1956β57 Fort Wayne Pistons season | |
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Head coach | Charles Eckman |
Arena | War Memorial Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 34–38 (.472) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Semifinals (eliminated 0β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1956β57 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 Western Division, but were seeded third after the St. Louis Hawks defeated both the Pistons and the Minneapolis Lakers in tie-breaking games. 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 Detroit as owner Fred Zollner determined Fort Wayne was too small to support an NBA team. The state of Indiana would not get another pro basketball team until the Indiana Pacers of the ABA was formed in 1967, and then moved to the NBA with the NBA-ABA merger in 1976. [1] [2]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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 |
1956β57 NBA records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 6β3 | 5β4 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Fort Wayne | 3β6 | β | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 4β5 | 5β7 | β | 3β6 | 5β4 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 4β5 |
New York | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β | 4β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 |
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β4 | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Rochester | 3β6 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 5β4 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 |
St. Louis | 2β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 6β6 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 7β5 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | β |
1956β57 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 27 | @ Rochester | 85β88 | Larry Foust (16) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 28 | Minneapolis | 88β94 | George Yardley (27) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 3 | @ Philadelphia | 81β116 | Hutchins, Yardley (16) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 4 | New York | 96β83 | George Yardley (20) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 10 | @ St. Louis | 79β86 | George Yardley (16) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 11 | St. Louis | 81β96 | Corky Devlin (17) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 15 | Boston | 95β98 | Larry Foust (17) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 17 | @ St. Louis | 87β92 | George Yardley (17) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 18 | @ Minneapolis | 111β107 | George Yardley (22) | 4β5 | |||||
10 | November 21 | N New York | 103β104 (OT) | George Yardley (22) | 5β5 | |||||
11 | November 22 | Rochester | 102β104 (OT) | Mel Hutchins (18) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 88β98 | Larry Foust (16) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 25 | Philadelphia | 88β112 | George Yardley (30) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | November 27 | @ New York | 98β105 | Bob Houbregs (19) | 7β7 | |||||
15 | November 29 | @ Syracuse | 92β87 | Houbregs, Noble (19) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | November 30 | N Boston | 102β104 | George Yardley (22) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ Boston | 93β108 | Larry Foust (19) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 4 | N Syracuse | 97β96 (OT) | George Yardley (28) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 6 | Syracuse | 92β104 | George Yardley (24) | 9β10 | |||||
20 | December 7 | N Syracuse | 97β105 | Mel Hutchins (20) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 9 | Rochester | 101β100 (OT) | Larry Foust (24) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 11 | N Boston | 97β113 | Mel Hutchins (27) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 16 | New York | 80β84 | Larry Foust (17) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 18 | N St. Louis | 95β84 | Bob Houbregs (18) | 11β13 | |||||
25 | December 23 | Boston | 87β95 | George Yardley (22) | 12β13 | |||||
26 | December 25 | N Minneapolis | 100β89 | Bob Houbregs (19) | 12β14 | |||||
27 | December 26 | N Rochester | 93β99 | George Yardley (36) | 13β14 | |||||
28 | December 27 | Minneapolis | 93β120 | Bob Houbregs (29) | 14β14 | |||||
29 | December 29 | @ Rochester | 88β95 | Houbregs, Yardley (22) | 14β15 | |||||
30 | December 30 | Philadelphia | 99β104 | George Yardley (32) | 15β15 | |||||
31 | January 3 | Minneapolis | 102β104 | George Yardley (33) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | January 5 | New York | 96β109 | George Yardley (32) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | January 6 | @ Boston | 92β118 | George Yardley (17) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 8 | N Minneapolis | 86β87 | George Yardley (23) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | January 10 | Boston | 98β81 | George Yardley (21) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 12 | N Minneapolis | 105β87 | Houbregs, Yardley (15) | 18β18 | |||||
37 | January 13 | St. Louis | 89β91 | Mel Hutchins (18) | 19β18 | |||||
38 | January 17 | N St. Louis | 106β82 | George Yardley (19) | 19β19 | |||||
39 | January 19 | @ New York | 100β102 | George Yardley (25) | 19β20 | |||||
40 | January 20 | @ Syracuse | 98β101 | George Yardley (35) | 19β21 | |||||
41 | January 22 | St. Louis | 87β97 | George Yardley (21) | 20β21 | |||||
42 | January 23 | N St. Louis | 101β78 | George Yardley (21) | 20β22 | |||||
43 | January 26 | Philadelphia | 98β101 | George Yardley (32) | 21β22 | |||||
44 | January 27 | New York | 102β103 (OT) | George Yardley (26) | 22β22 | |||||
45 | January 29 | @ St. Louis | 91β85 | Mel Hutchins (22) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | January 31 | @ Minneapolis | 111β107 | George Yardley (40) | 24β22 | |||||
47 | February 1 | N Rochester | 96β80 | George Yardley (23) | 24β23 | |||||
48 | February 2 | @ Rochester | 79β93 | George Yardley (24) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 3 | @ Syracuse | 95β104 | George Yardley (33) | 24β25 | |||||
50 | February 4 | Philadelphia | 91β103 | Bob Houbregs (19) | 25β25 | |||||
51 | February 6 | @ Boston | 93β108 | George Yardley (23) | 25β26 | |||||
52 | February 9 | @ Minneapolis | 92β99 | Gene Shue (17) | 25β27 | |||||
53 | February 10 | Minneapolis | 100β113 | George Yardley (29) | 26β27 | |||||
54 | February 13 | @ Philadelphia | 89β99 | Larry Foust (18) | 26β28 | |||||
55 | February 14 | Boston | 106β112 | Gene Shue (28) | 27β28 | |||||
56 | February 16 | @ Rochester | 87β84 | Larry Foust (22) | 28β28 | |||||
57 | February 17 | Rochester | 85β104 | George Yardley (22) | 29β28 | |||||
58 | February 19 | @ St. Louis | 83β96 | George Yardley (23) | 29β29 | |||||
59 | February 21 | N New York | 114β120 | Mel Hutchins (24) | 30β29 | |||||
60 | February 22 | N Rochester | 105β110 | George Yardley (33) | 31β29 | |||||
61 | February 23 | @ New York | 94β102 | George Yardley (21) | 31β30 | |||||
62 | February 24 | @ Minneapolis | 115β123 | George Yardley (28) | 31β31 | |||||
63 | February 25 | Syracuse | 102β108 | George Yardley (35) | 32β31 | |||||
64 | February 27 | @ Rochester | 76β90 | George Yardley (18) | 32β32 | |||||
65 | February 28 | @ Syracuse | 112β123 | George Yardley (31) | 32β33 | |||||
66 | March 3 | St. Louis | 112β102 | George Yardley (28) | 32β34 | |||||
67 | March 5 | N Philadelphia | 114β80 | George Yardley (17) | 32β35 | |||||
68 | March 7 | @ Philadelphia | 100β114 | Larry Foust (19) | 32β36 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Minneapolis | 101β97 | George Yardley (31) | 32β37 | |||||
70 | March 9 | @ St. Louis | 96β97 | Mel Hutchins (21) | 32β38 | |||||
71 | March 10 | Rochester | 96β100 | George Yardley (32) | 33β38 | |||||
72 | March 13 | Syracuse | 81β114 | Chuck Noble (20) | 34β38 |
1957 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #3 seed)
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Division Semifinals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1957 schedule |
1956β57 Fort Wayne Pistons season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Charles Eckman |
Arena | War Memorial Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 34–38 (.472) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Semifinals (eliminated 0β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1956β57 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 Western Division, but were seeded third after the St. Louis Hawks defeated both the Pistons and the Minneapolis Lakers in tie-breaking games. 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 Detroit as owner Fred Zollner determined Fort Wayne was too small to support an NBA team. The state of Indiana would not get another pro basketball team until the Indiana Pacers of the ABA was formed in 1967, and then moved to the NBA with the NBA-ABA merger in 1976. [1] [2]
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 |
1956β57 NBA records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 6β3 | 5β4 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Fort Wayne | 3β6 | β | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 4β5 | 5β7 | β | 3β6 | 5β4 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 4β5 |
New York | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β | 4β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 |
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β4 | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Rochester | 3β6 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 5β4 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 |
St. Louis | 2β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 6β6 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 7β5 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | β |
1956β57 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 27 | @ Rochester | 85β88 | Larry Foust (16) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 28 | Minneapolis | 88β94 | George Yardley (27) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 3 | @ Philadelphia | 81β116 | Hutchins, Yardley (16) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 4 | New York | 96β83 | George Yardley (20) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 10 | @ St. Louis | 79β86 | George Yardley (16) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 11 | St. Louis | 81β96 | Corky Devlin (17) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 15 | Boston | 95β98 | Larry Foust (17) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 17 | @ St. Louis | 87β92 | George Yardley (17) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 18 | @ Minneapolis | 111β107 | George Yardley (22) | 4β5 | |||||
10 | November 21 | N New York | 103β104 (OT) | George Yardley (22) | 5β5 | |||||
11 | November 22 | Rochester | 102β104 (OT) | Mel Hutchins (18) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 88β98 | Larry Foust (16) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 25 | Philadelphia | 88β112 | George Yardley (30) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | November 27 | @ New York | 98β105 | Bob Houbregs (19) | 7β7 | |||||
15 | November 29 | @ Syracuse | 92β87 | Houbregs, Noble (19) | 8β7 | |||||
16 | November 30 | N Boston | 102β104 | George Yardley (22) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ Boston | 93β108 | Larry Foust (19) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 4 | N Syracuse | 97β96 (OT) | George Yardley (28) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 6 | Syracuse | 92β104 | George Yardley (24) | 9β10 | |||||
20 | December 7 | N Syracuse | 97β105 | Mel Hutchins (20) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 9 | Rochester | 101β100 (OT) | Larry Foust (24) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 11 | N Boston | 97β113 | Mel Hutchins (27) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 16 | New York | 80β84 | Larry Foust (17) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 18 | N St. Louis | 95β84 | Bob Houbregs (18) | 11β13 | |||||
25 | December 23 | Boston | 87β95 | George Yardley (22) | 12β13 | |||||
26 | December 25 | N Minneapolis | 100β89 | Bob Houbregs (19) | 12β14 | |||||
27 | December 26 | N Rochester | 93β99 | George Yardley (36) | 13β14 | |||||
28 | December 27 | Minneapolis | 93β120 | Bob Houbregs (29) | 14β14 | |||||
29 | December 29 | @ Rochester | 88β95 | Houbregs, Yardley (22) | 14β15 | |||||
30 | December 30 | Philadelphia | 99β104 | George Yardley (32) | 15β15 | |||||
31 | January 3 | Minneapolis | 102β104 | George Yardley (33) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | January 5 | New York | 96β109 | George Yardley (32) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | January 6 | @ Boston | 92β118 | George Yardley (17) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 8 | N Minneapolis | 86β87 | George Yardley (23) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | January 10 | Boston | 98β81 | George Yardley (21) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 12 | N Minneapolis | 105β87 | Houbregs, Yardley (15) | 18β18 | |||||
37 | January 13 | St. Louis | 89β91 | Mel Hutchins (18) | 19β18 | |||||
38 | January 17 | N St. Louis | 106β82 | George Yardley (19) | 19β19 | |||||
39 | January 19 | @ New York | 100β102 | George Yardley (25) | 19β20 | |||||
40 | January 20 | @ Syracuse | 98β101 | George Yardley (35) | 19β21 | |||||
41 | January 22 | St. Louis | 87β97 | George Yardley (21) | 20β21 | |||||
42 | January 23 | N St. Louis | 101β78 | George Yardley (21) | 20β22 | |||||
43 | January 26 | Philadelphia | 98β101 | George Yardley (32) | 21β22 | |||||
44 | January 27 | New York | 102β103 (OT) | George Yardley (26) | 22β22 | |||||
45 | January 29 | @ St. Louis | 91β85 | Mel Hutchins (22) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | January 31 | @ Minneapolis | 111β107 | George Yardley (40) | 24β22 | |||||
47 | February 1 | N Rochester | 96β80 | George Yardley (23) | 24β23 | |||||
48 | February 2 | @ Rochester | 79β93 | George Yardley (24) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 3 | @ Syracuse | 95β104 | George Yardley (33) | 24β25 | |||||
50 | February 4 | Philadelphia | 91β103 | Bob Houbregs (19) | 25β25 | |||||
51 | February 6 | @ Boston | 93β108 | George Yardley (23) | 25β26 | |||||
52 | February 9 | @ Minneapolis | 92β99 | Gene Shue (17) | 25β27 | |||||
53 | February 10 | Minneapolis | 100β113 | George Yardley (29) | 26β27 | |||||
54 | February 13 | @ Philadelphia | 89β99 | Larry Foust (18) | 26β28 | |||||
55 | February 14 | Boston | 106β112 | Gene Shue (28) | 27β28 | |||||
56 | February 16 | @ Rochester | 87β84 | Larry Foust (22) | 28β28 | |||||
57 | February 17 | Rochester | 85β104 | George Yardley (22) | 29β28 | |||||
58 | February 19 | @ St. Louis | 83β96 | George Yardley (23) | 29β29 | |||||
59 | February 21 | N New York | 114β120 | Mel Hutchins (24) | 30β29 | |||||
60 | February 22 | N Rochester | 105β110 | George Yardley (33) | 31β29 | |||||
61 | February 23 | @ New York | 94β102 | George Yardley (21) | 31β30 | |||||
62 | February 24 | @ Minneapolis | 115β123 | George Yardley (28) | 31β31 | |||||
63 | February 25 | Syracuse | 102β108 | George Yardley (35) | 32β31 | |||||
64 | February 27 | @ Rochester | 76β90 | George Yardley (18) | 32β32 | |||||
65 | February 28 | @ Syracuse | 112β123 | George Yardley (31) | 32β33 | |||||
66 | March 3 | St. Louis | 112β102 | George Yardley (28) | 32β34 | |||||
67 | March 5 | N Philadelphia | 114β80 | George Yardley (17) | 32β35 | |||||
68 | March 7 | @ Philadelphia | 100β114 | Larry Foust (19) | 32β36 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Minneapolis | 101β97 | George Yardley (31) | 32β37 | |||||
70 | March 9 | @ St. Louis | 96β97 | Mel Hutchins (21) | 32β38 | |||||
71 | March 10 | Rochester | 96β100 | George Yardley (32) | 33β38 | |||||
72 | March 13 | Syracuse | 81β114 | Chuck Noble (20) | 34β38 |
1957 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Tiebreaker (finishes as West's #3 seed)
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Division Semifinals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1957 schedule |