1956 NBA Finals

Team	Coach	Wins
Philadelphia Warriors	George Senesky	4
Fort Wayne Pistons	Charles Eckman	1

Dates

March 31 – April 7

Television

NBC (U.S.)

Hall of Famers

Pistons:
George Yardley (1996)
Warriors:
Paul Arizin (1978)
Neil Johnston (1990)

Eastern Finals

Warriors defeat Nationals, 3–2

Western Finals

Pistons defeat Hawks, 3–2

The 1956 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series and conclusion of the 1955-56 NBA season. The Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The series is notable for being one of only two Finals in which the two teams alternated home games, the other being in 1971.

Series summary

Game	Date	Home Team	Result	Road Team
Game 1	March 31	Philadelphia	98–94 (1–0)	Fort Wayne
Game 2	April 1	Fort Wayne	84–83 (1–1)	Philadelphia
Game 3	April 3	Philadelphia	100–96 (2–1)	Fort Wayne
Game 4	April 5	Fort Wayne	105–107 (1–3)	Philadelphia
Game 5	April 7	Philadelphia	99–88 (4–1)	Fort Wayne

Warriors win series 4–1

Team rosters

Philadelphia Warriors 1955–56 NBA Champions

4 Larry Hennessy 5 George Dempsey 6 Neil Johnston 7 Ernie Beck 9 Joe Graboski 11 Paul Arizin 12 Walt Davis 14 Jackie Moore 15 Tom Gola 17 Jack George Head coach George Senesky

Fort Wayne Pistons 1955–56 Western Division Champions

5 Noble \| 6 Cooper \| 7 Brian \| 7/8 Devlin \| 8/15 Spears \| 9 Hutchins \| 10 Holstein \| 10 Zaslofsky \| 12 Yardley \| 14 Phillip \| 15 Horan \| 15/18 Arnelle \| 16 Foust \| 17 Houbregs \| 18 Bielke \| Coach Eckman

References

1955-56 NBA Season Summary, basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2014.

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Philadelphia Warriors 1955–56 NBA Champions

4 Larry Hennessy 5 George Dempsey 6 Neil Johnston 7 Ernie Beck 9 Joe Graboski 11 Paul Arizin 12 Walt Davis 14 Jackie Moore 15 Tom Gola 17 Jack George Head coach George Senesky

Golden State Warriors

Formerly the Philadelphia Warriors (1946–1962) and the San Francisco Warriors (1962–1971) Founded in 1946 Based in Oakland, California

Franchise	Franchise Team history All-time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia Convention Hall Cow Palace San Francisco Civic Auditorium War Memorial Gymnasium (University of San Francisco) San Jose Arena Oracle Arena Chase Center

General managers	Tyrell Gottlieb Feerick Vertlieb Stirling Attles Nelson Twardzik St. Jean Mullin Riley Myers

D-League affiliate	Santa Cruz Warriors

Retired numbers	13 14 16 17 24 42

Hall of Famers	Paul Arizin Rick Barry Wilt Chamberlain Joe Fulks Tom Gola Neil Johnston Jerry Lucas Chris Mullin Mitch Richmond Don Nelson Robert Parish Andy Phillip Ralph Sampson Nate Thurmond Jamaal Wilkes

NBA Championships (4)	1947 1956 1975 2015

Conference Championships (7)	1947 1948 1956 1964 1967 1975 2015

Culture	Wilt the Stilt 100 point game Nate the Great Nellie Ball Run TMC We Believe The Sleepy Floyd game Latrell Sprewell chokes P.J. Carlesimo Splash Brothers Warrior Girls

Media	TV Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Radio KNBR/KTCT Announcers Bob Fitzgerald Jim Barnett Tim Roye

Detroit Pistons

Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1941–1948) and the Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–1957) Founded in 1941 Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise	Detroit Pistons All-time roster Seasons Draft history Head coaches Current season

Arenas	North Side High School Gym Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Olympia Stadium Cobo Arena Pontiac Silverdome Joe Louis Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills

D-League affiliate	Grand Rapids Drive

Retired numbers	William Davidson Jack McCloskey 1 2 3 4 10 11 15 16 21 40

Hall of Famers	Walt Bellamy Dave Bing Larry Brown Chuck Daly Adrian Dantley Dave DeBusschere Joe Dumars Harry Gallatin Bob Houbregs Bailey Howell Bob Lanier Earl Lloyd Bob McAdoo Bobby McDermott Dick McGuire Andy Phillip Dennis Rodman Isiah Thomas George Yardley Fred Zollner

NBA Championships (3)	1989 1990 2004

Conference Championships (7)	1955 1956 1988 1989 1990 2004 2005

Culture and lore	Hooper Jordan Rules John Mason Pacers–Pistons brawl

Rivals	Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers

Broadcasters	TV Fox Sports Detroit Radio WMGC-FM Announcers George Blaha Greg Kelser Mark Champion Rick Mahorn John Long

1955–56 NBA season by team

Eastern	Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse

Western	Fort Wayne Minneapolis Rochester St. Louis

NBA on NBC

Related programs

Non-NBA programs	College Basketball on NBC Olympics on NBC

Comcast SportsNet: Bay Area (Golden State Warriors); California (Sacramento Kings); Chicago (Chicago Bulls); Mid-Atlantic (Washington Wizards); New England (Boston Celtics); Northwest (Portland Trail Blazers); Philadelphia (Philadelphia 76ers)

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Quinn Buckner P. J. Carlesimo Doug Collins Chuck Daly Mike Dunleavy Cotton Fitzsimmons Mike Fratello Matt Guokas Dan Issel Steve Jones Magic Johnson Ron Rothstein Isiah Thomas Bill Walton

Sideline reporters	Jim Gray Lewis Johnson Andrea Joyce Lisa Malosky Ahmad Rashād Hannah Storm

Studio analysts	Pat Croce Julius Erving Kevin Johnson Pat Riley John Salley Tom Tolbert Peter Vecsey Jayson Williams

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Rivalries: Bulls–Knicks; Jazz–Rockets

Website: NBA - NBC Sports

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1956 NBA Finals

Series summary

Team rosters

See also

References

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