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The Pistons started the season strong with a 12-5 record through the first 17 games of the season. Nine of the first 17 games took place on the road and Detroit finished at 5-4, a game above .500.

By mid-November, they already completed their season series with Utah, by sweeping the Jazz for the first time since 1988-89. The Pistons rolled over Denver in each of their meetings, holding the Nuggets to an unbelievable average of 58.0 points per game.

Opponents averaged just 83.3 points during the first full month of the season and were held to under 80 points eight times and under 70 points three times.

Date Opponent Box Score W-L Oct 30 Wed New York W 86-77 1-0 Nov 1 Fri Memphis W 109-86 2-0 Nov 3 Sun @ L.A. Clippers L 74-72 2-1 Nov 4 Mon @ Phoenix W 84-82 3-1 Nov 6 Wed @ Utah W 80-78 4-1 Nov 7 Thu @ Denver W 89-63 5-1 Nov 9 Sat @ Dallas L 114-75 5-2 Nov 12 Tue New Orleans W 93-87 6-2 Nov 15 Fri Utah W 86-75 7-2 Nov 16 Sat Denver W 74-53 8-2 Nov 18 Mon @ New York L 94-91 8-3 Nov 20 Wed Miami W 79-68 9-3 Nov 22 Fri @ Miami W 75-72 10-3 Nov 23 Sat @ Indiana W 106-91 11-3 Nov 27 Wed Dallas L 102-82 11-4 Nov 29 Fri Milwaukee W 96-91 12-4 Nov 30 Sat @ Milwaukee L 109-86 12-5

The Dallas Mavericks handed the Pistons two of their worst losses of the season, a 114-75 defeat at Dallas on November 9 and 102-82 at The Palace on November 27.

Chauncey Billups missed the last six games in November due to a sprained right ankle he suffered in Detroit’s 94-91 loss at New York on November 18.

Billups also served a one-game suspension after intentionally throwing the basketball at a game official in the third period of the Pistons' 114-75 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on November 9.

In a 79-68 Pistons victory over Miami at The Palace, Ben Wallace recorded his second career triple-double with 12 points, 19 rebounds and a career-high-tying 10 blocks. Jon Barry enjoyed his best month, averaging 8.1 points (.483 FG, .450 3FG. 824 FT) with 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 19.9 minutes.