Nationals 98-111 Celtics (Mar 6, 1956)

SYR

BOS

1

17

20

2

28

31

3

25

24

4

28

36

98

111

Top Performers

Points

24

Sharman

BOS

Rebounds

22

Hemric

BOS

Assists

11

Cousy

BOS

SYR

Team Stats

BOS

40-100 (40.0%)

FG%

44-100 (44.0%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

18-22 (81.8%)

FTM

23-27 (85.2%)

52

Rebounds

65

31

Assists

26

Turnovers

1955-56 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Warriors - y	45	27	.625
2	Celtics - x	39	33	.542	6.0
3	Nationals - x	35	37	.486	10.0
4	Knicks - e	35	37	.486	10.0

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics decisively defeated the Syracuse Nationals, 111 to 98, on March 7, 1956.

Game Info

March 6, 1956

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Earl Lloyd E. Lloyd #11	41	19	10 (0)	4	3	8-21	3-3	42.6
George King G. King #3	38	13	8 (0)	10	1	6-14	1-2	43.7
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	37	20	13 (0)	2	2	6-18	8-8	46.5
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	37	21	4 (0)	6	1	9-16	3-3	60.6
Johnny Kerr J. Kerr #10	26	5	5 (0)	1	0	2-8	1-3	26.8
Ed Conlin E. Conlin #8	18	4	5 (0)	4	5	2-7	0-1	26.9
Jim Tucker J. Tucker #17	13	0	4 (0)	1	3	0-2	0-0	0.0
Dick Farley D. Farley #12	11	3	3 (0)	2	1	1-4	1-1	33.8
Red Rocha R. Rocha #16	11	6	0 (0)	0	2	3-7	0-0	42.9
Billy Kenville B. Kenville #15	8	7	0 (0)	1	1	3-3	1-1	101.7

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	SYR		0 (0)					0-0	0-0	0-0

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Jack Nichols J. Nichols #16	40	13	8 (0)	4	2	5-13	3-3	45.4
Bill Sharman B. Sharman #21	40	24	4 (0)	4	2	10-19	4-4	57.8
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	37	16	7 (0)	11	2	6-20	4-5	36.0
Dick Hemric D. Hemric #20	34	20	22 (0)	0	0	7-19	6-7	45.3
Arnie Risen A. Risen #14	30	11	13 (0)	0	4	5-10	1-1	52.7
Ernie Barrett E. Barrett #23	23	6	2 (0)	4	3	3-7	0-1	40.3
Ed Macauley E. Macauley #22	18	11	1 (0)	2	1	4-7	3-3	66.1
Red Morrison R. Morrison #15	13	6	6 (0)	0	1	3-3	0-0	100.0
Togo Palazzi T. Palazzi #17	5	4	2 (0)	1	0	1-2	2-3	60.2