NBA 1956 Finals: Warriors outperform the Pistons

In the 1956 NBA, the title went to the Philadelphia Warriors, who had no major problems in the final, ending up with a 4-1 record, to beat the Fort Wayne Pistons. Arizin was the man of the final, beating a great individual duel with Yardley, the best of the Pistons

Philadelphia Warriors *George - 13.6p, 6.2r, 5.0a *Beck - 12.0p, 5.6r, 1.8a *Arizin - 27.6p, 8.0r, 2.8a *Gola - 13.8p, 10.0r, 6.0a *Johnston - 13.6p, 11.0r, 3.8a Graboski - 11.0p, 9.8r, 3.2a Dempsey - 3.0p, 2.2r, 1.8a Davis - 2.4p, 2.4r Moore - 0.6p, 1.6r. (3)

Fort Wayne Pistons *Devlin - 11.8p, 2.8r, 2.6a *Houbregs - 10.0p, 6.0r, 1.2a *Yardley - 24.8p, 15.2r, 2.2a *Foust - 19.4p, 13.0r, 1.8a *Hutchins - 8.6p, 9.6r, 2.6a Brian - 8.4p, 1.6a, 1.4r Noble - 5.0p, 3.6a, 2.8r Spears - 2.6p, 2.4r, 1.6a Phillip - 2.4p, 4.2a, 3.8r Cooper - 0.5p, 2.0r. (4)

To get to the final they beat… Philadelphia Warriors - Syracuse Nationals (3-2) Fort Wayne Pistons - St. Louis Hawks (3-2)