Los Angeles Lakers

Lakers vs. Pistons
Complete Head-to-Head Playoffs Record and Game Log

Detroit Pistons

Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers all-time performance against the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Playoffs. This is a complete game log with all the games played between these two teams with date, franchise, result, and head-to-head record evolution.

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The Lakers and the Detroit Pistons have played 47 games in the playoffs with 26 victories for the Lakers and 21 for the Pistons

This information includes all the variants of the Pistons franchise: Detroit and Fort Wayne Pistons.

Lakers vs. Pistons Head-to-Head in the NBA Playoffs:

Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
47 2004 Playoffs nbafi Jun 15, 2004 LAL @ Pistons L 87 - 100 Pistons win 4-1 lost 3 26 - 21
46 2004 Playoffs nbafi Jun 13, 2004 LAL @ Pistons L 80 - 88 Pistons lead 3-1 lost 2 26 - 20
45 2004 Playoffs nbafi Jun 10, 2004 LAL @ Pistons L 68 - 88 Pistons lead 2-1 lost 1 26 - 19
44 2004 Playoffs nbafi Jun 8, 2004 LAL vs. Pistons W 99 - 91 OT series tied 1-1 won 1 26 - 18
43 2004 Playoffs nbafi Jun 6, 2004 LAL vs. Pistons L 75 - 87 Pistons lead 1-0 lost 5 25 - 18
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
42 1989 Playoffs nbafi Jun 13, 1989 LAL vs. Pistons L 97 - 105 Pistons win 4-0 lost 4 25 - 17
41 1989 Playoffs nbafi Jun 11, 1989 LAL vs. Pistons L 110 - 114 Pistons lead 3-0 lost 3 25 - 16
40 1989 Playoffs nbafi Jun 8, 1989 LAL @ Pistons L 105 - 108 Pistons lead 2-0 lost 2 25 - 15
39 1989 Playoffs nbafi Jun 6, 1989 LAL @ Pistons L 97 - 109 Pistons lead 1-0 lost 1 25 - 14
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
38 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 21, 1988 LAL vs. Pistons W 108 - 105 Lakers win 4-3 won 2 25 - 13
37 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 19, 1988 LAL vs. Pistons W 103 - 102 series tied 3-3 won 1 24 - 13
36 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 16, 1988 LAL @ Pistons L 94 - 104 Pistons lead 3-2 lost 2 23 - 13
35 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 14, 1988 LAL @ Pistons L 86 - 111 series tied 2-2 lost 1 23 - 12
34 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 12, 1988 LAL @ Pistons W 99 - 86 Lakers lead 2-1 won 2 23 - 11
33 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 9, 1988 LAL vs. Pistons W 108 - 96 series tied 1-1 won 1 22 - 11
32 1988 Playoffs nbafi Jun 7, 1988 LAL vs. Pistons L 93 - 105 Pistons lead 1-0 lost 1 21 - 11
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
31 1962 Playoffs wdfin Apr 3, 1962 LAL @ Pistons W 123 - 117 Lakers win 4-2 won 1 21 - 10
30 1962 Playoffs wdfin Mar 31, 1962 LAL vs. Pistons L 125 - 132 Lakers lead 3-2 lost 2 20 - 10
29 1962 Playoffs wdfin Mar 29, 1962 LAL @ Pistons L 117 - 118 Lakers lead 3-1 lost 1 20 - 9
28 1962 Playoffs wdfin Mar 27, 1962 LAL @ Pistons W 111 - 106 Lakers lead 3-0 won 4 20 - 8
27 1962 Playoffs wdfin Mar 25, 1962 LAL vs. Pistons W 127 - 112 Lakers lead 2-0 won 3 19 - 8
26 1962 Playoffs wdfin Mar 24, 1962 LAL vs. Pistons W 132 - 108 Lakers lead 1-0 won 2 18 - 8
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
25 1961 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 19, 1961 LAL vs. Pistons W 137 - 120 Lakers win 3-2 won 1 17 - 8
24 1961 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 18, 1961 LAL @ Pistons L 114 - 123 series tied 2-2 lost 2 16 - 8
23 1961 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 17, 1961 LAL @ Pistons L 113 - 124 Lakers lead 2-1 lost 1 16 - 7
22 1961 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 15, 1961 LAL vs. Pistons W 127 - 118 Lakers lead 2-0 won 5 16 - 6
21 1961 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 14, 1961 LAL vs. Pistons W 120 - 102 Lakers lead 1-0 won 4 15 - 6
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
20 1960 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 13, 1960 MNL vs. Pistons W 114 - 99 Lakers win 2-0 won 3 14 - 6
19 1960 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 12, 1960 MNL @ Pistons W 113 - 112 Lakers lead 1-0 won 2 13 - 6
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
18 1959 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 18, 1959 MNL vs. Pistons W 129 - 102 Lakers win 2-1 won 1 12 - 6
17 1959 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 15, 1959 MNL @ Pistons L 103 - 117 series tied 1-1 lost 1 11 - 6
16 1959 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 14, 1959 MNL vs. Pistons W 92 - 89 Lakers lead 1-0 won 3 11 - 5
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
15 1957 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 19, 1957 MNL @ Pistons W 110 - 108 Lakers win 2-0 won 2 10 - 5
14 1957 Playoffs wdsmi Mar 17, 1957 MNL vs. Pistons W 131 - 127 Lakers lead 1-0 won 1 9 - 5
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
13 1955 Playoffs wdfin Mar 27, 1955 MNL vs. Pistons L 96 - 105 Pistons win 3-1 lost 1 8 - 5
12 1955 Playoffs wdfin Mar 23, 1955 MNL vs. Pistons W 99 - 91 OT Pistons lead 2-1 won 1 8 - 4
11 1955 Playoffs wdfin Mar 22, 1955 MNL @ Pistons L 97 - 98 OT Pistons lead 2-0 lost 2 7 - 4
10 1955 Playoffs wdfin Mar 20, 1955 MNL @ Pistons L 79 - 96 Pistons lead 1-0 lost 1 7 - 3
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
9 1954 Playoffs wdrrb Mar 20, 1954 MNL vs. Pistons W 78 - 73 Lakers win 2-0 won 3 7 - 2
8 1954 Playoffs wdrrb Mar 18, 1954 MNL @ Pistons W 90 - 85 Lakers lead 1-0 won 2 6 - 2
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
7 1953 Playoffs wdfin Apr 2, 1953 MNL vs. Pistons W 74 - 58 Lakers win 3-2 won 1 5 - 2
6 1953 Playoffs wdfin Apr 1, 1953 MNL @ Pistons L 82 - 85 series tied 2-2 lost 2 4 - 2
5 1953 Playoffs wdfin Mar 30, 1953 MNL @ Pistons L 95 - 98 Lakers lead 2-1 lost 1 4 - 1
4 1953 Playoffs wdfin Mar 28, 1953 MNL vs. Pistons W 82 - 75 Lakers lead 2-0 won 4 4 - 0
3 1953 Playoffs wdfin Mar 26, 1953 MNL vs. Pistons W 83 - 73 Lakers lead 1-0 won 3 3 - 0
Gm
Season
Date Opponent Score Series Status Streak H2H
2 1950 Playoffs cdfin Mar 28, 1950 MNL @ Pistons W 89 - 82 Lakers win 2-0 won 2 2 - 0
1 1950 Playoffs cdfin Mar 27, 1950 MNL vs. Pistons W 93 - 79 Lakers lead 1-0 won 1 1 - 0

Reference:
wc1st = Western Conference First Round / wcsmi= Western Conference Semifinals
wcfin = Western Conference Finals / wdsmi = West Division Semifinals
wdfin = West Division Finals / nbafi = NBA Finals