1985-86 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Chuck Daly (46-36)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 114.2 (7th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 113.0 (15th of 23)

SRS: 1.44 (7th of 23) Pace: 104.2 (5th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.0 (7th of 23) Def Rtg: 107.9 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: +1.1 (8th of 23)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (8th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 695,233 (1st of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (1-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 25, 1985		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	116	1	0	W 1	24,353	2:25
2	Sat, Oct 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		118	121	1	1	L 1	15,137	2:23
3	Tue, Oct 29, 1985		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		124	107	2	1	W 1	8,430	2:26
4	Wed, Oct 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	125	132	2	2	L 1	8,925	2:33
5	Fri, Nov 1, 1985		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		124	116	3	2	W 1	10,464	2:16
6	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		128	117	4	2	W 2	16,904	2:01
7	Wed, Nov 6, 1985		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		122	105	5	2	W 3	13,156	2:08
8	Fri, Nov 8, 1985		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		117	110	6	2	W 4	10,311	2:07
9	Sat, Nov 9, 1985		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	124	6	3	L 1	25,148	2:16
10	Tue, Nov 12, 1985		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	OT	124	122	7	3	W 1	9,379	2:34
11	Wed, Nov 13, 1985		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		118	137	7	4	L 1	10,395	2:03
12	Fri, Nov 15, 1985		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		118	122	7	5	L 2	12,024	2:16
13	Wed, Nov 20, 1985		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		109	98	8	5	W 1	15,451	2:05
14	Fri, Nov 22, 1985		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		115	96	9	5	W 2	14,560	1:51
15	Sat, Nov 23, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		119	114	10	5	W 3	9,225	2:05
16	Tue, Nov 26, 1985		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	98	11	5	W 4	8,608	1:52
17	Wed, Nov 27, 1985		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		124	132	11	6	L 1	14,890	2:06
18	Fri, Nov 29, 1985		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	102	12	6	W 1	26,756	2:16
19	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		119	133	12	7	L 1	7,836	1:55
20	Tue, Dec 3, 1985		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	127	12	8	L 2	12,502	1:59
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 5, 1985		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	111	13	8	W 1	8,248	2:11
22	Sat, Dec 7, 1985		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		112	122	13	9	L 1	12,467	2:10
23	Tue, Dec 10, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		130	120	14	9	W 1	6,789	2:10
24	Wed, Dec 11, 1985		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		100	108	14	10	L 1	8,314	2:04
25	Fri, Dec 13, 1985		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		113	119	14	11	L 2	11,142	2:17
26	Sun, Dec 15, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	132	14	12	L 3	17,505	2:06
27	Tue, Dec 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		121	132	14	13	L 4	10,333	2:14
28	Thu, Dec 19, 1985		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		99	97	15	13	W 1	5,713	1:59
29	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	112	15	14	L 1	13,655	2:12
30	Thu, Dec 26, 1985	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		116	124	15	15	L 2	10,863	2:06
31	Fri, Dec 27, 1985		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	119	15	16	L 3	20,282	2:01
32	Mon, Dec 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		110	121	15	17	L 4	11,052	2:13
33	Thu, Jan 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		122	131	15	18	L 5	13,247	2:08
34	Fri, Jan 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		101	111	15	19	L 6	15,817	2:05
35	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	109	16	19	W 1	17,421	2:20
36	Thu, Jan 9, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		99	110	16	20	L 1	9,400	2:13
37	Sat, Jan 11, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	102	16	21	L 2	24,673	2:18
38	Wed, Jan 15, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		123	115	17	21	W 1	10,350	2:08
39	Fri, Jan 17, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		129	113	18	21	W 2	11,706	2:06
40	Sun, Jan 19, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	115	19	21	W 3	28,548	2:17
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Mon, Jan 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	105	19	22	L 1	12,002	2:06
42	Wed, Jan 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	104	20	22	W 1	7,104	2:01
43	Fri, Jan 24, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		129	120	21	22	W 2	17,007	2:07
44	Sat, Jan 25, 1986		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	117	21	23	L 1	16,016	2:14
45	Mon, Jan 27, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		118	117	22	23	W 1	6,092	2:20
46	Wed, Jan 29, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		107	94	23	23	W 2	12,384	1:58
47	Fri, Jan 31, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	116	23	24	L 1	12,624	2:01
48	Sat, Feb 1, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		116	101	24	24	W 1	20,449	1:53
49	Tue, Feb 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		117	115	25	24	W 2	9,456	2:06
50	Thu, Feb 6, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W	OT	111	109	26	24	W 3	7,159	2:31
51	Tue, Feb 11, 1986	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		122	130	26	25	L 1	10,412	2:09
52	Wed, Feb 12, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		113	99	27	25	W 1	15,403	1:54
53	Fri, Feb 14, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		119	110	28	25	W 2	13,364	1:51
54	Sat, Feb 15, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	134	133	29	25	W 3	44,180	2:29
55	Mon, Feb 17, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		117	96	30	25	W 4	8,221	2:08
56	Wed, Feb 19, 1986		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		118	113	31	25	W 5	10,205	2:13
57	Thu, Feb 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	107	32	25	W 6	7,726	2:07
58	Sat, Feb 22, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	106	33	25	W 7	21,447	2:11
59	Mon, Feb 24, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		110	100	34	25	W 8	15,796	2:03
60	Wed, Feb 26, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		111	104	35	25	W 9	10,306	2:05
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 28, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	103	36	25	W 10	25,888	2:04
62	Sun, Mar 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	129	36	26	L 1	14,890	2:04
63	Tue, Mar 4, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		120	103	37	26	W 1	11,450	2:01
64	Fri, Mar 7, 1986	7:39p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		104	102	38	26	W 2	12,797	2:09
65	Mon, Mar 10, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		109	120	38	27	L 1	10,758	1:56
66	Wed, Mar 12, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	101	39	27	W 1	11,663	2:00
67	Fri, Mar 14, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	89	40	27	W 2	27,861	1:54
68	Sun, Mar 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		109	119	40	28	L 1	12,666	2:09
69	Mon, Mar 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		106	107	40	29	L 2	12,200	2:05
70	Wed, Mar 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		98	114	40	30	L 3	16,217	2:03
71	Fri, Mar 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		103	105	40	31	L 4	13,406	2:08
72	Sat, Mar 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		119	99	41	31	W 1	9,339	1:51
73	Tue, Mar 25, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		121	125	41	32	L 1	11,897	2:04
74	Fri, Mar 28, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		116	107	42	32	W 1	27,927	2:11
75	Sat, Mar 29, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		121	130	42	33	L 1	11,052	2:03
76	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		116	108	43	33	W 1	25,816	2:05
77	Wed, Apr 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	122	43	34	L 1	14,890	1:51
78	Fri, Apr 4, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		108	115	43	35	L 2	28,964	2:01
79	Sat, Apr 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		115	106	44	35	W 1	13,837	2:05
80	Mon, Apr 7, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		128	104	45	35	W 2	21,793	2:02
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Tue, Apr 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	116	45	36	L 1	12,575	2:06
82	Fri, Apr 11, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		108	95	46	36	W 1	14,022	1:57

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG
1	Thu, Apr 17, 1986	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		122	140	0	1	L 1	12,538	2:07
2	Sat, Apr 19, 1986	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		125	137	0	2	L 2	12,964	2:30
3	Tue, Apr 22, 1986	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		106	97	1	2	W 1	13,312	2:09
4	Fri, Apr 25, 1986	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	2OT	113	114	1	3	L 1	15,288	3:05

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