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1967-68 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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40-42, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Donnie Butcher (40-42)

Points Per Game: 118.6 (4th of 12) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 120.6 (10th of 12)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-46 (9th of 12)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 224,164 (5th of 12)

SRS: -1.70 (9th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics

1967-68 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Dave Bing G 6-3 180 November 24, 1943 1 Syracuse University
12 George Carter F-G 6-4 210 January 10, 1944 R St. Bonaventure University
17-19 Len Chappell F-C 6-8 240 January 31, 1941 5 Wake Forest University
22 Dave DeBusschere F-G 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 5 University of Detroit Mercy
43 Terry Dischinger F-G 6-7 189 November 21, 1940 3 Purdue University
44 Sonny Dove F 6-7 198 August 16, 1945 R St. John's University
23 Jim Fox C-F 6-10 230 April 7, 1943 R University of South Carolina
5 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 3 New York University
10 Paul Long G 6-2 180 February 8, 1944 R Wake Forest University
14 Eddie Miles G-F 6-4 195 July 5, 1940 4 Seattle University
20 George Patterson C-F 6-8 230 November 26, 1939 R University of Toledo
16 Joe Strawder C 6-10 235 September 21, 1940 2 Bradley University
23 John Tresvant F-C 6-7 215 November 6, 1939 3 Seattle University
5 Tom Van Arsdale F-G 6-5 202 February 22, 1943 2 Indiana University
24 Jimmy Walker G 6-3 195 April 8, 1944 R Providence College

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 82 19780 3755 8386 .448 2215 3129 .708 5452 1700 2240 9725 118.6
Opponent 82 19780 9889 120.6

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 Dave Bing 24 79 3209 835 1893 .441 472 668 .707 373 509 254 2142
2 Dave DeBusschere 27 80 3125 573 1295 .442 289 435 .664 1081 181 304 1435
3 Eddie Miles 27 76 2303 561 1180 .475 282 369 .764 264 215 200 1404
4 Terry Dischinger 27 78 1936 394 797 .494 237 311 .762 483 114 247 1025
5 John Tresvant 28 55 1671 275 597 .461 183 278 .658 540 114 239 733
6 Jimmy Walker 23 81 1585 289 733 .394 134 175 .766 135 226 204 712
7 Len Chappell 27 57 999 220 428 .514 130 184 .707 346 48 113 570
8 Joe Strawder 27 73 2029 206 456 .452 139 215 .647 685 85 312 551
9 Happy Hairston 25 26 892 164 357 .459 162 226 .717 262 37 72 490
10 Tom Van Arsdale 24 50 832 114 307 .371 101 136 .743 132 79 119 329
11 George Patterson 28 59 559 44 133 .331 32 38 .842 159 51 85 120
12 Jim Fox 24 24 380 34 82 .415 30 52 .577 135 17 51 98
13 Paul Long 23 16 93 23 51 .451 11 15 .733 15 12 13 57
14 Sonny Dove 22 28 162 22 75 .293 12 26 .462 52 11 27 56
15 George Carter 24 1 5 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 0 3

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 Dave Bing 24 79 40.6 10.6 24.0 .441 6.0 8.5 .707 4.7 6.4 3.2 27.1
2 Happy Hairston 25 26 34.3 6.3 13.7 .459 6.2 8.7 .717 10.1 1.4 2.8 18.8
3 Eddie Miles 27 76 30.3 7.4 15.5 .475 3.7 4.9 .764 3.5 2.8 2.6 18.5
4 Dave DeBusschere 27 80 39.1 7.2 16.2 .442 3.6 5.4 .664 13.5 2.3 3.8 17.9
5 John Tresvant 28 55 30.4 5.0 10.9 .461 3.3 5.1 .658 9.8 2.1 4.3 13.3
6 Terry Dischinger 27 78 24.8 5.1 10.2 .494 3.0 4.0 .762 6.2 1.5 3.2 13.1
7 Len Chappell 27 57 17.5 3.9 7.5 .514 2.3 3.2 .707 6.1 0.8 2.0 10.0
8 Jimmy Walker 23 81 19.6 3.6 9.0 .394 1.7 2.2 .766 1.7 2.8 2.5 8.8
9 Joe Strawder 27 73 27.8 2.8 6.2 .452 1.9 2.9 .647 9.4 1.2 4.3 7.5
10 Tom Van Arsdale 24 50 16.6 2.3 6.1 .371 2.0 2.7 .743 2.6 1.6 2.4 6.6
11 Jim Fox 24 24 15.8 1.4 3.4 .415 1.3 2.2 .577 5.6 0.7 2.1 4.1
12 Paul Long 23 16 5.8 1.4 3.2 .451 0.7 0.9 .733 0.9 0.8 0.8 3.6
13 George Carter 24 1 5.0 1.0 2.0 .500 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.0
14 Sonny Dove 22 28 5.8 0.8 2.7 .293 0.4 0.9 .462 1.9 0.4 1.0 2.0
15 George Patterson 28 59 9.5 0.7 2.3 .331 0.5 0.6 .842 2.7 0.9 1.4 2.0

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 Dave Bing 24 79 3209 9.4 21.2 .441 5.3 7.5 .707 4.2 5.7 2.8 24.0
2 Paul Long 23 16 93 8.9 19.7 .451 4.3 5.8 .733 5.8 4.6 5.0 22.1
3 Eddie Miles 27 76 2303 8.8 18.4 .475 4.4 5.8 .764 4.1 3.4 3.1 21.9
4 George Carter 24 1 5 7.2 14.4 .500 7.2 7.2 1.000 0.0 7.2 0.0 21.6
5 Len Chappell 27 57 999 7.9 15.4 .514 4.7 6.6 .707 12.5 1.7 4.1 20.5
6 Happy Hairston 25 26 892 6.6 14.4 .459 6.5 9.1 .717 10.6 1.5 2.9 19.8
7 Terry Dischinger 27 78 1936 7.3 14.8 .494 4.4 5.8 .762 9.0 2.1 4.6 19.1
8 Dave DeBusschere 27 80 3125 6.6 14.9 .442 3.3 5.0 .664 12.5 2.1 3.5 16.5
9 Jimmy Walker 23 81 1585 6.6 16.6 .394 3.0 4.0 .766 3.1 5.1 4.6 16.2
10 John Tresvant 28 55 1671 5.9 12.9 .461 3.9 6.0 .658 11.6 2.5 5.1 15.8
11 Tom Van Arsdale 24 50 832 4.9 13.3 .371 4.4 5.9 .743 5.7 3.4 5.1 14.2
12 Sonny Dove 22 28 162 4.9 16.7 .293 2.7 5.8 .462 11.6 2.4 6.0 12.4
13 Joe Strawder 27 73 2029 3.7 8.1 .452 2.5 3.8 .647 12.2 1.5 5.5 9.8
14 Jim Fox 24 24 380 3.2 7.8 .415 2.8 4.9 .577 12.8 1.6 4.8 9.3
15 George Patterson 28 59 559 2.8 8.6 .331 2.1 2.4 .842 10.2 3.3 5.5 7.7

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 Dave Bing 24 79 3209 18.5 .490 .441 23.0 3.8 2.5 6.2
2 Eddie Miles 27 76 2303 16.6 .523 .475 13.2 4.5 1.4 5.9
3 Terry Dischinger 27 78 1936 16.2 .549 .494 7.9 4.4 1.5 5.8
4 Dave DeBusschere 27 80 3125 15.0 .483 .442 7.6 1.8 2.9 4.7
5 Len Chappell 27 57 999 19.0 .560 .514 6.6 2.7 0.9 3.5
6 John Tresvant 28 55 1671 14.4 .510 .461 8.7 1.9 1.5 3.4
7 Joe Strawder 27 73 2029 10.1 .500 .452 4.9 1.2 1.7 3.0
8 Happy Hairston 25 26 892 17.3 .537 .459 5.4 1.8 0.7 2.5
9 Jim Fox 24 24 380 9.9 .467 .415 5.2 0.1 0.3 0.4
10 Tom Van Arsdale 24 50 832 9.9 .448 .371 11.7 -0.2 0.6 0.4
11 Jimmy Walker 23 81 1585 10.9 .440 .394 18.6 -0.7 1.1 0.4
12 Paul Long 23 16 93 16.6 .495 .451 18.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
13 George Patterson 28 59 559 7.9 .401 .331 10.5 -0.4 0.5 0.1
14 George Carter 24 1 5 21.3 .615 .500 26.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Sonny Dove 22 28 162 6.4 .324 .293 8.3 -0.6 0.1 -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 Dave Bing 24 6 254 68 166 33 45 24 29 21 169 .410 .733 42.3 28.2 4.0 4.8
2 Dave DeBusschere 27 6 263 45 106 26 45 97 13 23 116 .425 .578 43.8 19.3 16.2 2.2
3 Eddie Miles 27 6 197 39 95 9 12 22 15 16 87 .411 .750 32.8 14.5 3.7 2.5
4 Jimmy Walker 23 6 121 31 67 14 17 9 9 17 76 .463 .824 20.2 12.7 1.5 1.5
5 Happy Hairston 25 6 149 29 71 12 20 37 7 22 70 .408 .600 24.8 11.7 6.2 1.2
6 Terry Dischinger 27 6 154 21 56 14 19 29 9 19 56 .375 .737 25.7 9.3 4.8 1.5
7 Joe Strawder 27 6 177 14 42 14 22 65 9 27 42 .333 .636 29.5 7.0 10.8 1.5
8 Jim Fox 24 6 90 6 19 15 19 37 3 11 27 .316 .789 15.0 4.5 6.2 0.5
9 Len Chappell 27 5 21 2 7 3 6 12 0 3 7 .286 .500 4.2 1.4 2.4 0.0
10 Paul Long 23 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 1.000 4.0 6.0 0.0 1.0
11 Sonny Dove 22 2 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 .500 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
12 George Patterson 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4.0 0.0 1.0 1.0

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 Dave DeBusschere 27 6 263 15.7 .461 .425 6.8 0.0 0.5 0.5
2 Jimmy Walker 23 6 121 16.2 .510 .463 11.5 0.2 0.1 0.4
3 Dave Bing 24 6 254 17.0 .455 .410 18.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
4 Joe Strawder 27 6 177 9.5 .406 .333 6.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2
5 Jim Fox 24 6 90 13.2 .493 .316 4.0 0.1 0.2 0.2
6 Eddie Miles 27 6 197 11.1 .434 .411 10.8 -0.1 0.2 0.1
7 Paul Long 23 1 4 60.6 1.000 1.000 100.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Happy Hairston 25 6 149 12.3 .439 .408 6.6 -0.1 0.2 0.1
9 Terry Dischinger 27 6 154 9.9 .435 .375 7.6 -0.1 0.2 0.1
10 George Patterson 28 1 4 11.6 27.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Sonny Dove 22 2 6 21.4 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Len Chappell 27 5 21 11.7 .363 .286 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Sonny Dove $65,000
2 Dave DeBusschere $53,000
3 Dave Bing $49,000
4 Eddie Miles $40,000
5 Terry Dischinger $30,000
6 Happy Hairston $28,500
7 Tom Van Arsdale $25,000
8 Len Chappell $19,000
9 Jim Fox $17,500
10 George Patterson $12,500
11 Paul Long $12,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)