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1960-61 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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34-45, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dick McGuire (34-45)

Points Per Game: 118.6 (5th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 121.0 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-45 (6th of 8)

Arena: Detroit Olympia ▪ Attendance: 164,230 (6th of 8)

SRS: -2.12 (6th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1960-61 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Archie Dees F-C 6-8 205 February 22, 1936 2 Indiana University
23 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 June 23, 1930 5 Seton Hall University
16 Bob Ferry C-F 6-8 230 May 31, 1937 1 Saint Louis University
18 Bailey Howell F 6-7 210 January 20, 1937 1 Mississippi State University
9 Ron Johnson F 6-8 215 July 20, 1938 R University of Minnesota
5 Willie Jones G 6-3 185 June 29, 1936 R Northwestern University
12 George Lee F-G 6-4 200 November 23, 1936 R University of Michigan
6 Shellie McMillon F 6-5 205 March 11, 1936 2 Bradley University
15 Jackie Moreland F-G 6-7 215 March 11, 1938 R Louisiana Tech University
14 Chuck Noble G 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 5 University of Louisville
10 Don Ohl G 6-3 190 April 18, 1936 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
21 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 6 University of Maryland

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 79 3481 8357 .417 2408 3240 .743 5813 1866 2157 9370 118.6
Opponent 79 9558 121.0

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 Bailey Howell 24 77 2952 607 1293 .469 601 798 .753 1111 196 297 1815
2 Gene Shue 29 78 3361 650 1545 .421 465 543 .856 334 530 207 1765
3 Don Ohl 24 79 2173 427 1085 .394 200 278 .719 256 265 224 1054
4 George Lee 24 74 1735 310 776 .399 276 394 .701 490 89 158 896
5 Bob Ferry 23 79 1657 350 776 .451 189 255 .741 500 129 205 889
6 Walter Dukes 30 73 2044 286 706 .405 281 400 .703 1028 139 313 853
7 Shellie McMillon 24 78 1636 322 752 .428 140 201 .697 487 98 238 784
8 Chuck Noble 29 75 1665 196 566 .346 82 115 .713 180 287 195 474
9 Jackie Moreland 22 64 1003 191 477 .400 86 132 .652 315 52 174 468
10 Willie Jones 24 35 452 78 216 .361 40 63 .635 94 63 90 196
11 Archie Dees 24 28 308 53 135 .393 39 47 .830 94 17 50 145
12 Ron Johnson 22 6 49 11 30 .367 9 14 .643 14 1 6 31

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 Bailey Howell 24 77 38.3 7.9 16.8 .469 7.8 10.4 .753 14.4 2.5 3.9 23.6
2 Gene Shue 29 78 43.1 8.3 19.8 .421 6.0 7.0 .856 4.3 6.8 2.7 22.6
3 Don Ohl 24 79 27.5 5.4 13.7 .394 2.5 3.5 .719 3.2 3.4 2.8 13.3
4 George Lee 24 74 23.4 4.2 10.5 .399 3.7 5.3 .701 6.6 1.2 2.1 12.1
5 Walter Dukes 30 73 28.0 3.9 9.7 .405 3.8 5.5 .703 14.1 1.9 4.3 11.7
6 Bob Ferry 23 79 21.0 4.4 9.8 .451 2.4 3.2 .741 6.3 1.6 2.6 11.3
7 Shellie McMillon 24 78 21.0 4.1 9.6 .428 1.8 2.6 .697 6.2 1.3 3.1 10.1
8 Jackie Moreland 22 64 15.7 3.0 7.5 .400 1.3 2.1 .652 4.9 0.8 2.7 7.3
9 Chuck Noble 29 75 22.2 2.6 7.5 .346 1.1 1.5 .713 2.4 3.8 2.6 6.3
10 Willie Jones 24 35 12.9 2.2 6.2 .361 1.1 1.8 .635 2.7 1.8 2.6 5.6
11 Ron Johnson 22 6 8.2 1.8 5.0 .367 1.5 2.3 .643 2.3 0.2 1.0 5.2
12 Archie Dees 24 28 11.0 1.9 4.8 .393 1.4 1.7 .830 3.4 0.6 1.8 5.2

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 Ron Johnson 22 6 49 8.1 22.0 .367 6.6 10.3 .643 10.3 0.7 4.4 22.8
2 Bailey Howell 24 77 2952 7.4 15.8 .469 7.3 9.7 .753 13.5 2.4 3.6 22.1
3 Bob Ferry 23 79 1657 7.6 16.9 .451 4.1 5.5 .741 10.9 2.8 4.5 19.3
4 Gene Shue 29 78 3361 7.0 16.5 .421 5.0 5.8 .856 3.6 5.7 2.2 18.9
5 George Lee 24 74 1735 6.4 16.1 .399 5.7 8.2 .701 10.2 1.8 3.3 18.6
6 Don Ohl 24 79 2173 7.1 18.0 .394 3.3 4.6 .719 4.2 4.4 3.7 17.5
7 Shellie McMillon 24 78 1636 7.1 16.5 .428 3.1 4.4 .697 10.7 2.2 5.2 17.3
8 Archie Dees 24 28 308 6.2 15.8 .393 4.6 5.5 .830 11.0 2.0 5.8 16.9
9 Jackie Moreland 22 64 1003 6.9 17.1 .400 3.1 4.7 .652 11.3 1.9 6.2 16.8
10 Willie Jones 24 35 452 6.2 17.2 .361 3.2 5.0 .635 7.5 5.0 7.2 15.6
11 Walter Dukes 30 73 2044 5.0 12.4 .405 4.9 7.0 .703 18.1 2.4 5.5 15.0
12 Chuck Noble 29 75 1665 4.2 12.2 .346 1.8 2.5 .713 3.9 6.2 4.2 10.2

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 Bailey Howell 24 77 2952 21.2 .552 .469 10.1 1.6 11.7
2 Gene Shue 29 78 3361 15.9 .495 .421 6.2 1.4 7.6
3 Bob Ferry 23 79 1657 16.5 .500 .451 3.1 0.8 3.9
4 Walter Dukes 30 73 2044 16.3 .484 .405 2.4 1.4 3.7
5 George Lee 24 74 1735 14.6 .472 .399 1.8 0.8 2.6
6 Shellie McMillon 24 78 1636 13.3 .466 .428 1.4 0.8 2.2
7 Don Ohl 24 79 2173 11.7 .437 .394 0.4 0.8 1.2
8 Jackie Moreland 22 64 1003 11.7 .437 .400 0.1 0.5 0.5
9 Archie Dees 24 28 308 12.9 .466 .393 0.3 0.1 0.4
10 Ron Johnson 22 6 49 13.4 .429 .367 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Willie Jones 24 35 452 10.0 .402 .361 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
12 Chuck Noble 29 75 1665 8.1 .384 .346 -1.2 0.7 -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 Bob Ferry 23 5 167 30 74 41 49 63 11 12 101 .405 .837 33.4 20.2 12.6 2.2
2 Gene Shue 29 5 186 35 72 23 29 12 22 11 93 .486 .793 37.2 18.6 2.4 4.4
3 George Lee 24 5 135 29 70 20 27 34 14 11 78 .414 .741 27.0 15.6 6.8 2.8
4 Don Ohl 24 5 130 25 78 13 19 19 14 13 63 .321 .684 26.0 12.6 3.8 2.8
5 Bailey Howell 24 5 154 20 57 16 23 46 22 22 56 .351 .696 30.8 11.2 9.2 4.4
6 Walter Dukes 30 5 152 20 53 10 18 49 11 25 50 .377 .556 30.4 10.0 9.8 2.2
7 Chuck Noble 29 5 124 20 45 5 7 8 21 18 45 .444 .714 24.8 9.0 1.6 4.2
8 Shellie McMillon 24 4 67 13 27 13 18 9 7 16 39 .481 .722 16.8 9.8 2.3 1.8
9 Jackie Moreland 22 3 45 14 31 4 5 18 3 10 32 .452 .800 15.0 10.7 6.0 1.0
10 Willie Jones 24 3 40 12 29 6 7 7 6 6 30 .414 .857 13.3 10.0 2.3 2.0

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 29 5 186 15.1 .549 .486 16.4 0.5 0.0 0.6
2 Bob Ferry 23 5 167 20.9 .528 .405 9.0 0.5 0.1 0.6
3 George Lee 24 5 135 17.0 .476 .414 15.0 0.2 0.0 0.3
4 Shellie McMillon 24 4 67 15.0 .558 .481 14.6 0.2 0.0 0.3
5 Chuck Noble 29 5 124 10.1 .468 .444 22.7 0.1 0.0 0.2
6 Jackie Moreland 22 3 45 19.0 .482 .452 11.2 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Willie Jones 24 3 40 18.7 .468 .414 24.7 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Bailey Howell 24 5 154 12.2 .417 .351 18.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
9 Walter Dukes 30 5 152 9.5 .410 .377 9.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Don Ohl 24 5 130 8.5 .365 .321 15.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.2