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1973-74 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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52-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Ray Scott (52-30)

Points Per Game: 104.4 (11th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.3 (4th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 52-30 (2nd of 17)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 300,565 (11th of 17)

SRS: 4.02 (2nd of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.5 (10th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 97.6 (9th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 93.8 (3rd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls

1973-74 Detroit Pistons:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 9, 1973 @ New York Knickerbockers L 100 101 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Oct 12, 1973 Atlanta Hawks W 122 105 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Oct 13, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 101 1 2 L 1
4 Sun, Oct 14, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 95 83 2 2 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 19, 1973 Milwaukee Bucks L 94 96 2 3 L 1
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 107 104 3 3 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 24, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns W 115 99 4 3 W 2
8 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 92 94 4 4 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 111 98 5 4 W 1
10 Sun, Oct 28, 1973 @ Seattle Supersonics W 115 93 6 4 W 2
11 Wed, Oct 31, 1973 Seattle Supersonics W 114 107 7 4 W 3
12 Fri, Nov 2, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 114 107 8 4 W 4
13 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 115 123 8 5 L 1
14 Thu, Nov 8, 1973 @ Atlanta Hawks W 129 115 9 5 W 1
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 N Boston Celtics L 97 102 9 6 L 1 at Providence, RI
16 Wed, Nov 14, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers L 108 111 9 7 L 2
17 Fri, Nov 16, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 125 98 10 7 W 1
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves W 98 94 11 7 W 2
19 Sun, Nov 18, 1973 Chicago Bulls L 102 104 11 8 L 1
20 Wed, Nov 21, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 107 104 12 8 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L OT 112 114 12 9 L 1
22 Wed, Nov 28, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers L 91 96 12 10 L 2
23 Fri, Nov 30, 1973 @ Houston Rockets L 95 110 12 11 L 3
24 Sat, Dec 1, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns W 121 109 13 11 W 1
25 Sun, Dec 2, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 114 108 14 11 W 2
26 Tue, Dec 4, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors W 112 93 15 11 W 3
27 Thu, Dec 6, 1973 @ Seattle Supersonics W 110 108 16 11 W 4
28 Sat, Dec 8, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 106 91 17 11 W 5
29 Sun, Dec 9, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 86 80 18 11 W 6 at Omaha, NE
30 Wed, Dec 12, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W 114 96 19 11 W 7
31 Fri, Dec 14, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers L 93 96 19 12 L 1
32 Sat, Dec 15, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 99 89 20 12 W 1
33 Sun, Dec 16, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 104 105 20 13 L 1
34 Wed, Dec 19, 1973 Chicago Bulls W 89 87 21 13 W 1
35 Fri, Dec 21, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 107 104 22 13 W 2
36 Sat, Dec 22, 1973 @ New York Knickerbockers L 88 99 22 14 L 1
37 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 New York Knickerbockers L 91 96 22 15 L 2
38 Fri, Dec 28, 1973 Capital Bullets W 102 93 23 15 W 1
39 Sat, Dec 29, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L 103 108 23 16 L 1
40 Sun, Dec 30, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 98 91 24 16 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 2, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks W 106 92 25 16 W 2
42 Fri, Jan 4, 1974 Boston Celtics W 106 101 26 16 W 3
43 Sat, Jan 5, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 90 93 26 17 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 9, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 123 94 27 17 W 1
45 Fri, Jan 11, 1974 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 96 28 17 W 2
46 Sat, Jan 12, 1974 Cleveland Cavaliers L OT 112 117 28 18 L 1
47 Fri, Jan 18, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 113 95 29 18 W 1
48 Sun, Jan 20, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 105 79 30 18 W 2
49 Wed, Jan 23, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W 121 95 31 18 W 3
50 Fri, Jan 25, 1974 Houston Rockets W 93 89 32 18 W 4
51 Sat, Jan 26, 1974 Seattle Supersonics W 94 83 33 18 W 5
52 Sun, Jan 27, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 91 109 33 19 L 1
53 Wed, Jan 30, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 111 96 34 19 W 1
54 Fri, Feb 1, 1974 New York Knickerbockers W 96 91 35 19 W 2
55 Sun, Feb 3, 1974 @ Seattle Supersonics W 114 100 36 19 W 3
56 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 104 102 37 19 W 4
57 Thu, Feb 7, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 110 86 38 19 W 5
58 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns W 99 94 39 19 W 6
59 Tue, Feb 12, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 113 106 40 19 W 7
60 Thu, Feb 14, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 99 102 40 20 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 15, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 116 118 40 21 L 2
62 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 118 107 41 21 W 1
63 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 97 107 41 22 L 1
64 Wed, Feb 20, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 112 110 42 22 W 1
65 Fri, Feb 22, 1974 Capital Bullets W 84 83 43 22 W 2
66 Sat, Feb 23, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 119 107 44 22 W 3
67 Sun, Feb 24, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 84 94 44 23 L 1
68 Tue, Feb 26, 1974 Boston Celtics L 83 86 44 24 L 2
69 Thu, Feb 28, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 113 44 25 L 3
70 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 Seattle Supersonics L 103 105 44 26 L 4
71 Sun, Mar 3, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 99 95 45 26 W 1
72 Tue, Mar 5, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 95 93 46 26 W 2
73 Fri, Mar 8, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 113 129 46 27 L 1
74 Sun, Mar 10, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks W 116 111 47 27 W 1
75 Mon, Mar 11, 1974 Golden State Warriors L 108 120 47 28 L 1
76 Tue, Mar 12, 1974 Golden State Warriors W 113 108 48 28 W 1
77 Fri, Mar 15, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks W 93 89 49 28 W 2
78 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 116 109 50 28 W 3
79 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 Houston Rockets W 103 99 51 28 W 4
80 Fri, Mar 22, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 105 107 51 29 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Mar 23, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers L 89 97 51 30 L 2
82 Tue, Mar 26, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 109 108 52 30 W 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Mar 30, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls W 97 88 1 0 W 1
2 Mon, Apr 1, 1974 Chicago Bulls L 103 108 1 1 L 1
3 Fri, Apr 5, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 83 84 1 2 L 2
4 Sun, Apr 7, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 102 87 2 2 W 1
5 Tue, Apr 9, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 98 2 3 L 1
6 Thu, Apr 11, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 92 88 3 3 W 1
7 Sat, Apr 13, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 96 3 4 L 1