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2003-04 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (54-28)

2003-04 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 90.1 (24th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 84.3 (1st of 29)
SRS: 5.04 (4th of 29) ▪ Pace: 87.9 (24th of 29)
Off Rtg: 102.0 (18th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 95.4 (2nd of 29)
Expected W-L: 59-23 (2nd of 29)

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills ▪ Attendance: 872,902 (1st of 29)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Indiana Pacers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus New Jersey Nets
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks


NBA Champions

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 29, 2003 Indiana Pacers L 87 89 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Oct 31, 2003 @ Miami Heat W 93 81 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Nov 1, 2003 @ Orlando Magic W 96 85 2 1 W 2
4 Wed, Nov 5, 2003 Boston Celtics W 96 88 3 1 W 3
5 Fri, Nov 7, 2003 Milwaukee Bucks W 105 99 4 1 W 4
6 Sun, Nov 9, 2003 New Jersey Nets W 98 84 5 1 W 5
7 Tue, Nov 11, 2003 @ Sacramento Kings L 91 97 5 2 L 1
8 Wed, Nov 12, 2003 @ Golden State Warriors L OT 85 87 5 3 L 2
9 Fri, Nov 14, 2003 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 89 94 5 4 L 3
10 Sat, Nov 15, 2003 @ Phoenix Suns W 100 91 6 4 W 1
11 Tue, Nov 18, 2003 Los Angeles Lakers W 106 96 7 4 W 2
12 Wed, Nov 19, 2003 @ Memphis Grizzlies W 99 92 8 4 W 3
13 Fri, Nov 21, 2003 New York Knicks W 94 85 9 4 W 4
14 Sun, Nov 23, 2003 New Orleans Hornets L 80 81 9 5 L 1
15 Mon, Nov 24, 2003 @ Atlanta Hawks W 94 89 10 5 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 26, 2003 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 86 90 10 6 L 1
17 Fri, Nov 28, 2003 Cleveland Cavaliers W 92 88 11 6 W 1
18 Sat, Nov 29, 2003 @ Washington Wizards W 80 69 12 6 W 2
19 Mon, Dec 1, 2003 @ New York Knicks W OT 79 78 13 6 W 3
20 Wed, Dec 3, 2003 Miami Heat W 87 73 14 6 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 6, 2003 @ Houston Rockets L 80 86 14 7 L 1
22 Tue, Dec 9, 2003 Philadelphia 76ers L 76 78 14 8 L 2
23 Thu, Dec 11, 2003 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 86 95 14 9 L 3
24 Fri, Dec 12, 2003 Seattle SuperSonics L 72 93 14 10 L 4
25 Wed, Dec 17, 2003 Chicago Bulls W 77 73 15 10 W 1
26 Fri, Dec 19, 2003 @ Indiana Pacers L 75 80 15 11 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 21, 2003 Utah Jazz W 96 75 16 11 W 1
28 Tue, Dec 23, 2003 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 78 83 16 12 L 1
29 Fri, Dec 26, 2003 New Jersey Nets L 79 82 16 13 L 2
30 Sat, Dec 27, 2003 @ Atlanta Hawks W 87 84 17 13 W 1
31 Mon, Dec 29, 2003 New Orleans Hornets W 108 99 18 13 W 2
32 Wed, Dec 31, 2003 Portland Trail Blazers W 78 71 19 13 W 3
33 Fri, Jan 2, 2004 Phoenix Suns W 93 81 20 13 W 4
34 Sat, Jan 3, 2004 Golden State Warriors W 99 93 21 13 W 5
35 Mon, Jan 5, 2004 @ Boston Celtics W 78 68 22 13 W 6
36 Wed, Jan 7, 2004 Houston Rockets W 85 66 23 13 W 7
37 Sun, Jan 11, 2004 Dallas Mavericks W 115 102 24 13 W 8
38 Tue, Jan 13, 2004 @ Chicago Bulls W 105 89 25 13 W 9
39 Wed, Jan 14, 2004 Toronto Raptors W 95 91 26 13 W 10
40 Fri, Jan 16, 2004 Washington Wizards W 98 77 27 13 W 11
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 17, 2004 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 99 94 28 13 W 12
42 Mon, Jan 19, 2004 San Antonio Spurs W 85 77 29 13 W 13
43 Tue, Jan 20, 2004 @ Indiana Pacers L 69 81 29 14 L 1
44 Fri, Jan 23, 2004 @ Minnesota Timberwolves L 79 80 29 15 L 2
45 Sun, Jan 25, 2004 Atlanta Hawks L 82 91 29 16 L 3
46 Wed, Jan 28, 2004 @ Boston Celtics W 106 103 30 16 W 1
47 Fri, Jan 30, 2004 @ Toronto Raptors W OT 90 89 31 16 W 2
48 Sat, Jan 31, 2004 Memphis Grizzlies W 80 78 32 16 W 3
49 Mon, Feb 2, 2004 @ Miami Heat W OT 102 100 33 16 W 4
50 Tue, Feb 3, 2004 Cleveland Cavaliers L 82 85 33 17 L 1
51 Fri, Feb 6, 2004 @ New Orleans Hornets L 81 92 33 18 L 2
52 Sat, Feb 7, 2004 @ Dallas Mavericks L 108 111 33 19 L 3
53 Tue, Feb 10, 2004 @ New Jersey Nets L 78 89 33 20 L 4
54 Wed, Feb 11, 2004 Sacramento Kings L 94 96 33 21 L 5
55 Tue, Feb 17, 2004 @ New York Knicks L 88 92 33 22 L 6
56 Wed, Feb 18, 2004 Milwaukee Bucks W 102 98 34 22 W 1
57 Fri, Feb 20, 2004 Minnesota Timberwolves L 87 88 34 23 L 1
58 Sun, Feb 22, 2004 Orlando Magic L 86 87 34 24 L 2
59 Mon, Feb 23, 2004 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 76 66 35 24 W 1
60 Wed, Feb 25, 2004 @ Chicago Bulls W 107 88 36 24 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 27, 2004 Atlanta Hawks W 105 83 37 24 W 3
62 Sun, Feb 29, 2004 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 100 88 38 24 W 4
63 Mon, Mar 1, 2004 @ Utah Jazz L 86 94 38 25 L 1
64 Thu, Mar 4, 2004 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 83 68 39 25 W 1
65 Sat, Mar 6, 2004 @ Denver Nuggets W 97 66 40 25 W 2
66 Sun, Mar 7, 2004 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 86 65 41 25 W 3
67 Wed, Mar 10, 2004 Chicago Bulls W 98 65 42 25 W 4
68 Sun, Mar 14, 2004 Philadelphia 76ers W 85 69 43 25 W 5
69 Thu, Mar 18, 2004 @ New Jersey Nets W 89 71 44 25 W 6
70 Fri, Mar 19, 2004 Denver Nuggets W 94 75 45 25 W 7
71 Sun, Mar 21, 2004 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 96 76 46 25 W 8
72 Tue, Mar 23, 2004 @ New Orleans Hornets L 81 82 46 26 L 1
73 Thu, Mar 25, 2004 @ San Antonio Spurs L 75 84 46 27 L 2
74 Sat, Mar 27, 2004 New York Knicks W 100 85 47 27 W 1
75 Wed, Mar 31, 2004 Los Angeles Clippers W 108 99 48 27 W 2
76 Fri, Apr 2, 2004 Miami Heat W 92 84 49 27 W 3
77 Sun, Apr 4, 2004 Indiana Pacers W 79 61 50 27 W 4
78 Tue, Apr 6, 2004 Orlando Magic W 102 86 51 27 W 5
79 Fri, Apr 9, 2004 Toronto Raptors W 74 66 52 27 W 6
80 Sat, Apr 10, 2004 @ Orlando Magic W 101 89 53 27 W 7
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Apr 12, 2004 Washington Wizards W 101 79 54 27 W 8
82 Tue, Apr 13, 2004 @ Toronto Raptors L 78 87 54 28 L 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 18, 2004 Milwaukee Bucks W 108 82 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 21, 2004 Milwaukee Bucks L 88 92 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Apr 24, 2004 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 95 85 2 1 W 1
4 Mon, Apr 26, 2004 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 109 92 3 1 W 2
5 Thu, Apr 29, 2004 Milwaukee Bucks W 91 77 4 1 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Mon, May 3, 2004 New Jersey Nets W 78 56 5 1 W 4
7 Fri, May 7, 2004 New Jersey Nets W 95 80 6 1 W 5
8 Sun, May 9, 2004 @ New Jersey Nets L 64 82 6 2 L 1
9 Tue, May 11, 2004 @ New Jersey Nets L 79 94 6 3 L 2
10 Fri, May 14, 2004 New Jersey Nets L 3OT 120 127 6 4 L 3
11 Sun, May 16, 2004 @ New Jersey Nets W 81 75 7 4 W 1
12 Thu, May 20, 2004 New Jersey Nets W 90 69 8 4 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
13 Sat, May 22, 2004 @ Indiana Pacers L 74 78 8 5 L 1
14 Mon, May 24, 2004 @ Indiana Pacers W 72 67 9 5 W 1
15 Wed, May 26, 2004 Indiana Pacers W 85 78 10 5 W 2
16 Fri, May 28, 2004 Indiana Pacers L 68 83 10 6 L 1
17 Sun, May 30, 2004 @ Indiana Pacers W 83 65 11 6 W 1
18 Tue, Jun 1, 2004 Indiana Pacers W 69 65 12 6 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
19 Sun, Jun 6, 2004 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 87 75 13 6 W 3
20 Tue, Jun 8, 2004 @ Los Angeles Lakers L OT 91 99 13 7 L 1
21 Thu, Jun 10, 2004 Los Angeles Lakers W 88 68 14 7 W 1
22 Sun, Jun 13, 2004 Los Angeles Lakers W 88 80 15 7 W 2
23 Tue, Jun 15, 2004 Los Angeles Lakers W 100 87 16 7 W 3