1971-72 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-56, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Butch van Breda Kolff (6-4), Terry Dischinger (0-2), Earl Lloyd (20-50)

Executive: Edwin Coil

PTS/G: 109.1 (10th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 115.9 (16th of 17)

SRS: -6.11 (14th of 17) Pace: 112.8 (7th of 17)

Off Rtg: 96.1 (12th of 17) Def Rtg: 102.2 (16th of 17) Net Rtg: -6.0 (14th of 17)

Expected W-L: 25-57 (14th of 17)

Arena: Cobo Arena

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Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 12, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		91	84	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	132	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Oct 17, 1971	Box Score	N	Houston Rockets	W		112	99	2	1	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
4	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		101	99	3	1	W 2
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		116	109	4	1	W 3
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	OT	109	115	4	2	L 1			at Oakland, CA
7	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		103	104	4	3	L 2
8	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		98	128	4	4	L 3
9	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		119	105	5	4	W 1
10	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		104	99	6	4	W 2
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	103	6	5	L 1	10,543
12	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		78	106	6	6	L 2
13	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		139	122	7	6	W 1
14	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	115	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	127	7	8	L 2
16	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		101	122	7	9	L 3
17	Thu, Nov 18, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	126	8	9	W 1
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		105	96	9	9	W 2
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	112	9	10	L 1
20	Thu, Nov 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		103	122	9	11	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	132	9	12	L 3
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	124	9	13	L 4
23	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		103	117	9	14	L 5
24	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		113	112	10	14	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	130	131	10	15	L 1
26	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		110	107	11	15	W 1
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		111	112	11	16	L 1
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		111	118	11	17	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		86	103	11	18	L 3
30	Thu, Dec 16, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		107	101	12	18	W 1
31	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	123	12	19	L 1
32	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		102	129	12	20	L 2			at Oakland, CA
33	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		113	114	12	21	L 3
34	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		92	127	12	22	L 4
35	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	94	13	22	W 1
36	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	120	118	14	22	W 2
37	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		100	119	14	23	L 1
38	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		122	128	14	24	L 2
39	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		109	107	15	24	W 1
40	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		127	131	15	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		89	111	15	26	L 2
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		151	132	16	26	W 1
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		119	136	16	27	L 1
44	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		101	96	17	27	W 1
45	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	123	17	28	L 1
46	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	108	17	29	L 2	8,863
47	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		121	131	17	30	L 3	2,696	1:58
48	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		107	102	18	30	W 1	4,639	1:59
49	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		107	109	18	31	L 1
50	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	120	18	32	L 2
51	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	124	18	33	L 3
52	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		112	124	18	34	L 4	5,845
53	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	109	18	35	L 5
54	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		106	115	18	36	L 6
55	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		133	108	19	36	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	113	20	36	W 2
57	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	132	133	20	37	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	126	20	38	L 2
59	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		88	95	20	39	L 3
60	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		113	87	21	39	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		136	121	22	39	W 2
62	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		105	113	22	40	L 1
63	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		97	122	22	41	L 2
64	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		107	121	22	42	L 3
65	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	135	134	23	42	W 1
66	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		96	97	23	43	L 1
67	Thu, Feb 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	116	23	44	L 2			at Oakland, CA
68	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		106	122	23	45	L 3
69	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	131	23	46	L 4
70	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	116	23	47	L 5
71	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		96	125	23	48	L 6	4,574
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		121	129	23	49	L 7
73	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		97	102	23	50	L 8			at College Park, MD
74	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	129	23	51	L 9
75	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		121	112	24	51	W 1
76	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		103	116	24	52	L 1
77	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		107	115	24	53	L 2
78	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		120	117	25	53	W 1
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		130	135	25	54	L 1
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		112	105	26	54	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		105	121	26	55	L 1
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		120	133	26	56	L 2	8,838

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