Detroit Pistons
1957-58 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Pistons 1957-58 Season Recap

After 16 years in the small town of Fort Wayne, Indiana the Pistons hit the road and ended up in Detroit. Owner Fred Zollner decided to keep the name Pistons since, Detroit is known as the automobile manufacturing capital of the world. In their first season in Detroit the Pistons played at the old Olympia posting a 33-39 record while finishing in 2nd place, as George Yeardley led the league with 27.8 ppg. In the playoffs the Pistons would get past the Cincinnati Royals in 2 straight games to reach the Western Finals. However, in the Western Finals they would be dominated in 5 games by the St. Louis Hawks, losing the final 2 games by a combined 78 points.

1958 Pistons

1957-58 Detroit PistonsPistons

Lost Division Finals

33-39 (.458)

3rd place in NBA Western Division

Head Coach

Charles Eckman (9-16)
Red Rocha (24-23)

General Manager

Fred Delano

Team Owner

Fred Zollner

Arena

Detroit Olympia

Attendance

134,411 total
4,800 per game

1958 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

2 11 Barney Cable

3 19 Roy DeWitz

4 27 Ralph Croswaite

5 35 Hank Morano

6 43 Shellie McMillon

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Lost Division Finals

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