1960-61 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 22, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		116	118	0	1	L 1	8,660
2	Wed, Oct 26, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		131	117	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Oct 29, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	110	2	1	W 2
4	Wed, Nov 2, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		117	132	2	2	L 1
5	Fri, Nov 4, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		121	136	2	3	L 2
6	Sat, Nov 5, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		123	130	2	4	L 3			at Boston, MA
7	Wed, Nov 9, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		120	126	2	5	L 4
8	Sat, Nov 12, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		116	112	3	5	W 1
9	Sun, Nov 13, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		125	113	4	5	W 2
10	Tue, Nov 15, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W	OT	115	114	5	5	W 3	10,132		at New York, NY
11	Wed, Nov 16, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	118	6	5	W 4
12	Thu, Nov 17, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	112	6	6	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
13	Sat, Nov 19, 1960	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	130	6	7	L 2
14	Sun, Nov 20, 1960	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		131	135	6	8	L 3			at San Francisco, CA
15	Wed, Nov 23, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		122	115	7	8	W 1
16	Fri, Nov 25, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	128	141	7	9	L 1
17	Sat, Nov 26, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		119	127	7	10	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA
18	Tue, Nov 29, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	118	7	11	L 3
19	Wed, Nov 30, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		110	125	7	12	L 4	5,723
20	Sun, Dec 4, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		116	115	8	12	W 1			at Indianapolis, IN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 6, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		110	146	8	13	L 1
22	Wed, Dec 7, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		113	83	9	13	W 1
23	Sat, Dec 10, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		107	117	9	14	L 1
24	Tue, Dec 13, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		108	110	9	15	L 2			at College Park, MD
25	Wed, Dec 14, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		134	126	10	15	W 1
26	Fri, Dec 16, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		104	108	10	16	L 1
27	Mon, Dec 19, 1960	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	107	10	17	L 2			at Portland, OR
28	Tue, Dec 20, 1960	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		97	94	11	17	W 1			at Portland, OR
29	Sat, Dec 24, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	150	11	18	L 1	2,046
30	Sun, Dec 25, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		119	126	11	19	L 2
31	Mon, Dec 26, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		137	132	12	19	W 1
32	Thu, Dec 29, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		112	89	13	19	W 2
33	Fri, Dec 30, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		121	112	14	19	W 3			at St. Louis, MO
34	Sun, Jan 1, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	105	15	19	W 4
35	Mon, Jan 2, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	123	15	20	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
36	Tue, Jan 3, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	125	128	15	21	L 2			at New York, NY
37	Thu, Jan 5, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		102	104	15	22	L 3			at Philadelphia, PA
38	Fri, Jan 6, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	108	15	23	L 4	5,021
39	Sun, Jan 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		115	138	15	24	L 5
40	Tue, Jan 10, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		98	118	15	25	L 6			at St. Louis, MO
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 11, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		126	122	16	25	W 1
42	Thu, Jan 12, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	112	17	25	W 2			at Fort Wayne, IN
43	Sat, Jan 14, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	135	17	26	L 1
44	Sun, Jan 15, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		137	122	18	26	W 1
45	Wed, Jan 18, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		144	128	19	26	W 2			at Dayton, OH
46	Fri, Jan 20, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	128	20	26	W 3
47	Sat, Jan 21, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		130	106	21	26	W 4			at St. Louis, MO
48	Sun, Jan 22, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		136	128	22	26	W 5
49	Tue, Jan 24, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		106	104	23	26	W 6
50	Wed, Jan 25, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		138	125	24	26	W 7
51	Fri, Jan 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	140	24	27	L 1	3,878
52	Sun, Jan 29, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	137	24	28	L 2
53	Mon, Jan 30, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	117	24	29	L 3
54	Tue, Jan 31, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		121	112	25	29	W 1			at New York, NY
55	Wed, Feb 1, 1961	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		131	137	25	30	L 1			at Syracuse, NY
56	Fri, Feb 3, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		121	118	26	30	W 1
57	Sat, Feb 4, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		111	104	27	30	W 2			at Baltimore, MD
58	Sun, Feb 5, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	125	27	31	L 1
59	Tue, Feb 7, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		120	131	27	32	L 2
60	Wed, Feb 8, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		125	123	28	32	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 10, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		137	134	29	32	W 2	4,363
62	Sat, Feb 11, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		111	141	29	33	L 1			at Boston, MA
63	Sun, Feb 12, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		122	148	29	34	L 2
64	Tue, Feb 14, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		134	135	29	35	L 3
65	Thu, Feb 16, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	129	29	36	L 4
66	Fri, Feb 17, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		113	115	29	37	L 5			at Philadelphia, PA
67	Sat, Feb 18, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		138	141	29	38	L 6
68	Tue, Feb 21, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		118	123	29	39	L 7			at New York, NY
69	Wed, Feb 22, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	117	30	39	W 1
70	Thu, Feb 23, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		121	129	30	40	L 1
71	Sun, Feb 26, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		99	113	30	41	L 2	8,170
72	Wed, Mar 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		122	137	30	42	L 3
73	Fri, Mar 3, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		129	112	31	42	W 1			at Hershey, PA
74	Sat, Mar 4, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		102	104	31	43	L 1
75	Sun, Mar 5, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		122	127	31	44	L 2
76	Wed, Mar 8, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	103	32	44	W 1
77	Thu, Mar 9, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		118	119	32	45	L 1	2,784		at Syracuse, NY
78	Fri, Mar 10, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		120	103	33	45	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
79	Sun, Mar 12, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	106	34	45	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Tue, Mar 14, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	102	120	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Mar 15, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	118	127	0	2	L 2
3	Fri, Mar 17, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	124	113	1	2	W 1
4	Sat, Mar 18, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	123	114	2	2	W 2
5	Sun, Mar 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	120	137	2	3	L 1

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