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Syracuse Nationals 1956-1957 Schedule and Results

All the scores of the games played by the Nationals in the NBA 1956-57 Regular Season and the 1957 Playoffs, with teams, results, winning and losing streaks, partial and final records and evolution of the playoff series.

Regular Season Record:
38-34 (.528), 2nd in Eastern Division
Playoffs Record:
2-3 (.400), Lost East Div Finals

Syracuse Nationals 1956-1957 Game Schedule and Results

NBA Regular Season

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Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
Streak		 Record
1 Oct. 27, 1956 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 109 - 103 2OTwon 1 1 - 0
2 Oct. 28, 1956 Nationals vs. Rochester Royals W 91 - 75 won 2 2 - 0
Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
Streak		 Record
3 Nov. 3, 1956 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks W 75 - 73 won 3 3 - 0
4 Nov. 4, 1956 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks L 76 - 78 lost 1 3 - 1
5 Nov. 10, 1956 Nationals @ Rochester Royals L 76 - 90 lost 2 3 - 2
6 Nov. 11, 1956 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics L 83 - 94 lost 3 3 - 3
7 Nov. 15, 1956 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers L 96 - 103 lost 4 3 - 4
8 Nov. 17, 1956 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors L 96 - 109 lost 5 3 - 5
9 Nov. 18, 1956 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 99 - 97 won 1 4 - 5
10 Nov. 20, 1956 Nationals @ St. Louis Hawks L 81 - 104 lost 1 4 - 6
11 Nov. 22, 1956 Nationals @ Minneapolis Lakers L 78 - 111 lost 2 4 - 7
12 Nov. 24, 1956 Nationals @ Boston Celtics L 99 - 114 lost 3 4 - 8
13 Nov. 27, 1956 Nationals vs. Rochester Royals L 82 - 90 lost 4 4 - 9
14 Nov. 29, 1956 Nationals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons L 87 - 92 lost 5 4 - 10
Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
Streak		 Record
15 Dec. 1, 1956 Nationals @ New York Knicks L 100 - 117 lost 6 4 - 11
16 Dec. 2, 1956 Nationals vs. New York Knicks W 110 - 100 won 1 5 - 11
17 Dec. 4, 1956 Nationals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 97 - 96 OTwon 2 6 - 11
18 Dec. 6, 1956 Nationals @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 92 - 104 lost 1 6 - 12
19 Dec. 7, 1956 Nationals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons L 97 - 105 lost 2 6 - 13
20 Dec. 9, 1956 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics W 116 - 110 won 1 7 - 13
21 Dec. 15, 1956 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors L 108 - 117 lost 1 7 - 14
22 Dec. 16, 1956 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks W 101 - 91 won 1 8 - 14
23 Dec. 23, 1956 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 107 - 97 won 2 9 - 14
24 Dec. 25, 1956 Nationals @ Rochester Royals L 93 - 98 lost 1 9 - 15
25 Dec. 27, 1956 Nationals @ St. Louis Hawks L 95 - 102 lost 2 9 - 16
26 Dec. 29, 1956 Nationals @ Philadelphia Warriors W 104 - 103 OTwon 1 10 - 16
27 Dec. 30, 1956 Nationals @ Boston Celtics L 92 - 105 lost 1 10 - 17
Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
Streak		 Record
28 Jan. 1, 1957 Nationals vs. New York Knicks W 106 - 102 won 1 11 - 17
29 Jan. 3, 1957 Nationals @ New York Knicks L 111 - 126 lost 1 11 - 18
30 Jan. 4, 1957 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics W 116 - 106 won 1 12 - 18
31 Jan. 6, 1957 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 128 - 123 won 2 13 - 18
32 Jan. 9, 1957 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers L 86 - 93 lost 1 13 - 19
33 Jan. 10, 1957 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers L 110 - 118 lost 2 13 - 20
34 Jan. 12, 1957 Nationals @ Rochester Royals W 97 - 88 won 1 14 - 20
35 Jan. 13, 1957 Nationals vs. Rochester Royals W 91 - 85 won 2 15 - 20
36 Jan. 17, 1957 Nationals @ Philadelphia Warriors W 108 - 103 won 3 16 - 20
37 Jan. 18, 1957 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors L 94 - 96 lost 1 16 - 21
38 Jan. 19, 1957 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks L 96 - 104 lost 2 16 - 22
39 Jan. 20, 1957 Nationals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 101 - 98 won 1 17 - 22
40 Jan. 22, 1957 Nationals @ New York Knicks L 88 - 90 lost 1 17 - 23
41 Jan. 23, 1957 Nationals @ Boston Celtics L 108 - 140 lost 2 17 - 24
42 Jan. 24, 1957 Nationals vs. New York Knicks W 115 - 97 won 1 18 - 24
43 Jan. 26, 1957 Nationals @ Rochester Royals W 99 - 95 won 2 19 - 24
44 Jan. 27, 1957 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 94 - 93 won 3 20 - 24
45 Jan. 28, 1957 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 112 - 96 won 4 21 - 24
46 Jan. 30, 1957 Nationals @ Boston Celtics W 119 - 116 won 5 22 - 24
47 Jan. 31, 1957 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics W 105 - 104 won 6 23 - 24
Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
Streak		 Record
48 Feb. 2, 1957 Nationals @ Philadelphia Warriors L 100 - 107 lost 1 23 - 25
49 Feb. 3, 1957 Nationals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 104 - 95 won 1 24 - 25
50 Feb. 5, 1957 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics L 101 - 105 lost 1 24 - 26
51 Feb. 6, 1957 Nationals vs. New York Knicks L 100 - 119 lost 2 24 - 27
52 Feb. 7, 1957 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks W 112 - 110 won 1 25 - 27
53 Feb. 9, 1957 Nationals @ New York Knicks W 101 - 89 won 2 26 - 27
54 Feb. 10, 1957 Nationals vs. New York Knicks W 102 - 100 won 3 27 - 27
55 Feb. 11, 1957 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks L 101 - 107 lost 1 27 - 28
56 Feb. 14, 1957 Nationals vs. Rochester Royals L 95 - 104 lost 2 27 - 29
57 Feb. 17, 1957 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics W 116 - 106 won 1 28 - 29
58 Feb. 21, 1957 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 92 - 86 won 2 29 - 29
59 Feb. 23, 1957 Nationals @ Minneapolis Lakers W 103 - 101 won 3 30 - 29
60 Feb. 24, 1957 Nationals vs. Rochester Royals W 109 - 93 won 4 31 - 29
61 Feb. 25, 1957 Nationals @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 102 - 108 lost 1 31 - 30
62 Feb. 26, 1957 Nationals vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 120 - 108 won 1 32 - 30
63 Feb. 27, 1957 Nationals vs. St. Louis Hawks W 108 - 93 won 2 33 - 30
64 Feb. 28, 1957 Nationals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 123 - 112 won 3 34 - 30
Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
Streak		 Record
65 Mar. 2, 1957 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors L 85 - 98 lost 1 34 - 31
66 Mar. 3, 1957 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 112 - 86 won 1 35 - 31
67 Mar. 5, 1957 Nationals @ New York Knicks W 99 - 92 won 2 36 - 31
68 Mar. 6, 1957 Nationals vs. New York Knicks L 93 - 100 lost 1 36 - 32
69 Mar. 7, 1957 Nationals vs. New York Knicks L 94 - 99 lost 2 36 - 33
70 Mar. 9, 1957 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics W 104 - 102 won 1 37 - 33
71 Mar. 10, 1957 Nationals @ Boston Celtics W 94 - 92 won 2 38 - 33
72 Mar. 13, 1957 Nationals @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 81 - 114 lost 1 38 - 34

NBA Playoffs

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NBA Playoffs - Eastern Division Semifinals

Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
 Series Status Streak
1 Mar. 16, 1957 Nationals @ Philadelphia Warriors W 103 - 96 Nationals lead
1-0
 won 1
2 Mar. 18, 1957 Nationals vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 91 - 80 Nationals win
2-0
 won 2

NBA Playoffs - Eastern Division Finals

Gm
Date
 Opponent
Score
 Series Status Streak
1 Mar. 21, 1957 Nationals @ Boston Celtics L 90 - 108 Celtics lead
0-1
 lost 1
2 Mar. 23, 1957 Nationals vs. Boston Celtics L 105 - 120 Celtics lead
0-2
 lost 2
3 Mar. 24, 1957 Nationals @ Boston Celtics L 80 - 83 Celtics win
0-3
 lost 3
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