NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

Fort Wayne Pistons93–108Boston Celtics

Fort Wayne Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 1 December 1956
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 446 played

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Larry Foust	7–11	5–9	12	2	5	19
Gene Shue	7–11	3–5	—	0	1	17
George Yardley	4–11	6–8	—	0	1	14
Red Rocha	5–9	1–1	—	6	3	11
Corky Devlin	4–11	0–0	—	3	1	8
Mel Hutchins	3–10	1–1	—	4	1	7
Alex Hannum	3–10	0–0	—	0	5	6
Bob Houbregs	1–3	2–3	—	1	1	4
Chuck Noble	2–11	0–0	—	1	0	4
Billy Kenville	1–4	1–2	—	5	0	3
Team totals	37–91	19–29	12	22	18	93

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Sharman	10–23	2–2	—	4	2	22
Bob Cousy	8–20	2–2	—	15	2	18
Tom Heinsohn	6–12	3–3	12	1	2	15
Dick Hemric	2–7	9–9	—	4	2	13
Togo Palazzi	6–11	0–0	—	0	1	12
Jack Nichols	5–7	0–0	—	0	5	10
Arnie Risen	2–5	4–6	—	2	3	8
Jim Loscutoff	1–10	3–3	11	2	1	5
Lou Tsioropoulos	2–8	0–0	—	2	3	4
Andy Phillip	0–4	1–2	—	1	1	1
Team totals	42–107	24–27	23	31	22	108

This season

Boston Celtics 6, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1956-57.

15 Nov 1956Boston Celtics 95–98 Fort Wayne Pistons
30 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 102–104 Boston Celtics
1 Dec 195693–108 this game
11 Dec 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 97–113 Boston Celtics
23 Dec 1956Boston Celtics 87–95 Fort Wayne Pistons
6 Jan 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 92–118 Boston Celtics
10 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 98–81 Fort Wayne Pistons
6 Feb 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 93–108 Boston Celtics
14 Feb 1957Boston Celtics 106–112 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Fort Wayne Pistons: 8–8
Boston Celtics: 11–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

30 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 102–104 Boston Celtics
11 Dec 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 97–113 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.