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1969–70 Detroit Pistons season

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1969–70 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachBill Van Breda Kolff
General managerEd Coil
ArenaCobo Arena
Results
Record31–51 (.378)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1968–69 1970–71 >

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.

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

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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
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
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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W L PCT GB
x-New York Knicks 60 22 .732
x-Milwaukee Bucks 56 26 .683 4
x-Baltimore Bullets 50 32 .610 10
x-Philadelphia 76ers 42 40 .512 18
Cincinnati Royals 36 46 .439 24
Boston Celtics 34 48 .415 26
Detroit Pistons 31 51 .378 29
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1969–70 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta 2–4 6–0 5–2 3–3 3–3 4–3 3–3 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–2 5–2 4–2
Baltimore 4–2 5–2 5–1 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–3 1–5 3–4 3–3 6–0 2–4 5–1
Boston 0–6 2–5 3–3 3–3 4–3 2–4 1–6 4–3 2–4 2–4 4–2 5–1 2–4
Chicago 2–5 1–5 3–3 3–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 0–6 3–3 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–3
Cincinnati 3–3 3–4 3–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 2–5 2–5 4–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–5
Detroit 3–3 2–5 3–4 3–3 2–4 3–3 1–6 1–6 1–5 3–3 3–3 3–3 3–3
Los Angeles 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–2 3–3 3–3 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 5–2 6–0
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 6–1 2–4 5–2 6–1 3–3 2–4 5–2 6–0 6–0 4–2 5–1
New York 2–4 5–1 3–4 6–0 5–2 6–1 4–2 4–2 5–2 6–0 5–1 5–1 4–2
Philadelphia 3–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–4 2–5 2–5 4–2 4–2 6–0 0–6
Phoenix 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–5 3–3 3–3 4–3 0–6 0–6 2–4 7–0 3–3 4–3
San Diego 2–4 0–6 2–4 4–3 2–4 3–3 2–5 0–6 1–5 2–4 0–7 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 2–5 4–2 1–5 2–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 2–4 1–5 0–6 3–3 2–5 3–4
Seattle 2–4 1–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 3–3 0–6 1–5 2–4 6–0 3–4 2–4 4–3

Game log

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1969–70 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 18 @ Milwaukee 110–119 Walt Bellamy (25) 0–1
2 October 21 Boston 97–98 Bing, Walker (16) 1–1
3 October 24 New York 116–92 Jimmy Walker (21) 1–2
4 October 25 @ Atlanta 125–104 Walt Bellamy (26) 2–2
5 October 28 Baltimore 125–110 Dave Bing (24) 2–3
6 October 30 Milwaukee 102–81 Dave Bing (21) 2–4
7 November 1 San Diego 113–130 Happy Hairston (21) 3–4
8 November 4 Seattle 116–102 Dave Bing (28) 3–5
9 November 7 Philadelphia 128–134 (2OT) Jimmy Walker (29) 4–5
10 November 8 @ Milwaukee 96–100 Jimmy Walker (17) 4–6
11 November 9 @ Phoenix 129–140 Eddie Miles (22) 4–7
12 November 11 @ Los Angeles 110–102 Eddie Miles (24) 5–7
13 November 12 @ San Diego 119–132 Terry Dischinger (29) 5–8
14 November 13 @ Seattle 113–117 Jimmy Walker (16) 5–9
15 November 15 @ Cincinnati 105–104 Jimmy Walker (28) 6–9
16 November 18 Los Angeles 125–114 (OT) Walt Bellamy (32) 6–10
17 November 21 Atlanta 118–106 Howard Komives (20) 6–11
18 November 25 N Chicago 104–103 Eddie Miles (23) 7–11
19 November 26 Chicago 129–109 Hairston, Miles (22) 7–12
20 November 28 @ Philadelphia 91–110 Jimmy Walker (19) 7–13
21 November 29 @ New York 110–98 Jimmy Walker (27) 8–13
22 December 2 @ San Francisco 109–116 Jimmy Walker (29) 8–14
23 December 3 @ San Francisco 106–102 Eddie Miles (29) 9–14
24 December 5 @ Los Angeles 109–128 Dischinger, Komives, Miles, Walker (22) 9–15
25 December 7 @ Phoenix 118–113 Jimmy Walker (30) 10–15
26 December 8 @ San Diego 111–102 Jimmy Walker (32) 11–15
27 December 9 @ Seattle 104–109 Jimmy Walker (33) 11–16
28 December 11 Cincinnati 116–119 (OT) Jimmy Walker (30) 12–16
29 December 12 @ Philadelphia 111–125 Bing, Long (16) 12–17
30 December 13 San Francisco 104–97 Jimmy Walker (24) 12–18
31 December 16 N Boston 98–117 Jimmy Walker (28) 12–19
32 December 17 San Diego 114–107 Jimmy Walker (21) 12–20
33 December 19 @ Baltimore 105–108 Jimmy Walker (25) 12–21
34 December 20 Phoenix 113–114 Jimmy Walker (21) 13–21
35 December 25 @ New York 111–112 Jimmy Walker (32) 13–22
36 December 26 Milwaukee 114–101 Bellamy, Walker (26) 13–23
37 December 29 Cincinnati 110–103 Jimmy Walker (23) 13–24
38 December 31 @ Boston 121–124 Jimmy Walker (27) 13–25
39 January 2 Boston 110–92 Dave Bing (26) 13–26
40 January 3 @ Phoenix 109–114 Dave Bing (21) 13–27
41 January 4 N Seattle 110–116 Jimmy Walker (29) 14–27
42 January 5 @ San Francisco 102–118 Jimmy Walker (27) 14–28
43 January 7 N Baltimore 116–121 Jimmy Walker (31) 14–29
44 January 10 Seattle 128–129 Jimmy Walker (29) 15–29
45 January 12 N Atlanta 113–100 Dave Bing (22) 16–29
46 January 13 San Francisco 102–115 Jimmy Walker (23) 17–29
47 January 14 @ Boston 118–123 Dave Bing (33) 17–30
48 January 16 New York 104–102 Dave Bing (29) 17–31
49 January 18 Los Angeles 100–106 Dave Bing (27) 18–31
50 January 22 N Baltimore 115–119 Dave Bing (37) 18–32
51 January 23 @ Boston 109–105 (OT) Jimmy Walker (27) 19–32
52 January 24 Chicago 122–128 Dave Bing (31) 20–32
53 January 25 @ Chicago 111–120 Jimmy Walker (22) 20–33
54 January 29 @ New York 106–127 Walt Bellamy (22) 20–34
55 January 30 Baltimore 117–129 Dave Bing (28) 21–34
56 January 31 @ Cincinnati 115–117 Dave Bing (25) 21–35
57 February 1 New York 117–111 Jimmy Walker (32) 21–36
58 February 2 N Atlanta 121–125 Dave Bing (25) 21–37
59 February 4 Los Angeles 109–125 Dave Bing (40) 22–37
60 February 6 @ Baltimore 148–153 (2OT) Dave Bing (44) 22–38
61 February 7 Seattle 109–113 Dave Bing (32) 23–38
62 February 10 Cincinnati 117–115 Jimmy Walker (26) 23–39
63 February 11 N Cincinnati 113–124 Jimmy Walker (27) 23–40
64 February 13 Phoenix 120–132 Terry Dischinger (27) 24–40
65 February 15 Chicago 119–126 Dave Bing (38) 25–40
66 February 19 N Philadelphia 133–114 Dave Bing (25) 25–41
67 February 20 @ Baltimore 122–119 Jimmy Walker (31) 26–41
68 February 21 Philadelphia 112–110 Bing, Moore (24) 26–42
69 February 22 @ Atlanta 116–114 Jimmy Walker (24) 27–42
70 February 24 Milwaukee 111–136 Jimmy Walker (30) 28–42
71 February 25 @ Philadelphia 105–122 Dave Bing (32) 28–43
72 February 26 Phoenix 131–123 Dave Bing (32) 28–44
73 February 27 @ Milwaukee 113–131 Jimmy Walker (21) 28–45
74 March 1 San Francisco 99–116 Dave Bing (31) 29–45
75 March 6 Milwaukee 121–118 Dave Bing (42) 29–46
76 March 7 San Diego 126–134 Dave Bing (32) 30–46
77 March 10 Boston 112–115 Dave Bing (26) 31–46
78 March 14 @ Chicago 96–111 Jimmy Walker (27) 31–47
79 March 17 New York 122–106 Jimmy Walker (32) 31–48
80 March 19 @ San Diego 118–132 Dave Bing (25) 31–49
81 March 20 @ Los Angeles 111–117 Dave Bing (33) 31–50
82 March 22 Atlanta 130–126 Dave Bing (29) 31–51

References

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  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.