# 1967–68 Detroit Pistons season

The 1967–68 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 20th season in the NBA and 11th season in the city of Detroit. The team played at Cobo Arena in Detroit.
Expansion in the NBA, with new teams in San Diego and Seattle, forced the league to move to the deeper Eastern Conference. Still, Detroit improved significantly, finishing 40-42 (.488), 4th in the Eastern Division. The team advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1963, losing in the division semi-finals to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics 4–2. Detroit was led on the season by guard Dave Bing (27.1 ppg, 6.4 apg, NBA All-Star) and forward Dave DeBusschere (17.9 ppg, 13.5 rpg, NBA All-Star).

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Eastern Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 27–8 | 26–12 | 9–0 | 29–11 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 54 | 28 | .659 | 8 | 28–9 | 21–16 | 5–3 | 24–16 |
| x-New York Knicks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 19 | 20–17 | 21–16 | 2–6 | 19–21 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 40 | 42 | .488 | 22 | 21–11 | 12–23 | 7–8 | 15–25 |
| Cincinnati Royals | 39 | 43 | .476 | 23 | 18–12 | 13–23 | 8–8 | 18–22 |
| Baltimore Bullets | 36 | 46 | .439 | 26 | 17–19 | 12–23 | 7–4 | 15–25 |
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1967-68 NBA Records :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SDR | SFW | SEA | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 0–8 | 7–0 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–5 |
| Boston | 5–3 | — | 5–2 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–3 |
| Chicago | 5–2 | 2–5 | — | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–7 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–4 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 1–7 |
| Cincinnati | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | — | 4–4 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 1–6 |
| Detroit | 4–4 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 4–4 | — | 2–5 | 4–4 | 1–7 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–3 |
| Los Angeles | 4–3 | 3–4 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 6–2 |
| New York | 5–3 | 2–6 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–5 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 |
| Philadelphia | 8–0 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 7–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 5–2 |
| San Diego | 0–7 | 0–7 | 4–4 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–6 | 3–5 | 1–7 |
| San Francisco | 5–2 | 3–4 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 6–2 | — | 7–1 | 1–7 |
| Seattle | 2–5 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 5–3 | 1–7 | — | 0–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–2 | 3–4 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 8–0 | — |

### Game log
## Playoffs

1968 playoff game log :
Division Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 24
@ Boston
L 116–123
Dave Bing (30)
Dave DeBusschere (24)
Dave Bing (6)
Boston Garden 7,591
0–1
2
March 25
Boston
W 126–116
Dave Bing (24)
Joe Strawder (14)
Dave Bing (5)
Cobo Arena 10,109
1–1
3
March 27
@ Boston
W 109–98
Dave Bing (27)
Dave DeBusschere (17)
Dave Bing (7)
Boston Garden 8,429
2–1
4
March 28
Boston
L 110–135
Dave Bing (26)
Dave DeBusschere (10)
Dave Bing (6)
Cobo Arena 11,294
2–2
5
March 31
@ Boston
L 96–110
Dave DeBusschere (26)
Dave DeBusschere (23)
Eddie Miles (4)
Boston Garden 8,093
2–3
6
April 1
Boston
L 103–111
Dave Bing (44)
Dave DeBusschere (14)
Dave Bing (4)
Cobo Arena 9,483
2–4 :
1968 schedule :

## Awards and records

* Dave Bing, All-NBA First Team