1956-57 Philadelphia Warriors Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 2-0
Coach: George Senesky (37-35)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 158,004, Avg. 5,097 in 31 home dates

1956-57 Philadelphia Warriors Roster
1956-57 Philadelphia Warriors Results

The Philadelphia Warriors of the National Basketball Association ended the 1956-57 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Warriors scored 7,230 points and yielded 7,116. Paul Arizin netted a team-best 1,817 points for Philadelphia, and Neil Johnston contributed 16 or more per game, too. Neil Johnston accounted for 855 rebounds. Jack George dished out 307 assists for the squad.

George Senesky coached the team. The 1956-57 Philadelphia Warriors lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Paul Arizin	F-G	71	2767	1451	613			713	591	561	150	274	1817
Neil Johnston	C	69	2531	1163	520			648	535	855	203	231	1575
Joe Graboski	F-C	72	2501	1118	390			322	252	614	140	244	1032
Jack George	G	67	2229	750	253			293	200	318	307	165	706
Larry Costello	G	72	2111	497	186			222	175	323	236	182	547
Ernie Beck	G-F	72	1743	508	195			157	111	312	190	155	501
Walt Davis	C-F	65	1250	437	178			106	74	306	52	235	430
George Dempsey	G	71	1147	302	134			102	55	251	136	107	323
Lew Hitch	F-C	38	577	151	57			37	26	134	25	48	140
Jackie Moore	F	57	400	106	43			46	37	116	21	75	123
Bob Armstrong	C-F	19	110	37	11			12	6	39	3	13	28
Hal Lear	G	3	14	6	2			0	0	1	1	3	4
Totals		676	17380	6526	2582	0	0	2658	2062	3830	1464	1732	7226

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Paul Arizin	F-G	71	39.0	42.2	82.9	7.9	2.1	3.9	25.6
Neil Johnston	C	69	36.7	44.7	82.6	12.4	2.9	3.3	22.8
Joe Graboski	F-C	72	34.7	34.9	78.3	8.5	1.9	3.4	14.3
Jack George	G	67	33.3	33.7	68.3	4.7	4.6	2.5	10.5
Larry Costello	G	72	29.3	37.4	78.8	4.5	3.3	2.5	7.6
Ernie Beck	G-F	72	24.2	38.4	70.7	4.3	2.6	2.2	7.0
Walt Davis	C-F	65	19.2	40.7	69.8	4.7	0.8	3.6	6.6
George Dempsey	G	71	16.2	44.4	53.9	3.5	1.9	1.5	4.5
Lew Hitch	F-C	38	15.2	37.7	70.3	3.5	0.7	1.3	3.7
Jackie Moore	F	57	7.0	40.6	80.4	2.0	0.4	1.3	2.2
Bob Armstrong	C-F	19	5.8	29.7	50.0	2.1	0.2	0.7	1.5
Hal Lear	G	3	4.7	33.3		0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3
Averages		676	25.7	39.6	77.6	5.7	2.2	2.6	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Neil Johnston	C	2	84	53	17			6	4	35	9	9	38
Joe Graboski	F-C	2	91	40	13			11	9	22	4	7	35
Ernie Beck	G-F	2	89	38	14			3	3	10	5	4	31
George Dempsey	G	2	74	21	9			16	7	15	12	5	25
Jack George	G	2	63	15	7			6	4	7	6	5	18
Walt Davis	C-F	2	37	13	4			4	4	14	1	8	12
Paul Arizin	F-G	2	22	8	3			5	3	8	1	3	9
Larry Costello	G	2	16	8	3			1	0	5	2	3	6
Lew Hitch	F-C	2	3	1	0			2	2	2	0	0	2
Jackie Moore	F	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		19	480	197	70	0	0	54	36	118	40	44	176

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Neil Johnston	C	2	42.0	32.1	66.7	17.5	4.5	4.5	19.0
Joe Graboski	F-C	2	45.5	32.5	81.8	11.0	2.0	3.5	17.5
Ernie Beck	G-F	2	44.5	36.8	100.0	5.0	2.5	2.0	15.5
George Dempsey	G	2	37.0	42.9	43.8	7.5	6.0	2.5	12.5
Jack George	G	2	31.5	46.7	66.7	3.5	3.0	2.5	9.0
Walt Davis	C-F	2	18.5	30.8	100.0	7.0	0.5	4.0	6.0
Paul Arizin	F-G	2	11.0	37.5	60.0	4.0	0.5	1.5	4.5
Larry Costello	G	2	8.0	37.5	0.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	3.0
Lew Hitch	F-C	2	1.5	0.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Jackie Moore	F	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		676	25.3	35.5	66.7	6.2	2.1	2.3	9.3