1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season

1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coach Alex Hannum
Arena Kiel Auditorium
Results
Record 41–31 (.569)
Place Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Champions
(Defeated Celtics 4-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season was the third for the franchise in St. Louis and the 12th season overall in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coming off their trip to the 1957 NBA Finals, the Hawks won the Western Division by 8 games with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses. Bob Pettit ranked 3rd in scoring and 2nd in rebounding.[1] In the Western Finals, the Hawks would beat the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. The Hawks would then face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. After Games 1 and 2, the teams headed to St. Louis with the series tied at a game apiece. The Hawks took Game 3, as the Celtics lost Bill Russell to an ankle injury.[1] Despite playing without Russell, the Celtics were triumphant in Game 4. The Hawks pulled out a 2-point victory in the 5th match to take control of the series. Needing one more win for their first NBA Championship, the Hawks beat the Celtics 110–109. Bob Pettit scored 50 points playing against an injured Bill Russell as the Hawks and owner Ben Kerner won their first NBA Championship.[1]

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College 11 Jack Coleman PF 6-7 195 May 23, 1924 8 University of Louisville 12 Walt Davis PF 6-8 205 January 5, 1931 4 Texas A&M University 16 Cliff Hagan SF 6-4 210 December 9, 1931 1 University of Kentucky 20 Ed Macauley C 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 8 Saint Louis University 22 Slater Martin PG 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 8 University of Texas at Austin 21 Jack McMahon SG 6-1 185 December 3, 1928 5 St. John's University 12 Red Morrison C 6-8 220 April 26, 1932 2 University of Idaho 17 Med Park SG 6-2 205 April 11, 1933 2 University of Missouri 17 Worthy Patterson G 6-2 175 June 17, 1931 R University of Connecticut 9 Bob Pettit PF 6-9 205 December 12, 1932 3 Louisiana State University 19 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 2 Furman University 13 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 March 14, 1927 6 Bowling Green State University 15 Win Wilfong PG 6-2 185 March 18, 1933 R University of Memphis

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks4131.569-23-88-1910-424-12
x-Detroit Pistons3339.458814-1413-176-818-18
x-Cincinnati Royals3339.458817-1210-196-817-19
Minneapolis Lakers1953.2642210-154-215-1713-23

Record vs. opponents

1957-58 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —7–28–19–07–56–65–47–5
Cincinnati 2–7—6–68–44–56–33–94–5
Detroit 1–86–6—6–64–55–46–65–4
Minneapolis 0–94–86–6—1–83–63–92–7
New York 5–75–45–48–1—4–83–65–7
Philadelphia 6–63–64–56–38–4—7–23–9
St. Louis 4–59–36–69–36–32–7—5–4
Syracuse 5–75–44–57–27–59–34–5—

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

The Hawks had a division semifinal bye.

West Division Finals

(1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: Hawks win series 4–1

  • Game 1 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 114, Detroit 111
  • Game 2 @ Detroit: St. Louis 99, Detroit 96
  • Game 3 @ St. Louis: Detroit 109, St. Louis 89
  • Game 4 @ Detroit: St. Louis 145, Detroit 101
  • Game 5 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 120, Detroit 96

Last Playoffs meeting: 1956 Western Division Finals (Pistons won 3–2, while still in Fort Wayne)

NBA Finals

GameDateHome TeamResultRoad Team
Game 1March 29Boston102–104St. Louis
Game 2March 30Boston136–112St. Louis
Game 3April 2St. Louis111–108Boston
Game 4April 5St. Louis98–109Boston
Game 5April 9Boston100–102St. Louis
Game 6April 12St. Louis110–109Boston

Hawks win series 4–2

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html

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