January 7, 1956 Celtics beat Nationals 105-99

The Boston Celtics beat the Syracuse Nationals 105-99 in overtime for a big road win that brought the Celtics record for the season to 18-11.

Box Score
Boston (105) G F PF P
Nichols lf 7 1 1 15
Loscutoff rf 0 2 3 2
Palazzi 1 3 0 5
Hemric 4 1 2 9
Macauley c 5 3 1 13
Risen 6 0 2 12
Cousy lg 11 10 5 32
Sharman rg 3 1 5 7
Barrett 4 2 2 10
Morrison 0 0 3 0

Total 41 23 26 105

Syracuse (99)
Schayes lf 4 5 0 13
Rocha rf 2 5 4 9
Tucker c 2 1 2 5
Conlin 7 1 2 15
Kerr 2 2 1 6
Lloyd 3 1 4 7
Seymour lg 5 0 2 10
King rg 8 3 3 19
Farley 1 3 2 5
Kenville 3 4 6 10

Total 37 25 26 99

Boston........21 29 26 14 15-105
Syracuse....23 22 22 23 9-99

Free Throws Missed-Nichols, Loscutoff 2, Palazzi, Risen, Cousy 2, Sharman, Barrett 2, Rocha, Conlin, Lloyd, Seymour, King, Kenville.