1955β56 Philadelphia Warriors season | |||
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NBA champions | |||
Division champions | |||
Head coach | George Senesky | ||
Arena | Philadelphia Civic Center | ||
Results | |||
Record | 45–27 (.625) | ||
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | NBA champions | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL | ||
Radio | WIBG (Bill Campbell) | ||
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The 1955β56 Philadelphia Warriors season George Senesky took over for Eddie Gottlieb as coach, the: Warriors had a strong start by, "winning 12 of their first 16 games." Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston were among theββleague's scoring leaders as the Warriors won the Eastern Division with a 45β27 record. The addition of rookie Tom Gola made the "difference." In his first season Gola averaged 9.1 rebounds and "5."9 assists per game. In the Eastern Division Finals the Warriors beat the Syracuse Nationals in 5 games. In the NBA Finals, the Warriors won their 2nd Championship by beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 gamesββto 1. HoopsHype would later rank this championship squad as tied with the 1956β57 Boston Celtics from a season later team as the team with the second-easiest pathββto the NBA Finals ever in 2024 due to them being one of three total championship teams who had playoff opponents that averaged around an average overall record. Or less during their championship run.
Rosterβ»
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Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Philadelphia Warriors | 45 | 27 | .625 | - | 21-7 | 11-17 | 13-3 | 22-14 |
x-Boston Celtics | 39 | 33 | .542 | 6 | 20-7 | 12-15 | 7-11 | 18-18 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 35 | 37 | .486 | 10 | 23-8 | 9β19 | 3-10 | 15-21 |
New York Knicks | 35 | 37 | .486 | 10 | 13-15 | 16-13 | 6-9 | 17-19 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1955-56 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 | 6-33 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β4 |
Fort Wayne | 5β4 | β | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 2β7 | 7β5 | β | 5β4 | 3β6 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 4β5 |
New York | 7β5 | 4β5 | 4β5 | β | 6β6 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 4β8 |
Philadelphia | 7β5 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 | β | 6β3 | 6β3 | 9β3 |
Rochester | 4β5 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 3β6 | 3β6 | β | 6β6 | 5β4 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 3β6 | 6β6 | β | 3β6 |
Syracuse | 4β8 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β |
Game logβ»
1955β56 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 5 | @ Boston | 87β98 | Joe Graboski (18) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 9 | Minneapolis | 106β117 | Neil Johnston (29) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 10 | N Rochester | 84β89 | Paul Arizin (33) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 12 | N Minneapolis | 100β89 | Paul Arizin (34) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 17 | @ Philadelphia | 92β106 | Joe Graboski (21) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 19 | Syracuse | 94β102 | Neil Johnston (37) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 23 | N Syracuse | 101β104 | Arizin, George (23) | 6β1 | |||||
8 | November 24 | New York | 97β118 | Neil Johnston (32) | 7β1 | |||||
9 | November 26 | Fort Wayne | 82β87 | Paul Arizin (22) | 8β1 | |||||
10 | November 27 | @ Minneapolis | 94β99 | Paul Arizin (24) | 8β2 | |||||
11 | November 29 | @ St. Louis | 95β108 | Jack George (15) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | December 1 | St. Louis | 98β115 | Neil Johnston (31) | 9β3 | |||||
13 | December 3 | @ New York | 109β102 | Paul Arizin (32) | 10β3 | |||||
14 | December 4 | @ Rochester | 84β107 | Neil Johnston (21) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | December 6 | N Minneapolis | 116β103 | Neil Johnston (32) | 11β4 | |||||
16 | December 9 | Syracuse | 92β101 | Jack George (30) | 12β4 | |||||
17 | December 11 | @ Fort Wayne | 91β96 | Paul Arizin (21) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | December 13 | N Boston | 109β108 | Neil Johnston (29) | 13β5 | |||||
19 | December 15 | Fort Wayne | 73β80 | Neil Johnston (22) | 14β5 | |||||
20 | December 18 | @ Syracuse | 79β99 | Neil Johnston (17) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 21 | @ Rochester | 96β92 | Neil Johnston (21) | 15β6 | |||||
22 | December 26 | New York | 108β97 | Paul Arizin (22) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 27 | @ New York | 79β80 | Paul Arizin (29) | 15β8 | |||||
24 | December 29 | Syracuse | 83β112 | Paul Arizin (20) | 16β8 | |||||
25 | January 1 | @ Boston | 113β121 | Paul Arizin (37) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | January 2 | N Rochester | 100β130 | Paul Arizin (23) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | January 3 | Fort Wayne | 82β102 | Tom Gola (20) | 18β9 | |||||
28 | January 4 | @ Syracuse | 88β87 | Neil Johnston (26) | 19β9 | |||||
29 | January 5 | N Fort Wayne | 81β92 | Joe Graboski (31) | 19β10 | |||||
30 | January 7 | New York | 97β104 | Neil Johnston (24) | 20β10 | |||||
31 | January 8 | @ New York | 95β83 | Neil Johnston (28) | 21β10 | |||||
32 | January 10 | St. Louis | 107β109 (OT) | Neil Johnston (35) | 22β10 | |||||
33 | January 11 | @ Rochester | 97β94 | Paul Arizin (32) | 23β10 | |||||
34 | January 12 | Rochester | 94β123 | Neil Johnston (23) | 24β10 | |||||
35 | January 14 | Boston | 104β103 | Paul Arizin (27) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 15 | @ St. Louis | 108β96 | Paul Arizin (35) | 25β11 | |||||
37 | January 18 | N Minneapolis | 94β105 | Neil Johnston (28) | 25β12 | |||||
38 | January 21 | Fort Wayne | 92β91 | Joe Graboski (28) | 25β13 | |||||
39 | January 22 | @ Boston | 129β115 | Paul Arizin (39) | 26β13 | |||||
40 | January 23 | N Boston | 120β104 | Neil Johnston (29) | 27β13 | |||||
41 | January 25 | Syracuse | 100β112 | Paul Arizin (26) | 28β13 | |||||
42 | January 26 | @ Syracuse | 89β100 | Paul Arizin (23) | 28β14 | |||||
43 | January 28 | @ Minneapolis | 108β85 | Paul Arizin (33) | 29β14 | |||||
44 | January 29 | @ Fort Wayne | 85β99 | Paul Arizin (20) | 29β15 | |||||
45 | January 31 | @ New York | 95β105 | Paul Arizin (38) | 29β16 | |||||
46 | February 1 | New York | 105β104 (2OT) | Joe Graboski (29) | 29β17 | |||||
47 | February 2 | N New York | 88β87 | Paul Arizin (31) | 30β17 | |||||
48 | February 3 | Rochester | 105β96 | Paul Arizin (31) | 30β18 | |||||
49 | February 5 | @ St. Louis | 93β105 | Paul Arizin (22) | 30β19 | |||||
50 | February 7 | N Syracuse | 95β128 | Neil Johnston (41) | 31β19 | |||||
51 | February 9 | St. Louis | 97β108 | Paul Arizin (34) | 32β19 | |||||
52 | February 11 | @ Minneapolis | 117β102 | Paul Arizin (34) | 33β19 | |||||
53 | February 12 | @ St. Louis | 87β79 | Neil Johnston (22) | 34β19 | |||||
54 | February 13 | N Fort Wayne | 105β94 | Paul Arizin (26) | 35β19 | |||||
55 | February 15 | N Fort Wayne | 101β78 | Paul Arizin (25) | 36β19 | |||||
56 | February 17 | Minneapolis | 111β134 | Arizin, Johnston (29) | 37β19 | |||||
57 | February 18 | N Boston | 115β101 | Neil Johnston (38) | 38β19 | |||||
58 | February 19 | @ Boston | 118β120 | Paul Arizin (39) | 38β20 | |||||
59 | February 22 | New York | 117β108 | Neil Johnston (29) | 38β21 | |||||
60 | February 24 | Boston | 129β135 | Joe Graboski (35) | 39β21 | |||||
61 | February 26 | @ Syracuse | 87β85 | Paul Arizin (26) | 40β21 | |||||
62 | February 29 | Rochester | 81β86 | Neil Johnston (21) | 41β21 | |||||
63 | March 1 | Minneapolis | 102β100 | Joe Graboski (28) | 41β22 | |||||
64 | March 3 | Syracuse | 96β102 | Paul Arizin (31) | 42β22 | |||||
65 | March 4 | @ Boston | 114β128 | Paul Arizin (39) | 42β23 | |||||
66 | March 6 | N St. Louis | 102β97 | Paul Arizin (31) | 42β24 | |||||
67 | March 7 | N New York | 108β87 | Neil Johnston (34) | 43β24 | |||||
68 | March 8 | Boston | 120β142 | Arizin, Johnston (29) | 44β24 | |||||
69 | March 10 | @ Rochester | 96β111 | Paul Arizin (21) | 44β25 | |||||
70 | March 11 | @ Syracuse | 88β99 | Paul Arizin (20) | 44β26 | |||||
71 | March 13 | St. Louis | 113β116 | Jack George (33) | 45β26 | |||||
72 | March 14 | @ New York | 108β115 | Neil Johnston (27) | 45β27 |
Rosterβ»
Philadelphia Warriors 1955β56 NBA champions
Playoffsβ»
Awards and honorsβ»
- Paul Arizin, NBA All-Star Game
- Neil Johnston, NBA All-Star Game
- Neil Johnston, All-NBA First Team
- Paul Arizin, All-NBA First Team
- Jack George, All-NBA Second Team