1954–55 Fort Wayne Pistons season

1954–55 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Western Division Champions
Head coach Charles Eckman
Arena War Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record 4329 (.597)
Place Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(eliminated 3–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1954-55 NBA season was the Pistons' seventh season in the NBA and 14th season as a franchise.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 43 29 .597 21–6 9–14 13–9 28–8
x-Minneapolis Lakers 40 32 .556 3 18–6 10–14 12–12 18–18
x-Rochester Royals 29 43 .403 14 17–11 4–19 8–13 14–22
Milwaukee Hawks 26 46 .361 17 6–11 9–16 11–19 14–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1954-55 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Boston 4–5 6–3 3–6 6–6 7–5 4–5 6–6
Fort Wayne 5–4 11–1 9–3 2–7 6–3 8–4 2–7
Milwaukee 3–6 1–11 5–7 3–6 4–5 6–6 4–5
Minneapolis 6–3 3–9 7–5 4–5 6–3 8–4 6–3
New York 6–6 7–2 6–3 5–4 5–7 5–4 4–8
Philadelphia 5–7 3–6 5–4 3–6 7–5 5–4 5–7
Rochester 5–4 4–8 6–6 4–8 4–5 4–5 2–7
Syracuse 6–6 7–2 5–4 3–6 8–4 7–5 7–2

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

The Pistons had a division semifinal bye.

West Division Finals

(1) Fort Wayne Pistons vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: Pistons win series 3-1

NBA Finals

(E1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (W1) Fort Wayne Pistons: Nationals win series 4-3

Awards and records

References

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