1973–74 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachRay Scott
General managerEd Coil
Owner(s)Fred Zollner
ArenaCobo Arena
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Midwest)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Bulls 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKBD-TV
RadioWJR

The 1973–74 NBA 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).[1][2] Pistons coach Ray Scott was recognized as the NBA Coach of the Year, the first black coach in the league to win the award.[3][4] It wouldn't be until 1991 when Don Chaney won the award that another black coach was so honored.[5]

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.[1] 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.[6]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Team
8 129 Ben Kelso Guard United States United States Central Michigan

Roster

Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 10 Adams, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1947-11-27 Northwestern
PG 21 Bing, Dave (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1943-11-24 Syracuse
C 20 Davis, Jim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1941-12-18 Colorado
SG 42 Ford, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1949-01-11 Villanova
SG 30 Kelso, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1949-04-11 Central Michigan
C 16 Lanier, Bob (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1948-09-10 St. Bonaventure
SG 22 Lantz, Stu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 Nebraska
SG 15 Mengelt, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1949-10-16 Auburn
SF 33 Nash, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-08-24 Hawaiʻi
SF 8 Norwood, Willie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1947-08-08 Alcorn State
PF 18 Rowe, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1949-07-02 UCLA
PF 31 Trapp, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1948-07-11 Long Beach State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 8, 1973

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5923.720–31–724–164–014–6
x-Chicago Bulls 5428.659532–921–191–013–7
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634729–1223–170–19–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 3349.4022620–2113–28–4–16
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks5923.720–
2 x-Chicago Bulls5428.6595
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 y-Los Angeles Lakers4735.57312
5 Golden State Warriors4438.53715
6 Seattle SuperSonics3646.43923
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3349.40226
8 Phoenix Suns3052.36629
9 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32932

Record vs. opponents

1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston 5–1—5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo 4–22–5—3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital 4–44–23–3—1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago 3–12–23–13–1—4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland 3–42–41–51–60–4—2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit 4–01–33–12–22–52–2—5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State 3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5—4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston 2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4—2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2—1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles 0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1—4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee 3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4—2–24–05–16–04–2
New York 5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2—4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia 3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4—3–12–20–4
Phoenix 3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3—3–34–3
Portland 2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3—3–3
Seattle 0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log

1973–74 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 9@ New York100–101Bob Lanier (29)0–1
2October 12Atlanta105–122Bob Lanier (20)1–1
3October 13@ Chicago94–101Bob Lanier (22)1–2
4October 14@ Cleveland95–83Bob Lanier (20)2–2
5October 19Milwaukee96–94Bob Lanier (28)2–3
6October 20@ Houston107–104Bob Lanier (33)3–3
7October 24@ Phoenix115–99Bob Lanier (23)4–3
8October 26@ Los Angeles92–94Curtis Rowe (18)4–4
9October 27@ Portland111–98Bob Lanier (32)5–4
10October 28@ Seattle115–93Bing, Mengelt (21)6–4
11October 31Seattle107–114Dave Bing (26)7–4
12November 2Phoenix107–114Chris Ford (24)8–4
13November 3@ Milwaukee115–123 (OT)Bob Lanier (28)8–5
14November 8@ Atlanta129–115Don Adams (23)9–5
15November 10N Boston97–102Bob Lanier (29)9–6
16November 14Portland111–108Bob Lanier (41)9–7
17November 16Kansas City–Omaha98–125Willie Norwood (15)10–7
18November 17@ Buffalo98–94Bob Lanier (30)11–7
19November 18Chicago104–102Bob Lanier (27)11–8
20November 21Phoenix104–107Bob Lanier (29)12–8
21November 24@ Chicago112–114 (OT)Bob Lanier (32)12–9
22November 28Cleveland96–91Bing, Lanier (23)12–10
23November 30@ Houston95–110Bob Lanier (19)12–11
24December 1@ Phoenix121–109John Mengelt (30)13–11
25December 2@ Los Angeles114–108Dave Bing (27)14–11
26December 4@ Golden State112–93Dave Bing (27)15–11
27December 6@ Seattle110–108Dave Bing (33)16–11
28December 8Portland91–106Bob Lanier (28)17–11
29December 9@ Kansas City–Omaha86–80Adams, Bing (19)18–11
30December 12Los Angeles96–114Bob Lanier (33)19–11
31December 14Philadelphia96–93Dave Bing (26)19–12
32December 15@ Philadelphia99–89Bob Lanier (24)20–12
33December 16@ Kansas City–Omaha104–105Dave Bing (22)20–13
34December 19Chicago87–89Bob Lanier (30)21–13
35December 21Golden State104–107George Trapp (21)22–13
36December 22@ New York88–99Bob Lanier (35)22–14
37December 26New York96–91Dave Bing (22)22–15
38December 28Capital93–102Bob Lanier (30)23–15
39December 29@ Chicago103–108Willie Norwood (29)23–16
40December 30@ Milwaukee98–91Dave Bing (22)24–16
41January 2Milwaukee92–106Bob Lanier (34)25–16
42January 4Boston101–106Bob Lanier (29)26–16
43January 5@ Capital90–93Dave Bing (21)26–17
44January 9Los Angeles94–123Bob Lanier (32)27–17
45January 11@ Cleveland106–96Curtis Rowe (28)28–17
46January 12Cleveland117–112 (OT)Bob Lanier (32)28–18
47January 18Chicago95–113Bob Lanier (32)29–18
48January 20Kansas City–Omaha79–105George Trapp (21)30–18
49January 23Portland95–121Curtis Rowe (20)31–18
50January 25Houston89–93Bob Lanier (26)32–18
51January 26Seattle83–94Bob Lanier (27)33–18
52January 27@ Chicago91–109Bob Lanier (20)33–19
53January 30Buffalo96–111Bob Lanier (36)34–19
54February 1New York91–96Dave Bing (18)35–19
55February 3@ Seattle114–100Bob Lanier (25)36–19
56February 5@ Portland104–102Willie Norwood (27)37–19
57February 7@ Golden State110–86Willie Norwood (27)38–19
58February 8@ Phoenix99–94Bob Lanier (24)39–19
59February 12Kansas City–Omaha106–113Willie Norwood (27)40–19
60February 14Milwaukee102–99Dave Bing (19)40–20
61February 15@ Buffalo116–118Bob Lanier (45)40–21
62February 17@ Philadelphia118–107Bob Lanier (27)41–21
63February 19@ Boston97–107Dave Bing (21)41–22
64February 20Los Angeles110–112Bob Lanier (29)42–22
65February 22Capital83–84Bob Lanier (24)43–22
66February 23Phoenix107–119Bob Lanier (25)44–22
67February 24@ Capital84–94Dave Bing (18)44–23
68February 26Boston86–83Dave Bing (22)44–24
69February 28@ Milwaukee90–113George Trapp (17)44–25
70March 1Seattle105–103John Mengelt (24)44–26
71March 3@ Portland99–95Bob Lanier (30)45–26
72March 5@ Golden State95–93Dave Bing (23)46–26
73March 8@ Los Angeles113–129Curtis Rowe (24)46–27
74March 10@ Atlanta116–111Bob Lanier (31)47–27
75March 11Golden State120–108Willie Norwood (19)47–28
76March 12Golden State108–113Dave Bing (28)48–28
77March 15Milwaukee89–93Don Adams (21)49–28
78March 17Buffalo109–116Bing, Lanier (23)50–28
79March 20Houston99–103Dave Bing (18)51–28
80March 22@ Kansas City–Omaha105–107George Trapp (18)51–29
81March 23Philadelphia97–89Dave Bing (27)51–30
82March 26Atlanta108–109Bob Lanier (25)52–30

Playoffs

1974 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 30 @ Chicago W 97–88 Bob Lanier (27) Lanier, Rowe (13) Don Adams (6) Chicago Stadium
10,711		 1–0
2 April 1 Chicago L 103–108 Bob Lanier (38) Bob Lanier (19) Dave Bing (7) Cobo Arena
11,499		 1–1
3 April 5 @ Chicago L 83–84 Dave Bing (23) Bob Lanier (16) Lanier, Rowe (2) Chicago Stadium
17,634		 1–2
4 April 7 Chicago W 102–87 Bob Lanier (26) Bob Lanier (18) Dave Bing (8) Cobo Arena
11,287		 2–2
5 April 9 @ Chicago L 94–98 Bob Lanier (23) Bob Lanier (17) Dave Bing (6) Chicago Stadium
14,236		 2–3
6 April 11 Chicago W 92–88 Bob Lanier (28) Bob Lanier (14) Dave Bing (10) Cobo Arena
11,134		 3–3
7 April 13 @ Chicago L 94–96 Stu Lantz (25) Lanier, Rowe (10) Stu Lantz (5) Chicago Stadium
13,133		 3–4
1974 schedule

Player stats

Season

Player Games Played Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks
Bob Lanier81304718221074343110247
Dave Bing813124152028155510917
Curtis Rowe8224998785151364936
George Trapp821489765313814733
Don Adams74229875944814111012
John Mengelt771555680206148687
Willie Norwood74117858922958609
Chris Ford82205958530427914814

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Awards and records

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1973-74 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats".
  2. ↑ "Chevette to Corvette No. 12: The 1973-74 Detroit Pistons". December 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ray Scott, the NBA's first Black Coach of the Year | the Official Website of the NBA Coaches Association". February 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ray Scott".
  5. ↑ "Ray Scott, NBA's first Black Coach of the Year, followed another trailblazer into history". USA Today.
  6. ↑ "Bulls Top Pistons, 96‐94, For 4‐3 Victory in Series". The New York Times. April 14, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "1973–74 Detroit Pistons". basketball-reference.com.
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