Detroit Pistons

Franchise History Year Team 1957-present Detroit Pistons (NBA) 1948-1957 Ft. Wayne Pistons (NBA) 1941-1948 Ft. Wayne Pistons (NBL)

Retired Numbers Num Player 2 Chuck Daly 4 Joe Dumars 11 Isiah Thomas 15 Vinnie Johnson 16 Bob Lanier 21 Dave Bing 40 Bill Laimbeer -- William Davidson -- Jack McCloskey

Championship History
Post Season Play	Championships
League Championships	5: 1944 (NBL), 1945 (NBL), 1989 (NBA), 1990 (NBA), 2004 (NBA)
Conference Championships	5: 1988 (Eastern), 1989 (Eastern), 1990 (Eastern), 2004 (Eastern), 2006 (Central)
Division Championships	12: 1945 (Eastern), 1955 (Western), 1956 (Eastern), 1988 (Central), 1989 (Central), 1990 (Central), 2002 (Central), 2003 (Central), 2005 (Central), 2006 (Central), 2007 (Central), 2008 (Central)
Playoff Appearances	46: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Year by Year Results YEAR W L Finish 2010-11 30 52 4th 2009-10 27 55 5th 2008-09 39 43 3rd 2007-08 59 23 1st 2006-07 53 29 1st 2005-06 64 18 1st 2004-05 54 28 1st 2003-04 54 28 2nd 2002-03 50 32 1st 2001-02 50 32 1st 2000-01 32 50 5th 1999-00 42 40 4th 1998-99 29 21 3rd 1997-98 37 45 6th 1996-97 54 28 3rd 1995-96 46 36 4th 1994-95 28 54 7th 1993-94 20 62 6th 1992-93 40 42 6th 1991-92 48 34 3rd 1990-91 50 32 2nd 1989-90 59 23 1st 1988-89 63 19 1st 1987-88 54 28 1st 1986-87 52 30 2nd 1985-86 46 36 3rd 1984-85 46 36 2nd 1983-84 49 33 2nd 1982-83 37 45 3rd 1981-82 39 43 3rd 1980-81 21 61 6th 1979-80 16 66 6th 1978-79 30 52 4th 1977-78 38 44 4th 1976-77 44 38 2nd 1975-76 36 46 2nd 1974-75 40 42 3rd 1973-74 52 30 3rd 1972-73 40 42 3rd 1971-72 26 56 4th 1970-71 45 37 4th 1969-70 31 51 7th 1968-69 32 50 6th 1967-68 40 42 4th 1966-67 30 51 5th 1965-66 22 58 5th 1964-65 31 49 4th 1963-64 23 57 5th 1962-63 34 46 3rd 1961-62 37 43 3rd 1960-61 34 45 3rd 1959-60 30 45 2nd 1958-59 28 44 3rd 1957-58 33 39 2nd 1956-57 34 38 1st 1955-56 37 35 1st 1954-55 43 29 1st 1953-54 40 32 3rd 1952-53 36 33 3rd 1951-52 29 37 4th 1950-51 32 36 3rd 1949-50 40 28 3rd 1948-49 22 38 5th 1947-48 40 20 3rd 1946-47 25 19 2nd 1945-46 26 8 1st 1944-45 25 5 1st 1943-44 18 4 1st 1942-43 17 6 1st 1941-42 15 9 2nd Totals 2442 2441

Coaching History Years Coach 20011-12/present Lawrence Frank 2009-10/2010-11 John Kuester 2008-09 Michael Curry 2005-06/2007-08 Flip Saunders 2003-04/2004-05 Larry Brown 2001-02/2002-03 Rick Carlisle 1999-00/2001-02 George Irvine 1997-98/1999-00 Alvin Gentry 1995-96/1997-98 Doug Collins 1994-95 Don Chaney 1992-93/1993-94 Ron Rothstein 1983-84/1991-92 Chuck Daly 1980-81/1982-83 Scotty Robertson 1979-80 Richie Adubato 1978-79/1979-80 Dick Vitale 1977-78 Bob Kauffman 1975-76/1977-78 Herb Brown 1972-73/1975-76 Ray Scott 1971-72/1972-73 Earl Lloyd 1969-70/1971-72 Bill VanBredaKloff 1968-69 Paul Seymour 1966-67/1968-69 Donnis Butcher 1964-65/1966-67 Dave DeBusschere 1963-64/1964-65 Charles Wolf 1959-60/1962-63 Dick McGuire 1957-58/1959-60 Ephraim Rocha 1957-58 Charles Eckman 1951-52/1953-54 Paul Birch 1949-50/1950-51 Murray Mendenhall 1948-49 Paul Armstrong 1946-47/1948-49 Carl Bennett 1946-47 Bobby McDermott 1945-46 Carl Bennett 1943-44/1944-45 Bobby McDermott 1941-42/1942-43 Carl Bennett