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1976-77 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Herb Brown (44-38)

Points Per Game: 109.4 (6th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.4 (20th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 38-44 (14th of 22)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 303,792 (20th of 22)

SRS: -0.99 (14th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.8 (3rd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.3 (9th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.3 (17th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Golden State Warriors

1976-77 Detroit Pistons:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 22, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings W 99 96 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 23, 1976 Washington Bullets L 97 98 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Oct 27, 1976 Seattle Supersonics W 106 92 2 1 W 1
4 Fri, Oct 29, 1976 @ Seattle Supersonics L 103 106 2 2 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 30, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 97 131 2 3 L 2
6 Sun, Oct 31, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 101 121 2 4 L 3
7 Tue, Nov 2, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 98 111 2 5 L 4
8 Fri, Nov 5, 1976 Buffalo Braves L 108 122 2 6 L 5
9 Sat, Nov 6, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks W 110 105 3 6 W 1
10 Sun, Nov 7, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz W 115 107 4 6 W 2
11 Wed, Nov 10, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W 123 112 5 6 W 3
12 Fri, Nov 12, 1976 New York Knickerbockers W 111 97 6 6 W 4
13 Sat, Nov 13, 1976 @ Chicago Bulls W 106 103 7 6 W 5
14 Sun, Nov 14, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 104 83 8 6 W 6
15 Wed, Nov 17, 1976 New Orleans Jazz W 118 95 9 6 W 7
16 Thu, Nov 18, 1976 @ Indiana Pacers L 99 104 9 7 L 1
17 Sat, Nov 20, 1976 Boston Celtics W 116 110 10 7 W 1
18 Wed, Nov 24, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 118 117 11 7 W 2
19 Thu, Nov 25, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 105 111 11 8 L 1
20 Fri, Nov 26, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves L 119 124 11 9 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 30, 1976 @ San Antonio Spurs L 129 130 11 10 L 3
22 Wed, Dec 1, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 104 110 11 11 L 4
23 Fri, Dec 3, 1976 Kansas City Kings W 124 115 12 11 W 1
24 Wed, Dec 8, 1976 Chicago Bulls W 107 100 13 11 W 2
25 Fri, Dec 10, 1976 @ New York Nets W 106 104 14 11 W 3
26 Sat, Dec 11, 1976 New York Nets L 88 115 14 12 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 12, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings W 110 104 15 12 W 1 at Omaha, NE
28 Wed, Dec 15, 1976 Golden State Warriors W 136 116 16 12 W 2
29 Fri, Dec 17, 1976 Indiana Pacers W 113 104 17 12 W 3
30 Sun, Dec 19, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz W 125 110 18 12 W 4
31 Tue, Dec 21, 1976 @ New York Knickerbockers L 103 133 18 13 L 1
32 Wed, Dec 22, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 107 94 19 13 W 1
33 Sat, Dec 25, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves L 106 115 19 14 L 1
34 Wed, Dec 29, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers W 120 111 20 14 W 1
35 Thu, Dec 30, 1976 @ Denver Nuggets L 106 123 20 15 L 1
36 Wed, Jan 5, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 118 115 21 15 W 1
37 Fri, Jan 7, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 140 132 22 15 W 2
38 Sun, Jan 9, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers L 118 124 22 16 L 1
39 Tue, Jan 11, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors W 129 121 23 16 W 1
40 Wed, Jan 12, 1977 @ Seattle Supersonics L 99 121 23 17 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 13, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 101 131 23 18 L 2
42 Sat, Jan 15, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 121 105 24 18 W 1
43 Fri, Jan 21, 1977 Houston Rockets W 109 86 25 18 W 2
44 Sun, Jan 23, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 108 119 25 19 L 1
45 Tue, Jan 25, 1977 @ Boston Celtics W 91 89 26 19 W 1
46 Wed, Jan 26, 1977 New York Nets W OT 103 101 27 19 W 2
47 Thu, Jan 27, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 107 114 27 20 L 1
48 Sat, Jan 29, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 101 109 27 21 L 2
49 Sun, Jan 30, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 127 120 28 21 W 1
50 Tue, Feb 1, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks W 95 92 29 21 W 2
51 Wed, Feb 2, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 116 138 29 22 L 1
52 Fri, Feb 4, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 124 111 30 22 W 1
53 Sun, Feb 6, 1977 Kansas City Kings W 130 111 31 22 W 2
54 Wed, Feb 9, 1977 San Antonio Spurs L 129 135 31 23 L 1
55 Fri, Feb 11, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 94 32 23 W 1
56 Tue, Feb 15, 1977 @ Boston Celtics L 99 109 32 24 L 1 at Hartford, CT
57 Wed, Feb 16, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers W 125 118 33 24 W 1
58 Fri, Feb 18, 1977 Washington Bullets W 107 97 34 24 W 2
59 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 95 105 34 25 L 1
60 Sun, Feb 20, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 109 107 35 25 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 23, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers W 102 101 36 25 W 2
62 Fri, Feb 25, 1977 @ New York Nets W 112 106 37 25 W 3
63 Tue, Mar 1, 1977 Denver Nuggets L 94 110 37 26 L 1
64 Fri, Mar 4, 1977 Boston Celtics L 92 94 37 27 L 2
65 Sat, Mar 5, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers L 96 118 37 28 L 3
66 Sun, Mar 6, 1977 Atlanta Hawks W 115 105 38 28 W 1
67 Tue, Mar 8, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 109 107 39 28 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 13, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs W 102 97 40 28 W 3
69 Wed, Mar 16, 1977 Chicago Bulls L 97 104 40 29 L 1
70 Fri, Mar 18, 1977 Seattle Supersonics L 104 105 40 30 L 2
71 Sun, Mar 20, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 104 133 40 31 L 3
72 Wed, Mar 23, 1977 New Orleans Jazz L 89 95 40 32 L 4
73 Fri, Mar 25, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 107 94 41 32 W 1
74 Sat, Mar 26, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 108 128 41 33 L 1
75 Sun, Mar 27, 1977 Houston Rockets W 115 100 42 33 W 1
76 Wed, Mar 30, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 115 42 34 L 1
77 Fri, Apr 1, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 116 133 42 35 L 2
78 Sun, Apr 3, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L OT 107 115 42 36 L 3
79 Tue, Apr 5, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 105 110 42 37 L 4
80 Fri, Apr 8, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers W 116 112 43 37 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 9, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 103 96 44 37 W 2
82 Sun, Apr 10, 1977 New York Knickerbockers L 126 144 44 38 L 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 12, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors W 95 90 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 14, 1977 Golden State Warriors L 108 138 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 17, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 101 109 1 2 L 2