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1972-73 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Earl Lloyd (2-5), Ray Scott (38-37)

PTS/G: 110.3 (6th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 110.0 (10th of 17)
SRS: 0.53 (8th of 17)
Expected W-L: 42-40 (8th of 17)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 212,094 (14th of 17)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Adams F 6-6 210 November 27, 1947 2 Northwestern University
21 Dave Bing G 6-3 180 November 24, 1943 6 Syracuse University
20 Jim Davis C-F 6-9 225 December 18, 1941 5 University of Colorado
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 R Villanova University
25 Fred Foster F 6-5 210 March 18, 1946 4 Miami University
16 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 September 10, 1948 2 St. Bonaventure University
22 Stu Lantz G 6-3 175 July 13, 1946 4 University of Nebraska
26 Harvey Marlatt G 6-3 185 August 26, 1948 2 Eastern Michigan University
15 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 October 16, 1949 1 Auburn University
51 Erwin Mueller C-F 6-8 230 March 12, 1944 6 University of San Francisco
33 Bob Nash F 6-8 195 August 24, 1950 R University of Hawaii
8 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 August 8, 1947 1 Alcorn State University
18 Curtis Rowe F 6-7 225 July 2, 1949 1 University of California, Los Angeles
31 Justus Thigpen G 6-1 160 August 13, 1947 1 Weber State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 3666 7916 .463 1710 2294 .745 4105 1882 1812 9042 110.3
Lg Rank 4 7 7 6 3 3 12 10 16 11 6 6
Opponent 82 19780 3803 8064 .472 1418 1862 .762 4019 2263 1891 9024 110.0
Lg Rank 4 15 10 14 4 4 11 5 14 11 10 10

Totals

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 Lanier 24 81 3150 810 1654 .490 307 397 .773 1205 260 278 1927
2 Dave Bing 29 82 3361 692 1545 .448 456 560 .814 298 637 229 1840
3 Curtis Rowe 23 81 3009 547 1053 .519 210 327 .642 760 172 191 1304
4 John Mengelt 23 67 1435 294 583 .504 116 141 .823 159 128 124 704
5 Don Adams 25 70 1798 257 640 .402 138 176 .784 419 112 220 652
6 Willie Norwood 25 79 1282 249 504 .494 154 225 .684 324 56 182 652
7 Fred Foster 26 63 1460 243 627 .388 61 87 .701 183 94 150 547
8 Stu Lantz 26 51 1603 185 455 .407 120 150 .800 172 138 117 490
9 Chris Ford 24 74 1537 208 434 .479 60 93 .645 266 194 133 476
10 Jim Davis 31 73 771 131 257 .510 72 114 .632 261 56 126 334
11 Justus Thigpen 25 18 99 23 57 .404 0 0 9 8 18 46
12 Bob Nash 22 36 169 16 72 .222 11 17 .647 34 16 30 43
13 Erwin Mueller 28 21 80 9 31 .290 5 7 .714 14 7 13 23
14 Harvey Marlatt 24 7 26 2 4 .500 0 0 1 4 1 4

Per Game

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 Lanier 24 81 38.9 10.0 20.4 .490 3.8 4.9 .773 14.9 3.2 3.4 23.8
2 Dave Bing 29 82 41.0 8.4 18.8 .448 5.6 6.8 .814 3.6 7.8 2.8 22.4
3 Curtis Rowe 23 81 37.1 6.8 13.0 .519 2.6 4.0 .642 9.4 2.1 2.4 16.1
4 John Mengelt 23 67 21.4 4.4 8.7 .504 1.7 2.1 .823 2.4 1.9 1.9 10.5
5 Stu Lantz 26 51 31.4 3.6 8.9 .407 2.4 2.9 .800 3.4 2.7 2.3 9.6
6 Don Adams 25 70 25.7 3.7 9.1 .402 2.0 2.5 .784 6.0 1.6 3.1 9.3
7 Fred Foster 26 63 23.2 3.9 10.0 .388 1.0 1.4 .701 2.9 1.5 2.4 8.7
8 Willie Norwood 25 79 16.2 3.2 6.4 .494 1.9 2.8 .684 4.1 0.7 2.3 8.3
9 Chris Ford 24 74 20.8 2.8 5.9 .479 0.8 1.3 .645 3.6 2.6 1.8 6.4
10 Jim Davis 31 73 10.6 1.8 3.5 .510 1.0 1.6 .632 3.6 0.8 1.7 4.6
11 Justus Thigpen 25 18 5.5 1.3 3.2 .404 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 1.0 2.6
12 Bob Nash 22 36 4.7 0.4 2.0 .222 0.3 0.5 .647 0.9 0.4 0.8 1.2
13 Erwin Mueller 28 21 3.8 0.4 1.5 .290 0.2 0.3 .714 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.1
14 Harvey Marlatt 24 7 3.7 0.3 0.6 .500 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.6

Per 36 Minutes

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 Lanier 24 81 3150 9.3 18.9 .490 3.5 4.5 .773 13.8 3.0 3.2 22.0
2 Dave Bing 29 82 3361 7.4 16.5 .448 4.9 6.0 .814 3.2 6.8 2.5 19.7
3 Willie Norwood 25 79 1282 7.0 14.2 .494 4.3 6.3 .684 9.1 1.6 5.1 18.3
4 John Mengelt 23 67 1435 7.4 14.6 .504 2.9 3.5 .823 4.0 3.2 3.1 17.7
5 Justus Thigpen 25 18 99 8.4 20.7 .404 0.0 0.0 3.3 2.9 6.5 16.7
6 Curtis Rowe 23 81 3009 6.5 12.6 .519 2.5 3.9 .642 9.1 2.1 2.3 15.6
7 Jim Davis 31 73 771 6.1 12.0 .510 3.4 5.3 .632 12.2 2.6 5.9 15.6
8 Fred Foster 26 63 1460 6.0 15.5 .388 1.5 2.1 .701 4.5 2.3 3.7 13.5
9 Don Adams 25 70 1798 5.1 12.8 .402 2.8 3.5 .784 8.4 2.2 4.4 13.1
10 Chris Ford 24 74 1537 4.9 10.2 .479 1.4 2.2 .645 6.2 4.5 3.1 11.1
11 Stu Lantz 26 51 1603 4.2 10.2 .407 2.7 3.4 .800 3.9 3.1 2.6 11.0
12 Erwin Mueller 28 21 80 4.1 14.0 .290 2.3 3.2 .714 6.3 3.2 5.9 10.4
13 Bob Nash 22 36 169 3.4 15.3 .222 2.3 3.6 .647 7.2 3.4 6.4 9.2
14 Harvey Marlatt 24 7 26 2.8 5.5 .500 0.0 0.0 1.4 5.5 1.4 5.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bob Lanier 24 81 3150 22.1 .527 .490 18.6 12.3 6.9 3.6 10.6 .161
2 Dave Bing 29 82 3361 18.3 .514 .448 4.3 26.3 6.0 2.7 8.6 .123
3 Curtis Rowe 23 81 3009 15.6 .545 .519 12.3 7.7 5.7 2.5 8.3 .132
4 John Mengelt 23 67 1435 15.1 .546 .504 5.4 12.4 3.2 0.9 4.1 .136
5 Willie Norwood 25 79 1282 15.8 .541 .494 12.3 6.0 2.7 1.0 3.8 .141
6 Chris Ford 24 74 1537 12.1 .501 .479 8.4 15.9 1.3 1.3 2.5 .079
7 Jim Davis 31 73 771 16.1 .544 .510 16.5 9.6 1.5 0.8 2.3 .142
8 Stu Lantz 26 51 1603 9.3 .470 .407 5.2 10.6 0.4 1.0 1.4 .041
9 Don Adams 25 70 1798 10.9 .454 .402 11.3 7.9 -0.2 1.5 1.3 .034
10 Harvey Marlatt 24 7 26 7.9 .500 .500 1.9 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .054
11 Justus Thigpen 25 18 99 7.8 .404 .404 4.4 11.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.061
12 Erwin Mueller 28 21 80 5.2 .337 .290 8.5 10.7 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.103
13 Bob Nash 22 36 169 2.6 .271 .222 9.8 11.4 -0.8 0.1 -0.7 -0.199
14 Fred Foster 26 63 1460 8.1 .411 .388 6.1 8.5 -1.8 0.9 -0.9 -0.031