1955–56 Fort Wayne Pistons season

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1955–56 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Division champions
Head coachCharles Eckman
ArenaWar Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record37–35 (.514)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKJG-TV
RadioWOWO
< 1954–55 1956–57 >

The 1955–56 Fort Wayne Pistons season was the eighth season for the Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 15th season as a franchise. In the Western Division Finals the Pistons defeated the St. Louis Hawks in a best-of-five series 3–2 to reach the NBA Finals. They would go on to lose the Finals in five games to the Philadelphia Warriors.[1]

Roster[]

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Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 37 35 .514 - 19-7 10-17 8-11 19-17
x-Minneapolis Lakers 33 39 .458 4 14-12 6-21 13-6 19-17
x-St. Louis Hawks 33 39 .458 4 15-11 11-17 7-11 18-18
Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 6 15-14 6-21 10-6 16-20


x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[]

1955-56 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston — 4–5 7–2 5–7 5–7 5–4 5–4 8–4
Fort Wayne 5–4 — 5–7 5–4 4–5 7–5 7–5 4–5
Minneapolis 2–7 7–5 — 5–4 3–6 7–5 5–7 4–5
New York 7–5 4–5 4–5 — 6–6 6–3 4–5 4–8
Philadelphia 7–5 5–4 6–3 6–6 — 6–3 6–3 9–3
Rochester 4–5 5–7 5–7 3–6 3–6 — 6–6 5–4
St. Louis 4–5 5–7 7–5 5–4 3–6 6–6 — 3–6
Syracuse 4–8 5–4 5–4 8–4 3–9 4–5 6–3 —

Playoffs[]

1956 playoff game log
Division Finals: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points Location Series
1 March 22 St. Louis L 85–86 George Yardley (23) War Memorial Coliseum 0–1
2 March 24 @ St. Louis L 74–84 Larry Foust (16) Kiel Auditorium 0–2
3 March 25 St. Louis W 107–84 Houbregs, Yardley (19) War Memorial Coliseum 1–2
4 March 27 @ St. Louis W 93–84 George Yardley (30) Kiel Auditorium 2–2
5 March 29 St. Louis W 102–97 Foust, Yardley (20) War Memorial Coliseum 3–2
NBA Finals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 31 @ Philadelphia L 94–98 George Yardley (27) George Yardley (15) Hutchins, Phillip (6) Philadelphia Civic Center
4,128 		0–1
2 April 1 Philadelphia W 84–83 George Yardley (30) George Yardley (19) Andy Phillip (5) War Memorial Coliseum
6,976 		1–1
3 April 3 @ Philadelphia L 96–100 Larry Foust (19) Larry Foust (14) Chuck Noble (4) Philadelphia Civic Center
11,698 		1–2
4 April 5 Philadelphia L 105–107 George Yardley (21) Larry Foust (14) Andy Phillip (6) War Memorial Coliseum
7,852 		1–3
5 April 7 @ Philadelphia L 88–99 George Yardley (30) George Yardley (20) Corky Devlin (6) Philadelphia Civic Center
11,194 		1–4
1956 schedule

References[]

  1. ^ 1955–56 Fort Wayne Pistons
  2. ^ 1955–56 Fort Wayne Psitons Roster and Stats, basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
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