1958–59 Detroit Pistons season

The 1958–59 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 11th season in the NBA and second season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.

1958–59 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachRed Rocha
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Results
Record28–44 (.389)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The team finished with a 28-44 (.389) record, third in the Western Division, but advanced to the playoffs, dropping the Western Conference semi-final 2–1 to the Minneapolis Lakers. The team was led guard Gene Shue (17.6 ppg, NBA All-Star) and center Walter Dukes (13.0 ppg, 13.3 rpg). The Pistons traded away NBA All-Star George Yardley to the Syracuse Nationals during the season in a trade that netted Ed Conlin.[2][1]

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks4923.681–28–314–157–527–9
x-Minneapolis Lakers3339.4581615–79–179–1518–18
x-Detroit Pistons2844.3892113–178–207–717–19
Cincinnati Royals1953.264309–192–258–910–26
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1958-59 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —8–18–19–07–59–34–57–5
Cincinnati 1–8—3–96–63–62–71–113–6
Detroit 1–89–3—4–83–65–44–82–7
Minneapolis 0–96–68–4—4–56–34–85–4
New York 5–76–36–35–4—5–74–59–3
Philadelphia 3–97–24–53–67–5—4–54–8
St. Louis 5–411–18–48–45–45–4—7–2
Syracuse 5–76–37–24–53–98–42–7—

Game log
1958–59 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 19@ Syracuse94–103Gene Shue (18)0–1
2October 23@ St. Louis103–104George Yardley (28)0–2
3October 25St. Louis112–117Phil Jordon (33)1–2
4October 26@ Minneapolis100–108George Yardley (36)1–3
5October 31Cincinnati113–120Phil Jordon (31)2–3
6November 1@ Boston98–112George Yardley (17)2–4
7November 2@ Philadelphia107–91George Yardley (33)3–4
8November 7New York115–101Chuck Noble (23)3–5
9November 9Boston133–136Gene Shue (45)4–5
10November 13N Minneapolis110–119Shue, Yardley (32)5–5
11November 14Syracuse111–109George Yardley (25)5–6
12November 15@ St. Louis91–102Phil Jordon (20)5–7
13November 18N Boston102–115Phil Jordon (18)5–8
14November 22Cincinnati86–103George Yardley (24)6–8
15November 23@ Minneapolis124–109George Yardley (34)7–8
16November 25Minneapolis98–90George Yardley (31)7–9
17November 26@ Cincinnati112–95Phil Jordon (24)8–9
18November 28Syracuse93–101Chuck Noble (20)9–9
19November 29@ Boston96–110Farley, McMillon, Shue (14)9–10
20December 2Philadelphia91–95George Yardley (37)10–10
21December 5New York110–108George Yardley (24)10–11
22December 6@ New York99–92Chuck Noble (20)11–11
23December 10N St. Louis82–89Dukes, Jordon (12)12–11
24December 11N St. Louis101–107George Yardley (37)13–11
25December 12Philadelphia95–97Phil Jordon (32)14–11
26December 14Syracuse101–95Dick McGuire (22)14–12
27December 17Boston102–95George Yardley (33)14–13
28December 18@ Minneapolis104–113George Yardley (27)14–14
29December 20St. Louis111–104Gene Shue (20)14–15
30December 25N Minneapolis97–98 (OT)Gene Shue (17)15–15
31December 26Cincinnati91–131George Yardley (28)16–15
32December 30@ New York90–93George Yardley (21)16–16
33January 2N Cincinnati104–111George Yardley (30)16–17
34January 3New York106–102George Yardley (16)16–18
35January 4@ Syracuse94–118Phil Jordon (24)16–19
36January 6@ Philadelphia107–105George Yardley (27)17–19
37January 9Boston103–90George Yardley (21)17–20
38January 10@ Cincinnati101–69Gene Shue (24)18–20
39January 11@ St. Louis100–111McGuire, Shue (14)18–21
40January 13N Cincinnati112–92Phil Jordon (24)19–21
41January 14St. Louis114–108Walter Dukes (25)19–22
42January 17Philadelphia106–104Walter Dukes (23)19–23
43January 18@ Cincinnati88–107Walter Dukes (26)19–24
44January 21@ Philadelphia105–112George Yardley (33)19–25
45January 24@ New York118–122 (OT)Walter Dukes (24)19–26
46January 25@ Boston118–119 (OT)Gene Shue (29)19–27
47January 26N Philadelphia102–98Phil Jordon (23)19–28
48January 27Syracuse121–107Phil Jordon (23)19–29
49January 30N Minneapolis88–86Gene Shue (20)19–30
50January 31Cincinnati88–103Gene Shue (27)20–30
51February 1@ St. Louis96–130Chuck Noble (18)20–31
52February 4Philadelphia117–119 (2OT)Walter Dukes (26)21–31
53February 6N Syracuse122–103Joe Holup (21)21–32
54February 8Minneapolis115–103Earl Lloyd (22)21–33
55February 9N Cincinnati122–97Phil Jordon (20)22–33
56February 11@ Syracuse118–114 (OT)Phil Jordon (30)23–33
57February 13New York90–96Phil Jordon (19)24–33
58February 15@ Boston94–120Gene Shue (15)24–34
59February 17Minneapolis97–90Earl Lloyd (20)24–35
60February 18@ Minneapolis95–105Gene Shue (22)24–36
61February 20Boston111–106 (OT)Gene Shue (24)24–37
62February 21N New York101–114Gene Shue (26)25–37
63February 22@ Syracuse108–139Gene Shue (21)25–38
64February 25St. Louis104–100Phil Jordon (20)25–39
65February 26N Cincinnati101–106Gene Shue (16)25–40
66March 1Cincinnati101–117Gene Shue (31)26–40
67March 3N Philadelphia116–107Gene Shue (20)26–41
68March 4St. Louis97–127Shellie McMillon (23)27–41
69March 6Minneapolis99–98Conlin, Dukes (17)27–42
70March 7@ St. Louis128–137Gene Shue (27)27–43
71March 8@ New York120–127Phil Jordon (19)27–44
72March 11@ Minneapolis123–118Phil Jordon (21)28–44

Playoffs
1959 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 14 @ Minneapolis L 89–92 Phil Jordon (22) Minneapolis Auditorium 0–1
2 March 15 Minneapolis W 117–103 Gene Shue (32) Detroit Olympia 1–1
3 March 18 @ Minneapolis L 102–129 Gene Shue (31) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–2
1959 schedule

References
  1. "1958-59 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. "Chevette to Corvette No. 47: The 1958-59". Pistonpowered.com. October 7, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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