NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

Fort Wayne Pistons115–123Minneapolis Lakers

Fort Wayne Pistons at Minneapolis Lakers

Date: Sunday 24 February 1957
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 97th meetingof 396 played

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
George Yardley	11–19	6–8	4	28
Larry Foust	5–20	6–6	5	16
Red Rocha	6–11	4–6	1	16
Bill Thieben	6–13	3–3	2	15
Corky Devlin	4–12	5–5	2	13
Mel Hutchins	5–11	1–1	2	11
Billy Kenville	5–10	0–0	5	10
Gene Shue	2–8	2–2	4	6
Bob Houbregs	0–2	0–0	2	0
Team totals	44–106	27–31	27	115

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
Dick Garmaker	10–23	9–9	3	29
Clyde Lovellette	11–14	3–8	4	25
Walter Dukes	8–17	9–11	3	25
Slick Leonard	5–16	3–6	1	13
Jim Paxson	4–8	2–2	1	10
Vern Mikkelsen	3–11	2–3	5	8
Ed Kalafat	3–6	0–2	3	6
Chuck Mencel	2–12	1–1	0	5
Dick Schnittker	1–3	0–0	2	2
Team totals	47–110	29–42	22	123

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 7, Detroit Pistons 7 in NBA 1956-57.

28 Oct 1956Minneapolis Lakers 88–94 Fort Wayne Pistons
18 Nov 1956Fort Wayne Pistons 111–107 Minneapolis Lakers
25 Dec 1956Minneapolis Lakers 100–89 Fort Wayne Pistons
27 Dec 1956Minneapolis Lakers 93–120 Fort Wayne Pistons
3 Jan 1957Minneapolis Lakers 102–104 Fort Wayne Pistons
8 Jan 1957Minneapolis Lakers 86–87 Fort Wayne Pistons
12 Jan 1957Minneapolis Lakers 105–87 Fort Wayne Pistons
31 Jan 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 111–107 Minneapolis Lakers
9 Feb 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 92–99 Minneapolis Lakers
10 Feb 1957Minneapolis Lakers 100–113 Fort Wayne Pistons
24 Feb 1957115–123 this game
8 Mar 1957Minneapolis Lakers 101–97 Fort Wayne Pistons
17 Mar 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 127–131 Minneapolis Lakers
19 Mar 1957Minneapolis Lakers 110–108 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Fort Wayne Pistons: 31–30
Minneapolis Lakers: 26–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 238, Detroit Pistons 158.

10 Feb 1957Minneapolis Lakers 100–113 Fort Wayne Pistons
8 Mar 1957Minneapolis Lakers 101–97 Fort Wayne Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.