NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–81Fort Wayne Pistons

Boston Celtics at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Thursday 10 January 1957
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	PF	PTS
Jim Loscutoff	—	10–22	2–4	14	1	22
Bob Cousy	—	6–19	4–5	5	3	16
Bill Russell	—	5–9	5–8	23	4	15
Bill Sharman	—	5–13	5–5	2	3	15
Frank Ramsey	—	6–11	3–3	6	5	15
Tom Heinsohn	—	4–15	0–0	9	5	8
Andy Phillip	—	2–7	0–0	1	2	4
Lou Tsioropoulos	—	1–6	1–2	1	2	3
Team totals	—	39–102	20–27	61	25	98

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	PF	PTS
Dick Rosenthal	18:00	1–6	2–5	3	1	4
George Yardley	—	7–23	7–8	19	2	21
Billy Kenville	—	4–14	7–8	4	3	15
Mel Hutchins	—	3–14	3–4	10	2	9
Chuck Noble	—	2–7	4–4	1	3	8
Bob Houbregs	—	3–6	1–4	7	1	7
Gene Shue	—	3–9	1–1	3	1	7
Corky Devlin	—	3–14	0–1	2	2	6
Bill Thieben	—	0–5	2–3	4	2	2
Red Rocha	—	1–8	0–0	7	2	2
Team totals	18:00	27–106	27–38	60	19	81

This season

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

15 Nov 1956Boston Celtics 95–98 Fort Wayne Pistons
30 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 102–104 Boston Celtics
1 Dec 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 93–108 Boston Celtics
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 195798–81 this game
6 Feb 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 93–108 Boston Celtics
14 Feb 1957Boston Celtics 106–112 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 22–12
Fort Wayne Pistons: 18–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

6 Jan 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 92–118 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 93–108 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.