1975–76 Detroit Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Detroit Pistons 1976 36 46 Midwest 2 5 Ray Scott (fired) Herb Brown Oscar Feldman Bill Davidson Cobo Arena Conference semifinals(lost to Warriors 2–4) DET The 1975–76 Detroit Pistons season was the Detroit Pistons' 28th season in the NBA and 19th season in the city of Detroit.1975–76 Detroit Pistons The team played at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit. The Pistons made a major move in the off-season, trading perennial All-Star Dave Bing to the Washington Bullets for NBA assist leader Kevin Porter. Porter would only play 19 games for the Pistons in 1975–76, missing the bulk of the season with an injury. Bing represented Washington at the 1976 NBA All-Star Game, honored as the game MVP. The team also made a move at mid-season, firing coach Ray Scott. Greg Eno from Out of Bounds described his January dismissal, "Thirty years ago and a month, Scott was conducting practice -- the Pistons were in a terrible slump at the time -- and management strode onto the court, relieved Ray Scott of his silver whistle, and marched him off the court to give him the Ziggy -- that Detroit word for a coach getting fired. The Pistons hadn't yet learned to act with class in 1976. They were still a bush league franchise, even though Bing and Scott and Lanier had combined to put pro basketball on the map in Detroit. So the firing of Scott -- in front of his stunned players -- in January 1976 was done with all the subtlety of July 4th fireworks."http://gregeno.blogspot.com/2006/03/ex-pistons-coach-scott-still-giving.html Out of Bounds: Ex-Pistons Coach Scott Still Giving Back to Detroit March 2006 He was replaced by assistant Herb Brown.https://pistonpowered.com/2011/10/21/chevette-to-corvette-no-38-the-1975-76-detroit-pistons/ Chevette to Corvette No. 38: The 1975-76 Detroit Pistons 21 October 2011 The Pistons finished with a 36-46 (.439) record, 2nd place in the Midwest Division. The team was led by forward Curtis Rowe (16.0 ppg, 8.7 apg, NBA All-Star) and center Bob Lanier (21.3 ppg, 11.7 rpg).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1976.html 1975-76 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats Detroit advanced to the 1976 NBA Playoffs, winning 10 of their 11 final games, and then won their first round series of the Western Conference playoffs 2–1 over the Milwaukee Bucks, the team's first playoff series win since the 1961-62 Detroit Pistons season. Detroit won the deciding 3rd game of the series in Milwaukee 107–104, securing the win with a late Chris Ford steal. The team then fell to the Golden State Warriors 4–2 in the Western Conference Semi-Finals, dropping the 6th game in overtime 118–116 at Cobo Arena in Detroit.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1976.html 1975-76 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats Draft picks 1975 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 4 64 Lindsay Hairston Forward Michigan State 9 151 Terry Thomas Forward Detroit Roster Detroit Pistons 1975–76 #002FA7 #FFFFFF #eb003c #FFFFFF 20 Roger Brown basketball, born 1950 C 6 11 225 1950-02-23 Kansas 11 Archie Clark basketball SG 6 2 175 1941-07-15 Minnesota 22 Henry Dickerson SG 6 4 204 1951-11-27 Charleston 44 Al Eberhard SF 6 6 225 1952-05-10 Missouri 42 Chris Ford SG 6 5 190 1949-01-11 Villanova 45 Lindsay Hairston SF 6 7 180 1951-12-08 Michigan State 16 Bob Lanier C 6 11 250 1948-09-10 St. Bonaventure 15 John Mengelt SG 6 2 195 1949-10-16 Auburn 14 Eric Money PG 6 0 175 1955-02-06 Arizona 54 Howard Porter basketball SF 6 8 220 1948-08-31 Villanova 10 Kevin Porter basketball, born 1950 PG 6 0 190 1950-04-17 Saint Francis University 18 Curtis Rowe PF 6 7 225 1949-07-02 UCLA 50 Terry Thomas basketball PF 6 8 220 1953-08-20 Detroit 31 George Trapp PF 6 8 205 1948-07-11 Long Beach State Herb Brown Jim Davis Mike Abdenour (trainer) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1976.html February 24, 1976 Regular season Season standings DET DET z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Playoffs Detroit Pistons 1976 yes #012F6B #FFFFFF Detroit Pistons First Round yes yes no #D40032 #FFFFFF 1 0 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 13 | @ Milwaukee | L 107–110 | Bob Lanier (25) | Bob Lanier (15) | Lanier, Clark (6) | MECCA Arena8,912 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 16 | Milwaukee | W 126–123 | Bob Lanier (35) | Curtis Rowe (10) | Money, Clark (5) | Cobo Arena8,330 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 18 | @ Milwaukee | W 107–104 | Bob Lanier (28) | Bob Lanier (12) | Eric Money (8) | MECCA Arena8,213 | 2–1 |- Detroit Pistons Conference Semifinals yes no #D40032 #FFFFFF 1 2 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 20 | @ Golden State | L 103–127 | Bob Lanier (18) | Bob Lanier (16) | Chris Ford (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,067 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 22 | @ Golden State | W 123–111 | Curtis Rowe (33) | Curtis Rowe (10) | Chris Ford (9) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,067 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24 | Golden State | L 96–113 | Bob Lanier (23) | Bob Lanier (16) | Eric Money (8) | Cobo Arena10,022 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 26 | Golden State | W 106–102 | Bob Lanier (30) | Bob Lanier (11) | Eric Money (7) | Cobo Arena11,389 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 28 | @ Golden State | L 109–128 | Howard Porter (20) | Bob Lanier (12) | Archie Clark (5) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,067 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | April 30 | Golden State | L 116–118 (OT) | Bob Lanier (30) | Bob Lanier (16) | Eric Money (9) | Cobo Arena10,361 | 2–4 |- DET 1976 yes References Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Detroit Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Category:1975 in Detroit Category:1976 in Detroit