NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry

Detroit Pistons vs New Orleans Pelicans Head-to-Head

New Orleans Pelicans lead the all-time record 30-21 across 51 recorded meetings.

By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
DET
21
vs
NOP
30
51 meetings
All-time

NOP lead 30-21

Recent form

DET 4-6 over the latest 10

Last meeting

DET won 129-108 on Mar 26, 2026

Closeness

9 wins separate the teams

Series context

The average winning margin is 10 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
DateHomeAwayScoreWinner
Mar 26, 2026DETNOP129–108DET
Jan 21, 2026NOPDET104–112DET
Mar 23, 2025DETNOP136–130DET
Mar 17, 2025NOPDET81–127DET
Mar 24, 2024DETNOP101–114NOP
Nov 2, 2023NOPDET125–116NOP
Jan 13, 2023DETNOP110–116NOP
Dec 7, 2022NOPDET104–98NOP
Feb 1, 2022DETNOP101–111NOP
Dec 10, 2021NOPDET109–93NOP
Last Meeting
Mar 26, 2026Final
DET
129
HOME
NOP
108
AWAY
Pistonswon by21
Pistons' 4th straight in this series·Game 51 of all-time series

Matchup context

New Orleans Pelicans have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 30-21. The 10-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
2002 to 2026
24 seasons
Average margin
10 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
0
No playoff meeting is present in the source

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
21W
30W
DET
NOP
41%59%
Detroit PistonsNew Orleans Pelicans
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season51 games
21
30
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
127–81+46
Mar 17, 2025
New Orleans Pelicans Biggest Win
109–86+23
Mar 1, 2017
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season ↓DET ↕NOP ↕Games ↕
2025–26202
2024–25202
2023–24022
2022–23022
2021–22022
2020–21112
2019–20112
2018–19112
2017–18022
2016–17112

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
12-14DET HOME16-9NOP HOME
AWAY
9-16
DET
AWAY
14-12
NOP
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Pistons: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.0 pts on average
10.0 pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DET-Neutral
Last 1040%
All-Time41.2%
NOP-Neutral
Last 1060%
All-Time58.8%
Last 10 Results
DET / NOP

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.

Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.

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

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