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1970-1971 Detroit Pistons: 45-37  .549
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-17 (4533 points scored, 4484 allowed) Road record: 20-19 (4256 points scored, 4340 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (240 points scored, 266 allowed) Head Coach: Butch Van Breda Kolff 9029 points scored (13th of 17 teams), 9090 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dave Bing 6'3 180 27 Syracuse Terry Dischinger 6'7 189 30 Purdue Terry Driscoll 6'7 215 23 Boston College Bill Hewitt 6'7 210 26 Southern California Howard Komives 6'1 185 29 Bowling Green Bob Lanier 6'11 250 22 St. Bonaventure Harvey Marlatt 6'3 185 22 Eastern Michigan Steve Mix 6'7 215 23 Toledo Otto Moore 6'11 205 24 Texas - Pan American Erwin Mueller 6'8 230 26 San Francisco Bob Quick 6'5 215 24 Xavier Jimmy Walker 6'3 195 26 Providence Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Dave Bing 82 3065 799 1710 0 0 615 772 0 0 364 408 0 0 0 228 2213 27.0 G Jimmy Walker 79 2765 524 1201 0 0 344 414 0 0 207 268 0 0 0 173 1392 17.6 C Bob Lanier 82 2017 504 1108 0 0 273 376 0 0 665 146 0 0 0 272 1281 15.6 F Terry Dischinger 65 1855 304 568 0 0 161 211 0 0 339 113 0 0 0 189 769 11.8 C Otto Moore 82 1926 310 696 0 0 121 219 0 0 700 88 0 0 0 182 741 9.0 G Howard Komives 82 1932 275 715 0 0 121 151 0 0 152 262 0 0 0 184 671 8.2 F Bill Hewitt 62 1725 203 435 0 0 69 120 0 0 454 124 0 0 0 189 475 7.7 F Bob Quick 56 1146 155 341 0 0 138 176 0 0 230 56 0 0 0 142 448 8.0 F Terry Driscoll 69 1255 132 318 0 0 108 154 0 0 402 54 0 0 0 212 372 5.4 F Erwin Mueller 52 1224 126 309 0 0 60 108 0 0 223 113 0 0 0 99 312 6.0 F Steve Mix 35 731 111 249 0 0 68 89 0 0 164 34 0 0 0 72 290 8.3 G Harvey Marlatt 23 214 25 80 0 0 15 18 0 0 23 30 0 0 0 27 65 2.8
1970 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    1  Bob Lanier               959          St. Bonaventure                
  2   32  Ken Warzynski                         DePaul                           [pick acquired from BAL]
  3   37  Bob St. Pierre                        Hanover                        
  3   47  Jim Hayes                        47   Boston University                [pick acquired from LA]
  5   71  Bill Jankans                          Long Beach State               
  6   88  Seviro Brown                          DePaul                         
  7  105  Marv Copeland                         Michigan Lutheran              
  8  122  Dan Issel                718    500   Kentucky                       
  9  139  Alex Wynn                             Dartmouth                      
 10  156  Bruce Chapman                         Nevada                         
 11  172  Rick Anhauser                         North Carolina State           
 12  185  Don Ogletree                          Cincinnati                     
 13  195  Ernest Hardy                          Harvard                        
 14  205  Randy Smith              976          Buffalo State                  
 15  215  Dennis Clark                          Springfield (MA)               
 16  224  Harvey Mariatt                        Eastern Michigan               

Traded draft picks:

#2 to SEA (Jake Ford)
#4 to BAL (Bill Stricker)



Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/14/1970   at Seattle Supersonics       W 123-117    1-0
10/16/1970   at San Francisco Warriors    W 120-106    2-0
10/17/1970   at Phoenix Suns              W 110-107    3-0
10/20/1970   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 115-114    4-0
10/21/1970   at Boston Celtics            W 121-118    5-0
10/22/1970   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 120-101    6-0
10/24/1970   at Buffalo Braves            W 114-95     7-0
10/26/1970   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 142-111    8-0
10/28/1970   at Baltimore Bullets         W 109-103    9-0
10/31/1970   at New York Knicks           L  89-107    9-1
11/03/1970   vs Cincinnati Royals         W 115-112    10-1
11/04/1970   at Atlanta Hawks             W 117-105    11-1
11/05/1970   vs Buffalo Braves            W 121-109    12-1
11/07/1970   at Chicago Bulls             L  99-125    12-2
11/11/1970   vs Los Angeles Lakers        L 115-117    12-3
11/13/1970   at Los Angeles Lakers        L 109-122    12-4
11/14/1970   at San Diego Rockets         L 101-112    12-5
11/15/1970   at Phoenix Suns              L 104-108    12-6
11/17/1970   vs Philadelphia 76ers        L  91-113    12-7
11/19/1970   vs Phoenix Suns              W 112-110    13-7
11/20/1970   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 120-112    14-7
11/21/1970   at Cincinnati Royals         L 102-114    14-8
11/24/1970   vs San Diego Rockets         W 111-104    15-8
11/25/1970   at Milwaukee Bucks           L  87-113    15-9
11/28/1970   vs Boston Celtics            L  98-121    15-10
11/29/1970   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 120-99     16-10
12/02/1970   vs New York Knicks           W 101-82     17-10
12/04/1970   vs Chicago Bulls             W 107-103    18-10
12/09/1970   vs San Francisco Warriors    L  99-110    18-11
12/11/1970   at Boston Celtics            W 121-118    19-11
12/12/1970   vs Buffalo Braves            L  92-93     19-12
12/13/1970   at Los Angeles Lakers        W 103-100    20-12
12/15/1970   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 111-103    21-12
12/17/1970   at Phoenix Suns              L 114-117    21-13
12/18/1970   at San Diego Rockets         W 129-116    22-13
12/20/1970   at Cincinnati Royals         W 136-135    23-13
12/25/1970   at Philadelphia 76ers        L 100-105    23-14
12/26/1970   at Chicago Bulls             W 117-114    24-14
12/29/1970   vs Atlanta Hawks             W  99-97     25-14
12/30/1970   at Cincinnati Royals         W 119-115    26-14
01/02/1971   vs Baltimore Bullets         L  99-108    26-15
01/05/1971   at Atlanta Hawks             W  98-90     27-15
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/06/1971   vs San Diego Rockets         W 100-99     28-15
01/08/1971   vs Cincinnati Royals         W 115-109    29-15
01/09/1971   at Milwaukee Bucks           L 100-118    29-16
01/10/1971   vs Los Angeles Lakers        W 118-109    30-16
01/14/1971   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 108-106    31-16
01/15/1971   at Buffalo Braves            W  99-97     32-16
01/16/1971   vs Boston Celtics            W 121-118    33-16
01/19/1971   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 106-102    34-16
01/22/1971   vs Portland Trail Blazers    L 112-123    34-17
01/24/1971   vs New York Knicks           L 105-117    34-18
01/27/1971   vs San Francisco Warriors    L 112-129    34-19
01/29/1971   vs San Diego Rockets         W 131-104    35-19
01/31/1971   at Milwaukee Bucks           L 104-131    35-20
02/02/1971   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 116-113    36-20
02/05/1971   vs New York Knicks           W 108-99     37-20
02/07/1971   at Baltimore Bullets         L 105-108    37-21
02/09/1971   vs Milwaukee Bucks           L 106-107    37-22
02/12/1971   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 118-109    38-22
02/14/1971   vs Boston Celtics            L 108-110    38-23
02/16/1971   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 110-95     39-23
02/19/1971   at Chicago Bulls             L 114-115    39-24
02/20/1971   at New York Knicks           L  94-108    39-25
02/21/1971   vs Chicago Bulls             L 112-125    39-26
02/24/1971   vs San Francisco Warriors    L 115-117    39-27
02/26/1971   at Buffalo Braves            W 127-122    40-27
02/27/1971   vs Phoenix Suns              L 117-124    40-28
02/28/1971   at Atlanta Hawks             W 106-105    41-28
03/02/1971   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 128-122    42-28
03/05/1971   vs Milwaukee Bucks           L  95-108    42-29
03/06/1971   at Philadelphia 76ers        L 115-121    42-30
03/07/1971   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       L 100-104    42-31
03/09/1971   vs Phoenix Suns              L 108-114    42-32
03/11/1971   at Seattle Supersonics       L  97-130    42-33
03/12/1971   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 133-129    43-33
03/13/1971   at San Francisco Warriors    L 107-116    43-34
03/14/1971   at Los Angeles Lakers        L 100-110    43-35
03/17/1971   at San Diego Rockets         L  99-106    43-36
03/19/1971   vs Buffalo Braves            W 111-105    44-36
03/20/1971   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L 103-114    44-37
03/21/1971   vs Chicago Bulls             W 116-111    45-37

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