1967–68 Detroit Pistons season

The 1967–68 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 20th season in the NBA and 11th season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

1967–68 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDonnie Butcher
General managerEd Coil
ArenaCobo Arena
Results
Record40–42 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWXYZ

Expansion in the NBA, with new teams in San Diego and Seattle, forced the league to move to the deeper Eastern Conference. Still, Detroit improved significantly, finishing 40-42 (.488), 4th in the Eastern Division. The team advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1963, losing in the division semi-finals to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics 4-2. Detroit was led on the season by guard Dave Bing (27.1 ppg, 6.4 apg, NBA All-Star) and forward Dave DeBusschere (17.9 ppg, 13.5 rpg, NBA All-Star).[2][3]

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers 6220.756–27–826–129–029–11
x-Boston Celtics 5428.659828–921–165–324–16
x-New York Knicks 4339.5241920–1721–162–619–21
x-Detroit Pistons 4042.4882221–1112–237–815–25
Cincinnati Royals 3943.4762318–1213–238–818–22
Baltimore Bullets 3646.4392617–1912–237–415–25
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

Game log
1967–68 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 17Cincinnati108–131Dave Bing (35)1–0
2October 21@ Philadelphia111–116Dave Bing (28)1–1
3October 24N Philadelphia124–102John Tresvant (19)1–2
4October 25Chicago99–107Dave Bing (31)2–2
5October 27Boston128–109Dave DeBusschere (25)2–3
6October 28@ New York111–98John Tresvant (25)3–3
7November 1San Francisco137–132Dave Bing (32)3–4
8November 3@ Baltimore115–113Dave Bing (42)4–4
9November 4Baltimore118–127Dave Bing (38)5–4
10November 8New York108–110Dave Bing (24)6–4
11November 9N Seattle118–119Dave Bing (39)7–4
12November 10St. Louis143–140 (OT)Dave DeBusschere (35)7–5
13November 14N St. Louis107–124Terry Dischinger (39)8–5
14November 15Philadelphia120–123Dave Bing (40)9–5
15November 18@ Chicago130–132Eddie Miles (33)9–6
16November 19@ Seattle130–132 (OT)Dave Bing (31)9–7
17November 20N Seattle118–120Eddie Miles (38)10–7
18November 21@ San Francisco98–124Terry Dischinger (19)10–8
19November 23@ Los Angeles120–132Eddie Miles (23)10–9
20November 24San Diego122–130Dave DeBusschere (35)11–9
21November 25@ Cincinnati133–123Dave Bing (29)12–9
22November 28@ Boston111–118Dave Bing (28)12–10
23November 29Los Angeles123–127Bing, Miles (32)13–10
24December 2Boston107–112Dave Bing (38)14–10
25December 5N San Diego110–111Dave Bing (23)15–10
26December 6Chicago121–135Dave Bing (40)16–10
27December 8Los Angeles115–103Dave Bing (25)16–11
28December 9@ New York124–121Dave Bing (32)17–11
29December 12@ Baltimore117–140Tom Van Arsdale (21)17–12
30December 13New York117–129Dave Bing (43)18–12
31December 15N Cincinnati130–147John Tresvant (27)18–13
32December 16Cincinnati122–110Dave Bing (24)18–14
33December 17@ San Diego115–117Eddie Miles (33)18–15
34December 18N Seattle122–140Len Chappell (30)19–15
35December 20@ San Francisco109–113Dave Bing (28)19–16
36December 22@ Los Angeles105–133Len Chappell (28)19–17
37December 23@ San Diego123–119Dave DeBusschere (33)20–17
38December 26St. Louis110–127Dave Bing (39)21–17
39December 29N St. Louis122–111Dave DeBusschere (23)21–18
40December 30N Philadelphia122–107Eddie Miles (27)21–19
41January 2N Baltimore114–113Dave Bing (31)22–19
42January 5Cincinnati141–142 (OT)Bing, Miles (34)23–19
43January 6@ New York101–118Bing, Dischinger (16)23–20
44January 9@ San Francisco118–102Dave Bing (33)24–20
45January 10@ San Diego118–122Dave DeBusschere (27)24–21
46January 12@ Boston126–148Dave Bing (33)24–22
47January 13Philadelphia115–106Dave Bing (29)24–23
48January 17San Francisco109–117Dave Bing (31)25–23
49January 19Seattle119–133Dave Bing (36)26–23
50January 20@ Cincinnati120–128Dave Bing (30)26–24
51January 21New York115–103Eddie Miles (25)26–25
52January 25Philadelphia123–108Eddie Miles (26)26–26
53January 27Los Angeles119–125Dave DeBusschere (33)27–26
54January 30N Cincinnati101–121Dave Bing (34)27–27
55January 31@ Baltimore108–113Dave Bing (41)27–28
56February 2@ Philadelphia121–131Eddie Miles (34)27–29
57February 4Baltimore115–117Dave Bing (31)28–29
58February 6N San Diego93–120Dave Bing (35)29–29
59February 8@ Chicago110–131Dave Bing (22)29–30
60February 9@ Boston100–107Dave Bing (28)29–31
61February 10Baltimore114–109Dave Bing (27)29–32
62February 13Boston127–115Eddie Miles (29)29–33
63February 14N Boston96–118Jimmy Walker (19)29–34
64February 18San Francisco104–123Happy Hairston (25)30–34
65February 20N Chicago121–124 (OT)Dave Bing (32)30–35
66February 22N St. Louis151–128Dave Bing (24)30–36
67February 23@ Philadelphia117–138Dave Bing (29)30–37
68February 24@ Baltimore132–140Dave Bing (37)30–38
69February 25New York124–115Hairston, Walker (23)30–39
70March 1St. Louis121–131Dave Bing (32)31–39
71March 2@ New York107–133Eddie Miles (19)31–40
72March 3Chicago123–134Dave Bing (34)32–40
73March 5@ Chicago121–119Happy Hairston (30)33–40
74March 6San Diego118–140Eddie Miles (27)34–40
75March 8@ Cincinnati129–118Bing, Miles (31)35–40
76March 10@ St. Louis133–121Eddie Miles (35)36–40
77March 12Seattle123–139Eddie Miles (39)37–40
78March 15@ San Francisco122–118Dave DeBusschere (30)38–40
79March 16@ Los Angeles108–135Bing, Dischinger (16)38–41
80March 17@ Los Angeles116–120Dave Bing (45)38–42
81March 18@ Seattle88–82Jimmy Walker (21)39–42
82March 20@ Boston125–116Dave DeBusschere (32)40–42

Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 @ Boston L 116–123 Dave Bing (30) Dave DeBusschere (24) Dave Bing (6) Boston Garden
7,591		 0–1
2 March 25 Boston W 126–116 Dave Bing (24) Joe Strawder (14) Dave Bing (5) Cobo Arena
10,109		 1–1
3 March 27 @ Boston W 109–98 Dave Bing (27) Dave DeBusschere (17) Dave Bing (7) Boston Garden
8,429		 2–1
4 March 28 Boston L 110–135 Dave Bing (26) Dave DeBusschere (10) Dave Bing (6) Cobo Arena
11,294		 2–2
5 March 31 @ Boston L 96–110 Dave DeBusschere (26) Dave DeBusschere (23) Eddie Miles (4) Boston Garden
8,093		 2–3
6 April 1 Boston L 103–111 Dave Bing (44) Dave DeBusschere (14) Dave Bing (4) Cobo Arena
9,483		 2–4
1968 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1967–68 Detroit Pistons
  2. "1967-68 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats".
  3. "Chevette to Corvette No. 30: The 1967-68 Detroit Pistons". November 2, 2011.
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