The 1956–57 St. Louis Hawks season was the 11th season for the franchise and eighth in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to the start of the season, the Hawks made one of the biggest draft-day deals in NBA history. The Hawks sent 2nd overall pick Bill Russell to the Boston Celtics for Cliff Hagan and second-year star Ed Macauley.[1] Macauley had been a popular player at St. Louis University. The Hawks struggled for most of the season and coach Red Holzman was fired midway through the season.[1] The new head coach was Slater Martin, who led the Hawks to a 5–3 record.[1] Martin did not want the added responsibility of head coach, so Alex Hannum took over for the rest of the season. Despite a 34–38 record, the Hawks claimed the Western Division by a tiebreaker and earned a bye into the Western Finals, where the Hawks swept the Minneapolis Lakers in three straight games. The Hawks met the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.[1] The Hawks won Game 1 in double overtime, 125–123 in Boston.[1] The Celtics took Game 2 and the Hawks took Game 3 at home by 2 points. After losing Game 5 in Boston, the Hawks needed another victory at home to force a decisive seventh game. Game 7 in Boston went into double overtime and the Celtics emerged victorious, winning by 2 points.
1956, louis, hawks, season, 11th, season, franchise, eighth, national, basketball, association, prior, start, season, hawks, made, biggest, draft, deals, history, hawks, sent, overall, pick, bill, russell, boston, celtics, cliff, hagan, second, year, star, mac. The 1956 57 St Louis Hawks season was the 11th season for the franchise and eighth in the National Basketball Association NBA Prior to the start of the season the Hawks made one of the biggest draft day deals in NBA history The Hawks sent 2nd overall pick Bill Russell to the Boston Celtics for Cliff Hagan and second year star Ed Macauley 1 Macauley had been a popular player at St Louis University The Hawks struggled for most of the season and coach Red Holzman was fired midway through the season 1 The new head coach was Slater Martin who led the Hawks to a 5 3 record 1 Martin did not want the added responsibility of head coach so Alex Hannum took over for the rest of the season Despite a 34 38 record the Hawks claimed the Western Division by a tiebreaker and earned a bye into the Western Finals where the Hawks swept the Minneapolis Lakers in three straight games The Hawks met the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals 1 The Hawks won Game 1 in double overtime 125 123 in Boston 1 The Celtics took Game 2 and the Hawks took Game 3 at home by 2 points After losing Game 5 in Boston the Hawks needed another victory at home to force a decisive seventh game Game 7 in Boston went into double overtime and the Celtics emerged victorious winning by 2 points 1956 57 St Louis Hawks seasonDivision championsHead coachRed Holzman Slater Martin and Alex HannumArenaKiel AuditoriumResultsRecord34 38 472 PlaceDivision 1st Western Playoff finishNBA Finals eliminated 3 4 Stats at Basketball Reference com lt 1955 56 1957 58 gt Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NBA draft 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Game log 3 Playoffs 4 Awards and honors 5 ReferencesOffseason editNBA draft edit Pick Player Position School2 Bill Russell Center San FranciscoRegular season editSeason standings edit Western Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Divx St Louis Hawks 34 38 472 17 9 10 20 7 9 22 14x Minneapolis Lakers 34 38 472 15 9 5 22 14 7 18 18x Fort Wayne Pistons 34 38 472 23 5 5 23 6 10 17 19Rochester Royals 31 41 431 3 19 10 7 17 5 14 15 21 Record vs opponents edit 1956 57 NBA RecordsTeam BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYRBoston 6 3 5 4 7 5 8 4 6 3 7 2 5 7Fort Wayne 3 6 7 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 4 8 5 4Minneapolis 4 5 5 7 3 6 5 4 9 3 4 8 4 5New York 5 7 4 5 6 3 4 8 5 4 6 3 6 6Philadelphia 4 8 5 4 4 5 8 4 4 5 7 2 5 7Rochester 3 6 6 6 3 9 4 5 5 4 6 6 4 5St Louis 2 7 8 4 8 4 3 6 2 7 6 6 5 4Syracuse 7 5 4 5 5 4 6 6 7 5 5 4 4 5 Game log edit 1956 57 Game log Date Opponent Score High points Record1 October 27 Minneapolis 75 97 Bob Pettit 25 1 02 November 3 N Syracuse 75 73 Jack McMahon 21 1 13 November 4 Syracuse 78 76 Ed Macauley 20 2 14 November 7 New York 101 107 Bob Pettit 34 3 15 November 10 Fort Wayne 79 86 Bob Pettit 27 4 16 November 11 Fort Wayne 81 96 Bob Pettit 27 4 27 November 13 Rochester 105 118 Bob Pettit 49 5 28 November 17 Fort Wayne 87 92 Ed Macauley 23 6 29 November 18 New York 69 102 Bob Pettit 13 6 310 November 20 Syracuse 81 104 Bob Pettit 26 7 311 November 21 Rochester 76 85 Bob Pettit 28 7 412 November 24 Minneapolis 104 102 OT Ed Macauley 27 7 513 November 25 Minneapolis 95 94 Ed Macauley 26 8 514 November 27 Boston 102 90 Bob Pettit 25 8 615 December 1 Philadelphia 107 95 Bob Pettit 23 8 716 December 4 N Boston 107 108 Bob Pettit 24 8 817 December 6 N Minneapolis 96 103 Bob Pettit 17 8 918 December 7 New York 107 101 Bob Pettit 22 8 1019 December 8 N New York 104 109 Bob Pettit 21 8 1120 December 11 New York 137 128 Bob Pettit 41 9 1121 December 12 Philadelphia 99 115 Jack Coleman 25 9 1222 December 15 Boston 99 102 Bob Pettit 31 9 1323 December 16 Syracuse 91 101 Bob Pettit 26 9 1424 December 18 N Fort Wayne 95 84 Bob Pettit 30 10 1425 December 22 Boston 93 95 Bob Pettit 28 10 1526 December 25 New York 107 105 OT Bob Pettit 37 11 1527 December 27 Syracuse 95 102 Bob Pettit 39 12 1528 December 29 Minneapolis 95 92 Bob Pettit 22 13 1529 December 30 Minneapolis 93 100 Bob Pettit 41 14 1530 January 1 Rochester 101 102 OT Bob Pettit 32 14 1631 January 3 N Philadelphia 81 82 Bob Pettit 26 14 1732 January 4 Philadelphia 92 96 Jack Coleman 21 14 1833 January 6 Rochester 93 86 Bob Pettit 33 14 1934 January 10 N New York 84 89 OT Bob Pettit 38 14 2035 January 12 Boston 98 100 Bob Pettit 39 15 2036 January 13 Fort Wayne 89 91 Bob Pettit 28 15 2137 January 16 Rochester 108 106 OT Bob Pettit 26 16 2138 January 17 N Fort Wayne 106 82 Slater Martin 22 17 2139 January 18 Boston 117 126 Bob Pettit 38 17 2240 January 19 Syracuse 104 96 Bob Pettit 30 18 2241 January 20 Philadelphia 102 104 OT Bob Pettit 23 19 2242 January 22 Fort Wayne 87 97 Bob Pettit 30 19 2343 January 23 N Fort Wayne 101 78 Bob Pettit 22 20 2344 January 24 Philadelphia 96 107 Bob Pettit 30 20 2445 January 25 N Rochester 100 99 Bob Pettit 36 21 2446 January 27 Rochester 83 107 Bob Pettit 33 22 2447 January 29 Fort Wayne 91 85 Bob Pettit 26 22 2548 February 2 Minneapolis 106 97 Bob Pettit 37 23 2549 February 3 Minneapolis 85 102 Bob Pettit 31 24 2550 February 5 Philadelphia 101 87 Bob Pettit 26 24 2651 February 6 Rochester 100 103 Bob Pettit 24 24 2752 February 7 Syracuse 110 112 Bob Pettit 31 24 2853 February 8 Philadelphia 90 93 Bob Pettit 41 24 2954 February 10 Rochester 93 117 Bob Pettit 44 25 2955 February 11 N Syracuse 101 107 Bob Pettit 33 26 2956 February 12 N Minneapolis 105 110 Bob Pettit 35 26 3057 February 15 Boston 123 116 2OT Bob Pettit 31 26 3158 February 17 Minneapolis 118 115 OT Ed Macauley 36 27 3159 February 19 Fort Wayne 83 96 Ed Macauley 23 28 3160 February 21 Boston 112 125 Jack Coleman 33 28 3261 February 23 Rochester 86 101 Ed Macauley 21 28 3362 February 24 Philadelphia 112 113 Chuck Share 28 29 3363 February 25 N Minneapolis 110 94 Med Park 24 30 3364 February 26 New York 76 107 Jack Coleman 17 30 3465 February 27 N Syracuse 108 93 Ed Macauley 21 30 3566 March 2 New York 97 94 Cliff Hagan 19 30 3667 March 3 Fort Wayne 112 102 Jack McMahon 27 31 3668 March 5 Boston 102 104 Jack McMahon 21 32 3669 March 8 N Rochester 100 92 Ed Macauley 26 33 3670 March 9 Fort Wayne 96 97 Bob Pettit 23 34 3671 March 10 Minneapolis 104 117 Ed Macauley 17 34 3772 March 13 N Rochester 99 104 Ed Macauley 22 34 38Playoffs edit1957 playoff game logDivision Tiebreaker finished as West s 1 seed Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location Record1 March 14 Fort Wayne W 115 103 Jack McMahon 24 Cliff Hagan 16 Kiel Auditorium 1 02 March 16 Minneapolis W 114 111 OT Cliff Hagan 28 Bob Pettit 18 Kiel Auditorium 2 0Division Finals 3 0 home 2 0 road 1 0 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series1 March 21 Minneapolis W 118 109 Slater Martin 24 Bob Pettit 16 Jack McMahon 9 Kiel Auditorium6 028 1 02 March 24 Minneapolis W 106 104 Bob Pettit 30 Jack Coleman 15 Kiel Auditorium9 451 2 03 March 26 Minneapolis W 143 135 2OT Bob Pettit 35 Minneapolis Auditorium 3 0NBA Finals 3 4 home 2 1 road 1 3 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series1 March 30 Boston W 125 123 2OT Bob Pettit 37 Bob Pettit 14 Boston Garden5 976 1 02 March 31 Boston L 99 119 Ed Macauley 19 Bob Pettit 13 Slick Leonard 4 Boston Garden13 909 1 13 April 6 Boston W 100 98 Bob Pettit 26 Bob Pettit 28 three player tied 5 Kiel Auditorium10 048 2 14 April 7 Boston L 118 123 Bob Pettit 33 Bob Pettit 16 Martin Hagan 6 Kiel Auditorium10 035 2 25 April 9 Boston L 109 124 Bob Pettit 33 Bob Pettit 15 Med Park 6 Boston Garden13 909 2 36 April 11 Boston W 96 94 Bob Pettit 32 Bob Pettit 23 Kiel Auditorium10 053 3 37 April 13 Boston L 123 125 2OT Bob Pettit 39 Bob Pettit 19 Martin Coleman 7 Boston Garden13 909 3 41957 scheduleAwards and honors editBob Pettit All NBA First Team Slater Martin All NBA Second TeamReferences edit a b c d e St Louis Hawks Sports Ecyclopedia Hawks on Basketball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 57 St Louis Hawks season amp oldid 1172532009, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
