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33-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Charles Eckman (9-16), Red Rocha (24-23)
Points Per Game: 105.3 (5th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.7 (6th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 30-42 (7th of 8)
Arena: Detroit Olympia ▪ Attendance: 134,411 (5th of 8)
SRS: -2.33 (7th of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-1) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Cincinnati Royals
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 23, 1957 | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 105 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 26, 1957 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 100 | 112 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 30, 1957 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 115 | 96 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 3, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 94 | 88 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 5, 1957 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 111 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 6 | Tue, Nov 12, 1957 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 107 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 15, 1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 104 | 112 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 16, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 105 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 17, 1957 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 95 | 91 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 19, 1957 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 75 | 92 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 11 | Thu, Nov 21, 1957 | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 112 | 5 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 23, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 110 | 115 | 5 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 26, 1957 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 109 | 91 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 14 | Wed, Nov 27, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 110 | 121 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 29, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | OT | 96 | 99 | 6 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Nov 30, 1957 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 100 | 96 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Dec 1, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 109 | 7 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 3, 1957 | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 124 | 7 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 5, 1957 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 99 | 109 | 7 | 12 | L 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 20 | Fri, Dec 6, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 91 | 118 | 7 | 13 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 7, 1957 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 109 | 105 | 8 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 10, 1957 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 97 | 100 | 8 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Thu, Dec 12, 1957 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 101 | 96 | 9 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 15, 1957 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 109 | 116 | 9 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 17, 1957 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 99 | 106 | 9 | 16 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 26 | Sat, Dec 21, 1957 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 112 | 101 | 10 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 22, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 93 | 119 | 10 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 25, 1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 104 | 106 | 10 | 18 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 26, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 110 | 106 | 11 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 27, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 120 | 125 | 11 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 28, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 117 | 111 | 12 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 31, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 96 | 130 | 12 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 4, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 81 | 78 | 13 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 5, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 93 | 95 | 13 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 7, 1958 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 99 | 114 | 13 | 22 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 36 | Wed, Jan 8, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 109 | 107 | 14 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 10, 1958 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 114 | 124 | 14 | 23 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 38 | Sat, Jan 11, 1958 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 129 | 102 | 15 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 12, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 109 | 135 | 15 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 15, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 131 | 15 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 16, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 113 | 108 | 16 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 17, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 115 | 94 | 17 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 18, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 103 | 105 | 17 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 19, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 111 | 118 | 17 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 22, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 92 | 115 | 17 | 28 | L 3 | |||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 23, 1958 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | OT | 125 | 128 | 17 | 29 | L 4 | at Saint Paul, MN |
| 47 | Sat, Jan 25, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 105 | 98 | 18 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 26, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 103 | 107 | 18 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Mon, Jan 27, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 115 | 93 | 19 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Jan 30, 1958 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 87 | 83 | 20 | 30 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 51 | Fri, Jan 31, 1958 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 105 | 21 | 30 | W 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 52 | Sat, Feb 1, 1958 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 86 | 106 | 21 | 31 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 53 | Sun, Feb 2, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 119 | 21 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 4, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 118 | 113 | 22 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 7, 1958 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 125 | 107 | 23 | 32 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 56 | Sun, Feb 9, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 100 | 23 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 11, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 98 | 115 | 23 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 12, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 105 | 122 | 23 | 35 | L 3 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 14, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 111 | 109 | 24 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 15, 1958 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 110 | 111 | 24 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 16, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 100 | 98 | 25 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 18, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 120 | 98 | 26 | 36 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 19, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | OT | 117 | 115 | 27 | 36 | W 3 | |
| 64 | Fri, Feb 21, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 109 | 107 | 28 | 36 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 22, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 98 | 96 | 29 | 36 | W 5 | |||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 25, 1958 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | OT | 114 | 113 | 30 | 36 | W 6 | at New York, NY |
| 67 | Wed, Feb 26, 1958 | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 106 | 30 | 37 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Feb 27, 1958 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 112 | 109 | 31 | 37 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 69 | Sat, Mar 1, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 101 | 32 | 37 | W 2 | ||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 6, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 132 | 116 | 33 | 37 | W 3 | ||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 8, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 108 | 33 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 9, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 90 | 111 | 33 | 39 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Mar 15, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 100 | 83 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Mar 16, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 124 | 104 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 3 | Wed, Mar 19, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 111 | 114 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Mar 22, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 96 | 99 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Mar 23, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 109 | 89 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Mar 25, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 101 | 145 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Mar 27, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 96 | 120 | 3 | 4 | L 2 |