The 2012âÂÂ13 Detroit Pistons season was the 72nd season of the franchise, the 65th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 56th in Detroit.
Pick acquired from the Houston Rockets on June 25, 2009, in exchange for the draft rights to Chase Budinger.
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 10 | Toronto | | Greg Monroe (17) | Greg Monroe (10) | Will Bynum (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>9,532 | 1âÂÂ0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | October 12 | @ Toronto | | Rodney Stuckey (14) | Austin Daye (9) | Brandon Knight (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>10,167 | 1âÂÂ1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | October 13 | @ Milwaukee | | Andre Drummond (19) | Andre Drummond (10) | Brandon Knight (8) | BMO Harris Bradley Center<br>5,213 | 1âÂÂ2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 16 | Orlando | | Rodney Stuckey (19) | Jason Maxiell (8) | Rodney Stuckey (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>9,229 | 2âÂÂ2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | October 18 | @ Miami | | Greg Monroe (15) | Andre Drummond (8) | Brandon Knight (4) | American Airlines Arena<br>19,600 | 2âÂÂ3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 20 | Charlotte | | Rodney Stuckey (16) | Andre Drummond,<br>Greg Monroe (7) | Greg Monroe,<br>Rodney Stuckey (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>9,923 | 3âÂÂ3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | October 24 | @ Minnesota | | Rodney Stuckey (21) | Brandon Knight (6) | Brandon Knight (3) | MTS Centre<br>12,163 | 3âÂÂ4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | October 26 | Atlanta | | Brandon Knight, Greg Monroe (16) | Greg Monroe (11) | Will Bynum (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,825 | 4âÂÂ4
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 31 || Houston | | Brandon Knight (15) | Maxiell & Monroe (8) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>16,646 | 0âÂÂ1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 2 || @ Phoenix | | Tayshaun Prince (18) | Andre Drummond (8) | Brandon Knight (10) | US Airways Center<br>15,107 | 0âÂÂ2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || November 4 || @ L. A. Lakers | | Jonas Jerebko (18) | Drummond & Monroe (7) | Brandon Knight (6) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 0âÂÂ3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 6 || @ Denver | | Greg Monroe (27) | Greg Monroe (10) | Brandon Knight (9) | Pepsi Center<br>19,155 | 0âÂÂ4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 7 || @ Sacramento | | Monroe & Knight (21) | Greg Monroe (12) | Greg Monroe (11) | Power Balance Pavilion<br>10,185 | 0âÂÂ5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || November 9 || @ Oklahoma City | | Andre Drummond (22) | Greg Monroe (10) | Monroe, Knight & Stuckey (6) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 0âÂÂ6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 10 || @ Houston | | Brandon Knight (16) | Greg Monroe (11) | Brandon Knight (7) | Toyota Center<br>15,037 | 0âÂÂ7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 12 || Oklahoma City | | Rodney Stuckey (19) | Jason Maxiell (7) | Brandon Knight (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,784 | 0âÂÂ8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || November 14 || @ Philadelphia | | Greg Monroe (19) | Greg Monroe (18) | Brandon Knight (7) | Wells Fargo Center<br>11,879 | 1âÂÂ8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 16 || Orlando | | Greg Monroe (23) | Greg Monroe (7) | Brandon Knight (12) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>11,594 | 1âÂÂ9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 || November 18 || Boston | | Greg Monroe (20) | Greg Monroe (13) | Bynum & Stuckey (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,214 | 2âÂÂ9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 21 || @ Orlando | | Greg Monroe (19) | Monroe & Prince (8) | Brandon Knight (5) | Amway Center<br>17,199 | 2âÂÂ10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || November 23 || Toronto | | Greg Monroe (19) | Andre Drummond (13) | Greg Monroe (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,778 | 3âÂÂ10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 25 || @ New York | | Brandon Knight (21) | Andre Drummond (11) | Greg Monroe (7) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,033 | 3âÂÂ11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || November 26 || Portland | | Brandon Knight (26) | Monroe & Singler(10) | Kyle Singler (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,212 | 4âÂÂ11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || November 28 || Phoenix | | Knight & Villanueva (19) | Andre Drummond (9) | Brandon Knight (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,517 | 5âÂÂ11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || November 30 || @ Memphis | | Greg Monroe (17) | Monroe & Maxiell (9) | Tayshaun Prince (4) | FedExForum<br>16,732 | 5âÂÂ12
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || December 1 || @ Dallas | | Brandon Knight (20) | Greg Monroe (15) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | American Airlines Center<br>20,285 | 5âÂÂ13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 || December 3 || Cleveland | | Brandon Knight (17) | Greg Monroe (14) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>11,352 | 6âÂÂ13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || December 5 || Golden State | | Tayshaun Prince (24) | Andre Drummond (12) | Rodney Stuckey (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>11,128 | 6âÂÂ14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || December 7 || Chicago | | Rodney Stuckey (24) | Jason Maxiell (9) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>17,142 | 6âÂÂ15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || December 8 || @ Cleveland | | Brandon Knight (30) | Tayshaun Prince (8) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>16,062 | 7âÂÂ15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || December 10 || @ Philadelphia | | Monroe & Knight (22) | Jason Maxiell (11) | Rodney Stuckey (5) | Wells Fargo Center<br>15,225 | 7âÂÂ16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || December 11 || Denver | | Brandon Knight (20) | Greg Monroe (12) | Brandon Knight (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,265 | 7âÂÂ17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 14 || @ Brooklyn | | Brandon Knight (22) | Tayshaun Prince (10) | Tayshaun Prince (6) | Barclays Center<br>15,797 | 7âÂÂ18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 15 || Indiana | | Greg Monroe (18) | Andre Drummond (9) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>13,235 | 7âÂÂ19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 || December 17 || L. A. Clippers | | Brandon Knight (16) | Monroe & Prince (7) | Greg Monroe (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>13,560 | 7-20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || December 19 || @ Toronto | | Greg Monroe (35) | Greg Monroe (10) | Brandon Knight (6) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,062 | 7-21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || December 21 || Washington | | Monroe & Knight (15) | Andre Drummond (14) | Rodney Stuckey (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>13,489 | 8-21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || December 22 || @ Washington | | Charlie Villanueva (19) | Andre Drummond (11) | Rodney Stuckey (8) | Verizon Center<br>13,104 | 9-21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || December 26 || @ Atlanta | | Will Bynum (31) | Andre Drummond (12) | Rodney Stuckey (11) | Philips Arena<br>15,182 | 9-22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || December 28 || Miami | | Will Bynum (25) | Andre Drummond (10) | Will Bynum (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 | 10âÂÂ22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || December 30 || Milwaukee | | Tayshaun Prince (20) | Monroe & Maxiell (10) | Will Bynum (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>14,219 | 11âÂÂ22
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || January 1 || Sacramento | | Brandon Knight (20) | Greg Monroe (11) | Knight & Bynum (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,175 | 12âÂÂ22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || January 4 || Atlanta | | Austin Daye (20) | Jason Maxiell (10) | Will Bynum (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>14,832 | 13âÂÂ22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 6 || Charlotte | | Tayshaun Prince (21) | Greg Monroe (14) | Will Bynum (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>11,963 | 13âÂÂ23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || January 11 || @ Milwaukee | | Greg Monroe (26) | Monroe & Drummond (11) | Brandon Knight (5) | BMO Harris Bradley Center<br>15,681 | 14âÂÂ23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 38 || January 12 || Utah | | Brandon Knight (16) | Greg Monroe (11) | Will Bynum (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>18,441 | 14âÂÂ24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 17 || New York | | Will Bynum (22) | Monroe & Drummond (10) | Greg Monroe (5) | The O2 Arena<br>18,689 | 14âÂÂ25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 || January 20 || Boston | | Andre Drummond (16) | Greg Monroe (11) | Monroe, Singler, Knight & Bynum (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>17,575 | 15âÂÂ25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 41 || January 22 || Orlando | | Brandon Knight (18) | Maxiell & Drummond (11) | Will Bynum (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>11,798 | 16âÂÂ25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 42 || January 23 || @ Chicago | | Brandon Knight (13) | Jason Maxiell (11) | Brandon Knight (7) | United Center<br>21,567 | 16âÂÂ26 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 43 || January 25 || @ Miami | | Greg Monroe (31) | Greg Monroe (12) | Brandon Knight (5) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,236 | 16âÂÂ27 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || January 27 || @ Orlando | | Brandon Knight (31) | Greg Monroe (7) | Greg Monroe (6) | Amway Center<br>17,959 | 17âÂÂ27 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 45 || January 29 || Milwaukee | | Andre Drummond (18) | Andre Drummond (18) | Greg Monroe (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>15,479 | 17âÂÂ28 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 46 || January 30 || @ Indiana | | Greg Monroe (18) | Andre Drummond (14) | Brandon Knight (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>12,137 | 17âÂÂ29
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || February 1 || Cleveland | | Knight & Singler (20) | Greg Monroe (16) | Brandon Knight (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>15,693 | 18âÂÂ29 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 48 || February 3 || L. A. Lakers | | Greg Monroe (20) | Greg Monroe (12) | Will Bynum (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>18,157 | 18âÂÂ30 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 4 || @ New York | | José Calderón (15) | Greg Monroe (10) | Rodney Stuckey (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,033 | 18âÂÂ31 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 50 || February 6 || Brooklyn | | Greg Monroe (23) | Greg Monroe (10) | José Calderón (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,576 | 18âÂÂ32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || February 8 || San Antonio | | Greg Monroe (26) | Greg Monroe (16) | José Calderón (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>16,267 | 19âÂÂ32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || February 9 || @ Milwaukee | | José Calderón (23) | Greg Monroe (13) | José Calderón (10) | BMO Harris Bradley Center<br>15,511 | 20âÂÂ32 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 53 || February 11 || New Orleans | | Rodney Stuckey (19) | Greg Monroe (11) | José Calderón (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,177 | 20âÂÂ33 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 54 || February 13 || Washington | | José Calderón (24) | Greg Monroe (18) | Will Bynum (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>11,095 | 21âÂÂ33 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fcc;" | 55 || February 19 || Memphis | | Knight & Jerebko (13) | Greg Monroe (6) | José Calderón (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>13,481 | 21âÂÂ34 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || February 20 || @ Charlotte | | Brandon Knight (21) | Charlie Villanueva (9) | Monroe & Bynum (7) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>13,112 | 22âÂÂ34 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 57 || February 22 || @ Indiana | | Will Bynum (17) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (10) | Will Bynum (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>17,750 | 22âÂÂ35 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 58 || February 23 || Indiana | | Will Bynum (15) | Greg Monroe (12) | José Calderón (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>17,509 | 22âÂÂ36 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 59 || February 25 || Atlanta | | Rodney Stuckey (22) | Greg Monroe (8) | José Calderón (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>12,407 |22-37 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 || February 27 || @ Washington | | Brandon Knight (32) | Greg Monroe (11) | José Calderón (18) | Verizon Center<br>14,298 | 23âÂÂ37
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 61 || March 1 || @ New Orleans | | Greg Monroe (27) | Greg Monroe (10) | José Calderón (11) | New Orleans Arena<br>14,189 | 23âÂÂ38 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 62 || March 3 || @ San Antonio | | Greg Monroe (16) | Charlie Villanueva (10) | Brandon Knight (6) | AT&T Center<br>18,581 | 23âÂÂ39 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 63 || March 6 || New York | | Brandon Knight (17) | Jason Maxiell (9) | José Calderón (16) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>16,181 | 23âÂÂ40 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 64 || March 8 || Dallas | | Brandon Knight (21) | Jason Maxiell (13) | José Calderón (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>19,504 | 23âÂÂ41 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 65 || March 10 || @ L. A. Clippers | | José Calderón (18) | Jonas Jerebko (8) | Rodney Stuckey (5) | Staples Center<br>19,344 | 23âÂÂ42 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 66 || March 11 || @ Utah | | Jonas Jerebko (15) | Greg Monroe (13) | José Calderón (7) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>18,568 | 23âÂÂ43 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 67 || March 13 || @ Golden State | | Rodney Stuckey (22) | Jason Maxiell (14) | José Calderón (6) | Oracle Arena<br>19,596 | 23âÂÂ44 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 68 || March 16 || @ Portland | | Rodney Stuckey (32) | Greg Monroe (9) | Greg Monroe (6) | Rose Garden<br>20,161 | 23âÂÂ45 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 69 || March 18 || Brooklyn | | Will Bynum (18) | Greg Monroe (7) | Will Bynum (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>16,072 | 23âÂÂ46 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 70 || March 22 || @ Miami | | Greg Monroe (23) | Greg Monroe (15) | José Calderón (7) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,350 | 23âÂÂ47 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 71 || March 23 || @ Charlotte | | Charlie Villanueva (18) | Greg Monroe (9) | Greg Monroe (8) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>16,375 | 24âÂÂ47 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 72 || March 26 || Minnesota | | José Calderón (14) | Greg Monroe (12) | Charlie Villanueva (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>16,877 | 24âÂÂ48 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 73 || March 29 || Toronto | | Jonas Jerebko (20) | Greg Monroe (13) | José Calderón (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>19,322 | 24âÂÂ49 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 74 || March 31 || @ Chicago | | Rodney Stuckey (25) | Andre Drummond (14) | José Calderón (5) | United Center<br>21,864 | 24âÂÂ50
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || April 1 || @ Toronto | | Greg Monroe (24) | Jonas Jerebko (6) | José Calderón (9) | Air Canada Centre<br>21,864 | 25âÂÂ50 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || April 3 || @ Boston | | Greg Monroe (24) | Greg Monroe (17) | Charlie Villanueva (5) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 25âÂÂ51 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || April 6 || @ Minnesota | | Brandon Knight (25) | Andre Drummond (10) | Brandon Knight (6) | Target Center<br>15,311 | 25âÂÂ52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 78 || April 7 || Chicago | | Brandon Knight (20) | Andre Drummond (10) | Greg Monroe (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>19,577 | 26âÂÂ52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 79 || April 10 || @ Cleveland | | Andre Drummond (29) | Andre Drummond (11) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>13,844 | 27âÂÂ52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 80 || April 12 || Charlotte | | Jonas Jerebko (21) | Andre Drummond (9) | Will Bynum (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>19,501 | 28âÂÂ52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 81 || April 15 || Philadelphia | | Greg Monroe (27) | Greg Monroe (16) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>17,525 | 29âÂÂ52 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 82 || April 17 || @ Brooklyn | | Will Bynum (23) | Greg Monroe (12) | Brandon Knight (5) | Barclays Center<br>16,868 | 29âÂÂ53