The NBA Belt · rivalry
Detroit Pistons vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
9Belt meetings
1Pistons wins
8Thunder wins
3Title changes
Detroit Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder have met 9 times with the NBA belt on the line, from December 18, 1974 to January 16, 2009. The belt changed hands in 3 of those games. Oklahoma City Thunder lead the belt series 8–1.
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,438 | Dec 18, 1974 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 100–97 | Title change |
| 2,439 | Dec 22, 1974 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 108–90 | Defense |
| 2,852 | Mar 7, 1979 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 99–93 | Defense |
| 3,452 | Mar 17, 1985 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 106–98 | Defense |
| 3,828 | Mar 8, 1989 | Detroit Pistons beat Seattle SuperSonics 112–96 | Defense |
| 3,954 | Nov 6, 1990 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 100–92 | Title change |
| 4,069 | Nov 20, 1991 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 91–86 | Defense |
| 4,673 | Dec 5, 1997 | Seattle SuperSonics beat Detroit Pistons 94–89 | Title change |
| 5,758 | Jan 16, 2009 | Oklahoma City Thunder beat Detroit Pistons 89–79 | Defense |