1989-90 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Chuck Daly (59-23)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 104.3 (19th of 27) Opp PTS/G: 98.3 (1st of 27)

SRS: 5.41 (4th of 27) Pace: 94.4 (26th of 27)

Off Rtg: 109.9 (11th of 27) Def Rtg: 103.5 (2nd of 27) Net Rtg: +6.4 (3rd of 27)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (3rd of 27)

Preseason Odds: Championship +300

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills Attendance: 879,705 (3rd of 27)

NBA 1990 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Central Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 3, 1989	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	103	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 4, 1989	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		95	93	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Nov 7, 1989	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		114	117	2	1	L 1
4	Wed, Nov 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		74	95	2	2	L 2
5	Fri, Nov 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Orlando Magic	W		125	121	3	2	W 1
6	Sat, Nov 11, 1989	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	L		84	88	3	3	L 1
7	Wed, Nov 15, 1989	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		130	94	4	3	W 1
8	Fri, Nov 17, 1989	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		106	79	5	3	W 2
9	Sat, Nov 18, 1989	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		103	86	6	3	W 3
10	Tue, Nov 21, 1989	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		96	103	6	4	L 1
11	Fri, Nov 24, 1989	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		101	82	7	4	W 1
12	Sun, Nov 26, 1989	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		82	102	7	5	L 1
13	Tue, Nov 28, 1989	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		93	81	8	5	W 1
14	Wed, Nov 29, 1989	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		111	103	9	5	W 2
15	Fri, Dec 1, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	108	97	10	5	W 3
16	Sat, Dec 2, 1989	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		95	120	10	6	L 1
17	Wed, Dec 6, 1989	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		115	107	11	6	W 1
18	Fri, Dec 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	107	11	7	L 1
19	Sat, Dec 9, 1989	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	93	12	7	W 1
20	Tue, Dec 12, 1989	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		121	108	13	7	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 13, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		79	83	13	8	L 1
22	Fri, Dec 15, 1989	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		91	94	13	9	L 2
23	Sat, Dec 16, 1989	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		92	104	13	10	L 3
24	Tue, Dec 19, 1989	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		94	77	14	10	W 1
25	Fri, Dec 22, 1989	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		96	90	15	10	W 2
26	Sat, Dec 23, 1989	Box Score		Orlando Magic	W		106	100	16	10	W 3
27	Wed, Dec 27, 1989	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		99	82	17	10	W 4
28	Fri, Dec 29, 1989	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		85	99	17	11	L 1
29	Sat, Dec 30, 1989	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	106	18	11	W 1
30	Tue, Jan 2, 1990	Box Score	@	Orlando Magic	W		115	113	19	11	W 2
31	Wed, Jan 3, 1990	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		84	80	20	11	W 3
32	Fri, Jan 5, 1990	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	99	21	11	W 4
33	Sat, Jan 6, 1990	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	106	22	11	W 5
34	Tue, Jan 9, 1990	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		100	90	23	11	W 6
35	Wed, Jan 10, 1990	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		97	104	23	12	L 1
36	Fri, Jan 12, 1990	Box Score		Minnesota Timberwolves	W		97	86	24	12	W 1
37	Sat, Jan 13, 1990	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	106	25	12	W 2
38	Wed, Jan 17, 1990	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	112	25	13	L 1
39	Fri, Jan 19, 1990	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		125	118	26	13	W 1
40	Sun, Jan 21, 1990	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	107	26	14	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 23, 1990	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		107	95	27	14	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 26, 1990	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		107	103	28	14	W 2
43	Sat, Jan 27, 1990	Box Score	@	Minnesota Timberwolves	W		85	83	29	14	W 3
44	Tue, Jan 30, 1990	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		112	95	30	14	W 4
45	Wed, Jan 31, 1990	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		133	109	31	14	W 5
46	Sat, Feb 3, 1990	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	100	32	14	W 6
47	Sun, Feb 4, 1990	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		115	83	33	14	W 7
48	Tue, Feb 6, 1990	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	96	34	14	W 8
49	Thu, Feb 8, 1990	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		104	101	35	14	W 9
50	Tue, Feb 13, 1990	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		106	96	36	14	W 10
51	Sat, Feb 17, 1990	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	W		97	79	37	14	W 11
52	Mon, Feb 19, 1990	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		94	85	38	14	W 12
53	Wed, Feb 21, 1990	Box Score		Orlando Magic	W		140	109	39	14	W 13
54	Fri, Feb 23, 1990	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	112	39	15	L 1
55	Sun, Feb 25, 1990	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		98	87	40	15	W 1
56	Tue, Feb 27, 1990	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	OT	106	102	41	15	W 2
57	Thu, Mar 1, 1990	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		99	85	42	15	W 3
58	Fri, Mar 2, 1990	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	115	112	43	15	W 4
59	Sun, Mar 4, 1990	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	105	44	15	W 5
60	Tue, Mar 6, 1990	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		101	91	45	15	W 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 9, 1990	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		99	95	46	15	W 7
62	Sun, Mar 11, 1990	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	W		98	88	47	15	W 8
63	Thu, Mar 15, 1990	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		110	98	48	15	W 9
64	Fri, Mar 16, 1990	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		106	81	49	15	W 10
65	Sun, Mar 18, 1990	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		114	84	50	15	W 11
66	Tue, Mar 20, 1990	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	96	51	15	W 12
67	Thu, Mar 22, 1990	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		110	115	51	16	L 1
68	Sat, Mar 24, 1990	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		98	105	51	17	L 2
69	Sun, Mar 25, 1990	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	OT	96	98	51	18	L 3
70	Wed, Mar 28, 1990	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	W		106	97	52	18	W 1
71	Fri, Mar 30, 1990	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	123	52	19	L 1
72	Tue, Apr 3, 1990	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		93	82	53	19	W 1
73	Thu, Apr 5, 1990	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		104	99	54	19	W 2
74	Fri, Apr 6, 1990	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		84	92	54	20	L 1
75	Sun, Apr 8, 1990	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		97	100	54	21	L 2
76	Tue, Apr 10, 1990	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		108	98	55	21	W 1
77	Wed, Apr 11, 1990	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		98	93	56	21	W 2
78	Fri, Apr 13, 1990	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		111	115	56	22	L 1
79	Sat, Apr 14, 1990	Box Score		Orlando Magic	W		111	107	57	22	W 1
80	Thu, Apr 19, 1990	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	107	57	23	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 20, 1990	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	OT	121	115	58	23	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 22, 1990	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		111	106	59	23	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 26, 1990	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		104	92	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Apr 28, 1990	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		100	87	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, May 1, 1990	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		108	96	3	0	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Tue, May 8, 1990	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	77	4	0	W 4
5	Thu, May 10, 1990	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	97	5	0	W 5
6	Sat, May 12, 1990	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		103	111	5	1	L 1
7	Sun, May 13, 1990	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		102	90	6	1	W 1
8	Tue, May 15, 1990	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		95	84	7	1	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
9	Sun, May 20, 1990	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		86	77	8	1	W 3
10	Tue, May 22, 1990	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		102	93	9	1	W 4
11	Sat, May 26, 1990	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		102	107	9	2	L 1
12	Mon, May 28, 1990	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		101	108	9	3	L 2
13	Wed, May 30, 1990	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		97	83	10	3	W 1
14	Fri, Jun 1, 1990	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	109	10	4	L 1
15	Sun, Jun 3, 1990	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		93	74	11	4	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
16	Tue, Jun 5, 1990	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		105	99	12	4	W 2
17	Thu, Jun 7, 1990	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	105	106	12	5	L 1
18	Sun, Jun 10, 1990	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		121	106	13	5	W 1
19	Tue, Jun 12, 1990	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	109	14	5	W 2
20	Thu, Jun 14, 1990	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		92	90	15	5	W 3

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