| month | day | visitor | score | home | score |
|---|
| November | 3, 1988 | Pistons | 90 | Heat | 82 |
| November | 5, 1988 | Hornets | 103 | Pistons | 94 |
| November | 8, 1988 | Pistons | 101 | Spurs | 117 |
| November | 10, 1988 | Pistons | 94 | 76ers | 110 |
| November | 15, 1988 | Hornets | 96 | Pistons | 89 |
| November | 16, 1988 | Pacers | 102 | Pistons | 103 |
| November | 18, 1988 | Pistons | 114 | Pacers | 110 |
| November | 19, 1988 | Kings | 82 | Pistons | 113 |
| November | 20, 1988 | Bulls | 120 | Pistons | 101 |
| November | 21, 1988 | Pistons | 87 | 76ers | 95 |
| November | 22, 1988 | Pistons | 107 | Warriors | 115 |
| November | 26, 1988 | Warriors | 129 | Pistons | 106 |
| December | 1, 1988 | Blazers | 77 | Pistons | 87 |
| December | 2, 1988 | Pistons | 80 | Hornets | 87 |
| December | 4, 1988 | Bucks | 114 | Pistons | 105 |
| December | 7, 1988 | Pistons | 98 | 76ers | 91 |
| December | 9, 1988 | Jazz | 127 | Pistons | 126 |
| December | 13, 1988 | Clippers | 105 | Pistons | 112 |
| December | 15, 1988 | 76ers | 89 | Pistons | 110 |
| December | 16, 1988 | Pistons | 97 | Jazz | 106 |
| December | 20, 1988 | Pistons | 79 | Hornets | 86 |
| December | 23, 1988 | Lakers | 80 | Pistons | 91 |
| December | 24, 1988 | Bulls | 111 | Pistons | 103 |
| December | 27, 1988 | Bucks | 116 | Pistons | 122 |
| December | 31, 1988 | Bullets | 119 | Pistons | 127 |
| January | 1, 1989 | Magic | 99 | Pistons | 96 |
| January | 2, 1989 | Pistons | 109 | Bucks | 112 |
| January | 3, 1989 | Pistons | 117 | Kings | 109 |
| January | 5, 1989 | Heat | 95 | Pistons | 102 |
| January | 8, 1989 | Pacers | 108 | Pistons | 101 |
| January | 10, 1989 | Bucks | 99 | Pistons | 106 |
| January | 12, 1989 | Pistons | 109 | Magic | 133 |
| January | 13, 1989 | Pistons | 87 | Bucks | 94 |
| January | 17, 1989 | Cavaliers | 105 | Pistons | 122 |
| January | 23, 1989 | Pistons | 103 | Lakers | 108 |
| January | 26, 1989 | Pistons | 113 | Knicks | 117 |
| January | 27, 1989 | Pistons | 89 | Knicks | 118 |
| February | 1, 1989 | Pistons | | Suns | |
| February | 4, 1989 | Heat | | Pistons | |
| February | 5, 1989 | Pistons | | Pacers | |
| February | 7, 1989 | Pistons | | Cavaliers | |
| February | 14, 1989 | Knicks | | Pistons | |
| February | 16, 1989 | Pistons | | Cavaliers | |
| February | 17, 1989 | Pistons | | Pacers | |
| February | 19, 1989 | Pistons | | Bucks | |
| February | 22, 1989 | Pistons | | Celtics | |
| February | 24, 1989 | Pacers | | Pistons | |
| February | 25, 1989 | Pistons | | Magic | |
| February | 26, 1989 | Pistons | | Sonics | |
| March | 4, 1989 | Pacers | | Pistons | |
| March | 5, 1989 | Bucks | | Pistons | |
| March | 6, 1989 | Pistons | | Bulls | |
| March | 8, 1989 | Pistons | | Bucks | |
| March | 10, 1989 | Cavaliers | | Pistons | |
| March | 11, 1989 | Pistons | | Blazers | |
| March | 12, 1989 | Rockets | | Pistons | |
| March | 13, 1989 | Pistons | | Bulls | |
| March | 14, 1989 | Bulls | | Pistons | |
| March | 15, 1989 | Hornets | | Pistons | |
| March | 18, 1989 | Knicks | | Pistons | |
| March | 19, 1989 | Pistons | | Rockets | |
| March | 21, 1989 | Bulls | | Pistons | |
| March | 27, 1989 | Knicks | | Pistons | |
| March | 29, 1989 | Pistons | | Clippers | |
| March | 30, 1989 | Celtics | | Pistons | |
| March | 31, 1989 | Magic | | Pistons | |
| April | 1, 1989 | Sonics | | Pistons | |
| April | 2, 1989 | Magic | | Pistons | |
| April | 7, 1989 | Pistons | | Knicks | |
| April | 10, 1989 | Suns | | Pistons | |
| April | 15, 1989 | Pistons | | Heat | |
| April | 20, 1989 | 76ers | | Pistons | |
| April | 23, 1989 | Pistons | | Celtics | |
| April | 24, 1989 | Cavaliers | | Pistons | |
| April | 25, 1989 | Pistons | | Heat | |
| April | 26, 1989 | Pistons | | Bullets | |
| April | 27, 1989 | Pistons | | Cavaliers | |
| April | 29, 1989 | Celtics | | Pistons | |
| April | 30, 1989 | Pistons | | Celtics | |
| May | 1, 1989 | Spurs | | Pistons | |
| May | 5, 1989 | Pistons | | Bucks | |
| May | 6, 1989 | Pistons | | Bulls | |