1956-57 St. Louis Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 34-38, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Red Holzman (14-19), Slater Martin (5-3), Alex Hannum (15-16)

PTS/G: 98.5 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 98.6 (2nd of 8)

SRS: -0.27 (4th of 8) Pace: 108.3 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 89.0 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 89.1 (3rd of 8) Net Rtg: -0.1 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Kiel Auditorium

NBA 1957 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (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, Oct 27, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		97	75	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 3, 1956	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		73	75	1	1	L 1			at Buffalo, NY
3	Sun, Nov 4, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		78	76	2	1	W 1
4	Wed, Nov 7, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	101	3	1	W 2
5	Sat, Nov 10, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		86	79	4	1	W 3
6	Sun, Nov 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		81	96	4	2	L 1
7	Tue, Nov 13, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		118	105	5	2	W 1
8	Sat, Nov 17, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	87	6	2	W 2
9	Sun, Nov 18, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		69	102	6	3	L 1
10	Tue, Nov 20, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		104	81	7	3	W 1
11	Wed, Nov 21, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		76	85	7	4	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 24, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	102	104	7	5	L 2
13	Sun, Nov 25, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		95	94	8	5	W 1
14	Tue, Nov 27, 1956	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		90	102	8	6	L 1
15	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		95	107	8	7	L 2
16	Tue, Dec 4, 1956	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		107	108	8	8	L 3			at New York, NY
17	Thu, Dec 6, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		96	103	8	9	L 4			at Philadelphia, PA
18	Fri, Dec 7, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	107	8	10	L 5
19	Sat, Dec 8, 1956	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		104	109	8	11	L 6			at Milwaukee, WI
20	Tue, Dec 11, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		137	128	9	11	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 12, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		99	115	9	12	L 1
22	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		99	102	9	13	L 2
23	Sun, Dec 16, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	101	9	14	L 3
24	Tue, Dec 18, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		95	84	10	14	W 1			at New York, NY
25	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		93	95	10	15	L 1
26	Tue, Dec 25, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	107	105	11	15	W 1
27	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		102	95	12	15	W 2
28	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		95	92	13	15	W 3
29	Sun, Dec 30, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	93	14	15	W 4
30	Tue, Jan 1, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	OT	101	102	14	16	L 1
31	Thu, Jan 3, 1957	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		81	82	14	17	L 2			at New York, NY
32	Fri, Jan 4, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		92	96	14	18	L 3
33	Sun, Jan 6, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		86	93	14	19	L 4
34	Thu, Jan 10, 1957	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	OT	84	89	14	20	L 5			at Philadelphia, PA
35	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		100	98	15	20	W 1
36	Sun, Jan 13, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		89	91	15	21	L 1
37	Wed, Jan 16, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	OT	108	106	16	21	W 1
38	Thu, Jan 17, 1957	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		106	82	17	21	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
39	Fri, Jan 18, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	126	17	22	L 1
40	Sat, Jan 19, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		104	96	18	22	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 20, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	104	102	19	22	W 2
42	Tue, Jan 22, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		87	97	19	23	L 1
43	Wed, Jan 23, 1957	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		101	78	20	23	W 1			at Charlotte, NC
44	Thu, Jan 24, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		96	107	20	24	L 1
45	Fri, Jan 25, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		100	99	21	24	W 1			at Boston, MA
46	Sun, Jan 27, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		107	83	22	24	W 2
47	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		85	91	22	25	L 1
48	Sat, Feb 2, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		106	97	23	25	W 1
49	Sun, Feb 3, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		102	85	24	25	W 2
50	Tue, Feb 5, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		87	101	24	26	L 1
51	Wed, Feb 6, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		100	103	24	27	L 2
52	Thu, Feb 7, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		110	112	24	28	L 3
53	Fri, Feb 8, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		90	93	24	29	L 4
54	Sun, Feb 10, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		117	93	25	29	W 1
55	Mon, Feb 11, 1957	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		107	101	26	29	W 2			at Houston, TX
56	Tue, Feb 12, 1957	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		105	110	26	30	L 1			at Kansas City, MO
57	Fri, Feb 15, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	2OT	116	123	26	31	L 2
58	Sun, Feb 17, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	118	115	27	31	W 1
59	Tue, Feb 19, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		96	83	28	31	W 2
60	Thu, Feb 21, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	125	28	32	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		86	101	28	33	L 2
62	Sun, Feb 24, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		113	112	29	33	W 1
63	Mon, Feb 25, 1957	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		110	94	30	33	W 2			at Fort Wayne, IN
64	Tue, Feb 26, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		76	107	30	34	L 1
65	Wed, Feb 27, 1957	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		93	108	30	35	L 2			at Rochester, NY
66	Sat, Mar 2, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		94	97	30	36	L 3
67	Sun, Mar 3, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		112	102	31	36	W 1
68	Tue, Mar 5, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		104	102	32	36	W 2
69	Fri, Mar 8, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		100	92	33	36	W 3			at Fort Wayne, IN
70	Sat, Mar 9, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		97	96	34	36	W 4
71	Sun, Mar 10, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		104	117	34	37	L 1
72	Wed, Mar 13, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		99	104	34	38	L 2			at Milwaukee, WI
73	Thu, Mar 14, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		115	103	35	38	W 1			Tiebreaker
74	Sat, Mar 16, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	114	111	36	38	W 2			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Mar 21, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		118	109	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 24, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		106	104	2	0	W 2
3	Mon, Mar 25, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	2OT	143	135	3	0	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Sat, Mar 30, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	2OT	125	123	4	0	W 4	5,976
5	Sun, Mar 31, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		99	119	4	1	L 1	13,909
6	Sat, Apr 6, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		100	98	5	1	W 1	10,048
7	Sun, Apr 7, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		118	123	5	2	L 1	10,035
8	Tue, Apr 9, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	124	5	3	L 2	13,909
9	Thu, Apr 11, 1957	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		96	94	6	3	W 1	10,053
10	Sat, Apr 13, 1957	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	2OT	123	125	6	4	L 1	13,909

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