1955–56 New York Knicks season
Head coachJoe Lapchick
Vince Boryla
General managerNed Irish
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record35–37 (.486)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
(Lost Division third-place tiebreaker to Nationals, 0–1)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
(Bob Wolff, Bud Palmer)[1]
RadioWINS
(Les Keiter, Jim Gordon)[2]

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]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 4 Ken Sears F  United States Santa Clara
2 11 Jerry Mullen F  United States San Francisco
3 19 Guy Sparrow F  United States Detroit

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors4527.625-21-711-1713-322-14
x-Boston Celtics3933.542620-712-157-1118-18
x-Syracuse Nationals3537.4861023-89–193-1015-21
New York Knicks3537.4861013-1516-136-917-19
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1955–56 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston —4–57–25–75–75–45–48–4
Fort Wayne 5–4—5–75–44–57–57–54–5
Minneapolis 2–77–5—5–43–67–55–74–5
New York 7–54–54–5—6–66–34–54–8
Philadelphia 7–55–46–36–6—6–36–39–3
Rochester 4–55–75–73–63–6—6–65–4
St. Louis 4–55–77–55–43–66–6—3–6
Syracuse 4–85–45–48–43–94–56–3—

Game log

1955–56 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 5@ Rochester100–98 (OT)Carl Braun (23)1–0
2November 10Minneapolis105–112Harry Gallatin (21)2–0
3November 12Boston95–96Harry Gallatin (25)3–0
4November 13N Rochester91–94Ray Felix (18)4–0
5November 15@ St. Louis95–121Ken Sears (26)4–1
6November 17N Fort Wayne110–88Ray Felix (24)5–1
7November 19St. Louis104–91Ray Felix (13)5–2
8November 20@ Fort Wayne119–115 (OT)Harry Gallatin (25)6–2
9November 23@ Boston115–111 (OT)Ray Felix (24)7–2
10November 24@ Philadelphia97–118Carl Braun (26)7–3
11November 26Syracuse99–100Ray Felix (31)8–3
12November 27@ Syracuse74–85Ray Felix (14)8–4
13November 29Fort Wayne104–99Baechtold, Sears (18)8–5
14December 1N Minneapolis90–97Ray Felix (22)8–6
15December 3Philadelphia109–102Dick McGuire (28)8–7
16December 6Rochester105–116Gallatin, McGuire (23)9–7
17December 10@ St. Louis99–80Ray Felix (18)10–7
18December 13Minneapolis91–98Bob Peterson (19)11–7
19December 14@ Boston100–102Carl Braun (28)11–8
20December 17@ Fort Wayne100–95Carl Braun (20)12–8
21December 18Boston95–92Ray Felix (21)12–9
22December 20Syracuse98–91Carl Braun (20)12–10
23December 25@ Fort Wayne87–92Carl Braun (18)12–11
24December 26@ Philadelphia108–97Ken Sears (26)13–11
25December 27Philadelphia79–80Carl Braun (15)14–11
26December 28@ Rochester113–91Carl Braun (23)15–11
27December 31@ Syracuse92–101Harry Gallatin (19)15–12
28January 1Rochester101–92Walter Dukes (17)15–13
29January 3N Boston107–97Harry Gallatin (23)16–13
30January 4N Boston103–86Ken Sears (20)17–13
31January 5Boston92–87Ray Felix (15)17–14
32January 7@ Philadelphia97–104Dukes, Sears (19)17–15
33January 8Philadelphia95–83Harry Gallatin (34)17–16
34January 14St. Louis104–101 (2OT)Harry Gallatin (23)17–17
35January 15@ Boston109–104 (OT)Baechtold, Shue (22)18–17
36January 17Rochester107–112Carl Braun (25)19–17
37January 18@ Rochester103–108Jim Baechtold (25)19–18
38January 20N Minneapolis122–109Ken Sears (27)20–18
39January 21Minneapolis109–89Ray Felix (24)20–19
40January 22@ Minneapolis100–95Harry Gallatin (31)21–19
41January 25@ Minneapolis95–104Ken Sears (28)21–20
42January 27N Rochester111–93Baechtold, Braun (18)21–21
43January 28Fort Wayne92–91 (OT)Nathaniel Clifton (20)21–22
44January 29@ Syracuse99–95 (OT)Carl Braun (23)22–22
45January 31Philadelphia95–105Harry Gallatin (21)23–22
46February 1@ Philadelphia105–104 (2OT)Ken Sears (23)24–22
47February 2N Philadelphia88–87Braun, Gallatin (19)24–23
48February 4Syracuse103–94Carl Braun (25)24–24
49February 5@ Boston104–114Jim Baechtold (22)24–25
50February 7Boston102–113Ken Sears (24)25–25
51February 8@ Rochester102–97Ken Sears (26)26–25
52February 10N Syracuse94–88Jim Baechtold (27)26–26
53February 11St. Louis91–107Dick McGuire (20)27–26
54February 12@ Boston108–116Carl Braun (22)27–27
55February 14@ St. Louis103–99Harry Gallatin (19)28–27
56February 15N Minneapolis102–113Carl Braun (31)28–28
57February 17N Syracuse91–86Ray Felix (21)28–29
58February 19@ Syracuse98–118Jim Baechtold (26)28–30
59February 21Syracuse108–107 (2OT)Ray Felix (32)28–31
60February 22@ Philadelphia117–108Ken Sears (23)29–31
61February 25St. Louis99–89Ray Felix (19)29–32
62February 26@ St. Louis85–103Nathaniel Clifton (16)29–33
63February 27N St. Louis109–113Carl Braun (44)30–33
64February 28Fort Wayne99–95Carl Braun (24)30–34
65March 2N Fort Wayne97–104Ken Sears (24)30–35
66March 4@ Syracuse118–111 (2OT)Harry Gallatin (24)31–35
67March 6Boston99–119Ray Felix (23)32–35
68March 7N Philadelphia108–87Ken Sears (21)32–36
69March 10Syracuse84–104Carl Braun (17)33–36
70March 11@ Fort Wayne122–96Carl Braun (27)34–36
71March 13N Minneapolis89–102Ken Sears (24)34–37
72March 14Philadelphia108–115Ken 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 March 15 @ Syracuse L 77–82 Harry Gallatin (19) Ray Felix (13) Dick McGuire (9) Onondaga War Memorial 0–1
1956 schedule

References

  1. ↑ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 331. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 330. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1955–56 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ "1955 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
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