1959-60 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-45, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Red Rocha (13-21), Dick McGuire (17-24)

Executive: Nick Kerbawy

PTS/G: 111.6 (6th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 115.0 (3rd of 8)

SRS: -3.45 (6th of 8) Pace: 123.1 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 89.8 (6th of 8) Def Rtg: 92.6 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: -2.8 (6th of 8)

Expected W-L: 30-45 (6th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (0-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sun, Oct 18, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		106	105	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 24, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		103	108	1	1	L 1
3	Wed, Oct 28, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		117	102	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 31, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		112	120	2	2	L 1
5	Wed, Nov 4, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	107	2	3	L 2
6	Fri, Nov 6, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	2OT	118	113	3	3	W 1
7	Sat, Nov 7, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	111	113	3	4	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 8, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		107	118	3	5	L 2
9	Tue, Nov 10, 1959	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		109	128	3	6	L 3	at St. Louis, MO
10	Wed, Nov 11, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		105	119	3	7	L 4
11	Thu, Nov 12, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		107	93	4	7	W 1	at New York, NY
12	Sat, Nov 14, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		111	103	5	7	W 2
13	Sun, Nov 15, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	94	6	7	W 3
14	Tue, Nov 17, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	2OT	129	132	6	8	L 1
15	Wed, Nov 18, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		110	93	7	8	W 1	at Indianapolis, IN
16	Fri, Nov 20, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		85	105	7	9	L 1
17	Sat, Nov 21, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		109	107	8	9	W 1
18	Sun, Nov 22, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	104	9	9	W 2
19	Tue, Nov 24, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		104	91	10	9	W 3	at New York, NY
20	Wed, Nov 25, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		97	104	10	10	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 28, 1959	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		110	136	10	11	L 2
22	Fri, Dec 4, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		120	101	11	11	W 1
23	Sat, Dec 5, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	124	11	12	L 1
24	Sun, Dec 6, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		116	118	11	13	L 2
25	Wed, Dec 9, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		119	129	11	14	L 3	at Boston, MA
26	Thu, Dec 10, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		111	129	11	15	L 4	at Philadelphia, PA
27	Sun, Dec 13, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		147	129	12	15	W 1
28	Wed, Dec 16, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		106	107	12	16	L 1
29	Sat, Dec 19, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		120	112	13	16	W 1
30	Sun, Dec 20, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		86	102	13	17	L 1
31	Tue, Dec 22, 1959	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	136	13	18	L 2
32	Fri, Dec 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		103	121	13	19	L 3
33	Sat, Dec 26, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		105	108	13	20	L 4
34	Sun, Dec 27, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		109	119	13	21	L 5
35	Wed, Dec 30, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		109	124	13	22	L 6	at Philadelphia, PA
36	Fri, Jan 1, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		119	107	14	22	W 1
37	Sat, Jan 2, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	114	14	23	L 1
38	Sun, Jan 3, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		114	112	15	23	W 1
39	Tue, Jan 5, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	121	15	24	L 1
40	Thu, Jan 7, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		105	120	15	25	L 2	at Syracuse, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 8, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		107	118	15	26	L 3	at Rochester, NY
42	Sat, Jan 9, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	126	15	27	L 4
43	Sun, Jan 10, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		103	108	15	28	L 5
44	Wed, Jan 13, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		114	113	16	28	W 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
45	Sat, Jan 16, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		105	98	17	28	W 2	at Saint Paul, MN
46	Sun, Jan 17, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		115	110	18	28	W 3
47	Sat, Jan 23, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		130	110	19	28	W 4
48	Mon, Jan 25, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		117	127	19	29	L 1	at Bethlehem, PA
49	Tue, Jan 26, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		121	114	20	29	W 1	at New York, NY
50	Wed, Jan 27, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		108	144	20	30	L 1
51	Fri, Jan 29, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	125	130	20	31	L 2
52	Sat, Jan 30, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		117	107	21	31	W 1
53	Sun, Jan 31, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		128	146	21	32	L 1
54	Wed, Feb 3, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		117	105	22	32	W 1
55	Thu, Feb 4, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		121	102	23	32	W 2
56	Sat, Feb 6, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		116	101	24	32	W 3
57	Sun, Feb 7, 1960	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		102	104	24	33	L 1
58	Tue, Feb 9, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		122	113	25	33	W 1
59	Wed, Feb 10, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		121	153	25	34	L 1	at Providence, RI
60	Fri, Feb 12, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		101	133	25	35	L 2	at Dayton, OH
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 13, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	117	123	25	36	L 3
62	Tue, Feb 16, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		104	111	25	37	L 4
63	Fri, Feb 19, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		116	136	25	38	L 5
64	Sat, Feb 20, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		107	110	25	39	L 6
65	Sun, Feb 21, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		120	122	25	40	L 7
66	Wed, Feb 24, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		128	110	26	40	W 1
67	Thu, Feb 25, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		107	121	26	41	L 1	at Providence, RI
68	Sat, Feb 27, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		116	114	27	41	W 1
69	Sun, Feb 28, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	113	27	42	L 1
70	Tue, Mar 1, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		108	106	28	42	W 1	at St. Louis, MO
71	Wed, Mar 2, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		116	100	29	42	W 2	at Detroit, MI (University of Detroit Fieldhouse)
72	Thu, Mar 3, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	110	29	43	L 1
73	Sun, Mar 6, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	120	29	44	L 2
74	Tue, Mar 8, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		101	122	29	45	L 3
75	Wed, Mar 9, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	116	30	45	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 12, 1960		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		112	113	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Mar 13, 1960		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		99	114	0	2	L 2

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