# Temporada 1955-56 de los Fort Wayne Pistons

La temporada 1955-56 fue la octava de los Fort Wayne Pistons en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 37 victorias y 35 derrotas, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que alcanzaron las finales por segundo año consecutivo, cayendo ante Philadelphia Warriors.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 6 | Johnny Horan | Alero | Estados Unidos | Dayton |
| 2 | 13 | Jesse Arnelle | Alero | Estados Unidos | Penn State |

## Temporada regular

División Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| x-Fort Wayne Pistons | 37 | 35 | .514 | - | 19-7 | 10-17 | 8-11 | 19-17 |
| x-Minneapolis Lakers | 33 | 39 | .458 | 4 | 14-12 | 6-21 | 13-6 | 19-17 |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 33 | 39 | .458 | 4 | 15-11 | 11-17 | 7-11 | 18-18 |
| Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 6 | 15-14 | 6-21 | 10-6 | 16-20 |

## Playoffs
### Finales de División

Fort Wayne Pistons - St. Louis Hawks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 22 de marzo | Fort Wayne Pistons 85, St. Louis Hawks 86 | Fort Wayne |
| 24 de marzo | St. Louis Hawks 84, Fort Wayne Pistons 74 | St. Louis |
| 25 de marzo | Fort Wayne Pistons 107, St. Louis Hawks 84 | Fort Wayne |
| 27 de marzo | St. Louis Hawks 84, Fort Wayne Pistons 93 | St. Louis |
| 29 de marzo | Fort Wayne Pistons 102, St. Louis Hawks 97 | Fort Wayne |
| | Fort Wayne gana las series 3-2 | |

### Finales de la NBA

Philadelphia Warriors - Fort Wayne Pistons
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 31 de marzo | Philadelphia Warriors 98, Fort Wayne Pistons 94 | Filadelfia |
| 1 de abril | Fort Wayne Pistons 84, Philadelphia Warriors 83 | Fort Wayne |
| 3 de abril | Philadelphia Warriors 100, Fort Wayne Pistons 96 | Filadelfia |
| 5 de abril | Fort Wayne Pistons 105, Philadelphia Warriors 107 | Fort Wayne |
| 7 de abril | Philadelphia Warriors 99, Fort Wayne Pistons 88 | Filadelfia |
| | Philadelphia gana las finales 4-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RT | AS | FP | PTS |
| 1 | George Yardley | 27 | 71 | 33.1 | 6.1 | 15.0 | .407 | 5.1 | 6.9 | .742 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 17.4 |
| 2 | Larry Foust | 27 | 72 | 28.1 | 5.1 | 11.4 | .447 | 6.0 | 7.7 | .778 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 16.2 |
| 3 | Mel Hutchins | 27 | 66 | 33.9 | 4.9 | 11.6 | .425 | 2.2 | 3.3 | .643 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Bob Houbregs | 23 | 70 | 21.9 | 3.5 | 8.2 | .430 | 4.0 | 5.5 | .739 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 11.1 |
| 5 | Max Zaslofsky | 30 | 9 | 20.2 | 3.2 | 9.0 | .358 | 3.3 | 3.9 | .857 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| 6 | Chuck Noble | 24 | 72 | 28.0 | 3.8 | 10.7 | .352 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .749 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 9.5 |
| 7 | Corky Devlin | 24 | 69 | 22.2 | 2.9 | 7.8 | .370 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .760 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| 8 | Odie Spears | 30 | 72 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 6.5 | .355 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .791 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 6.8 |
| 9 | Frankie Brian | 32 | 37 | 18.4 | 2.1 | 7.1 | .297 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .818 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 6.2 |
| 10 | Andy Phillip | 33 | 70 | 29.7 | 2.1 | 5.8 | .365 | 1.6 | 2.8 | .563 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| 11 | Jesse Arnelle | 22 | 31 | 13.2 | 1.7 | 5.3 | .317 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .623 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
| 12 | Chuck Cooper | 29 | 32 | 17.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | .316 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .776 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 13 | Johnny Horan | 23 | 7 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 3.7 | .308 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.000 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| 14 | Don Bielke | | 7 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .556 | 0.6 | 1.0 | .571 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 15 | Jim Holstein | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | |