1962–63 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDick McGuire
ArenaCobo Arena
Results
Record34–46 (.425)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1962–63 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 3–1 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]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5327.663–27–720–176–333–13
x-St. Louis Hawks4832.600530–713–185–729–17
x-Detroit Pistons3446.4251914–168–1912–1119–27
San Francisco Warriors3149.3882213–2011–257–418–28
Chicago Zephyrs2555.3132817–173–235–1513–27
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1962-63 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK SFW STL SYR
Boston —8–29–38–04–510–28–15–36–6
Chicago 2–8—4–63–73–74–64–63–72–8
Cincinnati 3–96–4—4–43–610–26–33–57–5
Detroit 0–87–34–4—1–118–17–54–83–6
Los Angeles 5–47–36–311–1—5–38–47–54–4
New York 2–106–42–101–83–5—2–63–62–10
San Francisco 1–86–43–65–74–86–2—3–93–5
St. Louis 3–57–35–38–45–76–39–3—5–4
Syracuse 6–68–25–76–34–410–25–34–5—

Game log

1962–63 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16N Los Angeles122–106Ray Scott (37)0–1
2October 20@ St. Louis111–120Ray Scott (26)0–2
3October 23@ San Francisco113–140Don Ohl (22)0–3
4October 26@ San Francisco131–132 (OT)Bailey Howell (28)0–4
5October 27@ Los Angeles118–134Bailey Howell (21)0–5
6October 31Boston115–100Bailey Howell (16)0–6
7November 3@ Boston114–125Ray Scott (21)0–7
8November 8Cincinnati114–116Bailey Howell (29)1–7
9November 10@ Cincinnati124–135Bailey Howell (25)1–8
10November 11@ St. Louis100–117Ray Scott (19)1–9
11November 13N Cincinnati109–127Ray Scott (24)1–10
12November 14San Francisco115–123Don Ohl (26)2–10
13November 17N New York113–121 (OT)Don Ohl (26)3–10
14November 18Los Angeles116–98Willie Jones (16)3–11
15November 21Syracuse122–120Dukes, Ohl (23)3–12
16November 22@ St. Louis91–106Bailey Howell (23)3–13
17November 23St. Louis121–93Bailey Howell (28)3–14
18November 24@ Chicago103–104Bailey Howell (31)3–15
19November 27N Boston115–125Bailey Howell (29)3–16
20November 28New York101–143Bailey Howell (37)4–16
21December 1N New York115–117Howell, Ohl (29)5–16
22December 4N Syracuse129–130Don Ohl (32)6–16
23December 5Boston106–93Ray Scott (22)6–17
24December 7San Francisco116–123Bailey Howell (30)7–17
25December 8@ New York78–87Don Ohl (23)7–18
26December 9N St. Louis119–123Don Ohl (32)8–18
27December 10N Chicago109–100Don Ohl (25)9–18
28December 12New York106–115Bailey Howell (25)10–18
29December 13N Boston93–103Ray Scott (34)10–19
30December 15St. Louis112–94Ray Scott (21)10–20
31December 16N Chicago106–110Bob Ferry (28)10–21
32December 18N Chicago110–113Don Ohl (25)10–22
33December 19Chicago113–115Bailey Howell (25)11–22
34December 21San Francisco122–113Bailey Howell (27)11–23
35December 22N Chicago122–110Don Ohl (32)12–23
36December 25@ Cincinnati120–131Bailey Howell (31)12–24
37December 26@ Chicago123–116Dave DeBusschere (30)13–24
38December 30Los Angeles135–130Bailey Howell (28)13–25
39January 2Cincinnati118–138Bailey Howell (23)14–25
40January 4N St. Louis121–100Johnny Egan (20)14–26
41January 5St. Louis90–92Bob Ferry (21)15–26
42January 6@ New York103–102Don Ohl (21)16–26
43January 8N New York93–109Bailey Howell (28)17–26
44January 9Los Angeles123–115Ray Scott (29)17–27
45January 11Chicago112–116Bailey Howell (21)18–27
46January 12N Syracuse115–146Don Ohl (24)19–27
47January 13@ Syracuse114–148Bailey Howell (26)19–28
48January 21@ Los Angeles94–124Bailey Howell (25)19–29
49January 22@ San Francisco115–107Howell, Ohl (23)20–29
50January 23@ Los Angeles119–123Don Ohl (43)20–30
51January 24N San Francisco138–114Bailey Howell (32)20–31
52January 25@ Chicago113–111Don Ohl (37)21–31
53January 31N Los Angeles127–122Bob Ferry (29)21–32
54February 1Los Angeles119–109Don Ohl (31)21–33
55February 3@ Boston128–137Ray Scott (32)21–34
56February 5N St. Louis120–105Bailey Howell (36)21–35
57February 6San Francisco117–116Bailey Howell (33)21–36
58February 8Syracuse162–135Don Ohl (25)21–37
59February 10@ St. Louis102–95Bailey Howell (22)22–37
60February 12San Francisco115–120Bob Ferry (29)23–37
61February 13@ San Francisco134–132 (OT)Don Ohl (35)24–37
62February 14@ Los Angeles111–128Don Ohl (22)24–38
63February 16Cincinnati110–99Ray Scott (16)24–39
64February 17@ Syracuse124–143Jackie Moreland (26)24–40
65February 19@ New York121–112Don Ohl (30)25–40
66February 20Boston117–113Bailey Howell (25)25–41
67February 22Syracuse117–126Bailey Howell (31)26–41
68February 23@ Cincinnati105–102Bailey Howell (25)27–41
69February 24N Cincinnati119–110Bailey Howell (33)28–41
70February 25N Los Angeles113–107Ray Scott (26)28–42
71February 28Chicago104–112Bailey Howell (24)29–42
72March 1N St. Louis113–115Don Ohl (34)30–42
73March 2@ Syracuse128–152Bailey Howell (28)30–43
74March 3Syracuse127–123Dave DeBusschere (31)30–44
75March 5N San Francisco102–111Don Ohl (42)31–44
76March 7Boston115–104Bailey Howell (28)31–45
77March 8N San Francisco123–131 (OT)Don Ohl (41)32–45
78March 10Los Angeles116–124Bailey Howell (29)33–45
79March 13New York89–112Don Ohl (24)34–45
80March 17@ St. Louis105–119Dave DeBusschere (19)34–46

Playoffs

1963 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 20 @ St. Louis L 99–118 Dave DeBusschere (30) Dave DeBusschere (18) Don Ohl (6) Kiel Auditorium
5,818		 0–1
2 March 22 @ St. Louis L 108–122 Scott, Ohl (29) Scott, Howell (9) Don Ohl (6) Kiel Auditorium 0–2
3 March 24 St. Louis W 107–103 DeBusschere, Ferry (23) Dave DeBusschere (26) Jones, Ohl (4) Cobo Arena
3,232		 1–2
4 March 26 St. Louis L 100–104 Don Ohl (32) Ray Scott (14) Ray Scott (6) Cobo Arena
3,257		 1–3
1963 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1962–63 Detroit Pistons
  2. ↑ "1962-63 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats".
  3. ↑ "Chevette to Corvette No. 45: The 1962-63 Detroit Pistons". October 12, 2011.
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