1955–56 Boston Celtics season explained

The 1955–56 NBA season was the Celtics' tenth season in the NBA.^[1] This was the last time the Celtics failed to advance to the NBA Finals until 1966–67.

Regular season

x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1955-56 NBA Records
width=100	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		87–98	Bob Cousy (31)	1–0
2	November 11		75–119	Ed Macauley (23)	2–0
3	November 12		95–96	Ed Macauley (24)	2–1
4	November 17	@ Philadelphia	92–106	Bill Sharman (23)	2–2
5	November 19		102–104	Bill Sharman (20)	3–2
6	November 23	New York	115–111 (OT)	Ed Macauley (26)	3–3
7	November 24		103–111	Bob Cousy (23)	3–4
8	November 26		104–103	Bill Sharman (32)	4–4
9	November 29	N Syracuse	97–105	Ed Macauley (27)	5–4
10	December 2		81–94	Ed Macauley (26)	6–4
11	December 4	@ Fort Wayne	90–111	Ed Macauley (19)	6–5
12	December 6	@ St. Louis	122–99	Macauley, Sharman (25)	7–5
13	December 9	N Rochester	109–108	Ed Macauley (28)	7–6
14	December 10	Minneapolis	102–118	Loscutoff, Macauley (18)	8–6
15	December 11	@ Syracuse	89–101	Jack Nichols (18)	8–7
16	December 13	N Philadelphia	109–108	Bob Cousy (29)	8–8
17	December 14	New York	100–102	Ed Macauley (23)	9–8
18	December 17	Syracuse	110–104	Bill Sharman (33)	9–9
19	December 18	@ New York	95–92	Cousy, Loscutoff (20)	10–9
20	December 20	N Minneapolis	99–100	Cousy, Nichols (22)	11–9
21	December 25	@ Minneapolis	115–112	Cousy, Sharman (25)	12–9
22	December 27	@ St. Louis	105–102	Ed Macauley (24)	13–9
23	December 30	N Syracuse	103–110	Jack Nichols (25)	14–9
24	December 31	@ Rochester	112–100	Bill Sharman (21)	15–9
25	January 1	Philadelphia	113–121	Jack Nichols (31)	16–9
26	January 3	N New York	107–97	Cousy, Macauley (19)	16–10
27	January 4	N New York	103–86	Bill Sharman (25)	16–11
28	January 5	@ New York	92–87	Jack Nichols (24)	17–11
29	January 7	@ Syracuse	105–99 (OT)	Bob Cousy (32)	18–11
30	January 8	Rochester	111–109	Cousy, Sharman (21)	18–12
31	January 10	@ Fort Wayne	89–105	Bill Sharman (25)	18–13
32	January 11	N Minneapolis	114–110	Bob Cousy (24)	18–14
33	January 13	Syracuse	104–119	Cousy, Sharman (23)	19–14
34	January 14	@ Philadelphia	104–103	Bill Sharman (22)	20–14
35	January 15	New York	109–104 (OT)	Ed Macauley (21)	20–15
36	January 17	N Fort Wayne	85–91	Bob Cousy (20)	21–15
37	January 18	N Fort Wayne	90–95	Bob Cousy (23)	22–15
38	January 20	St. Louis	112–133	Bill Sharman (25)	23–15
39	January 21	N Syracuse	96–100	Bill Sharman (21)	24–15
40	January 22	Philadelphia	129–115	Cousy, Macauley (27)	24–16
41	January 23	N Philadelphia	120–104	Ed Macauley (31)	24–17
42	January 25	N Fort Wayne	101–100	Ed Macauley (23)	24–18
43	January 27	Fort Wayne	106–97	Cousy, Nichols (16)	24–19
44	January 28	@ Rochester	126–119	Bob Cousy (29)	25–19
45	January 29	Rochester	103–112	Bob Cousy (29)	26–19
46	January 31	@ St. Louis	91–114	Dickie Hemric (16)	26–20
47	February 1	@ Minneapolis	106–107	Ed Macauley (26)	26–21
48	February 2	N Minneapolis	101–102	Bill Sharman (35)	27–21
49	February 4	@ Rochester	69–83	Ed Macauley (15)	27–22
50	February 5	New York	104–114	Bill Sharman (24)	28–22
51	February 7	@ New York	102–113	Bill Sharman (29)	28–23
52	February 8	N St. Louis	111–110	Ed Macauley (27)	28–24
53	February 9	@ Syracuse	98–97	Jack Nichols (23)	29–24
54	February 10	St. Louis	100–124	Bill Sharman (30)	30–24
55	February 12	New York	108–116	Bill Sharman (29)	31–24
56	February 18	N Philadelphia	115–101	Bob Cousy (27)	31–25
57	February 19	Philadelphia	118–120	Bob Cousy (24)	32–25
58	February 21	@ St. Louis	97–101	Bill Sharman (26)	32–26
59	February 22	@ Minneapolis	93–90	Ed Macauley (22)	33–26
60	February 24	@ Philadelphia	129–135	Bill Sharman (33)	33–27
61	February 26	Rochester	100–111	Bob Cousy (27)	34–27
62	February 28	N Rochester	113–97	Bill Sharman (18)	34–28
63	February 29	Fort Wayne	99–106	Bob Cousy (22)	35–28
64	March 1	@ Syracuse	100–111	Bob Cousy (21)	35–29
65	March 2	Minneapolis	113–119	Cousy, Sharman (23)	36–29
66	March 4	Philadelphia	114–128	Bob Cousy (29)	37–29
67	March 6	@ New York	99–119	Bob Cousy (24)	37–30
68	March 7	Syracuse	98–111	Bill Sharman (24)	38–30
69	March 8	@ Philadelphia	120–142	Bill Sharman (33)	38–31
70	March 10	N Fort Wayne	106–103	Togo Palazzi (21)	38–32
71	March 11	St. Louis	127–121	Bill Sharman (27)	38–33
72	March 14	Syracuse	103–122	Bill Sharman (25)	39–33

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| March 17| Syracuse| W 110–93| Bob Cousy (29)| —| Bob Cousy (9)| Boston Garden| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| March 19| @ Syracuse| L 98–101| Bob Cousy (28)| Arnie Risen (17)| Bob Cousy (10)| Onondaga War Memorial| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| March 21| Syracuse| L 97–102| Bill Sharman (24)| Arnie Risen (15)| Bob Cousy (7)| Boston Garden| 1–2|-

Awards and records

• Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
• Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1956.html 1955–56 Boston Celtics