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January 13, 1956 Celtics beat Nationals 119-104

Jack Nichols returned to the Celtics lineup after missing a game and the Boston Celtics cruised at home with a 119-104 victory against the Syracuse Nationals in the feature matchup of a basketball doubleheader at the Boston Garden. The Celtics victory brought their season record to 19-14. In the earlier matchup Maurice Stokes led the Rochester Royals with 24 points as they beat the St. Louis Hawks 98-90.

Box Score

Boston (119) G F PF P
Macauley lf 5 8 1 18
Nichols rf 1 4 6 6
Loscutoff 2 4 4 8
Palazzi 4 0 3 8
Risen c 1 8 4 10
Morrison 1 0 2 2
Hemric 7 1 4 15
Cousy lg 10 3 3 23
Sharman rg 9 5 2 23
Barrett 3 0 2 6

Total..43 33 31 119

Syracuse (104) G F PF P
Schayes lf 7 13 5 27
Rocha rf 7 8 3 22
Conlin 3 2 2 8
Kerr c 3 0 2 6
Lloyd 3 2 6 8
Tucker 2 1 1 5
Kenville lg 3 7 3 13
Farley rg 4 0 3 8
King 2 0 2 4
Seymour 1 1 2 3

Total..35 34 29 104

Boston.......23 32 34 30-119
Syracuse...25 24 24 31-104

Free Throws Missed-Macauley, Loscutoff 4, Risen 4, Morrison, Hemric, Cousy 2, Rocha, Conlin, Lloyd, King 2, Seymour 2

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