1957–58 Detroit Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Detroit Pistons 1958 33 39 Western 2 Charles EckmanRed Rocha Fred Zollner Fred DeLano Detroit Olympia WJBK/WWJ-TV & WXYZ-TV WJR West Division Finals(eliminated 1–4) DET Fort Wayne Pistons The 1957–58 Detroit Pistons season was the Detroit Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit. The new Detroit Pistons played home games at Olympia Stadium, home of the Detroit Red Wings, and struggled to find a footing in their new hometown.https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2017/03/20/lot-hoopla-greeted-pistons-years-ago/99438452/ Not a lot of hoopla greeted Pistons 60 years ago Team owner Fred Zollner provided the team with their own aircraft to travel for road games, but the NBA responded with a difficult travel schedule, especially during the winter, as the Pistons could avoid commercial air delays. The Pistons went 33–39 (.458) during the season, tied for second in the Western Division, with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers.https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/12/18/the-big-z-and-his-misfiring-pistons https://web.archive.org/web/20220524105429/https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/12/18/the-big-z-and-his-misfiring-pistons dead May 24, 2022 The Big Z and His Misfiring Pistons The Pistons defeated the Royals in two straight games in the West Semifinal series, but lost the West Finals to the Hawks 4–1.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1958.html 1957-58 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats Basketball-reference.com February 24, 2022 The team was led by forward George Yardley (27.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg, NBA All-Star) and guards Gene Shue (15.6 ppg, NBA All-Star) and Dick McGuire (8.1 ppg, 6.6 apg, NBA All-Star).https://pistonpowered.com/2011/10/26/chevette-to-corvette-no-35-the-1957-58-detroit-pistons/ Chevette to Corvette No. 35: The 1957-58 Detroit Pistons Pistonpowered.com 26 October 2011 24 February 2022 Regular season Season standings DET x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1957–58 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 23 Boston L 94–105 George Yardley (20) 0–1 2 October 26 Philadelphia L 100–112 George Yardley (41) 0–2 3 October 30 @ Minneapolis W 115–96 George Yardley (28) 1–2 4 November 3 @ Cincinnati W 94–88 George Yardley (23) 2–2 5 November 5 vs. Boston L 105–111 Harry Gallatin (25) 2–3 6 November 12 New York W 109–107 George Yardley (32) 3–3 7 November 15 Minneapolis L 104–112 George Yardley (31) 3–4 8 November 16 @ New York W 109–105 George Yardley (35) 4–4 9 November 17 @ Philadelphia W 95–91 George Yardley (26) 5–4 10 November 19 vs. Cincinnati L 75–92 George Yardley (17) 5–5 11 November 21 Boston L 90–112 George Yardley (22) 5–6 12 November 23 @ St. Louis L 110–115 Bob Houbregs (24) 5–7 13 November 26 vs. Minneapolis W 109–91 George Yardley (31) 6–7 14 November 27 St. Louis L 110–121 George Yardley (30) 6–8 15 November 29 @ Cincinnati L 87–92 (OT) George Yardley (26) 6–9 16 November 30 Cincinnati W 100–96 George Yardley (32) 7–9 17 December 1 @ New York L 102–109 George Yardley (39) 7–10 18 December 3 Boston L 113–124 George Yardley (34) 7–11 19 December 5 vs. Cincinnati L 99–109 George Yardley (32) 7–12 20 December 6 @ Syracuse L 91–118 George Yardley (34) 7–13 21 December 7 Cincinnati W 109–105 George Yardley (25) 8–13 22 December 10 Philadelphia L 97–100 George Yardley (30) 8–14 23 December 12 @ Philadelphia W 101–96 George Yardley (28) 9–14 24 December 15 New York L 109–116 George Yardley (27) 9–15 25 December 17 vs. St. Louis L 99–106 George Yardley (22) 9–16 26 December 21 Cincinnati W 112–101 George Yardley (31) 10–16 27 December 22 @ Syracuse L 93–119 Shue, Thieben (12) 10–17 28 December 25 Minneapolis L 104–106 George Yardley (29) 10–18 29 December 26 @ St. Louis W 110–106 George Yardley (48) 11–18 30 December 27 @ New York L 120–125 George Yardley (31) 11–19 31 December 28 Syracuse W 117–111 George Yardley (20) 12–19 32 December 31 @ Cincinnati L 96–130 George Yardley (22) 12–20 33 January 4 Philadelphia W 81–78 Gene Shue (17) 13–20 34 January 5 @ St. Louis L 93–95 Walter Dukes (18) 13–21 35 January 7 vs. Cincinnati L 99–114 Walter Dukes (17) 13–22 36 January 8 Syracuse W 109–107 Gallatin, Yardley (26) 14–22 37 January 10 vs. Minneapolis L 114–124 George Yardley (23) 14–23 38 January 11 Minneapolis W 129–102 George Yardley (23) 15–23 39 January 12 @ Syracuse L 109–135 George Yardley (25) 15–24 40 January 15 @ Boston L 113–131 George Yardley (51) 15–25 41 January 16 @ Philadelphia W 113–108 George Yardley (25) 16–25 42 January 17 Cincinnati W 115–94 George Yardley (31) 17–25 43 January 18 @ St. Louis L 103–105 George Yardley (36) 17–26 44 January 19 @ Minneapolis L 111–118 Jordon, Yardley (24) 17–27 45 January 22 New York L 92–115 Harry Gallatin (16) 17–28 46 January 23 @ Minneapolis L 125–128 (OT) George Yardley (44) 17–29 47 January 25 St. Louis W 105–98 Harry Gallatin (27) 18–29 48 January 26 @ Cincinnati L 103–107 George Yardley (33) 18–30 49 January 27 Philadelphia W 115–93 Gene Shue (25) 19–30 50 January 30 vs. Syracuse W 87–83 Walter Dukes (21) 20–30 51 January 31 vs. New York W 119–105 George Yardley (36) 21–30 52 February 1 vs. Philadelphia L 86–106 Walter Dukes (18) 21–31 53 February 2 @ Boston L 115–119 George Yardley (31) 21–32 54 February 4 Syracuse W 118–113 George Yardley (52) 22–32 55 February 7 vs. St. Louis W 125–107 George Yardley (37) 23–32 56 February 9 New York L 98–100 Gallatin, Yardley (16) 23–33 57 February 11 @ Philadelphia L 98–115 George Yardley (27) 23–34 58 February 12 St. Louis L 105–122 Chuck Noble (19) 23–35 59 February 14 @ Boston W 111–109 George Yardley (29) 24–35 60 February 15 Minneapolis L 110–111 Phil Jordon (29) 24–36 61 February 16 @ St. Louis W 100–98 Gene Shue (21) 25–36 62 February 18 Syracuse W 120–98 George Yardley (48) 26–36 63 February 19 @ Minneapolis W 117–115 (OT) George Yardley (43) 27–36 64 February 21 @ Cincinnati W 109–107 George Yardley (32) 28–36 65 February 22 St. Louis W 98–96 Harry Gallatin (22) 29–36 66 February 25 vs. St. Louis W 114–113 (OT) George Yardley (44) 30–36 67 February 26 Boston L 99–106 Gene Shue (30) 30–37 68 February 27 vs. Minneapolis W 112–109 George Yardley (41) 31–37 69 March 1 @ New York W 103–101 George Yardley (36) 32–37 70 March 6 @ Minneapolis W 132–116 George Yardley (49) 33–37 71 March 8 @ Boston L 103–108 George Yardley (22) 33–38 72 March 9 @ Syracuse L 90–111 George Yardley (26) 33–39 Playoffs Detroit Pistons 1958 yes #00519A #FFFFFF Detroit Pistons Division Semifinals yes yes no #EB003C #FFFFFF 1 0 1 0 yes yes yes |- | 1 | March 15 | Cincinnati | W 100–83 | George Yardley (29) | Detroit Olympia | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 16 | @ Cincinnati | W 124–104 | Yardley, Dukes (24) | Cincinnati Gardens | 2–0 |- Detroit Pistons Division Finals yes no #EB003C #FFFFFF 0 2 1 2 yes yes |- | 1 | March 19 | @ St. Louis | L 111–114 | Gene Shue (29) | Kiel Auditorium7,328 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 22 | St. Louis | L 96–99 | George Yardley (26) | University of Detroit Fieldhouse | 0–2 |- | 3 | March 23 | @ St. Louis | W 109–89 | George Yardley (31) | Kiel Auditorium9,321 | 1–2 |- | 4 | March 25 | St. Louis | L 101–145 | Yardley, Dukes (16) | Detroit Olympia | 1–3 |- | 5 | March 27 | @ St. Louis | L 96–120 | Yardley, Dukes (18) | Kiel Auditorium7,661 | 1–4 |- DET 1958 yes Awards and records George Yardley, All-NBA First Team References Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Detroit Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Category:1957 in Detroit Category:1958 in Detroit