Fort Wayne Pistons Playoff Rosters
1955-1956 Fort Wayne Pistons Playoff Roster
1955-1956 Playoff Matchups
Description | Home | Away | Result |
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Second Round | #2 Boston Celtics | #3 Syracuse Nationals | SYR in 3 |
Second Round | W2 Minneapolis Lakers | W3 St. Louis Hawks | STH in 3 |
Conference Finals | #1 San Francisco Warriors | #3 Syracuse Nationals | PHI in 5 |
Conference Finals | W1 Fort Wayne Pistons | W3 St. Louis Hawks | FWP in 5 |
NBA Finals | #1 San Francisco Warriors | W1 Fort Wayne Pistons | PHI in 5 |
Division Tiebreaker | #3 Syracuse Nationals | #4 New York Knicks | SYR in 1 |
Division Tiebreaker | W3 St. Louis Hawks | W2 Minneapolis Lakers | MIN in 1 |
1955-1956 Fort Wayne Playoff Stats
Player | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST |
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George Yardley | 10 | 40.6 | 23.0 | 13.9 | 2.6 |
Larry Foust | 10 | 28.9 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 1.4 |
Bob Houbregs | 10 | 21.7 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
Corky Devlin | 10 | 27.5 | 9.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
Mel Hutchins | 10 | 37.7 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 2.3 |
Chuck Noble | 10 | 26.1 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
Frankie Brian | 10 | 16.6 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
Odie Spears | 10 | 17.7 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 |
Andy Phillip | 10 | 17.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
Chuck Cooper | 9 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
1955-1956 Fort Wayne Pistons Conference Finals Schedule
Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Record | Fort Wayne Leaders | St. Louis Leaders |
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Mar 22, 1956 |
v. St. Louis |
L, 85-86 |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Conference Finals |
0-1 |
PTS: 23. G. Yardley |
PTS: 17. Al Ferrari |
Mar 24, 1956 |
@ St. Louis |
L, 84-74 |
Kiel Auditorium Conference Finals |
0-2 |
PTS: 16. Larry Foust |
PTS: 21. Al Ferrari |
Mar 25, 1956 |
v. St. Louis |
W, 107-84 |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Conference Finals |
1-2 |
PTS: 19. G. Yardley |
PTS: 18. Alex Hannum |
Mar 27, 1956 |
@ St. Louis |
W, 84-93 |
Kiel Auditorium Conference Finals |
2-2 |
PTS: 30. G. Yardley |
PTS: 19. Jack Coleman |
Mar 29, 1956 |
v. St. Louis |
W, 102-97 |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Conference Finals |
3-2 |
PTS: 20. G. Yardley |
PTS: 20. Jack Coleman |
1955-1956 Fort Wayne Pistons NBA Finals Schedule
Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Record | Fort Wayne Leaders | Philadelphia Leaders |
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Mar 31, 1956 |
@ Philadelphia |
L, 98-94 |
Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center NBA Finals |
0-1 |
PTS: 27. G. Yardley |
PTS: 28. Paul Arizin |
Apr 1, 1956 |
v. Philadelphia |
W, 84-83 |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum NBA Finals |
1-1 |
PTS: 30. G. Yardley |
PTS: 27. Paul Arizin |
Apr 3, 1956 |
@ Philadelphia |
L, 100-96 |
Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center NBA Finals |
1-2 |
PTS: 19. Larry Foust |
PTS: 27. Paul Arizin |
Apr 5, 1956 |
v. Philadelphia |
L, 105-107 |
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum NBA Finals |
1-3 |
PTS: 21. G. Yardley |
PTS: 30. Paul Arizin |
Apr 7, 1956 |
@ Philadelphia |
L, 99-88 |
Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center NBA Finals |
1-4 |
PTS: 30. G. Yardley |
PTS: 29. Joe Graboski |