1955–56 New York Knicks season

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1955–56 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Joe Lapchick Vince Boryla
Arena	Madison Square Garden

Results
Record	35–37 (.486)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WMGM
New York Knicks seasons
< 1954–55	1956–57 >

The 1955–56 New York Knicks season was the tenth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished with a 35–37 record and tied for third place in the Eastern Division with the Syracuse Nationals. New York lost to the Nationals in a one-game playoff for a berth in the Eastern Division Semifinals.^[1]

Contents

1 NBA Draft
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

NBA Draft

Main article: 1955 NBA Draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	4	Ken Sears	F	United States	Santa Clara
2	11	Jerry Mullen	F	United States	San Francisco
3	19	Guy Sparrow	F	United States	Detroit

References

^ "1955–56 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1956.html. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

External links

1955-56 New York Knickerbockers Statistics

1955–56 NBA season by team

Eastern	Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse

Western	Fort Wayne Minneapolis Rochester St. Louis

v d e New York Knicks

Founded in 1946 • Based in New York City, New York

The Franchise	Franchise • All-Time roster • Draft history • Head coaches • Seasons • Current season

Arenas	Madison Square Garden III • 69th Regiment Armory • Madison Square Garden IV

Head Coaches	Cohalan • Lapchick • Boryla • Levane • Braun • Donovan • Gallatin • McGuire • Holzman • Reed • Holzman • H. Brown • Hill • Pitino • Jackson • MacLeod • Riley • Nelson • Van Gundy • Chaney • Williams • Wilkens • Williams • L. Brown • Thomas • D'Antoni

General Managers	Podesta • Boryla • Donovan • Holzman • Donovan • DeBusschere • Stirling • Bianchi • Checketts • Grunfeld • Layden • Thomas • Walsh • Grunwald

D-League Affiliate	Erie BayHawks

Administration	Madison Square Garden, Inc. (Owner) • James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) • Donnie Walsh (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) • Mike D'Antoni (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 • 12 • 15 (McGuire) • 15 (Monroe) • 19 • 22 • 24 • 33 • 613

NBA Championships (2)	1970 • 1973

Eastern Conference Championships	1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1972 • 1994 • 1999

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Indiana Pacers • Miami Heat

Culture and Lore	Willis Reed limping onto the court • Eddie • Spike Lee • Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen • Diedrich Knickerbocker • Knicks–Nuggets brawl • Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? • Mike Walczewski • George Kalinsky

Media	TV: MSG Network • Radio: WEPN-AM • Announcers: Mike Breen • Walt Frazier • Kenny Albert • Mike Crispino • John Andariese • Kelly Tripucka

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