1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season explained

Team:	Syracuse Nationals
Team Link:	Philadelphia 76ers
End Year:	1957
Wins:	38
Losses:	34
Division:	Eastern
Division Place:	2
Coach:	Al Cervi Paul Seymour
Arena:	Onondaga War Memorial
Playoffs:	East Division Finals (eliminated 0–3)
Bbr Team:	SYR

The 1956–57 NBA season was the Nationals' 8th season in the NBA.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1956-57 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BOS	FWP	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	STL	SYR
	—	6–3	5–4	7–5	8–4	6–3	7–2	5–7
	3–6	—	7–5	5–4	4–5	6–6	4–8	5–4
	4–5	5–7	—	3–6	5–4	9–3	4–8	4–5
	5–7	4–5	6–3	—	4–8	5–4	6–3	6–6
	4–8	5–4	4–5	8–4	—	4–5	7–2	5–7
	3–6	6–6	3–9	4–5	5–4	—	6–6	4–5
	2–7	8–4	8–4	3–6	2–7	6–6	—	5–4
Syracuse	7–5	4–5	5–4	6–6	7–5	5–4	4–5	—

Game log

1956–57 Game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 27		109–103 (2OT)	Dolph Schayes (33)	1–0
2	October 28		75–91	Dolph Schayes (20)	2–0
3	November 3		75–73	Conlin, Schayes (20)	3–0
4	November 4	St. Louis	78–76	Dolph Schayes (28)	3–1
5	November 10	@ Rochester	76–90	Ed Conlin (19)	3–2
6	November 11		94–83	Ed Conlin (22)	3–3
7	November 15		103–96	Dolph Schayes (21)	3–4
8	November 17	N Philadelphia	96–109	Dolph Schayes (19)	3–5
9	November 18	Philadelphia	97–99	Dolph Schayes (31)	4–5
10	November 20	@ St. Louis	81–104	Dolph Schayes (28)	4–6
11	November 22	@ Minneapolis	78–111	Kerr, Schayes (13)	4–7
12	November 24	@ Boston	99–114	Ed Conlin (24)	4–8
13	November 27	N Rochester	82–90	Dolph Schayes (19)	4–9
14	November 29		92–87	Dolph Schayes (30)	4–10
15	December 1		100–117	Dolph Schayes (21)	4–11
16	December 2	New York	100–110	Ed Conlin (28)	5–11
17	December 4	N Fort Wayne	97–96 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (22)	6–11
18	December 6	@ Fort Wayne	92–104	Ed Conlin (15)	6–12
19	December 7	N Fort Wayne	97–105	Ed Conlin (21)	6–13
20	December 9	Boston	110–116	Dolph Schayes (42)	7–13
21	December 15	Philadelphia	117–108	Bianchi, Conlin, Schayes (16)	7–14
22	December 16	St. Louis	91–101	Dolph Schayes (22)	8–14
23	December 23	Minneapolis	97–107	Dolph Schayes (27)	9–14
24	December 25	@ Rochester	93–98	Dolph Schayes (19)	9–15
25	December 27	@ St. Louis	95–102	Dolph Schayes (29)	9–16
26	December 29	@ Philadelphia	104–103 (OT)	Dolph Schayes (32)	10–16
27	December 30	@ Boston	92–105	Dolph Schayes (20)	10–17
28	January 1	New York	102–106	Dolph Schayes (30)	11–17
29	January 3	@ New York	111–126	Togo Palazzi (26)	11–18
30	January 4	N Boston	116–106	Bob Harrison (23)	12–18
31	January 6	Philadelphia	123–128	Johnny Kerr (26)	13–18
32	January 9	N Minneapolis	86–93	Dolph Schayes (17)	13–19
33	January 10	Minneapolis	118–110	Dolph Schayes (40)	13–20
34	January 12	@ Rochester	97–88	Dolph Schayes (31)	14–20
35	January 13	Rochester	85–91	Dolph Schayes (23)	15–20
36	January 17	@ Philadelphia	108–103	Dolph Schayes (30)	16–20
37	January 18	N Philadelphia	94–96	Dolph Schayes (21)	16–21
38	January 19	St. Louis	104–96	Dolph Schayes (29)	16–22
39	January 20	Fort Wayne	98–101	Dolph Schayes (19)	17–22
40	January 22	@ New York	88–90	Ed Conlin (26)	17–23
41	January 23	@ Boston	108–140	Togo Palazzi (25)	17–24
42	January 24	New York	97–115	Johnny Kerr (26)	18–24
43	January 26	@ Rochester	99–95	Dolph Schayes (26)	19–24
44	January 27	Minneapolis	93–94	Dolph Schayes (26)	20–24
45	January 28	N Minneapolis	112–96	Johnny Kerr (26)	21–24
46	January 30	@ Boston	119–116	Dolph Schayes (24)	22–24
47	January 31	Boston	104–105	Dolph Schayes (34)	23–24
48	February 2	@ Philadelphia	100–107	Dolph Schayes (19)	23–25
49	February 3	Fort Wayne	95–104	Ed Conlin (23)	24–25
50	February 5	N Boston	101–105	Dolph Schayes (21)	24–26
51	February 6	N New York	100–119	Paul Seymour (23)	24–27
52	February 7	St. Louis	110–112	Dolph Schayes (29)	25–27
53	February 9	@ New York	101–89	Kerr, Lloyd (21)	26–27
54	February 10	New York	100–102	Dolph Schayes (30)	27–27
55	February 11	N St. Louis	101–107	Johnny Kerr (20)	27–28
56	February 14	Rochester	104–95	Ed Conlin (19)	27–29
57	February 17	Boston	106–116	Dolph Schayes (28)	28–29
58	February 21	Philadelphia	86–92	Dolph Schayes (16)	29–29
59	February 23	@ Minneapolis	103–101	Dolph Schayes (30)	30–29
60	February 24	Rochester	93–109	Ed Conlin (25)	31–29
61	February 25	@ Fort Wayne	102–108	Joe Holup (20)	31–30
62	February 26	Minneapolis	108–120	Johnny Kerr (30)	32–30
63	February 27	N St. Louis	108–93	Johnny Kerr (23)	33–30
64	February 28	Fort Wayne	112–123	Johnny Kerr (32)	34–30
65	March 2	N Philadelphia	85–98	Dolph Schayes (21)	34–31
66	March 3	Philadelphia	86–112	Dolph Schayes (47)	35–31
67	March 5	@ New York	99–92	Ed Conlin (24)	36–31
68	March 6	New York	100–93	Dolph Schayes (21)	36–32
69	March 7	N New York	94–99	Dolph Schayes (21)	36–33
70	March 9	Boston	102–104	Dolph Schayes (36)	37–33
71	March 10	@ Boston	94–92	Dolph Schayes (22)	38–33
72	March 13	@ Fort Wayne	81–114	Dolph Schayes (17)	38–34

Playoffs

Awards and records

Dolph Schayes, All-NBA First Team

Notes and References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1957.html 1956–57 Syracuse Nationals