The 1964–65 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 17th season in the NBA and its eighth season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

The team fired coach Charles Wolf after 11 games, naming 24-year old forward Dave DeBusschere player-manager. The Pistons finished the season 31-49 (.388), 4th in the Western Division. Before the season began, the team made a major trade to rid the team of players who had feuded with Wolf, adding Terry Dischinger, Don Kojis and Rod Thorn from the Baltimore Bullets for Bob Ferry, Bailey Howell, Les Hunter, Wali Jones and Don Ohl. The trade was the largest in NBA history at the time.[2] Former Piston Gene Shue, coaching for Baltimore, assessed the trade thus: “Detroit has the worst management in the league.”[3][2]

Detroit was led on the season by forward DeBusschere (16.7 ppg, 11.1 rpg) and guard Dischinger (18.2 ppg, NBA All-Star). Dischinger would leave the team after the season, as having a ROTC commission at Purdue, he would serve two years in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.[4]

Roster

1964–65 Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PG 24 Butcher, Donnis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1936–02–08 Pikeville
SF 21 Caldwell, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–11–01 Arizona State
PF 22 DeBusschere, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1940–10–16 Detroit Mercy
SG 18 Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1940–11–21 Purdue
PG 25 Duffy, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1940–09–26 Colgate
C 19 Harding, Reggie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 249 lb (113 kg) 1942–05–04 Nashville Christian Institute
PG 5 Jones, Willie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1936–06–29 Northwestern
SF 16 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–01–15 Marquette
PG 14 Miles, Eddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1940–07–05 Seattle
PF 15 Moreland, Jackie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–03–11 Louisiana Tech
C 20 — 23 Reed, Hub 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1936–10–04 Oklahoma City
PF 12 Scott, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–07–12 Portland
SG 10 Thorn, Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941–05–23 West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers 49 31 .613 – 25–13 21–16 3–2 25–15
x-St. Louis Hawks 45 35 .563 4 26–4 15–17 4–4 28–12
x-Baltimore Bullets 37 43 .463 12 23–14 12–19 2–10 22–18
Detroit Pistons 31 49 .388 18 13–17 11–20 7–12 18–22
San Francisco Warriors 17 63 .213 32 10–26 5–31 2–6 7–33
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1964-65 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore — 3–7 6–4 6–4 4–6 2–8 4–6 7–3 5–5
Boston 7–3 — 8–2 10–0 7–3 7–3 5–5 9–1 9–1
Cincinnati 4–6 2–8 — 6–4 6–4 8–2 6–4 8–2 8–2
Detroit 4–6 0–10 4–6 — 3–7 5–5 4–6 8–2 3–7
Los Angeles 6–4 3–7 4–6 7–3 — 10–0 7–3 8–2 4–6
New York 8–2 3–7 2–8 5–5 0–10 — 5–5 7–3 1–9
Philadelphia 6–4 5–5 4–6 6–4 3–7 5–5 — 6–4 5–5
San Francisco 3–7 1–9 2–8 2–8 2–8 3–7 4–6 — 0–10
St. Louis 5–5 1–9 2–8 7–3 6–4 9–1 5–5 10–0 —

Game log

1964–65 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 16 @ Philadelphia 113–125 Don Kojis (20) 0–1
2 October 17 @ Boston 81–112 Don Kojis (16) 0–2
3 October 21 San Francisco 104–108 Reggie Harding (22) 1–2
4 October 22 N Boston 102–104 Ray Scott (27) 1–3
5 October 24 @ New York 118–108 (OT) Eddie Miles (30) 2–3
6 October 25 N New York 108–95 Eddie Miles (17) 2–4
7 October 30 Boston 106–90 Terry Dischinger (21) 2–5
8 October 31 @ St. Louis 99–107 DeBusschere, Scott (20) 2–6
9 November 1 @ Cincinnati 101–114 Scott, Thorn (20) 2–7
10 November 4 Baltimore 121–108 Dischinger, Harding (23) 2–8
11 November 7 @ Boston 113–130 Joe Caldwell (31) 2–9
12 November 10 N Baltimore 119–117 Rod Thorn (27) 3–9
13 November 12 San Francisco 99–121 Terry Dischinger (30) 4–9
14 November 15 Los Angeles 111–105 Dave DeBusschere (28) 4–10
15 November 18 Philadelphia 111–124 Ray Scott (29) 5–10
16 November 20 @ Baltimore 106–105 Terry Dischinger (24) 6–10
17 November 21 @ St. Louis 94–100 Rod Thorn (20) 6–11
18 November 22 @ San Francisco 99–97 Dave DeBusschere (19) 7–11
19 November 25 @ Los Angeles 117–130 Ray Scott (24) 7–12
20 November 27 @ Los Angeles 111–117 Ray Scott (33) 7–13
21 November 28 Philadelphia 101–93 Reggie Harding (20) 7–14
22 December 1 N Cincinnati 107–129 Terry Dischinger (24) 7–15
23 December 2 Cincinnati 115–125 Ray Scott (39) 8–15
24 December 4 @ Philadelphia 106–119 Don Kojis (18) 8–16
25 December 5 New York 100–110 Dave DeBusschere (25) 9–16
26 December 8 @ New York 102–100 Dave DeBusschere (23) 10–16
27 December 9 Cincinnati 122–114 Ray Scott (22) 10–17
28 December 11 @ San Francisco 104–100 Dave DeBusschere (22) 11–17
29 December 12 @ San Francisco 107–124 Terry Dischinger (19) 11–18
30 December 13 @ Los Angeles 115–116 Ray Scott (23) 11–19
31 December 15 @ Los Angeles 131–116 Terry Dischinger (27) 12–19
32 December 16 Los Angeles 126–120 (OT) Dave DeBusschere (31) 12–20
33 December 18 St. Louis 108–114 DeBusschere, Scott (24) 13–20
34 December 19 @ Baltimore 99–104 DeBusschere, Harding (16) 13–21
35 December 25 N Boston 106–118 Rod Thorn (20) 13–22
36 December 27 N Boston 106–112 Dave DeBusschere (26) 13–23
37 December 28 N New York 117–123 DeBusschere, Dischinger (23) 14–23
38 December 30 St. Louis 125–120 Dave DeBusschere (33) 14–24
39 January 2 Boston 101–89 Donnis Butcher (17) 14–25
40 January 5 N St. Louis 109–108 Terry Dischinger (32) 14–26
41 January 6 Baltimore 129–121 Ray Scott (25) 14–27
42 January 7 @ Baltimore 105–110 Terry Dischinger (26) 14–28
43 January 9 @ New York 118–115 Terry Dischinger (30) 15–28
44 January 10 @ Cincinnati 114–140 Terry Dischinger (21) 15–29
45 January 11 N Los Angeles 127–128 Reggie Harding (29) 16–29
46 January 14 Los Angeles 104–100 Terry Dischinger (23) 16–30
47 January 18 N Philadelphia 109–95 Dave DeBusschere (23) 16–31
48 January 19 N Philadelphia 97–103 Reggie Harding (22) 17–31
49 January 20 Cincinnati 102–90 Eddie Miles (20) 17–32
50 January 22 N Philadelphia 109–103 (OT) Joe Caldwell (24) 17–33
51 January 23 @ Cincinnati 105–102 Terry Dischinger (30) 18–33
52 January 26 N Philadelphia 105–107 Terry Dischinger (21) 19–33
53 January 27 Baltimore 108–122 Eddie Miles (25) 20–33
54 January 29 N New York 106–99 Eddie Miles (26) 20–34
55 January 30 St. Louis 97–121 Eddie Miles (21) 21–34
56 January 31 @ St. Louis 110–107 Joe Caldwell (29) 22–34
57 February 2 N Los Angeles 118–121 (OT) Terry Dischinger (33) 23–34
58 February 3 San Francisco 106–111 Terry Dischinger (26) 24–34
59 February 5 New York 118–112 (OT) Terry Dischinger (23) 24–35
60 February 6 @ New York 106–109 Joe Caldwell (24) 24–36
61 February 7 Baltimore 112–119 Terry Dischinger (22) 25–36
62 February 10 Boston 117–106 Reggie Harding (24) 25–37
63 February 11 N Cincinnati 109–130 Eddie Miles (19) 25–38
64 February 13 @ Baltimore 117–123 Eddie Miles (25) 25–39
65 February 16 @ San Francisco 114–106 Eddie Miles (24) 26–39
66 February 18 @ San Francisco 107–106 Eddie Miles (27) 27–39
67 February 20 St. Louis 110–98 Dave DeBusschere (21) 27–40
68 February 21 @ St. Louis 107–112 Terry Dischinger (18) 27–41
69 February 24 Philadelphia 104–106 Reggie Harding (25) 28–41
70 February 27 Cincinnati 115–117 Dave DeBusschere (21) 29–41
71 March 1 N Cincinnati 130–110 Reggie Harding (24) 30–41
72 March 3 San Francisco 107–110 Eddie Miles (28) 31–41
73 March 4 N San Francisco 115–110 Terry Dischinger (30) 31–42
74 March 6 New York 96–93 Dave DeBusschere (23) 31–43
75 March 7 @ Baltimore 105–111 Reggie Harding (23) 31–44
76 March 10 Boston 124–106 Dave DeBusschere (21) 31–45
77 March 11 N Boston 100–112 Terry Dischinger (16) 31–46
78 March 13 @ Philadelphia 116–131 Ray Scott (26) 31–47
79 March 16 Los Angeles 100–99 Dave DeBusschere (25) 31–48
80 March 20 @ St. Louis 98–107 Joe Caldwell (21) 31–49

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1964–65 Detroit Pistons
  2. ^ a b "Chevette to Corvette No. 53: The 1964-65 Detroit Pistons". September 28, 2011.
  3. ^ "The DeBusschere Debacle". NBA.com.
  4. ^ "Terre Haute great Dischinger named to Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame".
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