NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

St. Louis Hawks87–97Fort Wayne Pistons

St. Louis Hawks at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Tuesday 22 January 1957
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 78th meetingof 487 played

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	12–?	6–8	3	30
Ed Macauley	5–?	6–7	1	16
Chuck Share	2–?	6–7	4	10
Jack Coleman	3–?	3–3	5	9
Slater Martin	3–?	2–3	4	8
Irv Bemoras	2–?	1–1	0	5
Med Park	1–?	3–5	1	5
Cliff Hagan	1–?	0–0	1	2
Team totals	29–?	27–34	19	85

Incomplete box score: the players’ points add up to 85 of 87.

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
George Yardley	8–?	5–6	2	21
Billy Kenville	7–?	4–5	1	18
Gene Shue	5–?	3–4	2	13
Chuck Noble	5–?	0–1	4	10
Mel Hutchins	4–?	0–0	5	8
Larry Foust	2–?	2–4	4	6
Bill Thieben	1–?	2–3	0	4
Corky Devlin	1–?	0–0	0	2
Red Rocha	1–?	0–0	1	2
Team totals	34–?	16–23	19	84

Incomplete box score: the players’ points add up to 84 of 97.

This season

Detroit Pistons 4, Atlanta Hawks 9 in NBA 1956-57.

10 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 79–86 St. Louis Hawks
11 Nov 1956St. Louis Hawks 81–96 Fort Wayne Pistons
17 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 87–92 St. Louis Hawks
18 Dec 1956St. Louis Hawks 95–84 Fort Wayne Pistons
13 Jan 1957St. Louis Hawks 89–91 Fort Wayne Pistons
17 Jan 1957St. Louis Hawks 106–82 Fort Wayne Pistons
22 Jan 195787–97 this game
23 Jan 1957St. Louis Hawks 101–78 Fort Wayne Pistons
29 Jan 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 91–85 St. Louis Hawks
19 Feb 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 83–96 St. Louis Hawks
3 Mar 1957St. Louis Hawks 112–102 Fort Wayne Pistons
9 Mar 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 96–97 St. Louis Hawks
14 Mar 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 103–115 St. Louis Hawks

Records going in

St. Louis Hawks: 19–22
Fort Wayne Pistons: 19–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 247, Atlanta Hawks 240.

17 Jan 1957St. Louis Hawks 106–82 Fort Wayne Pistons
23 Jan 1957St. Louis Hawks 101–78 Fort Wayne Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.