Recent Game Results
Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month- 1. Oct 16 @ BAL, DET (0-1) lost to BAL, 116-124
- 2. Oct 18, DET (0-2) lost to BOS, 88-106
- 3. Oct 19 @ CIN, DET (0-3) lost to CIN, 115-127
- 4. Oct 23, DET (1-3) beat LAL, 117-110
- 5. Oct 25, DET (2-3) beat PHI, 132-122
- 6. Oct 30 @ BOS, DET (3-3) beat BOS, 119-117
- 7. Oct 31 @ MIL, DET (3-4) lost to MIL, 118-134
- 8. Nov 2, DET (4-4) beat NYK, 112-104
- 9. Nov 6, DET (5-4) beat SEA, 127-118
- 10. Nov 8, DET (6-4) beat SFW, 122-118
- 11. Nov 10 @ PHO, DET (6-5) lost to PHO, 128-130
- 12. Nov 13 @ SDR, DET (6-6) lost to SDR, 120-122
- 13. Nov 14 Neutral site, DET (7-6) beat PHO, 111-109
- 14. Nov 15 @ SFW, DET (7-7) lost to SFW, 105-133
- 15. Nov 16 @ SEA, DET (7-8) lost to SEA, 119-123
- 16. Nov 19, DET (8-8) beat CIN, 121-107
- 17. Nov 21, DET (8-9) lost to ATL, 121-129
- 18. Nov 23 @ BAL, DET (8-10) lost to BAL, 127-128
- 19. Nov 26 Neutral site, DET (9-10) beat SDR, 134-120
- 20. Nov 27, DET (10-10) beat PHO, 125-111
- 21. Nov 29 Neutral site, DET (10-11) lost to CIN, 112-122
- 22. Nov 30 @ NYK, DET (10-12) lost to NYK, 108-120
- 23. Dec 4, DET (10-13) lost to BAL, 106-112
- 24. Dec 6 @ BOS, DET (10-14) lost to BOS, 118-132
- 25. Dec 7 @ PHI, DET (10-15) lost to PHI, 106-140
- 26. Dec 10 @ CHI, DET (10-16) lost to CHI, 83-100
- 27. Dec 11, DET (10-17) lost to BOS, 106-108
- 28. Dec 14, DET (10-18) lost to PHO, 118-123
- 29. Dec 18, DET (11-18) beat SDR, 124-112
- 30. Dec 20, DET (11-19) lost to NYK, 87-135
- 31. Dec 21 @ ATL, DET (11-20) lost to ATL, 110-120
- 32. Dec 25 @ MIL, DET (12-20) beat MIL, 119-113
- 33. Dec 26, DET (12-21) lost to LAL, 94-95
- 34. Dec 28, DET (13-21) beat SFW, 131-102
- 35. Dec 29 @ LAL, DET (13-22) lost to LAL, 108-111
- 36. Dec 31 @ LAL, DET (14-22) beat LAL, 127-107
- 37. Jan 3, DET (14-23) lost to ATL, 106-128
- 38. Jan 4 @ NYK, DET (14-24) lost to NYK, 103-111
- 39. Jan 5 @ PHI, DET (14-25) lost to PHI, 119-126
- 40. Jan 7, DET (15-25) beat PHI, 117-114
- 41. Jan 8 @ BOS, DET (15-26) lost to BOS, 104-113
- 42. Jan 10 @ ATL, DET (15-27) lost to ATL, 101-104
- 43. Jan 11, DET (16-27) beat CIN, 118-115
- 44. Jan 12 @ CIN, DET (17-27) beat CIN, 113-111
- 45. Jan 17, DET (18-27) beat MIL, 123-108
- 46. Jan 19, DET (19-27) beat CHI, 120-111
- 47. Jan 20 Neutral site, DET (19-28) lost to MIL, 101-102
- 48. Jan 22, DET (20-28) beat LAL, 116-115
- 49. Jan 24, DET (21-28) beat NYK, 107-106
- 50. Jan 25 @ PHI, DET (21-29) lost to PHI, 106-124
- 51. Jan 27 @ BAL, DET (21-30) lost to BAL, 106-126
- 52. Jan 29, DET (21-31) lost to SFW, 126-133
- 53. Jan 30 Neutral site, DET (22-31) beat SEA, 144-118
- 54. Jan 31 @ CHI, DET (23-31) beat CHI, 103-102
- 55. Feb 1 @ ATL, DET (23-32) lost to ATL, 99-119
- 56. Feb 2, DET (23-33) lost to BAL, 106-128
- 57. Feb 4 Neutral site, DET (23-34) lost to CIN, 114-125
- 58. Feb 5, DET (23-35) lost to CHI, 108-120
- 59. Feb 8, DET (24-35) beat SDR, 123-119
- 60. Feb 12, DET (24-36) lost to BOS, 106-113
- 61. Feb 13 @ CHI, DET (24-37) lost to CHI, 101-120
- 62. Feb 14, DET (25-37) beat PHO, 128-123
- 63. Feb 16 @ SEA, DET (25-38) lost to SEA, 119-127
- 64. Feb 18 @ SFW, DET (25-39) lost to SFW, 114-121
- 65. Feb 19 @ SEA, DET (26-39) beat SEA, 131-124
- 66. Feb 20, DET (26-40) lost to ATL, 87-97
- 67. Feb 22, DET (26-41) lost to MIL, 107-108
- 68. Feb 24 @ BAL, DET (26-42) lost to BAL, 119-123
- 69. Feb 27 Neutral site, DET (27-42) beat PHI, 126-123
- 70. Feb 28, DET (27-43) lost to BAL, 116-134
- 71. Mar 2, DET (27-44) lost to PHI, 112-126
- 72. Mar 4 @ NYK, DET (27-45) lost to NYK, 99-102
- 73. Mar 5, DET (28-45) beat NYK, 128-120
- 74. Mar 7, DET (29-45) beat CIN, 114-105
- 75. Mar 9, DET (29-46) lost to MIL, 121-126
- 76. Mar 11 @ LAL, DET (29-47) lost to LAL, 101-137
- 77. Mar 13 @ SDR, DET (29-48) lost to SDR, 105-120
- 78. Mar 14 @ SFW, DET (29-49) lost to SFW, 110-114
- 79. Mar 16 @ SDR, DET (29-50) lost to SDR, 111-120
- 80. Mar 17 @ PHO, DET (30-50) beat PHO, 119-95
- 81. Mar 21, DET (31-50) beat SEA, 110-104
- 82. Mar 23, DET (32-50) beat CHI, 158-114
Roster
| No. | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Birth Date | Birth | Exp | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Walt Bellamy | C | 6-11 | 225 | July 24, 1939 | us US | 7 | Indiana |
| 21 | Dave Bing | PG | 6-3 | 180 | November 24, 1943 | us US | 2 | Syracuse |
| 22 | Dave DeBusschere | PF | 6-6 | 220 | October 16, 1940 | us US | 6 | Detroit Mercy |
| 43 | Terry Dischinger | SF | 6-7 | 189 | November 21, 1940 | us US | 4 | Purdue |
| 44 | Sonny Dove | PF | 6-7 | 198 | August 16, 1945 | us US | 1 | St. John's |
| 23 | Jim Fox | C | 6-10 | 230 | April 7, 1943 | us US | 1 | South Carolina |
| 25 | Dave Gambee | SF | 6-6 | 215 | April 16, 1937 | us US | 10 | Oregon State |
| 5 | Happy Hairston | PF | 6-7 | 225 | May 31, 1942 | us US | 4 | NYU |
| 30 | Howard Komives | PG | 6-1 | 185 | May 9, 1941 | us US | 4 | Bowling Green |
| 23 | McCoy McLemore | SF | 6-7 | 230 | April 3, 1942 | us US | 4 | Drake University |
| 14 | Eddie Miles | SG | 6-4 | 195 | July 5, 1940 | us US | 5 | Seattle University |
| 20 | Otto Moore | C | 6-11 | 205 | August 27, 1946 | us US | R | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 19 | Rich Niemann | C | 7-0 | 245 | July 2, 1946 | us US | R | Saint Louis |
| 10 | Bud Olsen | PF | 6-8 | 220 | July 25, 1940 | us US | 6 | Louisville |
| 24 | Jimmy Walker | SG | 6-3 | 195 | April 8, 1944 | us US | 1 | Providence |
| 12 | Cliff Williams | G | 6-3 | 180 | April 15, 1945 | R | Bowling Green |
Team and Opponent Stats
- Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game
Team Misc
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | G | Awards | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Bing | 25 | PG | 77 | 39.5 | 8.8 | 20.7 | .425 | 5.8 | 8.1 | .713 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 23.4 | AS |
| 2 | Walt Bellamy | 29 | C | 53 | 38.2 | 6.8 | 13.2 | .512 | 5.2 | 7.8 | .663 | 13.5 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 18.8 | |
| 3 | Dave DeBusschere | 28 | PF | 29 | 37.7 | 6.5 | 14.6 | .447 | 3.2 | 4.5 | .723 | 12.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 16.3 | NBA2 |
| 4 | Happy Hairston | 26 | PF | 81 | 35.7 | 6.5 | 14.0 | .469 | 5.0 | 6.8 | .731 | 11.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 18.1 | |
| 5 | Howard Komives | 27 | PG | 53 | 32.6 | 5.1 | 12.5 | .409 | 2.6 | 3.4 | .775 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 12.9 | |
| 6 | Eddie Miles | 28 | SG | 80 | 28.2 | 5.5 | 12.3 | .449 | 2.3 | 3.4 | .667 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 13.3 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Walker | 24 | SG | 69 | 23.8 | 4.5 | 9.7 | .466 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .795 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 11.7 | |
| 8 | Otto Moore | 22 | C | 74 | 21.7 | 3.3 | 7.4 | .443 | 1.2 | 2.3 | .524 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 7.7 | |
| 9 | Terry Dischinger | 28 | SF | 75 | 19.4 | 3.5 | 6.8 | .515 | 1.7 | 2.4 | .730 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 8.8 | |
| 10 | McCoy McLemore | 26 | SF | 50 | 18.2 | 2.8 | 7.1 | .396 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .808 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 7.3 | |
| 11 | Jim Fox | 25 | C | 25 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 3.8 | .469 | 1.4 | 2.1 | .642 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 5.0 | |
| 12 | Dave Gambee | 31 | SF | 25 | 12.1 | 2.4 | 5.7 | .423 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .790 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 6.8 | |
| 13 | Sonny Dove | 23 | PF | 29 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 3.4 | .470 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .667 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 4.1 | |
| 14 | Rich Niemann | 22 | C | 16 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 2.9 | .426 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .800 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 | |
| 15 | Bud Olsen | 28 | PF | 10 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .348 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .333 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | |
| 16 | Cliff Williams | 23 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | .222 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 82 | 26.4 | 4.8 | 10.7 | .451 | 2.9 | 4.0 | .708 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 12.5 |
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | G | MP | Awards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Bing | 25 | PG | 77 | 3039 | 8.0 | 18.9 | .425 | 5.3 | 7.4 | .713 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 21.3 | AS |
| 2 | Happy Hairston | 26 | PF | 81 | 2889 | 6.6 | 14.1 | .469 | 5.0 | 6.9 | .731 | 12.0 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 18.2 | |
| 3 | Eddie Miles | 28 | SG | 80 | 2252 | 7.0 | 15.7 | .449 | 2.9 | 4.4 | .667 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 17.0 | |
| 4 | Walt Bellamy | 29 | C | 53 | 2023 | 6.4 | 12.5 | .512 | 4.9 | 7.4 | .663 | 12.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 17.7 | |
| 5 | Howard Komives | 27 | PG | 53 | 1726 | 5.7 | 13.9 | .409 | 2.9 | 3.7 | .775 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 14.2 | |
| 6 | Jimmy Walker | 24 | SG | 69 | 1639 | 6.9 | 14.7 | .466 | 4.0 | 5.0 | .795 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 17.7 | |
| 7 | Otto Moore | 22 | C | 74 | 1605 | 5.4 | 12.2 | .443 | 2.0 | 3.8 | .524 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 12.8 | |
| 8 | Terry Dischinger | 28 | SF | 75 | 1456 | 6.5 | 12.7 | .515 | 3.2 | 4.4 | .730 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 16.3 | |
| 9 | Dave DeBusschere | 28 | PF | 29 | 1092 | 6.2 | 13.9 | .447 | 3.1 | 4.3 | .723 | 11.6 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 15.6 | NBA2 |
| 10 | McCoy McLemore | 26 | SF | 50 | 910 | 5.6 | 14.1 | .396 | 3.3 | 4.1 | .808 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 14.5 | |
| 11 | Jim Fox | 25 | C | 25 | 375 | 4.3 | 9.2 | .469 | 3.3 | 5.1 | .642 | 13.3 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 11.9 | |
| 12 | Dave Gambee | 31 | SF | 25 | 302 | 7.2 | 16.9 | .423 | 5.8 | 7.4 | .790 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 20.1 | |
| 13 | Sonny Dove | 23 | PF | 29 | 236 | 7.2 | 15.3 | .470 | 3.7 | 5.5 | .667 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 18.0 | |
| 14 | Rich Niemann | 22 | C | 16 | 123 | 5.9 | 13.8 | .426 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .800 | 12.0 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 14.0 | |
| 15 | Bud Olsen | 28 | PF | 10 | 70 | 4.1 | 11.8 | .348 | 2.1 | 6.2 | .333 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 10.3 | |
| 16 | Cliff Williams | 23 | 3 | 18 | 4.0 | 18.0 | .222 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 |
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