| | Top level | Event type
Basketball, Men – Final Round, Match 1/2
| Date | 1 December 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Ray Strath |  AUS |
| Referee | Robert Blanchard |  FRA |
| Attendance | 3,166 |
Score
| 1 | 2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |  USA | 56 | 33 | 89 |
| Soviet Union |  URS | 27 | 28 | 55 |
United States
| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Carl Cain | 1 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/3 | 0.333 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 5 | K. C. Jones | 15 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 5/9 | 0.556 | 5/6 | 0.833 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 6 | Bill Russell | 13 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/9 | 0.333 | 7/9 | 0.778 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 7 | Jim Walsh | 14 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 4/9 | 0.444 | 6/7 | 0.857 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 8 | Billy Evans | 1 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 9 | Burdie Haldorson | 9 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 4/8 | 0.500 | 1/2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | ||||
| 10 | Ron Tomsic | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/5 | 0.200 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 11 | Dick Boushka | 9 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 3/3 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 12 | Gib Ford | 5 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/6 | 0.333 | 1/2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 13 | Bob Jeangerard | 16 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 8/11 | 0.727 | 0/1 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 89 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 31/71 | 0.436 | 27/34 | 0.794 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | |||||
| Coach | Gerald Tucker |
Soviet Union
| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Maigonis Valdmanis | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | ||||
| 5 | Vladimir Torban | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/3 | 0.333 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 7 | Kazys Petkevičius | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/4 | 0.000 | 3/4 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||
| 8 | Arkady Bochkaryov | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/5 | 0.400 | 4/4 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 9 | Jānis Krūmiņš | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 4/4 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 10 | Mikhail Semyonov | 15 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 7/15 | 0.467 | 1/2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | ||||
| 11 | Algirdas Lauritėnas | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/5 | 0.400 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 12 | Yury Ozerov | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||
| 13 | Viktor Zubkov | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/3 | 0.333 | 2/4 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||
| 14 | Mikhail Studenetsky | 5 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/6 | 0.333 | 1/2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 55 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 17/51 | 0.333 | 21/26 | 0.808 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | – | |||||
| Coach | Stepan Spandaryan |