NBA 1955-56Regular season

Final

Fort Wayne Pistons84–85Syracuse Nationals

Fort Wayne Pistons at Syracuse Nationals

Date: Saturday 18 February 1956
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1955-56Regular season
Meeting: 51st meetingof 422 played

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
George Yardley	42:00	10–25	10–14	19	4	1	30
Larry Foust	30:00	9–15	3–5	13	2	5	21
Mel Hutchins	29:00	3–7	0–0	6	1	2	6
Andy Phillip	29:00	1–8	2–4	4	7	1	4
Chuck Noble	26:00	4–10	0–0	1	5	3	8
Frankie Brian	25:00	4–13	1–1	3	0	1	9
Odie Spears	19:00	0–4	0–0	1	0	2	0
Corky Devlin	16:00	2–5	0–1	2	0	1	4
Chuck Cooper	13:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	1	2
Bob Houbregs	11:00	0–4	0–1	2	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	34–92	16–26	52	20	17	84

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Paul Seymour	36:00	4–12	2–2	0	5	1	10
Dolph Schayes	33:00	5–20	3–5	11	5	4	13
George King	32:00	4–8	1–3	1	4	2	9
Red Rocha	31:00	4–13	3–3	10	1	4	11
Red Kerr	25:00	6–17	4–5	9	2	2	16
Ed Conlin	22:00	3–10	1–1	8	0	0	7
Earl Lloyd	19:00	2–6	2–2	5	0	4	6
Billy Kenville	14:00	3–6	3–4	6	2	2	9
Dick Farley	14:00	2–2	0–0	2	1	1	4
Jim Tucker	4:00	0–2	0–1	1	0	0	0
Team totals	230:00	33–96	19–26	53	20	20	85

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 5, Detroit Pistons 4 in NBA 1955-56.

5 Nov 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 113–114 Syracuse Nationals
13 Nov 1955Syracuse Nationals 79–93 Fort Wayne Pistons
6 Dec 1955Syracuse Nationals 88–90 Fort Wayne Pistons
8 Dec 1955Syracuse Nationals 94–105 Fort Wayne Pistons
5 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 85–90 Syracuse Nationals
6 Feb 1956Syracuse Nationals 98–99 Fort Wayne Pistons
18 Feb 195684–85 this game
23 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 92–94 Syracuse Nationals
27 Feb 1956Syracuse Nationals 98–95 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Fort Wayne Pistons: 29–25
Syracuse Nationals: 26–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 243, Detroit Pistons 179.

6 Feb 1956Syracuse Nationals 98–99 Fort Wayne Pistons
23 Feb 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 92–94 Syracuse Nationals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.