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1961-62 Detroit Pistons Game Log

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Record: 37-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Dick McGuire (37-43)

Executive: Francis Smith

PTS/G: 115.4 (7th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 117.1 (3rd of 9)

SRS: -1.72 (6th of 9) Pace: 124.1 (7th of 9)

Off Rtg: 92.8 (6th of 9) Def Rtg: 94.2 (5th of 9) Net Rtg: -1.4 (6th of 9)

Expected W-L: 36-44 (6th of 9)

Arena: Cobo Arena

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-1) versus Cincinnati Royals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (2-4) 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	1961-10-21	@	BOS	L	102	137	38	126	.302				26	41	.634			12				26	55	122	.451				27	37	.730			26				27
2	2	1961-10-25		LAL	L	116	120	41						34	44	.773							30	43						34	43	.791							31
3	3	1961-10-27	@	LAL	L	118	128	41	132	.311				36	54	.667		67					35	48	104	.462				32	44	.727		63					33
4	4	1961-10-28	@	LAL	L	126	135	48	110	.436				30	49	.612		56					28	51	117	.436				33	43	.767		76					33
5	5	1961-11-01		NYK	W	111	95	39						33	43	.767							23	33						29	37	.784							30
6	6	1961-11-04	@	PHW	L	132	135	47	95	.495				38	54	.704		56	26				31	51	129	.395				33	42	.786		78	24				35
7	7	1961-11-08		PHW	L	128	132	50	111	.450				28	48	.583		63	30				27	52	119	.437				28	38	.737		64	25				33
8	8	1961-11-09	N	BOS	W	116	110	44						28	39	.718							22	45						20	33	.606							26
9	9	1961-11-10	@	NYK	W	124	118	40						44	62	.710							29	47						24	36	.667							39
10	10	1961-11-11	@	STL	L	119	132	45	108	.417				29	37	.784		53					17	56	115	.487				20	24	.833		63					28
11	11	1961-11-15		STL	W	127	122	47	104	.452				33	41	.805		51					28	44	95	.463				34	42	.810		52					30
12	12	1961-11-18		CHP	W	119	112	43						33	39	.846							25	45						22	30	.733							25
13	13	1961-11-19	N	CIN	L	112	128	43	107	.402				26	40	.650		56					29	48	111	.432				32	40	.800		56					29
14	14	1961-11-21	N	LAL	W	108	102	43						22	35	.629							18	45						12	22	.545							29
15	15	1961-11-24	N	STL	W	142	135	50						42	53	.792							26	53						29	37	.784							36
16	16	1961-11-25		LAL	W	104	103	36						32	44	.727							18	42						19	29	.655							30
17	17	1961-11-26		BOS	L	101	107	39						23	31	.742							22	43						21	31	.677							23
18	18	1961-11-28	N	BOS	L	108	116	42						24	39	.615							25	46						24	35	.686							26
19	19	1961-12-01	@	STL	L	116	119	42	95	.442				32	40	.800		43					21	50	100	.500				19	24	.792		45					25
20	20	1961-12-02		STL	W	118	109	46						26	42	.619							23	43						23	27	.852							32
								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	1961-12-06		NYK	W	133	97	46						41	56	.732							28	35						27	35	.771							40
22	22	1961-12-08	N	CHP	W	133	107	52						29	37	.784							22	43						21	30	.700							28
23	23	1961-12-09		LAL	L	107	114	39						29	41	.707							30	41						32	47	.681							28
24	24	1961-12-12	N	PHW	L	109	132	46	116	.397				17	32	.531		60	20				24	53	114	.465				26	34	.765		65	28				23
25	25	1961-12-14	@	CIN	W	107	103	41	106	.387				25	39	.641		70	27				22	41	113	.363				21	33	.636		70	23				27
26	26	1961-12-16		CIN	L	110	121	39	98	.398				32	40	.800		54					24	49	118	.415				23	31	.742		54					26
27	27	1961-12-17	N	LAL	L	116	122	41						34	40	.850							26	46						30	39	.769							24
28	28	1961-12-19	N	SYR	L	111	124	38						35	47	.745							28	49						26	36	.722							29
29	29	1961-12-20		PHW	L	102	117	36	95	.379				30	40	.750		61	29				21	47	113	.416				23	30	.767		61	30				22
30	30	1961-12-23	N	CIN	W	134	125	51	95	.537				32	41	.780		55					28	52	109	.477				21	35	.600		54					28
31	31	1961-12-25	N	CHP	L	97	118	32						33	43	.767							28	48						22	40	.550							31
32	32	1961-12-26	N	CHP	L	101	108	32						37	38	.974							26	45						20	34	.588							35
33	33	1961-12-27		CHP	W	121	93	45						31	37	.838							16	40						13	21	.619							26
34	34	1961-12-29	@	CIN	W	131	116	47	97	.485				37	45	.822		58					29	44	102	.431				28	38	.737		53					28
35	35	1961-12-30	@	SYR	L	108	109	43						22	29	.759							22	41						27	32	.844							25
36	36	1962-01-01		STL	L	139	145	50	112	.446				39	53	.736		61					32	53	116	.457				39	46	.848		71					40
37	37	1962-01-02	@	NYK	L	104	110	41						22	35	.629							30	39						32	39	.821							29
38	38	1962-01-03		BOS	W	112	103	45						22	28	.786							18	44						15	26	.577							19
39	39	1962-01-05	N	SYR	W	138	135	45						48	56	.857							34	51						33	45	.733							41
40	40	1962-01-06	N	NYK	L	111	115	44						23	40	.575							20	45						25	28	.893							28
								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	1962-01-09	N	STL	W	122	113	46	117	.393				30	43	.698		76					28	39	113	.345				35	38	.921		73					30
42	42	1962-01-10		PHW	L	110	113	43	112	.384				24	34	.706		64	21				25	44	101	.436				25	36	.694		68	17				21
43	43	1962-01-12	@	CHP	W	102	99	43						16	33	.485							20	45						9	18	.500							26
44	44	1962-01-13		CIN	L	112	119	39	122	.320				34	41	.829		63					31	41	96	.427				37	49	.755		63					34
45	45	1962-01-14	N	LAL	W	118	108	48						22	26	.846							27	42						24	33	.727							20
46	46	1962-01-17		BOS	L	116	126	47						22	29	.759							26	48						30	40	.750							23
47	47	1962-01-19	N	PHW	L	125	136	48	103	.466				29	42	.690		64	21				20	57	108	.528				22	34	.647		54	27				26
48	48	1962-01-20	@	PHW	L	107	123	41	119	.345				25	34	.735		71	22				28	47	117	.402				29	38	.763		78	24				24
49	49	1962-01-21	@	BOS	W	124	120	50	95	.526				24	31	.774		63	25				20	51	118	.432				18	24	.750		61	21				22
50	50	1962-01-22	N	CIN	L	106	115	36	97	.371				34	49	.694		51					24	45	98	.459				25	37	.676		60					31
51	51	1962-01-24		SYR	W	111	102	40						31	37	.838							24	39						24	32	.750							30
52	52	1962-01-25	N	SYR	W	101	100	34						33	43	.767							26	40						20	37	.541							28
53	53	1962-01-27		NYK	W	115	107	48						19	28	.679							26	39						29	34	.853							23
54	54	1962-01-28	@	STL	L	97	110	36	91	.396				25	35	.714		53					27	42	116	.362				26	33	.788		75					27
55	55	1962-01-31		LAL	L	122	123	44						34	48	.708							29	46						31	41	.756							31
56	56	1962-02-02	@	CHP	L	96	112	40						16	27	.593							22	49						14	24	.583							23
57	57	1962-02-03	N	CHP	W	116	109	48						20	26	.769							31	42						25	43	.581							23
58	58	1962-02-04		STL	W	121	113	50	112	.446				21	27	.778		61					27	43	95	.453				27	35	.771		44					22
59	59	1962-02-06	@	CIN	W	119	118	47	95	.495				25	33	.758		48					23	47	96	.490				24	33	.727		48					24
60	60	1962-02-07		CIN	W	113	107	42	96	.438				29	37	.784		67					28	43	102	.422				21	31	.677		49					27
								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	1962-02-11	@	SYR	L	116	132	40						36	45	.800							28	51						30	41	.732							34
62	62	1962-02-14		PHW	W	119	110	45	105	.429				29	39	.744		70	29				25	45	123	.366				20	37	.541		66	20				23
63	63	1962-02-16		LAL	W	127	121	44						39	55	.709							31	44						33	47	.702							32
64	64	1962-02-17	@	CIN	W	123	113	50	107	.467				23	29	.793		63					26	46	109	.422				21	37	.568		58					22
65	65	1962-02-18		STL	W	119	112	49	108	.454				21	28	.750		78					19	49	124	.395				14	22	.636		52					20
66	66	1962-02-20	@	NYK	L	103	110	41						21	28	.750							23	45						20	27	.741							22
67	67	1962-02-21	@	STL	W	126	123	46	96	.479				34	47	.723		64					26	48	114	.421				27	35	.771		52					32
68	68	1962-02-23		CIN	L	120	134	50	109	.459				20	31	.645		61					32	48	111	.432				38	46	.826		51					26
69	69	1962-02-25	@	LAL	L	99	128	34	96	.354				31	43	.721		44	20				24	54	111	.486				20	32	.625		84	40				28
70	70	1962-02-27	@	LAL	L	100	107	39	87	.448				22	37	.595		60	24				20	47	105	.448				13	23	.565		73	33				22
71	71	1962-02-28	N	NYK	L	109	119	44						21	33	.636							23	49						21	32	.656							23
72	72	1962-03-02	N	CIN	L	112	120	43	101	.426				26	36	.722		52					24	49	103	.476				22	32	.688		57					28
73	73	1962-03-03		SYR	L	114	128	45						24	36	.667							27	49						30	38	.789							26
74	74	1962-03-04	N	CHP	W	133	116	56						21	27	.778							18	50						16	23	.696							18
75	75	1962-03-07	N	NYK	W	119	112	47						25	33	.758							20	45						22	25	.880							22
76	76	1962-03-09		BOS	L	111	130	44						23	33	.697							25	52						26	33	.788							28
77	77	1962-03-10	@	SYR	L	111	128	42						27	36	.750							27	48						32	38	.842							25
78	78	1962-03-11	@	STL	L	123	126	40	94	.426				43	52	.827		56					30	46	97	.474				34	44	.773		48					32
79	79	1962-03-12	N	CHP	W	121	116	46						29	37	.784							26	43						30	39	.769							26
80	80	1962-03-14		SYR	W	105	102	40						25	39	.641							26	39						24	34	.706							29

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