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31-41, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 95.8 points per game, Allowed 98.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 29-43)
Coached by Bobby Wanzer (31-41)
Arena: Rochester Community War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 102,468 (8th of 8)
SRS: -2.61 (8th of 8)
1955-56 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 5, 1955 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 100 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 6, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 83 | 80 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Thu, Nov 10, 1955 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 84 | 89 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 12, 1955 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 84 | 79 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 5 | Sun, Nov 13, 1955 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 94 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 19, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 90 | 91 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 20, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 104 | 96 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 23, 1955 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 88 | 90 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 24, 1955 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 93 | 104 | 3 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 26, 1955 | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 104 | 3 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 30, 1955 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 87 | 76 | 4 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Dec 3, 1955 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 78 | 89 | 4 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Sun, Dec 4, 1955 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 107 | 84 | 5 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Dec 6, 1955 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 105 | 116 | 5 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Dec 7, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 92 | 79 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Dec 9, 1955 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 109 | 108 | 7 | 9 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 17 | Sat, Dec 10, 1955 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 117 | 116 | 8 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 11, 1955 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 93 | 91 | 9 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 14, 1955 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 117 | 109 | 10 | 9 | W 5 | at Johnstown, PA | |
| 20 | Fri, Dec 16, 1955 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 97 | 100 | 10 | 10 | L 1 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 17, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 92 | 94 | 10 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Dec 18, 1955 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 85 | 86 | 10 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 21, 1955 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 92 | 96 | 10 | 13 | L 4 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 25, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 96 | 111 | 10 | 14 | L 5 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Dec 26, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 93 | 91 | 11 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 27, 1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 91 | 80 | 12 | 14 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Wed, Dec 28, 1955 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 113 | 12 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 29, 1955 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 75 | 83 | 12 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 31, 1955 | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 112 | 12 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Jan 1, 1956 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 101 | 92 | 13 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Mon, Jan 2, 1956 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 100 | 130 | 13 | 18 | L 1 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 32 | Wed, Jan 4, 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 86 | 88 | 13 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 7, 1956 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 103 | 98 | 14 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 8, 1956 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 111 | 109 | 15 | 19 | W 2 | ||
| 35 | Wed, Jan 11, 1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 94 | 97 | 15 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 12, 1956 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 94 | 123 | 15 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 13, 1956 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 98 | 90 | 16 | 21 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 38 | Sat, Jan 14, 1956 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 102 | 93 | 17 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 15, 1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 88 | 99 | 17 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 17, 1956 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 112 | 17 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 18, 1956 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 108 | 103 | 18 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 21, 1956 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 97 | 90 | 19 | 23 | W 2 | at Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 43 | Sun, Jan 22, 1956 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 93 | 111 | 19 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 25, 1956 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 106 | 114 | 19 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 27, 1956 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 93 | 20 | 25 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 46 | Sat, Jan 28, 1956 | Boston Celtics | L | 119 | 126 | 20 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 29, 1956 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 112 | 20 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 31, 1956 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 86 | 92 | 20 | 28 | L 3 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 49 | Wed, Feb 1, 1956 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 83 | 77 | 21 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 2, 1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 89 | 97 | 21 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 3, 1956 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 105 | 96 | 22 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Sat, Feb 4, 1956 | Boston Celtics | W | 83 | 69 | 23 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 5, 1956 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 121 | 109 | 24 | 29 | W 3 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 8, 1956 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 102 | 24 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 11, 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 97 | 93 | 25 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 12, 1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 74 | 101 | 25 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 14, 1956 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 79 | 110 | 25 | 32 | L 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 58 | Thu, Feb 16, 1956 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 81 | 93 | 25 | 33 | L 3 | ||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 18, 1956 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 99 | 119 | 25 | 34 | L 4 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 19, 1956 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 93 | 100 | 25 | 35 | L 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 21, 1956 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 106 | 102 | 26 | 35 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 62 | Wed, Feb 22, 1956 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 110 | 109 | 27 | 35 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 63 | Sat, Feb 25, 1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 72 | 97 | 27 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 26, 1956 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 111 | 27 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 28, 1956 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 97 | 28 | 37 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 66 | Wed, Feb 29, 1956 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 81 | 86 | 28 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Thu, Mar 1, 1956 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 95 | 94 | 29 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Sat, Mar 3, 1956 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 94 | 90 | 30 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 4, 1956 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 88 | 103 | 30 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 7, 1956 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 89 | 96 | 30 | 40 | L 2 | |||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 10, 1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 111 | 96 | 31 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 11, 1956 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 126 | 31 | 41 | L 1 |