1956-57 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 34-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (34-38)

Executive: Otto Adams, Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 96.4 (7th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (3rd of 8)

SRS: -2.17 (8th of 8) Pace: 107.7 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.8 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 91.0 (8th of 8) Net Rtg: -2.1 (8th of 8)

Expected W-L: 30-42 (8th of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1957 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (0-1) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (0-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)

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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, Oct 27, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		85	88	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Oct 28, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		94	88	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Nov 3, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		81	116	1	2	L 1
4	Sun, Nov 4, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		83	96	1	3	L 2
5	Sat, Nov 10, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		79	86	1	4	L 3
6	Sun, Nov 11, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		96	81	2	4	W 1
7	Thu, Nov 15, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		98	95	3	4	W 2
8	Sat, Nov 17, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		87	92	3	5	L 1
9	Sun, Nov 18, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		111	107	4	5	W 1
10	Wed, Nov 21, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W	OT	104	103	5	5	W 2			at Boston, MA
11	Thu, Nov 22, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	104	102	6	5	W 3
12	Sat, Nov 24, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		88	98	6	6	L 1
13	Sun, Nov 25, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		112	88	7	6	W 1
14	Tue, Nov 27, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	105	7	7	L 1
15	Thu, Nov 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		92	87	8	7	W 1
16	Fri, Nov 30, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		102	104	8	8	L 1	4,308		at Philadelphia, PA
17	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		93	108	8	9	L 2	11,020
18	Tue, Dec 4, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	96	97	8	10	L 3			at Albany, NY
19	Thu, Dec 6, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		104	92	9	10	W 1
20	Fri, Dec 7, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		105	97	10	10	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 9, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L	OT	100	101	10	11	L 1
22	Tue, Dec 11, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		97	113	10	12	L 2	9,835		at New York, NY
23	Sun, Dec 16, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		84	80	11	12	W 1
24	Tue, Dec 18, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		84	95	11	13	L 1			at New York, NY
25	Sun, Dec 23, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		95	87	12	13	W 1	8,108
26	Tue, Dec 25, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		89	100	12	14	L 1			at Rochester, NY
27	Wed, Dec 26, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		99	93	13	14	W 1			at Boston, MA
28	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		120	93	14	14	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		88	95	14	15	L 1
30	Sun, Dec 30, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		104	99	15	15	W 1
31	Thu, Jan 3, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		104	102	16	15	W 2
32	Sat, Jan 5, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		109	96	17	15	W 3
33	Sun, Jan 6, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	118	17	16	L 1	5,068
34	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		87	86	18	16	W 1			at Winnipeg, Canada
35	Thu, Jan 10, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		81	98	18	17	L 1	4,265
36	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		87	105	18	18	L 2			at St. Louis, MO
37	Sun, Jan 13, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		91	89	19	18	W 1
38	Thu, Jan 17, 1957	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		82	106	19	19	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
39	Sat, Jan 19, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	102	19	20	L 2
40	Sun, Jan 20, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		98	101	19	21	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 22, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		97	87	20	21	W 1
42	Wed, Jan 23, 1957	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		78	101	20	22	L 1			at Charlotte, NC
43	Sat, Jan 26, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		101	98	21	22	W 1
44	Sun, Jan 27, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	103	102	22	22	W 2
45	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		91	85	23	22	W 3
46	Thu, Jan 31, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		111	107	24	22	W 4
47	Fri, Feb 1, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		80	96	24	23	L 1			at Cincinnati, OH
48	Sat, Feb 2, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		79	93	24	24	L 2
49	Sun, Feb 3, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		95	104	24	25	L 3
50	Mon, Feb 4, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	91	25	25	W 1
51	Wed, Feb 6, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		93	108	25	26	L 1	8,362
52	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		92	99	25	27	L 2
53	Sun, Feb 10, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		113	100	26	27	W 1
54	Wed, Feb 13, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		89	99	26	28	L 1
55	Thu, Feb 14, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		112	106	27	28	W 1	5,700
56	Sat, Feb 16, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		87	84	28	28	W 2
57	Sun, Feb 17, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		104	85	29	28	W 3
58	Tue, Feb 19, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		83	96	29	29	L 1
59	Thu, Feb 21, 1957	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		120	114	30	29	W 1			at Boston, MA
60	Fri, Feb 22, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		110	105	31	29	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		94	102	31	30	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 24, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		115	123	31	31	L 2
63	Mon, Feb 25, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		108	102	32	31	W 1
64	Wed, Feb 27, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		76	90	32	32	L 1
65	Thu, Feb 28, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		112	123	32	33	L 2
66	Sun, Mar 3, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		102	112	32	34	L 3
67	Tue, Mar 5, 1957	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		80	114	32	35	L 4			at New York, NY
68	Thu, Mar 7, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		100	114	32	36	L 5
69	Fri, Mar 8, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		97	101	32	37	L 6
70	Sat, Mar 9, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	97	32	38	L 7
71	Sun, Mar 10, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		100	96	33	38	W 1
72	Wed, Mar 13, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		114	81	34	38	W 2
73	Thu, Mar 14, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		103	115	34	39	L 1			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 17, 1957		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		127	131	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Mar 19, 1957		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		108	110	0	2	L 2

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