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1956–57 Rochester Royals season

{{short description|Ninth season of the Royals in the NBA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{NBA season

| team = Rochester Royals

| end_year = 1957

| wins = 31

| losses = 41

| division = Western

| division_place = 4

| coach = Bobby Wanzer

| owners = Jack Harrison
Les Harrison

| arena = Rochester Community War Memorial

| television = WHAM-TV

| radio = WROC

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = ROC

| next_name = Cincinnati Royals

}}

The 1956–57 NBA season was the Royals ninth season in the NBA.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1957.html 1956–57 Rochester Royals]

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

Preseason

=Draft picks=

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="10%"| Round

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="10%"| Pick

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="20%"| Player

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="15%"| Position

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="20%"| School/Club Team

| 63

| Dan Mannix

| Forward

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| St. Francis (NY)

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1956–57 NBA West standings|team=ROC}}

:x – clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=9|1956-57 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#D40032;width=35"|FWP

!style="background:#7BA4DB;color:#FBE122;width=35"|MIN

!style="background:#003EA4;color:#E45206;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#D50033;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#0050B0;color:#D82A3C;width=35"|ROC

!style="background:#C90F2E;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|STL

!style="background:#D40032;color:#022E6B;width=35"|SYR

style="text-align:left;" | Boston—6–35–47–58–46–37–25–7
style="text-align:left;" | Fort Wayne3–6—7–55–44–56–64–85–4
style="text-align:left;" | Minneapolis4–55–7—3–65–49–34–84–5
style="text-align:left;" | New York5–74–56–3—4–85–46–36–6
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia4–85–44–58–4—4–57–25–7
style="text-align:left;" | Rochester3–66–63–94–55–4—6–64–5
style="text-align:left;" | St. Louis2–78–48–43–62–76–6—5–4
style="text-align:left;" | Syracuse7–54–55–46–67–55–44–5—

=Game log=

class="toccolours collapsible" width=50% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center"
colspan=11 style="background:#0046AD; color:white;" | 1956–57 Game log
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"

| #

DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
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| 1

October 27Fort Wayne85–88Richie Regan (22)1–0
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| 2

October 28@ Syracuse75–91Jack Twyman (15)1–1
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| 3

November 1N Minneapolis88–97Regan, Twyman (15)1–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 4

November 3Minneapolis95–85Sihugo Green (19)1–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 5

November 4@ Minneapolis87–88Richie Regan (19)1–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 6

November 7Philadelphia80–81Maurice Stokes (17)2–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 7

November 9@ Philadelphia95–93Maurice Stokes (21)3–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 8

November 10Syracuse76–90Green, Twyman (19)4–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 9

November 11N Minneapolis94–82Maurice Stokes (24)5–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 10

November 13@ St. Louis105–118Jack Twyman (27)5–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 11

November 14New York87–90Regan, Ricketts (15)6–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 12

November 15N Philadelphia83–92Maurice Stokes (22)6–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 13

November 17@ Boston86–108Dick Ricketts (20)6–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 14

November 18Boston101–87Richie Regan (14)6–8
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 15

November 21St. Louis76–85Dave Piontek (20)7–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 16

November 22@ Fort Wayne102–104 (OT)Dick Ricketts (25)7–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 17

November 24@ New York96–87Art Spoelstra (20)8–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 18

November 25New York93–95Dick Ricketts (21)9–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 19

November 27N Syracuse82–90Dave Piontek (28)10–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 20

December 1Minneapolis83–95Dick Ricketts (20)11–9
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 21

December 6N New York92–95Dick Ricketts (21)11–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 22

December 8Philadelphia91–92Maurice Stokes (20)12–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 23

December 9@ Fort Wayne101–100 (OT)Maurice Stokes (18)13–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 24

December 12@ Boston103–93Regan, Twyman (23)14–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 25

December 15New York91–76Maurice Stokes (16)14–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 26

December 16@ Minneapolis97–101Richie Regan (17)14–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 27

December 20N Minneapolis103–105Jack Twyman (24)14–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 28

December 22Minneapolis101–115Maurice Stokes (27)15–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 29

December 25Syracuse93–98Dave Piontek (16)16–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 30

December 26N Fort Wayne93–99Art Spoelstra (20)16–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 31

December 27N Boston92–97Jack Twyman (19)16–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 32

December 29Fort Wayne88–95Ricketts, Spoelstra (19)17–15
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 33

December 30@ New York88–96Spoelstra, Twyman (16)17–16
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 34

January 1St. Louis101–102 (OT)Jack Twyman (21)18–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 35

January 5Philadelphia81–78Art Spoelstra (17)18–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 36

January 6@ St. Louis93–86Maurice Stokes (19)19–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 37

January 8N Philadelphia95–94Maurice Stokes (22)20–17
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 38

January 10@ Philadelphia93–112Maurice Stokes (17)20–18
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 39

January 12Syracuse97–88Spoelstra, Twyman (18)20–19
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 40

January 13@ Syracuse85–91Maurice Stokes (22)20–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 41

January 16St. Louis108–106 (OT)Maurice Stokes (31)20–21
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 42

January 19Boston97–83Jack Twyman (25)20–22
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 43

January 20@ Minneapolis107–114Jack Twyman (22)20–23
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 44

January 23N Minneapolis99–107Jack Twyman (19)20–24
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 45

January 25N St. Louis100–99Maurice Stokes (33)20–25
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 46

January 26Syracuse99–95Jack Twyman (20)20–26
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 47

January 27@ St. Louis83–107Jack Twyman (20)20–27
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 48

January 30N New York80–92Art Spoelstra (19)20–28
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 49

February 1N Fort Wayne96–80Jack Twyman (23)21–28
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 50

February 2Fort Wayne79–93Jack Twyman (24)22–28
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 51

February 3N Philadelphia108–110Dick Ricketts (25)22–29
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 52

February 5@ New York91–88Maurice Stokes (20)23–29
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 53

February 6St. Louis100–103Jack Twyman (22)24–29
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 54

February 9Boston102–103Ricketts, Twyman (22)25–29
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 55

February 10@ St. Louis93–117Jack Twyman (21)25–30
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 56

February 13New York85–82Ed Fleming (14)25–31
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 57

February 14@ Syracuse104–95Maurice Stokes (27)26–31
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 58

February 16Fort Wayne87–84Maurice Stokes (27)26–32
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 59

February 17@ Fort Wayne85–104Jack Twyman (26)26–33
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 60

February 20@ Minneapolis103–111Jack Twyman (25)26–34
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 61

February 22N Fort Wayne105–110Jack Twyman (27)26–35
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 62

February 23St. Louis86–101Jack Twyman (18)27–35
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 63

February 24@ Syracuse93–109Maurice Stokes (26)27–36
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 64

February 26N Boston77–92Ed Fleming (21)27–37
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 65

February 27Fort Wayne76–90Bob Burrow (18)28–37
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 66

March 1N Minneapolis117–125Jack Twyman (28)28–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 67

March 2Boston87–96Maurice Stokes (24)29–38
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 68

March 3@ Boston102–111Maurice Stokes (17)29–39
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 69

March 6Philadelphia79–82Bob Burrow (17)30–39
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 70

March 8N St. Louis100–92Jack Twyman (24)30–40
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 71

March 10@ Fort Wayne96–100Regan, Stokes (16)30–41
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 72

March 13N St. Louis99–104Bob Burrow (19)31–41

Player statistics

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%"
style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="10%" | Player

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | GP

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | GS

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | MPG

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | FG%

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | 3FG%

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | FT%

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | RPG

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | APG

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | SPG

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | BPG

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="6%" | PPG

{{sort|Burrow, Bob|Bob Burrow}}

|

{{sort|Fleming, Ed|Ed Fleming}}

|

{{sort|Green, Si|Si Green}}

|

{{sort|Hitch, Lew|Lew Hitch}}

|

{{sort|Marshall, Tom|Tom Marshall}}

|

{{sort|McCarthy, Johnny|Johnny McCarthy}}

|

{{sort|Piontek, Dave|Dave Piontek}}

|

{{sort|Regan, Richie|Richie Regan}}

|

{{sort|Ricketts, Dick|Dick Ricketts}}

|

{{sort|Spoelstra, Art|Art Spoelstra}}

|

{{sort|Stokes, Maurice|Maurice Stokes}}

|

{{sort|Jack, Twyman|Jack Twyman}}

|

{{sort|Wanzer, Bobby|Bobby Wanzer}}

|

Awards and records

References

{{reflist}}

{{1956-57 NBA season by team}}

{{Sacramento Kings seasons}}

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