1955–56 Fort Wayne Pistons season

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]

1955–56 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Division champions
Head coachCharles Eckman
ArenaWar Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record3735 (.514)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(eliminated 1–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKJG-TV
RadioWOWO

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons3735.514-19-710-178-1119-17
x-Minneapolis Lakers3339.458414-126-2113-619-17
x-St. Louis Hawks3339.458415-1111-177-1118-18
Rochester Royals3141.431615-146-2110-616-20
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1955-56 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR
Boston 4–57–25–75–75–45–48–4
Fort Wayne 5–45–75–44–57–57–54–5
Minneapolis 2–77–55–43–67–55–74–5
New York 7–54–54–56–66–34–54–8
Philadelphia 7–55–46–36–66–36–39–3
Rochester 4–55–75–73–63–66–65–4
St. Louis 4–55–77–55–43–66–63–6
Syracuse 4–85–45–48–43–94–56–3

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

The Pistons had a division semifinal bye.

West Division Finals

(1) Fort Wayne Pistons vs. (3) St. Louis Hawks: Pistons win series 3-2

  • Game 1 @ Fort Wayne: St. Louis 86, Fort Wayne 85
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 84, Fort Wayne 74
  • Game 3 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 107, St. Louis 84
  • Game 4 @ St. Louis: Fort Wayne 93, St. Louis 84
  • Game 5 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 102, St. Louis 97

NBA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W1) Fort Wayne Pistons: Warriors win series 4-1

  • Game 1 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 98, Fort Wayne 94
  • Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 84, Philadelphia 83
  • Game 3 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 100, Fort Wayne 96
  • Game 4 @ Fort Wayne: Philadelphia 107, Fort Wayne 105
  • Game 5 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 99, Fort Wayne 88

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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