1954–55 Fort Wayne Pistons season

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1954–55 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Division champions
Head coachCharles Eckman
ArenaWar Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record43–29 (.597)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(eliminated 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1953–54 1955–56 >

The 1954–55 Fort Wayne Pistons season was the seventh season for the Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 14th season as a franchise. In the Western Division Finals the Pistons eliminated the Minneapolis Lakers 3-1 in a best-of-five series to reach the NBA Finals. They would go on to lose the Finals in seven games to the Syracuse Nationals.[1]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 43 29 .597 – 21–6 9–14 13–9 28–8
x-Minneapolis Lakers 40 32 .556 3 18–6 10–14 12–12 18–18
x-Rochester Royals 29 43 .403 14 17–11 4–19 8–13 14–22
Milwaukee Hawks 26 46 .361 17 6–11 9–16 11–19 14–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[]

1954-55 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Boston — 4–5 6–3 3–6 6–6 7–5 4–5 6–6
Fort Wayne 5–4 — 11–1 9–3 2–7 6–3 8–4 2–7
Milwaukee 3–6 1–11 — 5–7 3–6 4–5 6–6 4–5
Minneapolis 6–3 3–9 7–5 — 4–5 6–3 8–4 6–3
New York 6–6 7–2 6–3 5–4 — 5–7 5–4 4–8
Philadelphia 5–7 3–6 5–4 3–6 7–5 — 5–4 5–7
Rochester 5–4 4–8 6–6 4–8 4–5 4–5 — 2–7
Syracuse 6–6 7–2 5–4 3–6 8–4 7–5 7–2 —

Playoffs[]

1955 playoff game log
Division Finals: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points Location Series
1 March 20 Minneapolis W 96–79 Larry Foust (15) North Side Gymnasium 1–0
2 March 22 Minneapolis W 98–97 (OT) Mel Hutchins (20) Butler Fieldhouse 2–0
3 March 23 @ Minneapolis L 91–99 (OT) George Yardley (25) Minneapolis Auditorium 2–1
4 March 27 @ Minneapolis W 105–96 Rosenthal, Hutchins (21) Minneapolis Auditorium 3–1
NBA Finals: 3–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 31 @ Syracuse L 82–86 Larry Foust (26) — Onondaga War Memorial
7,500 		0–1
2 April 2 @ Syracuse L 84–87 George Yardley (21) — Onondaga War Memorial
5,845 		0–2
3 April 3 Syracuse W 96–89 Mel Hutchins (23) — Butler Fieldhouse
3,200 		1–2
4 April 5 Syracuse W 109–102 Frankie Brian (18) — Butler Fieldhouse
2,611 		2–2
5 April 7 Syracuse W 74–71 George Yardley (16) — Butler Fieldhouse
4,110 		3–2
6 April 9 @ Syracuse L 104–109 George Yardley (31) — Onondaga War Memorial
4,997 		3–3
7 April 10 @ Syracuse L 91–92 Larry Foust (24) Andy Phillip (10) Onondaga War Memorial
6,697 		3–4
1955 schedule

Awards and records[]

References[]

  1. ^ 1954–55 Fort Wayne Pistons
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