NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers101–97Fort Wayne Pistons

Minneapolis Lakers at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Friday 8 March 1957
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 98th meetingof 396 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dick Garmaker	9–20	2–5	4	2	2	20
Clyde Lovellette	7–20	3–5	10	4	4	17
Walter Dukes	5–10	5–8	13	0	5	15
Chuck Mencel	4–8	3–3	4	1	0	11
Vern Mikkelsen	4–8	3–5	8	3	2	11
Jim Paxson	2–4	4–5	5	0	3	8
Slick Leonard	2–8	4–4	2	3	2	8
Ed Kalafat	2–4	2–5	3	1	3	6
Dick Schnittker	2–4	1–2	3	1	2	5
Team totals	37–86	27–42	52	15	23	101

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
George Yardley	12–21	7–9	15	1	3	31
Larry Foust	7–15	6–7	15	3	4	20
Billy Kenville	5–14	4–5	2	3	4	14
Mel Hutchins	4–13	5–6	12	2	3	13
Chuck Noble	4–9	0–1	2	1	3	8
Red Rocha	2–5	0–2	4	0	4	4
Gene Shue	1–11	1–1	5	7	3	3
Bill Thieben	1–4	0–1	2	2	1	2
Corky Devlin	1–2	0–0	1	0	3	2
Team totals	37–94	23–32	58	19	28	97

This season

Detroit Pistons 7, Los Angeles Lakers 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 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 115–123 Minneapolis Lakers
8 Mar 1957101–97 this game
17 Mar 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 127–131 Minneapolis Lakers
19 Mar 1957Minneapolis Lakers 110–108 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Minneapolis Lakers: 30–38
Fort Wayne Pistons: 32–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

24 Feb 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 115–123 Minneapolis Lakers
17 Mar 1957Fort Wayne Pistons 127–131 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.