2008–09 Detroit Pistons season

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2008–09 Detroit Pistons season
Head coach	Michael Curry
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills

Results
Record	39–43 (.476)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost to Cleveland in first round, 4-0
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Detroit Pistons seasons
< 2007–08	2009–10 >

The 2008–09 Detroit Pistons season is the 68th season of the franchise, 61st in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season is the first for new head coach Michael Curry, who took over for Flip Saunders after Saunders was fired at the conclusion of the 2007–08 season.

During the season, the Pistons traded Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Allen Iverson. McDyess was waived by the Nuggets and was re-signed by the Pistons. It was their first losing season since the 2000-01 NBA season, and the first time they didn't reach the Eastern Conference Finals since the 2002-03 NBA season

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Draft picks

Main article: 2008 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	29	D. J. White (traded to Seattle)	PF	United States	Indiana
2	59	Deron Washington	SG/SF	United States	Virginia Tech

On the day of the draft, the Pistons traded D. J. White to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for the rights to Seattle's number 32 and number 46 picks. The picks were used to select Walter Sharpe from Alabama–Birmingham and Trent Plaisted from Brigham Young, respectively.^[1]

[edit] Roster

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-Cleveland Cavaliers	66	16	.805	—	39–2	27–14	13–3	82
x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	25	28–13	13–28	9–7	82
x-Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	27	21–20	18–23	7–9	82
Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30	25–16	11–30	7–9	82
Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	32	22–19	12–29	4–12	82

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Cleveland Cavaliers	66	16	.805	—
2	Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	4
3	Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	7
4	Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	19
5	Miami Heat	43	39	.524	23
6	Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	25
7	Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	25
8	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	27
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	31
11	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
12	Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	32
13	Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	33
14	New York Knicks	32	50	.390	34
15	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	47

[edit] Game log

2008–09 game log

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 29	Indiana	W 100–94	Tayshaun Prince (19)	Rasheed Wallace (7)	Chauncey Billups (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	1–0

November: 9–6 (Home: 4–3; Road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1	Washington	W 117–109	Richard Hamilton (24)	Rasheed Wallace (12)	Chauncey Billups (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	2–0
3	November 3	@ Charlotte	W 101–83	Richard Hamilton (19)	Kwame Brown (9)	Richard Hamilton (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 11,023	3–0
4	November 5	@ Toronto	W 100–93	Tayshaun Prince (27)	Rasheed Wallace (12)	Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (5)	Air Canada Centre 18,602	4–0
5	November 7	@ New Jersey	L 96–103	Allen Iverson (24)	Tayshaun Prince (11)	Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey (6)	Izod Center 17,767	4–1
6	November 9	Boston	L 76–88	Tayshaun Prince (23)	Rasheed Wallace (11)	Allen Iverson (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	4–2
7	November 11	@ Sacramento	W 100–92	Allen Iverson (30)	Tayshaun Prince (11)	Allen Iverson (9)	ARCO Arena 11,423	5–2
8	November 13	@ Golden State	W 107–102	Richard Hamilton (24)	Tayshaun Prince (16)	Allen Iverson (9)	Oracle Arena 18,477	6–2
9	November 14	@ L.A. Lakers	W 106–95	Allen Iverson, Rasheed Wallace (25)	Rasheed Wallace (13)	Tayshaun Prince (6)	Staples Center 18,997	7–2
10	November 16	@ Phoenix	L 86–104	Richard Hamilton (19)	Rasheed Wallace (9)	Allen Iverson (7)	US Airways Center 18,422	7–3
11	November 19	Cleveland	W 96–89	Allen Iverson (23)	Rasheed Wallace (15)	Richard Hamilton (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	8–3
12	November 20	@ Boston	L 80–98	Allen Iverson (16)	Kwame Brown, Tayshaun Prince (7)	Allen Iverson (4)	TD Banknorth Garden 18,624	8–4
13	November 23	Minnesota	L 80–106	Tayshaun Prince (20)	Rasheed Wallace (10)	Will Bynum, Richard Hamilton (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	8–5
14	November 26	New York	W 110–96	Richard Hamilton (17)	Amir Johnson (13)	Rodney Stuckey (11)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	9–5
15	November 28	Milwaukee	W 107–97	Allen Iverson (17)	Jason Maxiell (8)	Allen Iverson (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	10–5
16	November 30	Portland	L 85–96	Richard Hamilton (18)	Amir Johnson (8)	Rodney Stuckey (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	10–6

December: 9–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 2	@ San Antonio	W 89–77	Allen Iverson, Rasheed Wallace (19)	Tayshaun Prince (12)	Rodney Stuckey (7)	AT&T Center 17,582	11–6
18	December 5	Philadelphia	L 91–96	Richard Hamilton (19)	Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown (8)	Allen Iverson (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	11–7
19	December 7	@ New York	L 92–104	Tayshaun Prince (23)	Tayshaun Prince (10)	Allen Iverson (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	11–8
20	December 9	@ Washington	L 94–107	Richard Hamilton (29)	Tayshaun Prince (11)	Rodney Stuckey (11)	Verizon Center 14,707	11–9
21	December 12	Indiana	W 114–110	Richard Hamilton (28)	Rasheed Wallace (6)	Allen Iverson (12)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	12–9
22	December 13	@ Charlotte	W 90–86	Allen Iverson (20)	Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess (6)	Rodney Stuckey (10)	Time Warner Cable Arena 17,373	13–9
23	December 17	Washington	W 88–74	Allen Iverson (28)	Tayshaun Prince (10)	Rodney Stuckey (11)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	14–9
24	December 19	Utah	L 114–120 (2OT)	Allen Iverson (38)	Rasheed Wallace (8)	Allen Iverson (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	14–10
25	December 21	@ Atlanta	L 78–85	Rasheed Wallace, Rodney Stuckey (20)	Rodney Stuckey (9)	Allen Iverson (6)	Philips Arena 15,233	14–11
26	December 23	Chicago	W 104–98	Rodney Stuckey (40)	Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess (11)	Allen Iverson (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	15–11
27	December 26	Oklahoma City	W 90–88	Allen Iverson (22)	Tayshaun Prince (11)	Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	16–11
28	December 27	@ Milwaukee	W 87–76	Tayshaun Prince (19)	Rasheed Wallace (12)	Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson (6)	Bradley Center 17,086	17–11
29	December 29	Orlando	W 88–82	Rodney Stuckey (19)	Antonio McDyess (8)	Antonio McDyess (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	18–11
30	December 31	New Jersey	W 83–75	Allen Iverson (19)	Jason Maxiell (9)	Tayshaun Prince (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	19–11

January: 6–9 (Home: 2–5; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 2	Sacramento	W 98–92	Rodney Stuckey (38)	Amir Johnson (14)	Rodney Stuckey (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	20–11
32	January 4	@ L.A. Clippers	W 88–87	Rodney Stuckey (24)	Antonio McDyess (15)	Allen Iverson (10)	Staples Center 17,968	21–11
33	January 7	@ Portland	L 83–84	Tayshaun Prince (26)	Antonio McDyess (13)	Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey (7)	Rose Garden 20,644	21–12
34	January 9	@ Denver	W 93–90	Allen Iverson (23)	Antonio McDyess (12)	Tayshaun Prince (4)	Pepsi Center 19,682	22–12
35	January 10	@ Utah	L 82–99	Rodney Stuckey (19)	Antonio McDyess (9)	Allen Iverson (5)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	22–13
36	January 13	Charlotte	L 78–80	Rodney Stuckey (22)	Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess (9)	Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	22–14
37	January 14	@ Indiana	L 106–110 (OT)	Rodney Stuckey (30)	Rasheed Wallace (15)	Allen Iverson (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 11,964	22–15
38	January 16	@ Oklahoma City	L 79–89	Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton (18)	Rasheed Wallace (8)	Richard Hamilton (5)	Ford Center 19,136	22–16
39	January 17	New Orleans	L 85–91	Richard Hamilton (19)	Antonio McDyess (12)	Rodney Stuckey (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	22–17
40	January 19	@ Memphis	W 87–79	Allen Iverson (27)	Antonio McDyess (16)	Richard Hamilton (6)	FedExForum 17,483	23–17
41	January 21	Toronto	W 95–76	Tayshaun Prince (25)	Jason Maxiell (11)	Rodney Stuckey (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	24–17
42	January 23	Dallas	L 91–112	Richard Hamilton (17)	Rasheed Wallace (9)	Will Bynum (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	24–18
43	January 25	Houston	L 105–108	Richard Hamilton (27)	Rasheed Wallace (11)	Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	24–19
44	January 28	@ Minnesota	W 98–89	Rasheed Wallace (25)	Rasheed Wallace, Antonio McDyess (10)	Rodney Stuckey (6)	Target Center 14,232	25–19
45	January 30	Boston	L 78–86	Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey (19)	Antonio McDyess (14)	Richard Hamilton (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	25–20

February: 3–9 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
46	February 1	Cleveland	L 80–90	Allen Iverson (22)	Amir Johnson (9)	Rodney Stuckey (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	25–21
47	February 4	Miami	W 93–90	Rasheed Wallace, Rodney Stuckey (18)	Antonio McDyess (17)	Richard Hamilton (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,720	26–21
48	February 7	@ Milwaukee	W 126–121 (OT)	Richard Hamilton (38)	Tayshaun Prince (13)	Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince (9)	Bradley Center 17,297	27–21
49	February 8	Phoenix	L 97–107	Richard Hamilton (27)	Antonio McDyess (13)	Allen Iverson (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	27–22
50	February 10	@ Chicago	L 102–107	Richard Hamilton (30)	Rasheed Wallace (10)	Richard Hamilton (8)	United Center 21,896	27–23
51	February 11	Atlanta	L 95–99	Allen Iverson (28)	Antonio McDyess (10)	Tayshaun Prince (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,124	27–24
52	February 17	Milwaukee	L 86–92	Antonio McDyess (24)	Antonio McDyess (14)	Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,217	27–25
53	February 19	San Antonio	L 79–83	Allen Iverson (31)	Antonio McDyess (13)	Rodney Stuckey (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	27–26
54	February 22	@ Cleveland	L 78–99	Allen Iverson (14)	Jason Maxiell (9)	Richard Hamilton (6)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	27–27
55	February 24	@ Miami	L 91–103	Allen Iverson (22)	Tayshaun Prince (9)	Tayshaun Prince (8)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	27–28
56	February 25	@ New Orleans	L 87–90	Richard Hamilton (24)	Antonio McDyess, Jason Maxiell (9)	Richard Hamilton, Will Bynum (6)	New Orleans Arena 17,215	27–29
57	February 27	@ Orlando	W 93–85	Richard Hamilton (31)	Antonio McDyess (13)	Richard Hamilton (6)	Amway Arena 17,461	28–29

March: 8–9 (Home: 5–4; Road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
58	March 1	@ Boston	W 105–95	Richard Hamilton (25)	Tayshaun Prince (8)	Richard Hamilton (9)	TD Banknorth Garden 18,624	29–29
59	March 3	Denver	W 100–95	Tayshaun Prince (23)	Antonio McDyess (12)	Richard Hamilton (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	30–29
60	March 6	Golden State	W 108–91	Richard Hamilton (22)	Jason Maxiell (9)	Rodney Stuckey (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	31–29
61	March 7	@ Atlanta	L 83–87	Richard Hamilton (20)	Antonio McDyess (12)	Rodney Stuckey (6)	Philips Arena 19,101	31–30
62	March 9	Orlando	W 98–94	Richard Hamilton (29)	Antonio McDyess (18)	Richard Hamilton (14)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,039	32–30
63	March 11	New York	L 111–116 (OT)	Richard Hamilton (27)	Antonio McDyess (22)	Rodney Stuckey (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,135	32–31
64	March 13	@ Toronto	W 99–95 (OT)	Richard Hamilton (24)	Antonio McDyess (13)	Richard Hamilton (16)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	33–31
65	March 15	Memphis	L 84–89	Antonio McDyess (19)	Kwame Brown (13)	Richard Hamilton (12)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	33–32
66	March 17	@ Dallas	L 101–103	Tayshaun Prince (28)	Antonio McDyess, Jason Maxiell (9)	Rodney Stuckey (7)	American Airlines Center 20,427	33–33
67	March 18	@ Houston	L 101–106 (2OT)	Arron Afflalo (24)	Antonio McDyess (20)	Rodney Stuckey (10)	Toyota Center 18,275	33–34
68	March 20	L.A. Clippers	W 108–90	Antonio McDyess (24)	Antonio McDyess (17)	Tayshaun Prince (12)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	34–34
69	March 22	Miami	L 96–101	Rodney Stuckey (24)	Antonio McDyess (12)	Tayshaun Prince (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	34–35
70	March 24	@ Chicago	L 91–99	Will Bynum, Tayshaun Prince (20)	Kwame Brown (11)	Will Bynum (9)	United Center 20,502	34–36
71	March 26	L.A. Lakers	L 77–92	Will Bynum (25)	Antonio McDyess (12)	Will Bynum (11)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	34–37
72	March 28	@ Washington	W 98–96	Richard Hamilton (31)	Antonio McDyess, Kwame Brown (11)	Rodney Stuckey (6)	Verizon Center 20,173	35–37
73	March 29	Philadelphia	W 101–97	Tayshaun Prince (21)	Antonio McDyess (6)	Richard Hamilton (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	36–37
74	March 31	@ Cleveland	L 73–79	Richard Hamilton (13)	Antonio McDyess (10)	Will Bynum (3)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	36–38

April: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 1	@ New Jersey	L 98–111	Richard Hamilton (29)	Rodney Stuckey, Antonio McDyess (7)	Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton (6)	Izod Center 15,105	36–39
76	April 4	@ Philadelphia	L 90–95	Rodney Stuckey (23)	Kwame Brown (7)	Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton (4)	Wachovia Center 19,832	36–40
77	April 5	Charlotte	W 104–97	Will Bynum (32)	Antonio McDyess, Kwame Brown (9)	Will Bynum (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	37–40
78	April 8	@ New York	W 113–86	Richard Hamilton (22)	Antonio McDyess (16)	Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	38–40
79	April 10	New Jersey	W 100–93	Will Bynum (20)	Kwame Brown (7)	Richard Hamilton (9)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	39–40
80	April 11	@ Indiana	L 102–106	Richard Hamilton (23)	Antonio McDyess (15)	Will Bynum (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 17,116	39–41
81	April 13	Chicago	L 88–91	Richard Hamilton (25)	Antonio McDyess (10)	Rodney Stuckey (9)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	39–42
82	April 15	@ Miami					American Airlines Arena

2008–09 season schedule

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

2009 playoff game log

First Round: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 18	@ Cleveland	L 82–104	Rodney Stuckey (20)	Kwame Brown, Rasheed Wallace (9)	Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (4)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	0–1
2	April 21	@ Cleveland	L 82–94	Richard Hamilton (17)	Antonio McDyess (11)	Rodney Stuckey (6)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	0–2
3	April 24	Cleveland	L 68–79				The Palace of Auburn Hills	0-3
4	April 26	Cleveland					The Palace of Auburn Hills

2009 playoff schedule

[edit] Trades

June 26, 2008	To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to both Trent Plaisted and Walter Sharpe	To Seattle SuperSonics Draft rights to D. J. White
November 3, 2008	To Detroit Pistons Allen Iverson^[2]	To Denver Nuggets Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb

[edit] Free agents

[edit] Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Kwame Brown^[3]	July 28, 2008	Memphis Grizzlies

[edit] Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Juan Dixon		Washington Wizards
Jarvis Hayes		New Jersey Nets
Lindsey Hunter		Chicago Bulls
Theo Ratliff		Philadelphia 76ers

[edit] See also

2008–09 NBA season

[edit] References

[edit] External links

2008-09 Detroit Pistons telecast schedule

[0] Pistons ship 1st-rounder, nab UAB mystery | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

[1] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3679931

[2] CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Basketball - NBA: Pistons sign free agent Kwame Brown

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2008–09 Detroit Pistons season

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