1955–56 Rochester Royals season

1955–56 Rochester Royals season
Head coachBobby Wanzer
OwnersJack Harrison
Les Harrison
ArenaRochester Community War Memorial
Results
Record31–41 (.431)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHAM-TV
RadioWROC
< 1954–55 1956–57 >

The 1955–56 NBA season was the Royals eighth season in the NBA.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 37 35 .514 - 19-7 10-17 8-11 19-17
x-Minneapolis Lakers 33 39 .458 4 14-12 6-21 13-6 19-17
x-St. Louis Hawks 33 39 .458 4 15-11 11-17 7-11 18-18
Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 6 15-14 6-21 10-6 16-20
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1955–56 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 5 New York 100–98 (OT) Maurice Stokes (32) 0–1
2 November 6 Syracuse 80–83 Maurice Stokes (17) 1–1
3 November 10 N Philadelphia 84–89 Maurice Stokes (26) 1–2
4 November 12 N Fort Wayne 84–79 Bobby Wanzer (25) 2–2
5 November 13 N New York 91–94 Maurice Stokes (19) 2–3
6 November 19 Minneapolis 91–90 Art Spoelstra (17) 2–4
7 November 20 @ Minneapolis 104–96 Maurice Stokes (25) 3–4
8 November 23 @ St. Louis 88–90 (OT) Don Meineke (16) 3–5
9 November 24 @ Fort Wayne 93–104 Connie Simmons (19) 3–6
10 November 26 Boston 104–103 Jack Twyman (28) 3–7
11 November 30 Fort Wayne 76–87 Jack Twyman (18) 4–7
12 December 3 St. Louis 89–78 Bobby Wanzer (19) 4–8
13 December 4 Philadelphia 84–107 Jack Twyman (25) 5–8
14 December 6 @ New York 105–116 Bobby Wanzer (22) 5–9
15 December 7 Minneapolis 79–92 Jack Twyman (18) 6–9
16 December 9 N Boston 109–108 Maurice Stokes (31) 7–9
17 December 10 Fort Wayne 116–117 (OT) Jack Twyman (24) 8–9
18 December 11 St. Louis 91–93 Jack Twyman (20) 9–9
19 December 14 N St. Louis 109–117 Bobby Wanzer (24) 10–9
20 December 16 N St. Louis 100–97 (OT) Jack Coleman (18) 10–10
21 December 17 @ Minneapolis 92–94 Jack Twyman (23) 10–11
22 December 18 @ St. Louis 85–86 Jack McMahon (28) 10–12
23 December 21 Philadelphia 96–92 Jack Coleman (20) 10–13
24 December 25 @ Syracuse 96–111 Jack Coleman (22) 10–14
25 December 26 Syracuse 91–93 Art Spoelstra (19) 11–14
26 December 27 N Syracuse 80–91 Bobby Wanzer (28) 12–14
27 December 28 New York 113–91 Jack Twyman (20) 12–15
28 December 29 @ Fort Wayne 75–83 Jack Twyman (19) 12–16
29 December 31 Boston 112–100 Ed Fleming (28) 12–17
30 January 1 @ New York 101–92 Maurice Stokes (28) 13–17
31 January 2 N Philadelphia 100–130 Ed Fleming (20) 13–18
32 January 4 Fort Wayne 88–86 Maurice Stokes (20) 13–19
33 January 7 Minneapolis 98–103 Jack Twyman (19) 14–19
34 January 8 @ Boston 111–109 Bobby Wanzer (22) 15–19
35 January 11 Philadelphia 97–94 Art Spoelstra (20) 15–20
36 January 12 @ Philadelphia 94–123 Ed Fleming (19) 15–21
37 January 13 N St. Louis 90–98 Maurice Stokes (24) 16–21
38 January 14 Syracuse 93–102 Spoelstra, Stokes (26) 17–21
39 January 15 @ Syracuse 88–99 Art Spoelstra (21) 17–22
40 January 17 @ New York 107–112 Jack Twyman (26) 17–23
41 January 18 New York 103–108 Ed Fleming (27) 18–23
42 January 21 N St. Louis 90–97 Ed Fleming (27) 19–23
43 January 22 @ Fort Wayne 93–111 Maurice Stokes (19) 19–24
44 January 25 @ St. Louis 106–114 Maurice Stokes (36) 19–25
45 January 27 N New York 111–93 Maurice Stokes (26) 20–25
46 January 28 Boston 126–119 Jack Twyman (40) 20–26
47 January 29 @ Boston 103–112 Maurice Stokes (18) 20–27
48 January 31 N Minneapolis 86–92 Maurice Stokes (15) 20–28
49 February 1 Syracuse 77–83 Jack Twyman (16) 21–28
50 February 2 @ Syracuse 89–97 Ed Fleming (23) 21–29
51 February 3 @ Philadelphia 105–96 Maurice Stokes (29) 22–29
52 February 4 Boston 69–83 Meineke, Spoelstra (18) 23–29
53 February 5 @ Minneapolis 121–109 Stokes, Twyman (28) 24–29
54 February 8 New York 102–97 Jack Twyman (19) 24–30
55 February 11 Fort Wayne 93–97 Maurice Stokes (24) 25–30
56 February 12 @ Syracuse 74–101 Ed Fleming (14) 25–31
57 February 14 N Minneapolis 79–110 Bobby Wanzer (19) 25–32
58 February 16 @ Fort Wayne 81–93 Ed Fleming (16) 25–33
59 February 18 Minneapolis 119–99 Maurice Stokes (22) 25–34
60 February 19 @ Minneapolis 93–100 Jack Twyman (14) 25–35
61 February 21 @ Fort Wayne 106–102 Maurice Stokes (22) 26–35
62 February 22 N St. Louis 109–110 Ed Fleming (32) 27–35
63 February 25 Fort Wayne 97–72 Jack Twyman (18) 27–36
64 February 26 @ Boston 100–111 Maurice Stokes (25) 27–37
65 February 28 N Boston 113–97 Ed Fleming (21) 28–37
66 February 29 @ Philadelphia 81–86 Dick Ricketts (20) 28–38
67 March 1 @ St. Louis 95–94 Maurice Stokes (24) 29–38
68 March 3 Minneapolis 90–94 Regan, Wanzer (16) 30–38
69 March 4 @ Fort Wayne 88–103 Regan, Twyman (16) 30–39
70 March 7 St. Louis 96–89 Maurice Stokes (21) 30–40
71 March 10 Philadelphia 96–111 Ed Fleming (25) 31–40
72 March 11 @ Minneapolis 98–126 Maurice Stokes (17) 31–41

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jack Coleman
Red Davis
Ed Fleming
Chris Harris
Jack McMahon
Monk Meineke
Richie Regan
Dick Ricketts
Connie Simmons
Art Spoelstra
Maurice Stokes
Jack Twyman
Bobby Wanzer

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ 1955–56 Rochester Royals
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