# 2012–13 Detroit Pistons season

The 2012–13 Detroit Pistons season was the 72nd season of the franchise, the 65th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 56th in Detroit.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Team |
| 1 | 9 | Andre Drummond | C | United States | Connecticut |
| 2 | 33 | Khris Middleton | SF | United States | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 44 | Kim English | SG | United States | Missouri |
$^a$ Pick acquired from the Houston Rockets on June 25, 2009, in exchange for the draft rights to Chase Budinger.

## Pre-season

2012 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 4–4 (home: 4–0; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 10
Toronto
W 101–99
Greg Monroe (17)
Greg Monroe (10)
Will Bynum (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,532
1–0
2
October 12
@ Toronto
L 75–82
Rodney Stuckey (14)
Austin Daye (9)
Brandon Knight (5)
Air Canada Centre 10,167
1–1
3
October 13
@ Milwaukee
L 91–108
Andre Drummond (19)
Andre Drummond (10)
Brandon Knight (8)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 5,213
1–2
4
October 16
Orlando
W 112–86
Rodney Stuckey (19)
Jason Maxiell (8)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,229
2–2
5
October 18
@ Miami
L 78–105
Greg Monroe (15)
Andre Drummond (8)
Brandon Knight (4)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
2–3
6
October 20
Charlotte
W 85–80
Rodney Stuckey (16)
Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe (7)
Greg Monroe, Rodney Stuckey (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,923
3–3
7
October 24
@ Minnesota
L 76–95
Rodney Stuckey (21)
Brandon Knight (6)
Brandon Knight (3)
MTS Centre 12,163
3–4
8
October 26
Atlanta
W 104–88
Brandon Knight, Greg Monroe (16)
Greg Monroe (11)
Will Bynum (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,825
4–4 :
2012–13 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Game log

2012–13 game log Total: 29–53 (Home: 18–23; Road: 11–30) :
October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 31Houston
L 96–105
Brandon Knight (15)
Maxiell & Monroe (8)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,646
0–1 :
November
: 5–11 (home: 4–2; road: 1–9)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2November 2@ Phoenix
L 89–92
Tayshaun Prince (18)
Andre Drummond (8)
Brandon Knight (10)
US Airways Center 15,107
0–2
3November 4@ L. A. Lakers
L 79–108
Jonas Jerebko (18)
Drummond & Monroe (7)
Brandon Knight (6)
Staples Center 18,997
0–3
4November 6@ Denver
L 97–109
Greg Monroe (27)
Greg Monroe (10)
Brandon Knight (9)
Pepsi Center 19,155
0–4
5November 7@ Sacramento
L 103–105
Monroe & Knight (21)
Greg Monroe (12)
Greg Monroe (11)
Power Balance Pavilion 10,185
0–5
6November 9@ Oklahoma City
L 94–105
Andre Drummond (22)
Greg Monroe (10)
Monroe, Knight & Stuckey (6)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
0–6
7November 10@ Houston
L 82–96
Brandon Knight (16)
Greg Monroe (11)
Brandon Knight (7)
Toyota Center 15,037
0–7
8November 12Oklahoma City
L 90–92
Rodney Stuckey (19)
Jason Maxiell (7)
Brandon Knight (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,784
0–8
9November 14@ Philadelphia
W 94–76
Greg Monroe (19)
Greg Monroe (18)
Brandon Knight (7)
Wells Fargo Center 11,879
1–8
10November 16Orlando
L 106–110
Greg Monroe (23)
Greg Monroe (7)
Brandon Knight (12)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,594
1–9
11November 18Boston
W 103–83
Greg Monroe (20)
Greg Monroe (13)
Bynum & Stuckey (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,214
2–9
12November 21@ Orlando
L 74–90
Greg Monroe (19)
Monroe & Prince (8)
Brandon Knight (5)
Amway Center 17,199
2–10
13November 23Toronto
W 91–90
Greg Monroe (19)
Andre Drummond (13)
Greg Monroe (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,778
3–10
14November 25@ New York
L 100–121
Brandon Knight (21)
Andre Drummond (11)
Greg Monroe (7)
Madison Square Garden 19,033
3–11
15November 26Portland
W 108–101
Brandon Knight (26)
Monroe & Singler(10)
Kyle Singler (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,212
4–11
16November 28Phoenix
W 117–77
Knight & Villanueva (19)
Andre Drummond (9)
Brandon Knight (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,517
5–11
17November 30@ Memphis
L 78–90
Greg Monroe (17)
Monroe & Maxiell (9)
Tayshaun Prince (4)
FedExForum 16,732
5–12 :
December
: 6–10 (home: 4–5; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18December 1@ Dallas
L 77–92
Brandon Knight (20)
Greg Monroe (15)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
American Airlines Center 20,285
5–13
19December 3Cleveland
W 89–79
Brandon Knight (17)
Greg Monroe (14)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,352
6–13
20December 5Golden State
L 97–104
Tayshaun Prince (24)
Andre Drummond (12)
Rodney Stuckey (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,128
6–14
21December 7Chicago
L 104–108
Rodney Stuckey (24)
Jason Maxiell (9)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,142
6–15
22December 8@ Cleveland
W 104–97
Brandon Knight (30)
Tayshaun Prince (8)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
Quicken Loans Arena 16,062
7–15
23December 10@ Philadelphia
L 97–104
Monroe & Knight (22)
Jason Maxiell (11)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
Wells Fargo Center 15,225
7–16
24December 11Denver
L 94–101
Brandon Knight (20)
Greg Monroe (12)
Brandon Knight (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,265
7–17
25December 14@ Brooklyn
L 105–107
Brandon Knight (22)
Tayshaun Prince (10)
Tayshaun Prince (6)
Barclays Center 15,797
7–18
26December 15Indiana
L 77–88
Greg Monroe (18)
Andre Drummond (9)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,235
7–19
27December 17L. A. Clippers
L 76–88
Brandon Knight (16)
Monroe & Prince (7)
Greg Monroe (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,560
7-20
28December 19@ Toronto
L 91–97
Greg Monroe (35)
Greg Monroe (10)
Brandon Knight (6)
Air Canada Centre 17,062
7-21
29December 21Washington
W 100–68
Monroe & Knight (15)
Andre Drummond (14)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,489
8-21
30December 22@ Washington
W 96–87
Charlie Villanueva (19)
Andre Drummond (11)
Rodney Stuckey (8)
Verizon Center 13,104
9-21
31December 26@ Atlanta
L 119–126
Will Bynum (31)
Andre Drummond (12)
Rodney Stuckey (11)
Philips Arena 15,182
9-22
32December 28Miami
W 109–99
Will Bynum (25)
Andre Drummond (10)
Will Bynum (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
10–22
33December 30Milwaukee
W 96–94
Tayshaun Prince (20)
Monroe & Maxiell (10)
Will Bynum (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,219
11–22 :
January
: 6–7 (home: 4–4; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34January 1Sacramento
W 103–97
Brandon Knight (20)
Greg Monroe (11)
Knight & Bynum (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,175
12–22
35January 4Atlanta
W 85–84
Austin Daye (20)
Jason Maxiell (10)
Will Bynum (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,832
13–22
36January 6Charlotte
L 101–108
Tayshaun Prince (21)
Greg Monroe (14)
Will Bynum (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,963
13–23
37January 11@ Milwaukee
W 103–87
Greg Monroe (26)
Monroe & Drummond (11)
Brandon Knight (5)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,681
14–23
38January 12Utah
L 87–90
Brandon Knight (16)
Greg Monroe (11)
Will Bynum (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,441
14–24
39January 17New York
L 87–102
Will Bynum (22)
Monroe & Drummond (10)
Greg Monroe (5)
The O2 Arena 18,689
14–25
40January 20Boston
W 103–88
Andre Drummond (16)
Greg Monroe (11)
Monroe, Singler, Knight & Bynum (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,575
15–25
41January 22Orlando
W 105–90
Brandon Knight (18)
Maxiell & Drummond (11)
Will Bynum (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,798
16–25
42January 23@ Chicago
L 82–85
Brandon Knight (13)
Jason Maxiell (11)
Brandon Knight (7)
United Center 21,567
16–26
43January 25@ Miami
L 88–110
Greg Monroe (31)
Greg Monroe (12)
Brandon Knight (5)
American Airlines Arena 20,236
16–27
44January 27@ Orlando
W 104–102
Brandon Knight (31)
Greg Monroe (7)
Greg Monroe (6)
Amway Center 17,959
17–27
45January 29Milwaukee
L 90–117
Andre Drummond (18)
Andre Drummond (18)
Greg Monroe (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,479
17–28
46January 30@ Indiana
L 79–98
Greg Monroe (18)
Andre Drummond (14)
Brandon Knight (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,137
17–29 :
February
: 6–8 (home: 3–6; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
47February 1Cleveland
W 117–99
Knight & Singler (20)
Greg Monroe (16)
Brandon Knight (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,693
18–29
48February 3L. A. Lakers
L 97–98
Greg Monroe (20)
Greg Monroe (12)
Will Bynum (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,157
18–30
49February 4@ New York
L 85–99
José Calderón (15)
Greg Monroe (10)
Rodney Stuckey (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,033
18–31
50February 6Brooklyn
L 90–93
Greg Monroe (23)
Greg Monroe (10)
José Calderón (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,576
18–32
51February 8San Antonio
W 119–109
Greg Monroe (26)
Greg Monroe (16)
José Calderón (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,267
19–32
52February 9@ Milwaukee
W 105–100
José Calderón (23)
Greg Monroe (13)
José Calderón (10)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,511
20–32
53February 11New Orleans
L 86–105
Rodney Stuckey (19)
Greg Monroe (11)
José Calderón (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,177
20–33
54February 13Washington
W 96–85
José Calderón (24)
Greg Monroe (18)
Will Bynum (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,095
21–33
All-Star Break
55February 19Memphis
L 91–105
Knight & Jerebko (13)
Greg Monroe (6)
José Calderón (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,481
21–34
56February 20@ Charlotte
W 105–99
Brandon Knight (21)
Charlie Villanueva (9)
Monroe & Bynum (7)
Time Warner Cable Arena 13,112
22–34
57February 22@ Indiana
L 82–114
Will Bynum (17)
Viacheslav Kravtsov (10)
Will Bynum (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,750
22–35
58February 23Indiana
L 72–90
Will Bynum (15)
Greg Monroe (12)
José Calderón (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,509
22–36
59February 25Atlanta
L 103–114
Rodney Stuckey (22)
Greg Monroe (8)
José Calderón (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,407
22-37
60February 27@ Washington
W 96–95
Brandon Knight (32)
Greg Monroe (11)
José Calderón (18)
Verizon Center 14,298
23–37 :
March
: 1–13 (home: 0–5; road: 1–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61March 1@ New Orleans
L 95–100
Greg Monroe (27)
Greg Monroe (10)
José Calderón (11)
New Orleans Arena 14,189
23–38
62March 3@ San Antonio
L 75–114
Greg Monroe (16)
Charlie Villanueva (10)
Brandon Knight (6)
AT&T Center 18,581
23–39
63March 6New York
L 77–87
Brandon Knight (17)
Jason Maxiell (9)
José Calderón (16)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,181
23–40
64March 8Dallas
L 99–102
Brandon Knight (21)
Jason Maxiell (13)
José Calderón (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,504
23–41
65March 10@ L. A. Clippers
L 97–129
José Calderón (18)
Jonas Jerebko (8)
Rodney Stuckey (5)
Staples Center 19,344
23–42
66March 11@ Utah
L 90–103
Jonas Jerebko (15)
Greg Monroe (13)
José Calderón (7)
EnergySolutions Arena 18,568
23–43
67March 13@ Golden State
L 97–105
Rodney Stuckey (22)
Jason Maxiell (14)
José Calderón (6)
Oracle Arena 19,596
23–44
68March 16@ Portland
L 101–112
Rodney Stuckey (32)
Greg Monroe (9)
Greg Monroe (6)
Rose Garden 20,161
23–45
69March 18Brooklyn
L 82–119
Will Bynum (18)
Greg Monroe (7)
Will Bynum (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,072
23–46
70March 22@ Miami
L 89–103
Greg Monroe (23)
Greg Monroe (15)
José Calderón (7)
American Airlines Arena 20,350
23–47
71March 23@ Charlotte
W 92–91
Charlie Villanueva (18)
Greg Monroe (9)
Greg Monroe (8)
Time Warner Cable Arena 16,375
24–47
72March 26Minnesota
L 82–105
José Calderón (14)
Greg Monroe (12)
Charlie Villanueva (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,877
24–48
73March 29Toronto
L 82–99
Jonas Jerebko (20)
Greg Monroe (13)
José Calderón (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,322
24–49
74March 31@ Chicago
L 94–95
Rodney Stuckey (25)
Andre Drummond (14)
José Calderón (5)
United Center 21,864
24–50 :
April
: 5–3 (home: 3–0; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75April 1@ Toronto
W 108–98
Greg Monroe (24)
Jonas Jerebko (6)
José Calderón (9)
Air Canada Centre 21,864
25–50
76April 3@ Boston
L 93–98
Greg Monroe (24)
Greg Monroe (17)
Charlie Villanueva (5)
TD Garden 18,624
25–51
77April 6@ Minnesota
L 101–107
Brandon Knight (25)
Andre Drummond (10)
Brandon Knight (6)
Target Center 15,311
25–52
78April 7Chicago
W 99–85
Brandon Knight (20)
Andre Drummond (10)
Greg Monroe (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,577
26–52
79April 10@ Cleveland
W 111–104
Andre Drummond (29)
Andre Drummond (11)
Rodney Stuckey (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 13,844
27–52
80April 12Charlotte
W 113–93
Jonas Jerebko (21)
Andre Drummond (9)
Will Bynum (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,501
28–52
81April 15Philadelphia
W 109–101
Greg Monroe (27)
Greg Monroe (16)
Rodney Stuckey (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,525
29–52
82April 17@ Brooklyn
L 99–103
Will Bynum (23)
Greg Monroe (12)
Brandon Knight (5)
Barclays Center 16,868
29–53 :
2012–13 season schedule :

### Standings

| Central Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y-Indiana Pacers | 49 | 32 | .605 | – | 30–11 | 19–21 | 13–3 | 81† |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 45 | 37 | .549 | 4.5 | 24–17 | 21–20 | 9–7 | 82 |
| x-Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 11.5 | 21–20 | 17–24 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Detroit Pistons | 29 | 53 | .354 | 20.5 | 18–23 | 11–30 | 8–8 | 82 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25.5 | 14–27 | 10–31 | 3–13 | 82 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Miami Heat * | 66 | 16 | .805 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y-New York Knicks * | 54 | 28 | .659 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y-Indiana Pacers * | 49 | 32 | .605 | 16.5 | 81 |
| 4 | x-Brooklyn Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x-Chicago Bulls | 45 | 37 | .549 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x-Boston Celtics | 41 | 40 | .506 | 24.5 | 81 |
| 8 | x-Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Philadelphia 76ers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Toronto Raptors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Detroit Pistons | 29 | 53 | .354 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Washington Wizards | 29 | 53 | .354 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 24 | 58 | .293 | 42.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Charlotte Bobcats | 21 | 61 | .256 | 45.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Orlando Magic | 20 | 62 | .244 | 46.0 | 82 |

## Player statistics
### Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Greg Monroe | 81 | 81 | 33.2 | .486 | .000 | .689 | 9.6 | 3.5 | 1.3 | .68 | 16.0 |
| Brandon Knight | 75 | 75 | 31.5 | .407 | .367 | .733 | 3.3 | 4.0 | .77 | .11 | 13.3 |
| José Calderón | 28 | 28 | 31.7 | .527 | .520 | .893 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 1.07 | .07 | 11.6 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 76 | 24 | 28.6 | .406 | .302 | .783 | 2.8 | 3.6 | .67 | .22 | 11.5 |
| Will Bynum | 65 | 0 | 18.8 | .469 | .316 | .809 | 1.5 | 3.6 | .69 | .08 | 9.8 |
| Kyle Singler | 82 | 74 | 28.0 | .428 | .350 | .806 | 4.0 | 0.9 | .7 | .45 | 8.8 |
| Andre Drummond | 66 | 10 | 20.7 | .608 | .500 | .371 | 7.6 | .5 | .98 | 1.58 | 7.9 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 49 | 2 | 18.2 | .449 | .301 | .773 | 3.8 | .9 | .78 | .16 | 7.7 |
| Jason Maxiell | 72 | 71 | 24.8 | .446 | .000 | .621 | 5.7 | .8 | .44 | 1.32 | 6.9 |
| Charlie Villanueva | 69 | 0 | 15.8 | .377 | .347 | .551 | 3.5 | .8 | .45 | .57 | 6.8 |
| Khris Middleton | 27 | 0 | 17.6 | .440 | .311 | .844 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .56 | .15 | 6.1 |
| Corey Maggette | 18 | 0 | 14.3 | .355 | .238 | .750 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .33 | .11 | 5.3 |
| Viacheslav Kravtsov | 25 | 0 | 9.0 | .717 | .000 | .297 | 1.8 | .4 | .20 | .36 | 3.1 |
| Kim English | 41 | 0 | 9.9 | .375 | .280 | .724 | .90 | .6 | .39 | .07 | 2.9 |

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Andre Drummond Kim English Khris Middleton Kyle Singler Via trade Corey Maggette José Calderón Via free agency Vyacheslav Kravtsov | Players Lost Via trade Ben Gordon Tayshaun Prince Austin Daye Via free agency Vernon Macklin Walker Russell, Jr. Ben Wallace (retired) Damien Wilkins |

### Trades

| June 26, 2012 | To Detroit PistonsCorey Maggette | To Charlotte BobcatsBen Gordon Future first round pick |
| January 30, 2013 | To Detroit PistonsJosé Calderón | To Memphis GrizzliesTayshaun Prince Austin Daye Ed Davis 2013 Second round pick (Toronto) To Toronto RaptorsRudy Gay Hamed Haddadi |

### Free agents

Additions :
| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| Vyacheslav Kravtsov | July 14 | BC Donetsk (Ukraine) |
Subtractions :
| Player | Reason Left | New team |
| Damien Wilkins | Free Agency | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Walker Russell, Jr. | Free Agency | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Vernon Macklin | Free Agency | Royal Halı Gaziantep (Turkey) |