1956–57 New York Knicks season

The 1956–57 New York Knicks season was the 11th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With a 36–36 record that placed them fourth in the Eastern Division, the Knicks failed to qualify for the NBA playoffs.[1]

1956–57 New York Knicks season
Head coachVince Boryla
General managerNed Irish
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record36–36 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWINS

NBA draft
Main article: 1956 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.[2]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 4 Ronnie Shavlik F  United States NC State
2 11 Gary Bergen C  United States Utah
– – Pat Dunn G  United States Utah State

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics4428.611-24-411-189-620-16
x-Syracuse Nationals3834.528623-99-156-1020-16
x-Philadelphia Warriors3735.514720-55–2512-517-19
New York Knicks3636.500818-109-199-715-21
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1956-57 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston —6–35–47–58–46–37–25–7
Fort Wayne 3–6—7–55–44–56–64–85–4
Minneapolis 4–55–7—3–65–49–34–84–5
New York 5–74–56–3—4–85–46–36–6
Philadelphia 4–85–44–58–4—4–57–25–7
Rochester 3–66–63–94–55–4—6–64–5
St. Louis 2–78–48–43–62–76–6—5–4
Syracuse 7–54–55–46–67–55–44–5—

Game log
1956–57 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 27Boston115–112Ray Felix (22)0–1
2November 3@ Boston113–107Ken Sears (23)1–1
3November 4@ Fort Wayne96–83Ken Sears (17)2–1
4November 7@ St. Louis101–107Ken Sears (22)2–2
5November 10@ Philadelphia81–83Ken Sears (17)2–3
6November 11Philadelphia95–106Harry Gallatin (32)3–3
7November 14@ Rochester87–90Ray Felix (22)3–4
8November 18St. Louis69–102Ken Sears (16)4–4
9November 21N Fort Wayne103–104 (OT)Carl Braun (19)4–5
10November 24Rochester96–87Carl Braun (20)4–6
11November 25@ Rochester93–95Ray Felix (26)4–7
12November 27Fort Wayne98–105Harry Gallatin (21)5–7
13November 30@ Philadelphia99–110Harry Gallatin (19)5–8
14December 1Syracuse100–117Ken Sears (25)6–8
15December 2@ Syracuse100–110Nathaniel Clifton (24)6–9
16December 4Minneapolis88–101Ken Sears (18)7–9
17December 6N Rochester92–95Ray Felix (20)8–9
18December 7@ St. Louis107–101Ken Sears (23)9–9
19December 8N St. Louis104–109Carl Braun (25)10–9
20December 9@ Minneapolis100–91Carl Braun (24)11–9
21December 11St. Louis137–128Harry Gallatin (32)11–10
22December 12N Minneapolis103–121Carl Braun (25)11–11
23December 15@ Rochester91–76Ron Sobieszczyk (16)12–11
24December 16@ Fort Wayne80–84Harry Gallatin (19)12–12
25December 18Boston99–110Ken Sears (21)13–12
26December 23Philadelphia95–90Nathaniel Clifton (23)13–13
27December 25St. Louis107–105 (OT)Harry Gallatin (25)13–14
28December 27@ Philadelphia87–112Harry Gallatin (16)13–15
29December 30Rochester88–96Ken Sears (33)14–15
30January 1@ Syracuse102–106Harry Gallatin (21)14–16
31January 3Syracuse111–126Willie Naulls (21)15–16
32January 5@ Fort Wayne96–109Carl Braun (24)15–17
33January 6@ Minneapolis111–101Ken Sears (26)16–17
34January 8Boston102–113Harry Gallatin (26)17–17
35January 10N St. Louis84–89 (OT)Ken Sears (23)18–17
36January 12@ Philadelphia82–116Ron Sobieszczyk (16)18–18
37January 13Philadelphia90–101Harry Gallatin (22)19–18
38January 17N Minneapolis94–93Ken Sears (20)20–18
39January 19Fort Wayne100–102Clifton, Naulls (18)21–18
40January 20@ Boston78–114Willie Naulls (21)21–19
41January 22Syracuse88–90Ken Sears (19)22–19
42January 23N Philadelphia99–93Ray Felix (21)22–20
43January 24@ Syracuse97–115Harry Gallatin (22)22–21
44January 26Minneapolis107–122McGuire, Naulls (20)23–21
45January 27@ Fort Wayne102–103 (OT)Ken Sears (23)23–22
46January 29Philadelphia110–114Naulls, Sobieszczyk (23)24–22
47January 30N Rochester80–92Willie Naulls (20)25–22
48January 31N Philadelphia106–102Ron Sobieszczyk (20)25–23
49February 2Boston114–111Carl Braun (28)25–24
50February 3@ Boston98–116Nathaniel Clifton (30)25–25
51February 5Rochester91–88Ken Sears (20)25–26
52February 6N Syracuse100–119Braun, Sears (25)26–26
53February 8N Boston92–90Carl Braun (27)27–26
54February 9Syracuse101–89Harry Gallatin (17)27–27
55February 10@ Syracuse100–102Harry Gallatin (27)27–28
56February 13@ Rochester85–82Carl Braun (32)28–28
57February 14N Minneapolis97–99Richie Guerin (26)28–29
58February 16Minneapolis112–120Carl Braun (30)29–29
59February 17@ Philadelphia115–123Jim Baechtold (20)29–30
60February 19Boston112–110Richie Guerin (35)29–31
61February 21N Fort Wayne114–120Harry Gallatin (24)29–32
62February 23Fort Wayne94–102Ray Felix (19)30–32
63February 24@ Boston85–97Harry Gallatin (24)30–33
64February 26St. Louis76–107Ray Felix (17)31–33
65February 28N Boston122–121 (OT)Richie Guerin (25)32–33
66March 2@ St. Louis97–94Ken Sears (21)33–33
67March 3@ Minneapolis108–119Richie Guerin (21)33–34
68March 5Syracuse99–92Ken Sears (19)33–35
69March 6@ Syracuse100–93Harry Gallatin (29)34–35
70March 7N Syracuse94–99Guerin, Sears (17)35–35
71March 10Philadelphia103–104Harry Gallatin (22)36–35
72March 13@ Boston91–122Ken Sears (16)36–36

References
  1. "1956–57 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  2. "1956 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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