Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1955–56 New York Knicks season was the tenth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season , the Knicks finished with a 35–37 record and tied for third place in the Eastern Division with the Syracuse Nationals . New York lost to the Nationals in a one-game playoff for a berth in the Eastern Division Semifinals.[ 3]
NBA draft
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[ 4]
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
@ Rochester
100–98 (OT)
Carl Braun (23)
1–0
2
November 10
Minneapolis
105–112
Harry Gallatin (21)
2–0
3
November 12
Boston
95–96
Harry Gallatin (25)
3–0
4
November 13
N Rochester
91–94
Ray Felix (18)
4–0
5
November 15
@ St. Louis
95–121
Ken Sears (26)
4–1
6
November 17
N Fort Wayne
110–88
Ray Felix (24)
5–1
7
November 19
St. Louis
104–91
Ray Felix (13)
5–2
8
November 20
@ Fort Wayne
119–115 (OT)
Harry Gallatin (25)
6–2
9
November 23
@ Boston
115–111 (OT)
Ray Felix (24)
7–2
10
November 24
@ Philadelphia
97–118
Carl Braun (26)
7–3
11
November 26
Syracuse
99–100
Ray Felix (31)
8–3
12
November 27
@ Syracuse
74–85
Ray Felix (14)
8–4
13
November 29
Fort Wayne
104–99
Baechtold , Sears (18)
8–5
14
December 1
N Minneapolis
90–97
Ray Felix (22)
8–6
15
December 3
Philadelphia
109–102
Dick McGuire (28)
8–7
16
December 6
Rochester
105–116
Gallatin, McGuire (23)
9–7
17
December 10
@ St. Louis
99–80
Ray Felix (18)
10–7
18
December 13
Minneapolis
91–98
Bob Peterson (19)
11–7
19
December 14
@ Boston
100–102
Carl Braun (28)
11–8
20
December 17
@ Fort Wayne
100–95
Carl Braun (20)
12–8
21
December 18
Boston
95–92
Ray Felix (21)
12–9
22
December 20
Syracuse
98–91
Carl Braun (20)
12–10
23
December 25
@ Fort Wayne
87–92
Carl Braun (18)
12–11
24
December 26
@ Philadelphia
108–97
Ken Sears (26)
13–11
25
December 27
Philadelphia
79–80
Carl Braun (15)
14–11
26
December 28
@ Rochester
113–91
Carl Braun (23)
15–11
27
December 31
@ Syracuse
92–101
Harry Gallatin (19)
15–12
28
January 1
Rochester
101–92
Walter Dukes (17)
15–13
29
January 3
N Boston
107–97
Harry Gallatin (23)
16–13
30
January 4
N Boston
103–86
Ken Sears (20)
17–13
31
January 5
Boston
92–87
Ray Felix (15)
17–14
32
January 7
@ Philadelphia
97–104
Dukes, Sears (19)
17–15
33
January 8
Philadelphia
95–83
Harry Gallatin (34)
17–16
34
January 14
St. Louis
104–101 (2OT)
Harry Gallatin (23)
17–17
35
January 15
@ Boston
109–104 (OT)
Baechtold, Shue (22)
18–17
36
January 17
Rochester
107–112
Carl Braun (25)
19–17
37
January 18
@ Rochester
103–108
Jim Baechtold (25)
19–18
38
January 20
N Minneapolis
122–109
Ken Sears (27)
20–18
39
January 21
Minneapolis
109–89
Ray Felix (24)
20–19
40
January 22
@ Minneapolis
100–95
Harry Gallatin (31)
21–19
41
January 25
@ Minneapolis
95–104
Ken Sears (28)
21–20
42
January 27
N Rochester
111–93
Baechtold, Braun (18)
21–21
43
January 28
Fort Wayne
92–91 (OT)
Nathaniel Clifton (20)
21–22
44
January 29
@ Syracuse
99–95 (OT)
Carl Braun (23)
22–22
45
January 31
Philadelphia
95–105
Harry Gallatin (21)
23–22
46
February 1
@ Philadelphia
105–104 (2OT)
Ken Sears (23)
24–22
47
February 2
N Philadelphia
88–87
Braun, Gallatin (19)
24–23
48
February 4
Syracuse
103–94
Carl Braun (25)
24–24
49
February 5
@ Boston
104–114
Jim Baechtold (22)
24–25
50
February 7
Boston
102–113
Ken Sears (24)
25–25
51
February 8
@ Rochester
102–97
Ken Sears (26)
26–25
52
February 10
N Syracuse
94–88
Jim Baechtold (27)
26–26
53
February 11
St. Louis
91–107
Dick McGuire (20)
27–26
54
February 12
@ Boston
108–116
Carl Braun (22)
27–27
55
February 14
@ St. Louis
103–99
Harry Gallatin (19)
28–27
56
February 15
N Minneapolis
102–113
Carl Braun (31)
28–28
57
February 17
N Syracuse
91–86
Ray Felix (21)
28–29
58
February 19
@ Syracuse
98–118
Jim Baechtold (26)
28–30
59
February 21
Syracuse
108–107 (2OT)
Ray Felix (32)
28–31
60
February 22
@ Philadelphia
117–108
Ken Sears (23)
29–31
61
February 25
St. Louis
99–89
Ray Felix (19)
29–32
62
February 26
@ St. Louis
85–103
Nathaniel Clifton (16)
29–33
63
February 27
N St. Louis
109–113
Carl Braun (44)
30–33
64
February 28
Fort Wayne
99–95
Carl Braun (24)
30–34
65
March 2
N Fort Wayne
97–104
Ken Sears (24)
30–35
66
March 4
@ Syracuse
118–111 (2OT)
Harry Gallatin (24)
31–35
67
March 6
Boston
99–119
Ray Felix (23)
32–35
68
March 7
N Philadelphia
108–87
Ken Sears (21)
32–36
69
March 10
Syracuse
84–104
Carl Braun (17)
33–36
70
March 11
@ Fort Wayne
122–96
Carl Braun (27)
34–36
71
March 13
N Minneapolis
89–102
Ken Sears (24)
34–37
72
March 14
Philadelphia
108–115
Ken Sears (23)
35–37
Division Tiebreaker
Note: Tiebreaker games do not count as official playoff games.
1956 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (failed to qualify)
1956 schedule
References
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