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Detroit Pistons vs. Portland Trail Blazers

14Belt meetings
8Pistons wins
6Trail Blazers wins
6Title changes

Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers have met 14 times with the NBA belt on the line, from November 28, 1972 to March 17, 2018. The belt changed hands in 6 of those games. Detroit Pistons lead the belt series 8–6.

Belt gameDateResult
2,248Nov 28, 1972Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 120–116Title change
2,452Jan 22, 1975Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 96–94Defense
2,797Oct 31, 1978Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 112–96Defense
2,848Feb 25, 1979Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 126–119Title change
3,311Dec 27, 1983Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 140–100Title change
3,884Jan 13, 1990Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 111–106Title change
3,947Jun 5, 1990Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 105–99 PlayoffsDefense
3,948Jun 7, 1990Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 106–105 PlayoffsTitle change
3,949Jun 10, 1990Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 121–106 PlayoffsTitle change
3,950Jun 12, 1990Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 112–109 PlayoffsDefense
3,951Jun 14, 1990Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers 92–90 PlayoffsDefense
5,146Dec 30, 2002Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 85–74Defense
6,336Dec 9, 2014Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 98–86Defense
6,696Mar 17, 2018Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 100–87Defense

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