1961–62 Detroit Pistons season

The 1961–62 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 14th season in the NBA and fifth season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team moved to newly built Cobo Arena in the 1961-62 season.

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

The Pistons were led by guard Gene Shue (19.0 ppg, 5.8 apg, NBA All-Star) and forward Bailey Howell (19.9 ppg, 12.6 rpg). The Pistons also featured rookie Ray Scott (13.3 ppg, 11.5 rpg), who would go on to a long career with the Pistons as a player and eventually coaching the team. For the thirteenth straight season, the Pistons made the playoffs, with this being the seventh time they finished third place in the Western Division. Detroit faced the Cincinnati Royals and star Oscar Robertson in the Western Division semifinals; the Pistons won in four games to advance to the Division Finals for the first time in four years, facing the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers beat the Pistons in six games. While the Pistons would make the postseason the following year, this was the last postseason series victory for the Pistons until 1976.[2]

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—

Game log
1961–62 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 21@ Boston102–137Gene Shue (17)0–1
2October 25Los Angeles120–116Bailey Howell (33)0–2
3October 27@ Los Angeles118–128Lee, Shue (22)0–3
4October 28@ Los Angeles126–135Bob Ferry (29)0–4
5November 1New York95–111Bob Ferry (21)1–4
6November 4@ Philadelphia132–135Gene Shue (28)1–5
7November 8Philadelphia132–128Don Ohl (27)1–6
8November 9N Boston116–110Don Ohl (29)2–6
9November 10@ New York124–118Gene Shue (32)3–6
10November 11@ St. Louis119–132Gene Shue (22)3–7
11November 15St. Louis122–127Bailey Howell (30)4–7
12November 18Chicago112–119Bob Ferry (25)5–7
13November 19N Cincinnati112–128Gene Shue (28)5–8
14November 21N Los Angeles102–108Gene Shue (22)6–8
15November 24N St. Louis135–142Don Ohl (36)7–8
16November 25Los Angeles103–104Bob Ferry (22)8–8
17November 26Boston107–101Don Ohl (20)8–9
18November 28N Boston108–116Ray Scott (20)8–10
19December 1@ St. Louis116–119Gene Shue (30)8–11
20December 2St. Louis109–118Bailey Howell (33)9–11
21December 6New York97–133Johnny Egan (19)10–11
22December 8N Chicago133–107Walter Dukes (21)11–11
23December 9Los Angeles114–107Bailey Howell (23)11–12
24December 12N Philadelphia132–109Don Ohl (28)11–13
25December 14@ Cincinnati107–103Bailey Howell (25)12–13
26December 16Cincinnati121–110Bailey Howell (20)12–14
27December 17N Los Angeles122–116Gene Shue (21)12–15
28December 19N Syracuse124–111Bailey Howell (21)12–16
29December 20Philadelphia117–102Ferry, Ohl (19)12–17
30December 23N Cincinnati134–125Gene Shue (27)13–17
31December 25N Chicago97–118Gene Shue (20)13–18
32December 26N Chicago101–108Gene Shue (26)13–19
33December 27Chicago93–121Gene Shue (26)14–19
34December 29@ Cincinnati131–116Gene Shue (25)15–19
35December 30@ Syracuse108–109Don Ohl (31)15–20
36January 1St. Louis145–139Don Ohl (27)15–21
37January 2@ New York104–110Bailey Howell (24)15–22
38January 3Boston103–112Gene Shue (22)16–22
39January 5N Syracuse135–138 (OT)Bailey Howell (35)17–22
40January 6N New York115–111Bob Ferry (20)17–23
41January 9N St. Louis113–122Gene Shue (24)18–23
42January 10Philadelphia113–110Don Ohl (20)18–24
43January 12@ Chicago102–99Gene Shue (25)19–24
44January 13Cincinnati119–112Ray Scott (29)19–25
45January 14N Los Angeles108–118Gene Shue (32)20–25
46January 17Boston126–116Bailey Howell (35)20–26
47January 19N Philadelphia136–125Bailey Howell (27)20–27
48January 20@ Philadelphia107–123Gene Shue (23)20–28
49January 21@ Boston124–120Gene Shue (30)21–28
50January 22N Cincinnati106–115Bailey Howell (21)21–29
51January 24Syracuse102–111Don Ohl (25)22–29
52January 25N Syracuse100–101Ray Scott (20)23–29
53January 27New York107–115Bailey Howell (28)24–29
54January 28@ St. Louis97–110Don Ohl (21)24–30
55January 31Los Angeles123–122 (OT)Bailey Howell (27)24–31
56February 2@ Chicago96–112Bob Ferry (20)24–32
57February 3N Chicago116–109Gene Shue (28)25–32
58February 4St. Louis113–121Gene Shue (30)26–32
59February 6@ Cincinnati119–118Gene Shue (27)27–32
60February 7Cincinnati107–113Bailey Howell (29)28–32
61February 11@ Syracuse116–132Don Ohl (24)28–33
62February 14Philadelphia110–119Don Ohl (26)29–33
63February 16Los Angeles121–127Don Ohl (27)30–33
64February 17@ Cincinnati123–113Don Ohl (25)31–33
65February 18St. Louis112–119Don Ohl (30)32–33
66February 20@ New York103–110Bailey Howell (26)32–34
67February 21@ St. Louis126–123Ohl, Shue (27)33–34
68February 23Cincinnati134–120Bailey Howell (27)33–35
69February 25@ Los Angeles99–128Scott, Shue (16)33–36
70February 27@ Los Angeles100–107Bailey Howell (28)33–37
71February 28N New York119–109Howell, Shue (23)33–38
72March 2N Cincinnati112–120Bailey Howell (22)33–39
73March 3Syracuse128–114Bailey Howell (25)33–40
74March 4N Chicago133–116Dukes, Howell, Ohl (21)34–40
75March 7N New York112–119Bailey Howell (31)35–40
76March 9Boston130–111Johnny Egan (20)35–41
77March 10@ Syracuse111–128Bailey Howell (21)35–42
78March 11@ St. Louis123–126Shue, Scott (24)35–43
79March 12N Chicago121–116Bailey Howell (29)36–43
80March 14Syracuse102–105Ray Scott (28)37–43

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
  2. "Chevette to Corvette No. 29: The 1961-62 Detroit Pistons". November 3, 2011.
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