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1958-59 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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28-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Rocha (28-44)

Points Per Game: 105.1 (6th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.3 (3rd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 33-39 (5th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia ▪ Attendance: 119,351 (6th of 8)

SRS: -1.37 (5th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers

1958-59 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Barney Cable F 6-7 175 July 29, 1935 R Bradley University
12 Ed Conlin F-G 6-5 200 September 2, 1933 3 Fordham University
23 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 June 23, 1930 3 Seton Hall University
22 Dick Farley G-F 6-4 190 April 13, 1932 2 Indiana University
9 Joe Holup F 6-6 215 February 26, 1934 2 George Washington University
16 Phil Jordon C-F 6-10 205 September 12, 1933 2 Whitworth
17 Earl Lloyd F-C 6-5 200 April 3, 1928 7 West Virginia State University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 9 St. John's University
6 Shellie McMillon F 6-5 205 March 11, 1936 R Bradley University
14 Chuck Noble G 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 3 University of Louisville
21 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 4 University of Maryland
12 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 5 Stanford University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 72 2811 7305 .385 1943 2627 .740 4860 1317 1881 7565 105.1
Opponent 72 7657 106.3

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Gene Shue 27 72 2745 464 1197 .388 338 421 .803 335 231 129 1266
2 Phil Jordon 25 72 2058 399 967 .413 231 303 .762 594 83 193 1029
3 George Yardley 30 46 1419 350 843 .415 258 316 .816 327 40 122 958
4 Walter Dukes 28 72 2338 318 904 .352 297 452 .657 958 64 332 933
5 Dick McGuire 33 71 2063 232 543 .427 191 258 .740 285 443 147 655
6 Earl Lloyd 30 72 1796 234 670 .349 137 182 .753 500 90 291 605
7 Joe Holup 24 68 1502 209 580 .360 152 200 .760 352 73 239 570
8 Dick Farley 26 70 1280 177 448 .395 137 186 .737 195 124 130 491
9 Chuck Noble 27 65 939 189 560 .338 83 113 .735 115 114 126 461
10 Shellie McMillon 22 48 700 127 289 .439 55 104 .529 285 26 110 309
11 Ed Conlin 25 15 354 68 175 .389 41 63 .651 91 17 32 177
12 Barney Cable 23 31 271 43 126 .341 23 29 .793 88 12 30 109

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 George Yardley 30 46 30.8 7.6 18.3 .415 5.6 6.9 .816 7.1 0.9 2.7 20.8
2 Gene Shue 27 72 38.1 6.4 16.6 .388 4.7 5.8 .803 4.7 3.2 1.8 17.6
3 Phil Jordon 25 72 28.6 5.5 13.4 .413 3.2 4.2 .762 8.3 1.2 2.7 14.3
4 Walter Dukes 28 72 32.5 4.4 12.6 .352 4.1 6.3 .657 13.3 0.9 4.6 13.0
5 Ed Conlin 25 15 23.6 4.5 11.7 .389 2.7 4.2 .651 6.1 1.1 2.1 11.8
6 Dick McGuire 33 71 29.1 3.3 7.6 .427 2.7 3.6 .740 4.0 6.2 2.1 9.2
7 Earl Lloyd 30 72 24.9 3.3 9.3 .349 1.9 2.5 .753 6.9 1.3 4.0 8.4
8 Joe Holup 24 68 22.1 3.1 8.5 .360 2.2 2.9 .760 5.2 1.1 3.5 8.4
9 Chuck Noble 27 65 14.4 2.9 8.6 .338 1.3 1.7 .735 1.8 1.8 1.9 7.1
10 Dick Farley 26 70 18.3 2.5 6.4 .395 2.0 2.7 .737 2.8 1.8 1.9 7.0
11 Shellie McMillon 22 48 14.6 2.6 6.0 .439 1.1 2.2 .529 5.9 0.5 2.3 6.4
12 Barney Cable 23 31 8.7 1.4 4.1 .341 0.7 0.9 .793 2.8 0.4 1.0 3.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 George Yardley 30 46 1419 8.9 21.4 .415 6.5 8.0 .816 8.3 1.0 3.1 24.3
2 Ed Conlin 25 15 354 6.9 17.8 .389 4.2 6.4 .651 9.3 1.7 3.3 18.0
3 Phil Jordon 25 72 2058 7.0 16.9 .413 4.0 5.3 .762 10.4 1.5 3.4 18.0
4 Chuck Noble 27 65 939 7.2 21.5 .338 3.2 4.3 .735 4.4 4.4 4.8 17.7
5 Gene Shue 27 72 2745 6.1 15.7 .388 4.4 5.5 .803 4.4 3.0 1.7 16.6
6 Shellie McMillon 22 48 700 6.5 14.9 .439 2.8 5.3 .529 14.7 1.3 5.7 15.9
7 Barney Cable 23 31 271 5.7 16.7 .341 3.1 3.9 .793 11.7 1.6 4.0 14.5
8 Walter Dukes 28 72 2338 4.9 13.9 .352 4.6 7.0 .657 14.8 1.0 5.1 14.4
9 Dick Farley 26 70 1280 5.0 12.6 .395 3.9 5.2 .737 5.5 3.5 3.7 13.8
10 Joe Holup 24 68 1502 5.0 13.9 .360 3.6 4.8 .760 8.4 1.7 5.7 13.7
11 Earl Lloyd 30 72 1796 4.7 13.4 .349 2.7 3.6 .753 10.0 1.8 5.8 12.1
12 Dick McGuire 33 71 2063 4.0 9.5 .427 3.3 4.5 .740 5.0 7.7 2.6 11.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Dick McGuire 33 71 2063 16.5 .499 .427 3.8 3.1 6.9
2 Gene Shue 27 72 2745 14.6 .458 .388 3.1 2.6 5.6
3 Phil Jordon 25 72 2058 16.8 .468 .413 2.8 2.4 5.2
4 George Yardley 30 46 1419 20.5 .488 .415 3.6 1.4 5.0
5 Walter Dukes 28 72 2338 13.9 .423 .352 -0.1 3.3 3.2
6 Dick Farley 26 70 1280 12.9 .463 .395 1.4 1.3 2.8
7 Joe Holup 24 68 1502 10.4 .427 .360 0.2 1.6 1.8
8 Shellie McMillon 22 48 700 16.1 .462 .439 0.7 1.0 1.7
9 Earl Lloyd 30 72 1796 9.7 .403 .349 -0.8 2.1 1.3
10 Ed Conlin 25 15 354 15.1 .437 .389 0.2 0.4 0.5
11 Barney Cable 23 31 271 12.3 .393 .341 -0.2 0.3 0.1
12 Chuck Noble 27 65 939 10.6 .378 .338 -1.5 1.0 -0.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Gene Shue 27 3 118 28 60 27 33 14 10 7 83 .467 .818 39.3 27.7 4.7 3.3
2 Dick McGuire 33 3 109 20 32 7 11 17 19 10 47 .625 .636 36.3 15.7 5.7 6.3
3 Phil Jordon 25 3 99 15 45 15 18 24 5 9 45 .333 .833 33.0 15.0 8.0 1.7
4 Walter Dukes 28 3 113 15 30 13 17 40 3 15 43 .500 .765 37.7 14.3 13.3 1.0
5 Earl Lloyd 30 3 87 9 28 8 8 18 7 12 26 .321 1.000 29.0 8.7 6.0 2.3
6 Shellie McMillon 22 3 54 7 23 5 6 14 0 16 19 .304 .833 18.0 6.3 4.7 0.0
7 Chuck Noble 27 3 28 5 17 2 2 0 1 3 12 .294 1.000 9.3 4.0 0.0 0.3
8 Joe Holup 24 3 36 3 14 6 7 8 3 7 12 .214 .857 12.0 4.0 2.7 1.0
9 Dick Farley 26 3 33 5 12 1 1 6 3 6 11 .417 1.000 11.0 3.7 2.0 1.0
10 Ed Conlin 25 3 43 4 16 2 4 7 4 5 10 .250 .500 14.3 3.3 2.3 1.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Gene Shue 27 3 118 24.1 .557 .467 15.9 0.6 0.0 0.6
2 Dick McGuire 33 3 109 20.9 .638 .625 29.7 0.5 0.0 0.5
3 Walter Dukes 28 3 113 16.5 .574 .500 4.2 0.3 0.0 0.3
4 Dick Farley 26 3 33 9.5 .442 .417 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Phil Jordon 25 3 99 13.3 .425 .333 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Earl Lloyd 30 3 87 9.2 .412 .321 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Joe Holup 24 3 36 6.5 .351 .214 12.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Shellie McMillon 22 3 54 3.2 .371 .304 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Chuck Noble 27 3 28 2.3 .336 .294 6.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Ed Conlin 25 3 43 3.3 .282 .250 13.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.1