1968–69 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachDonnie Butcher
Paul Seymour
General managerEd Coil
ArenaCobo Center
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1968–69 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 21st season in the NBA and 12th season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

The Pistons finished with a 32-50 (.390), 6th place in the Eastern Division. The team fired coach Donnie Butcher after 22 games, replacing him with assistant Paul Seymour in December.[2] Seymour pushed for what would become an ill-advised trade, dealing All-Star and future Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere to the New York Knicks for journeyman Howard Komives and 7-footer Walt Bellamy, also a Hall of Famer, but one who had worn out welcomes in Baltimore and New York, having a reputation as a malcontent.[3] He proved it in Detroit, lasting a mere 109 games, traded to the Atlanta Hawks a year later, netting the Pistons John Arthurs, who would never play for Detroit. DeBusschere became the final component needed for the 1970 NBA champion Knicks.[4][5][6]

Detroit was led on the season by guard Dave Bing (23.4 ppg, 7.1 apg, NBA All-Star) and forward Happy Hairston (18.1 ppg, 11.8 rpg).[7]

Roster

Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 8 Bellamy, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana
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 44 Dove, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) St. John's
F 5 Hairston, Happy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 255 lb (116 kg) NYU
F 25 Gambee, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon State
G 30 Komives, Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Bowling Green
SF 23 McLemore, McCoy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Drake
F 24 Walker, Jimmy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Baltimore Bullets 5725.695–29–924–154–126–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5527.671226–824–165–323–17
x-New York Knicks 5428.659330–719–205–126–14
x-Boston Celtics 4834.585924–1221–193–323–17
Cincinnati Royals 4141.5001615-1316–2110–720–20
Detroit Pistons 3250.3902521–177–304–313–27
Milwaukee Bucks 2755.3293015–198–274–97–29
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1968-69 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore 4–2—5–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston 3–32–5—4–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago 1–60–62–4—1–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati 2–43–42–55–1—3–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit 0–60–71–53–34–3—3–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles 4–33–34–24–34–23–3—5–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee 2–41–51–51–51–54–21–5—0–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York 4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–0—4–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia 5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–4—5–14–22–46–0
Phoenix 0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–5—1–72–43–3
San Diego 4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–1—3–33–3
San Francisco 3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–3—4–3
Seattle 2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4—

Game log

1968–69 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ Baltimore116–124Dave Bing (39)0–1
2October 18Boston106–88Dave Bing (20)0–2
3October 19@ Cincinnati115–127Dave Bing (24)0–3
4October 23Los Angeles110–117Dave Bing (39)1–3
5October 25Philadelphia122–132Dave Bing (37)2–3
6October 30@ Boston119–117Dave Bing (33)3–3
7October 31@ Milwaukee118–134Dave Bing (29)3–4
8November 2New York104–112Jimmy Walker (30)4–4
9November 6Seattle118–127Dave Bing (37)5–4
10November 8San Francisco118–122 (OT)Dave Bing (34)6–4
11November 10@ Phoenix128–130 (OT)Dave Bing (28)6–5
12November 13@ San Diego120–122Dave Bing (26)6–6
13November 14N Phoenix109–111Bing, Hairston (23)7–6
14November 15@ San Francisco105–133Happy Hairston (19)7–7
15November 16@ Seattle119–123Dave Bing (35)7–8
16November 19Cincinnati107–121Happy Hairston (30)8–8
17November 21Atlanta129–121Dave Bing (34)8–9
18November 23@ Baltimore127–128Dave Bing (39)8–10
19November 26N San Diego120–134Happy Hairston (31)9–10
20November 27Phoenix111–125Dave DeBusschere (32)10–10
21November 29N Cincinnati112–122Jimmy Walker (29)10–11
22November 30@ New York108–120Dave Bing (24)10–12
23December 4Baltimore112–106Dave Bing (29)10–13
24December 6@ Boston118–132Jimmy Walker (29)10–14
25December 7@ Philadelphia106–140Happy Hairston (21)10–15
26December 10@ Chicago83–100Eddie Miles (18)10–16
27December 11Boston108–106Jimmy Walker (28)10–17
28December 14Phoenix123–118Jimmy Walker (28)10–18
29December 18San Diego112–124Hairston, Walker (27)11–18
30December 20New York135–87Walt Bellamy (18)11–19
31December 21@ Atlanta110–120Walt Bellamy (31)11–20
32December 25@ Milwaukee119–113Happy Hairston (24)12–20
33December 26Los Angeles95–94Dave Bing (31)12–21
34December 28San Francisco102–131Eddie Miles (27)13–21
35December 29@ Los Angeles108–111Dave Bing (29)13–22
36December 31@ Los Angeles127–107Dave Bing (30)14–22
37January 3Atlanta128–106Dave Bing (32)14–23
38January 4@ New York103–111Bellamy, Bing (28)14–24
39January 5@ Philadelphia119–126Happy Hairston (27)14–25
40January 7Philadelphia114–117Howard Komives (22)15–25
41January 8@ Boston104–113Eddie Miles (21)15–26
42January 10@ Atlanta101–104Howard Komives (25)15–27
43January 11Cincinnati115–118Hairston, Miles (25)16–27
44January 12@ Cincinnati113–111Howard Komives (23)17–27
45January 17Milwaukee108–123Happy Hairston (27)18–27
46January 19Chicago111–120Eddie Miles (29)19–27
47January 20N Milwaukee102–101Walt Bellamy (28)19–28
48January 22Los Angeles115–116Eddie Miles (25)20–28
49January 24New York106–107Walt Bellamy (28)21–28
50January 25@ Philadelphia106–124Walt Bellamy (24)21–29
51January 27@ Baltimore106–126Dave Bing (22)21–30
52January 29San Francisco133–126Dave Bing (32)21–31
53January 30N Seattle118–144Dave Bing (37)22–31
54January 31@ Chicago103–102Walt Bellamy (18)23–31
55February 1@ Atlanta99–119Jimmy Walker (25)23–32
56February 2Baltimore128–106Dave Bing (25)23–33
57February 4N Cincinnati114–125Dave Bing (29)23–34
58February 5Chicago120–108Dave Bing (28)23–35
59February 8San Diego119–123 (OT)Walt Bellamy (32)24–35
60February 12Boston113–106Dave Bing (28)24–36
61February 13@ Chicago101–120Bellamy, Walker (13)24–37
62February 14Phoenix123–128Dave Bing (37)25–37
63February 16@ Seattle119–127Walt Bellamy (31)25–38
64February 18@ San Francisco114–121Dave Bing (22)25–39
65February 19@ Seattle131–124Dave Bing (30)26–39
66February 20Atlanta97–87Bellamy, Hairston (17)26–40
67February 22Milwaukee108–107Happy Hairston (23)26–41
68February 24@ Baltimore119–123Terry Dischinger (25)26–42
69February 27N Philadelphia123–126Dave Bing (30)27–42
70February 28Baltimore134–116Dave Bing (34)27–43
71March 2Philadelphia126–112Walt Bellamy (34)27–44
72March 4@ New York99–102Walt Bellamy (21)27–45
73March 5New York120–128Howard Komives (30)28–45
74March 7Cincinnati105–114Dave Bing (24)29–45
75March 9Milwaukee126–121Walt Bellamy (28)29–46
76March 11@ Los Angeles101–137Dave Bing (22)29–47
77March 13@ San Diego105–120Happy Hairston (22)29–48
78March 14@ San Francisco110–114Dave Bing (35)29–49
79March 16@ San Diego111–120Happy Hairston (22)29–50
80March 17@ Phoenix119–95Walt Bellamy (30)30–50
81March 21Seattle104–110Dave Gambee (32)31–50
82March 23Chicago114–158Happy Hairston (28)32–50

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1968–69 Detroit Pistons
  2. ↑ "Former Detroit Pistons coach Donnis Butcher dies at 76". October 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The DeBusschere Debacle". NBA.com.
  4. ↑ "Chevette to Corvette No. 50: The 1968-69 Detroit Pistons". October 3, 2011.
  5. ↑ "DeBusschere trade transformed Knicks". December 22, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Walt 'Clyde' Frazier recalls Walt Bellamy-for-Dave DeBusschere trade". New York Daily News.
  7. ↑ "1968-69 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats".


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