1965-66 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-58, Finished 5th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Dave DeBusschere (22-58)

Executive: Edwin Coil

PTS/G: 110.3 (9th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 117.2 (6th of 9)

SRS: -6.07 (9th of 9) Pace: 123.4 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 89.4 (9th of 9) Def Rtg: 94.9 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: -5.5 (9th of 9)

Expected W-L: 24-56 (9th of 9)

Arena: Cobo Arena

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 16, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	103	111	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Oct 20, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	116	103	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Oct 23, 1965	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	103	120	1	2	L 1
4	Tue, Oct 26, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L	98	117	1	3	L 2
5	Wed, Oct 27, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	108	107	2	3	W 1
6	Fri, Oct 29, 1965	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	108	106	3	3	W 2
7	Sat, Oct 30, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	95	122	3	4	L 1
8	Sun, Oct 31, 1965	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	107	113	3	5	L 2
9	Wed, Nov 3, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	110	100	4	5	W 1
10	Fri, Nov 5, 1965	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	114	120	4	6	L 1
11	Sat, Nov 6, 1965	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L	100	110	4	7	L 2
12	Tue, Nov 9, 1965	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L	102	107	4	8	L 3
13	Wed, Nov 10, 1965	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	125	133	4	9	L 4
14	Fri, Nov 12, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L	102	103	4	10	L 5
15	Sat, Nov 13, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	93	122	4	11	L 6
16	Tue, Nov 16, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	95	120	4	12	L 7
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	109	116	4	13	L 8
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	101	110	4	14	L 9
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1965	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W	118	115	5	14	W 1	at New York, NY
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	130	124	6	14	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1965	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	114	134	6	15	L 1	at Providence, RI
22	Sun, Nov 28, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	110	128	6	16	L 2
23	Wed, Dec 1, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	101	110	6	17	L 3
24	Sat, Dec 4, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	130	119	7	17	W 1
25	Wed, Dec 8, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	115	113	8	17	W 2
26	Fri, Dec 10, 1965	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	116	114	9	17	W 3
27	Tue, Dec 14, 1965	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L	129	142	9	18	L 1	at New York, NY
28	Fri, Dec 17, 1965	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	112	114	9	19	L 2
29	Sat, Dec 18, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	114	143	9	20	L 3
30	Wed, Dec 22, 1965	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	104	114	9	21	L 4	at Sacramento, CA
31	Thu, Dec 23, 1965	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	112	122	9	22	L 5
32	Sat, Dec 25, 1965	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	106	115	9	23	L 6
33	Tue, Dec 28, 1965	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	107	120	9	24	L 7	at Toledo, OH
34	Wed, Dec 29, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	112	113	9	25	L 8
35	Thu, Dec 30, 1965	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W	117	114	10	25	W 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
36	Sat, Jan 1, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	112	116	10	26	L 1
37	Sun, Jan 2, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	113	136	10	27	L 2	at Miami, FL
38	Wed, Jan 5, 1966	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L	103	117	10	28	L 3	at Dayton, OH
39	Thu, Jan 6, 1966	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L	97	109	10	29	L 4	at Toledo, OH
40	Fri, Jan 7, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	137	97	11	29	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 9, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	98	111	11	30	L 1
42	Wed, Jan 12, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	129	111	12	30	W 1
43	Sat, Jan 15, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	122	117	13	30	W 2
44	Sun, Jan 16, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	106	108	13	31	L 1
45	Tue, Jan 18, 1966	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W	116	115	14	31	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
46	Wed, Jan 19, 1966	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L	93	110	14	32	L 1	at Boston, MA
47	Thu, Jan 20, 1966	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L	92	103	14	33	L 2	at Dallas, TX
48	Fri, Jan 21, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	117	108	15	33	W 1
49	Tue, Jan 25, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	100	115	15	34	L 1
50	Wed, Jan 26, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	110	126	15	35	L 2
51	Thu, Jan 27, 1966	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	112	131	15	36	L 3	at Fort Wayne, IN
52	Fri, Jan 28, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	108	105	16	36	W 1
53	Sun, Jan 30, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	98	117	16	37	L 1
54	Tue, Feb 1, 1966	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	81	100	16	38	L 2	at New York, NY
55	Wed, Feb 2, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	99	93	17	38	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	113	115	17	39	L 1
57	Mon, Feb 7, 1966	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W	124	118	18	39	W 1	at Indianapolis, IN
58	Tue, Feb 8, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	103	113	18	40	L 1	at New York, NY
59	Wed, Feb 9, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	91	108	18	41	L 2
60	Fri, Feb 11, 1966	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	107	122	18	42	L 3	at Boston, MA
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 12, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	116	143	18	43	L 4
62	Mon, Feb 14, 1966	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L	123	149	18	44	L 5	at Charleston, WV
63	Tue, Feb 15, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	105	114	18	45	L 6
64	Fri, Feb 18, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	120	118	19	45	W 1
65	Sun, Feb 20, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	129	133	19	46	L 1
66	Tue, Feb 22, 1966	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L	112	117	19	47	L 2	at New York, NY
67	Wed, Feb 23, 1966	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	98	100	19	48	L 3	at Baltimore, MD
68	Sat, Feb 26, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	118	131	19	49	L 4
69	Sun, Feb 27, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	114	125	19	50	L 5
70	Mon, Feb 28, 1966	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L	103	108	19	51	L 6	at Memphis, TN
71	Tue, Mar 1, 1966	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	122	110	20	51	W 1	at New York, NY
72	Wed, Mar 2, 1966	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	131	118	21	51	W 2
73	Fri, Mar 4, 1966	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	119	121	21	52	L 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
74	Sun, Mar 6, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	125	137	21	53	L 2
75	Fri, Mar 11, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	116	114	22	53	W 1
76	Sun, Mar 13, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	119	121	22	54	L 1	at Oakland, CA
77	Tue, Mar 15, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	108	135	22	55	L 2
78	Thu, Mar 17, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	103	128	22	56	L 3
79	Sat, Mar 19, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	112	115	22	57	L 4
80	Sun, Mar 20, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	117	121	22	58	L 5

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