1968-69 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-50, Finished 6th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Donnie Butcher (10-12), Paul Seymour (22-38)

Executive: Edwin Coil

PTS/G: 114.1 (5th of 14) Opp PTS/G: 117.3 (13th of 14)

SRS: -2.79 (11th of 14) Pace: 116.8 (9th of 14)

Off Rtg: 97.3 (6th of 14) Def Rtg: 100.0 (12th of 14) Net Rtg: -2.7 (11th of 14)

Expected W-L: 33-49 (11th of 14)

Arena: Cobo Arena

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 16, 1968	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		116	124	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Oct 18, 1968	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		88	106	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Oct 19, 1968	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	127	0	3	L 3
4	Wed, Oct 23, 1968	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	110	1	3	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 25, 1968	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		132	122	2	3	W 2
6	Wed, Oct 30, 1968	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		119	117	3	3	W 3
7	Thu, Oct 31, 1968	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		118	134	3	4	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 2, 1968	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	104	4	4	W 1
9	Wed, Nov 6, 1968	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		127	118	5	4	W 2
10	Fri, Nov 8, 1968	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	OT	122	118	6	4	W 3
11	Sun, Nov 10, 1968	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	OT	128	130	6	5	L 1
12	Wed, Nov 13, 1968	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		120	122	6	6	L 2
13	Thu, Nov 14, 1968	Box Score	N	Phoenix Suns	W		111	109	7	6	W 1	at Tucson, AZ
14	Fri, Nov 15, 1968	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		105	133	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 16, 1968	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		119	123	7	8	L 2
16	Tue, Nov 19, 1968	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	107	8	8	W 1
17	Thu, Nov 21, 1968	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		121	129	8	9	L 1
18	Sat, Nov 23, 1968	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		127	128	8	10	L 2
19	Tue, Nov 26, 1968	Box Score	N	San Diego Rockets	W		134	120	9	10	W 1	at Baltimore, MD
20	Wed, Nov 27, 1968	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		125	111	10	10	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 29, 1968	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		112	122	10	11	L 1	at Cleveland, OH
22	Sat, Nov 30, 1968	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	120	10	12	L 2
23	Wed, Dec 4, 1968	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		106	112	10	13	L 3
24	Fri, Dec 6, 1968	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		118	132	10	14	L 4
25	Sat, Dec 7, 1968	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	140	10	15	L 5
26	Tue, Dec 10, 1968	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		83	100	10	16	L 6
27	Wed, Dec 11, 1968	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	108	10	17	L 7
28	Sat, Dec 14, 1968	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		118	123	10	18	L 8
29	Wed, Dec 18, 1968	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		124	112	11	18	W 1
30	Fri, Dec 20, 1968	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		87	135	11	19	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 21, 1968	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		110	120	11	20	L 2
32	Wed, Dec 25, 1968	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		119	113	12	20	W 1
33	Thu, Dec 26, 1968	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		94	95	12	21	L 1
34	Sat, Dec 28, 1968	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		131	102	13	21	W 1
35	Sun, Dec 29, 1968	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	111	13	22	L 1
36	Tue, Dec 31, 1968	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		127	107	14	22	W 1
37	Fri, Jan 3, 1969	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		106	128	14	23	L 1
38	Sat, Jan 4, 1969	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		103	111	14	24	L 2
39	Sun, Jan 5, 1969	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		119	126	14	25	L 3
40	Tue, Jan 7, 1969	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	114	15	25	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 8, 1969	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	113	15	26	L 1
42	Fri, Jan 10, 1969	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		101	104	15	27	L 2
43	Sat, Jan 11, 1969	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		118	115	16	27	W 1
44	Sun, Jan 12, 1969	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		113	111	17	27	W 2
45	Fri, Jan 17, 1969	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		123	108	18	27	W 3
46	Sun, Jan 19, 1969	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		120	111	19	27	W 4
47	Mon, Jan 20, 1969	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	102	19	28	L 1	at Madison, WI
48	Wed, Jan 22, 1969	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	115	20	28	W 1
49	Fri, Jan 24, 1969	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	106	21	28	W 2
50	Sat, Jan 25, 1969	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	124	21	29	L 1
51	Mon, Jan 27, 1969	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		106	126	21	30	L 2
52	Wed, Jan 29, 1969	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		126	133	21	31	L 3
53	Thu, Jan 30, 1969	Box Score	N	Seattle SuperSonics	W		144	118	22	31	W 1	at Baltimore, MD
54	Fri, Jan 31, 1969	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		103	102	23	31	W 2
55	Sat, Feb 1, 1969	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		99	119	23	32	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 2, 1969	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		106	128	23	33	L 2
57	Tue, Feb 4, 1969	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		114	125	23	34	L 3	at Houston, TX
58	Wed, Feb 5, 1969	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		108	120	23	35	L 4
59	Sat, Feb 8, 1969	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W	OT	123	119	24	35	W 1
60	Wed, Feb 12, 1969	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	113	24	36	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 13, 1969	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		101	120	24	37	L 2
62	Fri, Feb 14, 1969	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	123	25	37	W 1
63	Sun, Feb 16, 1969	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		119	127	25	38	L 1
64	Tue, Feb 18, 1969	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		114	121	25	39	L 2
65	Wed, Feb 19, 1969	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	124	26	39	W 1
66	Thu, Feb 20, 1969	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		87	97	26	40	L 1
67	Sat, Feb 22, 1969	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	108	26	41	L 2
68	Mon, Feb 24, 1969	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		119	123	26	42	L 3
69	Thu, Feb 27, 1969	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	123	27	42	W 1	at Syracuse, NY
70	Fri, Feb 28, 1969	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		116	134	27	43	L 1
71	Sun, Mar 2, 1969	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	126	27	44	L 2
72	Tue, Mar 4, 1969	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	102	27	45	L 3
73	Wed, Mar 5, 1969	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		128	120	28	45	W 1
74	Fri, Mar 7, 1969	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		114	105	29	45	W 2
75	Sun, Mar 9, 1969	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		121	126	29	46	L 1
76	Tue, Mar 11, 1969	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	137	29	47	L 2
77	Thu, Mar 13, 1969	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		105	120	29	48	L 3
78	Fri, Mar 14, 1969	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		110	114	29	49	L 4
79	Sun, Mar 16, 1969	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		111	120	29	50	L 5
80	Mon, Mar 17, 1969	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		119	95	30	50	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 21, 1969	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		110	104	31	50	W 2
82	Sun, Mar 23, 1969	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		158	114	32	50	W 3

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