| month | day | visitor | score | home | score |
|---|
| November | 2, 1988 | Pistons | | Jazz | |
| November | 5, 1988 | Bulls | | Pistons | |
| November | 6, 1988 | Pistons | | 76ers | |
| November | 9, 1988 | Sonics | | Pistons | |
| November | 11, 1988 | Suns | | Pistons | |
| November | 12, 1988 | Pistons | | 76ers | |
| November | 13, 1988 | Pistons | | Bulls | |
| November | 15, 1988 | Nuggets | | Pistons | |
| November | 16, 1988 | Knicks | | Pistons | |
| November | 17, 1988 | Nets | | Pistons | |
| November | 23, 1988 | Pistons | | Bulls | |
| November | 24, 1988 | Pistons | | Knicks | |
| November | 26, 1988 | Pistons | | Suns | |
| December | 2, 1988 | Pistons | | Pacers | |
| December | 4, 1988 | Pistons | | Bulls | |
| December | 6, 1988 | Hawks | | Pistons | |
| December | 7, 1988 | Lakers | | Pistons | |
| December | 8, 1988 | Hornets | | Pistons | |
| December | 12, 1988 | Pistons | | Bucks | |
| December | 13, 1988 | Cavaliers | | Pistons | |
| December | 16, 1988 | Pistons | | Pacers | |
| December | 17, 1988 | Bucks | | Pistons | |
| December | 18, 1988 | Warriors | | Pistons | |
| December | 21, 1988 | Clippers | | Pistons | |
| December | 22, 1988 | Hawks | | Pistons | |
| December | 26, 1988 | Pistons | | Cavaliers | |
| December | 27, 1988 | Pacers | | Pistons | |
| January | 1, 1989 | Pistons | | Mavericks | |
| January | 3, 1989 | Nets | | Pistons | |
| January | 5, 1989 | Bulls | | Pistons | |
| January | 7, 1989 | Cavaliers | | Pistons | |
| January | 8, 1989 | 76ers | | Pistons | |
| January | 9, 1989 | Pistons | | Knicks | |
| January | 10, 1989 | Pistons | | Celtics | |
| January | 14, 1989 | Jazz | | Pistons | |
| January | 16, 1989 | Pistons | | Clippers | |
| January | 17, 1989 | Pistons | | Bullets | |
| January | 20, 1989 | Pistons | | Bucks | |
| January | 22, 1989 | Pistons | | Rockets | |
| January | 27, 1989 | Pistons | | Sonics | |
| January | 28, 1989 | Pistons | | Nets | |
| January | 29, 1989 | Pacers | | Pistons | |
| February | 2, 1989 | Pistons | | Spurs | |
| February | 4, 1989 | Bucks | | Pistons | |
| February | 8, 1989 | Heat | | Pistons | |
| February | 10, 1989 | Bucks | | Pistons | |
| February | 11, 1989 | Pistons | | Nuggets | |
| February | 13, 1989 | Pistons | | 76ers | |
| February | 14, 1989 | Pistons | | Hornets | |
| February | 19, 1989 | Cavaliers | | Pistons | |
| February | 20, 1989 | Rockets | | Pistons | |
| February | 21, 1989 | Pistons | | Lakers | |
| February | 22, 1989 | 76ers | | Pistons | |
| February | 23, 1989 | Pistons | | Heat | |
| February | 24, 1989 | Bullets | | Pistons | |
| March | 2, 1989 | Pistons | | Blazers | |
| March | 4, 1989 | Pistons | | Hawks | |
| March | 6, 1989 | Pistons | | Pacers | |
| March | 11, 1989 | Pacers | | Pistons | |
| March | 13, 1989 | Pistons | | Hawks | |
| March | 18, 1989 | Pistons | | Hornets | |
| March | 20, 1989 | Pistons | | Hawks | |
| March | 22, 1989 | Pistons | | Nets | |
| March | 24, 1989 | Pistons | | Bucks | |
| March | 27, 1989 | Blazers | | Pistons | |
| March | 28, 1989 | Pistons | | Bullets | |
| March | 29, 1989 | Pacers | | Pistons | |
| April | 1, 1989 | Pistons | | Kings | |
| April | 2, 1989 | Celtics | | Pistons | |
| April | 5, 1989 | Pistons | | Celtics | |
| April | 7, 1989 | Knicks | | Pistons | |
| April | 8, 1989 | Kings | | Pistons | |
| April | 9, 1989 | Bullets | | Pistons | |
| April | 10, 1989 | Mavericks | | Pistons | |
| April | 12, 1989 | Pistons | | Warriors | |
| April | 14, 1989 | Hornets | | Pistons | |
| April | 15, 1989 | Pistons | | Cavaliers | |
| April | 22, 1989 | Hawks | | Pistons | |
| April | 24, 1989 | Celtics | | Pistons | |
| April | 25, 1989 | Spurs | | Pistons | |
| April | 26, 1989 | Bulls | | Pistons | |
| April | 27, 1989 | Pistons | | Cavaliers | |