1961-62 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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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)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 21, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	137	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Oct 25, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	120	0	2	L 2
3	Fri, Oct 27, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	128	0	3	L 3
4	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		126	135	0	4	L 4
5	Wed, Nov 1, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		111	95	1	4	W 1
6	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		132	135	1	5	L 1
7	Wed, Nov 8, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		128	132	1	6	L 2
8	Thu, Nov 9, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		116	110	2	6	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
9	Fri, Nov 10, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		124	118	3	6	W 2
10	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		119	132	3	7	L 1
11	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		127	122	4	7	W 1
12	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		119	112	5	7	W 2
13	Sun, Nov 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		112	128	5	8	L 1	at Chicago, IL
14	Tue, Nov 21, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	102	6	8	W 1	at New York, NY
15	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		142	135	7	8	W 2	at Fort Wayne, IN
16	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		104	103	8	8	W 3
17	Sun, Nov 26, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		101	107	8	9	L 1
18	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		108	116	8	10	L 2	at New York, NY
19	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		116	119	8	11	L 3
20	Sat, Dec 2, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		118	109	9	11	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		133	97	10	11	W 2
22	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		133	107	11	11	W 3	at Philadelphia, PA
23	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	114	11	12	L 1
24	Tue, Dec 12, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		109	132	11	13	L 2	at New York, NY
25	Thu, Dec 14, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		107	103	12	13	W 1
26	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		110	121	12	14	L 1
27	Sun, Dec 17, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	122	12	15	L 2	at Minneapolis, MN
28	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		111	124	12	16	L 3	at New York, NY
29	Wed, Dec 20, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		102	117	12	17	L 4
30	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		134	125	13	17	W 1	at St. Louis, MO
31	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	L		97	118	13	18	L 1	at New York, NY
32	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	L		101	108	13	19	L 2	at Fort Wayne, IN
33	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		121	93	14	19	W 1
34	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		131	116	15	19	W 2
35	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	109	15	20	L 1
36	Mon, Jan 1, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		139	145	15	21	L 2
37	Tue, Jan 2, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	110	15	22	L 3
38	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		112	103	16	22	W 1
39	Fri, Jan 5, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	138	135	17	22	W 2	at Philadelphia, PA
40	Sat, Jan 6, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		111	115	17	23	L 1	at Syracuse, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 9, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		122	113	18	23	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
42	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		110	113	18	24	L 1
43	Fri, Jan 12, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		102	99	19	24	W 1
44	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		112	119	19	25	L 1
45	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	108	20	25	W 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
46	Wed, Jan 17, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		116	126	20	26	L 1
47	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		125	136	20	27	L 2	at Boston, MA
48	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		107	123	20	28	L 3
49	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		124	120	21	28	W 1
50	Mon, Jan 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		106	115	21	29	L 1	at Dayton, OH
51	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		111	102	22	29	W 1
52	Thu, Jan 25, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		101	100	23	29	W 2	at Chicago, IL
53	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	107	24	29	W 3
54	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	110	24	30	L 1
55	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	122	123	24	31	L 2
56	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		96	112	24	32	L 3
57	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		116	109	25	32	W 1	at St. Louis, MO
58	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		121	113	26	32	W 2
59	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		119	118	27	32	W 3
60	Wed, Feb 7, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		113	107	28	32	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		116	132	28	33	L 1
62	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	110	29	33	W 1
63	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		127	121	30	33	W 2
64	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		123	113	31	33	W 3
65	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		119	112	32	33	W 4
66	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		103	110	32	34	L 1
67	Wed, Feb 21, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		126	123	33	34	W 1
68	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		120	134	33	35	L 1
69	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	128	33	36	L 2
70	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	107	33	37	L 3
71	Wed, Feb 28, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		109	119	33	38	L 4	at Chicago, IL
72	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		112	120	33	39	L 5	at Fort Wayne, IN
73	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		114	128	33	40	L 6
74	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		133	116	34	40	W 1	at Moline, IL
75	Wed, Mar 7, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		119	112	35	40	W 2	at Boston, MA
76	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		111	130	35	41	L 1
77	Sat, Mar 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		111	128	35	42	L 2
78	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		123	126	35	43	L 3
79	Mon, Mar 12, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		121	116	36	43	W 1	at Green Bay, WI
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		105	102	37	43	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 16, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W	123	122	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Mar 17, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	107	129	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Mar 18, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W	118	107	2	1	W 1
4	Tue, Mar 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	112	111	3	1	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Sat, Mar 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	108	132	3	2	L 1
6	Sun, Mar 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	112	127	3	3	L 2
7	Tue, Mar 27, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	106	111	3	4	L 3
8	Thu, Mar 29, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	118	117	4	4	W 1
9	Sat, Mar 31, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	132	125	5	4	W 2
10	Tue, Apr 3, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	117	123	5	5	L 1

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