National Basketball Association (NBA)

1957 NBA Season Overview

National Basketball Association (NBA)

1957 NBA Season Overview

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After a second straight NBA Finals defeat the Pistons would be part of a 3-way tie in the Western Division to make the playoffs with a mediocre 34-38 record. In the playoffs the Pistons would make a quick exit as they are beaten in 2 straight games by the Minneapolis Lakers. Following the season Fred Zollner determined his team could no longer compete in the small market of Fort Wayne, Indiana. So he moved his team to Detroit a growing city built around the automobile industry.

1957 NBA Champions

Boston Celtics

defeated St. Louis Hawks

Commissioner Maurice Podoloff

Players' President Bob Cousy

1957 NBA Draft

Pick Player Team

1 Hot' Rod Hundley Royals

2 Charles Tyra Pistons

3 Jim Krebs Lakers

4 Win Wilfong Hawks

5 Brendan McCann Knicks

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Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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