1955-56 NBA West standings

The Fort Wayne Pistons won the 1955-56 NBA West division race at 37-35, by 4 games.

NBA.com files the Syracuse Nationals in the West this season. They played in the East in all fourteen of their NBA seasons, and the same feed misfiles them in 1951-52 as well, so this season's charts show both divisions as they were.

The 1955-56 playoffs, series by series

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West standings, 1955-56

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Fort Wayne Pistons (FTW) x	37	35	.514	-	5-5	L2
Minneapolis Lakers (MNL) x	33	39	.458	4	5-5	W3
St. Louis Hawks (STL) x	33	39	.458	4	6-4	L2
Rochester Royals (ROC)	31	41	.431	6	4-6	L1

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place

Turning points

The lead changed hands 3 times.
The Fort Wayne Pistons trailed by as many as 3.5 games on November 23, 1955.
The Fort Wayne Pistons took first place for good on December 29, 1955.
The St. Louis Hawks won 9 games in a row from January 22, 1956 to February 8, 1956, the longest run of the race.
The St. Louis Hawks led by 3 games as late as December 3, 1955.
The Fort Wayne Pistons went 15-6 from December 29, 1955 to January 29, 1956, turning a tied race into a lead of 7.5 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 24 of the 106 days played.
Three teams held or shared first place.
The Fort Wayne Pistons spent 80 of the season's 131 charted days in first place.