1957–58 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachCharles Eckman
Red Rocha
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Results
Record33–39 (.458)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1957–58 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit.

The new Detroit Pistons played home games at Olympia Stadium, home of the Detroit Red Wings, and struggled to find a footing in their new hometown.[1] Team owner Fred Zollner provided the team with their own aircraft to travel for road games, but the NBA responded with a difficult travel schedule, especially during the winter, as the Pistons could avoid commercial air delays. The Pistons went 33–39 (.458) during the season, tied for second in the Western Division, with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers.[2]

The Pistons defeated the Royals in two straight games in the West Semifinal series, but lost the West Finals to the Hawks 4-1.[3] The team was led by forward George Yardley (27.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg, NBA All-Star) and guards Gene Shue (15.6 ppg, NBA All-Star) and Dick McGuire (8.1 ppg, 6.6 apg, NBA All-Star).[4][3]

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 2–7—6–68–44–56–33–94–5
Detroit 1–86–6—6–64–55–46–65–4
Minneapolis 0–94–86–6—1–83–63–92–7
New York 5–75–45–48–1—4–83–65–7
Philadelphia 6–63–64–56–38–4—7–23–9
St. Louis 4–59–36–69–36–32–7—5–4
Syracuse 5–75–44–57–27–59–34–5—

Game log

1957–58 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 23Boston105–94George Yardley (20)0–1
2October 26Philadelphia112–100George Yardley (41)0–2
3October 30@ Minneapolis115–96George Yardley (28)1–2
4November 3@ Cincinnati94–88George Yardley (23)2–2
5November 5N Boston105–111Harry Gallatin (25)2–3
6November 12New York107–109George Yardley (32)3–3
7November 15Minneapolis112–104George Yardley (31)3–4
8November 16@ New York109–105George Yardley (35)4–4
9November 17@ Philadelphia95–91George Yardley (26)5–4
10November 19N Cincinnati75–92George Yardley (17)5–5
11November 21Boston112–90George Yardley (22)5–6
12November 23@ St. Louis110–115Bob Houbregs (24)5–7
13November 26N Minneapolis91–109George Yardley (31)6–7
14November 27St. Louis121–110George Yardley (30)6–8
15November 29@ Cincinnati92–87 (OT)George Yardley (26)6–9
16November 30Cincinnati96–100George Yardley (32)7–9
17December 1@ New York102–109George Yardley (39)7–10
18December 3Boston124–113George Yardley (34)7–11
19December 5N Cincinnati99–109George Yardley (32)7–12
20December 6@ Syracuse91–118George Yardley (34)7–13
21December 7Cincinnati105–109George Yardley (25)8–13
22December 10Philadelphia100–97George Yardley (30)8–14
23December 12@ Philadelphia101–96George Yardley (28)9–14
24December 15New York116–109George Yardley (27)9–15
25December 17N St. Louis106–99George Yardley (22)9–16
26December 21Cincinnati101–112George Yardley (31)10–16
27December 22@ Syracuse93–119Shue, Thieben (12)10–17
28December 25Minneapolis106–104George Yardley (29)10–18
29December 26@ St. Louis110–106George Yardley (48)11–18
30December 27@ New York120–125George Yardley (31)11–19
31December 28Syracuse111–117George Yardley (20)12–19
32December 31@ Cincinnati96–130George Yardley (22)12–20
33January 4Philadelphia78–81Gene Shue (17)13–20
34January 5@ St. Louis93–95Walter Dukes (18)13–21
35January 7N Cincinnati99–114Walter Dukes (17)13–22
36January 8Syracuse107–109Gallatin, Yardley (26)14–22
37January 10N Minneapolis124–114George Yardley (23)14–23
38January 11Minneapolis102–129George Yardley (23)15–23
39January 12@ Syracuse109–135George Yardley (25)15–24
40January 15@ Boston113–131George Yardley (51)15–25
41January 16@ Philadelphia113–108George Yardley (25)16–25
42January 17Cincinnati94–115George Yardley (31)17–25
43January 18@ St. Louis103–105George Yardley (36)17–26
44January 19@ Minneapolis111–118Jordon, Yardley (24)17–27
45January 22New York115–92Harry Gallatin (16)17–28
46January 23@ Minneapolis125–128 (OT)George Yardley (44)17–29
47January 25St. Louis98–105Harry Gallatin (27)18–29
48January 26@ Cincinnati103–107George Yardley (33)18–30
49January 27Philadelphia93–115Gene Shue (25)19–30
50January 30N Syracuse83–87Walter Dukes (21)20–30
51January 31N New York105–119George Yardley (36)21–30
52February 1N Philadelphia106–86Walter Dukes (18)21–31
53February 2@ Boston115–119George Yardley (31)21–32
54February 4Syracuse113–118George Yardley (52)22–32
55February 7N St. Louis107–125George Yardley (37)23–32
56February 9New York100–98Gallatin, Yardley (16)23–33
57February 11@ Philadelphia98–115George Yardley (27)23–34
58February 12St. Louis122–105Chuck Noble (19)23–35
59February 14@ Boston111–109George Yardley (29)24–35
60February 15Minneapolis111–110Phil Jordon (29)24–36
61February 16@ St. Louis100–98Gene Shue (21)25–36
62February 18Syracuse98–120George Yardley (48)26–36
63February 19@ Minneapolis117–115 (OT)George Yardley (43)27–36
64February 21@ Cincinnati109–107George Yardley (32)28–36
65February 22St. Louis96–98Harry Gallatin (22)29–36
66February 25N St. Louis113–114 (OT)George Yardley (44)30–36
67February 26Boston106–99Gene Shue (30)30–37
68February 27N Minneapolis109–112George Yardley (41)31–37
69March 1@ New York103–101George Yardley (36)32–37
70March 6@ Minneapolis132–116George Yardley (49)33–37
71March 8@ Boston103–108George Yardley (22)33–38
72March 9@ Syracuse90–111George Yardley (26)33–39

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

  1. ↑ "Not a lot of hoopla greeted Pistons 60 years ago".
  2. ↑ "The Big Z and His Misfiring Pistons".
  3. 1 2 "1957-58 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Chevette to Corvette No. 35: The 1957-58 Detroit Pistons". Pistonpowered.com. October 26, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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