1969–70 Detroit Pistons season

The 1969–70 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 22nd season in the NBA and 13th season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

1969–70 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachBill Van Breda Kolff
General managerEd Coil
ArenaCobo Center
Results
Record31–51 (.378)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

It was a challenging season for Detroit, which started in the pre-season when rising star Dave Bing signed a future contract with the Washington Caps of the rival American Basketball Association. Bing would re-sign with the Pistons the following season when the Washington ABA team moved to Virginia. The team also changed coaches, bringing in Butch Van Breda Kolff, who had been forced out from the Los Angeles Lakers after feuding with star Wilt Chamberlain.[2] The Pistons would finish the season with a 31-51 (.378) record, 7th in the NBA Eastern Division, the 14th straight losing season for the franchise. The Pistons were led on the season by Bing (22.9 ppg, 6.0 apg) and guard Jimmy Walker (20.8 ppg, NBA All-Star).[3][4][5]

Roster
Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 21 Bing, Dave 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Syracuse
SF 43 Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Purdue
F 31 Hewitt, Bill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) USC
G 30 Komives, Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Bowling Green
G 26 Long, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Wake Forest
SF 18 McLemore, McCoy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Drake
F 23 Mix, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Toledo
F/C 20 Moore, Otto 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Texas–Pan American
F/C 51 Mueller, Erwin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) San Francisco
F 14 Quick, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Xavier
G 10 Reynolds, George 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Houston
F 24 Walker, Jimmy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB
x-New York Knicks 6022.732–
x-Milwaukee Bucks 5626.6834
x-Baltimore Bullets 5032.61010
x-Philadelphia 76ers 4240.51218
Cincinnati Royals 3646.43924
Boston Celtics 3448.41526
Detroit Pistons 3151.37829
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1969–70 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–46–05–23–33–34–33–34–23–32–44–25–24–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–25–14–35–24–23–31–53–43–36–02–45–1
Boston 0–62–5—3–33–34–32–41–64–32–42–44–25–12–4
Chicago 2–51–53–3—3–33–34–24–20–63–35–23–44–24–3
Cincinnati 3–33–43–33–3—4–22–42–52–54–33–34–22–41–5
Detroit 3–32–53–43–32–4—3–31–61–61–53–33–33–33–3
Los Angeles 3–42–44–22–44–23–3—3–32–44–23–45–25–26–0
Milwaukee 3–33–36–12–45–26–13–3—2–45–26–06–04–25–1
New York 2–45–13–46–05–26–14–24–2—5–26–05–15–14–2
Philadelphia 3–34–34–23–33–45–12–42–52–5—4–24–26–00–6
Phoenix 4–23–34–22–53–33–34–30–60–62–4—7–03–34–3
San Diego 2–40–62–44–32–43–32–50–61–52–40–7—5–24–2
San Francisco 2–54–21–52–44–23–32–52–41–50–63–32–5—3–4
Seattle 2–41–54–23–45–13–30–61–52–46–03–42–44–3—

Game log
1969–70 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 18@ Milwaukee110–119Walt Bellamy (25)0–1
2October 21Boston97–98Bing, Walker (16)1–1
3October 24New York116–92Jimmy Walker (21)1–2
4October 25@ Atlanta125–104Walt Bellamy (26)2–2
5October 28Baltimore125–110Dave Bing (24)2–3
6October 30Milwaukee102–81Dave Bing (21)2–4
7November 1San Diego113–130Happy Hairston (21)3–4
8November 4Seattle116–102Dave Bing (28)3–5
9November 7Philadelphia128–134 (2OT)Jimmy Walker (29)4–5
10November 8@ Milwaukee96–100Jimmy Walker (17)4–6
11November 9@ Phoenix129–140Eddie Miles (22)4–7
12November 11@ Los Angeles110–102Eddie Miles (24)5–7
13November 12@ San Diego119–132Terry Dischinger (29)5–8
14November 13@ Seattle113–117Jimmy Walker (16)5–9
15November 15@ Cincinnati105–104Jimmy Walker (28)6–9
16November 18Los Angeles125–114 (OT)Walt Bellamy (32)6–10
17November 21Atlanta118–106Howard Komives (20)6–11
18November 25N Chicago104–103Eddie Miles (23)7–11
19November 26Chicago129–109Hairston, Miles (22)7–12
20November 28@ Philadelphia91–110Jimmy Walker (19)7–13
21November 29@ New York110–98Jimmy Walker (27)8–13
22December 2@ San Francisco109–116Jimmy Walker (29)8–14
23December 3@ San Francisco106–102Eddie Miles (29)9–14
24December 5@ Los Angeles109–128Dischinger, Komives, Miles, Walker (22)9–15
25December 7@ Phoenix118–113Jimmy Walker (30)10–15
26December 8@ San Diego111–102Jimmy Walker (32)11–15
27December 9@ Seattle104–109Jimmy Walker (33)11–16
28December 11Cincinnati116–119 (OT)Jimmy Walker (30)12–16
29December 12@ Philadelphia111–125Bing, Long (16)12–17
30December 13San Francisco104–97Jimmy Walker (24)12–18
31December 16N Boston98–117Jimmy Walker (28)12–19
32December 17San Diego114–107Jimmy Walker (21)12–20
33December 19@ Baltimore105–108Jimmy Walker (25)12–21
34December 20Phoenix113–114Jimmy Walker (21)13–21
35December 25@ New York111–112Jimmy Walker (32)13–22
36December 26Milwaukee114–101Bellamy, Walker (26)13–23
37December 29Cincinnati110–103Jimmy Walker (23)13–24
38December 31@ Boston121–124Jimmy Walker (27)13–25
39January 2Boston110–92Dave Bing (26)13–26
40January 3@ Phoenix109–114Dave Bing (21)13–27
41January 4N Seattle110–116Jimmy Walker (29)14–27
42January 5@ San Francisco102–118Jimmy Walker (27)14–28
43January 7N Baltimore116–121Jimmy Walker (31)14–29
44January 10Seattle128–129Jimmy Walker (29)15–29
45January 12N Atlanta113–100Dave Bing (22)16–29
46January 13San Francisco102–115Jimmy Walker (23)17–29
47January 14@ Boston118–123Dave Bing (33)17–30
48January 16New York104–102Dave Bing (29)17–31
49January 18Los Angeles100–106Dave Bing (27)18–31
50January 22N Baltimore115–119Dave Bing (37)18–32
51January 23@ Boston109–105 (OT)Jimmy Walker (27)19–32
52January 24Chicago122–128Dave Bing (31)20–32
53January 25@ Chicago111–120Jimmy Walker (22)20–33
54January 29@ New York106–127Walt Bellamy (22)20–34
55January 30Baltimore117–129Dave Bing (28)21–34
56January 31@ Cincinnati115–117Dave Bing (25)21–35
57February 1New York117–111Jimmy Walker (32)21–36
58February 2N Atlanta121–125Dave Bing (25)21–37
59February 4Los Angeles109–125Dave Bing (40)22–37
60February 6@ Baltimore148–153 (2OT)Dave Bing (44)22–38
61February 7Seattle109–113Dave Bing (32)23–38
62February 10Cincinnati117–115Jimmy Walker (26)23–39
63February 11N Cincinnati113–124Jimmy Walker (27)23–40
64February 13Phoenix120–132Terry Dischinger (27)24–40
65February 15Chicago119–126Dave Bing (38)25–40
66February 19N Philadelphia133–114Dave Bing (25)25–41
67February 20@ Baltimore122–119Jimmy Walker (31)26–41
68February 21Philadelphia112–110Bing, Moore (24)26–42
69February 22@ Atlanta116–114Jimmy Walker (24)27–42
70February 24Milwaukee111–136Jimmy Walker (30)28–42
71February 25@ Philadelphia105–122Dave Bing (32)28–43
72February 26Phoenix131–123Dave Bing (32)28–44
73February 27@ Milwaukee113–131Jimmy Walker (21)28–45
74March 1San Francisco99–116Dave Bing (31)29–45
75March 6Milwaukee121–118Dave Bing (42)29–46
76March 7San Diego126–134Dave Bing (32)30–46
77March 10Boston112–115Dave Bing (26)31–46
78March 14@ Chicago96–111Jimmy Walker (27)31–47
79March 17New York122–106Jimmy Walker (32)31–48
80March 19@ San Diego118–132Dave Bing (25)31–49
81March 20@ Los Angeles111–117Dave Bing (33)31–50
82March 22Atlanta130–126Dave Bing (29)31–51

References
  1. 1969–70 Detroit Pistons
  2. "Butch van Breda Kolff, 84; Laker coach resigned after face-off with Chamberlain". Los Angeles Times. August 24, 2007.
  3. "Remember the ABA: Oakland Oaks/Washington Caps/Virginia Squires Year-to-Year Franchise Notes".
  4. "Chevette to Corvette No. 49: The 1969-70 Detroit Pistons". October 4, 2011.
  5. "Major Legal Cases in Pro Basketball History - Page 2". apbr.org. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
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