1956–57 Fort Wayne Pistons season

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West Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1956–57 NBA season was the Pistons' ninth season in the NBA, 16th season as a franchise, and the final season for the team in Fort Wayne.

The Pistons finished 34-38(.472), the first losing season in five years, finishing in a three-way tie for first in the

West Semifinals, the Lakers eliminated the Pistons 2-0. The team was led on the season by forward George Yardley (21.5 ppg, 10. rpg, NBA All-Star) and forward-center Mel Hutchins
(12.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg, NBA All-Star).

Following the season, the Pistons relocated to

NBA-ABA merger in 1976.[1][2]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 34 38 .472 - 17-9 10-20 7-9 22-14
x-Minneapolis Lakers 34 38 .472 - 15-9 5-22 14-7 18-18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 34 38 .472 - 23-5 5-23 6-10 17-19
Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 3 19-10 7-17 5-14 15-21
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1956–57 NBA records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston — 6–3 5–4 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–2 5–7
Fort Wayne 3–6 — 7–5 5–4 4–5 6–6 4–8 5–4
Minneapolis 4–5 5–7 — 3–6 5–4 9–3 4–8 4–5
New York 5–7 4–5 6–3 — 4–8 5–4 6–3 6–6
Philadelphia 4–8 5–4 4–5 8–4 — 4–5 7–2 5–7
Rochester 3–6 6–6 3–9 4–5 5–4 — 6–6 4–5
St. Louis 2–7 8–4 8–4 3–6 2–7 6–6 — 5–4
Syracuse 7–5 4–5 5–4 6–6 7–5 5–4 4–5 —

Game log

1956–57 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 27 @
Rochester
 85–88 Larry Foust (16) 0–1
2 October 28
Minneapolis
 88–94 George Yardley (27) 1–1
3 November 3 @
Philadelphia
 81–116 Hutchins, Yardley (16) 1–2
4 November 4 New York 96–83 George Yardley (20) 1–3
5 November 10 @
St. Louis
 79–86 George Yardley (16) 1–4
6 November 11 St. Louis 81–96 Corky Devlin (17) 2–4
7 November 15 Boston 95–98 Larry Foust (17) 3–4
8 November 17 @ St. Louis 87–92 George Yardley (17) 3–5
9 November 18 @ Minneapolis 111–107 George Yardley (22) 4–5
10 November 21 N New York 103–104 (OT) George Yardley (22) 5–5
11 November 22 Rochester 102–104 (OT) Mel Hutchins (18) 6–5
12 November 24 @ Philadelphia 88–98 Larry Foust (16) 6–6
13 November 25 Philadelphia 88–112 George Yardley (30) 7–6
14 November 27 @ New York 98–105 Bob Houbregs (19) 7–7
15 November 29 @
Syracuse
 92–87 Houbregs, Noble (19) 8–7
16 November 30 N Boston 102–104 George Yardley (22) 8–8
17 December 1 @ Boston 93–108 Larry Foust (19) 8–9
18 December 4 N Syracuse 97–96 (OT) George Yardley (28) 8–10
19 December 6 Syracuse 92–104 George Yardley (24) 9–10
20 December 7 N Syracuse 97–105 Mel Hutchins (20) 10–10
21 December 9 Rochester 101–100 (OT) Larry Foust (24) 10–11
22 December 11 N Boston 97–113 Mel Hutchins (27) 10–12
23 December 16 New York 80–84 Larry Foust (17) 11–12
24 December 18 N St. Louis 95–84 Bob Houbregs (18) 11–13
25 December 23 Boston 87–95 George Yardley (22) 12–13
26 December 25 N Minneapolis 100–89 Bob Houbregs (19) 12–14
27 December 26 N Rochester 93–99 George Yardley (36) 13–14
28 December 27 Minneapolis 93–120 Bob Houbregs (29) 14–14
29 December 29 @ Rochester 88–95 Houbregs, Yardley (22) 14–15
30 December 30 Philadelphia 99–104 George Yardley (32) 15–15
31 January 3 Minneapolis 102–104 George Yardley (33) 16–15
32 January 5 New York 96–109 George Yardley (32) 17–15
33 January 6 @ Boston 92–118 George Yardley (17) 17–16
34 January 8 N Minneapolis 86–87 George Yardley (23) 18–16
35 January 10 Boston 98–81 George Yardley (21) 18–17
36 January 12 N Minneapolis 105–87 Houbregs, Yardley (15) 18–18
37 January 13 St. Louis 89–91 Mel Hutchins (18) 19–18
38 January 17 N St. Louis 106–82 George Yardley (19) 19–19
39 January 19 @ New York 100–102 George Yardley (25) 19–20
40 January 20 @ Syracuse 98–101 George Yardley (35) 19–21
41 January 22 St. Louis 87–97 George Yardley (21) 20–21
42 January 23 N St. Louis 101–78 George Yardley (21) 20–22
43 January 26 Philadelphia 98–101 George Yardley (32) 21–22
44 January 27 New York 102–103 (OT) George Yardley (26) 22–22
45 January 29 @ St. Louis 91–85 Mel Hutchins (22) 23–22
46 January 31 @ Minneapolis 111–107 George Yardley (40) 24–22
47 February 1 N Rochester 96–80 George Yardley (23) 24–23
48 February 2 @ Rochester 79–93 George Yardley (24) 24–24
49 February 3 @ Syracuse 95–104 George Yardley (33) 24–25
50 February 4 Philadelphia 91–103 Bob Houbregs (19) 25–25
51 February 6 @ Boston 93–108 George Yardley (23) 25–26
52 February 9 @ Minneapolis 92–99 Gene Shue (17) 25–27
53 February 10 Minneapolis 100–113 George Yardley (29) 26–27
54 February 13 @ Philadelphia 89–99 Larry Foust (18) 26–28
55 February 14 Boston 106–112 Gene Shue (28) 27–28
56 February 16 @ Rochester 87–84 Larry Foust (22) 28–28
57 February 17 Rochester 85–104 George Yardley (22) 29–28
58 February 19 @ St. Louis 83–96 George Yardley (23) 29–29
59 February 21 N New York 114–120 Mel Hutchins (24) 30–29
60 February 22 N Rochester 105–110 George Yardley (33) 31–29
61 February 23 @ New York 94–102 George Yardley (21) 31–30
62 February 24 @ Minneapolis 115–123 George Yardley (28) 31–31
63 February 25 Syracuse 102–108 George Yardley (35) 32–31
64 February 27 @ Rochester 76–90 George Yardley (18) 32–32
65 February 28 @ Syracuse 112–123 George Yardley (31) 32–33
66 March 3 St. Louis 112–102 George Yardley (28) 32–34
67 March 5 N Philadelphia 114–80 George Yardley (17) 32–35
68 March 7 @ Philadelphia 100–114 Larry Foust (19) 32–36
69 March 8 Minneapolis 101–97 George Yardley (31) 32–37
70 March 9 @ St. Louis 96–97 Mel Hutchins (21) 32–38
71 March 10 Rochester 96–100 George Yardley (32) 33–38
72 March 13 Syracuse 81–114 Chuck Noble (20) 34–38

Playoffs

1957 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #3 seed)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location Record
1 March 14 @ St. Louis L 103–115 George Yardley (26) Hutchins, Foust (10) Kiel Auditorium 0–1
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points Location Series
1 March 17 @ Minneapolis L 127–131 George Yardley (34) Minneapolis Auditorium 0–1
2 March 19 Minneapolis L 108–110 Larry Foust (30)
War Memorial Coliseum
 0–2
1957 schedule

Awards and records

  • All-NBA Second Team

References

  1. ^ 1956–57 Fort Wayne Pistons
  2. ^ "The Big Z and His Misfiring Pistons".
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