1955-56 Syracuse Nationals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 35-37
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 5-4 Lost division finals
Division Tiebreaker - Defeated New York Knicks 1-0
Division Semifinals - Defeated Boston Celtics 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 3-2
Coach: Al Cervi (35-37)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 140,714, Avg. 4,539 in 31 home dates

1955-56 Syracuse Nationals Roster
1955-56 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 35 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

Syracuse racked up 6,976 points and yielded 6,975. Dolph Schayes scored a team-best 1,472 points for the Nationals and contributed 891 rebounds. George King dished out 410 assists for the squad.

Al Cervi coached the team. The 1955-56 Syracuse Nationals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	2517	1202	465			632	542	891	200	251	1472
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	2114	935	377			316	207	607	84	168	961
George King	G	72	2343	763	284			275	176	250	410	150	744
Red Rocha	C-F	72	1883	692	250			281	220	416	131	244	720
Paul Seymour	G-F	57	1826	670	227			233	188	152	276	130	642
Earl Lloyd	F-C	72	1837	636	213			241	186	492	116	267	612
Ed Conlin	F-G	66	1423	574	211			178	121	326	145	121	543
Billy Kenville	G-F	72	1278	448	170			257	195	215	159	132	535
Dick Farley	G-F	72	1429	451	168			207	143	165	151	154	479
Jim Tucker	F	70	895	290	101			83	66	232	38	166	268
Totals		697	17545	6661	2466	0	0	2703	2044	3746	1710	1783	6976

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	72	35.0	38.7	85.8	12.4	2.8	3.5	20.4
Johnny Kerr	C-F	72	29.4	40.3	65.5	8.4	1.2	2.3	13.3
George King	G	72	32.5	37.2	64.0	3.5	5.7	2.1	10.3
Red Rocha	C-F	72	26.2	36.1	78.3	5.8	1.8	3.4	10.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	57	32.0	33.9	80.7	2.7	4.8	2.3	11.3
Earl Lloyd	F-C	72	25.5	33.5	77.2	6.8	1.6	3.7	8.5
Ed Conlin	F-G	66	21.6	36.8	68.0	4.9	2.2	1.8	8.2
Billy Kenville	G-F	72	17.8	37.9	75.9	3.0	2.2	1.8	7.4
Dick Farley	G-F	72	19.8	37.3	69.1	2.3	2.1	2.1	6.7
Jim Tucker	F	70	12.8	34.8	79.5	3.3	0.5	2.4	3.8
Averages		697	25.2	37.0	75.6	5.4	2.5	2.6	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	8	310	142	52			83	73	111	27	27	177
George King	G	8	317	108	39			48	38	47	60	16	116
Johnny Kerr	C-F	8	213	77	37			33	15	68	10	23	89
Dick Farley	G-F	8	169	72	34			31	19	21	28	31	87
Ed Conlin	F-G	8	197	85	31			38	22	47	9	14	84
Red Rocha	C-F	8	189	68	23			26	22	52	15	37	68
Earl Lloyd	F-C	8	172	81	26			14	13	43	7	37	65
Billy Kenville	G-F	8	128	45	16			23	16	17	14	21	48
Paul Seymour	G-F	7	153	55	16			20	15	11	18	11	47
Jim Tucker	F	6	72	34	13			8	6	25	2	15	32
Totals		77	1920	767	287	0	0	324	239	442	190	232	813

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dolph Schayes	F-C	8	38.8	36.6	88.0	13.9	3.4	3.4	22.1
George King	G	8	39.6	36.1	79.2	5.9	7.5	2.0	14.5
Johnny Kerr	C-F	8	26.6	48.1	45.5	8.5	1.3	2.9	11.1
Dick Farley	G-F	8	21.1	47.2	61.3	2.6	3.5	3.9	10.9
Ed Conlin	F-G	8	24.6	36.5	57.9	5.9	1.1	1.8	10.5
Red Rocha	C-F	8	23.6	33.8	84.6	6.5	1.9	4.6	8.5
Earl Lloyd	F-C	8	21.5	32.1	92.9	5.4	0.9	4.6	8.1
Billy Kenville	G-F	8	16.0	35.6	69.6	2.1	1.8	2.6	6.0
Paul Seymour	G-F	7	21.9	29.1	75.0	1.6	2.6	1.6	6.7
Jim Tucker	F	6	12.0	38.2	75.0	4.2	0.3	2.5	5.3
Averages		697	24.9	37.4	73.8	5.7	2.5	3.0	10.6