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1975-76 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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36-46, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Ray Scott (17-25), Herb Brown (19-21)

Points Per Game: 104.9 (9th of 18) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.0 (12th of 18)
Pythagorean W-L: 38-44 (12th of 18)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 251,352 (17th of 18)

SRS: -1.19 (14th of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.2 (11th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 99.2 (4th of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.2 (16th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Golden State Warriors
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks

1975-76 Detroit Pistons:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 24, 1975 @ New Orleans Jazz L 106 114 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 25, 1975 @ Atlanta Hawks W 108 102 1 1 W 1
3 Wed, Oct 29, 1975 Los Angeles Lakers W 112 99 2 1 W 2
4 Fri, Oct 31, 1975 Houston Rockets W 131 127 3 1 W 3
5 Sat, Nov 1, 1975 @ Buffalo Braves L 93 97 3 2 L 1
6 Tue, Nov 4, 1975 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 101 103 3 3 L 2
7 Wed, Nov 5, 1975 Seattle Supersonics W 124 107 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, Nov 7, 1975 @ Chicago Bulls W 124 122 5 3 W 2
9 Sat, Nov 8, 1975 Boston Celtics L 104 118 5 4 L 1
10 Wed, Nov 12, 1975 Atlanta Hawks L 106 109 5 5 L 2
11 Sat, Nov 15, 1975 Milwaukee Bucks W 101 89 6 5 W 1
12 Wed, Nov 19, 1975 Portland Trail Blazers W 120 114 7 5 W 2
13 Fri, Nov 21, 1975 Buffalo Braves W 104 94 8 5 W 3
14 Wed, Nov 26, 1975 Kansas City Kings W 120 104 9 5 W 4
15 Sat, Nov 29, 1975 @ New York Knickerbockers W 115 110 10 5 W 5
16 Wed, Dec 3, 1975 Los Angeles Lakers L 110 118 10 6 L 1
17 Fri, Dec 5, 1975 Houston Rockets W 102 91 11 6 W 1
18 Sat, Dec 6, 1975 @ Houston Rockets L 96 105 11 7 L 1
19 Tue, Dec 9, 1975 @ Golden State Warriors L 124 129 11 8 L 2
20 Fri, Dec 12, 1975 @ Seattle Supersonics L 95 97 11 9 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 13, 1975 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 91 101 11 10 L 4
22 Sun, Dec 14, 1975 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 100 110 11 11 L 5
23 Wed, Dec 17, 1975 Golden State Warriors L 102 113 11 12 L 6
24 Fri, Dec 19, 1975 Philadelphia 76ers L OT 114 115 11 13 L 7
25 Sat, Dec 20, 1975 @ Washington Bullets L 86 98 11 14 L 8
26 Tue, Dec 23, 1975 Washington Bullets L 102 120 11 15 L 9
27 Fri, Dec 26, 1975 Chicago Bulls W 101 87 12 15 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 27, 1975 @ Chicago Bulls L 99 112 12 16 L 1
29 Sun, Dec 28, 1975 @ Kansas City Kings W 103 87 13 16 W 1 at Omaha, NE
30 Tue, Dec 30, 1975 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 114 13 17 L 1
31 Fri, Jan 2, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks L 83 98 13 18 L 2
32 Sat, Jan 3, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 100 14 18 W 1
33 Wed, Jan 7, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 119 118 15 18 W 2
34 Fri, Jan 9, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 95 102 15 19 L 1
35 Sat, Jan 10, 1976 New Orleans Jazz L 99 104 15 20 L 2
36 Sun, Jan 11, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings L 99 105 15 21 L 3
37 Fri, Jan 16, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers L 104 111 15 22 L 4
38 Sun, Jan 18, 1976 Phoenix Suns L 118 122 15 23 L 5
39 Tue, Jan 20, 1976 @ Washington Bullets W 114 107 16 23 W 1
40 Wed, Jan 21, 1976 Seattle Supersonics W 111 104 17 23 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 23, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 91 108 17 24 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 24, 1976 New York Knickerbockers L 100 117 17 25 L 2
43 Tue, Jan 27, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 83 85 17 26 L 3
44 Wed, Jan 28, 1976 Chicago Bulls L 84 87 17 27 L 4
45 Fri, Jan 30, 1976 Kansas City Kings W 101 94 18 27 W 1
46 Sun, Feb 1, 1976 Boston Celtics L 109 114 18 28 L 1
47 Thu, Feb 5, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks W 111 108 19 28 W 1
48 Sat, Feb 7, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks L 106 114 19 29 L 1
49 Sun, Feb 8, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings W 94 93 20 29 W 1
50 Tue, Feb 10, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 88 106 20 30 L 1
51 Wed, Feb 11, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 94 123 20 31 L 2
52 Sat, Feb 14, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L OT 105 106 20 32 L 3
53 Sun, Feb 15, 1976 @ Seattle Supersonics L 107 109 20 33 L 4
54 Wed, Feb 18, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 105 94 21 33 W 1
55 Fri, Feb 20, 1976 Washington Bullets W 102 87 22 33 W 2
56 Sat, Feb 21, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves W 114 112 23 33 W 3
57 Wed, Feb 25, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers L 101 108 23 34 L 1
58 Fri, Feb 27, 1976 New York Knickerbockers W 97 93 24 34 W 1
59 Sun, Feb 29, 1976 Phoenix Suns L 98 109 24 35 L 1
60 Tue, Mar 2, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings L 113 127 24 36 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 3, 1976 Seattle Supersonics W 114 110 25 36 W 1
62 Fri, Mar 5, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 123 25 37 L 1
63 Sun, Mar 7, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 87 88 25 38 L 2
64 Tue, Mar 9, 1976 Golden State Warriors L 108 112 25 39 L 3
65 Fri, Mar 12, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 117 101 26 39 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 14, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 103 114 26 40 L 1
67 Tue, Mar 16, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 101 110 26 41 L 2
68 Thu, Mar 18, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 100 106 26 42 L 3
69 Fri, Mar 19, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 107 122 26 43 L 4
70 Sun, Mar 21, 1976 Buffalo Braves W 118 112 27 43 W 1
71 Tue, Mar 23, 1976 @ New York Knickerbockers W 122 116 28 43 W 2
72 Wed, Mar 24, 1976 Kansas City Kings W 130 117 29 43 W 3
73 Fri, Mar 26, 1976 @ Chicago Bulls W 85 77 30 43 W 4
74 Sat, Mar 27, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers W 112 94 31 43 W 5
75 Wed, Mar 31, 1976 Chicago Bulls W 102 96 32 43 W 6
76 Fri, Apr 2, 1976 New Orleans Jazz W 116 102 33 43 W 7
77 Sat, Apr 3, 1976 @ Chicago Bulls L OT 93 97 33 44 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 4, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 101 97 34 44 W 1
79 Wed, Apr 7, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 106 96 35 44 W 2
80 Fri, Apr 9, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 116 108 36 44 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 10, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 99 110 36 45 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 11, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 105 112 36 46 L 2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 13, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 107 110 0 1 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 15, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 126 123 1 1 W 1
3 Sun, Apr 18, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 107 104 2 1 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, Apr 20, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 103 127 2 2 L 1
5 Thu, Apr 22, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors W 123 111 3 2 W 1
6 Sat, Apr 24, 1976 Golden State Warriors L 96 113 3 3 L 1
7 Mon, Apr 26, 1976 Golden State Warriors W 106 102 4 3 W 1
8 Wed, Apr 28, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 109 128 4 4 L 1
9 Fri, Apr 30, 1976 Golden State Warriors L OT 116 118 4 5 L 2