Season for the Nationals in the National Basketball Association
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1955–56 NBA season was the Nationals' 7th season in the NBA .[ 1]
Regular season
Season standings
x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1955-56 NBA Records
Team
BOS
FWP
MIN
NYK
PHI
ROC
STL
SYR
Boston
—
4–5
7–2
5–7
5–7
5–4
5–4
8–4
Fort Wayne
5–4
—
5–7
5–4
4–5
7–5
7–5
4–5
Minneapolis
2–7
7–5
—
5–4
3–6
7–5
5–7
4–5
New York
7–5
4–5
4–5
—
6–6
6–3
4–5
4–8
Philadelphia
7–5
5–4
6–3
6–6
—
6–3
6–3
9–3
Rochester
4–5
5–7
5–7
3–6
3–6
—
6–6
5–4
St. Louis
4–5
5–7
7–5
5–4
3–6
6–6
—
3–6
Syracuse
4–8
5–4
5–4
8–4
3–9
4–5
6–3
—
Game log
1955–56 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1
November 5
Fort Wayne 113–114 (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 91–105
Dolph Schayes (25)
3–2
6
November 19
@ Philadelphia
94–102
Dolph Schayes (25)
3–3
7
November 20
St. Louis
80–84
Paul Seymour (17)
4–3
8
November 23
N Philadelphia
101–104
Dolph Schayes (31)
4–4
9
November 24
Boston 103–111
George King (29)5–4
10
November 26
@ New York
99–100
Red Rocha (29)5–5
11
November 27
New York
74–85
Dolph Schayes (19)
6–5
12
November 29
N Boston
97–105
George King (31)
6–6
13
December 3
Minneapolis
103–114
Red Rocha (23)
7–6
14
December 4
@ Minneapolis
102–96
George King (25)
8–6
15
December 6
N Fort Wayne
88–90
Dolph Schayes (21)
8–7
16
December 8
@ Fort Wayne
94–105
Dolph Schayes (20)
8–8
17
December 9
@ Philadelphia
92–101
Johnny Kerr (20)
8–9
18
December 11
Boston
89–101
Dolph Schayes (26)
9–9
19
December 15
Minneapolis
135–133 (3OT)
Dolph Schayes (34)
9–10
20
December 17
@ Boston
110–104
Dolph Schayes (28)
10–10
21
December 18
Philadelphia
79–99
Johnny Kerr (18)
11–10
22
December 20
@ New York
98–91
Johnny Kerr (29)
12–10
23
December 25
Rochester
96–111
Johnny Kerr (20)
13–10
24
December 26
@ Rochester
91–93
Dolph Schayes (27)
13–11
25
December 27
N Rochester
80–91
Dolph Schayes (14)
13–12
26
December 29
@ Philadelphia
83–112
Dolph Schayes (16)
13–13
27
December 30
N Boston
103–110
Johnny Kerr (21)
13–14
28
December 31
New York
92–101
Dolph Schayes (19)
14–14
29
January 1
@ Minneapolis
85–80
Dolph Schayes (19)
15–14
30
January 2
@ St. Louis
84–82
Ed Conlin (17)16–14
31
January 4
Philadelphia
88–87
Dolph Schayes (21)
16–15
32
January 7
Boston
105–99 (OT)
George King (19)
16–16
33
January 8
@ Minneapolis
91–99
Dolph Schayes (24)
16–17
34
January 10
N Minneapolis
79–90
Dolph Schayes (14)
16–18
35
January 12
St. Louis
78–93
Bill Kenville (19)17–18
36
January 13
@ Boston
104–119
Dolph Schayes (27)
17–19
37
January 14
@ Rochester
93–102
Dolph Schayes (26)
17–20
38
January 15
Rochester
88–99
Lloyd , Schayes (18)18–20
39
January 19
Minneapolis
100–122
Johnny Kerr (27)
19–20
40
January 21
N Boston
96–100
Conlin, Kerr (19)
19–21
41
January 22
St. Louis
109–105
Dolph Schayes (24)
19–22
42
January 25
@ Philadelphia
100–112
Dolph Schayes (23)
19–23
43
January 26
Philadelphia
89–100
Kenville, Schayes (26)
20–23
44
January 28
@ St. Louis
85–93
Dolph Schayes (25)
20–24
45
January 29
New York
99–95 (OT)
Earl Lloyd (17)
20–25
46
February 1
@ Rochester
77–83
Lloyd, Schayes (18)
20–26
47
February 2
Rochester
89–97
Paul Seymour (19)
21–26
48
February 4
@ New York
103–94
Dolph Schayes (28)
22–26
49
February 5
Fort Wayne
85–90
Dolph Schayes (25)
23–26
50
February 6
@ Fort Wayne
98–99
Dolph Schayes (25)
23–27
51
February 7
N Philadelphia
95–128
Dolph Schayes (24)
23–28
52
February 9
Boston
98–97
Johnny Kerr (27)
23–29
53
February 10
N New York
94–88
Ed Conlin (18)
24–29
54
February 12
Rochester
74–101
Dolph Schayes (20)
25–29
55
February 17
N New York
91–86
Dolph Schayes (29)
26–29
56
February 18
Fort Wayne
84–85
Johnny Kerr (16)
27–29
57
February 19
New York
98–118
Dolph Schayes (31)
28–29
58
February 21
@ New York
108–107 (2OT)
Dolph Schayes (19)
29–29
59
February 23
Fort Wayne
92–94
Paul Seymour (23)
30–29
60
February 24
N St. Louis
103–116
George King (27)
30–30
61
February 26
Philadelphia
87–85
Dolph Schayes (38)
30–31
62
February 27
@ Fort Wayne
98–95 (OT)
Dolph Schayes (19)
31–31
63
February 29
N Minneapolis
94–98
Dolph Schayes (32)
31–32
64
March 1
Boston
100–111
Dolph Schayes (23)
32–32
65
March 3
@ Philadelphia
96–102
Dolph Schayes (27)
32–33
66
March 4
New York
118–111 (2OT)
Dolph Schayes (29)
32–34
67
March 7
@ Boston
98–111
Paul Seymour (21)
32–35
68
March 8
St. Louis
88–92
Dolph Schayes (19)
33–35
69
March 10
@ New York
84–104
Dolph Schayes (26)
33–36
70
March 11
Philadelphia
88–99
Dolph Schayes (29)
34–36
71
March 12
N St. Louis
97–92
Dolph Schayes (27)
35–36
72
March 14
@ Boston
103–122
Dolph Schayes (25)
35–37
Playoffs
1956 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (Finished as East's #3 seed)
Division Semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
Division Finals: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)
1956 schedule
Awards and records
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