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1969-1970 Detroit Pistons: 31-51 .378
Next Season Home record: 18-20 (4324 points scored, 4378 allowed) Road record: 10-25 (3912 points scored, 4088 allowed) Other sites: 3-6 (1010 points scored, 1052 allowed)

Head Coach: Butch Van Breda Kolff 9246 points scored (13th of 14 teams), 9518 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 116.7 points/game (9569.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Walt Bellamy 6'10 225 30 Indiana Dave Bing 6'3 180 26 Syracuse Terry Dischinger 6'7 189 29 Purdue Happy Hairston 6'7 225 27 New York University Bill Hewitt 6'7 210 25 Southern California Howard Komives 6'1 185 28 Bowling Green Paul Long 6'2 180 25 Virginia Tech McCoy McLemore 6'7 230 27 Drake Eddie Miles 6'4 195 29 Seattle Steve Mix 6'7 215 22 Toledo Otto Moore 6'11 205 23 Texas - Pan American Erwin Mueller 6'8 230 25 San Francisco Bob Quick 6'5 215 23 Xavier George Reynolds 6'4 195 22 Houston Jimmy Walker 6'3 195 25 Providence
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Jimmy Walker 81 2869 666 1394 0 0 355 440 0 0 242 248 0 0 0 203 1687 20.8 G Dave Bing 70 2334 575 1295 0 0 454 580 0 0 299 418 0 0 0 196 1604 22.9 C Otto Moore 81 2523 383 805 0 0 194 305 0 0 900 104 0 0 0 232 960 11.9 G Howard Komives 82 2418 363 878 0 0 190 234 0 0 193 312 0 0 0 247 916 11.2 F Terry Dischinger 75 1754 342 650 0 0 174 241 0 0 369 106 0 0 0 213 858 11.4 F Erwin Mueller 74 2284 287 614 0 0 185 254 0 0 469 199 0 0 0 186 759 10.3 G Eddie Miles 44 1243 231 531 0 0 130 170 0 0 173 82 0 0 0 99 592 13.5 F McCoy McLemore 73 1421 233 500 0 0 119 145 0 0 336 83 0 0 0 159 585 8.0 C Walt Bellamy 56 1173 210 384 0 0 140 249 0 0 397 55 0 0 0 163 560 10.0 F Bill Hewitt 45 801 85 210 0 0 38 63 0 0 213 36 0 0 0 91 208 4.6 F Happy Hairston 15 282 57 103 0 0 45 63 0 0 88 11 0 0 0 36 159 10.6 F Bob Quick 19 297 49 111 0 0 37 53 0 0 63 11 0 0 0 41 135 7.1 F Steve Mix 18 276 48 100 0 0 23 39 0 0 64 15 0 0 0 31 119 6.6 G Paul Long 25 130 28 62 0 0 27 38 0 0 11 17 0 0 0 22 83 3.3 G George Reynolds 10 44 8 19 0 0 5 7 0 0 14 12 0 0 0 10 21 2.1
1969 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    4  Terry Driscoll           244     30   Boston College                 
  2   19  Willie Norwood           430          Alcorn A&M                     
  4   47  Ted Wierman                           Washington State               
  5   61  Steve Mix                787      1   Toledo                         
  6   75  Larry Jeffries                        Trinity                        
  7   89  Steve Vandenberg                      Duke                           
  8  103  Bob Arnzen                55     56   Notre Dame                     
  9  117  George Reynolds           10          Houston                        
 10  131  Bill English                          Winston-Salem State            
 11  145  Rusty Clark                           North Carolina                 

Traded draft picks:

#3 to PHO (Lamar Green)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 110-119 0-1 10/21/1969 vs Boston Celtics W 98-97 1-1 10/24/1969 vs New York Knicks L 92-116 1-2 10/25/1969 at Atlanta Hawks W 125-104 2-2 10/28/1969 vs Baltimore Bullets L 110-125 2-3 10/30/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 81-102 2-4 11/01/1969 vs San Diego Rockets W 130-113 3-4 11/04/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics L 102-116 3-5 11/07/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 134-128 4-5 11/08/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-100 4-6 11/09/1969 at Phoenix Suns L 129-140 4-7 11/11/1969 at Los Angeles Lakers W 110-102 5-7 11/12/1969 at San Diego Rockets L 119-132 5-8 11/13/1969 at Seattle Supersonics L 113-117 5-9 11/15/1969 at Cincinnati Royals W 105-104 6-9 11/18/1969 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 114-125 6-10 11/21/1969 vs Atlanta Hawks L 106-118 6-11 11/25/1969 at Chicago Bulls W 104-103 7-11 11/26/1969 vs Chicago Bulls L 109-129 7-12 11/28/1969 at Philadelphia 76ers L 91-110 7-13 11/29/1969 at New York Knicks W 110-98 8-13 12/02/1969 at San Francisco Warriors L 109-116 8-14 12/03/1969 at San Francisco Warriors W 106-102 9-14 12/05/1969 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-128 9-15 12/07/1969 at Phoenix Suns W 118-113 10-15 12/08/1969 at San Diego Rockets W 111-102 11-15 12/09/1969 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-109 11-16 12/11/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals W 119-116 12-16 12/12/1969 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-125 12-17 12/13/1969 vs San Francisco Warriors L 97-104 12-18 12/16/1969 vs Boston Celtics L 98-117 12-19 12/17/1969 vs San Diego Rockets L 107-114 12-20 12/19/1969 at Baltimore Bullets L 105-108 12-21 12/20/1969 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-113 13-21 12/25/1969 at New York Knicks L 111-112 13-22 12/26/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 101-114 13-23 12/29/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals L 103-110 13-24 12/31/1969 at Boston Celtics L 121-124 13-25 01/02/1970 vs Boston Celtics L 92-110 13-26 01/03/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 109-114 13-27 01/04/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 116-110 14-27 01/05/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 102-118 14-28
Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 116-121 14-29 01/10/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 129-128 15-29 01/12/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 113-100 16-29 01/13/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 115-102 17-29 01/14/1970 at Boston Celtics L 118-123 17-30 01/16/1970 vs New York Knicks L 102-104 17-31 01/18/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 106-100 18-31 01/22/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 115-119 18-32 01/23/1970 at Boston Celtics W 109-105 19-32 01/24/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 128-122 20-32 01/25/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 111-120 20-33 01/29/1970 at New York Knicks L 106-127 20-34 01/30/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets W 129-117 21-34 01/31/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 115-117 21-35 02/01/1970 vs New York Knicks L 111-117 21-36 02/02/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 121-125 21-37 02/04/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 125-109 22-37 02/06/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 148-153 22-38 02/07/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-109 23-38 02/10/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals L 115-117 23-39 02/11/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 113-124 23-40 02/13/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 132-120 24-40 02/15/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 126-119 25-40 02/19/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-133 25-41 02/20/1970 at Baltimore Bullets W 122-119 26-41 02/21/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 110-112 26-42 02/22/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-114 27-42 02/24/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 136-111 28-42 02/25/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 105-122 28-43 02/26/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 123-131 28-44 02/27/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-131 28-45 03/01/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 116-99 29-45 03/06/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 118-121 29-46 03/07/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 134-126 30-46 03/10/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 115-112 31-46 03/14/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 96-111 31-47 03/17/1970 vs New York Knicks L 106-122 31-48 03/19/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 118-132 31-49 03/20/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 111-117 31-50 03/22/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks L 126-130 31-51

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