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1989-90 Detroit Pistons

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59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1989-90 NBA Champions

Scored 104.3 points per game, Allowed 98.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 57-25)
Coached by Chuck Daly (59-23)

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills / Attendance: 879,614 (3rd of 27 available)

SRS: 5.41 (4th of 27) / Pace Factor: 94.4 (26th of 27)
Offensive Rating: 109.9 (11th of 27) / Defensive Rating: 103.5 (2nd of 27)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Indiana Pacers

1989-90 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 3, 1989 New York Knickerbockers W 106 103 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 4, 1989 @ Washington Bullets W 95 93 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 7, 1989 @ Chicago Bulls L 114 117 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, Nov 8, 1989 @ Indiana Pacers L 74 95 2 2 L 2
5 Fri, Nov 10, 1989 @ Orlando Magic W 125 121 3 2 W 1
6 Sat, Nov 11, 1989 @ Miami Heat L 84 88 3 3 L 1
7 Wed, Nov 15, 1989 Miami Heat W 130 94 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, Nov 17, 1989 Milwaukee Bucks W 106 79 5 3 W 2
9 Sat, Nov 18, 1989 Boston Celtics W 103 86 6 3 W 3
10 Tue, Nov 21, 1989 Atlanta Hawks L 96 103 6 4 L 1
11 Fri, Nov 24, 1989 Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 82 7 4 W 1
12 Sun, Nov 26, 1989 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 82 102 7 5 L 1
13 Tue, Nov 28, 1989 @ Sacramento Kings W 93 81 8 5 W 1
14 Wed, Nov 29, 1989 @ Phoenix Suns W 111 103 9 5 W 2
15 Fri, Dec 1, 1989 @ Los Angeles Lakers W OT 108 97 10 5 W 3
16 Sat, Dec 2, 1989 @ Seattle Supersonics L 95 120 10 6 L 1
17 Wed, Dec 6, 1989 Washington Bullets W 115 107 11 6 W 1
18 Fri, Dec 8, 1989 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 101 107 11 7 L 1
19 Sat, Dec 9, 1989 Indiana Pacers W 121 93 12 7 W 1
20 Tue, Dec 12, 1989 @ Denver Nuggets W 121 108 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Dec 13, 1989 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 79 83 13 8 L 1
22 Fri, Dec 15, 1989 @ Utah Jazz L 91 94 13 9 L 2
23 Sat, Dec 16, 1989 @ Golden State Warriors L 92 104 13 10 L 3
24 Tue, Dec 19, 1989 Seattle Supersonics W 94 77 14 10 W 1
25 Fri, Dec 22, 1989 @ New Jersey Nets W 96 90 15 10 W 2
26 Sat, Dec 23, 1989 Orlando Magic W 106 100 16 10 W 3
27 Wed, Dec 27, 1989 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 99 82 17 10 W 4
28 Fri, Dec 29, 1989 Milwaukee Bucks L 85 99 17 11 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 30, 1989 New Jersey Nets W 117 106 18 11 W 1
30 Tue, Jan 2, 1990 @ Orlando Magic W 115 113 19 11 W 2
31 Wed, Jan 3, 1990 Los Angeles Clippers W 84 80 20 11 W 3
32 Fri, Jan 5, 1990 Indiana Pacers W 122 99 21 11 W 4
33 Sat, Jan 6, 1990 New York Knickerbockers W 117 106 22 11 W 5
34 Tue, Jan 9, 1990 Chicago Bulls W 100 90 23 11 W 6
35 Wed, Jan 10, 1990 @ Boston Celtics L 97 104 23 12 L 1
36 Fri, Jan 12, 1990 Minnesota Timberwolves W 97 86 24 12 W 1
37 Sat, Jan 13, 1990 Portland Trail Blazers W 111 106 25 12 W 2
38 Wed, Jan 17, 1990 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 112 25 13 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 19, 1990 Golden State Warriors W 125 118 26 13 W 1
40 Sun, Jan 21, 1990 Los Angeles Lakers L 97 107 26 14 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 23, 1990 @ Chicago Bulls W 107 95 27 14 W 1
42 Fri, Jan 26, 1990 Phoenix Suns W 107 103 28 14 W 2
43 Sat, Jan 27, 1990 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 85 83 29 14 W 3
44 Tue, Jan 30, 1990 @ Atlanta Hawks W 112 95 30 14 W 4
45 Wed, Jan 31, 1990 Washington Bullets W 133 109 31 14 W 5
46 Sat, Feb 3, 1990 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 100 32 14 W 6
47 Sun, Feb 4, 1990 Utah Jazz W 115 83 33 14 W 7
48 Tue, Feb 6, 1990 Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 96 34 14 W 8
49 Thu, Feb 8, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 104 101 35 14 W 9
50 Tue, Feb 13, 1990 Denver Nuggets W 106 96 36 14 W 10
51 Sat, Feb 17, 1990 @ Miami Heat W 97 79 37 14 W 11
52 Mon, Feb 19, 1990 Miami Heat W 94 85 38 14 W 12
53 Wed, Feb 21, 1990 Orlando Magic W 140 109 39 14 W 13
54 Fri, Feb 23, 1990 @ Atlanta Hawks L 103 112 39 15 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 25, 1990 @ New York Knickerbockers W 98 87 40 15 W 1
56 Tue, Feb 27, 1990 Houston Rockets W OT 106 102 41 15 W 2
57 Thu, Mar 1, 1990 @ Washington Bullets W 99 85 42 15 W 3
58 Fri, Mar 2, 1990 Philadelphia 76ers W OT 115 112 43 15 W 4
59 Sun, Mar 4, 1990 Indiana Pacers W 111 105 44 15 W 5
60 Tue, Mar 6, 1990 Sacramento Kings W 101 91 45 15 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Mar 9, 1990 @ New Jersey Nets W 99 95 46 15 W 7
62 Sun, Mar 11, 1990 @ Charlotte Hornets W 98 88 47 15 W 8
63 Thu, Mar 15, 1990 San Antonio Spurs W 110 98 48 15 W 9
64 Fri, Mar 16, 1990 @ Chicago Bulls W 106 81 49 15 W 10
65 Sun, Mar 18, 1990 Dallas Mavericks W 114 84 50 15 W 11
66 Tue, Mar 20, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 117 96 51 15 W 12
67 Thu, Mar 22, 1990 @ Houston Rockets L 110 115 51 16 L 1
68 Sat, Mar 24, 1990 @ San Antonio Spurs L 98 105 51 17 L 2
69 Sun, Mar 25, 1990 @ Dallas Mavericks L OT 96 98 51 18 L 3
70 Wed, Mar 28, 1990 Charlotte Hornets W 106 97 52 18 W 1
71 Fri, Mar 30, 1990 @ Boston Celtics L 111 123 52 19 L 1
72 Tue, Apr 3, 1990 Boston Celtics W 93 82 53 19 W 1
73 Thu, Apr 5, 1990 @ Atlanta Hawks W 104 99 54 19 W 2
74 Fri, Apr 6, 1990 Milwaukee Bucks L 84 92 54 20 L 1
75 Sun, Apr 8, 1990 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 97 100 54 21 L 2
76 Tue, Apr 10, 1990 @ New York Knickerbockers W 108 98 55 21 W 1
77 Wed, Apr 11, 1990 New Jersey Nets W 98 93 56 21 W 2
78 Fri, Apr 13, 1990 Atlanta Hawks L 111 115 56 22 L 1
79 Sat, Apr 14, 1990 Orlando Magic W 111 107 57 22 W 1
80 Thu, Apr 19, 1990 Philadelphia 76ers L 97 107 57 23 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 20, 1990 @ Indiana Pacers W OT 121 115 58 23 W 1
82 Sun, Apr 22, 1990 Chicago Bulls W 111 106 59 23 W 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 26, 1990 Indiana Pacers W 104 92 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 28, 1990 Indiana Pacers W 100 87 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, May 1, 1990 @ Indiana Pacers W 108 96 3 0 W 3
4 Tue, May 8, 1990 New York Knickerbockers W 112 77 4 0 W 4
5 Thu, May 10, 1990 New York Knickerbockers W 104 97 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, May 12, 1990 @ New York Knickerbockers L 103 111 5 1 L 1
7 Sun, May 13, 1990 @ New York Knickerbockers W 102 90 6 1 W 1
8 Tue, May 15, 1990 New York Knickerbockers W 95 84 7 1 W 2
9 Sun, May 20, 1990 Chicago Bulls W 86 77 8 1 W 3
10 Tue, May 22, 1990 Chicago Bulls W 102 93 9 1 W 4
11 Sat, May 26, 1990 @ Chicago Bulls L 102 107 9 2 L 1
12 Mon, May 28, 1990 @ Chicago Bulls L 101 108 9 3 L 2
13 Wed, May 30, 1990 Chicago Bulls W 97 83 10 3 W 1
14 Fri, Jun 1, 1990 @ Chicago Bulls L 91 109 10 4 L 1
15 Sun, Jun 3, 1990 Chicago Bulls W 93 74 11 4 W 1
16 Tue, Jun 5, 1990 Portland Trail Blazers W 105 99 12 4 W 2
17 Thu, Jun 7, 1990 Portland Trail Blazers L OT 105 106 12 5 L 1
18 Sun, Jun 10, 1990 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 121 106 13 5 W 1
19 Tue, Jun 12, 1990 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 112 109 14 5 W 2
20 Thu, Jun 14, 1990 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 92 90 15 5 W 3