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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
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 27, 1956 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 103 | 109 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 3, 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 116 | 81 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 7, 1956 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 80 | 81 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 9, 1956 | Rochester Royals | L | 93 | 95 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 10, 1956 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 83 | 81 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Nov 11, 1956 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 95 | 106 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 15, 1956 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 92 | 83 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 8 | Fri, Nov 16, 1956 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 123 | 97 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 17, 1956 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 109 | 96 | 5 | 4 | W 3 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 18, 1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 97 | 99 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 21, 1956 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 95 | 5 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 22, 1956 | Boston Celtics | L | 78 | 101 | 5 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 24, 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 98 | 88 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 25, 1956 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 88 | 112 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 27, 1956 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 113 | 6 | 9 | L 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 16 | Fri, Nov 30, 1956 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 110 | 99 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 1, 1956 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 107 | 95 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 2, 1956 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 96 | 106 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 6, 1956 | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 111 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 8, 1956 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 91 | 92 | 9 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 11, 1956 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 114 | 111 | 10 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 12, 1956 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 115 | 99 | 11 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 15, 1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 117 | 108 | 12 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 16, 1956 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 104 | 13 | 11 | W 4 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 25 | Sun, Dec 23, 1956 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 95 | 90 | 14 | 11 | W 5 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 25, 1956 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 89 | 82 | 15 | 11 | W 6 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Wed, Dec 26, 1956 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 120 | 15 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 27, 1956 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 87 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 29, 1956 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 103 | 104 | 16 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 30, 1956 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 99 | 104 | 16 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Jan 1, 1957 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 100 | 16 | 15 | L 3 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 32 | Thu, Jan 3, 1957 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 82 | 81 | 17 | 15 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 33 | Fri, Jan 4, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 96 | 92 | 18 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Jan 5, 1957 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 81 | 78 | 19 | 15 | W 3 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 6, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 123 | 128 | 19 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Jan 8, 1957 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 94 | 95 | 19 | 17 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 37 | Thu, Jan 10, 1957 | Rochester Royals | W | 112 | 93 | 20 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 12, 1957 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 82 | 21 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 13, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 90 | 101 | 21 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 17, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 103 | 108 | 21 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 18, 1957 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 96 | 94 | 22 | 19 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 42 | Sun, Jan 20, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 102 | 104 | 22 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 23, 1957 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 99 | 93 | 23 | 20 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 44 | Thu, Jan 24, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 107 | 96 | 24 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 26, 1957 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 98 | 101 | 24 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 27, 1957 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 107 | 24 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 47 | Mon, Jan 28, 1957 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 105 | 24 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 29, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 110 | 114 | 24 | 24 | L 4 | ||
| 49 | Thu, Jan 31, 1957 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 102 | 25 | 24 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 50 | Sat, Feb 2, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 107 | 100 | 26 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 3, 1957 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 110 | 108 | 27 | 24 | W 3 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 52 | Mon, Feb 4, 1957 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 91 | 103 | 27 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 5, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 101 | 87 | 28 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 6, 1957 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 100 | 101 | 28 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 8, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 93 | 90 | 29 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 10, 1957 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 103 | 29 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 13, 1957 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 99 | 89 | 30 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 15, 1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 105 | 104 | 31 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 17, 1957 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 123 | 115 | 32 | 27 | W 3 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 60 | Thu, Feb 21, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 86 | 92 | 32 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 22, 1957 | Boston Celtics | W | 117 | 109 | 33 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 24, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 112 | 113 | 33 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Thu, Feb 28, 1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 129 | 112 | 34 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 1, 1957 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 80 | 90 | 34 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 2, 1957 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 98 | 85 | 35 | 30 | W 1 | at Camden, NJ | |
| 66 | Sun, Mar 3, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 86 | 112 | 35 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 5, 1957 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 114 | 80 | 36 | 31 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 68 | Wed, Mar 6, 1957 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 79 | 82 | 36 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 7, 1957 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 114 | 100 | 37 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 10, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 103 | 104 | 37 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 12, 1957 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 94 | 100 | 37 | 34 | L 2 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 72 | Wed, Mar 13, 1957 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 97 | 114 | 37 | 35 | L 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Mar 16, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 96 | 103 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Mon, Mar 18, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 80 | 91 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |