NBA 1961-62Regular season

Final

Syracuse Nationals135–138Detroit Pistons

Syracuse Nationals at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 5 January 1962
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1961-62Regular season
Meeting: 102nd meetingof 422 played

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Gambee	11–19	12–14	8	0	6	34
Red Kerr	13–23	4–6	19	4	6	30
Hal Greer	5–17	8–11	5	6	5	18
Larry Costello	7–20	4–4	9	8	6	18
Joe Roberts	5–15	3–5	9	1	4	13
Lee Shaffer	5–11	2–3	6	3	6	12
Al Bianchi	4–9	0–2	4	3	1	8
Swede Halbrook	1–6	0–0	7	0	3	2
Joe Graboski	0–5	0–0	4	0	2	0
Paul Neumann	0–0	0–0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	51–125	33–45	71	26	41	135

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bailey Howell	10–20	15–17	23	3	3	35
Ray Scott	11–21	10–12	26	2	3	32
Don Ohl	5–17	7–10	2	4	6	17
Gene Shue	3–11	8–8	5	5	6	14
Walter Dukes	3–10	6–7	9	1	6	12
Bob Ferry	4–10	2–2	2	0	3	10
Jackie Moreland	4–6	0–0	4	0	3	8
Chuck Noble	3–8	0–0	1	4	4	6
George Lee	2–4	0–0	1	0	0	4
Willie Jones	0–2	0–0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	45–109	48–56	74	19	34	138

This season

Detroit Pistons 4, Philadelphia 76ers 5 in NBA 1961-62.

19 Dec 1961Syracuse Nationals 124–111 Detroit Pistons
30 Dec 1961Detroit Pistons 108–109 Syracuse Nationals
5 Jan 1962135–138 this game
24 Jan 1962Syracuse Nationals 102–111 Detroit Pistons
25 Jan 1962Syracuse Nationals 100–101 Detroit Pistons
11 Feb 1962Detroit Pistons 116–132 Syracuse Nationals
3 Mar 1962Syracuse Nationals 128–114 Detroit Pistons
10 Mar 1962Detroit Pistons 111–128 Syracuse Nationals
14 Mar 1962Syracuse Nationals 102–105 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Syracuse Nationals: 16–22
Detroit Pistons: 16–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 179, Philadelphia 76ers 243.

30 Dec 1961Detroit Pistons 108–109 Syracuse Nationals
24 Jan 1962Syracuse Nationals 102–111 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.