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Ninth season of the Royals in the NBA

NBA professional basketball team season
1956–57 Rochester Royals season
Head coachBobby Wanzer
OwnersJack Harrison
Les Harrison
ArenaRochester Community War Memorial
Results
Record31–41 (.431)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHAM-TV
RadioWROC
< 1955–56 1957–58 >

The 1956–57 NBA season was the Royals ninth season in the NBA.

It was also the franchise's final season in Rochester. The team relocated to Cincinnati during the offseason.

Preseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
63 Dan Mannix Forward  United States St. Francis (NY)

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 34 38 .472 - 17-9 10-20 7-9 22-14
x-Minneapolis Lakers 34 38 .472 - 15-9 5-22 14-7 18-18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 34 38 .472 - 23-5 5-23 6-10 17-19
Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 3 19-10 7-17 5-14 15-21
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1956-57 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston — 6–3 5–4 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–2 5–7
Fort Wayne 3–6 — 7–5 5–4 4–5 6–6 4–8 5–4
Minneapolis 4–5 5–7 — 3–6 5–4 9–3 4–8 4–5
New York 5–7 4–5 6–3 — 4–8 5–4 6–3 6–6
Philadelphia 4–8 5–4 4–5 8–4 — 4–5 7–2 5–7
Rochester 3–6 6–6 3–9 4–5 5–4 — 6–6 4–5
St. Louis 2–7 8–4 8–4 3–6 2–7 6–6 — 5–4
Syracuse 7–5 4–5 5–4 6–6 7–5 5–4 4–5 —

Game log

1956–57 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 27 Fort Wayne 85–88 Richie Regan (22) 1–0
2 October 28 @ Syracuse 75–91 Jack Twyman (15) 1–1
3 November 1 N Minneapolis 88–97 Regan, Twyman (15) 1–2
4 November 3 Minneapolis 95–85 Sihugo Green (19) 1–3
5 November 4 @ Minneapolis 87–88 Richie Regan (19) 1–4
6 November 7 Philadelphia 80–81 Maurice Stokes (17) 2–4
7 November 9 @ Philadelphia 95–93 Maurice Stokes (21) 3–4
8 November 10 Syracuse 76–90 Green, Twyman (19) 4–4
9 November 11 N Minneapolis 94–82 Maurice Stokes (24) 5–4
10 November 13 @ St. Louis 105–118 Jack Twyman (27) 5–5
11 November 14 New York 87–90 Regan, Ricketts (15) 6–5
12 November 15 N Philadelphia 83–92 Maurice Stokes (22) 6–6
13 November 17 @ Boston 86–108 Dick Ricketts (20) 6–7
14 November 18 Boston 101–87 Richie Regan (14) 6–8
15 November 21 St. Louis 76–85 Dave Piontek (20) 7–8
16 November 22 @ Fort Wayne 102–104 (OT) Dick Ricketts (25) 7–9
17 November 24 @ New York 96–87 Art Spoelstra (20) 8–9
18 November 25 New York 93–95 Dick Ricketts (21) 9–9
19 November 27 N Syracuse 82–90 Dave Piontek (28) 10–9
20 December 1 Minneapolis 83–95 Dick Ricketts (20) 11–9
21 December 6 N New York 92–95 Dick Ricketts (21) 11–10
22 December 8 Philadelphia 91–92 Maurice Stokes (20) 12–10
23 December 9 @ Fort Wayne 101–100 (OT) Maurice Stokes (18) 13–10
24 December 12 @ Boston 103–93 Regan, Twyman (23) 14–10
25 December 15 New York 91–76 Maurice Stokes (16) 14–11
26 December 16 @ Minneapolis 97–101 Richie Regan (17) 14–12
27 December 20 N Minneapolis 103–105 Jack Twyman (24) 14–13
28 December 22 Minneapolis 101–115 Maurice Stokes (27) 15–13
29 December 25 Syracuse 93–98 Dave Piontek (16) 16–13
30 December 26 N Fort Wayne 93–99 Art Spoelstra (20) 16–14
31 December 27 N Boston 92–97 Jack Twyman (19) 16–15
32 December 29 Fort Wayne 88–95 Ricketts, Spoelstra (19) 17–15
33 December 30 @ New York 88–96 Spoelstra, Twyman (16) 17–16
34 January 1 St. Louis 101–102 (OT) Jack Twyman (21) 18–16
35 January 5 Philadelphia 81–78 Art Spoelstra (17) 18–17
36 January 6 @ St. Louis 93–86 Maurice Stokes (19) 19–17
37 January 8 N Philadelphia 95–94 Maurice Stokes (22) 20–17
38 January 10 @ Philadelphia 93–112 Maurice Stokes (17) 20–18
39 January 12 Syracuse 97–88 Spoelstra, Twyman (18) 20–19
40 January 13 @ Syracuse 85–91 Maurice Stokes (22) 20–20
41 January 16 St. Louis 108–106 (OT) Maurice Stokes (31) 20–21
42 January 19 Boston 97–83 Jack Twyman (25) 20–22
43 January 20 @ Minneapolis 107–114 Jack Twyman (22) 20–23
44 January 23 N Minneapolis 99–107 Jack Twyman (19) 20–24
45 January 25 N St. Louis 100–99 Maurice Stokes (33) 20–25
46 January 26 Syracuse 99–95 Jack Twyman (20) 20–26
47 January 27 @ St. Louis 83–107 Jack Twyman (20) 20–27
48 January 30 N New York 80–92 Art Spoelstra (19) 20–28
49 February 1 N Fort Wayne 96–80 Jack Twyman (23) 21–28
50 February 2 Fort Wayne 79–93 Jack Twyman (24) 22–28
51 February 3 N Philadelphia 108–110 Dick Ricketts (25) 22–29
52 February 5 @ New York 91–88 Maurice Stokes (20) 23–29
53 February 6 St. Louis 100–103 Jack Twyman (22) 24–29
54 February 9 Boston 102–103 Ricketts, Twyman (22) 25–29
55 February 10 @ St. Louis 93–117 Jack Twyman (21) 25–30
56 February 13 New York 85–82 Ed Fleming (14) 25–31
57 February 14 @ Syracuse 104–95 Maurice Stokes (27) 26–31
58 February 16 Fort Wayne 87–84 Maurice Stokes (27) 26–32
59 February 17 @ Fort Wayne 85–104 Jack Twyman (26) 26–33
60 February 20 @ Minneapolis 103–111 Jack Twyman (25) 26–34
61 February 22 N Fort Wayne 105–110 Jack Twyman (27) 26–35
62 February 23 St. Louis 86–101 Jack Twyman (18) 27–35
63 February 24 @ Syracuse 93–109 Maurice Stokes (26) 27–36
64 February 26 N Boston 77–92 Ed Fleming (21) 27–37
65 February 27 Fort Wayne 76–90 Bob Burrow (18) 28–37
66 March 1 N Minneapolis 117–125 Jack Twyman (28) 28–38
67 March 2 Boston 87–96 Maurice Stokes (24) 29–38
68 March 3 @ Boston 102–111 Maurice Stokes (17) 29–39
69 March 6 Philadelphia 79–82 Bob Burrow (17) 30–39
70 March 8 N St. Louis 100–92 Jack Twyman (24) 30–40
71 March 10 @ Fort Wayne 96–100 Regan, Stokes (16) 30–41
72 March 13 N St. Louis 99–104 Bob Burrow (19) 31–41

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Bob Burrow
Ed Fleming
Si Green
Lew Hitch
Tom Marshall
Johnny McCarthy
Dave Piontek
Richie Regan
Dick Ricketts
Art Spoelstra
Maurice Stokes
Jack Twyman
Bobby Wanzer

Awards and records

References

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