| Record: | 39 - 33 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Red Auerbach |
| Finish: | 2nd Eastern Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in 1st Round 2-1 to the Syracuse Nationals |
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| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | OT |
| 39 - 33 | 20 - 7 | 12 - 15 | 7 - 11 | 0 - 0 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 11/5/1955 | Philadelphia Warriors | 98 - 87 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 11/11/1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | 119 - 75 | 2 - 0 | W 2 | |||
| 11/12/1955 | @ | New York Knicks | 95 - 96 | 2 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 11/17/1955 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 92 - 106 | 2 - 2 | L 2 | ||
| 11/19/1955 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 104 - 102 | 3 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 11/23/1955 | New York Knicks | 111 - 115 | 3 - 3 | L 1 | |||
| 11/24/1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 103 - 111 | 3 - 4 | L 2 | ||
| 11/26/1955 | @ | Rochester Royals | 104 - 103 | 4 - 4 | W 1 | ||
| 11/29/1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 105 - 97 | 5 - 4 | W 2 | New York City | |
| 12/2/1955 | Saint Louis Hawks | 94 - 81 | 6 - 4 | W 3 | |||
| 12/4/1955 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 90 - 111 | 6 - 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12/6/1955 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 122 - 99 | 7 - 5 | W 1 | ||
| 12/9/1955 | N | Rochester Royals | 108 - 109 | 7 - 6 | L 1 | Philadelphia | |
| 12/10/1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | 118 - 102 | 8 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12/11/1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 89 - 101 | 8 - 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12/13/1955 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 108 - 109 | 8 - 8 | L 2 | New York City | |
| 12/14/1955 | New York Knicks | 102 - 100 | 9 - 8 | W 1 | |||
| 12/17/1955 | Syracuse Nationals | 104 - 110 | 9 - 9 | L 1 | |||
| 12/18/1955 | @ | New York Knicks | 95 - 92 | 10 - 9 | W 1 | ||
| 12/20/1955 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | 111 - 104 | 11 - 9 | W 2 | New York City | |
| 12/25/1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 115 - 112 | 12 - 9 | W 3 | ||
| 12/27/1955 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 105 - 102 | 13 - 9 | W 4 | ||
| 12/30/1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 110 - 103 | 14 - 9 | W 5 | New Haven, CT | |
| 12/31/1955 | @ | Rochester Royals | 112 - 100 | 15 - 9 | W 6 | ||
| 1/1/1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | 121 - 113 | 16 - 9 | W 7 | |||
| 1/3/1956 | N | New York Knicks | 97 - 107 | 16 - 10 | L 1 | Philadelphia | |
| 1/4/1956 | N | New York Knicks | 86 - 103 | 16 - 11 | L 2 | Syracuse | |
| 1/5/1956 | @ | New York Knicks | 92 - 87 | 17 - 11 | W 1 | ||
| 1/7/1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 105 - 99 | 18 - 11 | W 2 | ||
| 1/8/1956 | Rochester Royals | 109 - 111 | 18 - 12 | L 1 | |||
| 1/10/1956 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 89 - 105 | 18 - 13 | L 2 | ||
| 1/11/1956 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | 110 - 114 | 18 - 14 | L 3 | St Paul | |
| 1/13/1956 | Syracuse Nationals | 119 - 104 | 19 - 14 | W 1 | |||
| 1/14/1956 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 104 - 103 | 20 - 14 | W 2 | ||
| 1/15/1956 | New York Knicks | 104 - 109 | 20 - 15 | L 1 | |||
| 1/17/1956 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | 91 - 85 | 21 - 15 | W 1 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1/18/1956 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | 95 - 90 | 22 - 15 | W 2 | Miami | |
| 1/20/1956 | Saint Louis Hawks | 133 - 112 | 23 - 15 | W 3 | |||
| 1/21/1956 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 100 - 96 | 24 - 15 | W 4 | Philadelphia | |
| 1/22/1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | 115 - 129 | 24 - 16 | L 1 | |||
| 1/23/1956 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 104 - 120 | 24 - 17 | L 2 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1/25/1956 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | 100 - 101 | 24 - 18 | L 3 | Philadelphia | |
| 1/27/1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 97 - 106 | 24 - 19 | L 4 | |||
| 1/28/1956 | @ | Rochester Royals | 126 - 119 | 25 - 19 | W 1 | ||
| 1/29/1956 | Rochester Royals | 112 - 103 | 26 - 19 | W 2 | |||
| 1/31/1956 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 91 - 114 | 26 - 20 | L 1 | ||
| 2/1/1956 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 106 - 107 | 26 - 21 | L 2 | ||
| 2/2/1956 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | 102 - 101 | 27 - 21 | W 1 | St Louis | |
| 2/4/1956 | @ | Rochester Royals | 69 - 83 | 27 - 22 | L 1 | ||
| 2/5/1956 | New York Knicks | 114 - 104 | 28 - 22 | W 1 | |||
| 2/7/1956 | @ | New York Knicks | 102 - 113 | 28 - 23 | L 1 | ||
| 2/8/1956 | N | Saint Louis Hawks | 110 - 111 | 28 - 24 | L 2 | Rochester | |
| 2/9/1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 98 - 97 | 29 - 24 | W 1 | ||
| 2/10/1956 | Saint Louis Hawks | 124 - 100 | 30 - 24 | W 2 | |||
| 2/12/1956 | New York Knicks | 116 - 108 | 31 - 24 | W 3 | |||
| 2/18/1956 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 101 - 115 | 31 - 25 | L 1 | New Haven, CT | |
| 2/19/1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | 120 - 118 | 32 - 25 | W 1 | |||
| 2/21/1956 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 97 - 101 | 32 - 26 | L 1 | ||
| 2/22/1956 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 93 - 90 | 33 - 26 | W 1 | ||
| 2/24/1956 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 129 - 135 | 33 - 27 | L 1 | ||
| 2/26/1956 | Rochester Royals | 111 - 100 | 34 - 27 | W 1 | |||
| 2/28/1956 | N | Rochester Royals | 97 - 113 | 34 - 28 | L 1 | New York City | |
| 2/29/1956 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 106 - 99 | 35 - 28 | W 1 | |||
| 3/1/1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 100 - 111 | 35 - 29 | L 1 | ||
| 3/2/1956 | Minneapolis Lakers | 119 - 113 | 36 - 29 | W 1 | |||
| 3/4/1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | 128 - 114 | 37 - 29 | W 2 | |||
| 3/6/1956 | @ | New York Knicks | 99 - 119 | 37 - 30 | L 1 | ||
| 3/7/1956 | Syracuse Nationals | 111 - 98 | 38 - 30 | W 1 | |||
| 3/8/1956 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 120 - 142 | 38 - 31 | L 1 | ||
| 3/10/1956 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | 103 - 106 | 38 - 32 | L 2 | New York City | |
| 3/11/1956 | Saint Louis Hawks | 121 - 127 | 38 - 33 | L 3 | |||
| 3/14/1956 | Syracuse Nationals | 122 - 103 | 39 - 33 | W 1 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 3/17/1956 | Syracuse Nationals | 110 - 93 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 3/19/1956 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 98 - 101 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3/21/1956 | Syracuse Nationals | 97 - 102 | 1 - 2 | L 2 |