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1976-77 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Herb Brown (44-38)

Points Per Game: 109.4 (6th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.4 (20th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 38-44 (14th of 22)

Arena: Cobo Arena ▪ Attendance: 303,792 (20th of 22)

SRS: -0.99 (14th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.8 (3rd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.3 (9th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.3 (17th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Golden State Warriors

1976-77 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Marvin Barnes F-C 6-8 210 July 27, 1952 2 Providence College
20 Roger Brown C 6-11 225 February 23, 1950 3 University of Kansas
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 1 Guilford College
45 Cornelius Cash F 6-8 215 March 3, 1952 R Bowling Green State University
13 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 August 26, 1954 R University of Alabama
44 Al Eberhard F 6-6 225 May 10, 1952 2 University of Missouri
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 4 Villanova University
16 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 September 10, 1948 6 St. Bonaventure University
14 Eric Money G 6-0 170 February 6, 1955 2 University of Arizona
54 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 August 31, 1948 5 Villanova University
1 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 April 17, 1950 4 Saint Francis University
11 Phil Sellers F-G 6-4 195 November 20, 1953 R Rutgers University
10-32 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 August 10, 1949 6 Michigan State University
31 George Trapp F-C 6-8 205 July 11, 1948 5 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 19730 3764 7792 .483 1442 1960 .736 1169 2495 3664 2004 877 459 1718 2200 8970 109.4
Opponent 82 19730 3561 7539 .472 1933 2543 .760 1317 2637 3954 1952 793 381 1828 1827 9055 110.4

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 28 64 2446 678 1269 .534 260 318 .818 200 545 745 214 70 126 174 1616
2 M.L. Carr 26 82 2643 443 931 .476 205 279 .735 211 420 631 181 165 58 287 1091
3 Howard Porter 28 78 2200 465 962 .483 103 120 .858 155 303 458 53 50 73 202 1033
4 Chris Ford 28 82 2539 437 918 .476 131 170 .771 96 174 270 337 179 26 192 1005
5 Ralph Simpson 27 77 1597 356 834 .427 138 195 .708 48 133 181 180 68 5 100 850
6 Eric Money 21 73 1586 329 631 .521 90 114 .789 43 81 124 243 91 14 199 748
7 Kevin Porter 26 81 2117 310 605 .512 97 133 .729 28 70 98 592 88 8 271 717
8 Leon Douglas 22 82 1626 245 512 .479 127 229 .555 181 345 526 68 44 81 294 617
9 Marvin Barnes 24 53 989 202 452 .447 106 156 .679 69 184 253 45 38 33 139 510
10 Al Eberhard 24 68 1219 181 380 .476 109 138 .790 76 145 221 50 45 15 197 471
11 Phil Sellers 23 44 329 73 190 .384 52 72 .722 19 22 41 25 22 0 56 198
12 Roger Brown 26 43 322 21 56 .375 18 26 .692 31 59 90 12 15 18 68 60
13 George Trapp 28 6 68 15 29 .517 3 4 .750 4 6 10 3 0 1 13 33
14 Cornelius Cash 24 6 49 9 23 .391 3 6 .500 8 8 16 1 2 1 8 21

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 28 64 38.2 10.6 19.8 .534 4.1 5.0 .818 3.1 8.5 11.6 3.3 1.1 2.0 2.7 25.3
2 M.L. Carr 26 82 32.2 5.4 11.4 .476 2.5 3.4 .735 2.6 5.1 7.7 2.2 2.0 0.7 3.5 13.3
3 Howard Porter 28 78 28.2 6.0 12.3 .483 1.3 1.5 .858 2.0 3.9 5.9 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.6 13.2
4 Chris Ford 28 82 31.0 5.3 11.2 .476 1.6 2.1 .771 1.2 2.1 3.3 4.1 2.2 0.3 2.3 12.3
5 Ralph Simpson 27 77 20.7 4.6 10.8 .427 1.8 2.5 .708 0.6 1.7 2.4 2.3 0.9 0.1 1.3 11.0
6 Eric Money 21 73 21.7 4.5 8.6 .521 1.2 1.6 .789 0.6 1.1 1.7 3.3 1.2 0.2 2.7 10.2
7 Marvin Barnes 24 53 18.7 3.8 8.5 .447 2.0 2.9 .679 1.3 3.5 4.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 2.6 9.6
8 Kevin Porter 26 81 26.1 3.8 7.5 .512 1.2 1.6 .729 0.3 0.9 1.2 7.3 1.1 0.1 3.3 8.9
9 Leon Douglas 22 82 19.8 3.0 6.2 .479 1.5 2.8 .555 2.2 4.2 6.4 0.8 0.5 1.0 3.6 7.5
10 Al Eberhard 24 68 17.9 2.7 5.6 .476 1.6 2.0 .790 1.1 2.1 3.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 2.9 6.9
11 George Trapp 28 6 11.3 2.5 4.8 .517 0.5 0.7 .750 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.0 0.2 2.2 5.5
12 Phil Sellers 23 44 7.5 1.7 4.3 .384 1.2 1.6 .722 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.0 1.3 4.5
13 Cornelius Cash 24 6 8.2 1.5 3.8 .391 0.5 1.0 .500 1.3 1.3 2.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.3 3.5
14 Roger Brown 26 43 7.5 0.5 1.3 .375 0.4 0.6 .692 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.6 1.4

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 28 64 2446 10.0 18.7 .534 3.8 4.7 .818 2.9 8.0 11.0 3.1 1.0 1.9 2.6 23.8
2 Phil Sellers 23 44 329 8.0 20.8 .384 5.7 7.9 .722 2.1 2.4 4.5 2.7 2.4 0.0 6.1 21.7
3 Ralph Simpson 27 77 1597 8.0 18.8 .427 3.1 4.4 .708 1.1 3.0 4.1 4.1 1.5 0.1 2.3 19.2
4 Marvin Barnes 24 53 989 7.4 16.5 .447 3.9 5.7 .679 2.5 6.7 9.2 1.6 1.4 1.2 5.1 18.6
5 George Trapp 28 6 68 7.9 15.4 .517 1.6 2.1 .750 2.1 3.2 5.3 1.6 0.0 0.5 6.9 17.5
6 Eric Money 21 73 1586 7.5 14.3 .521 2.0 2.6 .789 1.0 1.8 2.8 5.5 2.1 0.3 4.5 17.0
7 Howard Porter 28 78 2200 7.6 15.7 .483 1.7 2.0 .858 2.5 5.0 7.5 0.9 0.8 1.2 3.3 16.9
8 Cornelius Cash 24 6 49 6.6 16.9 .391 2.2 4.4 .500 5.9 5.9 11.8 0.7 1.5 0.7 5.9 15.4
9 M.L. Carr 26 82 2643 6.0 12.7 .476 2.8 3.8 .735 2.9 5.7 8.6 2.5 2.2 0.8 3.9 14.9
10 Chris Ford 28 82 2539 6.2 13.0 .476 1.9 2.4 .771 1.4 2.5 3.8 4.8 2.5 0.4 2.7 14.2
11 Al Eberhard 24 68 1219 5.3 11.2 .476 3.2 4.1 .790 2.2 4.3 6.5 1.5 1.3 0.4 5.8 13.9
12 Leon Douglas 22 82 1626 5.4 11.3 .479 2.8 5.1 .555 4.0 7.6 11.6 1.5 1.0 1.8 6.5 13.7
13 Kevin Porter 26 81 2117 5.3 10.3 .512 1.6 2.3 .729 0.5 1.2 1.7 10.1 1.5 0.1 4.6 12.2
14 Roger Brown 26 43 322 2.3 6.3 .375 2.0 2.9 .692 3.5 6.6 10.1 1.3 1.7 2.0 7.6 6.7

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 Bob Lanier 28 64 2446 23.0 .573 .534 8.5 23.1 15.8 12.9 1.3 2.7 99 7.5 2.8 10.3
2 M.L. Carr 26 82 2643 15.2 .518 .476 8.3 16.4 12.4 8.7 2.8 1.1 99 2.9 3.0 5.9
3 Chris Ford 28 82 2539 14.6 .506 .476 3.9 7.1 5.5 17.0 3.1 0.5 101 2.8 2.0 4.7
4 Howard Porter 28 78 2200 13.6 .509 .483 7.3 14.3 10.8 3.2 1.0 1.7 103 2.7 1.4 4.1
5 Eric Money 21 73 1586 15.8 .549 .521 2.8 5.3 4.0 20.5 2.5 0.5 103 2.4 0.9 3.3
6 Kevin Porter 26 81 2117 14.7 .540 .512 1.4 3.4 2.4 34.6 1.8 0.2 105 2.1 0.6 2.7
7 Leon Douglas 22 82 1626 13.3 .503 .479 11.5 22.0 16.8 5.2 1.2 2.6 99 0.3 1.8 2.1
8 Al Eberhard 24 68 1219 11.5 .534 .476 6.5 12.3 9.4 5.1 1.6 0.6 103 1.0 0.8 1.8
9 Marvin Barnes 24 53 989 15.0 .490 .447 7.2 19.3 13.3 6.1 1.7 1.7 99 0.3 1.0 1.3
10 Ralph Simpson 27 77 1597 14.4 .462 .427 3.1 8.6 5.9 15.4 1.9 0.2 104 0.4 0.8 1.2
11 Roger Brown 26 43 322 8.7 .445 .375 10.0 19.0 14.5 4.2 2.1 2.9 98 -0.2 0.4 0.2
12 George Trapp 28 6 68 11.5 .536 .517 6.1 9.1 7.6 6.0 0.0 0.8 107 0.1 0.0 0.1
13 Phil Sellers 23 44 329 14.0 .447 .384 6.0 6.9 6.5 10.4 3.0 0.0 102 -0.3 0.2 0.0
14 Cornelius Cash 24 6 49 12.0 .410 .391 16.9 16.9 16.9 2.6 1.8 1.1 100 -0.1 0.0 0.0

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 28 3 118 34 54 16 19 13 50 6 3 7 10 84 .630 .842 39.3 28.0 16.7 2.0
2 Howard Porter 28 3 98 29 47 2 4 6 17 2 2 4 7 60 .617 .500 32.7 20.0 5.7 0.7
3 Eric Money 21 3 103 22 44 11 13 2 9 20 6 0 9 55 .500 .846 34.3 18.3 3.0 6.7
4 Chris Ford 28 3 101 18 44 5 9 8 19 12 7 0 11 41 .409 .556 33.7 13.7 6.3 4.0
5 M.L. Carr 26 3 112 12 31 4 7 9 17 6 1 3 9 28 .387 .571 37.3 9.3 5.7 2.0
6 Kevin Porter 26 3 61 5 14 6 9 1 6 17 1 0 7 16 .357 .667 20.3 5.3 2.0 5.7
7 Leon Douglas 22 3 57 4 13 2 7 4 10 3 1 5 11 10 .308 .286 19.0 3.3 3.3 1.0
8 Al Eberhard 24 3 42 1 9 5 8 2 9 2 1 0 6 7 .111 .625 14.0 2.3 3.0 0.7
9 Phil Sellers 23 1 6 1 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .250 6.0 3.0 2.0 0.0
10 Ralph Simpson 27 2 17 0 9 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 8.5 0.0 1.5 0.5
11 Roger Brown 26 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 2.5 0.0 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 Bob Lanier 28 3 118 28.8 .674 .630 11.0 27.0 19.6 8.7 1.2 2.8 101 0.6 0.1 0.7
2 Howard Porter 28 3 98 19.8 .615 .617 6.1 9.7 8.0 3.5 1.0 1.9 111 0.3 0.0 0.3
3 Eric Money 21 3 103 19.7 .553 .500 1.9 5.9 4.0 29.4 2.7 0.0 111 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 Chris Ford 28 3 101 14.1 .427 .409 7.9 9.4 8.7 17.1 3.3 0.0 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Roger Brown 26 2 5 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Kevin Porter 26 3 61 12.4 .445 .357 1.6 7.1 4.6 35.1 0.8 0.0 114 0.0 0.0 -0.1
7 Phil Sellers 23 1 6 -1.2 .260 .250 16.7 14.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Al Eberhard 24 3 42 3.4 .280 .111 4.8 14.4 9.9 5.6 1.1 0.0 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 M.L. Carr 26 3 112 8.0 .411 .387 8.0 6.2 7.0 7.0 0.4 1.3 115 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
10 Leon Douglas 22 3 57 5.5 .311 .308 7.0 9.1 8.1 6.5 0.8 4.1 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
11 Ralph Simpson 27 2 17 -10.3 .000 .000 5.9 10.1 8.2 6.7 0.0 0.0 114 -0.2 0.0 -0.2