Detroit Pistons Worst Losses Ever

This list shows the NBA games with the largest margins of defeat in Pistons history, in the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

RS = Season / PL = Playoffs

Pistons All-Time Worst Losses - Top 50
Regular Season and Playoffs

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Point
Margin
Game
Details
59
L
143
-
84  
1978-79 (RS) / Dec 26, 1978 / at Milwaukee
56
L
144
-
88  
1966-67 (RS) / Nov 12, 1966 / at Los Angeles
48
L
135
-
87  
1968-69 (RS) / Dec 20, 1968 / at Detroit
46
L
133
-
87  
2021-22 (RS) / Jan 11, 2022 / at Chicago
44
L
125
-
81  
2020-21 (RS) / Apr 3, 2021 / at Detroit
L
141
-
97  
1993-94 (RS) / Feb 7, 1994 / at Atlanta
L
150
-
106  
1960-61 (RS) / Dec 24, 1960 / at Boston
L
145
-
101  
1957-58 (PL) / Mar 25, 1958 / at Detroit
Western Division Finals
43
L
124
-
81  
2015-16 (RS) / Mar 14, 2016 / at Washington
L
118
-
75  
1950-51 (RS) / Nov 18, 1950 / at Washington
Point
Margin
Game
Details
41
L
129
-
88  
1981-82 (RS) / Nov 7, 1981 / at Detroit
40
L
134
-
94  
1994-95 (RS) / Mar 12, 1995 / at Detroit
L
140
-
100  
1979-80 (RS) / Mar 9, 1980 / at New Jersey
39
L
114
-
75  
2012-13 (RS) / Mar 3, 2013 / at San Antonio
L
114
-
75  
2002-03 (RS) / Nov 9, 2002 / at Dallas
L
114
-
75  
1980-81 (RS) / Mar 25, 1981 / at Philadelphia
L
135
-
96  
1966-67 (RS) / Nov 13, 1966 / at San Francisco
L
118
-
79  
1963-64 (RS) / Feb 4, 1964 / at San Francisco
38
L
143
-
105  
1987-88 (RS) / Jan 13, 1988 / at Boston
37
L
125
-
88  
2018-19 (RS) / Dec 28, 2018 / at Indiana
L
119
-
82  
2012-13 (RS) / Mar 18, 2013 / at Detroit
L
119
-
82  
2005-06 (RS) / Nov 19, 2005 / at Dallas
L
138
-
101  
1992-93 (RS) / Nov 21, 1992 / at Seattle
Point
Margin
Game
Details
36
L
114
-
78  
2017-18 (RS) / Jan 5, 2018 / at Philadelphia
L
137
-
101  
1968-69 (RS) / Mar 11, 1969 / at Los Angeles
L
146
-
110  
1960-61 (RS) / Dec 6, 1960 / at St. Louis
L
144
-
108  
1959-60 (RS) / Jan 27, 1960 / at Detroit
35
L
144
-
109  
2021-22 (RS) / Dec 26, 2021 / at San Antonio
L
121
-
86  
2018-19 (PL) / Apr 14, 2019 / at Milwaukee
Eastern Conference First Round
L
127
-
92  
1971-72 (RS) / Dec 21, 1971 / at Chicago
L
137
-
102  
1961-62 (RS) / Oct 21, 1961 / at Boston
L
116
-
81  
1956-57 (RS) / Nov 3, 1956 / at Philadelphia
34
L
108
-
74  
2018-19 (RS) / Mar 13, 2019 / at Miami
L
127
-
93  
1992-93 (RS) / Apr 16, 1993 / at Charlotte
L
109
-
75  
1991-92 (PL) / Apr 24, 1992 / at New York
Eastern Conference First Round
L
119
-
85  
1991-92 (RS) / Apr 3, 1992 / at Washington
L
133
-
99  
1984-85 (PL) / Apr 28, 1985 / at Boston
Eastern Conference Semifinals
L
131
-
97  
1976-77 (RS) / Oct 30, 1976 / at Portland
L
140
-
106  
1968-69 (RS) / Dec 7, 1968 / at Philadelphia
L
148
-
114  
1962-63 (RS) / Jan 13, 1963 / at Syracuse
L
130
-
96  
1958-59 (RS) / Feb 1, 1959 / at St. Louis
L
130
-
96  
1957-58 (RS) / Dec 31, 1957 / at Cincinnati
L
114
-
80  
1956-57 (RS) / Mar 5, 1957 / neutral at New York, NY
Point
Margin
Game
Details
33
L
110
-
77  
2016-17 (RS) / Jan 13, 2017 / at Utah
L
120
-
87  
2009-10 (RS) / Jan 11, 2010 / at Chicago
L
106
-
73  
2000-01 (RS) / Jan 24, 2001 / at Detroit
L
125
-
92  
1980-81 (RS) / Jan 22, 1981 / at Detroit
L
116
-
83  
1977-78 (RS) / Nov 18, 1977 / at Los Angeles
L
130
-
97  
1970-71 (RS) / Mar 11, 1971 / at Seattle played at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
L
104
-
71  
1951-52 (RS) / Jan 26, 1952 / at Rochester