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2005-06 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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64-18, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Flip Saunders (64-18)

Points Per Game: 96.8 (19th of 30) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 90.2 (3rd of 30)
Pythagorean W-L: 60-22 (2nd of 30)

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills ▪ Attendance: 883,040 (1st of 30)

SRS: 6.23 (2nd of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 86.8 (29th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 110.8 (4th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.1 (5th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Miami Heat
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Cleveland Cavaliers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks

2005-06 Detroit Pistons:

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

Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Nov 2, 2005 Philadelphia 76ers W 108 88 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Nov 4, 2005 @ Boston Celtics W 82 81 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Nov 5, 2005 Toronto Raptors W 117 84 3 0 W 3
4 Tue, Nov 8, 2005 @ Sacramento Kings W 102 88 4 0 W 4
5 Thu, Nov 10, 2005 @ Phoenix Suns W 111 104 5 0 W 5
6 Fri, Nov 11, 2005 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 84 81 6 0 W 6
7 Tue, Nov 15, 2005 Boston Celtics W 115 100 7 0 W 7
8 Fri, Nov 18, 2005 @ Houston Rockets W 78 70 8 0 W 8
9 Sat, Nov 19, 2005 @ Dallas Mavericks L 82 119 8 1 L 1
10 Wed, Nov 23, 2005 Denver Nuggets W 114 89 9 1 W 1
11 Fri, Nov 25, 2005 Washington Wizards L 2OT 114 120 9 2 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 26, 2005 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 85 76 10 2 W 1
13 Wed, Nov 30, 2005 @ New Jersey Nets W 93 83 11 2 W 2
14 Fri, Dec 2, 2005 New York Knickerbockers W 106 98 12 2 W 3
15 Sat, Dec 3, 2005 @ Chicago Bulls W 92 79 13 2 W 4
16 Fri, Dec 9, 2005 @ Golden State Warriors W 106 103 14 2 W 5
17 Sun, Dec 11, 2005 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 109 101 15 2 W 6
18 Mon, Dec 12, 2005 @ Utah Jazz L 78 92 15 3 L 1
19 Wed, Dec 14, 2005 Sacramento Kings W 109 98 16 3 W 1
20 Fri, Dec 16, 2005 Chicago Bulls W 110 82 17 3 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 17, 2005 @ Charlotte Bobcats W 103 78 18 3 W 3
22 Mon, Dec 19, 2005 @ Memphis Grizzlies W 2OT 106 104 19 3 W 4
23 Tue, Dec 20, 2005 Portland Trail Blazers W 93 89 20 3 W 5
24 Fri, Dec 23, 2005 Golden State Warriors W 97 85 21 3 W 6
25 Sun, Dec 25, 2005 San Antonio Spurs W 85 70 22 3 W 7
26 Tue, Dec 27, 2005 Toronto Raptors W 113 106 23 3 W 8
27 Thu, Dec 29, 2005 Miami Heat W 106 101 24 3 W 9
28 Sat, Dec 31, 2005 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 84 97 24 4 L 1
29 Tue, Jan 3, 2006 Orlando Magic W 108 99 25 4 W 1
30 Fri, Jan 6, 2006 Seattle Supersonics W 97 85 26 4 W 2
31 Sat, Jan 7, 2006 Utah Jazz L OT 90 94 26 5 L 1
32 Tue, Jan 10, 2006 @ New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets W 96 86 27 5 W 1
33 Thu, Jan 12, 2006 @ San Antonio Spurs W 83 68 28 5 W 2
34 Sat, Jan 14, 2006 Charlotte Bobcats W 114 91 29 5 W 3
35 Mon, Jan 16, 2006 Boston Celtics W 94 84 30 5 W 4
36 Wed, Jan 18, 2006 @ Atlanta Hawks W 117 89 31 5 W 5
37 Thu, Jan 19, 2006 @ New York Knickerbockers W 105 79 32 5 W 6
38 Sun, Jan 22, 2006 Houston Rockets W 99 97 33 5 W 7
39 Tue, Jan 24, 2006 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 107 83 34 5 W 8
40 Wed, Jan 25, 2006 Milwaukee Bucks W OT 106 102 35 5 W 9
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 27, 2006 Memphis Grizzlies W 95 89 36 5 W 10
42 Sun, Jan 29, 2006 Los Angeles Lakers W 102 93 37 5 W 11
43 Tue, Jan 31, 2006 @ New Jersey Nets L 84 91 37 6 L 1
44 Wed, Feb 1, 2006 Minnesota Timberwolves W 90 74 38 6 W 1
45 Fri, Feb 3, 2006 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 87 80 39 6 W 2
46 Sat, Feb 4, 2006 @ Indiana Pacers L 85 93 39 7 L 1
47 Tue, Feb 7, 2006 @ Atlanta Hawks L 98 99 39 8 L 2
48 Wed, Feb 8, 2006 Los Angeles Clippers W 97 87 40 8 W 1
49 Fri, Feb 10, 2006 @ Orlando Magic W 84 73 41 8 W 2
50 Sun, Feb 12, 2006 @ Miami Heat L 98 100 41 9 L 1
51 Tue, Feb 14, 2006 New Jersey Nets W 85 71 42 9 W 1
52 Tue, Feb 21, 2006 Atlanta Hawks W 97 87 43 9 W 2
53 Thu, Feb 23, 2006 Indiana Pacers W 88 83 44 9 W 3
54 Fri, Feb 24, 2006 @ Chicago Bulls W 95 87 45 9 W 4
55 Sun, Feb 26, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers W 90 78 46 9 W 5
56 Mon, Feb 27, 2006 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 84 72 47 9 W 6
57 Wed, Mar 1, 2006 @ Denver Nuggets L 87 98 47 10 L 1
58 Fri, Mar 3, 2006 @ Seattle Supersonics W 98 96 48 10 W 1
59 Sat, Mar 4, 2006 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 94 105 48 11 L 1
60 Wed, Mar 8, 2006 Chicago Bulls W 106 101 49 11 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 11, 2006 @ Washington Wizards L 92 110 49 12 L 1
62 Sun, Mar 12, 2006 Charlotte Bobcats W 94 78 50 12 W 1
63 Wed, Mar 15, 2006 @ Toronto Raptors W 105 98 51 12 W 2
64 Fri, Mar 17, 2006 @ New York Knickerbockers L 103 105 51 13 L 1
65 Sat, Mar 18, 2006 @ Charlotte Bobcats W 108 103 52 13 W 1
66 Mon, Mar 20, 2006 Atlanta Hawks W 91 84 53 13 W 2
67 Wed, Mar 22, 2006 Miami Heat W 82 73 54 13 W 3
68 Fri, Mar 24, 2006 @ Indiana Pacers W 75 72 55 13 W 4
69 Sun, Mar 26, 2006 New Jersey Nets L 74 79 55 14 L 1
70 Tue, Mar 28, 2006 Dallas Mavericks W 97 90 56 14 W 1
71 Wed, Mar 29, 2006 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 101 91 57 14 W 2
72 Fri, Mar 31, 2006 Milwaukee Bucks W 112 105 58 14 W 3
73 Sun, Apr 2, 2006 Phoenix Suns W 109 102 59 14 W 4
74 Tue, Apr 4, 2006 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets W 101 93 60 14 W 5
75 Thu, Apr 6, 2006 @ Miami Heat W 95 82 61 14 W 6
76 Fri, Apr 7, 2006 @ Orlando Magic L 87 89 61 15 L 1
77 Sun, Apr 9, 2006 Indiana Pacers W 98 73 62 15 W 1
78 Wed, Apr 12, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers W 96 73 63 15 W 2
79 Fri, Apr 14, 2006 @ Toronto Raptors L 103 108 63 16 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 16, 2006 New York Knickerbockers W 103 97 64 16 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Apr 17, 2006 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 113 64 17 L 1
82 Wed, Apr 19, 2006 Washington Wizards L 80 96 64 18 L 2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 23, 2006 Milwaukee Bucks W 92 74 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 26, 2006 Milwaukee Bucks W 109 98 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 29, 2006 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 104 124 2 1 L 1
4 Mon, May 1, 2006 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 109 99 3 1 W 1
5 Wed, May 3, 2006 Milwaukee Bucks W 122 93 4 1 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Sun, May 7, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers W 113 86 5 1 W 3
7 Tue, May 9, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers W 97 91 6 1 W 4
8 Sat, May 13, 2006 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 77 86 6 2 L 1
9 Mon, May 15, 2006 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 72 74 6 3 L 2
10 Wed, May 17, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers L 84 86 6 4 L 3
11 Fri, May 19, 2006 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 84 82 7 4 W 1
12 Sun, May 21, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers W 79 61 8 4 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
13 Tue, May 23, 2006 Miami Heat L 86 91 8 5 L 1
14 Thu, May 25, 2006 Miami Heat W 92 88 9 5 W 1
15 Sat, May 27, 2006 @ Miami Heat L 83 98 9 6 L 1
16 Mon, May 29, 2006 @ Miami Heat L 78 89 9 7 L 2
17 Wed, May 31, 2006 Miami Heat W 91 78 10 7 W 1
18 Fri, Jun 2, 2006 @ Miami Heat L 78 95 10 8 L 1