1962β63 Detroit Pistons season | |
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Head coach | Dick McGuire |
Arena | Cobo Arena |
Results | |
Record | 34–46 (.425) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Semifinals (eliminated 1β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1962β63 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 15th season in the NBA and sixth season in the city of Detroit. [1]
The Pistons finished with a 34-46 (.425) record, 3rd place in the Western Division. The team would advance to the 1963 NBA Playoffs, losing their first round series 3β1 to the St. Louis Hawks. The team was led by forward Bailey Howell (22.7 ppg, 11.5 rpg, NBA All-Star), guard Don Ohl (19.3 ppg) and rookie forward Dave DeBusschere from the University of Detroit (12.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg, All-Rookie Team), who was the team's top pick in the 1962 NBA Draft. [2] [3]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 27 | .663 | β | 27β7 | 20β17 | 6β3 | 33β13 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 48 | 32 | .600 | 5 | 30β7 | 13β18 | 5β7 | 29β17 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 34 | 46 | .425 | 19 | 14β16 | 8β19 | 12β11 | 19β27 |
San Francisco Warriors | 31 | 49 | .388 | 22 | 13β20 | 11β25 | 7β4 | 18β28 |
Chicago Zephyrs | 25 | 55 | .313 | 28 | 17β17 | 3β23 | 5β15 | 13β27 |
1962-63 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | SFW | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 8β2 | 9β3 | 8β0 | 4β5 | 10β2 | 8β1 | 5β3 | 6β6 |
Chicago | 2β8 | β | 4β6 | 3β7 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 4β6 | 3β7 | 2β8 |
Cincinnati | 3β9 | 6β4 | β | 4β4 | 3β6 | 10β2 | 6β3 | 3β5 | 7β5 |
Detroit | 0β8 | 7β3 | 4β4 | β | 1β11 | 8β1 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 3β6 |
Los Angeles | 5β4 | 7β3 | 6β3 | 11β1 | β | 5β3 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 4β4 |
New York | 2β10 | 6β4 | 2β10 | 1β8 | 3β5 | β | 2β6 | 3β6 | 2β10 |
San Francisco | 1β8 | 6β4 | 3β6 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 6β2 | β | 3β9 | 3β5 |
St. Louis | 3β5 | 7β3 | 5β3 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 6β3 | 9β3 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 6β6 | 8β2 | 5β7 | 6β3 | 4β4 | 10β2 | 5β3 | 4β5 | β |
1962β63 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 16 | N Los Angeles | 122β106 | Ray Scott (37) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 20 | @ St. Louis | 111β120 | Ray Scott (26) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | October 23 | @ San Francisco | 113β140 | Don Ohl (22) | 0β3 | |||||
4 | October 26 | @ San Francisco | 131β132 (OT) | Bailey Howell (28) | 0β4 | |||||
5 | October 27 | @ Los Angeles | 118β134 | Bailey Howell (21) | 0β5 | |||||
6 | October 31 | Boston | 115β100 | Bailey Howell (16) | 0β6 | |||||
7 | November 3 | @ Boston | 114β125 | Ray Scott (21) | 0β7 | |||||
8 | November 8 | Cincinnati | 114β116 | Bailey Howell (29) | 1β7 | |||||
9 | November 10 | @ Cincinnati | 124β135 | Bailey Howell (25) | 1β8 | |||||
10 | November 11 | @ St. Louis | 100β117 | Ray Scott (19) | 1β9 | |||||
11 | November 13 | N Cincinnati | 109β127 | Ray Scott (24) | 1β10 | |||||
12 | November 14 | San Francisco | 115β123 | Don Ohl (26) | 2β10 | |||||
13 | November 17 | N New York | 113β121 (OT) | Don Ohl (26) | 3β10 | |||||
14 | November 18 | Los Angeles | 116β98 | Willie Jones (16) | 3β11 | |||||
15 | November 21 | Syracuse | 122β120 | Dukes, Ohl (23) | 3β12 | |||||
16 | November 22 | @ St. Louis | 91β106 | Bailey Howell (23) | 3β13 | |||||
17 | November 23 | St. Louis | 121β93 | Bailey Howell (28) | 3β14 | |||||
18 | November 24 | @ Chicago | 103β104 | Bailey Howell (31) | 3β15 | |||||
19 | November 27 | N Boston | 115β125 | Bailey Howell (29) | 3β16 | |||||
20 | November 28 | New York | 101β143 | Bailey Howell (37) | 4β16 | |||||
21 | December 1 | N New York | 115β117 | Howell, Ohl (29) | 5β16 | |||||
22 | December 4 | N Syracuse | 129β130 | Don Ohl (32) | 6β16 | |||||
23 | December 5 | Boston | 106β93 | Ray Scott (22) | 6β17 | |||||
24 | December 7 | San Francisco | 116β123 | Bailey Howell (30) | 7β17 | |||||
25 | December 8 | @ New York | 78β87 | Don Ohl (23) | 7β18 | |||||
26 | December 9 | N St. Louis | 119β123 | Don Ohl (32) | 8β18 | |||||
27 | December 10 | N Chicago | 109β100 | Don Ohl (25) | 9β18 | |||||
28 | December 12 | New York | 106β115 | Bailey Howell (25) | 10β18 | |||||
29 | December 13 | N Boston | 93β103 | Ray Scott (34) | 10β19 | |||||
30 | December 15 | St. Louis | 112β94 | Ray Scott (21) | 10β20 | |||||
31 | December 16 | N Chicago | 106β110 | Bob Ferry (28) | 10β21 | |||||
32 | December 18 | N Chicago | 110β113 | Don Ohl (25) | 10β22 | |||||
33 | December 19 | Chicago | 113β115 | Bailey Howell (25) | 11β22 | |||||
34 | December 21 | San Francisco | 122β113 | Bailey Howell (27) | 11β23 | |||||
35 | December 22 | N Chicago | 122β110 | Don Ohl (32) | 12β23 | |||||
36 | December 25 | @ Cincinnati | 120β131 | Bailey Howell (31) | 12β24 | |||||
37 | December 26 | @ Chicago | 123β116 | Dave DeBusschere (30) | 13β24 | |||||
38 | December 30 | Los Angeles | 135β130 | Bailey Howell (28) | 13β25 | |||||
39 | January 2 | Cincinnati | 118β138 | Bailey Howell (23) | 14β25 | |||||
40 | January 4 | N St. Louis | 121β100 | Johnny Egan (20) | 14β26 | |||||
41 | January 5 | St. Louis | 90β92 | Bob Ferry (21) | 15β26 | |||||
42 | January 6 | @ New York | 103β102 | Don Ohl (21) | 16β26 | |||||
43 | January 8 | N New York | 93β109 | Bailey Howell (28) | 17β26 | |||||
44 | January 9 | Los Angeles | 123β115 | Ray Scott (29) | 17β27 | |||||
45 | January 11 | Chicago | 112β116 | Bailey Howell (21) | 18β27 | |||||
46 | January 12 | N Syracuse | 115β146 | Don Ohl (24) | 19β27 | |||||
47 | January 13 | @ Syracuse | 114β148 | Bailey Howell (26) | 19β28 | |||||
48 | January 21 | @ Los Angeles | 94β124 | Bailey Howell (25) | 19β29 | |||||
49 | January 22 | @ San Francisco | 115β107 | Howell, Ohl (23) | 20β29 | |||||
50 | January 23 | @ Los Angeles | 119β123 | Don Ohl (43) | 20β30 | |||||
51 | January 24 | N San Francisco | 138β114 | Bailey Howell (32) | 20β31 | |||||
52 | January 25 | @ Chicago | 113β111 | Don Ohl (37) | 21β31 | |||||
53 | January 31 | N Los Angeles | 127β122 | Bob Ferry (29) | 21β32 | |||||
54 | February 1 | Los Angeles | 119β109 | Don Ohl (31) | 21β33 | |||||
55 | February 3 | @ Boston | 128β137 | Ray Scott (32) | 21β34 | |||||
56 | February 5 | N St. Louis | 120β105 | Bailey Howell (36) | 21β35 | |||||
57 | February 6 | San Francisco | 117β116 | Bailey Howell (33) | 21β36 | |||||
58 | February 8 | Syracuse | 162β135 | Don Ohl (25) | 21β37 | |||||
59 | February 10 | @ St. Louis | 102β95 | Bailey Howell (22) | 22β37 | |||||
60 | February 12 | San Francisco | 115β120 | Bob Ferry (29) | 23β37 | |||||
61 | February 13 | @ San Francisco | 134β132 (OT) | Don Ohl (35) | 24β37 | |||||
62 | February 14 | @ Los Angeles | 111β128 | Don Ohl (22) | 24β38 | |||||
63 | February 16 | Cincinnati | 110β99 | Ray Scott (16) | 24β39 | |||||
64 | February 17 | @ Syracuse | 124β143 | Jackie Moreland (26) | 24β40 | |||||
65 | February 19 | @ New York | 121β112 | Don Ohl (30) | 25β40 | |||||
66 | February 20 | Boston | 117β113 | Bailey Howell (25) | 25β41 | |||||
67 | February 22 | Syracuse | 117β126 | Bailey Howell (31) | 26β41 | |||||
68 | February 23 | @ Cincinnati | 105β102 | Bailey Howell (25) | 27β41 | |||||
69 | February 24 | N Cincinnati | 119β110 | Bailey Howell (33) | 28β41 | |||||
70 | February 25 | N Los Angeles | 113β107 | Ray Scott (26) | 28β42 | |||||
71 | February 28 | Chicago | 104β112 | Bailey Howell (24) | 29β42 | |||||
72 | March 1 | N St. Louis | 113β115 | Don Ohl (34) | 30β42 | |||||
73 | March 2 | @ Syracuse | 128β152 | Bailey Howell (28) | 30β43 | |||||
74 | March 3 | Syracuse | 127β123 | Dave DeBusschere (31) | 30β44 | |||||
75 | March 5 | N San Francisco | 102β111 | Don Ohl (42) | 31β44 | |||||
76 | March 7 | Boston | 115β104 | Bailey Howell (28) | 31β45 | |||||
77 | March 8 | N San Francisco | 123β131 (OT) | Don Ohl (41) | 32β45 | |||||
78 | March 10 | Los Angeles | 116β124 | Bailey Howell (29) | 33β45 | |||||
79 | March 13 | New York | 89β112 | Don Ohl (24) | 34β45 | |||||
80 | March 17 | @ St. Louis | 105β119 | Dave DeBusschere (19) | 34β46 |
1963 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 1β3 (home: 1β1; road: 0β2)
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1963 schedule |
1962β63 Detroit Pistons season | |
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Head coach | Dick McGuire |
Arena | Cobo Arena |
Results | |
Record | 34–46 (.425) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Semifinals (eliminated 1β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1962β63 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 15th season in the NBA and sixth season in the city of Detroit. [1]
The Pistons finished with a 34-46 (.425) record, 3rd place in the Western Division. The team would advance to the 1963 NBA Playoffs, losing their first round series 3β1 to the St. Louis Hawks. The team was led by forward Bailey Howell (22.7 ppg, 11.5 rpg, NBA All-Star), guard Don Ohl (19.3 ppg) and rookie forward Dave DeBusschere from the University of Detroit (12.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg, All-Rookie Team), who was the team's top pick in the 1962 NBA Draft. [2] [3]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 27 | .663 | β | 27β7 | 20β17 | 6β3 | 33β13 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 48 | 32 | .600 | 5 | 30β7 | 13β18 | 5β7 | 29β17 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 34 | 46 | .425 | 19 | 14β16 | 8β19 | 12β11 | 19β27 |
San Francisco Warriors | 31 | 49 | .388 | 22 | 13β20 | 11β25 | 7β4 | 18β28 |
Chicago Zephyrs | 25 | 55 | .313 | 28 | 17β17 | 3β23 | 5β15 | 13β27 |
1962-63 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | SFW | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 8β2 | 9β3 | 8β0 | 4β5 | 10β2 | 8β1 | 5β3 | 6β6 |
Chicago | 2β8 | β | 4β6 | 3β7 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 4β6 | 3β7 | 2β8 |
Cincinnati | 3β9 | 6β4 | β | 4β4 | 3β6 | 10β2 | 6β3 | 3β5 | 7β5 |
Detroit | 0β8 | 7β3 | 4β4 | β | 1β11 | 8β1 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 3β6 |
Los Angeles | 5β4 | 7β3 | 6β3 | 11β1 | β | 5β3 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 4β4 |
New York | 2β10 | 6β4 | 2β10 | 1β8 | 3β5 | β | 2β6 | 3β6 | 2β10 |
San Francisco | 1β8 | 6β4 | 3β6 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 6β2 | β | 3β9 | 3β5 |
St. Louis | 3β5 | 7β3 | 5β3 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 6β3 | 9β3 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 6β6 | 8β2 | 5β7 | 6β3 | 4β4 | 10β2 | 5β3 | 4β5 | β |
1962β63 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 16 | N Los Angeles | 122β106 | Ray Scott (37) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | October 20 | @ St. Louis | 111β120 | Ray Scott (26) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | October 23 | @ San Francisco | 113β140 | Don Ohl (22) | 0β3 | |||||
4 | October 26 | @ San Francisco | 131β132 (OT) | Bailey Howell (28) | 0β4 | |||||
5 | October 27 | @ Los Angeles | 118β134 | Bailey Howell (21) | 0β5 | |||||
6 | October 31 | Boston | 115β100 | Bailey Howell (16) | 0β6 | |||||
7 | November 3 | @ Boston | 114β125 | Ray Scott (21) | 0β7 | |||||
8 | November 8 | Cincinnati | 114β116 | Bailey Howell (29) | 1β7 | |||||
9 | November 10 | @ Cincinnati | 124β135 | Bailey Howell (25) | 1β8 | |||||
10 | November 11 | @ St. Louis | 100β117 | Ray Scott (19) | 1β9 | |||||
11 | November 13 | N Cincinnati | 109β127 | Ray Scott (24) | 1β10 | |||||
12 | November 14 | San Francisco | 115β123 | Don Ohl (26) | 2β10 | |||||
13 | November 17 | N New York | 113β121 (OT) | Don Ohl (26) | 3β10 | |||||
14 | November 18 | Los Angeles | 116β98 | Willie Jones (16) | 3β11 | |||||
15 | November 21 | Syracuse | 122β120 | Dukes, Ohl (23) | 3β12 | |||||
16 | November 22 | @ St. Louis | 91β106 | Bailey Howell (23) | 3β13 | |||||
17 | November 23 | St. Louis | 121β93 | Bailey Howell (28) | 3β14 | |||||
18 | November 24 | @ Chicago | 103β104 | Bailey Howell (31) | 3β15 | |||||
19 | November 27 | N Boston | 115β125 | Bailey Howell (29) | 3β16 | |||||
20 | November 28 | New York | 101β143 | Bailey Howell (37) | 4β16 | |||||
21 | December 1 | N New York | 115β117 | Howell, Ohl (29) | 5β16 | |||||
22 | December 4 | N Syracuse | 129β130 | Don Ohl (32) | 6β16 | |||||
23 | December 5 | Boston | 106β93 | Ray Scott (22) | 6β17 | |||||
24 | December 7 | San Francisco | 116β123 | Bailey Howell (30) | 7β17 | |||||
25 | December 8 | @ New York | 78β87 | Don Ohl (23) | 7β18 | |||||
26 | December 9 | N St. Louis | 119β123 | Don Ohl (32) | 8β18 | |||||
27 | December 10 | N Chicago | 109β100 | Don Ohl (25) | 9β18 | |||||
28 | December 12 | New York | 106β115 | Bailey Howell (25) | 10β18 | |||||
29 | December 13 | N Boston | 93β103 | Ray Scott (34) | 10β19 | |||||
30 | December 15 | St. Louis | 112β94 | Ray Scott (21) | 10β20 | |||||
31 | December 16 | N Chicago | 106β110 | Bob Ferry (28) | 10β21 | |||||
32 | December 18 | N Chicago | 110β113 | Don Ohl (25) | 10β22 | |||||
33 | December 19 | Chicago | 113β115 | Bailey Howell (25) | 11β22 | |||||
34 | December 21 | San Francisco | 122β113 | Bailey Howell (27) | 11β23 | |||||
35 | December 22 | N Chicago | 122β110 | Don Ohl (32) | 12β23 | |||||
36 | December 25 | @ Cincinnati | 120β131 | Bailey Howell (31) | 12β24 | |||||
37 | December 26 | @ Chicago | 123β116 | Dave DeBusschere (30) | 13β24 | |||||
38 | December 30 | Los Angeles | 135β130 | Bailey Howell (28) | 13β25 | |||||
39 | January 2 | Cincinnati | 118β138 | Bailey Howell (23) | 14β25 | |||||
40 | January 4 | N St. Louis | 121β100 | Johnny Egan (20) | 14β26 | |||||
41 | January 5 | St. Louis | 90β92 | Bob Ferry (21) | 15β26 | |||||
42 | January 6 | @ New York | 103β102 | Don Ohl (21) | 16β26 | |||||
43 | January 8 | N New York | 93β109 | Bailey Howell (28) | 17β26 | |||||
44 | January 9 | Los Angeles | 123β115 | Ray Scott (29) | 17β27 | |||||
45 | January 11 | Chicago | 112β116 | Bailey Howell (21) | 18β27 | |||||
46 | January 12 | N Syracuse | 115β146 | Don Ohl (24) | 19β27 | |||||
47 | January 13 | @ Syracuse | 114β148 | Bailey Howell (26) | 19β28 | |||||
48 | January 21 | @ Los Angeles | 94β124 | Bailey Howell (25) | 19β29 | |||||
49 | January 22 | @ San Francisco | 115β107 | Howell, Ohl (23) | 20β29 | |||||
50 | January 23 | @ Los Angeles | 119β123 | Don Ohl (43) | 20β30 | |||||
51 | January 24 | N San Francisco | 138β114 | Bailey Howell (32) | 20β31 | |||||
52 | January 25 | @ Chicago | 113β111 | Don Ohl (37) | 21β31 | |||||
53 | January 31 | N Los Angeles | 127β122 | Bob Ferry (29) | 21β32 | |||||
54 | February 1 | Los Angeles | 119β109 | Don Ohl (31) | 21β33 | |||||
55 | February 3 | @ Boston | 128β137 | Ray Scott (32) | 21β34 | |||||
56 | February 5 | N St. Louis | 120β105 | Bailey Howell (36) | 21β35 | |||||
57 | February 6 | San Francisco | 117β116 | Bailey Howell (33) | 21β36 | |||||
58 | February 8 | Syracuse | 162β135 | Don Ohl (25) | 21β37 | |||||
59 | February 10 | @ St. Louis | 102β95 | Bailey Howell (22) | 22β37 | |||||
60 | February 12 | San Francisco | 115β120 | Bob Ferry (29) | 23β37 | |||||
61 | February 13 | @ San Francisco | 134β132 (OT) | Don Ohl (35) | 24β37 | |||||
62 | February 14 | @ Los Angeles | 111β128 | Don Ohl (22) | 24β38 | |||||
63 | February 16 | Cincinnati | 110β99 | Ray Scott (16) | 24β39 | |||||
64 | February 17 | @ Syracuse | 124β143 | Jackie Moreland (26) | 24β40 | |||||
65 | February 19 | @ New York | 121β112 | Don Ohl (30) | 25β40 | |||||
66 | February 20 | Boston | 117β113 | Bailey Howell (25) | 25β41 | |||||
67 | February 22 | Syracuse | 117β126 | Bailey Howell (31) | 26β41 | |||||
68 | February 23 | @ Cincinnati | 105β102 | Bailey Howell (25) | 27β41 | |||||
69 | February 24 | N Cincinnati | 119β110 | Bailey Howell (33) | 28β41 | |||||
70 | February 25 | N Los Angeles | 113β107 | Ray Scott (26) | 28β42 | |||||
71 | February 28 | Chicago | 104β112 | Bailey Howell (24) | 29β42 | |||||
72 | March 1 | N St. Louis | 113β115 | Don Ohl (34) | 30β42 | |||||
73 | March 2 | @ Syracuse | 128β152 | Bailey Howell (28) | 30β43 | |||||
74 | March 3 | Syracuse | 127β123 | Dave DeBusschere (31) | 30β44 | |||||
75 | March 5 | N San Francisco | 102β111 | Don Ohl (42) | 31β44 | |||||
76 | March 7 | Boston | 115β104 | Bailey Howell (28) | 31β45 | |||||
77 | March 8 | N San Francisco | 123β131 (OT) | Don Ohl (41) | 32β45 | |||||
78 | March 10 | Los Angeles | 116β124 | Bailey Howell (29) | 33β45 | |||||
79 | March 13 | New York | 89β112 | Don Ohl (24) | 34β45 | |||||
80 | March 17 | @ St. Louis | 105β119 | Dave DeBusschere (19) | 34β46 |
1963 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 1β3 (home: 1β1; road: 0β2)
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1963 schedule |