1955-56 NBA West standings

The Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons won the 1955-56 NBA West division race at 37-35, 4 games ahead of the Minneapolis Lakers.

NBA.com files the Syracuse Nationals in the West this season. They played in the East, which is where the same feed puts them in every other season they played, so this chart shows the East race as it was.

How the 1955-56 playoffs went

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West standings, 1955-56

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

Final standings.

Turning points

The lead changed hands 3 times.
The Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons trailed by as many as 3.5 games on November 23, 1955.
The Ft. Wayne Zollner 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 Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons went 15-6 from December 28, 1955 to January 29, 1956, turning a level 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 first place.
The Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons spent 80 of the season's 131 charted days in first place.