Before 1958-59, George Yardley dropped the most points for the Pistons in a game, with 52 points against the Syracuse Nationals on February 4, 1958.
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most points in a single basketball regular-season game by a piston before 1959| NAME | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Yardley | 52 | 2/4/1958 | vs | 20 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 68.3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | | G. Yardley | 51 | 1/15/1958 | @ | 47 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 61.7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | | G. Yardley | 49 | 3/6/1958 | @ | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 61.9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | | G. Yardley | 48 | 2/18/1958 | vs | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 64.2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | | G. Yardley | 48 | 12/26/1957 | @ | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 20 | 24 | 83.3 | 56.4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | | G. Yardley | 44 | 2/25/1958 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 65.9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | | G. Yardley | 44 | 1/23/1958 | @ | 15 | 33 | 45.5 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 56.2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | | G. Yardley | 43 | 2/19/1958 | @ | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 68.5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | | G. Yardley | 41 | 2/27/1958 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 56.7 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 60.4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | | G. Yardley | 41 | 10/26/1957 | vs | 15 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | | G. Yardley | 40 | 1/31/1957 | @ | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 68.4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | | G. Yardley | 39 | 12/1/1957 | @ | 15 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | G. Yardley | 37 | 2/7/1958 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 72.6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | | L. Foust | 37 | 12/1/1954 | @ | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 87.9 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | | G. Yardley | 36 | 3/1/1958 | @ | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 50.1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | | G. Yardley | 36 | 1/31/1958 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | | G. Yardley | 36 | 1/18/1958 | @ | 12 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | | G. Yardley | 36 | 12/26/1956 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | | G. Yardley | 35 | 11/16/1957 | @ | 13 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | | G. Yardley | 35 | 2/25/1957 | vs | 10 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | | G. Yardley | 35 | 1/20/1957 | @ | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 63.4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | | G. Yardley | 34 | 12/6/1957 | @ | 42 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 50.9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 23 | | G. Yardley | 34 | 12/3/1957 | vs | 12 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | | L. Foust | 34 | 1/30/1955 | vs | 24 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | | G. Yardley | 33 | 1/26/1958 | @ | 12 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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