1954-55 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 43-29, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (43-29)

Executive: Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 92.4 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 90.0 (2nd of 8)

SRS: 2.01 (1st of 8) Pace: 100.7 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.2 (2nd of 8) Def Rtg: 88.9 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 43-29 (1st of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 30, 1954		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		91	72	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Oct 31, 1954		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		90	86	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Nov 6, 1954		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		90	83	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, Nov 7, 1954		Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		109	84	4	0	W 4
5	Thu, Nov 11, 1954		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		86	88	4	1	L 1
6	Sat, Nov 13, 1954		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		103	98	5	1	W 1
7	Sun, Nov 14, 1954		Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		93	91	6	1	W 2
8	Thu, Nov 18, 1954		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		82	91	6	2	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 20, 1954		Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		82	99	6	3	L 2
10	Sun, Nov 21, 1954		Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		89	78	7	3	W 1
11	Wed, Nov 24, 1954		Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		87	91	7	4	L 1	at Hershey, PA
12	Sat, Nov 27, 1954		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		97	81	8	4	W 1
13	Sun, Nov 28, 1954		Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		96	81	9	4	W 2
14	Tue, Nov 30, 1954		Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		92	90	10	4	W 3	at New York, NY
15	Wed, Dec 1, 1954		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	OT	101	96	11	4	W 4
16	Thu, Dec 2, 1954		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	98	12	4	W 5
17	Sat, Dec 4, 1954		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		90	88	13	4	W 6
18	Sun, Dec 5, 1954		Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		96	97	13	5	L 1
19	Tue, Dec 7, 1954		Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		101	85	14	5	W 1	at Cleveland, OH
20	Wed, Dec 8, 1954		Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		92	68	15	5	W 2	at Toledo, OH
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 12, 1954		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		100	99	16	5	W 3
22	Wed, Dec 15, 1954		Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		90	99	16	6	L 1	at Buffalo, NY
23	Sat, Dec 18, 1954		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		87	86	17	6	W 1
24	Sun, Dec 19, 1954		Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		87	82	18	6	W 2
25	Thu, Dec 23, 1954		Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		92	82	19	6	W 3	at Huntingburg, IN
26	Sat, Dec 25, 1954		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		73	80	19	7	L 1
27	Sun, Dec 26, 1954		Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		109	96	20	7	W 1
28	Thu, Dec 30, 1954		Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		93	76	21	7	W 2	at Minot, ND
29	Fri, Dec 31, 1954		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		91	103	21	8	L 1
30	Sun, Jan 2, 1955		Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		89	66	22	8	W 1
31	Tue, Jan 4, 1955		Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		93	92	23	8	W 2	at Elkhart, IN
32	Wed, Jan 5, 1955		Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		92	97	23	9	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
33	Thu, Jan 6, 1955		Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		90	83	24	9	W 1	at New York, NY
34	Sun, Jan 9, 1955		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		89	86	25	9	W 2
35	Tue, Jan 11, 1955		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		110	119	25	10	L 1
36	Thu, Jan 13, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	100	25	11	L 2
37	Fri, Jan 14, 1955		Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		83	97	25	12	L 3	at Boston, MA
38	Sat, Jan 15, 1955		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		87	106	25	13	L 4
39	Sun, Jan 16, 1955		Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		89	78	26	13	W 1
40	Wed, Jan 19, 1955		Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		105	84	27	13	W 2	at Amherst, NY
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 22, 1955		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		85	83	28	13	W 3
42	Sun, Jan 23, 1955		Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		105	84	29	13	W 4
43	Tue, Jan 25, 1955		Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		69	66	30	13	W 5	at Buffalo, NY
44	Wed, Jan 26, 1955		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	99	30	14	L 1
45	Thu, Jan 27, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		79	94	30	15	L 2
46	Sat, Jan 29, 1955		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		91	100	30	16	L 3
47	Sun, Jan 30, 1955		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		99	92	31	16	W 1
48	Mon, Jan 31, 1955		Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		84	91	31	17	L 1	at Milwaukee, WI
49	Wed, Feb 2, 1955		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		74	84	31	18	L 2
50	Thu, Feb 3, 1955		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		104	85	32	18	W 1
51	Sat, Feb 5, 1955		Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		96	88	33	18	W 2
52	Sun, Feb 6, 1955		Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		92	75	34	18	W 3
53	Thu, Feb 10, 1955		Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	97	35	18	W 4
54	Fri, Feb 11, 1955		Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		83	91	35	19	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
55	Sat, Feb 12, 1955		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		82	88	35	20	L 2
56	Sun, Feb 13, 1955		Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		90	78	36	20	W 1
57	Mon, Feb 14, 1955		Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		88	92	36	21	L 1	at Miami Beach, FL
58	Thu, Feb 17, 1955		Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		86	93	36	22	L 2	at Miami Beach, FL
59	Sat, Feb 19, 1955		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		92	98	36	23	L 3
60	Sun, Feb 20, 1955		Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		96	87	37	23	W 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 23, 1955		Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		120	97	38	23	W 2	at St. Louis, MO
62	Thu, Feb 24, 1955		Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		95	85	39	23	W 3	at Minneapolis, MN
63	Sat, Feb 26, 1955		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		90	89	40	23	W 4
64	Sun, Feb 27, 1955		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		83	95	40	24	L 1
65	Mon, Feb 28, 1955		Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		90	88	41	24	W 1	at Saint Paul, MN
66	Tue, Mar 1, 1955		Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		118	98	42	24	W 2	at New York, NY
67	Wed, Mar 2, 1955		Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		90	103	42	25	L 1	at Elkhart, IN
68	Thu, Mar 3, 1955		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		81	83	42	26	L 2
69	Sun, Mar 6, 1955		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	108	42	27	L 3
70	Mon, Mar 7, 1955		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		91	110	42	28	L 4
71	Thu, Mar 10, 1955		Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	93	91	43	28	W 1	at Columbus, IN
72	Sat, Mar 12, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		92	112	43	29	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 20, 1955		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		96	79	1	0	W 1	at Elkhart, IN
2	Tue, Mar 22, 1955		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	98	97	2	0	W 2	at Indianapolis, IN
3	Wed, Mar 23, 1955		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	91	99	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Mar 27, 1955		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		105	96	3	1	W 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Thu, Mar 31, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		82	86	3	2	L 1
6	Sat, Apr 2, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		84	87	3	3	L 2
7	Sun, Apr 3, 1955		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		96	89	4	3	W 1	at Indianapolis, IN
8	Tue, Apr 5, 1955		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		109	102	5	3	W 2	at Indianapolis, IN
9	Thu, Apr 7, 1955		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		74	71	6	3	W 3	at Indianapolis, IN
10	Sat, Apr 9, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		104	109	6	4	L 1
11	Sun, Apr 10, 1955		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	92	6	5	L 2

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