1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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The Hawks were the second St. Louis–based pro sports team to win a major championship, joining the, then, six-time World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. They would be followed by five more World Series championships by the Cardinals, a championship by the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, and a championship by the St. Louis Blues in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals which made St. Louis the eighth city to win a championship in each of the four major U.S. sports. The Hawks were the last non-integrated team to win an NBA title; every NBA champion since has had at least one African-American player.
The 1958 title remains the only one to be won by the franchise, which has been based in
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-St. Louis Hawks | 41 | 31 | .569 | - | 23-8 | 8-19 | 10-4 | 24-12 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 33 | 39 | .458 | 8 | 14-14 | 13-17 | 6-8 | 18-18 |
x-Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 39 | .458 | 8 | 17-12 | 10-19 | 6-8 | 17-19 |
Minneapolis Lakers | 19 | 53 | .264 | 22 | 10-15 | 4-21 | 5-17 | 13-23 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 7–2 | 8–1 | 9–0 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 |
Cincinnati | 2–7 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 4–5 |
Detroit | 1–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 |
Minneapolis | 0–9 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–9 | 2–7 |
New York | 5–7 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 8–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–6 | 5–7 |
Philadelphia | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 8–4 | — | 7–2 | 3–9 |
St. Louis | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–3 | 2–7 | — | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 5–7 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Boston | 115–90 | Bob Pettit (26) | 0–1 | |||||
2 | October 23 | N New York | 95–112 | Cliff Hagan (19) | 0–2 | |||||
3 | October 26 | Minneapolis |
84–112 | Bob Pettit (27) | 1–2 | |||||
4 | November 1 | @ Cincinnati |
92–99 | Bob Pettit (45) | 1–3 | |||||
5 | November 2 | Cincinnati | 93–102 | Slater Martin (25) | 2–3 | |||||
6 | November 5 | Syracuse |
101–115 | Bob Pettit (34) | 3–3 | |||||
7 | November 9 | Philadelphia |
100–105 | Bob Pettit (23) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | November 11 | @ Boston | 88–92 | Ed Macauley (19) | 4–4 | |||||
9 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 86–91 | Cliff Hagan (22) | 4–5 | |||||
10 | November 16 | Syracuse | 101–118 | Bob Pettit (33) | 5–5 | |||||
11 | November 17 | @ Cincinnati | 98–97 | Bob Pettit (24) | 6–5 | |||||
12 | November 19 | New York | 115–118 | Bob Pettit (38) | 7–5 | |||||
13 | November 23 | Detroit | 110–115 | Cliff Hagan (40) | 8–5 | |||||
14 | November 26 | @ New York | 120–110 | Bob Pettit (27) | 9–5 | |||||
15 | November 27 | @ Detroit | 121–110 | Bob Pettit (27) | 10–5 | |||||
16 | November 28 | Cincinnati | 96–112 | Bob Pettit (28) | 11–5 | |||||
17 | November 30 | @ Minneapolis | 113–118 | Bob Pettit (28) | 11–6 | |||||
18 | December 3 | N Minneapolis | 115–108 | Bob Pettit (31) | 12–6 | |||||
19 | December 5 | @ Philadelphia | 109–124 | Slater Martin (27) | 12–7 | |||||
20 | December 6 | @ Boston | 97–111 | Bob Pettit (28) | 12–8 | |||||
21 | December 8 | New York | 113–110 | Cliff Hagan (24) | 12–9 | |||||
22 | December 10 | N Cincinnati | 102–90 | Bob Pettit (31) | 13–9 | |||||
23 | December 11 | N New York | 135–126 | Bob Pettit (43) | 14–9 | |||||
24 | December 12 | N Boston | 97–94 | Cliff Hagan (28) | 15–9 | |||||
25 | December 14 | New York | 124–136 | Bob Pettit (23) | 16–9 | |||||
26 | December 15 | @ Minneapolis | 138–118 | Cliff Hagan (40) | 17–9 | |||||
27 | December 17 | N Detroit | 106–99 | Bob Pettit (36) | 18–9 | |||||
28 | December 21 | N Syracuse | 136–146 | Bob Pettit (51) | 19–9 | |||||
29 | December 22 | Minneapolis | 115–123 | Cliff Hagan (31) | 20–9 | |||||
30 | December 26 | Detroit | 110–106 | Cliff Hagan (21) | 20–10 | |||||
31 | December 27 | @ Cincinnati | 97–96 | Ed Macauley (25) | 21–10 | |||||
32 | December 28 | Boston | 107–112 | Cliff Hagan (33) | 22–10 | |||||
33 | December 30 | N Minneapolis | 105–98 | Ed Macauley (27) | 23–10 | |||||
34 | January 2 | @ Philadelphia | 93–95 | Ed Macauley (26) | 23–21 | |||||
35 | January 5 | Detroit | 93–95 | Bob Pettit (26) | 24–11 | |||||
36 | January 7 | @ New York | 114–112 | Ed Macauley (25) | 25–11 | |||||
37 | January 10 | @ Philadelphia | 93–124 | Share, Wilfong (15) | 25–12 | |||||
38 | January 11 | Boston | 98–102 | Cliff Hagan (25) | 26–12 | |||||
39 | January 12 | Minneapolis | 105–111 | Cliff Hagan (27) | 27–12 | |||||
40 | January 14 | Philadelphia | 110–109 | Cliff Hagan (36) | 27–13 | |||||
41 | January 16 | @ Syracuse | 96–112 | Hagan, Pettit (24) | 27–14 | |||||
42 | January 17 | N Minneapolis | 110–112 (OT) | Cliff Hagan (32) | 27–15 | |||||
43 | January 18 | Detroit | 103–105 | Bob Pettit (40) | 28–15 | |||||
44 | January 19 | Cincinnati | 90–108 | Bob Pettit (28) | 29–15 | |||||
45 | January 25 | @ Detroit | 98–105 | Ed Macauley (24) | 29–16 | |||||
46 | January 26 | Philadelphia | 125–112 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 29–17 | |||||
47 | January 28 | N Philadelphia | 123–109 | Bob Pettit (29) | 30–17 | |||||
48 | January 29 | @ Boston | 101–111 | Bob Pettit (22) | 30–18 | |||||
49 | January 31 | @ Cincinnati | 92–100 | Cliff Hagan (23) | 30–19 | |||||
50 | February 1 | Cincinnati | 88–127 | Cliff Hagan (24) | 31–19 | |||||
51 | February 2 | Syracuse | 102–100 | Cliff Hagan (29) | 31–20 | |||||
52 | February 4 | @ New York | 116–120 | Cliff Hagan (41) | 31–21 | |||||
53 | February 7 | N Detroit | 107–125 | Cliff Hagan (19) | 31–22 | |||||
54 | February 8 | @ Syracuse | 103–102 | Bob Pettit (32) | 32–22 | |||||
55 | February 9 | @ Philadelphia | 98–105 | Bob Pettit (29) | 32–23 | |||||
56 | February 11 | New York | 105–107 | Win Wilfong (25) | 33–23 | |||||
57 | February 12 | @ Detroit | 122–105 | Bob Pettit (25) | 34–23 | |||||
58 | February 14 | @ Minneapolis | 104–100 | Bob Pettit (23) | 35–23 | |||||
59 | February 16 | Detroit | 100–98 | Bob Pettit (27) | 35–24 | |||||
60 | February 18 | Minneapolis | 98–118 | Bob Pettit (33) | 36–24 | |||||
61 | February 21 | Boston | 100–119 | Bob Pettit (29) | 37–24 | |||||
62 | February 22 | @ Detroit | 96–98 | Cliff Hagan (32) | 37–25 | |||||
63 | February 23 | @ Syracuse | 92–101 | Bob Pettit (21) | 37–26 | |||||
64 | February 25 | N Detroit | 113–114 (OT) | Cliff Hagan (34) | 37–27 | |||||
65 | February 26 | N Cincinnati | 105–103 | Ed Macauley (29) | 38–27 | |||||
66 | March 2 | Cincinnati | 93–103 | Bob Pettit (21) | 39–27 | |||||
67 | March 5 | @ Boston | 102–109 | Bob Pettit (30) | 39–28 | |||||
68 | March 7 | Syracuse | 100–102 | Bob Pettit (39) | 40–28 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Minneapolis | 123–126 | Hagan, Pettit (25) | 41–28 | |||||
70 | March 9 | @ Minneapolis | 99–107 | Bob Pettit (28) | 41–29 | |||||
71 | March 10 | @ Cincinnati | 84–122 | Hagan, Pettit (17) | 41–30 | |||||
72 | March 11 | Philadelphia | 106–101 | Bob Pettit (30) | 41–31 |
Playoffs
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Division Finals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
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NBA Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
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1958 schedule |
Awards and honors
- All-NBA First Team
- All-NBA Second Team
- All-NBA Second Team