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1960-61 Detroit Pistons Game Log

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Record: 34-45, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Dick McGuire (34-45)

Executive: Nick Kerbawy, Francis Smith

PTS/G: 118.6 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 121.0 (7th of 8)

SRS: -2.11 (6th of 8) Pace: 126.0 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 93.8 (2nd of 8) Def Rtg: 95.6 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: -1.9 (6th of 8)

Expected W-L: 34-45 (6th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1960-10-22	@	BOS	L	116	118	44	109	.404				28	39	.718		64	20				31	43	124	.347				32	45	.711		78	26				25
2	2	1960-10-26		CIN	W	131	117	48						35	48	.729		53					25	44						29	39	.744		60					30
3	3	1960-10-29		NYK	W	115	110	39						37	51	.725							31	38						34	49	.694							32
4	4	1960-11-02		STL	L	117	132	41						35	55	.636							29	50						32	47	.681							37
5	5	1960-11-04	@	PHW	L	121	136	46	117	.393				29	41	.707		62	32				25	59	133	.444				18	33	.545		94	35				27
6	6	1960-11-05	N	PHW	L	123	130	48	119	.403				27	39	.692		77	21				30	49	122	.402				32	47	.681		73	22				27
7	7	1960-11-09	@	STL	L	120	126	46	119	.387				28	34	.824		62	26				31	48	116	.414				30	40	.750		65	32				30
8	8	1960-11-12		CIN	W	116	112	43						30	44	.682		55					29	42						28	37	.757		66					31
9	9	1960-11-13	@	CIN	W	125	113	50	95	.526				25	31	.806		58					25	42	109	.385				29	37	.784		59					26
10	10	1960-11-15	N	BOS	W	115	114	41						33	46	.717							17	47						20	23	.870							28
11	11	1960-11-16		PHW	W	119	118	51	120	.425				17	29	.586		59	27				32	42	97	.433				34	46	.739		60	19				23
12	12	1960-11-17	N	STL	L	105	112	41	115	.357				23	36	.639		78	23				25	43	132	.326				26	35	.743		83	30				27
13	13	1960-11-19	@	LAL	L	122	130	38						46	59	.780							26	51						28	42	.667							33
14	14	1960-11-20	N	LAL	L	131	135	51						29	42	.690							29	49						37	47	.787							29
15	15	1960-11-23		SYR	W	122	115	43						36	51	.706							27	43						29	43	.674							31
16	16	1960-11-25		LAL	L	128	141	47						34	45	.756							32	52						37	50	.740							30
17	17	1960-11-26	N	NYK	L	119	127	46						27	37	.730							29	48						31	42	.738							31
18	18	1960-11-29	@	NYK	L	107	118	40						27	41	.659							32	48						22	39	.564							31
19	19	1960-11-30		BOS	L	110	125	40						30	38	.789							26	50						25	36	.694							26
20	20	1960-12-04	N	CIN	W	116	115	42	94	.447				32	49	.653		54					27	45	87	.517				25	35	.714		44					33
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1960-12-06	@	STL	L	110	146	42						26	33	.788		58					17	65						16	21	.762		49					22
22	22	1960-12-07		STL	W	113	83	42	121	.347				29	40	.725		88					30	28	98	.286				27	47	.574		57					28
23	23	1960-12-10		SYR	L	107	117	39						29	40	.725							30	43						31	46	.674							27
24	24	1960-12-13	N	PHW	L	108	110	41	111	.369				26	34	.765		68	18				23	44	101	.436				22	32	.688		63	21				25
25	25	1960-12-14		PHW	W	134	126	47	105	.448				40	49	.816		69	30				31	43	119	.361				40	48	.833		65	18				30
26	26	1960-12-16		NYK	L	104	108	34						36	43	.837							34	39						30	40	.750							33
27	27	1960-12-19	N	LAL	L	103	107	40						23	28	.821							24	39						29	34	.853							21
28	28	1960-12-20	N	LAL	W	97	94	39						19	22	.864							21	34						26	33	.788							20
29	29	1960-12-24	@	BOS	L	106	150	42	118	.356				22	27	.815		60	15				25	61	146	.418				28	34	.824		112	31				19
30	30	1960-12-25	@	CIN	L	119	126	42	107	.393				35	47	.745		61					28	47	107	.439				32	39	.821		70					26
31	31	1960-12-26		CIN	W	137	132	47						43	52	.827		65					29	53						26	41	.634		47					34
32	32	1960-12-29		STL	W	112	89	45	120	.375				22	29	.759		82					24	32	119	.269				25	35	.714		68					20
33	33	1960-12-30	N	SYR	W	121	112	45						31	41	.756							28	42						28	30	.933							33
34	34	1961-01-01		LAL	W	116	105	39						38	47	.809							32	37						31	42	.738							35
35	35	1961-01-02	N	LAL	L	113	123	45	112	.402				23	41	.561		70	17				32	47	111	.423				29	38	.763		70	20				28
36	36	1961-01-03	N	PHW	L	125	128	50	127	.394				25	36	.694		70	17				33	50	111	.450				28	46	.609		64	34				29
37	37	1961-01-05	N	NYK	L	102	104	42	111	.378				18	31	.581		68	25				24	41	98	.418				22	27	.815		60	18				25
38	38	1961-01-06		BOS	L	102	108	38						26	32	.813							29	37						34	47	.723							23
39	39	1961-01-08	@	SYR	L	115	138	42	104	.404				31	41	.756		51	19				31	50	115	.435				38	43	.884		70	23				28
40	40	1961-01-10	N	BOS	L	98	118	35	100	.350				28	40	.700		63					26	44	110	.400				30	44	.682		67					29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1961-01-11		CIN	W	126	122	46						34	46	.739		58					27	52	105	.495				18	30	.600		50					34
42	42	1961-01-12	N	CIN	W	124	112	45	101	.446				34	42	.810		45					22	43	100	.430				26	35	.743		52					30
43	43	1961-01-14	@	STL	L	113	135	43	106	.406				27	39	.692							24	59	134	.440				17	30	.567							28
44	44	1961-01-15		STL	W	137	122	53	114	.465				31	43	.721		61					25	48	117	.410				26	32	.813		60					27
45	45	1961-01-18	N	CIN	W	144	128	49						46	62	.742		60					24	52						24	36	.667		66					36
46	46	1961-01-20		NYK	W	132	128	46						40	51	.784							31	46						36	44	.818							34
47	47	1961-01-21	N	CIN	W	130	106	50	100	.500				30	35	.857		54					30	41						24	34	.706		57					27
48	48	1961-01-22		PHW	W	136	128	52	108	.481				32	42	.762		60	34				34	46	118	.390				36	52	.692		59	24				26
49	49	1961-01-24	@	CIN	W	106	104	41	92	.446				24	34	.706		60					28	41	103	.398				22	32	.688		61					25
50	50	1961-01-25		CIN	W	138	125	55						28	40	.700		61					29	49						27	39	.692		53					33
51	51	1961-01-27	@	BOS	L	111	140	42	125	.336				27	43	.628			20				26	62	149	.416				16	38	.421			30				23
52	52	1961-01-29	@	LAL	L	113	137	42	101	.416				29	51	.569		60					29	53	119	.445				31	60	.517		74					31
53	53	1961-01-30	@	LAL	L	116	117	41	90	.456				34	44	.773		56					25	46	117	.393				25	34	.735		78					28
54	54	1961-01-31	N	LAL	W	121	112	40						41	49	.837							30	38						36	46	.783							36
55	55	1961-02-01	N	STL	L	131	137	48						35	52	.673							22	57						23	29	.793							31
56	56	1961-02-03		SYR	W	121	118	43						35	47	.745							27	42						34	40	.850							32
57	57	1961-02-04	N	SYR	W	111	104	39						33	48	.688							28	39						26	34	.765							31
58	58	1961-02-05		LAL	L	120	125	46						28	40	.700							26	48						29	39	.744							24
59	59	1961-02-07	@	NYK	L	120	131	42						36	48	.750							28	51						29	39	.744							31
60	60	1961-02-08		PHW	W	125	123	50	111	.450				25	32	.781		63	29				29	47	111	.423				29	42	.690		58	19				26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1961-02-10		BOS	W	137	134	52						33	47	.702							29	54						26	38	.684							35
62	62	1961-02-11	N	SYR	L	111	141	39						33	41	.805							25	60						21	29	.724							27
63	63	1961-02-12	@	SYR	L	122	148	48	108	.444				26	34	.765		62	25				32	57	125	.456				34	46	.739		62	31				27
64	64	1961-02-14	@	STL	L	134	135	48	104	.462				38	47	.809		59					25	52	115	.452				31	39	.795		64					28
65	65	1961-02-16		LAL	L	106	129	37						32	43	.744							28	50						29	37	.784							29
66	66	1961-02-17	N	SYR	L	113	115	38						37	43	.860							20	47						21	26	.808							27
67	67	1961-02-18		STL	L	138	141	53	109	.486				32	44	.727		57					26	57	125	.456				27	36	.750		62					30
68	68	1961-02-21	N	SYR	L	118	123	45						28	37	.757							29	46						31	40	.775							32
69	69	1961-02-22		NYK	W	123	117	44						35	53	.660							30	43						31	36	.861							37
70	70	1961-02-23	@	PHW	L	121	129	50	113	.442				21	28	.750		62	22				19	55	115	.478				19	28	.679		71	29				23
71	71	1961-02-26		BOS	L	99	113	37						25	32	.781							23	45						23	32	.719							23
72	72	1961-03-01	@	CIN	L	122	137	44	114	.386				34	43	.791		66					33	48	98	.490				41	50	.820							29
73	73	1961-03-03	N	NYK	W	129	112	49						31	34	.912							27	45						22	29	.759							29
74	74	1961-03-04	@	STL	L	102	104	38	89	.427				26	37	.703							24	40	111	.360				24	29	.828							29
75	75	1961-03-05		STL	L	122	127	48	102	.471				26	36	.722		48					24	49	122	.402				29	40	.725		63					27
76	76	1961-03-08		LAL	W	120	103	47						26	35	.743							26	34						35	40	.875							25
77	77	1961-03-09	N	BOS	L	118	119	42						34	39	.872							26	46						27	36	.750							23
78	78	1961-03-10	N	PHW	W	120	103	48	90	.533				24	29	.828			31				21	42	106	.396				19	28	.679			22				17
79	79	1961-03-12	@	NYK	W	120	106	41						38	49	.776							28	38						30	37	.811							34

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