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1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season

The 1956–57 NBA season was the Nationals' 8th season in the NBA.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics 44 28 .611 - 24-4 11-18 9-6 20-16
x-Syracuse Nationals 38 34 .528 6 23-9 9-15 6-10 20-16
x-Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 .514 7 20-5 5–25 12-5 17-19
New York Knicks 36 36 .500 8 18-10 9-19 9-7 15-21
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1956-57 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston — 6–3 5–4 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–2 5–7
Fort Wayne 3–6 — 7–5 5–4 4–5 6–6 4–8 5–4
Minneapolis 4–5 5–7 — 3–6 5–4 9–3 4–8 4–5
New York 5–7 4–5 6–3 — 4–8 5–4 6–3 6–6
Philadelphia 4–8 5–4 4–5 8–4 — 4–5 7–2 5–7
Rochester 3–6 6–6 3–9 4–5 5–4 — 6–6 4–5
St. Louis 2–7 8–4 8–4 3–6 2–7 6–6 — 5–4
Syracuse 7–5 4–5 5–4 6–6 7–5 5–4 4–5 —

Game log

1956–57 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 27 N Philadelphia 109–103 (2OT) Dolph Schayes (33) 1–0
2 October 28 Rochester 75–91 Dolph Schayes (20) 2–0
3 November 3 N St. Louis 75–73 Conlin, Schayes (20) 3–0
4 November 4 St. Louis 78–76 Dolph Schayes (28) 3–1
5 November 10 @ Rochester 76–90 Ed Conlin (19) 3–2
6 November 11 Boston 94–83 Ed Conlin (22) 3–3
7 November 15 Minneapolis 103–96 Dolph Schayes (21) 3–4
8 November 17 N Philadelphia 96–109 Dolph Schayes (19) 3–5
9 November 18 Philadelphia 97–99 Dolph Schayes (31) 4–5
10 November 20 @ St. Louis 81–104 Dolph Schayes (28) 4–6
11 November 22 @ Minneapolis 78–111 Kerr, Schayes (13) 4–7
12 November 24 @ Boston 99–114 Ed Conlin (24) 4–8
13 November 27 N Rochester 82–90 Dolph Schayes (19) 4–9
14 November 29 Fort Wayne 92–87 Dolph Schayes (30) 4–10
15 December 1 @ New York 100–117 Dolph Schayes (21) 4–11
16 December 2 New York 100–110 Ed Conlin (28) 5–11
17 December 4 N Fort Wayne 97–96 (OT) Dolph Schayes (22) 6–11
18 December 6 @ Fort Wayne 92–104 Ed Conlin (15) 6–12
19 December 7 N Fort Wayne 97–105 Ed Conlin (21) 6–13
20 December 9 Boston 110–116 Dolph Schayes (42) 7–13
21 December 15 Philadelphia 117–108 Bianchi, Conlin, Schayes (16) 7–14
22 December 16 St. Louis 91–101 Dolph Schayes (22) 8–14
23 December 23 Minneapolis 97–107 Dolph Schayes (27) 9–14
24 December 25 @ Rochester 93–98 Dolph Schayes (19) 9–15
25 December 27 @ St. Louis 95–102 Dolph Schayes (29) 9–16
26 December 29 @ Philadelphia 104–103 (OT) Dolph Schayes (32) 10–16
27 December 30 @ Boston 92–105 Dolph Schayes (20) 10–17
28 January 1 New York 102–106 Dolph Schayes (30) 11–17
29 January 3 @ New York 111–126 Togo Palazzi (26) 11–18
30 January 4 N Boston 116–106 Bob Harrison (23) 12–18
31 January 6 Philadelphia 123–128 Johnny Kerr (26) 13–18
32 January 9 N Minneapolis 86–93 Dolph Schayes (17) 13–19
33 January 10 Minneapolis 118–110 Dolph Schayes (40) 13–20
34 January 12 @ Rochester 97–88 Dolph Schayes (31) 14–20
35 January 13 Rochester 85–91 Dolph Schayes (23) 15–20
36 January 17 @ Philadelphia 108–103 Dolph Schayes (30) 16–20
37 January 18 N Philadelphia 94–96 Dolph Schayes (21) 16–21
38 January 19 St. Louis 104–96 Dolph Schayes (29) 16–22
39 January 20 Fort Wayne 98–101 Dolph Schayes (19) 17–22
40 January 22 @ New York 88–90 Ed Conlin (26) 17–23
41 January 23 @ Boston 108–140 Togo Palazzi (25) 17–24
42 January 24 New York 97–115 Johnny Kerr (26) 18–24
43 January 26 @ Rochester 99–95 Dolph Schayes (26) 19–24
44 January 27 Minneapolis 93–94 Dolph Schayes (26) 20–24
45 January 28 N Minneapolis 112–96 Johnny Kerr (26) 21–24
46 January 30 @ Boston 119–116 Dolph Schayes (24) 22–24
47 January 31 Boston 104–105 Dolph Schayes (34) 23–24
48 February 2 @ Philadelphia 100–107 Dolph Schayes (19) 23–25
49 February 3 Fort Wayne 95–104 Ed Conlin (23) 24–25
50 February 5 N Boston 101–105 Dolph Schayes (21) 24–26
51 February 6 N New York 100–119 Paul Seymour (23) 24–27
52 February 7 St. Louis 110–112 Dolph Schayes (29) 25–27
53 February 9 @ New York 101–89 Kerr, Lloyd (21) 26–27
54 February 10 New York 100–102 Dolph Schayes (30) 27–27
55 February 11 N St. Louis 101–107 Johnny Kerr (20) 27–28
56 February 14 Rochester 104–95 Ed Conlin (19) 27–29
57 February 17 Boston 106–116 Dolph Schayes (28) 28–29
58 February 21 Philadelphia 86–92 Dolph Schayes (16) 29–29
59 February 23 @ Minneapolis 103–101 Dolph Schayes (30) 30–29
60 February 24 Rochester 93–109 Ed Conlin (25) 31–29
61 February 25 @ Fort Wayne 102–108 Joe Holup (20) 31–30
62 February 26 Minneapolis 108–120 Johnny Kerr (30) 32–30
63 February 27 N St. Louis 108–93 Johnny Kerr (23) 33–30
64 February 28 Fort Wayne 112–123 Johnny Kerr (32) 34–30
65 March 2 N Philadelphia 85–98 Dolph Schayes (21) 34–31
66 March 3 Philadelphia 86–112 Dolph Schayes (47) 35–31
67 March 5 @ New York 99–92 Ed Conlin (24) 36–31
68 March 6 New York 100–93 Dolph Schayes (21) 36–32
69 March 7 N New York 94–99 Dolph Schayes (21) 36–33
70 March 9 Boston 102–104 Dolph Schayes (36) 37–33
71 March 10 @ Boston 94–92 Dolph Schayes (22) 38–33
72 March 13 @ Fort Wayne 81–114 Dolph Schayes (17) 38–34

Playoffs

1957 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 March 16 @ Philadelphia W 103–96 Red Kerr (25) Red Kerr (21) Dolph Schayes (6) Philadelphia Civic Center 1–0
2 March 18 Philadelphia W 91–80 Red Kerr (22) Dolph Schayes (20) Schayes, Conlin (4) Onondaga War Memorial 2–0
Division Finals: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location Series
1 March 21 @ Boston L 90–108 Dolph Schayes (21) Dolph Schayes (23) Boston Garden 0–1
2 March 23 Boston L 105–120 Dolph Schayes (31) Dolph Schayes (15) Onondaga War Memorial 0–2
3 March 24 @ Boston L 80–83 Dolph Schayes (22) Dolph Schayes (17) Boston Garden 0–3
1957 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1956–57 Syracuse Nationals