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1974-75 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Ray Scott (40-42)

Points Per Game: 98.9 (17th of 18) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.3 (4th of 18)
Pythagorean W-L: 37-45 (14th of 18)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 307,180 (13th of 18)

SRS: -1.19 (12th of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.5 (16th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 98.3 (5th of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.7 (17th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Seattle Supersonics

1974-75 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Adams F 6-6 210 November 27, 1947 4 Northwestern University
21 Dave Bing G 6-3 180 November 24, 1943 8 Syracuse University
20 Jim Davis C-F 6-9 225 December 18, 1941 7 University of Colorado
44 Al Eberhard F 6-6 225 May 10, 1952 R University of Missouri
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 2 Villanova University
16 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 September 10, 1948 4 St. Bonaventure University
26 Bill Ligon G 6-4 180 May 29, 1952 R Vanderbilt University
15 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 October 16, 1949 3 Auburn University
14 Eric Money G 6-0 170 February 6, 1955 R University of Arizona
43 Otto Moore C-F 6-11 205 August 27, 1946 6 University of Texas-Pan American
8 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 August 8, 1947 3 Alcorn State University
54 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 August 31, 1948 3 Villanova University
18 Curtis Rowe F 6-7 225 July 2, 1949 3 University of California, Los Angeles
31 George Trapp F-C 6-8 205 July 11, 1948 3 California State University, Long Beach

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 19705 3289 7053 .466 1533 1975 .776 1002 2515 3517 1916 679 380 1557 1866 8111 98.9
Opponent 82 19705 3409 7257 .470 1410 1793 .786 1104 2550 3654 2012 663 306 1523 1875 8228 100.3

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 Bob Lanier 26 76 2987 731 1433 .510 361 450 .802 225 689 914 350 75 172 237 1823
2 Dave Bing 31 79 3222 578 1333 .434 343 424 .809 86 200 286 610 116 26 222 1499
3 Curtis Rowe 25 82 2787 422 874 .483 171 227 .753 174 411 585 121 50 44 190 1015
4 John Mengelt 25 80 1995 336 701 .479 211 248 .851 38 153 191 201 72 4 198 883
5 George Trapp 26 78 1472 288 652 .442 99 131 .756 71 205 276 63 37 14 210 675
6 Chris Ford 26 80 1962 206 435 .474 63 95 .663 93 176 269 230 113 26 187 475
7 Howard Porter 26 41 1030 188 376 .500 59 70 .843 66 150 216 17 20 25 76 435
8 Jim Davis 33 79 1078 118 260 .454 85 117 .726 96 189 285 90 50 36 129 321
9 Eric Money 19 66 889 144 319 .451 31 45 .689 27 61 88 101 33 2 121 319
10 Don Adams 27 51 1376 127 315 .403 45 78 .577 63 181 244 75 69 20 179 299
11 Willie Norwood 27 24 347 64 123 .520 31 42 .738 31 57 88 16 23 0 51 159
12 Bill Ligon 22 38 272 55 143 .385 16 25 .640 14 12 26 25 8 9 31 126
13 Al Eberhard 22 34 277 31 85 .365 17 21 .810 18 29 47 16 13 1 33 79
14 Otto Moore 28 2 11 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 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 Bob Lanier 26 76 39.3 9.6 18.9 .510 4.8 5.9 .802 3.0 9.1 12.0 4.6 1.0 2.3 3.1 24.0
2 Dave Bing 31 79 40.8 7.3 16.9 .434 4.3 5.4 .809 1.1 2.5 3.6 7.7 1.5 0.3 2.8 19.0
3 Curtis Rowe 25 82 34.0 5.1 10.7 .483 2.1 2.8 .753 2.1 5.0 7.1 1.5 0.6 0.5 2.3 12.4
4 John Mengelt 25 80 24.9 4.2 8.8 .479 2.6 3.1 .851 0.5 1.9 2.4 2.5 0.9 0.1 2.5 11.0
5 Howard Porter 26 41 25.1 4.6 9.2 .500 1.4 1.7 .843 1.6 3.7 5.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.9 10.6
6 George Trapp 26 78 18.9 3.7 8.4 .442 1.3 1.7 .756 0.9 2.6 3.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 2.7 8.7
7 Willie Norwood 27 24 14.5 2.7 5.1 .520 1.3 1.8 .738 1.3 2.4 3.7 0.7 1.0 0.0 2.1 6.6
8 Chris Ford 26 80 24.5 2.6 5.4 .474 0.8 1.2 .663 1.2 2.2 3.4 2.9 1.4 0.3 2.3 5.9
9 Don Adams 27 51 27.0 2.5 6.2 .403 0.9 1.5 .577 1.2 3.5 4.8 1.5 1.4 0.4 3.5 5.9
10 Eric Money 19 66 13.5 2.2 4.8 .451 0.5 0.7 .689 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.8 4.8
11 Jim Davis 33 79 13.6 1.5 3.3 .454 1.1 1.5 .726 1.2 2.4 3.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.6 4.1
12 Bill Ligon 22 38 7.2 1.4 3.8 .385 0.4 0.7 .640 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.8 3.3
13 Al Eberhard 22 34 8.1 0.9 2.5 .365 0.5 0.6 .810 0.5 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.0 2.3
14 Otto Moore 28 2 5.5 0.5 2.0 .250 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

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 Lanier 26 76 2987 8.8 17.3 .510 4.4 5.4 .802 2.7 8.3 11.0 4.2 0.9 2.1 2.9 22.0
2 Bill Ligon 22 38 272 7.3 18.9 .385 2.1 3.3 .640 1.9 1.6 3.4 3.3 1.1 1.2 4.1 16.7
3 Dave Bing 31 79 3222 6.5 14.9 .434 3.8 4.7 .809 1.0 2.2 3.2 6.8 1.3 0.3 2.5 16.7
4 George Trapp 26 78 1472 7.0 15.9 .442 2.4 3.2 .756 1.7 5.0 6.8 1.5 0.9 0.3 5.1 16.5
5 Willie Norwood 27 24 347 6.6 12.8 .520 3.2 4.4 .738 3.2 5.9 9.1 1.7 2.4 0.0 5.3 16.5
6 John Mengelt 25 80 1995 6.1 12.6 .479 3.8 4.5 .851 0.7 2.8 3.4 3.6 1.3 0.1 3.6 15.9
7 Howard Porter 26 41 1030 6.6 13.1 .500 2.1 2.4 .843 2.3 5.2 7.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 2.7 15.2
8 Curtis Rowe 25 82 2787 5.5 11.3 .483 2.2 2.9 .753 2.2 5.3 7.6 1.6 0.6 0.6 2.5 13.1
9 Eric Money 19 66 889 5.8 12.9 .451 1.3 1.8 .689 1.1 2.5 3.6 4.1 1.3 0.1 4.9 12.9
10 Jim Davis 33 79 1078 3.9 8.7 .454 2.8 3.9 .726 3.2 6.3 9.5 3.0 1.7 1.2 4.3 10.7
11 Al Eberhard 22 34 277 4.0 11.0 .365 2.2 2.7 .810 2.3 3.8 6.1 2.1 1.7 0.1 4.3 10.3
12 Otto Moore 28 2 11 3.3 13.1 .250 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 6.5 6.5 3.3 0.0 3.3 6.5 9.8
13 Chris Ford 26 80 1962 3.8 8.0 .474 1.2 1.7 .663 1.7 3.2 4.9 4.2 2.1 0.5 3.4 8.7
14 Don Adams 27 51 1376 3.3 8.2 .403 1.2 2.0 .577 1.6 4.7 6.4 2.0 1.8 0.5 4.7 7.8

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 Bob Lanier 26 76 2987 24.4 .559 .510 8.4 25.1 16.8 19.9 1.2 3.1 96 8.6 3.8 12.4
2 Dave Bing 31 79 3222 17.1 .493 .434 3.0 6.8 4.9 28.9 1.7 0.4 102 4.0 1.3 5.3
3 Curtis Rowe 25 82 2787 13.0 .521 .483 6.9 16.1 11.5 6.4 0.9 0.9 101 3.6 1.6 5.2
4 John Mengelt 25 80 1995 14.7 .545 .479 2.1 8.4 5.3 15.1 1.7 0.1 102 3.1 0.9 4.0
5 Chris Ford 26 80 1962 12.0 .498 .474 5.3 9.8 7.5 16.1 2.8 0.7 99 1.2 1.7 2.8
6 Howard Porter 26 41 1030 14.0 .535 .500 7.1 15.9 11.5 2.5 0.9 1.3 101 1.7 0.7 2.3
7 Jim Davis 33 79 1078 14.5 .515 .454 9.9 19.1 14.5 11.5 2.2 1.8 97 1.1 1.3 2.3
8 Willie Norwood 27 24 347 17.3 .562 .520 9.9 17.9 13.9 7.1 3.2 0.0 96 0.6 0.4 1.1
9 George Trapp 26 78 1472 12.3 .476 .442 5.4 15.2 10.3 6.7 1.2 0.5 101 0.1 0.9 1.0
10 Don Adams 27 51 1376 8.4 .428 .403 5.1 14.3 9.7 7.3 2.4 0.8 98 -0.8 1.3 0.5
11 Eric Money 19 66 889 11.3 .471 .451 3.4 7.5 5.4 16.9 1.8 0.1 102 0.0 0.4 0.3
12 Al Eberhard 22 34 277 9.4 .419 .365 7.2 11.4 9.3 8.0 2.2 0.2 100 -0.2 0.2 0.0
13 Otto Moore 28 2 11 5.4 .307 .250 0.0 19.8 10.0 12.2 0.0 4.9 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Bill Ligon 22 38 272 11.8 .409 .385 5.7 4.8 5.3 14.5 1.4 1.8 102 -0.4 0.1 -0.2

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 Bob Lanier 26 3 128 26 51 9 12 5 32 19 4 12 10 61 .510 .750 42.7 20.3 10.7 6.3
2 Howard Porter 26 3 92 23 42 6 7 8 20 0 5 1 5 52 .548 .857 30.7 17.3 6.7 0.0
3 Dave Bing 31 3 134 20 47 8 13 3 11 29 5 0 12 48 .426 .615 44.7 16.0 3.7 9.7
4 Curtis Rowe 25 3 115 17 33 10 19 8 26 15 1 5 6 44 .515 .526 38.3 14.7 8.7 5.0
5 George Trapp 26 3 81 18 33 5 7 5 22 4 0 0 6 41 .545 .714 27.0 13.7 7.3 1.3
6 John Mengelt 25 3 65 9 23 7 9 2 8 9 1 1 9 25 .391 .778 21.7 8.3 2.7 3.0
7 Chris Ford 26 3 82 6 11 0 0 2 13 10 1 0 8 12 .545 27.3 4.0 4.3 3.3
8 Jim Davis 33 2 16 2 4 3 5 2 4 0 1 0 1 7 .500 .600 8.0 3.5 2.0 0.0
9 Bill Ligon 22 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 3.5 1.0 0.0 0.0

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 Howard Porter 26 3 92 19.3 .577 .548 10.0 13.0 11.6 0.0 2.6 0.5 98 0.3 0.1 0.4
2 Bob Lanier 26 3 128 21.5 .542 .510 4.5 20.9 13.3 23.0 1.5 4.7 94 0.2 0.2 0.4
3 George Trapp 26 3 81 16.5 .568 .545 7.1 20.8 14.5 7.9 0.0 0.0 101 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 Curtis Rowe 25 3 115 16.8 .532 .515 8.0 15.5 12.1 18.6 0.4 2.2 100 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Chris Ford 26 3 82 8.2 .545 .545 2.8 13.3 8.5 15.8 0.6 0.0 103 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Jim Davis 33 2 16 17.1 .565 .500 14.4 12.4 13.3 0.0 3.0 0.0 98 0.0 0.0 0.1
7 Dave Bing 31 3 134 13.9 .455 .426 2.6 5.9 4.4 31.0 1.8 0.0 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 John Mengelt 25 3 65 11.9 .464 .391 3.5 9.2 6.6 19.5 0.7 0.8 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Bill Ligon 22 2 7 7.7 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 108 0.0 0.0 0.0