February 18,1956- Warriors defeat Celtics 115-101

The Boston Celtics played their 1st game after a 6 day layoff and were defeated by the league leading Philadelphia Warriors 115-101 in front of 4500 fans in New Haven, Connecticut. The Celtics had a 4th quarter lead of 87-84 before Paul Arizin scored twice, Neil Johnston, and Jack George all added baskets and the Warriors would lead for the rest of the game. Boston was outscored 34-19 in the 4th quarter. Neil Johnston scored 38 points for the Warriors leading all scorers. Boston's season record dropped to 31-25.

Box Score

Philadelphia(115) G F PF P
Arizin lf 9 4 6 22
Davis 1 0 3 2
Graboski rf 2 1 2 5
Moore 0 0 1 0
Johnston c 16 6 0 38
Beck 0 0 2 0
Gola lg 6 2 4 14
George 8 2 4 18
Dempsey 6 4 3 16

Totals...48 19 25 115

Boston (101) G F PF P
Nichols lf 6 5 5 17
Macauley rf 7 6 0 20
Loscutoff 2 1 1 5
Risen c 3 0 3 6
Morrison 0 0 1 0
Hemric lg 1 4 2 6
Sharman 7 6 3 20
Cousy rg 10 7 2 27
Barrett 0 0 2 0

Totals...36 29 19 101

Philadelphia....22 32 27 34-115
Boston..............23 27 32 19-101

Free Throws Missed-Johnston 2, Gola, Nichols, Macauley, Hemric 2, Sharman, Cousy 2

February 7, 1956- Knicks beat Celtics, Warriors set records against Nats

14,280 fans at Madison Square Garden saw a fine day as basketball as the New York Knicks battled to beat the Boston Celtics 113-102 in the 2nd game of a NBA doubleheader. With 4 minutes remaining in the 1st half the Knicks trailed the Celtics 46-39. Gene Shue would lead a Knicks charge scoring 7 points in the final minutes of the 1st half as the Knicks went on a 15-2 run to take a 54-48 halftime lead. The Knicks hot streak continued into the 2nd half as they quickly took a 69-53 lead and the Knicks would lead by no less than 10 for the rest of the game. Bill Sharman was one of the few bright spots for the Celtics in the game as he led all scorers with 29 points. The Celtics record dropped to 28-23.

In the earlier game of the doubleheader the Philadelphia Warriors whipped the Syracuse Nationals 128-96. The Warriors set a MSG record with 128 points. The Warriors led 101 to 73 at the end of the third quarter. The 101 points set a league record for points after 3 quarters. The Warriors led 70-51 at the half setting a MSG record. Neil Johnston scored 41 points for the Warriors, 29 of them in the 1st half setting a MSG record. Paul Arizin scored 26 for the Warriors.

Box Score

Boston G F-T T
Nichols 6 3-3 15
Morrison 0 1-1 1
Risen 0 2-4 2
Hemric 0 0-1 0
Macauley 7 5-6 19
Loscutoff 4 2-4 10
Cousy 5 5-5 15
Palazzi 2 0-0 4
Sharman 11 7-9 29
Barrett 3 1-2 7

New York G F-T T
Gallatin 5 3-3 13
Clifton 9 5-5 23
Sears 10 4-5 24
Peterson 1 0-0 2
Dukes 4 5-7 13
Felix 0 2-2 2
Shue 4 4-4 12
McGuire 0 0-0 0
Baechtold 2 6-6 10
Braun 6 2-2 14

January 4, 1956 Knicks beat Celtics 2nd day in a row

For the 2nd straight day the Knicks were victors over the Boston Celtics. In a doubleheader this time in Syracuse the Knicks beat the Celtics 103-86. The Knicks went into the 4th quarter with a 73-65, in the 4th Celtic Ernie Barrett hit 4 straight shots to tie the game at 77. The Celtics soon took a 81-80 lead before the Knicks scored 15 straight points to go up 95-81 and put the game out of reach. The loss brought the Celtics record to 16-11.

In the feature game of the doubleheader the Warriors beat the Nationals 88-87 after Neil Johnston hit a game winning free throw. Johnston led all scorers with 26 points.

Box Score

Knicks (103) G F PF P
Gallatin lf 6 4 3 16
Clifton rf 8 2 4 18
Vandeweghe 3 2 3 8
Sears 8 4 5 20
Felix c 5 4 5 14
Dukes 0 0 0 0
Braun lg 3 2 4 8
Baechtold rg 5 3 3 13
Shue 2 2 0 6

Total..40 23 27 103

Boston (86) G F PF P
Nichols lf 7 1 4 15
Loscutoff rf 3 0 4 6
Palazzi 0 1 0 1
Hemric 0 2 1 2
Macauley c 6 1 3 13
Risen 2 4 4 8
Cousy lg 1 5 5 7
Sharman rg 8 9 2 25
Barrett 4 1 2 9
Morrison 0 0 2 0

Total...31 24 27 86

Knicks...25 20 28 30-103
Boston...22 26 17 21-86

Free Throws Missed-Gallatin, Sears 2, Felix, Dukes, Braun 3, Baechtold, Risen, Loscutoff 3, Palazzi 3, Hemric 2, Cousy 2, Sharman 2, Barrett 2