NBA 1955-56Regular season

Final/OT

Syracuse Nationals98–95Fort Wayne Pistons

Syracuse Nationals at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Monday 27 February 1956
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1955-56Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 422 played

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Earl Lloyd	41:00	6–12	3–3	1	0	3	15
Dolph Schayes	40:00	4–16	11–12	9	1	2	19
Red Kerr	38:00	6–12	2–2	19	0	4	14
Ed Conlin	33:00	6–13	2–3	5	4	4	14
Paul Seymour	32:00	3–9	4–4	3	0	3	10
George King	27:00	2–4	2–2	2	2	1	6
Dick Farley	26:00	2–6	5–8	2	1	1	9
Billy Kenville	21:00	3–10	1–1	2	2	4	7
Red Rocha	17:00	0–4	4–4	2	2	4	4
Team totals	275:00	32–86	34–39	45	12	26	98

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Mel Hutchins	47:00	5–13	3–5	1	2	2	13
George Yardley	46:00	5–15	6–7	11	4	2	16
Larry Foust	35:00	10–17	8–10	8	0	3	28
Corky Devlin	33:00	3–10	0–1	1	1	4	6
Frankie Brian	31:00	3–9	1–1	3	4	2	7
Chuck Noble	23:00	5–12	2–2	1	2	5	12
Bob Houbregs	20:00	3–7	2–3	4	1	1	8
Andy Phillip	19:00	1–2	1–4	1	3	0	3
Odie Spears	9:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	4	2
Chuck Cooper	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	268:00	36–87	23–33	31	18	27	95

This season

Detroit Pistons 4, Philadelphia 76ers 5 in NBA 1955-56.

5 Nov 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 113–114 Syracuse Nationals
13 Nov 1955Syracuse Nationals 79–93 Fort Wayne Pistons
6 Dec 1955Syracuse Nationals 88–90 Fort Wayne Pistons
8 Dec 1955Syracuse Nationals 94–105 Fort Wayne Pistons
5 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 85–90 Syracuse Nationals
6 Feb 1956Syracuse Nationals 98–99 Fort Wayne Pistons
18 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 84–85 Syracuse Nationals
23 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 92–94 Syracuse Nationals
27 Feb 195698–95 this game

Records going in

Syracuse Nationals: 30–31
Fort Wayne Pistons: 32–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 179, Philadelphia 76ers 243.

23 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 92–94 Syracuse Nationals
29 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 92–87 Syracuse Nationals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.