1962-63 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 34-46, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Dick McGuire (34-46)

Executive: Francis Smith

PTS/G: 113.9 (6th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 117.6 (5th of 9)

SRS: -3.38 (7th of 9) Pace: 120.3 (4th of 9)

Off Rtg: 94.2 (7th of 9) Def Rtg: 97.3 (6th of 9) Net Rtg: -3.1 (7th of 9)

Expected W-L: 31-49 (7th of 9)

Arena: Cobo Arena

NBA 1963 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (1-3) versus St. Louis Hawks (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	Tue, Oct 16, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	122	0	1	L 1			at New York, NY
2	Sat, Oct 20, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		111	120	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 23, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		113	140	0	3	L 3
4	Fri, Oct 26, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L	OT	131	132	0	4	L 4
5	Sat, Oct 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	134	0	5	L 5
6	Wed, Oct 31, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		100	115	0	6	L 6	8,388
7	Sat, Nov 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	125	0	7	L 7	5,885
8	Thu, Nov 8, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		116	114	1	7	W 1
9	Sat, Nov 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		124	135	1	8	L 1
10	Sun, Nov 11, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		100	117	1	9	L 2
11	Tue, Nov 13, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		109	127	1	10	L 3			at New York, NY
12	Wed, Nov 14, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		123	115	2	10	W 1
13	Sat, Nov 17, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W	OT	121	113	3	10	W 2			at Boston, MA
14	Sun, Nov 18, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	116	3	11	L 1
15	Wed, Nov 21, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		120	122	3	12	L 2
16	Thu, Nov 22, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		91	106	3	13	L 3
17	Fri, Nov 23, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		93	121	3	14	L 4
18	Sat, Nov 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		103	104	3	15	L 5
19	Tue, Nov 27, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		115	125	3	16	L 6	8,793		at New York, NY
20	Wed, Nov 28, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		143	101	4	16	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 1, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		117	115	5	16	W 2			at Boston, MA
22	Tue, Dec 4, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		130	129	6	16	W 3			at New York, NY
23	Wed, Dec 5, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		93	106	6	17	L 1	4,871
24	Fri, Dec 7, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		123	116	7	17	W 1
25	Sat, Dec 8, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		78	87	7	18	L 1
26	Sun, Dec 9, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		123	119	8	18	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
27	Mon, Dec 10, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		109	100	9	18	W 2			at Baltimore, MD
28	Wed, Dec 12, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	106	10	18	W 3
29	Thu, Dec 13, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		93	103	10	19	L 1	4,284		at Providence, RI
30	Sat, Dec 15, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		94	112	10	20	L 2
31	Sun, Dec 16, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	L		106	110	10	21	L 3			at St. Louis, MO
32	Tue, Dec 18, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	L		110	113	10	22	L 4			at New York, NY
33	Wed, Dec 19, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		115	113	11	22	W 1
34	Fri, Dec 21, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		113	122	11	23	L 1
35	Sat, Dec 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		122	110	12	23	W 1			at Boston, MA
36	Tue, Dec 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		120	131	12	24	L 1
37	Wed, Dec 26, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		123	116	13	24	W 1
38	Sun, Dec 30, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		130	135	13	25	L 1
39	Wed, Jan 2, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		138	118	14	25	W 1
40	Fri, Jan 4, 1963	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		100	121	14	26	L 1			at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 5, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		92	90	15	26	W 1
42	Sun, Jan 6, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	102	16	26	W 2
43	Tue, Jan 8, 1963	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		109	93	17	26	W 3			at Toledo, OH
44	Wed, Jan 9, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	123	17	27	L 1
45	Fri, Jan 11, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		116	112	18	27	W 1
46	Sat, Jan 12, 1963	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		146	115	19	27	W 2			at Rochester, NY
47	Sun, Jan 13, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		114	148	19	28	L 1
48	Mon, Jan 21, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		94	124	19	29	L 2
49	Tue, Jan 22, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		115	107	20	29	W 1
50	Wed, Jan 23, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	123	20	30	L 1
51	Thu, Jan 24, 1963	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L		114	138	20	31	L 2			at Bakersfield, CA
52	Fri, Jan 25, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		113	111	21	31	W 1
53	Thu, Jan 31, 1963	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	127	21	32	L 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
54	Fri, Feb 1, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		109	119	21	33	L 2
55	Sun, Feb 3, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		128	137	21	34	L 3	7,423
56	Tue, Feb 5, 1963	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	120	21	35	L 4			at New York, NY
57	Wed, Feb 6, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		116	117	21	36	L 5
58	Fri, Feb 8, 1963	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		135	162	21	37	L 6
59	Sun, Feb 10, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		102	95	22	37	W 1
60	Tue, Feb 12, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		120	115	23	37	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 13, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W	OT	134	132	24	37	W 3
62	Thu, Feb 14, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	128	24	38	L 1
63	Sat, Feb 16, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		99	110	24	39	L 2
64	Sun, Feb 17, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		124	143	24	40	L 3
65	Tue, Feb 19, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		121	112	25	40	W 1
66	Wed, Feb 20, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		113	117	25	41	L 1	3,201
67	Fri, Feb 22, 1963	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		126	117	26	41	W 1
68	Sat, Feb 23, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		105	102	27	41	W 2
69	Sun, Feb 24, 1963	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		119	110	28	41	W 3			at Baltimore, MD
70	Mon, Feb 25, 1963	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	113	28	42	L 1			at Des Moines, IA
71	Thu, Feb 28, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		112	104	29	42	W 1
72	Fri, Mar 1, 1963	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		115	113	30	42	W 2			at Toledo, OH
73	Sat, Mar 2, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		128	152	30	43	L 1
74	Sun, Mar 3, 1963	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		123	127	30	44	L 2
75	Tue, Mar 5, 1963	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		111	102	31	44	W 1			at New York, NY
76	Thu, Mar 7, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	115	31	45	L 1	4,348
77	Fri, Mar 8, 1963	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W	OT	131	123	32	45	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
78	Sun, Mar 10, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		124	116	33	45	W 2
79	Wed, Mar 13, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	89	34	45	W 3
80	Sun, Mar 17, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	119	34	46	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Wed, Mar 20, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	99	118	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Mar 22, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	108	122	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Mar 24, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	107	103	1	2	W 1
4	Tue, Mar 26, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	100	104	1	3	L 1

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