# 2010–11 Detroit Pistons season

The 2010–11 Detroit Pistons season was the 70th season of the franchise, the 63rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 54th in the Detroit area.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Team |
| 1 | 7 | Greg Monroe | F/C | United States | Georgetown |
| 2 | 36 | Terrico White | G | United States | Ole Miss |

## Pre-season
### Game log

2010 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 3–5 (home: 3–2; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 5
@ Miami
L 89–105
Ben Gordon (17)
Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva (5)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
0–1
2
October 8
Milwaukee
W 115–110 (OT)
Austin Daye (21)
Austin Daye (7)
Will Bynum (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,821
1–1
3
October 11
Atlanta
W 94–85
Rodney Stuckey (16)
Greg Monroe (7)
Richard Hamilton (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,591
2–1
4
October 13
Dallas
L 96–101
Austin Daye (16)
Ben Wallace, Jason Maxiell (8)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
Van Andel Arena 10,207
2–2
5
October 15
@ Minnesota
L 88–99
Austin Daye (18)
Austin Daye (11)
Will Bynum (5)
Carrier Dome 11,747
2–3
6
October 16
@ Charlotte
L 94–97
Rodney Stuckey (25)
Greg Monroe (8)
Rodney Stuckey, Will Bynum (5)
Colonial Life Arena 6,847
2–4
7
October 19
Washington
W 98–92
Rodney Stuckey (34)
Ben Wallace (11)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
Huntington Center 6,424
3–4
8
October 22
Memphis
L 103–106
Austin Daye (22)
Ben Wallace (8)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,528
3–5 :
2010–11 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Central Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| z-Chicago Bulls | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 36–5 | 26–15 | 15–1 |
| x-Indiana Pacers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 25 | 24–17 | 13–28 | 9–7 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 27 | 22–19 | 13–28 | 6–10 |
| Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 32 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 7–9 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 43 | 12–29 | 7–34 | 3–13 |
| # | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Chicago Bulls | 62 | 20 | .756 | – |
| 2 | y-Miami Heat | 58 | 24 | .707 | 4 |
| 3 | y-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | 6 |
| 4 | x-Orlando Magic | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 |
| 5 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 18 |
| 6 | x-New York Knicks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 20 |
| 7 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 41 | 41 | .500 | 21 |
| 8 | x-Indiana Pacers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 25 |
| 9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 27 |
| 10 | Charlotte Bobcats | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 |
| 11 | Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 32 |
| 12 | New Jersey Nets | 24 | 58 | .293 | 38 |
| 13 | Washington Wizards | 23 | 59 | .280 | 39 |
| 14 | Toronto Raptors | 22 | 60 | .268 | 40 |
| 15 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 43 |

### Game log

2010–11 game log Total: 30–52 (Home: 21–20; Road: 9–32) :
October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 27
@ New Jersey
L 98–101
Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey, Charlie Villanueva (14)
Ben Wallace (10)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
Prudential Center 15,178
0–1
2
October 29
Oklahoma City
L 104–105
Ben Gordon (32)
Ben Wallace (8)
Rodney Stuckey (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
0–2
3
October 30
@ Chicago
L 91–101
Ben Gordon (21)
Ben Wallace (13)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
United Center 21,038
0–3 :
November: 6–9 (home: 4–3; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
November 2
Boston
L 86–109
Charlie Villanueva (17)
Ben Wallace (8)
Ben Gordon (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,313
0–4
5
November 3
@ Atlanta
L 85–94
Ben Gordon (22)
Greg Monroe (8)
Ben Gordon (4)
Philips Arena 13,003
0–5
6
November 5
Charlotte
W 97–90
Ben Gordon (20)
Ben Wallace, Greg Monroe (6)
Ben Wallace (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,291
1–5
7
November 7
Golden State
W 102–97
Richard Hamilton (27)
Charlie Villanueva (10)
Rodney Stuckey (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,813
2–5
8
November 9
@ Portland
L 78–100
Rodney Stuckey (17)
Austin Daye (8)
Richard Hamilton (4)
Rose Garden 20,556
2–6
9
November 12
@ L.A. Clippers
W 113–107
Charlie Villanueva (30)
Tayshaun Prince (8)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
Staples Center 16,960
3–6
10
November 14
@ Sacramento
W 100–94
Rodney Stuckey (17)
Ben Wallace (10)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
ARCO Arena 12,377
4–6
11
November 15
@ Golden State
L 97–101
Charlie Villanueva (18)
Rodney Stuckey, Charlie Villanueva (8)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
Oracle Arena 19,123
4–7
12
November 17
L.A. Lakers
L 90–103
Rodney Stuckey (18)
Ben Wallace (8)
Ben Gordon (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,284
4–8
13
November 21
Washington
W 115–110 (OT)
Richard Hamilton (27)
Charlie Villanueva (11)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,241
5–8
14
November 23
@ Dallas
L 84–88
Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey (19)
Greg Monroe (8)
Tracy McGrady (4)
American Airlines Center 19,734
5–9
15
November 24
@ Memphis
L 84–105
Rodney Stuckey (17)
Greg Monroe (8)
Tracy McGrady (4)
FedExForum 11,283
5–10
16
November 26
Milwaukee
W 103–89
Rodney Stuckey (18)
Charlie Villanueva, Ben Wallace (8)
Richard Hamilton (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,133
6–10
17
November 28
New York
L 116–125 (2OT)
Tayshaun Prince (31)
Tayshaun Prince (8)
Tayshaun Prince (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,015
6–11
18
November 30
@ Orlando
L 79–90
Tayshaun Prince (16)
Ben Wallace (9)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
Amway Center 18,846
6–12 :
December: 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
December 1
@ Miami
L 72–97
Greg Monroe (15)
Greg Monroe (8)
Will Bynum, Ben Gordon, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince (2)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
6–13
20
December 3
Orlando
L 91–104
Tayshaun Prince (30)
Ben Gordon (9)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,433
6–14
21
December 5
Cleveland
W 102–92
Richard Hamilton (27)
Ben Wallace (9)
Rodney Stuckey (11)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,081
7–14
22
December 7
@ Houston
L 83–97
Rodney Stuckey (18)
Tayshaun Prince, Ben Wallace (8)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
Toyota Center 14,798
7–15
23
December 8
@ New Orleans
L 74–93
Ben Gordon (19)
Ben Wallace (7)
Tracy McGrady (3)
New Orleans Arena 10,823
7–16
24
December 10
@ Minnesota
L 99–109
Richard Hamilton (26)
Greg Monroe (15)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
Target Center 13,988
7–17
25
December 11
Toronto
L 116–120
Rodney Stuckey, Ben Wallace (23)
Ben Wallace (14)
Rodney Stuckey (12)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,343
7–18
26
December 14
Atlanta
W 103–80
Richard Hamilton (24)
Charlie Villanueva (11)
Rodney Stuckey (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,526
8–18
27
December 17
L.A. Clippers
L 88–109
Charlie Villanueva (18)
Charlie Villanueva (9)
Tracy McGrady (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,046
8–19
28
December 19
New Orleans
W 111–108 (OT)
Tayshaun Prince (28)
Tayshaun Prince (12)
Will Bynum (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,452
9–19
29
December 22
@ Toronto
W 115–93
Richard Hamilton (35)
Tracy McGrady (7)
Tracy McGrady (7)
Air Canada Centre 15,303
10–19
30
December 26
Chicago
L 92–95 (OT)
Tayshaun Prince (17)
Charlie Villanueva (10)
Tayshaun Prince (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,765
10–20
31
December 27
@ Charlotte
L 100–105
Charlie Villanueva (25)
Chris Wilcox (8)
Will Bynum (7)
Time Warner Cable Arena 14,418
10–21
32
December 29
Boston
W 104–92
Tracy McGrady (21)
Chris Wilcox (8)
Tracy McGrady (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
11–21
33
December 31
@ Phoenix
L 75–92
Ben Gordon (19)
Austin Daye (8)
Ben Gordon, Tayshaun Prince (3)
US Airways Center 17,637
11–22 :
January: 6–9 (home: 4–2; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
January 3
@ Utah
L 97–102
Tayshaun Prince (26)
Tracy McGrady (9)
Tracy McGrady (11)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
11–23
35
January 4
@ L.A. Lakers
L 83–108
Tracy McGrady, Greg Monroe (14)
Greg Monroe (11)
Tracy McGrady (6)
Staples Center 18,997
11–24
36
January 8
Philadelphia
W 112–109 (OT)
Tayshaun Prince (23)
Greg Monroe (13)
Tracy McGrady (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,038
12–24
37
January 10
@ Chicago
L 82–95
Tayshaun Prince (15)
Greg Monroe (11)
Rodney Stuckey (4)
United Center 21,407
12–25
38
January 12
Memphis
L 99–107
Ben Gordon (25)
Greg Monroe (11)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,068
12–26
39
January 14
@ Toronto
W 101–95
Tracy McGrady (22)
Chris Wilcox (12)
Tracy McGrady (5)
Air Canada Centre 16,924
13–26
40
January 15
Sacramento
W 110–106
Tayshaun Prince (21)
Greg Monroe (7)
Will Bynum (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,784
14–26
41
January 17
Dallas
W 103–89
Rodney Stuckey (20)
Greg Monroe (9)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,660
15–26
42
January 19
@ Boston
L 82–86
Rodney Stuckey (15)
Greg Monroe (9)
Tracy McGrady (7)
TD Garden 18,624
15–27
43
January 21
@ New Jersey
L 74–89
Tayshaun Prince (16)
Greg Monroe (10)
Tracy McGrady (6)
Prudential Center 13,316
15–28
44
January 22
Phoenix
W 75–74
Tayshaun Prince (17)
Tayshaun Prince (13)
Tayshaun Prince (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,326
16–28
45
January 24
@ Orlando
W 103–96
Austin Daye, Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince (20)
Ben Wallace (11)
Tayshaun Prince (6)
Amway Center 19,098
17–28
46
January 26
Denver
L 100–109
Will Bynum (19)
Ben Wallace (10)
Tracy McGrady (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,212
17–29
47
January 28
@ Miami
L 87–88
Ben Gordon (21)
Chris Wilcox (10)
Tracy McGrady (10)
American Airlines Arena 19,805
17–30
48
January 30
@ New York
L 106–124
Ben Gordon (35)
Greg Monroe (17)
Chris Wilcox (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
17–31 :
February: 5–8 (home: 3–6; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
49
February 2
Charlotte
L 87–97
Ben Gordon (20)
Greg Monroe (8)
Tracy McGrady (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,376
17–32
50
February 4
New Jersey
W 92–82
Tayshaun Prince (22)
Greg Monroe (11)
Ben Gordon, Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,304
18–32
51
February 5
@ Milwaukee
W 89–78
Tracy McGrady (20)
Tayshaun Prince (11)
Will Bynum (4)
Bradley Center 15,791
19–32
52
February 8
San Antonio
L 89–100
Will Bynum (21)
Greg Monroe (13)
Tracy McGrady, Rodney Stuckey (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,132
19–33
53
February 9
@ Cleveland
W 103–94
Rodney Stuckey (22)
Ben Wallace (9)
Will Bynum (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 19,475
20–33
54
February 11
Miami
L 92–106
Austin Daye (18)
Ben Gordon (7)
Will Bynum (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
20–34
55
February 13
Portland
L 100–105
Ben Gordon (18)
Ben Wallace (8)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,257
20–35
56
February 14
Atlanta
L 79–94
Tracy McGrady (14)
Ben Wallace (7)
Will Bynum (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,844
20–36
57
February 16
Indiana
W 115–109 (OT)
Tayshaun Prince (25)
Tayshaun Prince (11)
Will Bynum (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,551
21–36
All-Star Break
58
February 22
Houston
L 100–108
Will Bynum (21)
Greg Monroe (12)
Will Bynum (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,353
21–37
59
February 23
@ Indiana
L 101–102
Greg Monroe (27)
Greg Monroe (12)
Tracy McGrady (12)
Conseco Fieldhouse 12,214
21–38
60
February 25
@ Philadelphia
L 94–110
Will Bynum (29)
Greg Monroe (11)
Will Bynum (6)
Wells Fargo Center 15,105
21–39
61
February 26
Utah
W 120–116
Rodney Stuckey (28)
Greg Monroe (16)
Will Bynum, Rodney Stuckey (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,564
22–39 :
March: 4–9 (home: 4–2; road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
62
March 1
@ Milwaukee
L 90–92
Rodney Stuckey (25)
Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva (9)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
Bradley Center 11,364
22–40
63
March 2
Minnesota
L 105–116
Austin Daye (22)
Greg Monroe (11)
Rodney Stuckey (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,122
22–41
64
March 6
Washington
W 113–102
Tayshaun Prince (20)
Greg Monroe, Rodney Stuckey (7)
Rodney Stuckey (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,506
23–41
65
March 9
@ San Antonio
L 104–111
Richard Hamilton (20)
Greg Monroe (10)
Tracy McGrady (9)
AT&T Center 18,581
23–42
66
March 11
@ Oklahoma City
L 94–104
Richard Hamilton (20)
Greg Monroe (10)
Greg Monroe, Rodney Stuckey (6)
Oklahoma City Arena 18,203
23–43
67
March 12
@ Denver
L 101–131
Chris Wilcox (21)
Austin Daye, Ben Gordon, Greg Monroe (6)
Will Bynum (10)
Pepsi Center 19,155
23–44
68
March 16
Toronto
W 107–93
Richard Hamilton (24)
Greg Monroe (10)
Rodney Stuckey (14)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,166
24–44
69
March 18
New York
W 99–95
Tayshaun Prince (16)
Chris Wilcox (12)
Will Bynum (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
25–44
70
March 20
@ Atlanta
L 96–104
Rodney Stuckey (22)
Greg Monroe (10)
Rodney Stuckey (8)
Philips Arena 17,580
25–45
71
March 23
Miami
L 94–100
Richard Hamilton (27)
Greg Monroe (12)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
25–46
72
March 25
@ Cleveland
L 91–97
Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince (15)
Chris Wilcox, Greg Monroe (8)
Rodney Stuckey (4)
Quicken Loans Arena 19,907
25–47
73
March 26
Indiana
W 100–88
Richard Hamilton (23)
Greg Monroe (13)
Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,216
26–47
74
March 30
@ Indiana
L 101–111
Rodney Stuckey (24)
Greg Monroe (9)
Rodney Stuckey (9)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,390
26–48 :
April: 4–4 (home: 2–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 1
Chicago
L 96–101
Richard Hamilton (30)
Greg Monroe (9)
Tayshaun Prince (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
26–49
76
April 3
@ Boston
L 90–101
Will Bynum (20)
Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva, Chris Wilcox (5)
Richard Hamilton, Greg Monroe (5)
TD Garden 18,624
26–50
77
April 5
@ Washington
L 105–107
Greg Monroe (22)
Greg Monroe (14)
Tracy McGrady (6)
Verizon Center 18,131
26–51
78
April 6
New Jersey
W 116–109
Richard Hamilton (25)
Greg Monroe (10)
Rodney Stuckey (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,554
27–51
79
April 8
Milwaukee
W 110–100
Chris Wilcox (27)
Chris Wilcox (13)
Richard Hamilton (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,266
28–51
80
April 10
@ Charlotte
W 112–101
Rodney Stuckey (24)
Greg Monroe (9)
Rodney Stuckey (11)
Time Warner Cable Arena 16,234
29–51
81
April 11
Cleveland
L 101–110
Rodney Stuckey (29)
Jason Maxiell (14)
Rodney Stuckey (14)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,589
29–52
82
April 13
@ Philadelphia
W 104–100
Rodney Stuckey (29)
Greg Monroe (13)
Rodney Stuckey (8)
Wells Fargo Center 13,760
30–52 :
2010–11 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Will Bynum | 61 | 5 | 18.4 | .448 | .320 | .836 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 7.9 |
| Austin Daye | 72 | 16 | 20.1 | .410 | .401 | .759 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| Ben Gordon | 82 | 27 | 26.0 | .440 | .402 | .850 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.2 |
| Richard Hamilton | 55 | 39 | 27.2 | .429 | .382 | .849 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.1 |
| Jason Maxiell | 57 | 14 | 16.3 | .492 | .0 | .515 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| Tracy McGrady | 72 | 39 | 23.4 | .442 | .341 | .698 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Greg Monroe | 80 | 48 | 27.8 | .551 | .0 | .622 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
| Tayshaun Prince | 78 | 78 | 32.8 | .473 | .347 | .702 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 14.1 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 70 | 54 | 31.2 | .439 | .289 | .866 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 15.5 |
| DaJuan Summers | 22 | 1 | 9.0 | .406 | .429 | .450 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .0 | 3.4 |
| Charlie Villanueva | 76 | 11 | 21.9 | .442 | .387 | .767 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 11.1 |
| Ben Wallace | 54 | 49 | 22.9 | .450 | .500 | .333 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Chris Wilcox | 57 | 29 | 17.5 | .581 | .000 | .562 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.4 |

#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| Will Bynum | Signed 3 Year Contract For $10.5 Million | Detroit Pistons |
| Ben Wallace | Signed 2 Year Contract For $3.8 Million | Detroit Pistons |
| Tracy McGrady | Signed 1 Year Contract For $1.35 Million | New York Knicks |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason Left | New Team |
| Kwame Brown | Free Agent | Charlotte Bobcats |