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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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