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was the second season for the

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in the

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(NBA), and ninth overall as a franchise. After missing the playoffs for the first time in 1949 the franchise made their first NBA playoff berth, starting a streak of 14 straight post-season berths. After beating the

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86–69 in a tiebreaker game, the Pistons entered the playoffs as the three seed in the east and defeated their old rivals, the

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, in a first round sweep, before the Pistons got swept by the eventual champion

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. Fort Wayne was led by Indiana basketball legend point guard Curly Armstrong (7.3 ppg, 2.8 apg) and rookie forward

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(14.3 ppg).

Draft picks

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

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Awards and records

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References

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