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January 22, 1956 Warriors beat Celtics 129-115

The league leading Philadelphia Warriors went into the Boston Garden and got a big 129-115 win over the Celtics. Boston got a strong performance from their Big 3 of Macauley, Cousy, and Sharman, but it was not enough to beat the Warriors who had a big game from Paul Arizin who scored 39 points. The loss dropped Boston's record for the season to 24-16 leaving the Celtics 2 1/2 games behind the division leading Warriors.

Box Score

Philadelphia (129) G F PF P
Arizin lf 13 13 3 39
Johnston rf 9 8 4 26
Davis 4 0 1 8
Beck 4 1 2 9
Graboski c 3 0 5 6
Gola 2 2 5 6
Dempsey lg 7 3 5 17
George rg 4 10 3 18

Total..46 37 28 129

Boston (115) G F PF P
Hemric lf 4 6 2 14
Macauley rf 9 9 5 27
Loscutoff 1 4 6 6
Palazzi 0 0 1 0
Risen c 4 1 5 9
Morrison 1 0 0 2
Sharman lg 8 5 4 21
Cousy rg 11 5 4 27
Barrett 4 1 3 9

Total..42 31 30 115

Warriors.....29 27 34 39-129
Celtics.........30 24 31 30-115

Free Throws Missed-Arizin 2, Johnston, George 2, Hemric 2, Macauley 4, Palazzi, Risen, Sharman.

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