1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season

Syracuse Nationals

Industry	Professional basketball team
Founded	1946
Headquarters	Syracuse , United States
Products	Basketball team

The 1955–56 season for the Syracuse Nationals represented the team's seventh campaign competing in the NBA.

Standings

x indicates a secured playoff berth

Game log

1955–56 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Result	Top scorer	Record
1	November 5	Fort Wayne	114–113 (OT)	Paul Seymour (19)	1–0
2	November 6	@ Rochester	80–83	Dolph Schayes (15)	1–1
3	November 12	@ St. Louis	91–81	Johnny Kerr (25)	2–1
4	November 13	@ Fort Wayne	79–93	Johnny Kerr (16)	2–2
5	November 17	Minneapolis	105–91	Dolph Schayes (25)	3–2
6	November 19	@ Philadelphia	94–102	Dolph Schayes (25)	3–3
7	November20	St. Louis	84–80	Paul Seymour (17)	4–3
8	November23	N Philadelphia	101–104	Dolph Schayes (31)	4–4
9	November24	Boston	111–103	George King (29)	5–4
10	November26	@ New York Knicks	99–100	Red Rocha (29)	5–5
11	November27	New York	85–74	Dolph Schayes (19)	6–5
12	November29	N Boston	97–105	George King (31)	6–6
13	December3	Minneapolis	114–103	Red Rocha (23)	7–6
14	December4	@ Minneapolis	102–96	George King (25)	8–6
15	December6	N Fort Wayne	88–90	Dolph Schayes (21)	8–7
16	December8	@ Fort Wayne	94–105	Dolph Schayes (20)	8–8
17	December9	@ Philadelphia	92–101	Johnny Kerr (20)	8–9
18	December11	Boston	101–89	Dolph Schayes (26)	9–9
19	December15	Minneapolis	133–135 (3OT)	Dolph Schayes (34)	9–10
20	December17	@ Boston	110–104	Dolph Schayes (28)	10–10
21	December18	Philadelphia	99–79	Johnny Kerr (18)	11–10
22	December20	@ New York	98–91	Johnny Kerr (29)	12–10
23	December25	Rochester	111–96	Johnny Kerr (20)	13–10

Playoffs

1	March 17	New York	W 82–77	Dolph Schayes (14 points)	Dolph Schayes (14 rebounds)	Seymour, King (6 assists each)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series 1–0
1	March 17	@ Boston	L 93–110	Ed Conlin (21 points)	—	Dolph Schayes (6 assists)	Boston Garden	Series 0–1
2	March 19	Boston	W 101–98	Red Kerr (23 points)	Red Kerr (14 rebounds)	Seymour, Dolph Schayes (5 assists each)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series tied 1–1
3	March 21	@ Boston	W 102–97	Dolph Schayes (27 points)	Dolph Schayes (17 rebounds)	Dolph Schayes (5 assists)	Boston Garden	Series lead 2–1

1	March 23	@ Philadelphia	L 87–109	Dolph Schayes (19 points)	Red Kerr, Dolph Schayes (14 rebounds each)	George King (8 assists)	Philadelphia Civic Center	Series down 0–1
2	March 25	Philadelphia	W 118–112	Dolph Schayes (33 points)	Dolph Schayes (16 rebounds)	George King (10 assists)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series tied 1–1
3	March 27	@ Philadelphia	L 96–119	Ed Conlin (19 points)	Dolph Schayes (21 rebounds)	George King (6 assists)	Philadelphia Civic Center	Series trailing 1–2
4	March 28	Philadelphia	W 108–104	George King (25 points)	Red Kerr (9 rebounds)	George King (15 assists)	Onondaga War Memorial	Series even at 2–2
5	March 29	@Philadelphia	L 104–109	Dolph Schayes (28 points)	Dolph Schayes (16 rebounds)	George King (13 assists)	Philadelphia Civic Center	Series down 2–3

Awards and records

• Dolph Schayes, selected for the All-NBA Second Team