1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1955–56 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.[1] Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston were among the league's scoring leaders as the Warriors won the Eastern Division with a 45–27 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.[1] 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 games to 1.

1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachGeorge Senesky
ArenaPhiladelphia Civic Center
Results
Record45–27 (.625)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA champions
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
RadioWIBG
(Bill Campbell)

Roster
Philadelphia Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 11 United States Arizin, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Villanova
G 7 United States Beck, Ernie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Penn
F/C 12 United States Davis, Walt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Texas A&M
G 5 United States Dempsey, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) King's (NY)
G 17 United States George, Jack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
G/F 15 United States Gola, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) La Salle
F/C 9 United States Graboski, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tuley HS (IL)
G 4 United States Hennessy, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Villanova
C 6 United States Johnston, Neil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ohio State
F 14 United States Moore, Jackie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) La Salle
G 25 United States Schafer, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Villanova
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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

Record vs. opponents
1955-56 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston —4–57–25–76-33 5–45–48–4
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@ Boston87–98Joe Graboski (18)1–0
2November 9Minneapolis106–117Neil Johnston (29)1–1
3November 10N Rochester84–89Paul Arizin (33)2–1
4November 12N Minneapolis100–89Paul Arizin (34)3–1
5November 17@ Philadelphia92–106Joe Graboski (21)4–1
6November 19Syracuse94–102Neil Johnston (37)5–1
7November 23N Syracuse101–104Arizin, George (23)6–1
8November 24New York97–118Neil Johnston (32)7–1
9November 26Fort Wayne82–87Paul Arizin (22)8–1
10November 27@ Minneapolis94–99Paul Arizin (24)8–2
11November 29@ St. Louis95–108Jack George (15)8–3
12December 1St. Louis98–115Neil Johnston (31)9–3
13December 3@ New York109–102Paul Arizin (32)10–3
14December 4@ Rochester84–107Neil Johnston (21)10–4
15December 6N Minneapolis116–103Neil Johnston (32)11–4
16December 9Syracuse92–101Jack George (30)12–4
17December 11@ Fort Wayne91–96Paul Arizin (21)12–5
18December 13N Boston109–108Neil Johnston (29)13–5
19December 15Fort Wayne73–80Neil Johnston (22)14–5
20December 18@ Syracuse79–99Neil Johnston (17)14–6
21December 21@ Rochester96–92Neil Johnston (21)15–6
22December 26New York108–97Paul Arizin (22)15–7
23December 27@ New York79–80Paul Arizin (29)15–8
24December 29Syracuse83–112Paul Arizin (20)16–8
25January 1@ Boston113–121Paul Arizin (37)16–9
26January 2N Rochester100–130Paul Arizin (23)17–9
27January 3Fort Wayne82–102Tom Gola (20)18–9
28January 4@ Syracuse88–87Neil Johnston (26)19–9
29January 5N Fort Wayne81–92Joe Graboski (31)19–10
30January 7New York97–104Neil Johnston (24)20–10
31January 8@ New York95–83Neil Johnston (28)21–10
32January 10St. Louis107–109 (OT)Neil Johnston (35)22–10
33January 11@ Rochester97–94Paul Arizin (32)23–10
34January 12Rochester94–123Neil Johnston (23)24–10
35January 14Boston104–103Paul Arizin (27)24–11
36January 15@ St. Louis108–96Paul Arizin (35)25–11
37January 18N Minneapolis94–105Neil Johnston (28)25–12
38January 21Fort Wayne92–91Joe Graboski (28)25–13
39January 22@ Boston129–115Paul Arizin (39)26–13
40January 23N Boston120–104Neil Johnston (29)27–13
41January 25Syracuse100–112Paul Arizin (26)28–13
42January 26@ Syracuse89–100Paul Arizin (23)28–14
43January 28@ Minneapolis108–85Paul Arizin (33)29–14
44January 29@ Fort Wayne85–99Paul Arizin (20)29–15
45January 31@ New York95–105Paul Arizin (38)29–16
46February 1New York105–104 (2OT)Joe Graboski (29)29–17
47February 2N New York88–87Paul Arizin (31)30–17
48February 3Rochester105–96Paul Arizin (31)30–18
49February 5@ St. Louis93–105Paul Arizin (22)30–19
50February 7N Syracuse95–128Neil Johnston (41)31–19
51February 9St. Louis97–108Paul Arizin (34)32–19
52February 11@ Minneapolis117–102Paul Arizin (34)33–19
53February 12@ St. Louis87–79Neil Johnston (22)34–19
54February 13N Fort Wayne105–94Paul Arizin (26)35–19
55February 15N Fort Wayne101–78Paul Arizin (25)36–19
56February 17Minneapolis111–134Arizin, Johnston (29)37–19
57February 18N Boston115–101Neil Johnston (38)38–19
58February 19@ Boston118–120Paul Arizin (39)38–20
59February 22New York117–108Neil Johnston (29)38–21
60February 24Boston129–135Joe Graboski (35)39–21
61February 26@ Syracuse87–85Paul Arizin (26)40–21
62February 29Rochester81–86Neil Johnston (21)41–21
63March 1Minneapolis102–100Joe Graboski (28)41–22
64March 3Syracuse96–102Paul Arizin (31)42–22
65March 4@ Boston114–128Paul Arizin (39)42–23
66March 6N St. Louis102–97Paul Arizin (31)42–24
67March 7N New York108–87Neil Johnston (34)43–24
68March 8Boston120–142Arizin, Johnston (29)44–24
69March 10@ Rochester96–111Paul Arizin (21)44–25
70March 11@ Syracuse88–99Paul Arizin (20)44–26
71March 13St. Louis113–116Jack George (33)45–26
72March 14@ New York108–115Neil Johnston (27)45–27

Roster

Philadelphia Warriors 1955–56 NBA champions

Playoffs
1956 playoff game log
Division Finals: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 23 Syracuse W 109–87 Paul Arizin (29) Neil Johnston (24) Gola, Beck (5) Philadelphia Civic Center 1–0
2 March 25 @ Syracuse L 112–118 Neil Johnston (43) Neil Johnston (16) Neil Johnston (7) Onondaga War Memorial 1–1
3 March 27 Syracuse W 119–96 Joe Graboski (20) Neil Johnston (18) Tom Gola (10) Philadelphia Civic Center 2–1
4 March 28 @ Syracuse L 104–108 Neil Johnston (35) Neil Johnston (12) Neil Johnston (7) Onondaga War Memorial 2–2
5 March 29 Syracuse W 109–104 Paul Arizin (35) Neil Johnston (18) Neil Johnston (8) Philadelphia Civic Center 3–2
NBA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 Fort Wayne W 98–94 Paul Arizin (28) Neil Johnston (14) Tom Gola (10) Philadelphia Civic Center
4,128		 1–0
2 April 1 @ Fort Wayne L 83–84 Paul Arizin (27) Arizin, Johnston (9) Ernie Beck (6) War Memorial Coliseum
6,976		 1–1
3 April 3 Fort Wayne W 100–96 Paul Arizin (27) Neil Johnston (14) Tom Gola (8) Philadelphia Civic Center
11,698		 2–1
4 April 5 @ Fort Wayne W 107–105 Paul Arizin (30) Tom Gola (9) Joe Graboski (7) War Memorial Coliseum
7,852		 3–1
5 April 7 Fort Wayne W 99–88 Joe Graboski (29) Joe Graboski (16) Jack George (10) Philadelphia Civic Center
11,194		 4–1
1956 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. Philadelphia Warriors (1946–1962)
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