1964–65 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachCharles Wolf
Dave DeBusschere
ArenaCobo Center
Results
Record31–49 (.388)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWXYZ

The 1964–65 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 17th season in the NBA and its eighth season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

The team fired coach Charles Wolf after 11 games, naming 24-year old forward Dave DeBusschere player-manager. The Pistons finished the season 31-49 (.388), 4th in the Western Division. Before the season began, the team made a major trade to rid the team of players who had feuded with Wolf, adding Terry Dischinger, Don Kojis and Rod Thorn from the Baltimore Bullets for Bob Ferry, Bailey Howell, Les Hunter, Wali Jones and Don Ohl. The trade was the largest in NBA history at the time.[2] Former Piston Gene Shue, coaching for Baltimore, assessed the trade thus: “Detroit has the worst management in the league.”[3][2]

Detroit was led on the season by forward DeBusschere (16.7 ppg, 11.1 rpg) and guard Dischinger (18.2 ppg, NBA All-Star). Dischinger would leave the team after the season, as having a ROTC commission at Purdue, he would serve two years in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.[4]

Roster

1964–65 Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 24 Butcher, Donnis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1936–02–08 Pikeville
SF 21 Caldwell, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–11–01 Arizona State
PF 22 DeBusschere, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1940–10–16 Detroit Mercy
SG 18 Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1940–11–21 Purdue
PG 25 Duffy, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1940–09–26 Colgate
C 19 Harding, Reggie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 249 lb (113 kg) 1942–05–04 Nashville Christian Institute
PG 5 Jones, Willie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1936–06–29 Northwestern
SF 16 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–01–15 Marquette
PG 14 Miles, Eddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1940–07–05 Seattle
PF 15 Moreland, Jackie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–03–11 Louisiana Tech
C 20 — 23 Reed, Hub 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1936–10–04 Oklahoma City
PF 12 Scott, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–07–12 Portland
SG 10 Thorn, Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–05–23 West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers4931.613–25–1321–163–225–15
x-St. Louis Hawks4535.563426–415–174–428–12
x-Baltimore Bullets3743.4631223–1412–192–1022–18
Detroit Pistons3149.3881813–1711–207–1218–22
San Francisco Warriors1763.2133210–265–312–67–33
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1964-65 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —3–76–46–44–62–84–67–35–5
Boston 7–3—8–210–07–37–35–59–19–1
Cincinnati 4–62–8—6–46–48–26–48–28–2
Detroit 4–60–104–6—3–75–54–68–23–7
Los Angeles 6–43–74–67–3—10–07–38–24–6
New York 8–23–72–85–50–10—5–57–31–9
Philadelphia 6–45–54–66–43–75–5—6–45–5
San Francisco 3–71–92–82–82–83–74–6—0–10
St. Louis 5–51–92–87–36–49–15–510–0—

Game log

1964–65 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ Philadelphia113–125Don Kojis (20)0–1
2October 17@ Boston81–112Don Kojis (16)0–2
3October 21San Francisco104–108Reggie Harding (22)1–2
4October 22N Boston102–104Ray Scott (27)1–3
5October 24@ New York118–108 (OT)Eddie Miles (30)2–3
6October 25N New York108–95Eddie Miles (17)2–4
7October 30Boston106–90Terry Dischinger (21)2–5
8October 31@ St. Louis99–107DeBusschere, Scott (20)2–6
9November 1@ Cincinnati101–114Scott, Thorn (20)2–7
10November 4Baltimore121–108Dischinger, Harding (23)2–8
11November 7@ Boston113–130Joe Caldwell (31)2–9
12November 10N Baltimore119–117Rod Thorn (27)3–9
13November 12San Francisco99–121Terry Dischinger (30)4–9
14November 15Los Angeles111–105Dave DeBusschere (28)4–10
15November 18Philadelphia111–124Ray Scott (29)5–10
16November 20@ Baltimore106–105Terry Dischinger (24)6–10
17November 21@ St. Louis94–100Rod Thorn (20)6–11
18November 22@ San Francisco99–97Dave DeBusschere (19)7–11
19November 25@ Los Angeles117–130Ray Scott (24)7–12
20November 27@ Los Angeles111–117Ray Scott (33)7–13
21November 28Philadelphia101–93Reggie Harding (20)7–14
22December 1N Cincinnati107–129Terry Dischinger (24)7–15
23December 2Cincinnati115–125Ray Scott (39)8–15
24December 4@ Philadelphia106–119Don Kojis (18)8–16
25December 5New York100–110Dave DeBusschere (25)9–16
26December 8@ New York102–100Dave DeBusschere (23)10–16
27December 9Cincinnati122–114Ray Scott (22)10–17
28December 11@ San Francisco104–100Dave DeBusschere (22)11–17
29December 12@ San Francisco107–124Terry Dischinger (19)11–18
30December 13@ Los Angeles115–116Ray Scott (23)11–19
31December 15@ Los Angeles131–116Terry Dischinger (27)12–19
32December 16Los Angeles126–120 (OT)Dave DeBusschere (31)12–20
33December 18St. Louis108–114DeBusschere, Scott (24)13–20
34December 19@ Baltimore99–104DeBusschere, Harding (16)13–21
35December 25N Boston106–118Rod Thorn (20)13–22
36December 27N Boston106–112Dave DeBusschere (26)13–23
37December 28N New York117–123DeBusschere, Dischinger (23)14–23
38December 30St. Louis125–120Dave DeBusschere (33)14–24
39January 2Boston101–89Donnis Butcher (17)14–25
40January 5N St. Louis109–108Terry Dischinger (32)14–26
41January 6Baltimore129–121Ray Scott (25)14–27
42January 7@ Baltimore105–110Terry Dischinger (26)14–28
43January 9@ New York118–115Terry Dischinger (30)15–28
44January 10@ Cincinnati114–140Terry Dischinger (21)15–29
45January 11N Los Angeles127–128Reggie Harding (29)16–29
46January 14Los Angeles104–100Terry Dischinger (23)16–30
47January 18N Philadelphia109–95Dave DeBusschere (23)16–31
48January 19N Philadelphia97–103Reggie Harding (22)17–31
49January 20Cincinnati102–90Eddie Miles (20)17–32
50January 22N Philadelphia109–103 (OT)Joe Caldwell (24)17–33
51January 23@ Cincinnati105–102Terry Dischinger (30)18–33
52January 26N Philadelphia105–107Terry Dischinger (21)19–33
53January 27Baltimore108–122Eddie Miles (25)20–33
54January 29N New York106–99Eddie Miles (26)20–34
55January 30St. Louis97–121Eddie Miles (21)21–34
56January 31@ St. Louis110–107Joe Caldwell (29)22–34
57February 2N Los Angeles118–121 (OT)Terry Dischinger (33)23–34
58February 3San Francisco106–111Terry Dischinger (26)24–34
59February 5New York118–112 (OT)Terry Dischinger (23)24–35
60February 6@ New York106–109Joe Caldwell (24)24–36
61February 7Baltimore112–119Terry Dischinger (22)25–36
62February 10Boston117–106Reggie Harding (24)25–37
63February 11N Cincinnati109–130Eddie Miles (19)25–38
64February 13@ Baltimore117–123Eddie Miles (25)25–39
65February 16@ San Francisco114–106Eddie Miles (24)26–39
66February 18@ San Francisco107–106Eddie Miles (27)27–39
67February 20St. Louis110–98Dave DeBusschere (21)27–40
68February 21@ St. Louis107–112Terry Dischinger (18)27–41
69February 24Philadelphia104–106Reggie Harding (25)28–41
70February 27Cincinnati115–117Dave DeBusschere (21)29–41
71March 1N Cincinnati130–110Reggie Harding (24)30–41
72March 3San Francisco107–110Eddie Miles (28)31–41
73March 4N San Francisco115–110Terry Dischinger (30)31–42
74March 6New York96–93Dave DeBusschere (23)31–43
75March 7@ Baltimore105–111Reggie Harding (23)31–44
76March 10Boston124–106Dave DeBusschere (21)31–45
77March 11N Boston100–112Terry Dischinger (16)31–46
78March 13@ Philadelphia116–131Ray Scott (26)31–47
79March 16Los Angeles100–99Dave DeBusschere (25)31–48
80March 20@ St. Louis98–107Joe Caldwell (21)31–49

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1964–65 Detroit Pistons
  2. 1 2 "Chevette to Corvette No. 53: The 1964-65 Detroit Pistons". September 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The DeBusschere Debacle". NBA.com.
  4. ↑ "Terre Haute great Dischinger named to Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame".
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