1973–74 Detroit Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Detroit Pistons 1974 52 30 Midwest 3 4 Ray Scott Ed Coil Fred Zollner Cobo Arena Conference semifinals(lost to Bulls 3–4) DET WKBD-TV WJR The 1973–74 Detroit Pistons season was the Detroit Pistons' 26th season in the NBA and 17th season in the city of Detroit. The team played at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit. The Pistons finished with a 52-30 (.634) record, 3rd place in the Midwest Division, only their second winning season since moving to Detroit in 1957. The team was led by guard Dave Bing (18.8 ppg, 6.9 apg, NBA All-Star) and center Bob Lanier (22.5 ppg, 13.3 rpg, NBA All-Star and NBA All-Star Game MVP).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1974.html 1973-74 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statshttps://pistonpowered.com/2011/12/06/chevette-to-corvette-no-12-the-1973-74-detroit-pistons/ Chevette to Corvette No. 12: The 1973-74 Detroit Pistons 6 December 2011 Pistons coach Ray Scott was recognized as the NBA Coach of the Year, the first black coach in the league to win the award.https://nbacoaches.com/ray-scott-the-nbas-first-black-coach-of-the-year/#:~:text=Great%20work%20by%20Omari%20Sankofa,Coach%20of%20the%20Year%20Award Ray Scott, the NBA's first Black Coach of the Year | the Official Website of the NBA Coaches Association 23 February 2021https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/scottra01c.html#all_coach-awards Ray Scott It wouldn't be until 1991 when Don Chaney won the award that another black coach was so honored.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/02/21/ray-scott-first-black-nba-coach-year-followed-mentor-history/6799953002/ Ray Scott, NBA's first Black Coach of the Year, followed another trailblazer into history USA Today Detroit advanced to the 1974 NBA Playoffs, the team's first playoff appearance since the 1967-68 Detroit Pistons season, losing the Western Conference semi-finals 4–3 to the Chicago Bulls, dropping the deciding 7th game 96–94 in Chicago. In the 7th game at Chicago Stadium, after a furious Detroit rally, Dennis Awtrey of the Bulls tipped an inbounds pass by Bing with 3 seconds remaining and Norm Van Lier dribbled out the clock to preserve the Chicago victory.1974-04-14 Bulls Top Pistons, 96‐94, For 4‐3 Victory in Series en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/14/archives/bulls-top-pistons-9694-for-43-victory-in-series-bulls-down-pistons.html 2022-02-20 0362-4331 Draft picks 1973 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Team 8 129 Ben Kelso Guard USA United States Central Michigan Roster Detroit Pistons #002FA7 #FFFFFF #eb003c #FFFFFF 10 Don Adams Don Adams (basketball) SF 6 6 210 1947-11-27 Northwestern 21 Dave Bing PG 6 3 180 1943-11-24 Syracuse 20 Jim Davis Jim Davis (basketball player) C 6 9 225 1941-12-18 Colorado 42 Chris Ford SG 6 5 190 1949-01-11 Villanova 30 Ben Kelso SG 6 3 195 1949-04-11 Central Michigan 16 Bob Lanier C 6 11 250 1948-09-10 St. Bonaventure 22 Stu Lantz SG 6 3 175 1946-07-13 Nebraska 15 John Mengelt SG 6 2 195 1949-10-16 Auburn 33 Bob Nash Bob Nash (basketball) SF 6 7 195 1950-08-24 Hawaii 8 Willie Norwood Willie Norwood (basketball) SF 6 7 220 1947-08-08 Alcorn State 18 Curtis Rowe PF 6 7 225 1949-07-02 UCLA 31 George Trapp PF 6 8 205 1948-07-11 Cal State Long Beach Ray Scott https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1974.html October 8, 1973 Regular season Season standings DET DET Game log 1973–74 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 9 @ New York 100–101 Bob Lanier (29) 0–1 2 October 12 Atlanta 105–122 Bob Lanier (20) 1–1 3 October 13 @ Chicago 94–101 Bob Lanier (22) 1–2 4 October 14 @ Cleveland 95–83 Bob Lanier (20) 2–2 5 October 19 Milwaukee 96–94 Bob Lanier (28) 2–3 6 October 20 @ Houston 107–104 Bob Lanier (33) 3–3 7 October 24 @ Phoenix 115–99 Bob Lanier (23) 4–3 8 October 26 @ Los Angeles 92–94 Curtis Rowe (18) 4–4 9 October 27 @ Portland 111–98 Bob Lanier (32) 5–4 10 October 28 @ Seattle 115–93 Bing, Mengelt (21) 6–4 11 October 31 Seattle 107–114 Dave Bing (26) 7–4 12 November 2 Phoenix 107–114 Chris Ford (24) 8–4 13 November 3 @ Milwaukee 115–123 (OT) Bob Lanier (28) 8–5 14 November 8 @ Atlanta 129–115 Don Adams (23) 9–5 15 November 10 N Boston 97–102 Bob Lanier (29) 9–6 16 November 14 Portland 111–108 Bob Lanier (41) 9–7 17 November 16 Kansas City–Omaha 98–125 Willie Norwood (15) 10–7 18 November 17 @ Buffalo 98–94 Bob Lanier (30) 11–7 19 November 18 Chicago 104–102 Bob Lanier (27) 11–8 20 November 21 Phoenix 104–107 Bob Lanier (29) 12–8 21 November 24 @ Chicago 112–114 (OT) Bob Lanier (32) 12–9 22 November 28 Cleveland 96–91 Bing, Lanier (23) 12–10 23 November 30 @ Houston 95–110 Bob Lanier (19) 12–11 24 December 1 @ Phoenix 121–109 John Mengelt (30) 13–11 25 December 2 @ Los Angeles 114–108 Dave Bing (27) 14–11 26 December 4 @ Golden State 112–93 Dave Bing (27) 15–11 27 December 6 @ Seattle 110–108 Dave Bing (33) 16–11 28 December 8 Portland 91–106 Bob Lanier (28) 17–11 29 December 9 @ Kansas City–Omaha 86–80 Adams, Bing (19) 18–11 30 December 12 Los Angeles 96–114 Bob Lanier (33) 19–11 31 December 14 Philadelphia 96–93 Dave Bing (26) 19–12 32 December 15 @ Philadelphia 99–89 Bob Lanier (24) 20–12 33 December 16 @ Kansas City–Omaha 104–105 Dave Bing (22) 20–13 34 December 19 Chicago 87–89 Bob Lanier (30) 21–13 35 December 21 Golden State 104–107 George Trapp (21) 22–13 36 December 22 @ New York 88–99 Bob Lanier (35) 22–14 37 December 26 New York 96–91 Dave Bing (22) 22–15 38 December 28 Capital 93–102 Bob Lanier (30) 23–15 39 December 29 @ Chicago 103–108 Willie Norwood (29) 23–16 40 December 30 @ Milwaukee 98–91 Dave Bing (22) 24–16 41 January 2 Milwaukee 92–106 Bob Lanier (34) 25–16 42 January 4 Boston 101–106 Bob Lanier (29) 26–16 43 January 5 @ Capital 90–93 Dave Bing (21) 26–17 44 January 9 Los Angeles 94–123 Bob Lanier (32) 27–17 45 January 11 @ Cleveland 106–96 Curtis Rowe (28) 28–17 46 January 12 Cleveland 117–112 (OT) Bob Lanier (32) 28–18 47 January 18 Chicago 95–113 Bob Lanier (32) 29–18 48 January 20 Kansas City–Omaha 79–105 George Trapp (21) 30–18 49 January 23 Portland 95–121 Curtis Rowe (20) 31–18 50 January 25 Houston 89–93 Bob Lanier (26) 32–18 51 January 26 Seattle 83–94 Bob Lanier (27) 33–18 52 January 27 @ Chicago 91–109 Bob Lanier (20) 33–19 53 January 30 Buffalo 96–111 Bob Lanier (36) 34–19 54 February 1 New York 91–96 Dave Bing (18) 35–19 55 February 3 @ Seattle 114–100 Bob Lanier (25) 36–19 56 February 5 @ Portland 104–102 Willie Norwood (27) 37–19 57 February 7 @ Golden State 110–86 Willie Norwood (27) 38–19 58 February 8 @ Phoenix 99–94 Bob Lanier (24) 39–19 59 February 12 Kansas City–Omaha 106–113 Willie Norwood (27) 40–19 60 February 14 Milwaukee 102–99 Dave Bing (19) 40–20 61 February 15 @ Buffalo 116–118 Bob Lanier (45) 40–21 62 February 17 @ Philadelphia 118–107 Bob Lanier (27) 41–21 63 February 19 @ Boston 97–107 Dave Bing (21) 41–22 64 February 20 Los Angeles 110–112 Bob Lanier (29) 42–22 65 February 22 Capital 83–84 Bob Lanier (24) 43–22 66 February 23 Phoenix 107–119 Bob Lanier (25) 44–22 67 February 24 @ Capital 84–94 Dave Bing (18) 44–23 68 February 26 Boston 86–83 Dave Bing (22) 44–24 69 February 28 @ Milwaukee 90–113 George Trapp (17) 44–25 70 March 1 Seattle 105–103 John Mengelt (24) 44–26 71 March 3 @ Portland 99–95 Bob Lanier (30) 45–26 72 March 5 @ Golden State 95–93 Dave Bing (23) 46–26 73 March 8 @ Los Angeles 113–129 Curtis Rowe (24) 46–27 74 March 10 @ Atlanta 116–111 Bob Lanier (31) 47–27 75 March 11 Golden State 120–108 Willie Norwood (19) 47–28 76 March 12 Golden State 108–113 Dave Bing (28) 48–28 77 March 15 Milwaukee 89–93 Don Adams (21) 49–28 78 March 17 Buffalo 109–116 Bing, Lanier (23) 50–28 79 March 20 Houston 99–103 Dave Bing (18) 51–28 80 March 22 @ Kansas City–Omaha 105–107 George Trapp (18) 51–29 81 March 23 Philadelphia 97–89 Dave Bing (27) 51–30 82 March 26 Atlanta 108–109 Bob Lanier (25) 52–30 Playoffs Detroit Pistons 1974 yes #00519A #FFFFFF Detroit Pistons Conference semifinals yes yes no #EB003C #FFFFFF 2 1 1 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 30 | @ Chicago | W 97–88 | Bob Lanier (27) | Lanier, Rowe (13) | Don Adams (6) | Chicago Stadium10,711 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 1 | Chicago | L 103–108 | Bob Lanier (38) | Bob Lanier (19) | Dave Bing (7) | Cobo Arena11,499 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 5 | @ Chicago | L 83–84 | Dave Bing (23) | Bob Lanier (16) | Lanier, Rowe (2) | Chicago Stadium17,634 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 7 | Chicago | W 102–87 | Bob Lanier (26) | Bob Lanier (18) | Dave Bing (8) | Cobo Arena11,287 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 9 | @ Chicago | L 94–98 | Bob Lanier (23) | Bob Lanier (17) | Dave Bing (6) | Chicago Stadium14,236 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | April 11 | Chicago | W 92–88 | Bob Lanier (28) | Bob Lanier (14) | Dave Bing (10) | Cobo Arena11,134 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | April 13 | @ Chicago | L 94–96 | Stu Lantz (25) | Lanier, Rowe (10) | Stu Lantz (5) | Chicago Stadium13,133 | 3–4 |- DET 1974 yes Player stats Season Player Games played Minutes PointsRebounds Assists StealsBlocks Bob Lanier 81 3047 1822 1074343110247 Dave Bing813124152028155510917 Curtis Rowe8224998785151364936 George Trapp821489765313814733 Don Adams74229875944814111012 John Mengelt771555680206148687 Willie Norwood74117858922958609 Chris Ford822059585304279148141973–74 Detroit Pistons basketball-reference.com https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1974.html Awards and records Ray Scott, NBA Coach of the Year Award Dave Bing, All-NBA Second Team See also 1974 in Michigan References Detroit Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Category:1973 in Detroit Category:1974 in Detroit