1943–44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season

The 1943–44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season was the third season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. The Pistons entered the season with the big three of league MVP Bobby McDermott, Buddy Jeannette, and Jake Pelkington, as well as coming off of two straight losses in the NBL's championship series. The team finished the season 18–4 (with their four losses being against both the Oshkosh All-Stars and defending NBL champion Sheboygan Red Skins each during the months of January and February 1944) and defeated the Cleveland Chase Brassmen in the first round in a two-game sweep to earn their third straight finals birth and a rematch of last year against the Sheboygan Red Skins. From there the Pistons swept the Red Skins in 3 games to win their first NBL Championship.

In addition to the NBL Playoffs, the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons also participated in the World Professional Basketball Tournament as well. The Zollner Pistons would not compete against any other NBL teams in the 1944 event; they instead competed against the independently ran Dayton Aviators and New York Renaissance before competing in the championship match against the rivaling American Basketball League's Brooklyn Eagles. Their toughest match would come against the Renaissance in the semifinal round; the other two matches Fort Wayne had would result in them blowing out their opponents in order to get their first WPBT championship alongside their first NBL championship.