most points in a game pistons player before 1977

Before 1976-77, Dave Bing posted the most points for the Pistons in a game, with 54 points versus the Bulls on February 21, 1971.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game pistons player before 1977

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Dave Bing D. Bing	54	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	7	3	22	38	57.9	10	10	100.0	63.7	3
2	George Yardley G. Yardley	52	2/4/1958	DET	vs	SYR		20		18	31	58.1	16	16	100.0	68.3	3
3	George Yardley G. Yardley	51	1/15/1958	DET	@	BOS	47	19		17	33	51.5	17	19	89.5	61.7	5
4	Dave Bing D. Bing	49	3/9/1971	DET	vs	PHX	44	5	3	17	29	58.6	15	18	83.3	66.4	6
5	George Yardley G. Yardley	49	3/6/1958	DET	@	MIN				19	33	57.6	11	15	73.3	61.9	3
6	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	48	11/28/1972	DET	vs	POR	47	16	2	19	35	54.3	10	12	83.3	59.6	5
7	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	2/18/1958	DET	vs	SYR				16	29	55.2	16	19	84.2	64.2	2
8	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	12/26/1957	DET	@	STL				14	32	43.8	20	24	83.3	56.4	3
9	Dave Bing D. Bing	47	3/8/1967	DET	vs	BAL		6	5	21	38	55.3	5	6	83.3	57.8
10	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	45	11/10/1974	DET	vs	BUF		15	4	20	32	62.5	5	12	41.7	60.4
11	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	45	2/15/1974	DET	@	BUF				19	30	63.3	7	7	100.0	68.0
12	Dave Bing D. Bing	45	3/17/1968	DET	@	LAL		4	6	17	36	47.2	11	17	64.7	51.7	4
13	Gene Shue G. Shue	45	11/9/1958	DET	vs	BOS				14			17	21	81.0		2
14	Jimmy Walker J. Walker	44	12/7/1971	DET	vs	POR	53	7	7	17	35	48.6	10	14	71.4	53.4	4
15	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	44	10/19/1971	DET	@	POR	46	20	4	18	28	64.3	8	9	88.9	68.8	2
16	Dave Bing D. Bing	44	2/6/1970	DET	@	BAL				17			10	13	76.9		5
17	George Yardley G. Yardley	44	2/25/1958	DET		STL				18	29	62.1	8	10	80.0	65.9	5
18	George Yardley G. Yardley	44	1/23/1958	DET	@	MIN				15	33	45.5	14	14	100.0	56.2	4
19	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	43	1/11/1975	DET	@	ATL		14		17	24	70.8	9	11	81.8	74.5
20	Dave Bing D. Bing	43	12/13/1967	DET	vs	NYK	43	5	5	16	27	59.3	11	15	73.3	64.0	2
21	Don Ohl D. Ohl	43	1/23/1963	DET	@	LAL		9		18	34	52.9	7	8	87.5	57.3	4
22	Bailey Howell B. Howell	43	11/25/1960	DET	vs	LAL		30		12			19	21	90.5		4
23	Gene Shue G. Shue	43	11/24/1959	DET		CIN		9		16			11	11	100.0		1
24	George Yardley G. Yardley	43	2/19/1958	DET	@	MIN				17	27	63.0	9	10	90.0	68.5	2
25	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	42	2/25/1973	DET	vs	HOU		21		15	27	55.6	12	16	75.0	61.7	2