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1961-62 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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37-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dick McGuire (37-43)

Points Per Game: 115.4 (7th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 117.1 (3rd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-44 (6th of 9)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 143,081 (7th of 9)

SRS: -1.72 (6th of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-1) versus Cincinnati Royals

1961-62 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
23 Walter Dukes C 7-0 220 June 23, 1930 6 Seton Hall University
25 Johnny Egan G 5-11 180 January 31, 1939 R Providence College
16 Bob Ferry C-F 6-8 230 May 31, 1937 2 Saint Louis University
18 Bailey Howell F 6-7 210 January 20, 1937 2 Mississippi State University
5 Willie Jones G 6-3 185 June 29, 1936 1 Northwestern University
12 George Lee F-G 6-4 200 November 23, 1936 1 University of Michigan
6 Shellie McMillon F 6-5 205 March 11, 1936 3 Bradley University
15 Jackie Moreland F-G 6-7 215 March 11, 1938 1 Louisiana Tech University
14 Chuck Noble G 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 6 University of Louisville
10 Don Ohl G 6-3 190 April 18, 1936 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
22 Ray Scott F-C 6-9 215 July 12, 1938 R University of Portland
21 Gene Shue G 6-2 170 December 18, 1931 7 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 80 3472 8366 .415 2290 3142 .729 5823 1723 2040 9234 115.4
Opponent 80 9369 117.1

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 25 79 2857 553 1193 .464 470 612 .768 996 186 317 1576
2 Gene Shue 30 80 3143 580 1422 .408 362 447 .810 372 465 192 1522
3 Don Ohl 25 77 2526 555 1250 .444 201 280 .718 267 244 173 1311
4 Bob Ferry 24 80 1918 411 939 .438 286 422 .678 503 145 199 1108
5 Ray Scott 23 75 2087 370 956 .387 255 388 .657 865 132 232 995
6 Walter Dukes 31 77 1896 256 647 .396 208 291 .715 803 125 327 720
7 George Lee 25 75 1351 179 500 .358 213 280 .761 349 64 128 571
8 Jackie Moreland 23 74 1219 205 487 .421 139 186 .747 427 76 179 549
9 Willie Jones 25 69 1006 177 475 .373 64 101 .634 177 115 137 418
10 Johnny Egan 23 58 696 128 301 .425 64 84 .762 86 102 64 320
11 Shellie McMillon 25 14 190 26 83 .313 20 36 .556 64 6 37 72
12 Chuck Noble 30 26 361 32 113 .283 8 15 .533 43 63 55 72

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 25 79 36.2 7.0 15.1 .464 5.9 7.7 .768 12.6 2.4 4.0 19.9
2 Gene Shue 30 80 39.3 7.3 17.8 .408 4.5 5.6 .810 4.7 5.8 2.4 19.0
3 Don Ohl 25 77 32.8 7.2 16.2 .444 2.6 3.6 .718 3.5 3.2 2.2 17.0
4 Bob Ferry 24 80 24.0 5.1 11.7 .438 3.6 5.3 .678 6.3 1.8 2.5 13.9
5 Ray Scott 23 75 27.8 4.9 12.7 .387 3.4 5.2 .657 11.5 1.8 3.1 13.3
6 Walter Dukes 31 77 24.6 3.3 8.4 .396 2.7 3.8 .715 10.4 1.6 4.2 9.4
7 George Lee 25 75 18.0 2.4 6.7 .358 2.8 3.7 .761 4.7 0.9 1.7 7.6
8 Jackie Moreland 23 74 16.5 2.8 6.6 .421 1.9 2.5 .747 5.8 1.0 2.4 7.4
9 Willie Jones 25 69 14.6 2.6 6.9 .373 0.9 1.5 .634 2.6 1.7 2.0 6.1
10 Johnny Egan 23 58 12.0 2.2 5.2 .425 1.1 1.4 .762 1.5 1.8 1.1 5.5
11 Shellie McMillon 25 14 13.6 1.9 5.9 .313 1.4 2.6 .556 4.6 0.4 2.6 5.1
12 Chuck Noble 30 26 13.9 1.2 4.3 .283 0.3 0.6 .533 1.7 2.4 2.1 2.8

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 Bob Ferry 24 80 1918 7.7 17.6 .438 5.4 7.9 .678 9.4 2.7 3.7 20.8
2 Bailey Howell 25 79 2857 7.0 15.0 .464 5.9 7.7 .768 12.6 2.3 4.0 19.9
3 Don Ohl 25 77 2526 7.9 17.8 .444 2.9 4.0 .718 3.8 3.5 2.5 18.7
4 Gene Shue 30 80 3143 6.6 16.3 .408 4.1 5.1 .810 4.3 5.3 2.2 17.4
5 Ray Scott 23 75 2087 6.4 16.5 .387 4.4 6.7 .657 14.9 2.3 4.0 17.2
6 Johnny Egan 23 58 696 6.6 15.6 .425 3.3 4.3 .762 4.4 5.3 3.3 16.6
7 Jackie Moreland 23 74 1219 6.1 14.4 .421 4.1 5.5 .747 12.6 2.2 5.3 16.2
8 George Lee 25 75 1351 4.8 13.3 .358 5.7 7.5 .761 9.3 1.7 3.4 15.2
9 Willie Jones 25 69 1006 6.3 17.0 .373 2.3 3.6 .634 6.3 4.1 4.9 15.0
10 Walter Dukes 31 77 1896 4.9 12.3 .396 3.9 5.5 .715 15.2 2.4 6.2 13.7
11 Shellie McMillon 25 14 190 4.9 15.7 .313 3.8 6.8 .556 12.1 1.1 7.0 13.6
12 Chuck Noble 30 26 361 3.2 11.3 .283 0.8 1.5 .533 4.3 6.3 5.5 7.2

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 25 79 2857 19.1 .539 .464 7.6 3.1 10.7
2 Gene Shue 30 80 3143 14.7 .470 .408 2.9 2.8 5.6
3 Bob Ferry 24 80 1918 17.0 .493 .438 3.1 1.8 4.9
4 Don Ohl 25 77 2526 13.7 .477 .444 2.7 1.8 4.5
5 Walter Dukes 31 77 1896 13.6 .464 .396 1.0 2.3 3.3
6 Jackie Moreland 23 74 1219 14.5 .483 .421 1.2 1.3 2.6
7 Ray Scott 23 75 2087 15.5 .442 .387 0.0 2.5 2.5
8 George Lee 25 75 1351 12.2 .458 .358 0.6 1.2 1.7
9 Johnny Egan 23 58 696 13.8 .473 .425 0.7 0.6 1.3
10 Willie Jones 25 69 1006 9.8 .402 .373 -1.0 0.9 -0.1
11 Shellie McMillon 25 14 190 7.3 .364 .313 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
12 Chuck Noble 30 26 361 4.7 .301 .283 -0.8 0.3 -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 Bailey Howell 25 10 378 69 163 62 75 96 23 48 200 .423 .827 37.8 20.0 9.6 2.3
2 Ray Scott 23 10 400 69 170 35 67 145 43 39 173 .406 .522 40.0 17.3 14.5 4.3
3 Don Ohl 25 8 317 71 171 22 27 27 25 22 164 .415 .815 39.6 20.5 3.4 3.1
4 Gene Shue 30 10 363 62 151 37 48 30 49 29 161 .411 .771 36.3 16.1 3.0 4.9
5 Walter Dukes 31 10 342 39 91 46 61 138 24 52 124 .429 .754 34.2 12.4 13.8 2.4
6 Bob Ferry 24 9 156 37 81 26 43 41 13 20 100 .457 .605 17.3 11.1 4.6 1.4
7 Willie Jones 25 9 180 43 101 13 14 23 31 27 99 .426 .929 20.0 11.0 2.6 3.4
8 Johnny Egan 23 5 106 29 62 10 10 9 16 8 68 .468 1.000 21.2 13.6 1.8 3.2
9 Jackie Moreland 23 7 96 17 33 4 7 24 7 22 38 .515 .571 13.7 5.4 3.4 1.0
10 George Lee 25 6 50 10 20 6 7 8 1 6 26 .500 .857 8.3 4.3 1.3 0.2

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 Bailey Howell 25 10 378 15.7 .510 .423 8.1 0.8 0.1 0.8
2 Walter Dukes 31 10 342 14.8 .526 .429 8.6 0.6 0.1 0.7
3 Gene Shue 30 10 363 12.5 .468 .411 17.8 0.3 0.1 0.4
4 Bob Ferry 24 9 156 18.4 .500 .457 12.0 0.3 0.0 0.4
5 Johnny Egan 23 5 106 18.7 .512 .468 23.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
6 Jackie Moreland 23 7 96 11.4 .527 .515 9.7 0.2 0.0 0.2
7 Don Ohl 25 8 317 11.8 .448 .415 11.2 0.1 0.0 0.2
8 Willie Jones 25 9 180 14.9 .462 .426 24.9 0.2 0.0 0.2
9 George Lee 25 6 50 14.2 .563 .500 2.7 0.2 0.0 0.2
10 Ray Scott 23 10 400 14.9 .434 .406 14.2 0.0 0.1 0.1