1957–58 Detroit Pistons season

The 1957–58 NBA season was the Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit. The Pistons went 33–39 during the season, tied for second with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers. They defeated the Royals in two straight games in the West Semifinal series, but lost the West Finals to the Hawks in five games.[1]

1957–58 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachCharles Eckman
Red Rocha
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Results
Record3339 (.458)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 1–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Preseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
6 42 Walter Adamushko Center  United States St. Francis (NY)

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks4131.569-23-88-1910-424-12
x-Detroit Pistons3339.458814-1413-176-818-18
x-Cincinnati Royals3339.458817-1210-196-817-19
Minneapolis Lakers1953.2642210-154-215-1713-23
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1957–58 NBA records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston 7–28–19–07–56–65–47–5
Cincinnati 2–76–68–44–56–33–94–5
Detroit 1–86–66–64–55–46–65–4
Minneapolis 0–94–86–61–83–63–92–7
New York 5–75–45–48–14–83–65–7
Philadelphia 6–63–64–56–38–47–23–9
St. Louis 4–59–36–69–36–32–75–4
Syracuse 5–75–44–57–27–59–34–5

Playoffs

1958 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 15 Cincinnati W 100–83 George Yardley (29) Detroit Olympia 1–0
2 March 16 @ Cincinnati W 124–104 Yardley, Dukes (24) Cincinnati Gardens 2–0
Division Finals: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 March 19 @ St. Louis L 111–114 Gene Shue (29) Kiel Auditorium
7,328
0–1
2 March 22 St. Louis L 96–99 George Yardley (26) University of Detroit Fieldhouse 0–2
3 March 23 @ St. Louis W 109–89 George Yardley (31) Kiel Auditorium
9,321
1–2
4 March 25 St. Louis L 101–145 Yardley, Dukes (16) Detroit Olympia 1–3
5 March 27 @ St. Louis L 96–120 Yardley, Dukes (18) Kiel Auditorium
7,661
1–4
1958 schedule

Awards and records

References

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