1957β58 Detroit Pistons season | |
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Head coach |
Charles Eckman Red Rocha |
Arena | Detroit Olympia |
Results | |
Record | 33–39 (.458) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Finals (eliminated 1β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1957β58 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit.
The new Detroit Pistons played home games at Olympia Stadium, home of the Detroit Red Wings, and struggled to find a footing in their new hometown. [1] Team owner Fred Zollner provided the team with their own aircraft to travel for road games, but the NBA responded with a difficult travel schedule, especially during the winter, as the Pistons could avoid commercial air delays. The Pistons went 33β39 (.458) during the season, tied for second in the Western Division, with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers. [2]
The Pistons defeated the Royals in two straight games in the West Semifinal series, but lost the West Finals to the Hawks 4-1. [3] The team was led by forward George Yardley (27.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg, NBA All-Star) and guards Gene Shue (15.6 ppg, NBA All-Star) and Dick McGuire (8.1 ppg, 6.6 apg, NBA All-Star). [4] [3]
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 |
1957β58 NBA records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β2 | 8β1 | 9β0 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β4 | 7β5 |
Cincinnati | 2β7 | β | 6β6 | 8β4 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β9 | 4β5 |
Detroit | 1β8 | 6β6 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 0β9 | 4β8 | 6β6 | β | 1β8 | 3β6 | 3β9 | 2β7 |
New York | 5β7 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β8 | 3β6 | 5β7 |
Philadelphia | 6β6 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 8β4 | β | 7β2 | 3β9 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 6β3 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 4β5 | β |
1957β58 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 23 | Boston | 105β94 | George Yardley (20) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 26 | Philadelphia | 112β100 | George Yardley (41) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | October 30 | @ Minneapolis | 115β96 | George Yardley (28) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 3 | @ Cincinnati | 94β88 | George Yardley (23) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 5 | N Boston | 105β111 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 12 | New York | 107β109 | George Yardley (32) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 15 | Minneapolis | 112β104 | George Yardley (31) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 16 | @ New York | 109β105 | George Yardley (35) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 17 | @ Philadelphia | 95β91 | George Yardley (26) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 19 | N Cincinnati | 75β92 | George Yardley (17) | 5β5 | |||||
11 | November 21 | Boston | 112β90 | George Yardley (22) | 5β6 | |||||
12 | November 23 | @ St. Louis | 110β115 | Bob Houbregs (24) | 5β7 | |||||
13 | November 26 | N Minneapolis | 91β109 | George Yardley (31) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | November 27 | St. Louis | 121β110 | George Yardley (30) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | November 29 | @ Cincinnati | 92β87 (OT) | George Yardley (26) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | November 30 | Cincinnati | 96β100 | George Yardley (32) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ New York | 102β109 | George Yardley (39) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 3 | Boston | 124β113 | George Yardley (34) | 7β11 | |||||
19 | December 5 | N Cincinnati | 99β109 | George Yardley (32) | 7β12 | |||||
20 | December 6 | @ Syracuse | 91β118 | George Yardley (34) | 7β13 | |||||
21 | December 7 | Cincinnati | 105β109 | George Yardley (25) | 8β13 | |||||
22 | December 10 | Philadelphia | 100β97 | George Yardley (30) | 8β14 | |||||
23 | December 12 | @ Philadelphia | 101β96 | George Yardley (28) | 9β14 | |||||
24 | December 15 | New York | 116β109 | George Yardley (27) | 9β15 | |||||
25 | December 17 | N St. Louis | 106β99 | George Yardley (22) | 9β16 | |||||
26 | December 21 | Cincinnati | 101β112 | George Yardley (31) | 10β16 | |||||
27 | December 22 | @ Syracuse | 93β119 | Shue, Thieben (12) | 10β17 | |||||
28 | December 25 | Minneapolis | 106β104 | George Yardley (29) | 10β18 | |||||
29 | December 26 | @ St. Louis | 110β106 | George Yardley (48) | 11β18 | |||||
30 | December 27 | @ New York | 120β125 | George Yardley (31) | 11β19 | |||||
31 | December 28 | Syracuse | 111β117 | George Yardley (20) | 12β19 | |||||
32 | December 31 | @ Cincinnati | 96β130 | George Yardley (22) | 12β20 | |||||
33 | January 4 | Philadelphia | 78β81 | Gene Shue (17) | 13β20 | |||||
34 | January 5 | @ St. Louis | 93β95 | Walter Dukes (18) | 13β21 | |||||
35 | January 7 | N Cincinnati | 99β114 | Walter Dukes (17) | 13β22 | |||||
36 | January 8 | Syracuse | 107β109 | Gallatin, Yardley (26) | 14β22 | |||||
37 | January 10 | N Minneapolis | 124β114 | George Yardley (23) | 14β23 | |||||
38 | January 11 | Minneapolis | 102β129 | George Yardley (23) | 15β23 | |||||
39 | January 12 | @ Syracuse | 109β135 | George Yardley (25) | 15β24 | |||||
40 | January 15 | @ Boston | 113β131 | George Yardley (51) | 15β25 | |||||
41 | January 16 | @ Philadelphia | 113β108 | George Yardley (25) | 16β25 | |||||
42 | January 17 | Cincinnati | 94β115 | George Yardley (31) | 17β25 | |||||
43 | January 18 | @ St. Louis | 103β105 | George Yardley (36) | 17β26 | |||||
44 | January 19 | @ Minneapolis | 111β118 | Jordon, Yardley (24) | 17β27 | |||||
45 | January 22 | New York | 115β92 | Harry Gallatin (16) | 17β28 | |||||
46 | January 23 | @ Minneapolis | 125β128 (OT) | George Yardley (44) | 17β29 | |||||
47 | January 25 | St. Louis | 98β105 | Harry Gallatin (27) | 18β29 | |||||
48 | January 26 | @ Cincinnati | 103β107 | George Yardley (33) | 18β30 | |||||
49 | January 27 | Philadelphia | 93β115 | Gene Shue (25) | 19β30 | |||||
50 | January 30 | N Syracuse | 83β87 | Walter Dukes (21) | 20β30 | |||||
51 | January 31 | N New York | 105β119 | George Yardley (36) | 21β30 | |||||
52 | February 1 | N Philadelphia | 106β86 | Walter Dukes (18) | 21β31 | |||||
53 | February 2 | @ Boston | 115β119 | George Yardley (31) | 21β32 | |||||
54 | February 4 | Syracuse | 113β118 | George Yardley (52) | 22β32 | |||||
55 | February 7 | N St. Louis | 107β125 | George Yardley (37) | 23β32 | |||||
56 | February 9 | New York | 100β98 | Gallatin, Yardley (16) | 23β33 | |||||
57 | February 11 | @ Philadelphia | 98β115 | George Yardley (27) | 23β34 | |||||
58 | February 12 | St. Louis | 122β105 | Chuck Noble (19) | 23β35 | |||||
59 | February 14 | @ Boston | 111β109 | George Yardley (29) | 24β35 | |||||
60 | February 15 | Minneapolis | 111β110 | Phil Jordon (29) | 24β36 | |||||
61 | February 16 | @ St. Louis | 100β98 | Gene Shue (21) | 25β36 | |||||
62 | February 18 | Syracuse | 98β120 | George Yardley (48) | 26β36 | |||||
63 | February 19 | @ Minneapolis | 117β115 (OT) | George Yardley (43) | 27β36 | |||||
64 | February 21 | @ Cincinnati | 109β107 | George Yardley (32) | 28β36 | |||||
65 | February 22 | St. Louis | 96β98 | Harry Gallatin (22) | 29β36 | |||||
66 | February 25 | N St. Louis | 113β114 (OT) | George Yardley (44) | 30β36 | |||||
67 | February 26 | Boston | 106β99 | Gene Shue (30) | 30β37 | |||||
68 | February 27 | N Minneapolis | 109β112 | George Yardley (41) | 31β37 | |||||
69 | March 1 | @ New York | 103β101 | George Yardley (36) | 32β37 | |||||
70 | March 6 | @ Minneapolis | 132β116 | George Yardley (49) | 33β37 | |||||
71 | March 8 | @ Boston | 103β108 | George Yardley (22) | 33β38 | |||||
72 | March 9 | @ Syracuse | 90β111 | George Yardley (26) | 33β39 |
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Division Semifinals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division Finals: 1β4 (home: 0β2; road: 1β2)
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1958 schedule |
1957β58 Detroit Pistons season | |
---|---|
Head coach |
Charles Eckman Red Rocha |
Arena | Detroit Olympia |
Results | |
Record | 33–39 (.458) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Finals (eliminated 1β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1957β58 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit.
The new Detroit Pistons played home games at Olympia Stadium, home of the Detroit Red Wings, and struggled to find a footing in their new hometown. [1] Team owner Fred Zollner provided the team with their own aircraft to travel for road games, but the NBA responded with a difficult travel schedule, especially during the winter, as the Pistons could avoid commercial air delays. The Pistons went 33β39 (.458) during the season, tied for second in the Western Division, with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers. [2]
The Pistons defeated the Royals in two straight games in the West Semifinal series, but lost the West Finals to the Hawks 4-1. [3] The team was led by forward George Yardley (27.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg, NBA All-Star) and guards Gene Shue (15.6 ppg, NBA All-Star) and Dick McGuire (8.1 ppg, 6.6 apg, NBA All-Star). [4] [3]
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 |
1957β58 NBA records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β2 | 8β1 | 9β0 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β4 | 7β5 |
Cincinnati | 2β7 | β | 6β6 | 8β4 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β9 | 4β5 |
Detroit | 1β8 | 6β6 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 0β9 | 4β8 | 6β6 | β | 1β8 | 3β6 | 3β9 | 2β7 |
New York | 5β7 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β8 | 3β6 | 5β7 |
Philadelphia | 6β6 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 8β4 | β | 7β2 | 3β9 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 6β3 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 4β5 | β |
1957β58 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 23 | Boston | 105β94 | George Yardley (20) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 26 | Philadelphia | 112β100 | George Yardley (41) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | October 30 | @ Minneapolis | 115β96 | George Yardley (28) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 3 | @ Cincinnati | 94β88 | George Yardley (23) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 5 | N Boston | 105β111 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 12 | New York | 107β109 | George Yardley (32) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 15 | Minneapolis | 112β104 | George Yardley (31) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 16 | @ New York | 109β105 | George Yardley (35) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 17 | @ Philadelphia | 95β91 | George Yardley (26) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 19 | N Cincinnati | 75β92 | George Yardley (17) | 5β5 | |||||
11 | November 21 | Boston | 112β90 | George Yardley (22) | 5β6 | |||||
12 | November 23 | @ St. Louis | 110β115 | Bob Houbregs (24) | 5β7 | |||||
13 | November 26 | N Minneapolis | 91β109 | George Yardley (31) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | November 27 | St. Louis | 121β110 | George Yardley (30) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | November 29 | @ Cincinnati | 92β87 (OT) | George Yardley (26) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | November 30 | Cincinnati | 96β100 | George Yardley (32) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ New York | 102β109 | George Yardley (39) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 3 | Boston | 124β113 | George Yardley (34) | 7β11 | |||||
19 | December 5 | N Cincinnati | 99β109 | George Yardley (32) | 7β12 | |||||
20 | December 6 | @ Syracuse | 91β118 | George Yardley (34) | 7β13 | |||||
21 | December 7 | Cincinnati | 105β109 | George Yardley (25) | 8β13 | |||||
22 | December 10 | Philadelphia | 100β97 | George Yardley (30) | 8β14 | |||||
23 | December 12 | @ Philadelphia | 101β96 | George Yardley (28) | 9β14 | |||||
24 | December 15 | New York | 116β109 | George Yardley (27) | 9β15 | |||||
25 | December 17 | N St. Louis | 106β99 | George Yardley (22) | 9β16 | |||||
26 | December 21 | Cincinnati | 101β112 | George Yardley (31) | 10β16 | |||||
27 | December 22 | @ Syracuse | 93β119 | Shue, Thieben (12) | 10β17 | |||||
28 | December 25 | Minneapolis | 106β104 | George Yardley (29) | 10β18 | |||||
29 | December 26 | @ St. Louis | 110β106 | George Yardley (48) | 11β18 | |||||
30 | December 27 | @ New York | 120β125 | George Yardley (31) | 11β19 | |||||
31 | December 28 | Syracuse | 111β117 | George Yardley (20) | 12β19 | |||||
32 | December 31 | @ Cincinnati | 96β130 | George Yardley (22) | 12β20 | |||||
33 | January 4 | Philadelphia | 78β81 | Gene Shue (17) | 13β20 | |||||
34 | January 5 | @ St. Louis | 93β95 | Walter Dukes (18) | 13β21 | |||||
35 | January 7 | N Cincinnati | 99β114 | Walter Dukes (17) | 13β22 | |||||
36 | January 8 | Syracuse | 107β109 | Gallatin, Yardley (26) | 14β22 | |||||
37 | January 10 | N Minneapolis | 124β114 | George Yardley (23) | 14β23 | |||||
38 | January 11 | Minneapolis | 102β129 | George Yardley (23) | 15β23 | |||||
39 | January 12 | @ Syracuse | 109β135 | George Yardley (25) | 15β24 | |||||
40 | January 15 | @ Boston | 113β131 | George Yardley (51) | 15β25 | |||||
41 | January 16 | @ Philadelphia | 113β108 | George Yardley (25) | 16β25 | |||||
42 | January 17 | Cincinnati | 94β115 | George Yardley (31) | 17β25 | |||||
43 | January 18 | @ St. Louis | 103β105 | George Yardley (36) | 17β26 | |||||
44 | January 19 | @ Minneapolis | 111β118 | Jordon, Yardley (24) | 17β27 | |||||
45 | January 22 | New York | 115β92 | Harry Gallatin (16) | 17β28 | |||||
46 | January 23 | @ Minneapolis | 125β128 (OT) | George Yardley (44) | 17β29 | |||||
47 | January 25 | St. Louis | 98β105 | Harry Gallatin (27) | 18β29 | |||||
48 | January 26 | @ Cincinnati | 103β107 | George Yardley (33) | 18β30 | |||||
49 | January 27 | Philadelphia | 93β115 | Gene Shue (25) | 19β30 | |||||
50 | January 30 | N Syracuse | 83β87 | Walter Dukes (21) | 20β30 | |||||
51 | January 31 | N New York | 105β119 | George Yardley (36) | 21β30 | |||||
52 | February 1 | N Philadelphia | 106β86 | Walter Dukes (18) | 21β31 | |||||
53 | February 2 | @ Boston | 115β119 | George Yardley (31) | 21β32 | |||||
54 | February 4 | Syracuse | 113β118 | George Yardley (52) | 22β32 | |||||
55 | February 7 | N St. Louis | 107β125 | George Yardley (37) | 23β32 | |||||
56 | February 9 | New York | 100β98 | Gallatin, Yardley (16) | 23β33 | |||||
57 | February 11 | @ Philadelphia | 98β115 | George Yardley (27) | 23β34 | |||||
58 | February 12 | St. Louis | 122β105 | Chuck Noble (19) | 23β35 | |||||
59 | February 14 | @ Boston | 111β109 | George Yardley (29) | 24β35 | |||||
60 | February 15 | Minneapolis | 111β110 | Phil Jordon (29) | 24β36 | |||||
61 | February 16 | @ St. Louis | 100β98 | Gene Shue (21) | 25β36 | |||||
62 | February 18 | Syracuse | 98β120 | George Yardley (48) | 26β36 | |||||
63 | February 19 | @ Minneapolis | 117β115 (OT) | George Yardley (43) | 27β36 | |||||
64 | February 21 | @ Cincinnati | 109β107 | George Yardley (32) | 28β36 | |||||
65 | February 22 | St. Louis | 96β98 | Harry Gallatin (22) | 29β36 | |||||
66 | February 25 | N St. Louis | 113β114 (OT) | George Yardley (44) | 30β36 | |||||
67 | February 26 | Boston | 106β99 | Gene Shue (30) | 30β37 | |||||
68 | February 27 | N Minneapolis | 109β112 | George Yardley (41) | 31β37 | |||||
69 | March 1 | @ New York | 103β101 | George Yardley (36) | 32β37 | |||||
70 | March 6 | @ Minneapolis | 132β116 | George Yardley (49) | 33β37 | |||||
71 | March 8 | @ Boston | 103β108 | George Yardley (22) | 33β38 | |||||
72 | March 9 | @ Syracuse | 90β111 | George Yardley (26) | 33β39 |
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Division Semifinals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division Finals: 1β4 (home: 0β2; road: 1β2)
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1958 schedule |