1958-59 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 28-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Red Rocha (28-44)

Executive: Nick Kerbawy

PTS/G: 105.1 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 106.3 (3rd of 8)

SRS: -1.36 (5th of 8) Pace: 117.8 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.4 (6th of 8) Def Rtg: 89.4 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: -1.1 (5th of 8)

Expected W-L: 33-39 (5th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia

NBA 1959 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (1-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Oct 19, 1958	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		94	103	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Oct 23, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		103	104	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Oct 25, 1958	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		117	112	1	2	W 1
4	Sun, Oct 26, 1958	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		100	108	1	3	L 1
5	Fri, Oct 31, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		120	113	2	3	W 1
6	Sat, Nov 1, 1958	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	112	2	4	L 1	8,813
7	Sun, Nov 2, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	91	3	4	W 1
8	Fri, Nov 7, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	115	3	5	L 1
9	Sun, Nov 9, 1958	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		136	133	4	5	W 1	2,096
10	Thu, Nov 13, 1958	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		119	110	5	5	W 2			at New York, NY
11	Fri, Nov 14, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		109	111	5	6	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 15, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		91	102	5	7	L 2
13	Tue, Nov 18, 1958	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		102	115	5	8	L 3	7,823		at St. Louis, MO
14	Sat, Nov 22, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		103	86	6	8	W 1
15	Sun, Nov 23, 1958	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		124	109	7	8	W 2
16	Tue, Nov 25, 1958	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		90	98	7	9	L 1
17	Wed, Nov 26, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		112	95	8	9	W 1
18	Fri, Nov 28, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		101	93	9	9	W 2
19	Sat, Nov 29, 1958	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	110	9	10	L 1	7,095
20	Tue, Dec 2, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		95	91	10	10	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 5, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		108	110	10	11	L 1
22	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		99	92	11	11	W 1
23	Wed, Dec 10, 1958	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		89	82	12	11	W 2			at Boston, MA
24	Thu, Dec 11, 1958	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		107	101	13	11	W 3			at Philadelphia, PA
25	Fri, Dec 12, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		97	95	14	11	W 4
26	Sun, Dec 14, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		95	101	14	12	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 17, 1958	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		95	102	14	13	L 2	5,758
28	Thu, Dec 18, 1958	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		104	113	14	14	L 3
29	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		104	111	14	15	L 4
30	Thu, Dec 25, 1958	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	98	97	15	15	W 1			at New York, NY
31	Fri, Dec 26, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		131	91	16	15	W 2
32	Tue, Dec 30, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		90	93	16	16	L 1
33	Fri, Jan 2, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		104	111	16	17	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA
34	Sat, Jan 3, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	106	16	18	L 3
35	Sun, Jan 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		94	118	16	19	L 4
36	Tue, Jan 6, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	105	17	19	W 1
37	Fri, Jan 9, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		90	103	17	20	L 1
38	Sat, Jan 10, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		101	69	18	20	W 1
39	Sun, Jan 11, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		100	111	18	21	L 1
40	Tue, Jan 13, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		112	92	19	21	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 14, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		108	114	19	22	L 1
42	Sat, Jan 17, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		104	106	19	23	L 2
43	Sun, Jan 18, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		88	107	19	24	L 3
44	Wed, Jan 21, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		105	112	19	25	L 4
45	Sat, Jan 24, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	118	122	19	26	L 5
46	Sun, Jan 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	118	119	19	27	L 6	8,082
47	Mon, Jan 26, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		98	102	19	28	L 7			at Bethlehem, PA
48	Tue, Jan 27, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		107	121	19	29	L 8
49	Fri, Jan 30, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		86	88	19	30	L 9			at St. Louis, MO
50	Sat, Jan 31, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		103	88	20	30	W 1
51	Sun, Feb 1, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	130	20	31	L 1
52	Wed, Feb 4, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	2OT	119	117	21	31	W 1
53	Fri, Feb 6, 1959	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		103	122	21	32	L 1			at Boston, MA
54	Sun, Feb 8, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		103	115	21	33	L 2
55	Mon, Feb 9, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		122	97	22	33	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
56	Wed, Feb 11, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	118	114	23	33	W 2
57	Fri, Feb 13, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		96	90	24	33	W 3
58	Sun, Feb 15, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	120	24	34	L 1	5,300
59	Tue, Feb 17, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		90	97	24	35	L 2
60	Wed, Feb 18, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		95	105	24	36	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 20, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	106	111	24	37	L 4	5,182
62	Sat, Feb 21, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		114	101	25	37	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
63	Sun, Feb 22, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	139	25	38	L 1
64	Wed, Feb 25, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		100	104	25	39	L 2
65	Thu, Feb 26, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		101	106	25	40	L 3			at Louisville, KY
66	Sun, Mar 1, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		117	101	26	40	W 1
67	Tue, Mar 3, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		107	116	26	41	L 1			at New York, NY
68	Wed, Mar 4, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		127	97	27	41	W 1
69	Fri, Mar 6, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		98	99	27	42	L 1
70	Sat, Mar 7, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		128	137	27	43	L 2
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		120	127	27	44	L 3
72	Wed, Mar 11, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		123	118	28	44	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Sat, Mar 14, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	89	92	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Mar 15, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	117	103	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Mar 18, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	102	129	1	2	L 1

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