1973-74 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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52-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ray Scott (52-30)

PTS/G: 104.4 (11th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 100.3 (4th of 17)
SRS: 4.02 (2nd of 17) ▪ Pace: 106.5 (10th of 17)
Off Rtg: 97.6 (9th of 17) ▪ Def Rtg: 93.8 (3rd of 17)
Expected W-L: 52-30 (2nd of 17)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 300,565 (11th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
10	Don Adams	F	6-6	210	November 27, 1947	3	Northwestern University
21	Dave Bing	G	6-3	180	November 24, 1943	7	Syracuse University
20	Jim Davis	C-F	6-9	225	December 18, 1941	6	University of Colorado
42	Chris Ford	G-F	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	1	Villanova University
30-5	Ben Kelso	G	6-3	195	April 11, 1949	R	Central Michigan University
16	Bob Lanier	C	6-11	250	September 10, 1948	3	St. Bonaventure University
22	Stu Lantz	G	6-3	175	July 13, 1946	5	University of Nebraska
15	John Mengelt	G	6-2	195	October 16, 1949	2	Auburn University
33	Bob Nash	F	6-8	195	August 24, 1950	1	University of Hawaii
8	Willie Norwood	F	6-7	220	August 8, 1947	2	Alcorn State University
18	Curtis Rowe	F	6-7	225	July 2, 1949	2	University of California, Los Angeles
31	George Trapp	F-C	6-8	205	July 11, 1948	2	California State University, Long Beach

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19755	3453	7515	.459	1654	2164	.764	1200	2681	3881	1956	793	419	1763	1930	8560	104.4
Lg Rank		6	13	13	9	8	6	13	9	11	9	12	4	6	11	8	11	11
Opponent	82	19755	3376	7499	.450	1475	1932	.763	1173	2632	3805	1980	772	410	1822	1996	8227	100.3
Lg Rank		6	4	5	5	3	3	7	7	4	4	8	12	12	4	12	4	4

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Bob Lanier	25	81	3047	748	1483	.504	326	409	.797	269	805	1074	343	110	247	273	1822
2	Dave Bing	30	81	3124	582	1336	.436	356	438	.813	108	173	281	555	109	17	216	1520
3	Curtis Rowe	24	82	2499	380	769	.494	118	169	.698	167	348	515	136	49	36	177	878
4	George Trapp	25	82	1489	333	693	.481	99	134	.739	97	216	313	81	47	33	226	765
5	Don Adams	26	74	2298	303	742	.408	153	201	.761	133	315	448	141	110	12	242	759
6	John Mengelt	24	77	1555	249	558	.446	182	229	.795	40	166	206	148	68	7	164	680
7	Willie Norwood	26	74	1178	247	484	.510	95	143	.664	95	134	229	58	60	9	156	589
8	Chris Ford	25	82	2059	264	595	.444	57	77	.740	109	195	304	279	148	14	159	585
9	Stu Lantz	27	50	980	154	361	.427	139	164	.848	34	79	113	97	38	3	79	447
10	Jim Davis	32	78	947	117	283	.413	90	139	.647	102	191	293	86	39	30	158	324
11	Bob Nash	23	35	281	41	115	.357	24	39	.615	31	43	74	14	3	10	35	106
12	Ben Kelso	24	46	298	35	96	.365	15	22	.682	15	16	31	18	12	1	45	85

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Bob Lanier	25	81	37.6	9.2	18.3	.504	4.0	5.0	.797	3.3	9.9	13.3	4.2	1.4	3.0	3.4	22.5
2	Dave Bing	30	81	38.6	7.2	16.5	.436	4.4	5.4	.813	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	2.7	18.8
3	Curtis Rowe	24	82	30.5	4.6	9.4	.494	1.4	2.1	.698	2.0	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.6	0.4	2.2	10.7
4	Don Adams	26	74	31.1	4.1	10.0	.408	2.1	2.7	.761	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.9	1.5	0.2	3.3	10.3
5	George Trapp	25	82	18.2	4.1	8.5	.481	1.2	1.6	.739	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.8	9.3
6	Stu Lantz	27	50	19.6	3.1	7.2	.427	2.8	3.3	.848	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	8.9
7	John Mengelt	24	77	20.2	3.2	7.2	.446	2.4	3.0	.795	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	8.8
8	Willie Norwood	26	74	15.9	3.3	6.5	.510	1.3	1.9	.664	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.8	0.1	2.1	8.0
9	Chris Ford	25	82	25.1	3.2	7.3	.444	0.7	0.9	.740	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.4	1.8	0.2	1.9	7.1
10	Jim Davis	32	78	12.1	1.5	3.6	.413	1.2	1.8	.647	1.3	2.4	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.4	2.0	4.2
11	Bob Nash	23	35	8.0	1.2	3.3	.357	0.7	1.1	.615	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.0	3.0
12	Ben Kelso	24	46	6.5	0.8	2.1	.365	0.3	0.5	.682	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.8

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Bob Lanier	25	81	3047	8.8	17.5	.504	3.9	4.8	.797	3.2	9.5	12.7	4.1	1.3	2.9	3.2	21.5
2	George Trapp	25	82	1489	8.1	16.8	.481	2.4	3.2	.739	2.3	5.2	7.6	2.0	1.1	0.8	5.5	18.5
3	Willie Norwood	26	74	1178	7.5	14.8	.510	2.9	4.4	.664	2.9	4.1	7.0	1.8	1.8	0.3	4.8	18.0
4	Dave Bing	30	81	3124	6.7	15.4	.436	4.1	5.0	.813	1.2	2.0	3.2	6.4	1.3	0.2	2.5	17.5
5	Stu Lantz	27	50	980	5.7	13.3	.427	5.1	6.0	.848	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.6	1.4	0.1	2.9	16.4
6	John Mengelt	24	77	1555	5.8	12.9	.446	4.2	5.3	.795	0.9	3.8	4.8	3.4	1.6	0.2	3.8	15.7
7	Bob Nash	23	35	281	5.3	14.7	.357	3.1	5.0	.615	4.0	5.5	9.5	1.8	0.4	1.3	4.5	13.6
8	Curtis Rowe	24	82	2499	5.5	11.1	.494	1.7	2.4	.698	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.0	0.7	0.5	2.5	12.6
9	Jim Davis	32	78	947	4.4	10.8	.413	3.4	5.3	.647	3.9	7.3	11.1	3.3	1.5	1.1	6.0	12.3
10	Don Adams	26	74	2298	4.7	11.6	.408	2.4	3.1	.761	2.1	4.9	7.0	2.2	1.7	0.2	3.8	11.9
11	Ben Kelso	24	46	298	4.2	11.6	.365	1.8	2.7	.682	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.2	1.4	0.1	5.4	10.3
12	Chris Ford	25	82	2059	4.6	10.4	.444	1.0	1.3	.740	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.9	2.6	0.2	2.8	10.2

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bob Lanier	25	81	3047	23.9	.548	.504	9.1	27.1	18.1	17.9	1.6	4.3	88	7.3	7.1	14.4	.227
2	Dave Bing	30	81	3124	16.4	.497	.436	3.6	5.7	4.6	25.8	1.6	0.3	98	4.1	3.2	7.3	.113
3	Curtis Rowe	24	82	2499	12.2	.521	.494	6.9	14.3	10.6	7.5	0.9	0.8	96	3.0	3.1	6.1	.117
4	Chris Ford	25	82	2059	12.9	.465	.444	5.5	9.7	7.6	18.2	3.2	0.4	93	0.9	3.4	4.3	.100
5	Don Adams	26	74	2298	10.9	.457	.408	6.0	14.1	10.0	8.3	2.2	0.3	94	0.1	3.5	3.6	.076
6	John Mengelt	24	77	1555	13.8	.516	.446	2.7	10.9	6.8	13.3	2.0	0.2	95	1.4	2.1	3.5	.108
7	George Trapp	25	82	1489	14.8	.509	.481	6.7	14.9	10.8	8.4	1.4	1.2	94	1.3	2.2	3.5	.113
8	Willie Norwood	26	74	1178	15.8	.538	.510	8.3	11.7	10.0	7.4	2.3	0.4	94	1.8	1.8	3.5	.144
9	Stu Lantz	27	50	980	14.4	.516	.427	3.6	8.3	5.9	13.8	1.7	0.2	97	1.3	1.2	2.4	.118
10	Jim Davis	32	78	947	13.7	.471	.413	11.1	20.7	15.9	12.1	1.9	1.7	91	0.0	1.8	1.8	.092
11	Bob Nash	23	35	281	10.5	.401	.357	11.4	15.7	13.5	6.8	0.5	1.9	96	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.013
12	Ben Kelso	24	46	298	6.8	.402	.365	5.2	5.5	5.3	8.0	1.8	0.2	97	-0.3	0.3	0.0	.000

Playoffs

			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 Lanier	25	7	303	77	152			30	38	26	107	21	4	14		28	184	.507		.789	43.3	26.3	15.3	3.0
2	Dave Bing	30	7	312	55	131			22	30	6	26	42	3	1		20	132	.420		.733	44.6	18.9	3.7	6.0
3	Stu Lantz	27	7	227	28	59			28	32	10	29	14	2	0		19	84	.475		.875	32.4	12.0	4.1	2.0
4	Don Adams	26	7	256	28	73			8	14	17	51	20	6	1		26	64	.384		.571	36.6	9.1	7.3	2.9
5	George Trapp	25	7	119	30	51			2	2	4	22	2	0	5		23	62	.588		1.000	17.0	8.9	3.1	0.3
6	Curtis Rowe	24	7	229	25	52			8	13	16	52	11	3	6		23	58	.481		.615	32.7	8.3	7.4	1.6
7	Jim Davis	32	7	69	11	19			4	6	4	16	5	2	1		11	26	.579		.667	9.9	3.7	2.3	0.7
8	Chris Ford	25	5	94	8	17			4	6	4	15	7	2	2		10	20	.471		.667	18.8	4.0	3.0	1.4
9	Willie Norwood	26	5	31	7	11			4	4	1	3	1	1	1		7	18	.636		1.000	6.2	3.6	0.6	0.2
10	John Mengelt	24	4	39	5	14			7	8	2	7	6	2	0		6	17	.357		.875	9.8	4.3	1.8	1.5
11	Ben Kelso	24	1	1	0	2			0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	.000			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bob Lanier	25	7	303	25.2	.545	.507	9.6	26.0	18.4	12.3	0.7	2.5	92	0.9	0.5	1.5	.233
2	Stu Lantz	27	7	227	14.0	.575	.475	4.9	8.1	6.6	8.9	0.4	0.0	101	0.5	0.1	0.6	.130
3	Curtis Rowe	24	7	229	11.7	.502	.481	7.8	15.3	11.8	6.8	0.7	1.4	97	0.2	0.3	0.4	.089
4	George Trapp	25	7	119	17.1	.598	.588	3.8	14.7	9.6	3.0	0.0	2.3	97	0.3	0.1	0.4	.158
5	Dave Bing	30	7	312	14.2	.458	.420	2.2	6.2	4.3	21.1	0.5	0.2	102	0.2	0.1	0.3	.053
6	Willie Norwood	26	5	31	21.2	.705	.636	3.6	6.3	5.0	5.5	1.6	1.7	98	0.1	0.0	0.2	.233
7	Jim Davis	32	7	69	16.6	.601	.579	6.5	16.9	12.1	11.0	1.5	0.8	95	0.1	0.1	0.2	.168
8	Chris Ford	25	5	94	10.4	.509	.471	4.8	11.4	8.3	10.2	1.1	1.1	98	0.1	0.1	0.2	.081
9	Don Adams	26	7	256	10.0	.404	.384	7.4	12.9	10.4	11.1	1.2	0.2	97	-0.1	0.3	0.1	.026
10	John Mengelt	24	4	39	18.2	.485	.357	5.7	12.4	9.3	22.4	2.6	0.0	95	0.0	0.1	0.1	.095
11	Ben Kelso	24	1	1	-18.5	.000	.000	0.0	97.1	52.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	67	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.317

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