1970–71 Detroit Pistons season

The 1970–71 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 23rd season in the NBA and 14th season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit.

1970–71 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachButch van Breda Kolff
General managerEd Coil
Owner(s)Fred Zollner
ArenaCobo Center
Results
Record45–37 (.549)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWXYZ

The Pistons finished with a 45-37 (.549) record, 4th place in the deep Midwest Division, as the NBA re-organized from 2 to 4 divisions. It was the first winning season for Detroit since the franchise relocated from Ft. Wayne in 1957. The team was led by guards Dave Bing (27.0 ppg, 5.0 apg, NBA All-Star) and Jimmy Walker (17.6 ppg) and rookie center Bob Lanier (15.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg, All-Rookie Team), who was the top pick in the 1970 NBA Draft.[1][2]

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
11Bob LanierCenter United StatesSt. Bonaventure
16224Harvey MarlattGuard United StatesEastern Michigan

Roster
1970–71 Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 21 Bing, Dave (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1943–11–24 Syracuse
SF 43 Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1940–11–21 Purdue
PF 17 Driscoll, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947–08–28 Boston College
PF 31 Hewitt, Bill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1944–08–08 USC
PG 30 Komives, Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941–05–09 Bowling Green
C 16 Lanier, Bob 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1948–09–10 St. Bonaventure
SG 26 Marlatt, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1948–08–26 Eastern Michigan
SF 23 Mix, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947–12–30 Toledo
C 34 Moore, Otto 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1946–08–27 Texas–Pan American
PF 51 Mueller, Erwin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1944–03–12 San Francisco
SF 15 Quick, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1946–03–05 Xavier
SG 24 Walker, Jimmy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944–04–08 Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction:

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 6616.805–34–228–134–114–4
x-Chicago Bulls 5131.6221530–1117–194–17–11
Phoenix Suns 4834.5851827–1419–202–09–9
Detroit Pistons 4537.5492124–1720–191–16–12
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6616.805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers4834.585
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors4141.500
5 Phoenix Suns4834.585
6 Detroit Pistons4537.549
7 San Diego Rockets4042.488
8 Seattle SuperSonics3844.463
9 Portland Trail Blazers2953.354
z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log
1970–71 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14@ Seattle123–117Dave Bing (25)1–0
2October 16@ San Francisco120–106Dave Bing (27)2–0
3October 17@ Phoenix110–107Dave Bing (23)3–0
4October 20Milwaukee114–115Dave Bing (37)4–0
5October 21@ Boston121–118Dave Bing (35)5–0
6October 22Atlanta101–120Jimmy Walker (29)6–0
7October 24@ Buffalo114–95Bing, Walker (20)7–0
8October 26Seattle111–142Dave Bing (35)8–0
9October 28@ Baltimore109–103Jimmy Walker (20)9–0
10October 31@ New York89–107Dave Bing (21)9–1
11November 3Cincinnati112–115Dave Bing (31)10–1
12November 4@ Atlanta117–105Dave Bing (25)11–1
13November 5Buffalo109–121Dave Bing (28)12–1
14November 7@ Chicago99–125Dave Bing (23)12–2
15November 11Los Angeles117–115Dave Bing (35)12–3
16November 13@ Los Angeles109–122Dave Bing (20)12–4
17November 14@ San Diego101–112Dave Bing (23)12–5
18November 15@ Phoenix104–108Dave Bing (26)12–6
19November 17Philadelphia113–91Dave Bing (23)12–7
20November 19Phoenix110–112Jimmy Walker (23)13–7
21November 20@ Philadelphia120–112Bob Lanier (24)14–7
22November 21@ Cincinnati102–114Dave Bing (21)14–8
23November 24San Diego104–111Dave Bing (35)15–8
24November 25@ Milwaukee87–113Otto Moore (17)15–9
25November 28Boston121–98Dave Bing (32)15–10
26November 29@ Cleveland120–99Dave Bing (27)16–10
27December 2New York82–101Dave Bing (29)17–10
28December 4Chicago103–107Jimmy Walker (34)18–10
29December 9San Francisco110–99Bing, Walker (25)18–11
30December 11@ Boston121–118 (OT)Dave Bing (33)19–11
31December 12Buffalo93–92Dave Bing (21)19–12
32December 13@ Los Angeles103–100Terry Dischinger (20)20–12
33December 15@ Portland111–103Dave Bing (31)21–12
34December 17@ Phoenix114–117 (OT)Jimmy Walker (38)21–13
35December 18@ San Diego129–116Dave Bing (30)22–13
36December 20N Cincinnati136–135 (2OT)Dave Bing (37)23–13
37December 25@ Philadelphia100–105Dave Bing (28)23–14
38December 26@ Chicago117–114Bing, Lanier (26)24–14
39December 29Atlanta97–99Jimmy Walker (21)25–14
40December 30@ Cincinnati119–115Dave Bing (28)26–14
41January 2Baltimore108–99Dave Bing (33)26–15
42January 5@ Atlanta98–90Otto Moore (22)27–15
43January 6San Diego99–100Dave Bing (30)28–15
44January 8Cincinnati109–115Dave Bing (31)29–15
45January 9@ Milwaukee100–118Dave Bing (25)29–16
46January 10Los Angeles109–118Jimmy Walker (29)30–16
47January 14Cleveland106–108Dave Bing (34)31–16
48January 15@ Buffalo99–97 (OT)Jimmy Walker (19)32–16
49January 16Boston118–121Dave Bing (31)33–16
50January 19Seattle102–106Dave Bing (27)34–16
51January 22Portland123–112Dave Bing (36)34–17
52January 24New York117–105Dave Bing (26)34–18
53January 27San Francisco129–112Dave Bing (35)34–19
54January 29San Diego104–131Dave Bing (34)35–19
55January 31N Milwaukee131–104Dave Bing (26)35–20
56February 2Baltimore113–116Dave Bing (29)36–20
57February 5New York99–108Dave Bing (31)37–20
58February 7@ Baltimore105–108Dave Bing (26)37–21
59February 9Milwaukee107–106Bing, Walker (28)37–22
60February 12Philadelphia109–118Dave Bing (27)38–22
61February 14Boston110–108Dave Bing (27)38–23
62February 16Baltimore95–110Dave Bing (36)39–23
63February 19@ Chicago114–115 (OT)Bing, Walker (27)39–24
64February 20@ New York94–108Howard Komives (20)39–25
65February 21Chicago125–112Dave Bing (54)39–26
66February 24San Francisco117–115Dave Bing (32)39–27
67February 26@ Buffalo127–122 (OT)Dave Bing (40)40–27
68February 27Phoenix124–117Dave Bing (30)40–28
69February 28@ Atlanta106–105Bob Lanier (28)41–28
70March 2Portland122–128Bob Lanier (38)42–28
71March 5Milwaukee108–95Dave Bing (39)42–29
72March 6@ Philadelphia115–121Bob Lanier (31)42–30
73March 7Cleveland104–100Dave Bing (30)42–31
74March 9Phoenix114–108Dave Bing (49)42–32
75March 11@ Seattle97–130Dave Bing (22)42–33
76March 12@ Portland133–129Dave Bing (25)43–33
77March 13@ San Francisco107–116Howard Komives (26)43–34
78March 14@ Los Angeles100–110Dave Bing (26)43–35
79March 17@ San Diego99–106Jimmy Walker (20)43–36
80March 19Buffalo105–111Bob Lanier (40)44–36
81March 20@ Cleveland103–114Erwin Mueller (23)44–37
82March 21Chicago111–116Bing, Mueller, Quick (18)45–37

Awards and records

References
  1. "1970-71 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  2. "Chevette to Corvette No. 57: The 1971-72 Detroit Pistons". September 22, 2011.
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