1966–67 Detroit Pistons season

The 1966–67 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 19th season in the NBA and tenth season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

1966–67 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDave DeBusschere
Donnie Butcher
General managerEd Coil
ArenaCobo Center
Results
Record30–51 (.370)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The team struggled to a 30-51 (.370) record, 5th in the Western Division. The team removed the coach role from 26 year-old player-coach Dave DeBusschere as the season was coming to an end, even as DeBusschere led the team (18.2 ppg, 11.8 rpg, NBA All-Star) on the court. The Pistons added rookie Dave Bing with the 2nd choice in the first round of the 1966 NBA draft and Bing contributed immediately with 20 ppg, 4.1 apg, was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team and honored as the NBA Rookie of the Year at the start of his Hall of Fame career.[2][3]

Roster
1966–67 Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 21 Bing, Dave 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1943–11–24 Syracuse
F 22 DeBusschere, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1940–10–16 Detroit Mercy
C 19 Harding, Reggie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 249 lb (113 kg) 1942–05–04 Nashville Christian Institute (TN)
F 12 Hightower, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1940–01–14 Kansas
F 20 Hogsett, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1941–01–29 Kansas
G 14 Miles, Eddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1940–07–05 Seattle
F 25 Murrey, Dorie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1943–09–07 Detroit Mercy
F 20 Reed, Ron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1942–11–02 Notre Dame
C 16 Strawder, Joe 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1940–09–21 Bradley
F 23 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–11–06 Seattle
G 5 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1943–02–22 Indiana
G 10 Vaughn, Chico 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1940–02–19 Southern Illinois
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 1967–02–17

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-San Francisco Warriors 4437.543–18–1011–1915–824–12
x-St. Louis Hawks 3942.481518–1112–219–1021–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers 3645.444821–1812–203–714–22
x-Chicago Bulls 3348.4071117–199–177–1217–19
Detroit Pistons 3051.3701412–189–199–1414–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1966-67 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —1–83–63–62–72–72–71–82–74–5
Boston 8–1—8–18–16–35–49–05–46–35–4
Chicago 6–31–8—5–44–56–33–61–83–64–5
Cincinnati 6–31–84–5—7–23–66–31–85–46–3
Detroit 7–23–65–42–7—5–44–50–92–72–7
Los Angeles 7–24–53–66–34–5—4–51–83–64–5
New York 7–20–96–33–65–45–4—1–85–44–5
Philadelphia 8–14–58–18–19–08–18–1—7–28–1
San Francisco 7–23–66–34–57–26–34–52–7—5–4
St. Louis 5–44–55–43–67–25–45–41–84–5—

Game log
1966–67 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 15@ Cincinnati99–103Ray Scott (26)0–1
2October 18Cincinnati112–114Ray Scott (20)1–1
3October 20St. Louis113–105Dave DeBusschere (32)1–2
4October 21@ San Francisco119–136Dave Bing (25)1–3
5October 23N San Francisco110–119Dave DeBusschere (30)2–3
6October 28N Chicago129–117Eddie Miles (35)3–3
7October 29Baltimore97–103Eddie Miles (26)4–3
8October 30N Los Angeles121–124Ray Scott (29)5–3
9November 4Cincinnati120–115Tom Van Arsdale (24)5–4
10November 5@ New York104–115Tom Van Arsdale (17)5–5
11November 8N Philadelphia118–100Dave Bing (21)5–6
12November 10@ Los Angeles133–132 (OT)Dave Bing (28)6–6
13November 12@ Los Angeles88–144Tom Van Arsdale (20)6–7
14November 13@ San Francisco96–135Ron Reed (22)6–8
15November 14@ San Francisco104–115Eddie Miles (18)6–9
16November 16St. Louis104–101Joe Strawder (19)6–10
17November 17N New York108–123Dave DeBusschere (31)7–10
18November 18Los Angeles118–121Dave Bing (35)8–10
19November 19@ St. Louis87–105Dave DeBusschere (16)8–11
20November 23New York100–118Ray Scott (21)9–11
21November 25Boston105–107Scott, Van Arsdale (18)10–11
22November 26@ Philadelphia123–131Eddie Miles (25)10–12
23November 29N Boston104–100Dave DeBusschere (21)11–12
24November 30Philadelphia128–119Dave Bing (26)11–13
25December 2@ Boston119–116Eddie Miles (27)12–13
26December 3Chicago98–104Ray Scott (20)13–13
27December 6N Boston111–130Eddie Miles (27)13–14
28December 7New York118–116Eddie Miles (26)13–15
29December 14N Chicago87–93Bing, DeBusschere (14)13–16
30December 16Baltimore121–113Ron Reed (30)13–17
31December 17N Philadelphia120–105Ray Scott (25)13–18
32December 20N Boston113–116 (OT)Dave Bing (31)13–19
33December 23@ Chicago103–102Dave DeBusschere (22)14–19
34December 25@ Baltimore129–127 (OT)Ray Scott (34)15–19
35December 26New York114–109Tom Van Arsdale (25)15–20
36December 27@ Cincinnati123–131Dave Bing (28)15–21
37December 30N Philadelphia137–113Bing, DeBusschere (18)15–22
38January 2N St. Louis122–120DeBusschere, Miles (22)15–23
39January 3N Baltimore117–110Dave DeBusschere (20)16–23
40January 4@ Baltimore132–126 (2OT)Dave Bing (33)17–23
41January 6Chicago135–126Dave Bing (27)17–24
42January 8@ St. Louis115–117Eddie Miles (22)17–25
43January 13N Baltimore119–118Tom Van Arsdale (22)18–25
44January 14San Francisco136–121Dave DeBusschere (24)18–26
45January 15Los Angeles127–116Dave Bing (31)18–27
46January 18Philadelphia113–105Dave Bing (33)18–28
47January 20@ Chicago124–125 (OT)Tom Van Arsdale (28)18–29
48January 21@ Cincinnati108–122Dave Bing (23)18–30
49January 24@ Chicago108–95Dave Bing (32)19–30
50January 25Boston112–105Dave Bing (28)19–31
51January 26N Cincinnati118–110Dave Bing (32)20–31
52January 27@ Boston106–112Bing, Miles (21)20–32
53January 31N San Francisco108–106Dave DeBusschere (29)20–33
54February 1New York101–104Joe Strawder (20)21–33
55February 3N New York124–111Dave Bing (31)21–34
56February 4@ New York101–102Dave DeBusschere (26)21–35
57February 5St. Louis104–114Dave Bing (32)22–35
58February 7@ Chicago98–90Bing, Miles (21)23–35
59February 10@ Cincinnati104–133Dave Bing (20)23–36
60February 11Cincinnati132–117Eddie Miles (25)23–37
61February 12San Francisco127–134Dave DeBusschere (27)24–37
62February 15Philadelphia127–121Bing, Miles (25)24–38
63February 16N Cincinnati110–122Dave Bing (21)24–39
64February 18N Baltimore118–113Eddie Miles (34)25–39
65February 19Baltimore131–104Tom Van Arsdale (24)25–40
66February 21@ St. Louis112–109Eddie Miles (37)26–40
67February 24Los Angeles101–102Eddie Miles (28)27–40
68February 27N St. Louis105–94Eddie Miles (18)27–41
69February 28N Los Angeles119–117Bing, Miles (22)27–42
70March 1New York101–118Dave Bing (28)28–42
71March 3N Philadelphia129–103John Tresvant (19)28–43
72March 5@ Philadelphia106–131Dave DeBusschere (18)28–44
73March 6N Boston103–127Dave Bing (21)28–45
74March 8Baltimore113–120Dave Bing (47)29–45
75March 10@ Los Angeles103–118Eddie Miles (24)29–46
76March 12@ Los Angeles120–104Bing, DeBusschere (26)30–46
77March 13@ San Francisco109–135Dave Bing (33)30–47
78March 15Chicago98–91Dave Bing (26)30–48
79March 16Boston132–109Wayne Hightower (18)30–49
80March 18@ St. Louis99–102Dave Bing (17)30–50
81March 19San Francisco135–127Dave Bing (35)30–51

Awards and records

References
  1. 1966–67 Detroit Pistons
  2. "1966-67 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats".
  3. "Chevette to Corvette No. 51: The 1966-67 Detroit Pistons". September 30, 2011.
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