The Fort Wayne Pistons rallied from 13 points down to defeat the Boston Celtics 101-100 in the 1st game of a NBA doubleheader in Philadelphia. Corky Devlin hit 2 free throws with 15 seconds left to win the game for the Western division leading Pistons. The Celtics record after the game fell to 24-18.
In the 2nd game of the doubleheader the Warriors beat the Nationals 112-100. The Warriors dominated the game most of the way and entered the 4th period leading by 80-64 before Philly coach George Senesky took out most of his starters to rest them. Paul Arizin led all scorers with 26 points and at 1 point hit 6 consecutive jumpers. The Warriors widened their division lead over the Celtics to 4 1/2.
Box Score
Fort Wayne G F P
Yardley f 4 4 12
Hutchins f 11 2 24
Houbregs f 4 5 13
Cooper f 1 1 3
Spears f 2 1 5
Foust c 6 6 18
Devlin g 1 8 10
Noble g 6 1 13
Phillip g 1 1 3
Brian g 0 0 0
Boston G F P
Hemric f 2 1 5
Macauley f 8 7 23
Nichols f 4 4 12
Loscutoff f 1 0 2
Risen c 1 2 4
Morrison c 2 1 5
Cousy g 7 8 22
Sharman g 8 1 17
Barrett g 4 2 10
Fort Wayne.............24 30 27 20-101
Boston......................30 34 17 19-100
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