1961–62 Detroit Pistons season

The 1961-62 NBA season was the Pistons' 14th season in the NBA and fifth season in the city of Detroit.[1]

1961–62 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDick McGuire
ArenaCobo Arena
Results
Record37–43 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWXYZ

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5426.675–26–518–1310–833–13
x-Cincinnati Royals4337.5381118–1314–1611–829–17
x-Detroit Pistons3743.4631716–148–1713–1224–22
St. Louis Hawks2951.3632519–167–273–816–30
Chicago Packers1862.2253615-233-390–010–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1961-62 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —9–17–15–36–38–48–47–210–2
Chicago 1–9—1–93–72–86–40–104–61–9
Cincinnati 1–79–1—6–65–75–43–59–35–4
Detroit 3–57–36–6—4–85–41–77–54–5
Los Angeles 3–68–27–58–4—6–26–310–26–2
New York 4–84–64–54–52–6—4–84–43–9
Philadelphia 4–810–05–37–13–68–4—6–36–6
St. Louis 2–76–43–95–72–104–43–6—4–4
Syracuse 2–109–14–55–42–69–36–64–4—

Playoffs
1962 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 16 Cincinnati W 123–122 Ray Scott (34) Cobo Arena 1–0
2 March 17 @ Cincinnati L 107–129 Ohl, Shue (18) Cincinnati Gardens 1–1
3 March 18 Cincinnati W 118–107 Bailey Howell (27) Cobo Arena 2–1
4 March 20 @ Cincinnati W 112–111 Don Ohl (33) Cincinnati Gardens 3–1
Division Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocationSeries
1 March 24 @ Los Angeles L 108–132 Bailey Howell (27) Walter Dukes (12) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 0–1
2 March 25 @ Los Angeles L 112–127 Don Ohl (33) Bailey Howell (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 0–2
3 March 27 Los Angeles L 106–111 Gene Shue (26) Walter Dukes (25) Cobo Arena 0–3
4 March 29 Los Angeles W 118–117 Bailey Howell (24) Ray Scott (23) Cobo Arena 1–3
5 March 31 @ Los Angeles W 132–125 Willie Jones (27) Ray Scott (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 2–3
6 April 3 Los Angeles L 117–123 Ray Scott (22) — Cobo Arena 2–4
1962 schedule

See also

References
  1. 1961–62 Detroit Pistons
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