1956–57 Philadelphia Warriors season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Philadelphia Warriors Golden State Warriors 1957 37 35 Eastern 3 George Senesky Philadelphia Civic Center WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL WIBG(Bill Campbell) East Division Semifinals(lost to Nationals 0–2) PHW The 1956–57 Philadelphia Warriors season was the Warriors' 11th season in the NBA.1956–57 Philadelphia Warriors The team entered the season as the defending NBA champions. Finishing 3rd in the East with a 37–35 record, they clinched a berth in the 1957 NBA playoffs. However, they were unable to defend their title as they suffered a two-game sweep by the Syracuse Nationals in the East Division Semifinals. Roster 1956–57 Philadelphia Warriors #002F6C #FFC72C #D50032 #FFC72C 11 Paul Arizin F 6 4 190 Villanova 19 Bob Armstrong basketball, born 1933 C/F 6 8 220 Michigan State 7 Ernie Beck G 6 4 190 Penn 18 Larry Costello G 6 1 186 Niagara 12 Walt Davis F/C 6 8 205 Texas A&M 5 George Dempsey basketball G 6 2 190 King's College 17 Jack George basketball G 6 2 190 La Salle 9 Joe Graboski F/C 6 7 195 Tuley HS (IL) 14 Lew Hitch F 6 8 200 Kansas State 6 Neil Johnston C 6 8 210 Ohio State 16 Hal Lear G 6 0 163 Temple 4 Jackie Moore basketball F 6 5 180 La Salle George Senesky (St. Joseph's) Regular season Season standings PHW x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1956–57 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 27 N Syracuse 109–103 (2OT) Neil Johnston (31) 0–1 2 November 3 Fort Wayne 81–116 Paul Arizin (26) 1–1 3 November 7 @ Rochester 80–81 Neil Johnston (23) 1–2 4 November 9 Rochester 95–93 Paul Arizin (25) 1–3 5 November 10 New York 81–83 Neil Johnston (31) 2–3 6 November 11 @ New York 95–106 Neil Johnston (26) 2–4 7 November 15 N Rochester 83–92 Arizin, Johnston (23) 3–4 8 November 16 Minneapolis 97–123 Paul Arizin (27) 4–4 9 November 17 N Syracuse 96–109 Neil Johnston (31) 5–4 10 November 18 @ Syracuse 97–99 Neil Johnston (24) 5–5 11 November 21 @ Boston 83–95 Paul Arizin (22) 5–6 12 November 22 Boston 101–78 Paul Arizin (29) 5–7 13 November 24 Fort Wayne 88–98 Neil Johnston (27) 6–7 14 November 25 @ Fort Wayne 88–112 Neil Johnston (22) 6–8 15 November 27 N Minneapolis 98–113 Paul Arizin (28) 6–9 16 November 30 New York 99–110 Neil Johnston (31) 7–9 17 December 1 @ St. Louis 107–95 Paul Arizin (37) 8–9 18 December 2 @ Minneapolis 96–106 Joe Graboski (29) 8–10 19 December 6 Boston 111–113 Paul Arizin (26) 9–10 20 December 8 @ Rochester 91–92 Paul Arizin (32) 9–11 21 December 11 Minneapolis 111–114 Paul Arizin (30) 10–11 22 December 12 St. Louis 99–115 Neil Johnston (35) 11–11 23 December 15 @ Syracuse 117–108 Neil Johnston (26) 12–11 24 December 16 N Boston 116–104 Paul Arizin (31) 13–11 25 December 23 @ New York 95–90 Neil Johnston (26) 14–11 26 December 25 N Boston 89–82 Paul Arizin (22) 15–11 27 December 26 @ Boston 97–120 Paul Arizin (25) 15–12 28 December 27 New York 87–112 Neil Johnston (23) 16–12 29 December 29 Syracuse 104–103 (OT) Neil Johnston (30) 16–13 30 December 30 @ Fort Wayne 99–104 Paul Arizin (35) 16–14 31 January 1 N Boston 87–100 Neil Johnston (20) 16–15 32 January 3 N St. Louis 81–82 Paul Arizin (22) 17–15 33 January 4 St. Louis 92–96 Paul Arizin (28) 18–15 34 January 5 @ Rochester 81–78 Paul Arizin (30) 19–15 35 January 6 @ Syracuse 123–128 Paul Arizin (37) 19–16 36 January 8 N Rochester 95–94 Paul Arizin (28) 19–17 37 January 10 Rochester 93–112 Arizin, George (23) 20–17 38 January 12 New York 82–116 Joe Graboski (29) 21–17 39 January 13 @ New York 90–101 Paul Arizin (26) 21–18 40 January 17 Syracuse 108–103 Neil Johnston (23) 21–19 41 January 18 N Syracuse 94–96 Paul Arizin (33) 22–19 42 January 20 @ St. Louis 102–104 (OT) Neil Johnston (33) 22–20 43 January 23 N New York 99–93 Neil Johnston (27) 23–20 44 January 24 St. Louis 96–107 Paul Arizin (29) 24–20 45 January 26 @ Fort Wayne 98–101 Neil Johnston (27) 24–21 46 January 27 Boston 107–87 Neil Johnston (30) 24–22 47 January 28 @ Boston 95–105 Paul Arizin (24) 24–23 48 January 29 @ New York 110–114 Neil Johnston (38) 24–24 49 January 31 N New York 106–102 Paul Arizin (35) 25–24 50 February 2 Syracuse 100–107 Paul Arizin (31) 26–24 51 February 3 N Rochester 108–110 Neil Johnston (31) 27–24 52 February 4 @ Fort Wayne 91–103 Neil Johnston (19) 27–25 53 February 5 @ St. Louis 101–87 Paul Arizin (33) 28–25 54 February 6 @ Minneapolis 100–101 Neil Johnston (35) 28–26 55 February 8 St. Louis 90–93 Paul Arizin (35) 29–26 56 February 10 @ Boston 98–103 (OT) Paul Arizin (26) 29–27 57 February 13 Fort Wayne 89–99 Paul Arizin (28) 30–27 58 February 15 N Minneapolis 104–105 Neil Johnston (30) 31–27 59 February 17 New York 115–123 Arizin, Graboski (25) 32–27 60 February 21 @ Syracuse 86–92 Paul Arizin (28) 32–28 61 February 22 Boston 109–117 Joe Graboski (31) 33–28 62 February 24 @ St. Louis 112–113 Paul Arizin (37) 33–29 63 February 28 Minneapolis 112–129 Paul Arizin (32) 34–29 64 March 1 @ Boston 80–90 Paul Arizin (22) 34–30 65 March 2 N Syracuse 85–98 Paul Arizin (37) 35–30 66 March 3 @ Syracuse 86–112 Arizin, Graboski (22) 35–31 67 March 5 N Fort Wayne 114–80 Paul Arizin (23) 36–31 68 March 6 @ Rochester 79–82 Paul Arizin (27) 36–32 69 March 7 Fort Wayne 100–114 Arizin, Graboski (28) 37–32 70 March 10 @ New York 103–104 Paul Arizin (27) 37–33 71 March 12 N Minneapolis 94–100 Neil Johnston (24) 37–34 72 March 13 @ Minneapolis 97–114 Neil Johnston (22) 37–35 Playoffs Philadelphia Warriors 1957 yes Philadelphia Warriors Division Semifinals yes yes no 0 1 0 1 yes |- | 1 | March 16 | Syracuse | L 96–103 | Neil Johnston (25) | Neil Johnston (26) | George Dempsey (8) | Philadelphia Civic Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 18 | @ Syracuse | L 80–91 | Joe Graboski (16) | Walt Davis (10) | Neil Johnston (5) | Onondaga War Memorial | 0–2 |- PHW yes 1957 Awards and records Paul Arizin, NBA All-Star Game Neil Johnston, NBA All-Star Game Paul Arizin, NBA scoring champion Paul Arizin, All-NBA First Team Neil Johnston, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Golden State Warriors seasons Philadelphia