
26 Mon, Jan 2, 1956 N Rochester Royals W 130 100 17 9 W 1 at New Haven, CT
27 Tue, Jan 3, 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons W 102 82 18 9 W 2
28 Wed, Jan 4, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals W 88 87 19 9 W 3
29 Thu, Jan 5, 1956 N Fort Wayne Pistons L 81 92 19 10 L 1 at New York, NY
30 Fri, Jan 6, 1956 New York Knicks W 104 97 20 10 W 1
31 Sun, Jan 8, 1956 @ New York Knicks W 95 83 21 10 W 2
32 Tue, Jan 10, 1956 St. Louis Hawks W OT 109 107 22 10 W 3
33 Wed, Jan 11, 1956 @ Rochester Royals W 97 94 23 10 W 4
34 Thu, Jan 12, 1956 Rochester Royals W 123 94 24 10 W 5
35 Sat, Jan 14, 1956 Boston Celtics L 103 104 24 11 L 1
36 Sun, Jan 15, 1956 @ St. Louis Hawks W 108 96 25 11 W 1
37 Wed, Jan 18, 1956 N Minneapolis Lakers L 94 105 25 12 L 1 at Saint Paul, MN
38 Sat, Jan 21, 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons L 91 92 25 13 L 2
39 Sun, Jan 22, 1956 @ Boston Celtics W 129 115 26 13 W 1
40 Mon, Jan 23, 1956 N Boston Celtics W 120 104 27 13 W 2 at New Haven, CT
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 25, 1956 Syracuse Nationals W 112 100 28 13 W 3
42 Thu, Jan 26, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals L 89 100 28 14 L 1
43 Sat, Jan 28, 1956 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 108 85 29 14 W 1
44 Sun, Jan 29, 1956 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 85 99 29 15 L 1
45 Tue, Jan 31, 1956 @ New York Knicks L 95 105 29 16 L 2
46 Wed, Feb 1, 1956 New York Knicks L 2OT 104 105 29 17 L 3
47 Thu, Feb 2, 1956 N New York Knicks W 88 87 30 17 W 1 at Syracuse, NY
48 Fri, Feb 3, 1956 Rochester Royals L 96 105 30 18 L 1
49 Sun, Feb 5, 1956 @ St. Louis Hawks L 93 105 30 19 L 2
50 Tue, Feb 7, 1956 N Syracuse Nationals W 128 95 31 19 W 1 at New York, NY
51 Thu, Feb 9, 1956 St. Louis Hawks W 108 97 32 19 W 2
52 Sat, Feb 11, 1956 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 117 102 33 19 W 3
53 Sun, Feb 12, 1956 @ St. Louis Hawks W 87 79 34 19 W 4
54 Tue, Feb 14, 1956 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 105 94 35 19 W 5 at Miami, FL
55 Wed, Feb 15, 1956 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 101 78 36 19 W 6 at Miami, FL
56 Fri, Feb 17, 1956 Minneapolis Lakers W 134 111 37 19 W 7
57 Sat, Feb 18, 1956 N Boston Celtics W 115 101 38 19 W 8 at New Haven, CT
58 Sun, Feb 19, 1956 @ Boston Celtics L 118 120 38 20 L 1
59 Wed, Feb 22, 1956 New York Knicks L 108 117 38 21 L 2
60 Fri, Feb 24, 1956 Boston Celtics W 135 129 39 21 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 26, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals W 87 85 40 21 W 2
62 Wed, Feb 29, 1956 Rochester Royals W 86 81 41 21 W 3
63 Thu, Mar 1, 1956 Minneapolis Lakers L 100 102 41 22 L 1
64 Sat, Mar 3, 1956 Syracuse Nationals W 102 96 42 22 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 4, 1956 @ Boston Celtics L 114 128 42 23 L 1
66 Tue, Mar 6, 1956 N St. Louis Hawks L 97 102 42 24 L 2 at New York, NY
67 Wed, Mar 7, 1956 N New York Knicks W 108 87 43 24 W 1 at Boston, MA
68 Thu, Mar 8, 1956 Boston Celtics W 142 120 44 24 W 2
69 Sat, Mar 10, 1956 @ Rochester Royals L 96 111 44 25 L 1
70 Sun, Mar 11, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals L 88 99 44 26 L 2
71 Tue, Mar 13, 1956 St. Louis Hawks W 116 113 45 26 W 1
72 Wed, Mar 14, 1956 @ New York Knicks L 108 115 45 27 L 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 23, 1956 Syracuse Nationals W 109 87 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Mar 25, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals L 118 122 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Mar 27, 1956 Syracuse Nationals W 119 96 2 1 W 1
4 Wed, Mar 28, 1956 @ Syracuse Nationals L 104 108 2 2 L 1
5 Thu, Mar 29, 1956 Syracuse Nationals W 109 104 3 2 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Sat, Mar 31, 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons W 98 94 4 2 W 2
7 Sun, Apr 1, 1956 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 83 84 4 3 L 1
8 Tue, Apr 3, 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons W 100 96 5 3 W 1
9 Thu, Apr 5, 1956 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 107 105 6 3 W 2
10 Sat, Apr 7, 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons W 99 88 7 3 W 3