San Francisco Warriors Playoff Rosters

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1955-1956 San Francisco Warriors Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Paul Arizin GF 6-4 190 Apr 9, 1928 27 Villanova 3 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 3, Philadelphia Warriors
Ernie Beck GF 6-4 190 Dec 11, 1931 24 Pennsylvania 1 1953 Territorial Pick, Philadelphia Warriors
Walt Davis FC 6-8 205 Jan 5, 1931 25 Texas A&M 2 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 4, Philadelphia Warriors
George Dempsey PG 6-2 190 Jul 19, 1929 26 King's College (NY) 1 1951 NBA Draft, Rnd 7, Pick 9, Philadelphia Warriors
Jack George PG 6-2 190 Nov 13, 1928 27 La Salle 2 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 13, Pick 1, Philadelphia Warriors
Tom Gola GF 6-6 205 Jan 13, 1933 23 La Salle 0 1955 Territorial Pick, Philadelphia Warriors
Joe Graboski FC 6-7 195 Jan 15, 1930 26 Tuley High School (Illinois) 6 1948 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Larry Hennessy PG 6-3 185 May 20, 1929 26 Villanova 0 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 1, Philadelphia Warriors
Neil Johnston C 6-8 210 Feb 4, 1929 27 Ohio State 4 1948 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jackie Moore SF 6-5 190 Sep 24, 1932 23 La Salle 1 1954 NBA Draft, Undrafted

1955-1956 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 Boston Celtics #3 Syracuse Nationals SYR in 3
Second Round W2 Minneapolis Lakers W3 St. Louis Hawks STH in 3
Conference Finals #1 San Francisco Warriors #3 Syracuse Nationals PHI in 5
Conference Finals W1 Fort Wayne Pistons W3 St. Louis Hawks FWP in 5
NBA Finals #1 San Francisco Warriors W1 Fort Wayne Pistons PHI in 5
Division Tiebreaker #3 Syracuse Nationals #4 New York Knicks SYR in 1
Division Tiebreaker W3 St. Louis Hawks W2 Minneapolis Lakers MIN in 1

1955-1956 Philadelphia Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Paul Arizin 10 40.9 28.9 8.4 2.9
Neil Johnston 10 39.7 20.3 14.3 5.1
Jack George 10 40.5 13.6 4.7 5.2
Joe Graboski 10 31.3 13.2 9.4 2.7
Tom Gola 10 36.0 12.3 10.1 5.8
Ernie Beck 10 25.0 8.4 5.1 2.2
George Dempsey 10 13.4 3.8 2.5 1.3
Walt Davis 10 6.9 2.3 2.8 0.3
Jackie Moore 8 6.5 2.2 2.1 0.2
Larry Hennessy 3 3.7 0.0 0.3 0.7

1955-1956 San Francisco Warriors Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders Syracuse Leaders
Mar 23, 1956
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Syracuse		 W, 109-87 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 29. Paul Arizin
 PTS: 19. D. Schayes
Mar 25, 1956
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Syracuse		 L, 122-118 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals 		1-1 PTS: 43. N. Johnston
 PTS: 33. D. Schayes
Mar 27, 1956
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Syracuse		 W, 119-96 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals 		2-1 PTS: 20. Joe Graboski
 PTS: 19. Ed Conlin
Mar 28, 1956
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Syracuse		 L, 108-104 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals 		2-2 PTS: 35. N. Johnston
 PTS: 25. George King
Mar 29, 1956
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Syracuse		 W, 109-104 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals 		3-2 PTS: 35. Paul Arizin
 PTS: 28. D. Schayes

1955-1956 San Francisco Warriors NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders Fort Wayne Leaders
Mar 31, 1956
v.
Fort Wayne		 W, 98-94 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
NBA Finals 		1-0 PTS: 28. Paul Arizin
 PTS: 27. G. Yardley
Apr 1, 1956
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Fort Wayne		 L, 84-83 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
NBA Finals 		1-1 PTS: 27. Paul Arizin
 PTS: 30. G. Yardley
Apr 3, 1956
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Fort Wayne		 W, 100-96 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
NBA Finals 		2-1 PTS: 27. Paul Arizin
 PTS: 19. Larry Foust
Apr 5, 1956
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Fort Wayne		 W, 105-107 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
NBA Finals 		3-1 PTS: 30. Paul Arizin
 PTS: 21. G. Yardley
Apr 7, 1956
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Fort Wayne		 W, 99-88 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
NBA Finals 		4-1 PTS: 29. Joe Graboski
 PTS: 30. G. Yardley