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1956-57 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Statistics

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37-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: George Senesky (37-35)

Points Per Game: 100.4 (4th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.8 (4th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-32 (2nd of 8)

Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 158,004 (5th of 8)

SRS: 1.55 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals

1956-57 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 4 Villanova University
19 Bob Armstrong C-F 6-8 220 June 17, 1933 R Michigan State University
7 Ernie Beck G-F 6-4 190 December 11, 1931 2 University of Pennsylvania
18 Larry Costello G 6-1 186 July 2, 1931 1 Niagara University
12 Walt Davis C-F 6-8 205 January 5, 1931 3 Texas A&M University
5 George Dempsey G 6-2 190 July 19, 1929 2 King's College
17 Jack George G 6-2 190 November 13, 1928 3 La Salle University
9 Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 7
14 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 July 16, 1929 5 Kansas State University
6 Neil Johnston C 6-8 210 February 4, 1929 5 Ohio State University
16 Hal Lear G 6-0 163 January 31, 1935 R Temple University
14-4 Jackie Moore F 6-5 180 September 24, 1932 2 La Salle 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 2584 6533 .396 2062 2658 .776 4305 1467 1732 7230 100.4
Opponent 72 7116 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 28 71 2767 613 1451 .422 591 713 .829 561 150 274 1817
2 Neil Johnston 27 69 2531 520 1163 .447 535 648 .826 855 203 231 1575
3 Joe Graboski 27 72 2501 390 1118 .349 252 322 .783 614 140 244 1032
4 Jack George 28 67 2229 253 750 .337 200 293 .683 318 307 165 706
5 Larry Costello 25 72 2111 186 497 .374 175 222 .788 323 236 182 547
6 Ernie Beck 25 72 1743 195 508 .384 111 157 .707 312 190 155 501
7 Walt Davis 26 65 1250 178 437 .407 74 106 .698 306 52 235 430
8 George Dempsey 27 71 1147 134 302 .444 55 102 .539 251 136 107 323
9 Lew Hitch 27 38 602 59 158 .373 26 37 .703 137 28 48 144
10 Jackie Moore 24 57 400 43 106 .406 37 46 .804 116 21 75 123
11 Bob Armstrong 23 19 110 11 37 .297 6 12 .500 39 3 13 28
12 Hal Lear 22 3 14 2 6 .333 0 0 1 1 3 4

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 28 71 39.0 8.6 20.4 .422 8.3 10.0 .829 7.9 2.1 3.9 25.6
2 Neil Johnston 27 69 36.7 7.5 16.9 .447 7.8 9.4 .826 12.4 2.9 3.3 22.8
3 Joe Graboski 27 72 34.7 5.4 15.5 .349 3.5 4.5 .783 8.5 1.9 3.4 14.3
4 Jack George 28 67 33.3 3.8 11.2 .337 3.0 4.4 .683 4.7 4.6 2.5 10.5
5 Larry Costello 25 72 29.3 2.6 6.9 .374 2.4 3.1 .788 4.5 3.3 2.5 7.6
6 Ernie Beck 25 72 24.2 2.7 7.1 .384 1.5 2.2 .707 4.3 2.6 2.2 7.0
7 Walt Davis 26 65 19.2 2.7 6.7 .407 1.1 1.6 .698 4.7 0.8 3.6 6.6
8 George Dempsey 27 71 16.2 1.9 4.3 .444 0.8 1.4 .539 3.5 1.9 1.5 4.5
9 Lew Hitch 27 38 15.8 1.6 4.2 .373 0.7 1.0 .703 3.6 0.7 1.3 3.8
10 Jackie Moore 24 57 7.0 0.8 1.9 .406 0.6 0.8 .804 2.0 0.4 1.3 2.2
11 Bob Armstrong 23 19 5.8 0.6 1.9 .297 0.3 0.6 .500 2.1 0.2 0.7 1.5
12 Hal Lear 22 3 4.7 0.7 2.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.3

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 28 71 2767 8.0 18.9 .422 7.7 9.3 .829 7.3 2.0 3.6 23.6
2 Neil Johnston 27 69 2531 7.4 16.5 .447 7.6 9.2 .826 12.2 2.9 3.3 22.4
3 Joe Graboski 27 72 2501 5.6 16.1 .349 3.6 4.6 .783 8.8 2.0 3.5 14.9
4 Walt Davis 26 65 1250 5.1 12.6 .407 2.1 3.1 .698 8.8 1.5 6.8 12.4
5 Jack George 28 67 2229 4.1 12.1 .337 3.2 4.7 .683 5.1 5.0 2.7 11.4
6 Jackie Moore 24 57 400 3.9 9.5 .406 3.3 4.1 .804 10.4 1.9 6.8 11.1
7 Hal Lear 22 3 14 5.1 15.4 .333 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.6 7.7 10.3
8 Ernie Beck 25 72 1743 4.0 10.5 .384 2.3 3.2 .707 6.4 3.9 3.2 10.3
9 George Dempsey 27 71 1147 4.2 9.5 .444 1.7 3.2 .539 7.9 4.3 3.4 10.1
10 Larry Costello 25 72 2111 3.2 8.5 .374 3.0 3.8 .788 5.5 4.0 3.1 9.3
11 Bob Armstrong 23 19 110 3.6 12.1 .297 2.0 3.9 .500 12.8 1.0 4.3 9.2
12 Lew Hitch 27 38 602 3.5 9.4 .373 1.6 2.2 .703 8.2 1.7 2.9 8.6

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 27 69 2531 26.8 .544 .447 11.6 2.1 13.7
2 Paul Arizin 28 71 2767 22.3 .515 .422 10.7 1.6 12.3
3 Larry Costello 25 72 2111 11.4 .460 .374 2.1 1.3 3.4
4 Ernie Beck 25 72 1743 11.7 .434 .384 1.0 1.1 2.1
5 George Dempsey 27 71 1147 13.5 .466 .444 1.3 0.8 2.1
6 Walt Davis 26 65 1250 9.9 .445 .407 0.8 0.8 1.6
7 Jack George 28 67 2229 11.8 .402 .337 -0.2 1.4 1.2
8 Joe Graboski 27 72 2501 12.7 .410 .349 -0.5 1.6 1.1
9 Jackie Moore 24 57 400 11.7 .487 .406 0.6 0.3 0.9
10 Lew Hitch 27 38 602 9.3 .413 .373 0.0 0.4 0.3
11 Hal Lear 22 3 14 1.0 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Bob Armstrong 23 19 110 7.8 .331 .297 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

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 Neil Johnston 27 2 84 17 53 4 6 35 9 9 38 .321 .667 42.0 19.0 17.5 4.5
2 Joe Graboski 27 2 91 13 40 9 11 22 4 7 35 .325 .818 45.5 17.5 11.0 2.0
3 Ernie Beck 25 2 89 14 38 3 3 10 5 4 31 .368 1.000 44.5 15.5 5.0 2.5
4 George Dempsey 27 2 74 9 21 7 16 15 12 5 25 .429 .438 37.0 12.5 7.5 6.0
5 Jack George 28 2 63 7 15 4 6 7 6 5 18 .467 .667 31.5 9.0 3.5 3.0
6 Walt Davis 26 2 37 4 13 4 4 14 1 8 12 .308 1.000 18.5 6.0 7.0 0.5
7 Paul Arizin 28 2 22 3 8 3 5 8 1 3 9 .375 .600 11.0 4.5 4.0 0.5
8 Larry Costello 25 2 16 3 8 0 1 5 2 3 6 .375 .000 8.0 3.0 2.5 1.0
9 Lew Hitch 27 2 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 .000 1.000 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
10 Jackie Moore 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 George Dempsey 27 2 74 18.0 .446 .429 26.7 0.1 0.1 0.2
2 Jack George 28 2 63 13.4 .510 .467 15.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Paul Arizin 28 2 22 17.3 .441 .375 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.1
4 Joe Graboski 27 2 91 12.9 .390 .325 7.5 -0.1 0.1 0.0
5 Lew Hitch 27 2 3 39.5 .532 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Walt Davis 26 2 37 11.8 .407 .308 4.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
7 Larry Costello 25 2 16 12.7 .355 .375 23.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Ernie Beck 25 2 89 10.4 .394 .368 9.8 0.0 0.1 0.0
9 Jackie Moore 24 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Neil Johnston 27 2 84 16.7 .341 .321 20.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.1