1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 37-35, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (37-35)

Executive: Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 94.4 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 93.7 (1st of 8)

SRS: 0.45 (3rd of 8) Pace: 103.2 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.7 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 90.0 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: +0.7 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 38-34 (2nd of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 5, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	113	114	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 6, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		95	96	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		79	84	0	3	L 3			at St. Louis, MO
4	Sun, Nov 13, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		93	79	1	3	W 1
5	Thu, Nov 17, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		88	110	1	4	L 1			at Syracuse, NY
6	Sat, Nov 19, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	104	1	5	L 2	6,485
7	Sun, Nov 20, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	115	119	1	6	L 3
8	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		104	93	2	6	W 1
9	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		82	87	2	7	L 1
10	Sun, Nov 27, 1955	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	114	106	3	7	W 1
11	Tue, Nov 29, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		104	99	4	7	W 2
12	Wed, Nov 30, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		76	87	4	8	L 1
13	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	90	5	8	W 1	4,909
14	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		90	88	6	8	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
15	Thu, Dec 8, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		105	94	7	8	W 3
16	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	OT	116	117	7	9	L 1
17	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		96	91	8	9	W 1
18	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		85	98	8	10	L 1			at Boston, MA
19	Thu, Dec 15, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		73	80	8	11	L 2
20	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		95	100	8	12	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		96	86	9	12	W 1
22	Sun, Dec 25, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		92	87	10	12	W 2
23	Mon, Dec 26, 1955	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		83	67	11	12	W 3			at Rochester, NY
24	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		83	75	12	12	W 4
25	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		90	89	13	12	W 5			at Lansing, MI
26	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		85	68	14	12	W 6
27	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		89	95	14	13	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
28	Tue, Jan 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		82	102	14	14	L 2
29	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		88	86	15	14	W 1
30	Thu, Jan 5, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		92	81	16	14	W 2			at New York, NY
31	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		108	97	17	14	W 3
32	Sun, Jan 8, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		91	96	17	15	L 1
33	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		105	89	18	15	W 1	4,500
34	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		94	117	18	16	L 1
35	Sun, Jan 15, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		104	99	19	16	W 1
36	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		85	91	19	17	L 1	6,112		at Charlotte, NC
37	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		90	95	19	18	L 2	2,551		at Miami, FL
38	Thu, Jan 19, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		90	83	20	18	W 1			at New Orleans, LA
39	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		92	91	21	18	W 2
40	Sun, Jan 22, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		111	93	22	18	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		101	100	23	18	W 4	5,798		at Philadelphia, PA
42	Fri, Jan 27, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		106	97	24	18	W 5	9,064
43	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	92	91	25	18	W 6
44	Sun, Jan 29, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		99	85	26	18	W 7
45	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		90	98	26	19	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
46	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		94	98	26	20	L 2			at Elkhart, IN
47	Sun, Feb 5, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		85	90	26	21	L 3
48	Mon, Feb 6, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		99	98	27	21	W 1
49	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		82	106	27	22	L 1
50	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		93	97	27	23	L 2
51	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		82	78	28	23	W 1
52	Mon, Feb 13, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		94	105	28	24	L 1			at Miami Beach, FL
53	Wed, Feb 15, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		78	101	28	25	L 2			at Miami Beach, FL
54	Thu, Feb 16, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		93	81	29	25	W 1
55	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		84	85	29	26	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 19, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		89	83	30	26	W 1
57	Mon, Feb 20, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		82	84	30	27	L 1			at Kansas City, MO
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		102	106	30	28	L 2			at New York, NY
59	Thu, Feb 23, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		92	94	30	29	L 3
60	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		97	72	31	29	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		95	90	32	29	W 2
62	Mon, Feb 27, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	95	98	32	30	L 1
63	Tue, Feb 28, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		99	95	33	30	W 1
64	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		99	106	33	31	L 1	6,260
65	Fri, Mar 2, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		104	97	34	31	W 1			at Boston, MA
66	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		86	92	34	32	L 1
67	Sun, Mar 4, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		103	88	35	32	W 1
68	Wed, Mar 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		95	98	35	33	L 1
69	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	82	36	33	W 1
70	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		106	103	37	33	W 2	15,500		at New York, NY
71	Sun, Mar 11, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		96	122	37	34	L 1
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		96	100	37	35	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Mar 22, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	85	86	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Mar 24, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	74	84	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Mar 25, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	107	84	1	2	W 1
4	Tue, Mar 27, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	93	84	2	2	W 2
5	Thu, Mar 29, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	102	97	3	2	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Sat, Mar 31, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	94	98	3	3	L 1	4,128
7	Sun, Apr 1, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	84	83	4	3	W 1	6,976
8	Tue, Apr 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	96	100	4	4	L 1	11,698
9	Thu, Apr 5, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L	105	107	4	5	L 2	7,852
10	Sat, Apr 7, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	88	99	4	6	L 3	11,194

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