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1967-68 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 40-42, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Donnie Butcher (40-42)

Executive: Edwin Coil

PTS/G: 118.6 (4th of 12) Opp PTS/G: 120.6 (10th of 12)

SRS: -1.70 (9th of 12) Pace: 122.0 (4th of 12)

Off Rtg: 96.7 (6th of 12) Def Rtg: 98.4 (9th of 12) Net Rtg: -1.6 (9th of 12)

Expected W-L: 36-46 (9th of 12)

Arena: Cobo Arena

NBA 1968 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dave DeBusschere	27	6		43.8	7.5	17.7	.425				7.5	17.7	.425	.425	4.3	7.5	.578			16.2	2.2				3.8	19.3
2	Dave Bing	24	6		42.3	11.3	27.7	.410				11.3	27.7	.410	.410	5.5	7.5	.733			4.0	4.8				3.5	28.2
3	Eddie Miles	27	6		32.8	6.5	15.8	.411				6.5	15.8	.411	.411	1.5	2.0	.750			3.7	2.5				2.7	14.5
4	Joe Strawder	27	6		29.5	2.3	7.0	.333				2.3	7.0	.333	.333	2.3	3.7	.636			10.8	1.5				4.5	7.0
5	Terry Dischinger	27	6		25.7	3.5	9.3	.375				3.5	9.3	.375	.375	2.3	3.2	.737			4.8	1.5				3.2	9.3
6	Happy Hairston	25	6		24.8	4.8	11.8	.408				4.8	11.8	.408	.408	2.0	3.3	.600			6.2	1.2				3.7	11.7
7	Jimmy Walker	23	6		20.2	5.2	11.2	.463				5.2	11.2	.463	.463	2.3	2.8	.824			1.5	1.5				2.8	12.7
8	Jim Fox	24	6		15.0	1.0	3.2	.316				1.0	3.2	.316	.316	2.5	3.2	.789			6.2	0.5				1.8	4.5
9	Len Chappell	27	5		4.2	0.4	1.4	.286				0.4	1.4	.286	.286	0.6	1.2	.500			2.4	0.0				0.6	1.4
10	Paul Long	23	1		4.0	3.0	3.0	1.000				3.0	3.0	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0				0.0	1.0				1.0	6.0
11	George Patterson	28	1		4.0	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0				1.0	1.0				0.0	0.0
12	Sonny Dove	22	2		3.0	1.0	2.0	.500				1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0				1.0	0.0				0.0	2.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dave Bing	24	79		3209	835	1893	.441				835	1893	.441	.441	472	668	.707			373	509				254	2142
2	Dave DeBusschere	27	80		3125	573	1295	.442				573	1295	.442	.442	289	435	.664			1081	181				304	1435
3	Eddie Miles	27	76		2303	561	1180	.475				561	1180	.475	.475	282	369	.764			264	215				200	1404
4	Joe Strawder	27	73		2029	206	456	.452				206	456	.452	.452	139	215	.647			685	85				312	551
5	Terry Dischinger	27	78		1936	394	797	.494				394	797	.494	.494	237	311	.762			483	114				247	1025
6	John Tresvant	28	55		1671	275	597	.461				275	597	.461	.461	183	278	.658			540	114				239	733
7	Jimmy Walker	23	81		1585	289	733	.394				289	733	.394	.394	134	175	.766			135	226				204	712
8	Len Chappell	27	57		999	220	428	.514				220	428	.514	.514	130	184	.707			346	48				113	570
9	Happy Hairston	25	26		892	164	357	.459				164	357	.459	.459	162	226	.717			262	37				72	490
10	Tom Van Arsdale	24	50		832	114	307	.371				114	307	.371	.371	101	136	.743			132	79				119	329
11	George Patterson	28	59		559	44	133	.331				44	133	.331	.331	32	38	.842			159	51				85	120
12	Jim Fox	24	24		380	34	82	.415				34	82	.415	.415	30	52	.577			135	17				51	98
13	Sonny Dove	22	28		162	22	75	.293				22	75	.293	.293	12	26	.462			52	11				27	56
14	Paul Long	23	16		93	23	51	.451				23	51	.451	.451	11	15	.733			15	12				13	57
15	George Carter	24	1		5	1	2	.500				1	2	.500	.500	1	1	1.000			0	1				0	3
			82		19780	3755	8386	.448				3755	8386	.448	.448	2215	3129	.708			5452	1700				2240	9725

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dave DeBusschere	27	6		263	45	106	.425				45	106	.425	.425	26	45	.578			97	13				23	116
2	Dave Bing	24	6		254	68	166	.410				68	166	.410	.410	33	45	.733			24	29				21	169
3	Eddie Miles	27	6		197	39	95	.411				39	95	.411	.411	9	12	.750			22	15				16	87
4	Joe Strawder	27	6		177	14	42	.333				14	42	.333	.333	14	22	.636			65	9				27	42
5	Terry Dischinger	27	6		154	21	56	.375				21	56	.375	.375	14	19	.737			29	9				19	56
6	Happy Hairston	25	6		149	29	71	.408				29	71	.408	.408	12	20	.600			37	7				22	70
7	Jimmy Walker	23	6		121	31	67	.463				31	67	.463	.463	14	17	.824			9	9				17	76
8	Jim Fox	24	6		90	6	19	.316				6	19	.316	.316	15	19	.789			37	3				11	27
9	Len Chappell	27	5		21	2	7	.286				2	7	.286	.286	3	6	.500			12	0				3	7
10	Sonny Dove	22	2		6	2	4	.500				2	4	.500	.500	0	0				2	0				0	4
11	Paul Long	23	1		4	3	3	1.000				3	3	1.000	1.000	0	0				0	1				1	6
12	George Patterson	28	1		4	0	0					0	0			0	0				1	1				0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dave Bing	24	79	3209	18.5	.490		.353				23.0						3.8	2.5	6.2	.093
2	Dave DeBusschere	27	80	3125	15.0	.483		.336				7.6						1.8	2.9	4.7	.072
3	Eddie Miles	27	76	2303	16.6	.523		.313				13.2						4.5	1.4	5.9	.123
4	Joe Strawder	27	73	2029	10.1	.500		.471				4.9						1.2	1.7	3.0	.070
5	Terry Dischinger	27	78	1936	16.2	.549		.390				7.9						4.4	1.5	5.8	.144
6	John Tresvant	28	55	1671	14.4	.510		.466				8.7						1.9	1.5	3.4	.098
7	Jimmy Walker	23	81	1585	10.9	.440		.239				18.6						-0.7	1.1	0.4	.012
8	Len Chappell	27	57	999	19.0	.560		.430				6.6						2.7	0.9	3.5	.170
9	Happy Hairston	25	26	892	17.3	.537		.633				5.4						1.8	0.7	2.5	.137
10	Tom Van Arsdale	24	50	832	9.9	.448		.443				11.7						-0.2	0.6	0.4	.024
11	George Patterson	28	59	559	7.9	.401		.286				10.5						-0.4	0.5	0.1	.007
12	Jim Fox	24	24	380	9.9	.467		.634				5.2						0.1	0.3	0.4	.050
13	Sonny Dove	22	28	162	6.4	.324		.347				8.3						-0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.136
14	Paul Long	23	16	93	16.6	.495		.294				18.4						0.1	0.1	0.2	.095
15	George Carter	24	1	5	21.3	.615		.500				26.7						0.0	0.0	0.0	.230

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dave DeBusschere	27	6	263	15.7	.461		.425				6.8						0.0	0.5	0.5	.098
2	Dave Bing	24	6	254	17.0	.455		.271				18.0						0.0	0.4	0.4	.066
3	Eddie Miles	27	6	197	11.1	.434		.126				10.8						-0.1	0.2	0.1	.030
4	Joe Strawder	27	6	177	9.5	.406		.524				6.2						-0.1	0.3	0.2	.055
5	Terry Dischinger	27	6	154	9.9	.435		.339				7.6						-0.1	0.2	0.1	.044
6	Happy Hairston	25	6	149	12.3	.439		.282				6.6						-0.1	0.2	0.1	.046
7	Jimmy Walker	23	6	121	16.2	.510		.254				11.5						0.2	0.1	0.4	.141
8	Jim Fox	24	6	90	13.2	.493		1.000				4.0						0.1	0.2	0.2	.125
9	Len Chappell	27	5	21	11.7	.363		.857				0.0						-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.006
10	Sonny Dove	22	2	6	21.4	.500		.000				0.0						0.0	0.0	0.0	.143
11	Paul Long	23	1	4	60.6	1.000		.000				100.0						0.1	0.0	0.1	1.177
12	George Patterson	28	1	4	11.6							27.7						0.0	0.0	0.0	.147

Players on League Leaderboards

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.

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