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1977-78 Detroit Pistons

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38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 109.0 points per game, Allowed 110.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 38-44)
Coached by Herb Brown (9-15) and Bob Kauffman (29-29)

Arena: Cobo Arena / Attendance: 223,382 (20th of 21 available)

SRS: -1.22 (15th of 22) / Pace Factor: 107.7 (12th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.3 (12th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 101.5 (14th of 22)

1977-78 Statistics / Schedule

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 19855 3552 7424 .478 1832 2490 .736 1229 2601 3830 1840 866 330 1858 1980 8936 109.0
Opponent 82 19855 3688 7706 .479 1662 2177 .763 1244 2494 3738 2105 902 395 1719 2088 9038 110.2

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 6-11 250 29 63 2311 622 1159 .537 298 386 .772 197 518 715 216 82 93 225 185 1542
2 Eric Money G 6-0 170 22 76 2557 600 1200 .500 214 298 .718 90 119 209 356 123 12 322 237 1414
3 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 27 79 2556 390 857 .455 200 271 .738 202 355 557 185 147 27 210 243 980
4 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 25 62 2170 316 622 .508 326 409 .797 125 429 554 122 76 43 186 142 958
5 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 23 79 1993 321 667 .481 221 345 .641 181 401 582 112 57 48 197 295 863
6 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 29 82 2582 374 777 .481 113 154 .734 117 151 268 381 166 17 232 182 861
7 Al Skinner G 6-3 190 25 69 1274 181 387 .468 123 159 .774 53 119 172 113 52 15 132 208 485
8 Jim Price G 6-3 195 28 34 839 153 363 .421 84 103 .816 27 74 101 102 45 5 74 82 390
9 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 24 47 805 154 355 .434 64 93 .688 49 97 146 44 34 22 54 96 372
10 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 28 32 739 143 346 .413 54 64 .844 27 55 82 87 32 3 78 48 340
11 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 22 52 626 95 225 .422 42 60 .700 50 95 145 20 10 22 40 69 232
12 Al Eberhard F 6-6 225 25 37 576 71 160 .444 41 61 .672 37 65 102 26 13 4 23 64 183
13 Marvin Barnes F-C 6-8 210 25 12 269 53 118 .449 14 29 .483 28 63 91 19 7 11 29 43 120
14 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 30 16 260 34 82 .415 20 29 .690 27 27 54 14 13 3 17 45 88
15 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 27 8 127 14 31 .452 9 13 .692 5 10 15 36 5 0 12 18 37
16 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 29 8 107 16 43 .372 4 7 .571 5 12 17 2 3 5 5 15 36
17 Jim Bostic F 6-7 225 25 4 48 12 22 .545 2 5 .400 8 8 16 3 0 0 3 5 26
18 Wayman Britt G 6-2 185 25 7 16 3 10 .300 3 4 .750 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 9

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 6-11 250 29 63 36.7 9.9 18.4 .537 4.7 6.1 .772 3.1 8.2 11.3 3.4 1.3 1.5 3.6 2.9 24.5
2 Eric Money G 6-0 170 22 76 33.6 7.9 15.8 .500 2.8 3.9 .718 1.2 1.6 2.8 4.7 1.6 0.2 4.2 3.1 18.6
3 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 25 62 35.0 5.1 10.0 .508 5.3 6.6 .797 2.0 6.9 8.9 2.0 1.2 0.7 3.0 2.3 15.5
4 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 27 79 32.4 4.9 10.8 .455 2.5 3.4 .738 2.6 4.5 7.1 2.3 1.9 0.3 2.7 3.1 12.4
5 Jim Price G 6-3 195 28 34 24.7 4.5 10.7 .421 2.5 3.0 .816 0.8 2.2 3.0 3.0 1.3 0.1 2.2 2.4 11.5
6 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 23 79 25.2 4.1 8.4 .481 2.8 4.4 .641 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.4 0.7 0.6 2.5 3.7 10.9
7 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 28 32 23.1 4.5 10.8 .413 1.7 2.0 .844 0.8 1.7 2.6 2.7 1.0 0.1 2.4 1.5 10.6
8 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 29 82 31.5 4.6 9.5 .481 1.4 1.9 .734 1.4 1.8 3.3 4.6 2.0 0.2 2.8 2.2 10.5
9 Marvin Barnes F-C 6-8 210 25 12 22.4 4.4 9.8 .449 1.2 2.4 .483 2.3 5.3 7.6 1.6 0.6 0.9 2.4 3.6 10.0
10 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 24 47 17.1 3.3 7.6 .434 1.4 2.0 .688 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 1.1 2.0 7.9
11 Al Skinner G 6-3 190 25 69 18.5 2.6 5.6 .468 1.8 2.3 .774 0.8 1.7 2.5 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.9 3.0 7.0
12 Jim Bostic F 6-7 225 25 4 12.0 3.0 5.5 .545 0.5 1.3 .400 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 6.5
13 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 30 16 16.3 2.1 5.1 .415 1.3 1.8 .690 1.7 1.7 3.4 0.9 0.8 0.2 1.1 2.8 5.5
14 Al Eberhard F 6-6 225 25 37 15.6 1.9 4.3 .444 1.1 1.6 .672 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.7 4.9
15 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 27 8 15.9 1.8 3.9 .452 1.1 1.6 .692 0.6 1.3 1.9 4.5 0.6 0.0 1.5 2.3 4.6
16 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 22 52 12.0 1.8 4.3 .422 0.8 1.2 .700 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.3 4.5
17 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 29 8 13.4 2.0 5.4 .372 0.5 0.9 .571 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.9 4.5
18 Wayman Britt G 6-2 185 25 7 2.3 0.4 1.4 .300 0.4 0.6 .750 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 6-11 250 29 63 2311 9.7 18.1 .537 4.6 6.0 .772 3.1 8.1 11.1 3.4 1.3 1.4 3.5 2.9 24.0
2 Wayman Britt G 6-2 185 25 7 16 6.8 22.5 .300 6.8 9.0 .750 2.3 6.8 9.0 4.5 2.3 0.0 2.3 6.8 20.3
3 Eric Money G 6-0 170 22 76 2557 8.4 16.9 .500 3.0 4.2 .718 1.3 1.7 2.9 5.0 1.7 0.2 4.5 3.3 19.9
4 Jim Bostic F 6-7 225 25 4 48 9.0 16.5 .545 1.5 3.7 .400 6.0 6.0 12.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.7 19.5
5 Jim Price G 6-3 195 28 34 839 6.6 15.6 .421 3.6 4.4 .816 1.2 3.2 4.3 4.4 1.9 0.2 3.2 3.5 16.7
6 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 28 32 739 7.0 16.9 .413 2.6 3.1 .844 1.3 2.7 4.0 4.2 1.6 0.1 3.8 2.3 16.6
7 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 24 47 805 6.9 15.9 .434 2.9 4.2 .688 2.2 4.3 6.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.4 4.3 16.6
8 Marvin Barnes F-C 6-8 210 25 12 269 7.1 15.8 .449 1.9 3.9 .483 3.7 8.4 12.2 2.5 0.9 1.5 3.9 5.8 16.1
9 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 25 62 2170 5.2 10.3 .508 5.4 6.8 .797 2.1 7.1 9.2 2.0 1.3 0.7 3.1 2.4 15.9
10 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 23 79 1993 5.8 12.0 .481 4.0 6.2 .641 3.3 7.2 10.5 2.0 1.0 0.9 3.6 5.3 15.6
11 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 27 79 2556 5.5 12.1 .455 2.8 3.8 .738 2.8 5.0 7.8 2.6 2.1 0.4 3.0 3.4 13.8
12 Al Skinner G 6-3 190 25 69 1274 5.1 10.9 .468 3.5 4.5 .774 1.5 3.4 4.9 3.2 1.5 0.4 3.7 5.9 13.7
13 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 22 52 626 5.5 12.9 .422 2.4 3.5 .700 2.9 5.5 8.3 1.2 0.6 1.3 2.3 4.0 13.3
14 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 30 16 260 4.7 11.4 .415 2.8 4.0 .690 3.7 3.7 7.5 1.9 1.8 0.4 2.4 6.2 12.2
15 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 29 8 107 5.4 14.5 .372 1.3 2.4 .571 1.7 4.0 5.7 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.7 5.0 12.1
16 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 29 82 2582 5.2 10.8 .481 1.6 2.1 .734 1.6 2.1 3.7 5.3 2.3 0.2 3.2 2.5 12.0
17 Al Eberhard F 6-6 225 25 37 576 4.4 10.0 .444 2.6 3.8 .672 2.3 4.1 6.4 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.4 4.0 11.4
18 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 27 8 127 4.0 8.8 .452 2.6 3.7 .692 1.4 2.8 4.3 10.2 1.4 0.0 3.4 5.1 10.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 29 63 2311 24.8 .580 .537 9.1 23.1 16.2 14.9 1.6 2.1 14.5 25.7 112 99 20.1 9.3 29 5 12.0
2 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 25 62 2170 16.5 .597 .508 6.1 20.4 13.4 7.5 1.6 1.0 18.8 17.4 109 100 11.5 7.3 19 6 6.5
3 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 27 79 2556 13.6 .502 .455 8.4 14.3 11.4 9.8 2.6 0.5 17.7 17.8 99 100 4.8 8.6 13 16 -1.5
4 Eric Money G 6-0 170 22 76 2557 15.4 .531 .500 3.8 4.8 4.3 21.1 2.1 0.2 19.5 24.7 98 104 5.8 4.7 11 24 -6.5
5 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 23 79 1993 13.6 .527 .481 9.7 20.8 15.3 7.7 1.3 1.2 19.4 19.5 98 100 4.0 6.6 11 14 -1.5
6 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 29 82 2582 12.9 .510 .481 4.8 6.0 5.4 19.7 2.9 0.3 21.5 16.0 98 102 4.0 6.6 11 18 -3.5
7 Al Skinner G 6-3 190 25 69 1274 10.0 .531 .468 4.4 9.6 7.1 11.8 1.8 0.6 22.4 17.7 95 103 1.1 2.9 4 11 -3.5
8 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 24 47 805 13.2 .470 .434 6.5 12.4 9.5 7.8 1.9 1.4 12.0 21.4 97 102 1.2 2.3 4 7 -1.5
9 Al Eberhard F 6-6 225 25 37 576 10.0 .490 .444 6.9 11.7 9.3 5.9 1.0 0.4 11.0 13.9 105 104 1.7 1.0 3 3 0.0
10 Jim Price G 6-3 195 28 34 839 13.5 .478 .421 3.4 9.1 6.3 17.1 2.4 0.3 15.3 22.0 97 102 1.3 2.1 3 7 -2.0
11 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 22 52 626 10.6 .461 .422 8.5 15.7 12.2 4.3 0.7 1.8 13.7 17.8 95 103 0.4 1.5 2 5 -1.5
12 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 28 32 739 11.7 .454 .413 3.9 7.7 5.8 16.8 1.9 0.2 17.3 23.4 90 104 0.0 1.5 1 9 -4.0
13 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 27 8 127 13.3 .504 .452 4.2 8.1 6.2 36.1 1.8 0.0 24.6 14.7 104 104 0.5 0.2 1 1 0.0
14 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 30 16 260 10.4 .464 .415 11.1 10.7 10.9 7.1 2.2 0.6 15.2 16.4 98 102 0.4 0.7 1 2 -0.5
15 Marvin Barnes F-C 6-8 210 25 12 269 13.0 .459 .449 11.1 24.2 17.8 10.1 1.2 2.1 18.2 22.7 89 99 0.0 1.0 1 3 -1.0
16 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 29 8 107 7.0 .391 .372 5.0 11.6 8.3 2.5 1.2 2.4 9.8 18.3 84 102 0.0 0.3 0 1 -0.5
17 Jim Bostic F 6-7 225 25 4 48 18.9 .537 .545 17.8 17.2 17.5 9.7 0.0 0.0 11.0 21.7 111 105 0.3 0.1 0 0 0.0
18 Wayman Britt G 6-2 185 25 7 16 13.5 .383 .300 6.7 19.4 13.1 17.7 2.8 0.0 7.8 30.5 91 99 0.0 0.1 0 0 0.0