1961–62 Detroit Pistons season

1961–62 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDick McGuire
OwnerFred Zollner
ArenaCobo Arena
Results
Record37–43 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWXYZ

The 1961–62 Detroit Pistons 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.

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 Lakers 54 26 .675 – 26–5 18–13 10–8 33–13
x-Cincinnati Royals 43 37 .538 11 18–13 14–16 11–8 29–17
x-Detroit Pistons 37 43 .463 17 16–14 8–17 13–12 24–22
St. Louis Hawks 29 51 .363 25 19–16 7–27 3–8 16–30
Chicago Packers 18 62 .225 36 15-23 3-39 0–0 10–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1961–62 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 21 @ Boston L 102–137 Gene Shue (17) 0–1
2 October 25 Los Angeles L 116–120 Bailey Howell (33) 0–2
3 October 27 @ Los Angeles L 118–128 Lee, Shue (22) 0–3
4 October 28 @ Los Angeles L 126–135 Bob Ferry (29) 0–4
5 November 1 New York W 111–95 Bob Ferry (21) 1–4
6 November 4 @ Philadelphia L 132–135 Gene Shue (28) 1–5
7 November 8 Philadelphia L 128–132 Don Ohl (27) 1–6
8 November 9 vs. Boston W 116–110 Don Ohl (29) 2–6
9 November 10 @ New York W 124–118 Gene Shue (32) 3–6
10 November 11 @ St. Louis L 119–132 Gene Shue (22) 3–7
11 November 15 St. Louis W 127–122 Bailey Howell (30) 4–7
12 November 18 Chicago W 119–112 Bob Ferry (25) 5–7
13 November 19 vs. Cincinnati L 112–128 Gene Shue (28) 5–8
14 November 21 vs. Los Angeles W 108–102 Gene Shue (22) 6–8
15 November 24 vs. St. Louis W 142–135 Don Ohl (36) 7–8
16 November 25 Los Angeles W 104–103 Bob Ferry (22) 8–8
17 November 26 Boston L 101–107 Don Ohl (20) 8–9
18 November 28 vs. Boston L 108–116 Ray Scott (20) 8–10
19 December 1 @ St. Louis L 116–119 Gene Shue (30) 8–11
20 December 2 St. Louis W 118–109 Bailey Howell (33) 9–11
21 December 6 New York W 133–97 Johnny Egan (19) 10–11
22 December 8 vs. Chicago W 133–107 Walter Dukes (21) 11–11
23 December 9 Los Angeles L 107–114 Bailey Howell (23) 11–12
24 December 12 vs. Philadelphia L 109–132 Don Ohl (28) 11–13
25 December 14 @ Cincinnati W 107–103 Bailey Howell (25) 12–13
26 December 16 Cincinnati L 110–121 Bailey Howell (20) 12–14
27 December 17 vs. Los Angeles L 116–122 Gene Shue (21) 12–15
28 December 19 vs. Syracuse L 111–124 Bailey Howell (21) 12–16
29 December 20 Philadelphia L 102–117 Ferry, Ohl (19) 12–17
30 December 23 vs. Cincinnati W 134–125 Gene Shue (27) 13–17
31 December 25 vs. Chicago L 97–118 Gene Shue (20) 13–18
32 December 26 vs. Chicago L 101–108 Gene Shue (26) 13–19
33 December 27 Chicago W 121–93 Gene Shue (26) 14–19
34 December 29 @ Cincinnati W 131–116 Gene Shue (25) 15–19
35 December 30 @ Syracuse L 108–109 Don Ohl (31) 15–20
36 January 1 St. Louis L 139–145 Don Ohl (27) 15–21
37 January 2 @ New York L 104–110 Bailey Howell (24) 15–22
38 January 3 Boston W 112–103 Gene Shue (22) 16–22
39 January 5 vs. Syracuse W 138–135 (OT) Bailey Howell (35) 17–22
40 January 6 vs. New York L 111–115 Bob Ferry (20) 17–23
41 January 9 vs. St. Louis W 122–113 Gene Shue (24) 18–23
42 January 10 Philadelphia L 110–113 Don Ohl (20) 18–24
43 January 12 @ Chicago W 102–99 Gene Shue (25) 19–24
44 January 13 Cincinnati L 112–119 Ray Scott (29) 19–25
45 January 14 vs. Los Angeles W 118–108 Gene Shue (32) 20–25
46 January 17 Boston L 116–126 Bailey Howell (35) 20–26
47 January 19 vs. Philadelphia L 125–136 Bailey Howell (27) 20–27
48 January 20 @ Philadelphia L 107–123 Gene Shue (23) 20–28
49 January 21 @ Boston W 124–120 Gene Shue (30) 21–28
50 January 22 vs. Cincinnati L 106–115 Bailey Howell (21) 21–29
51 January 24 Syracuse W 111–102 Don Ohl (25) 22–29
52 January 25 vs. Syracuse W 101–100 Ray Scott (20) 23–29
53 January 27 New York W 115–107 Bailey Howell (28) 24–29
54 January 28 @ St. Louis L 97–110 Don Ohl (21) 24–30
55 January 31 Los Angeles L 122–123 (OT) Bailey Howell (27) 24–31
56 February 2 @ Chicago L 96–112 Bob Ferry (20) 24–32
57 February 3 vs. Chicago W 116–109 Gene Shue (28) 25–32
58 February 4 St. Louis W 121–113 Gene Shue (30) 26–32
59 February 6 @ Cincinnati W 119–118 Gene Shue (27) 27–32
60 February 7 Cincinnati W 113–107 Bailey Howell (29) 28–32
61 February 11 @ Syracuse L 116–132 Don Ohl (24) 28–33
62 February 14 Philadelphia W 119–110 Don Ohl (26) 29–33
63 February 16 Los Angeles W 127–121 Don Ohl (27) 30–33
64 February 17 @ Cincinnati W 123–113 Don Ohl (25) 31–33
65 February 18 St. Louis W 119–112 Don Ohl (30) 32–33
66 February 20 @ New York L 103–110 Bailey Howell (26) 32–34
67 February 21 @ St. Louis W 126–123 Ohl, Shue (27) 33–34
68 February 23 Cincinnati L 120–134 Bailey Howell (27) 33–35
69 February 25 @ Los Angeles L 99–128 Scott, Shue (16) 33–36
70 February 27 @ Los Angeles L 100–107 Bailey Howell (28) 33–37
71 February 28 vs. New York L 109–119 Howell, Shue (23) 33–38
72 March 2 vs. Cincinnati L 112–120 Bailey Howell (22) 33–39
73 March 3 Syracuse L 114–128 Bailey Howell (25) 33–40
74 March 4 vs. Chicago W 133–116 Dukes, Howell, Ohl (21) 34–40
75 March 7 vs. New York W 119–112 Bailey Howell (31) 35–40
76 March 9 Boston L 111–130 Johnny Egan (20) 35–41
77 March 10 @ Syracuse L 111–128 Bailey Howell (21) 35–42
78 March 11 @ St. Louis L 123–126 Shue, Scott (24) 35–43
79 March 12 vs. Chicago W 121–116 Bailey Howell (29) 36–43
80 March 14 Syracuse W 105–102 Ray Scott (28) 37–43

Playoffs

1962 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points Location Series
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location Series
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.