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1985-86 Detroit Pistons

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46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 114.2 points per game, Allowed 113.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 44-38)
Coached by Chuck Daly (46-36)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome / Attendance: 695,239 (1st of 23 available)

SRS: 1.44 (7th of 23) / Pace Factor: 104.2 (4th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.0 (7th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 107.9 (15th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Atlanta Hawks

1985-86 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 25, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks W 118 116 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 26, 1985 @ Chicago Bulls L 118 121 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Oct 29, 1985 New Jersey Nets W 124 107 2 1 W 1
4 Wed, Oct 30, 1985 @ Philadelphia 76ers L OT 125 132 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Nov 1, 1985 Indiana Pacers W 124 116 3 2 W 1
6 Sat, Nov 2, 1985 @ Indiana Pacers W 128 117 4 2 W 2
7 Wed, Nov 6, 1985 Chicago Bulls W 122 105 5 2 W 3
8 Fri, Nov 8, 1985 @ Washington Bullets W 117 110 6 2 W 4
9 Sat, Nov 9, 1985 Boston Celtics L 105 124 6 3 L 1
10 Tue, Nov 12, 1985 Washington Bullets W OT 124 122 7 3 W 1
11 Wed, Nov 13, 1985 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 118 137 7 4 L 1
12 Fri, Nov 15, 1985 @ Atlanta Hawks L 118 122 7 5 L 2
13 Wed, Nov 20, 1985 New York Knickerbockers W 109 98 8 5 W 1
14 Fri, Nov 22, 1985 Golden State Warriors W 115 96 9 5 W 2
15 Sat, Nov 23, 1985 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 119 114 10 5 W 3
16 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers W 113 98 11 5 W 4
17 Wed, Nov 27, 1985 @ Boston Celtics L 124 132 11 6 L 1
18 Fri, Nov 29, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks W 111 102 12 6 W 1
19 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 @ Washington Bullets L 119 133 12 7 L 1
20 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers L 107 127 12 8 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Thu, Dec 5, 1985 New Jersey Nets W 113 111 13 8 W 1
22 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 Sacramento Kings L 112 122 13 9 L 1
23 Tue, Dec 10, 1985 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 130 120 14 9 W 1
24 Wed, Dec 11, 1985 Washington Bullets L 100 108 14 10 L 1
25 Fri, Dec 13, 1985 San Antonio Spurs L 113 119 14 11 L 2
26 Sun, Dec 15, 1985 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 119 132 14 12 L 3
27 Tue, Dec 17, 1985 @ Sacramento Kings L 121 132 14 13 L 4
28 Thu, Dec 19, 1985 @ Seattle Supersonics W 99 97 15 13 W 1
29 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 @ New York Knickerbockers L 110 112 15 14 L 1
30 Thu, Dec 26, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets L 116 124 15 15 L 2
31 Fri, Dec 27, 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers L 105 119 15 16 L 3
32 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 110 121 15 17 L 4
33 Thu, Jan 2, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls L 122 131 15 18 L 5
34 Fri, Jan 3, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 101 111 15 19 L 6
35 Tue, Jan 7, 1986 Boston Celtics W 113 109 16 19 W 1
36 Thu, Jan 9, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 99 110 16 20 L 1
37 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers L 101 102 16 21 L 2
38 Wed, Jan 15, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 123 115 17 21 W 1
39 Fri, Jan 17, 1986 Denver Nuggets W 129 113 18 21 W 2
40 Sun, Jan 19, 1986 Los Angeles Lakers W 118 115 19 21 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 20, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers L 99 105 19 22 L 1
42 Wed, Jan 22, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 107 104 20 22 W 1
43 Fri, Jan 24, 1986 @ Dallas Mavericks W 129 120 21 22 W 2
44 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 @ Houston Rockets L 112 117 21 23 L 1
45 Mon, Jan 27, 1986 @ San Antonio Spurs W 118 117 22 23 W 1
46 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W 107 94 23 23 W 2
47 Fri, Jan 31, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 103 116 23 24 L 1
48 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 Washington Bullets W 116 101 24 24 W 1
49 Tue, Feb 4, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls W 117 115 25 24 W 2
50 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 @ Washington Bullets W OT 111 109 26 24 W 3
51 Tue, Feb 11, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets L 122 130 26 25 L 1
52 Wed, Feb 12, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 113 99 27 25 W 1
53 Fri, Feb 14, 1986 Dallas Mavericks W 119 110 28 25 W 2
54 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers W OT 134 133 29 25 W 3
55 Mon, Feb 17, 1986 Utah Jazz W 117 96 30 25 W 4
56 Wed, Feb 19, 1986 Seattle Supersonics W 118 113 31 25 W 5
57 Thu, Feb 20, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 109 107 32 25 W 6
58 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 106 33 25 W 7
59 Mon, Feb 24, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 110 100 34 25 W 8
60 Wed, Feb 26, 1986 Los Angeles Clippers W 111 104 35 25 W 9
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 28, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W 115 103 36 25 W 10
62 Sun, Mar 2, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 109 129 36 26 L 1
63 Tue, Mar 4, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 120 103 37 26 W 1
64 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets W 104 102 38 26 W 2
65 Mon, Mar 10, 1986 Phoenix Suns L 109 120 38 27 L 1
66 Wed, Mar 12, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 111 101 39 27 W 1
67 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 112 89 40 27 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 16, 1986 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 109 119 40 28 L 1
69 Mon, Mar 17, 1986 @ Utah Jazz L 106 107 40 29 L 2
70 Wed, Mar 19, 1986 @ Denver Nuggets L 98 114 40 30 L 3
71 Fri, Mar 21, 1986 @ Phoenix Suns L 103 105 40 31 L 4
72 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 119 99 41 31 W 1
73 Tue, Mar 25, 1986 @ Golden State Warriors L 121 125 41 32 L 1
74 Fri, Mar 28, 1986 Houston Rockets W 116 107 42 32 W 1
75 Sat, Mar 29, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 121 130 42 33 L 1
76 Tue, Apr 1, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 116 108 43 33 W 1
77 Wed, Apr 2, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 106 122 43 34 L 1
78 Fri, Apr 4, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 108 115 43 35 L 2
79 Sat, Apr 5, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers W 115 106 44 35 W 1
80 Mon, Apr 7, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers W 128 104 45 35 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Tue, Apr 8, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 116 45 36 L 1
82 Fri, Apr 11, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers W 108 95 46 36 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 17, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 122 140 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Apr 19, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 125 137 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Apr 22, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W 106 97 1 2 W 1
4 Fri, Apr 25, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 2OT 113 114 1 3 L 1