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1955–56 New York Knicks season
1955–56 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Joe Lapchick; Vince Boryla
General manager	Ned Irish
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	35–37 (.486)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify; (Lost Division third-place tiebreaker to Nationals, 0–1)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX; (Bob Wolff, Bud Palmer)
Radio	WINS; (Les Keiter, Jim Gordon)
< 1954–55	1956–57 >

The 1955–56 New York Knicks season was the tenth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished with a 35–37 record and tied for third place in the Eastern Division with the Syracuse Nationals. New York lost to the Nationals in a one-game playoff for a berth in the Eastern Division Semifinals.^[3]

NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	4	Ken Sears	F	United States	Santa Clara
2	11	Jerry Mullen	F	United States	San Francisco
3	19	Guy Sparrow	F	United States	Detroit

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors	45	27	.625	-	21-7	11-17	13-3	22-14
x-Boston Celtics	39	33	.542	6	20-7	12-15	7-11	18-18
x-Syracuse Nationals	35	37	.486	10	23-8	9–19	3-10	15-21
New York Knicks	35	37	.486	10	13-15	16-13	6-9	17-19

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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

1955–56 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 5	@ Rochester	100–98 (OT)	Carl Braun (23)	1–0
2	November 10	Minneapolis	105–112	Harry Gallatin (21)	2–0
3	November 12	Boston	95–96	Harry Gallatin (25)	3–0
4	November 13	N Rochester	91–94	Ray Felix (18)	4–0
5	November 15	@ St. Louis	95–121	Ken Sears (26)	4–1
6	November 17	N Fort Wayne	110–88	Ray Felix (24)	5–1
7	November 19	St. Louis	104–91	Ray Felix (13)	5–2
8	November 20	@ Fort Wayne	119–115 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (25)	6–2
9	November 23	@ Boston	115–111 (OT)	Ray Felix (24)	7–2
10	November 24	@ Philadelphia	97–118	Carl Braun (26)	7–3
11	November 26	Syracuse	99–100	Ray Felix (31)	8–3
12	November 27	@ Syracuse	74–85	Ray Felix (14)	8–4
13	November 29	Fort Wayne	104–99	Baechtold, Sears (18)	8–5
14	December 1	N Minneapolis	90–97	Ray Felix (22)	8–6
15	December 3	Philadelphia	109–102	Dick McGuire (28)	8–7
16	December 6	Rochester	105–116	Gallatin, McGuire (23)	9–7
17	December 10	@ St. Louis	99–80	Ray Felix (18)	10–7
18	December 13	Minneapolis	91–98	Bob Peterson (19)	11–7
19	December 14	@ Boston	100–102	Carl Braun (28)	11–8
20	December 17	@ Fort Wayne	100–95	Carl Braun (20)	12–8
21	December 18	Boston	95–92	Ray Felix (21)	12–9
22	December 20	Syracuse	98–91	Carl Braun (20)	12–10
23	December 25	@ Fort Wayne	87–92	Carl Braun (18)	12–11
24	December 26	@ Philadelphia	108–97	Ken Sears (26)	13–11
25	December 27	Philadelphia	79–80	Carl Braun (15)	14–11
26	December 28	@ Rochester	113–91	Carl Braun (23)	15–11
27	December 31	@ Syracuse	92–101	Harry Gallatin (19)	15–12
28	January 1	Rochester	101–92	Walter Dukes (17)	15–13
29	January 3	N Boston	107–97	Harry Gallatin (23)	16–13
30	January 4	N Boston	103–86	Ken Sears (20)	17–13
31	January 5	Boston	92–87	Ray Felix (15)	17–14
32	January 7	@ Philadelphia	97–104	Dukes, Sears (19)	17–15
33	January 8	Philadelphia	95–83	Harry Gallatin (34)	17–16
34	January 14	St. Louis	104–101 (2OT)	Harry Gallatin (23)	17–17
35	January 15	@ Boston	109–104 (OT)	Baechtold, Shue (22)	18–17
36	January 17	Rochester	107–112	Carl Braun (25)	19–17
37	January 18	@ Rochester	103–108	Jim Baechtold (25)	19–18
38	January 20	N Minneapolis	122–109	Ken Sears (27)	20–18
39	January 21	Minneapolis	109–89	Ray Felix (24)	20–19
40	January 22	@ Minneapolis	100–95	Harry Gallatin (31)	21–19
41	January 25	@ Minneapolis	95–104	Ken Sears (28)	21–20
42	January 27	N Rochester	111–93	Baechtold, Braun (18)	21–21
43	January 28	Fort Wayne	92–91 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (20)	21–22
44	January 29	@ Syracuse	99–95 (OT)	Carl Braun (23)	22–22
45	January 31	Philadelphia	95–105	Harry Gallatin (21)	23–22
46	February 1	@ Philadelphia	105–104 (2OT)	Ken Sears (23)	24–22
47	February 2	N Philadelphia	88–87	Braun, Gallatin (19)	24–23
48	February 4	Syracuse	103–94	Carl Braun (25)	24–24
49	February 5	@ Boston	104–114	Jim Baechtold (22)	24–25
50	February 7	Boston	102–113	Ken Sears (24)	25–25
51	February 8	@ Rochester	102–97	Ken Sears (26)	26–25
52	February 10	N Syracuse	94–88	Jim Baechtold (27)	26–26
53	February 11	St. Louis	91–107	Dick McGuire (20)	27–26
54	February 12	@ Boston	108–116	Carl Braun (22)	27–27
55	February 14	@ St. Louis	103–99	Harry Gallatin (19)	28–27
56	February 15	N Minneapolis	102–113	Carl Braun (31)	28–28
57	February 17	N Syracuse	91–86	Ray Felix (21)	28–29
58	February 19	@ Syracuse	98–118	Jim Baechtold (26)	28–30
59	February 21	Syracuse	108–107 (2OT)	Ray Felix (32)	28–31
60	February 22	@ Philadelphia	117–108	Ken Sears (23)	29–31
61	February 25	St. Louis	99–89	Ray Felix (19)	29–32
62	February 26	@ St. Louis	85–103	Nathaniel Clifton (16)	29–33
63	February 27	N St. Louis	109–113	Carl Braun (44)	30–33
64	February 28	Fort Wayne	99–95	Carl Braun (24)	30–34
65	March 2	N Fort Wayne	97–104	Ken Sears (24)	30–35
66	March 4	@ Syracuse	118–111 (2OT)	Harry Gallatin (24)	31–35
67	March 6	Boston	99–119	Ray Felix (23)	32–35
68	March 7	N Philadelphia	108–87	Ken Sears (21)	32–36
69	March 10	Syracuse	84–104	Carl Braun (17)	33–36
70	March 11	@ Fort Wayne	122–96	Carl Braun (27)	34–36
71	March 13	N Minneapolis	89–102	Ken Sears (24)	34–37
72	March 14	Philadelphia	108–115	Ken Sears (23)	35–37

Division Tiebreaker

Note: Tiebreaker games do not count as official playoff games.

1956 playoff game log

Division Tiebreaker (failed to qualify)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	March 15	@ Syracuse	L 77–82	Harry Gallatin (19)	Ray Felix (13)	Dick McGuire (9)	Onondaga War Memorial	0–1

1956 schedule

References

^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 331. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 330. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
^ "1955–56 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
^ "1955 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2012.