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Detroit Pistons vs Indiana Pacers Head-to-Head

The all-time win record is tied 118-118 across 236 recorded meetings.

Matchup fact

The Detroit Pistons led the 1980s 40-22; the Indiana Pacers led the 2010s 25-14.

By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
DET
118
vs
IND
118
236 meetings
All-time

Win record tied 118-118

Recent form

DET 5-5 over the latest 10

Last meeting

DET won 133-121 on Apr 12, 2026

Closeness

No win gap: 118-118

Series context

The average winning margin is 10.5 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Apr 12, 26
IND 121-133 DET
DET
Jan 17, 26
DET 121-78 IND
DET
Nov 24, 25
IND 117-122 DET
DET
Nov 17, 25
DET 127-112 IND
DET
Jan 29, 25
IND 133-119 DET
IND
Jan 16, 25
DET 100-111 IND
IND
Nov 29, 24
IND 106-130 DET
DET
Oct 23, 24
DET 109-115 IND
IND
Mar 20, 24
DET 103-122 IND
IND
Feb 22, 24
IND 129-115 DET
IND
Last Meeting
Apr 12, 2026Final
IND
121
HOME
DET
133
AWAY
Pistonswon by12
Pistons' 4th straight in this series·Game 236 of all-time series

Matchup context

The latest 10 scored meetings are split 5-5. The complete decided record is tied 118-118. The 10.5-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
1976 to 2026
50 seasons
Average margin
10.5 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
15
15 playoff meetings across 3 postseasons

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
118W
118W
DET
IND
50%50%
Detroit PistonsIndiana Pacers
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season221 games
107
114
Playoffs15 games
11
4
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
119–73+46
Apr 2, 1987
Indiana Pacers Biggest Win
125–88+37
Dec 28, 2018
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season ↓DET ↕IND ↕Games ↕
2025–26404
2024–25134
2023–24044
2022–23224
2021–22314
2020–21033
2019–20314
2018–19134
2017–18314
2016–17044

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
73-45DET HOME73-45IND HOME
AWAY
45-73
DET
AWAY
45-73
IND
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Pistons: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.5 pts on average
10.5pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DET-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time50%
IND-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time50%
Last 10 Results
DET / IND

Advanced Stats

1996-presentBased on 91 of 236 all-time meetings that have play-by-play data

Overtime History

Total OT Games
4
DET OT Wins
2
IND OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
115-109 on Feb 16, 2011 (1OT)

Largest Leads

DET Biggest Leads
+37pts
Mar 11, 1998
#2:+31 pts·Mar 13, 2023
#3:+31 pts·Feb 5, 2010
IND Biggest Leads
+37pts
Dec 28, 2018
#2:+34 pts·Apr 9, 2006
#3:+28 pts·May 17, 2005

Lead Changes

Most in a Game
21
Apr 20, 1997
Average per Game
5.3
per game

Times Tied

Most Ties in a Game
19
Apr 20, 1997
Average Ties per Game
5.1
per game

Attendance Records

Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
22,076
Dec 12, 2008
Lowest
8,824
Dec 31, 2011
Average
17,657

Shooting Percentages

Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DET43.7%
IND44.6%
IND +0.9 pp
3P%
DET35.9%
IND34.9%
DET +1.0 pp
FT%
DET74.7%
IND76.0%
IND +1.3 pp
TS%
DET52.2%
IND53.3%
IND +1.1 pp

Top Scorers (1996-present)

Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
DET Top 15 Scorers
DET top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Richard Hamilton7153719.331
Chauncey Billups4492915.529
Andre Drummond4432815.832
Tayshaun Prince4373911.225
Jerry Stackhouse3741722.040
Rasheed Wallace3272612.624
Grant Hill3221226.838
Rodney Stuckey2972014.830
Reggie Jackson2641715.526
Ben Wallace221307.421
Greg Monroe2051414.619
Corliss Williamson1971612.326
Lindsey Hunter1971910.430
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope1731412.422
Antonio McDyess169208.416
IND Top 15 Scorers
IND top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Reggie Miller6343816.730
Jermaine O'Neal6013218.829
Danny Granger3962218.042
Paul George3891920.532
Myles Turner2592112.325
Rik Smits2431220.335
Jamaal Tinsley2372210.828
Domantas Sabonis2351416.827
Metta World Peace2241416.024
Roy Hibbert2211812.329
Jalen Rose2141514.331
Austin Croshere199277.418
Jeff Foster185286.614
George Hill1831710.820
Malcolm Brogdon175919.426

Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)

Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
42pts
Danny Granger
INDvsDET
Dec 12, 2008
40pts
Jerry Stackhouse
DETvsIND
Feb 15, 2001
38pts
Grant Hill
DETvsIND
Apr 20, 1997
37pts
Brandon Jennings
DETvsIND
Jan 16, 2015
37pts
Grant Hill
DETvsIND
Feb 29, 2000
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Rivalry Fingerprint

Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.

Quarter scoring pulse

98 games with complete quarter lines

DETIND

How they create points

84 games with complete style splits

Selected comparison

Second-chance points: DET +1.3 points84 games

DET highest-scoring quarter

Q1 · 25.1

IND highest-scoring quarter

Q2 · 24.6

Widest fingerprint gap

DET +1.3 second-chance points

Questions about this record: Detroit Pistons vs Indiana Pacers

What is the Detroit Pistons vs Indiana Pacers NBA playoff record?

The playoff subset contains 15 games: Detroit Pistons have 11 wins and Indiana Pacers have 4. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.

Methodology & Data Sources

Last updated

Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.

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Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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