1965–66 Detroit Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Detroit Pistons 1966 22 58 Western 5 Dave DeBusschere Fred Zollner Cobo Arena Did not qualify DET The 1965–66 Detroit Pistons season was the Detroit Pistons' 18th season in the NBA and its ninth season in the city of Detroit.1965–66 Detroit Pistons The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1966.html 1965-66 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats Before the start of the 1965–66 season, the Pistons lost their leading scorer, Terry Dischinger, due to military service, and starting center, Reggie Harding, due to suspension. On September 28, 1965, general manager Don Wattrick died of a heart attack.Pistons' Wattrick Is Dead https://books.google.com/books?id=N0wiAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7 24 March 2024 The Owosso Argus-Press September 28, 1965 The team's first round pick in the 1965 NBA draft, Bill Buntin did not sign until October due to a contract dispute.Pistons' Buntin Signs 30G Contract https://books.google.com/books?id=qORQAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Bill+Buntin%22+%22contract%22&pg=PA14&article_id=5588,913233 25 April 2024 Schenectady Gazette October 6, 1965 The Pistons struggled on the season, finishing 22-58 (.275), 5th in the Western Division and with the worst record in the NBA. The team was led on the season by guard Eddie Miles (19.6 ppg, NBA All-Star) and player-coach Dave DeBusschere (16.4 ppg, 11.6 rpg, NBA All-Star). Rookie guard Tom Van Arsdale (10.5 ppg, NBA First-Team All-Rookie) added to the cause. Adding insult on the year, two Baltimore Bullets, Don Ohl and Bailey Howell, made the NBA All-Star game, having been traded the year prior by the Pistons.https://pistonpowered.com/2011/09/16/chevette-to-corvette-no-60-the-1965-66-detroit-pistons/ Chevette to Corvette No. 60: The 1965-66 Detroit Pistons 16 September 2011https://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/NBA_1966.html 1966 NBA All-Star Game Box Score Roster Detroit Pistons 1965–66 21 John Barnhill basketball G 6 1 180 Tennessee State 1938–03–20 17 Bill Buntin C 6 7 250 Michigan 1942–05–05 24 Donnis Butcher G 6 2 200 Pikeville 1936–02–08 22 Dave DeBusschere F 6 6 220 Detroit 1940–10–16 19 Reggie Harding C 7 0 249 Nashville Christian Institute (TN) 1942–05–04 S 16 Don Kojis F 6 5 215 Marquette 1939–01–15 14 Eddie Miles G 6 4 195 Seattle 1940–07–05 20 Ron Reed F 6 5 205 Notre Dame 1942–11–02 12 Ray Scott basketball F 6 9 215 Portland 1938–07–12 16 Joe Strawder C 6 10 235 Bradley 1940–09–21 23 John Tresvant F 6 7 215 Seattle 1939–11–06 5 Tom Van Arsdale G 6 5 202 Indiana 1943–02–22 10 Chico Vaughn G 6 2 190 Southern Illinois 1940–02–19 18 Bob Warlick G 6 5 200 Pepperdine 1941–03–20 Dave DeBusschere https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1966.html 1965–12–28 Regular season Season standings DET Game log 1965–66 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 16 @ New York 103–111 Dave DeBusschere (23) 0–1 2 October 20 New York 103–116 Joe Caldwell (18) 1–1 3 October 23 @ Philadelphia 103–120 Eddie Miles (21) 1–2 4 October 26 Baltimore 117–98 Don Kojis (15) 1–3 5 October 27 @ Baltimore 108–107 Bill Buntin (25) 2–3 6 October 29 Boston 106–108 Eddie Miles (36) 3–3 7 October 30 @ St. Louis 95–122 Dave DeBusschere (20) 3–4 8 October 31 @ Cincinnati 107–113 Eddie Miles (29) 3–5 9 November 3 Philadelphia 100–110 Eddie Miles (27) 4–5 10 November 5 Cincinnati 120–114 Tom Van Arsdale (24) 4–6 11 November 6 @ San Francisco 100–110 Rod Thorn (29) 4–7 12 November 9 @ San Francisco 102–107 DeBusschere, Miles (24) 4–8 13 November 10 @ Los Angeles 125–133 Eddie Miles (30) 4–9 14 November 12 San Francisco 103–102 Eddie Miles (21) 4–10 15 November 13 @ Boston 93–122 Donnis Butcher (15) 4–11 16 November 16 @ New York 95–120 Ray Scott (26) 4–12 17 November 19 New York 116–109 Ray Scott (23) 4–13 18 November 20 @ St. Louis 101–110 Rod Thorn (20) 4–14 19 November 23 N Cincinnati 118–115 DeBusschere, Miles (25) 5–14 20 November 24 Baltimore 124–130 Ray Scott (31) 6–14 21 November 26 N Boston 114–134 Ray Scott (25) 6–15 22 November 28 Los Angeles 128–110 Rod Thorn (21) 6–16 23 December 1 St. Louis 110–101 Ray Scott (23) 6–17 24 December 4 Baltimore 119–130 Eddie Miles (36) 7–17 25 December 8 San Francisco 113–115 Eddie Miles (30) 8–17 26 December 10 @ Philadelphia 116–114 Ray Scott (32) 9–17 27 December 14 N Baltimore 129–142 Dave DeBusschere (30) 9–18 28 December 17 Boston 114–112 Ray Scott (32) 9–19 29 December 18 @ Baltimore 114–143 Ray Scott (21) 9–20 30 December 22 N San Francisco 114–104 Eddie Miles (20) 9–21 31 December 23 @ Los Angeles 112–122 Ray Scott (19) 9–22 32 December 25 @ Los Angeles 106–115 Eddie Miles (35) 9–23 33 December 28 N San Francisco 120–107 Eddie Miles (24) 9–24 34 December 29 Philadelphia 113–112 Dave DeBusschere (28) 9–25 35 December 30 N Los Angeles 114–117 Dave DeBusschere (20) 10–25 36 January 1 @ Baltimore 112–116 John Tresvant (21) 10–26 37 January 2 N San Francisco 136–113 Kojis, Scott (16) 10–27 38 January 5 N Cincinnati 103–117 Ray Scott (26) 10–28 39 January 6 N Cincinnati 97–109 Eddie Miles (20) 10–29 40 January 7 St. Louis 97–137 Ray Scott (25) 11–29 41 January 9 Los Angeles 111–98 Barnhill, Van Arsdale (16) 11–30 42 January 12 Philadelphia 111–129 Dave DeBusschere (41) 12–30 43 January 15 Baltimore 117–122 Tom Van Arsdale (29) 13–30 44 January 16 @ Cincinnati 106–108 Eddie Miles (23) 13–31 45 January 18 N Boston 116–115 Eddie Miles (32) 14–31 46 January 19 N Philadelphia 110–93 Ray Scott (23) 14–32 47 January 20 N St. Louis 103–92 Tom Van Arsdale (19) 14–33 48 January 21 St. Louis 108–117 Ray Scott (32) 15–33 49 January 25 @ New York 100–115 Eddie Miles (28) 15–34 50 January 26 Los Angeles 126–110 Joe Strawder (22) 15–35 51 January 27 N Boston 112–131 Dave DeBusschere (32) 15–36 52 January 28 @ Boston 108–105 Joe Strawder (29) 16–36 53 January 30 @ Philadelphia 98–117 Dave DeBusschere (18) 16–37 54 February 1 N Boston 81–100 Eddie Miles (22) 16–38 55 February 2 Boston 93–99 Joe Strawder (20) 17–38 56 February 4 New York 115–113 Eddie Miles (26) 17–39 57 February 7 N Cincinnati 124–118 Dave DeBusschere (29) 18–39 58 February 8 N San Francisco 113–103 Eddie Miles (28) 18–40 59 February 9 Philadelphia 108–91 Ray Scott (26) 18–41 60 February 11 N New York 122–107 Joe Strawder (25) 18–42 61 February 12 @ Cincinnati 116–143 Ray Scott (29) 18–43 62 February 14 N Philadelphia 149–123 Ray Scott (21) 18–44 63 February 15 @ Baltimore 105–114 Dave DeBusschere (26) 18–45 64 February 18 New York 118–120 Eddie Miles (30) 19–45 65 February 20 Cincinnati 133–129 Ray Scott (33) 19–46 66 February 22 N Philadelphia 117–112 Eddie Miles (21) 19–47 67 February 23 N New York 100–98 DeBusschere, Miles (17) 19–48 68 February 26 Los Angeles 131–118 Eddie Miles (31) 19–49 69 February 27 @ St. Louis 114–125 Eddie Miles (24) 19–50 70 February 28 N St. Louis 108–103 Ray Scott (29) 19–51 71 March 1 N Baltimore 122–110 Eddie Miles (28) 20–51 72 March 2 San Francisco 118–131 Ray Scott (27) 21–51 73 March 4 N New York 121–119 Dave DeBusschere (29) 21–52 74 March 6 Cincinnati 137–125 John Barnhill (20) 21–53 75 March 11 @ Los Angeles 116–114 Chico Vaughn (18) 22–53 76 March 13 N San Francisco 121–119 Ron Reed (17) 22–54 77 March 15 @ Los Angeles 108–135 John Tresvant (22) 22–55 78 March 17 Boston 128–103 Ray Scott (26) 22–56 79 March 19 @ St. Louis 112–115 Ray Scott (20) 22–57 80 March 20 St. Louis 121–117 Dave DeBusschere (31) 22–58 Awards and records Tom Van Arsdale, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team References Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Detroit Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Category:1965 in Detroit Category:1966 in Detroit