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1978-79 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dick Vitale (30-52)

Points Per Game: 110.0 (10th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.7 (18th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-48 (16th of 22)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome ▪ Attendance: 389,936 (15th of 22)

SRS: -2.60 (16th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 107.2 (6th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.1 (17th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.6 (15th of 22)

1978-79 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
27 Ron Behagen F-C 6-9 185 January 14, 1951 5 University of Minnesota
11 Dennis Boyd G 6-1 175 May 21, 1954 R University of Detroit Mercy
42 Jim Brewer F-C 6-9 210 December 3, 1951 5 University of Minnesota
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 3 Guilford College
13 Leon Douglas C-F 6-10 230 August 26, 1954 2 University of Alabama
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 6 Villanova University
22 Gus Gerard F-G 6-8 200 July 27, 1953 4 University of Virginia
24 Rickey Green G 6-0 170 August 18, 1954 1 University of Michigan
11 Robert Hawkins G 6-4 190 June 30, 1954 3 Illinois State University
22-24 Essie Hollis F 6-6 195 May 16, 1955 R St. Bonaventure University
32 Otis Howard F 6-7 220 November 5, 1956 R Austin Peay State University
16 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 September 10, 1948 8 St. Bonaventure University
25 John Long G-F 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 R University of Detroit Mercy
32 Larry McNeill F-C 6-9 195 January 31, 1951 5 Marquette University
50 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 May 7, 1955 1 Central Michigan University
1 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 April 17, 1950 6 Saint Francis University
27 Steve Sheppard F 6-6 215 March 21, 1954 1 University of Maryland
35 Earl Tatum G-F 6-5 185 July 26, 1953 2 Marquette University
41 Terry Tyler F-G 6-7 215 October 30, 1956 R University of Detroit Mercy
26 Andre Wakefield G 6-3 175 January 11, 1955 R Loyola University of Chicago

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 19780 3708 7802 .475 1607 2242 .717 1303 2380 3683 2092 847 550 1599 2141 9023 110.0
Opponent 82 19780 3755 7623 .493 1732 2295 .755 1301 2628 3929 2197 666 504 1744 1914 9242 112.7

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 M.L. Carr 28 80 3207 587 1143 .514 323 435 .743 219 370 589 262 197 46 255 279 1497
2 John Long 22 82 2498 581 1240 .469 157 190 .826 127 139 266 121 102 19 137 224 1319
3 Kevin Porter 28 82 3064 534 1110 .481 192 266 .722 62 147 209 1099 158 5 337 302 1260
4 Bob Lanier 30 53 1835 489 950 .515 275 367 .749 164 330 494 140 50 75 175 181 1253
5 Terry Tyler 22 82 2560 456 946 .482 144 219 .658 211 437 648 89 104 201 141 254 1056
6 Leon Douglas 24 78 2215 342 698 .490 208 328 .634 248 416 664 74 39 55 190 319 892
7 Earl Tatum 25 76 1195 272 607 .448 48 66 .727 40 81 121 72 78 33 85 158 592
8 Ben Poquette 23 76 1337 198 464 .427 111 142 .782 99 237 336 57 38 98 65 198 507
9 Rickey Green 24 27 431 67 177 .379 45 67 .672 15 25 40 63 25 1 44 37 179
10 Andre Wakefield 24 71 578 62 176 .352 48 69 .696 25 51 76 69 19 2 71 68 172
11 Essie Hollis 23 25 154 30 75 .400 9 12 .750 21 24 45 6 11 1 14 28 69
12 Jim Brewer 27 25 310 27 60 .450 3 15 .200 34 71 105 13 13 10 19 38 57
13 Otis Howard 22 11 91 19 45 .422 11 23 .478 13 21 34 4 2 2 5 16 49
14 Chris Ford 30 3 108 13 35 .371 7 8 .875 9 9 18 5 1 1 10 9 33
15 Steve Sheppard 24 20 76 12 25 .480 8 15 .533 9 10 19 4 3 1 4 10 32
16 Larry McNeill 28 11 46 9 20 .450 11 12 .917 3 7 10 3 0 0 4 7 29
17 Robert Hawkins 24 4 28 6 16 .375 6 6 1.000 3 3 6 4 5 0 2 7 18
18 Dennis Boyd 24 5 40 3 12 .250 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 6 5 6
19 Gus Gerard 25 2 6 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
20 Ron Behagen 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

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 30 53 34.6 9.2 17.9 .515 5.2 6.9 .749 3.1 6.2 9.3 2.6 0.9 1.4 3.3 3.4 23.6
2 M.L. Carr 28 80 40.1 7.3 14.3 .514 4.0 5.4 .743 2.7 4.6 7.4 3.3 2.5 0.6 3.2 3.5 18.7
3 John Long 22 82 30.5 7.1 15.1 .469 1.9 2.3 .826 1.5 1.7 3.2 1.5 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.7 16.1
4 Kevin Porter 28 82 37.4 6.5 13.5 .481 2.3 3.2 .722 0.8 1.8 2.5 13.4 1.9 0.1 4.1 3.7 15.4
5 Terry Tyler 22 82 31.2 5.6 11.5 .482 1.8 2.7 .658 2.6 5.3 7.9 1.1 1.3 2.5 1.7 3.1 12.9
6 Leon Douglas 24 78 28.4 4.4 8.9 .490 2.7 4.2 .634 3.2 5.3 8.5 0.9 0.5 0.7 2.4 4.1 11.4
7 Chris Ford 30 3 36.0 4.3 11.7 .371 2.3 2.7 .875 3.0 3.0 6.0 1.7 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.0 11.0
8 Earl Tatum 25 76 15.7 3.6 8.0 .448 0.6 0.9 .727 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.1 2.1 7.8
9 Ben Poquette 23 76 17.6 2.6 6.1 .427 1.5 1.9 .782 1.3 3.1 4.4 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.9 2.6 6.7
10 Rickey Green 24 27 16.0 2.5 6.6 .379 1.7 2.5 .672 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.3 0.9 0.0 1.6 1.4 6.6
11 Otis Howard 22 11 8.3 1.7 4.1 .422 1.0 2.1 .478 1.2 1.9 3.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.5 4.5
12 Robert Hawkins 24 4 7.0 1.5 4.0 .375 1.5 1.5 1.000 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.5 1.8 4.5
13 Essie Hollis 23 25 6.2 1.2 3.0 .400 0.4 0.5 .750 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.1 2.8
14 Larry McNeill 28 11 4.2 0.8 1.8 .450 1.0 1.1 .917 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 2.6
15 Andre Wakefield 24 71 8.1 0.9 2.5 .352 0.7 1.0 .696 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.4
16 Jim Brewer 27 25 12.4 1.1 2.4 .450 0.1 0.6 .200 1.4 2.8 4.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.3
17 Steve Sheppard 24 20 3.8 0.6 1.3 .480 0.4 0.8 .533 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.6
18 Gus Gerard 25 2 3.0 0.5 1.5 .333 0.5 1.0 .500 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
19 Dennis Boyd 24 5 8.0 0.6 2.4 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.2
20 Ron Behagen 28 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

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 30 53 1835 9.6 18.6 .515 5.4 7.2 .749 3.2 6.5 9.7 2.7 1.0 1.5 3.4 3.6 24.6
2 Robert Hawkins 24 4 28 7.7 20.6 .375 7.7 7.7 1.000 3.9 3.9 7.7 5.1 6.4 0.0 2.6 9.0 23.1
3 Larry McNeill 28 11 46 7.0 15.7 .450 8.6 9.4 .917 2.3 5.5 7.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 3.1 5.5 22.7
4 Otis Howard 22 11 91 7.5 17.8 .422 4.4 9.1 .478 5.1 8.3 13.5 1.6 0.8 0.8 2.0 6.3 19.4
5 John Long 22 82 2498 8.4 17.9 .469 2.3 2.7 .826 1.8 2.0 3.8 1.7 1.5 0.3 2.0 3.2 19.0
6 Gus Gerard 25 2 6 6.0 18.0 .333 6.0 12.0 .500 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
7 Earl Tatum 25 76 1195 8.2 18.3 .448 1.4 2.0 .727 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.2 2.3 1.0 2.6 4.8 17.8
8 M.L. Carr 28 80 3207 6.6 12.8 .514 3.6 4.9 .743 2.5 4.2 6.6 2.9 2.2 0.5 2.9 3.1 16.8
9 Essie Hollis 23 25 154 7.0 17.5 .400 2.1 2.8 .750 4.9 5.6 10.5 1.4 2.6 0.2 3.3 6.5 16.1
10 Steve Sheppard 24 20 76 5.7 11.8 .480 3.8 7.1 .533 4.3 4.7 9.0 1.9 1.4 0.5 1.9 4.7 15.2
11 Rickey Green 24 27 431 5.6 14.8 .379 3.8 5.6 .672 1.3 2.1 3.3 5.3 2.1 0.1 3.7 3.1 15.0
12 Terry Tyler 22 82 2560 6.4 13.3 .482 2.0 3.1 .658 3.0 6.1 9.1 1.3 1.5 2.8 2.0 3.6 14.9
13 Kevin Porter 28 82 3064 6.3 13.0 .481 2.3 3.1 .722 0.7 1.7 2.5 12.9 1.9 0.1 4.0 3.5 14.8
14 Leon Douglas 24 78 2215 5.6 11.3 .490 3.4 5.3 .634 4.0 6.8 10.8 1.2 0.6 0.9 3.1 5.2 14.5
15 Ben Poquette 23 76 1337 5.3 12.5 .427 3.0 3.8 .782 2.7 6.4 9.0 1.5 1.0 2.6 1.8 5.3 13.7
16 Chris Ford 30 3 108 4.3 11.7 .371 2.3 2.7 .875 3.0 3.0 6.0 1.7 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.0 11.0
17 Andre Wakefield 24 71 578 3.9 11.0 .352 3.0 4.3 .696 1.6 3.2 4.7 4.3 1.2 0.1 4.4 4.2 10.7
18 Jim Brewer 27 25 310 3.1 7.0 .450 0.3 1.7 .200 3.9 8.2 12.2 1.5 1.5 1.2 2.2 4.4 6.6
19 Dennis Boyd 24 5 40 2.7 10.8 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 6.3 0.0 0.0 5.4 4.5 5.4
20 Ron Behagen 28 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 36.0 0.0

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 M.L. Carr 28 80 3207 16.3 .561 .514 6.9 12.4 9.5 10.8 2.8 0.7 16.0 18.9 107 104 4.5 3.4 7.9
2 Kevin Porter 28 82 3064 17.2 .513 .481 2.0 5.2 3.5 47.0 2.3 0.1 21.5 19.4 106 107 4.3 1.9 6.2
3 Bob Lanier 30 53 1835 21.7 .564 .515 9.0 19.3 14.0 11.4 1.2 2.1 13.6 26.7 109 104 4.0 1.9 5.9
4 Terry Tyler 22 82 2560 15.5 .507 .482 8.3 18.3 13.2 4.6 1.8 4.1 11.9 17.6 103 101 2.0 3.4 5.4
5 John Long 22 82 2498 13.6 .498 .469 5.1 6.0 5.5 6.9 1.8 0.4 9.4 22.3 103 108 2.2 1.4 3.6
6 Leon Douglas 24 78 2215 12.1 .529 .490 11.3 20.2 15.6 4.3 0.8 1.3 18.4 17.7 100 105 1.1 2.0 3.1
7 Ben Poquette 23 76 1337 13.1 .481 .427 7.5 19.1 13.1 5.4 1.3 3.8 11.0 16.8 102 102 0.9 1.6 2.5
8 Earl Tatum 25 76 1195 12.1 .465 .448 3.4 7.3 5.3 8.5 2.9 1.4 11.8 23.0 93 104 -0.4 1.2 0.7
9 Jim Brewer 27 25 310 9.2 .428 .450 11.0 24.6 17.6 4.9 1.9 1.7 22.2 10.5 88 101 -0.2 0.4 0.3
10 Steve Sheppard 24 20 76 14.2 .506 .480 11.9 14.1 13.0 6.8 1.8 0.7 11.2 17.8 107 105 0.1 0.1 0.2
11 Larry McNeill 28 11 46 16.5 .574 .450 6.6 16.4 11.3 8.8 0.0 0.0 13.7 24.2 113 108 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Otis Howard 22 11 91 15.1 .444 .422 14.4 24.8 19.4 6.0 1.0 1.1 8.3 25.2 98 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 Robert Hawkins 24 4 28 23.8 .483 .375 10.8 11.5 11.1 19.8 8.0 0.0 9.7 28.1 109 94 0.1 0.1 0.1
14 Essie Hollis 23 25 154 11.8 .430 .400 13.7 16.7 15.2 5.2 3.2 0.3 14.8 23.3 90 102 -0.1 0.2 0.1
15 Gus Gerard 25 2 6 26.3 .387 .333 16.8 0.0 8.7 0.0 14.9 0.0 0.0 24.6 99 84 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Ron Behagen 28 1 1 -60.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 38.1 0 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Chris Ford 30 3 108 5.6 .428 .371 8.4 9.0 8.7 5.7 0.4 0.5 20.6 17.1 84 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
18 Rickey Green 24 27 431 10.2 .433 .379 3.5 6.2 4.8 18.7 2.6 0.1 17.6 22.1 88 106 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
19 Dennis Boyd 24 5 40 -4.0 .250 .250 0.0 5.4 2.6 20.3 0.0 0.0 33.3 17.1 52 112 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
20 Andre Wakefield 24 71 578 5.2 .417 .352 4.4 9.5 6.8 14.4 1.5 0.2 25.6 18.3 79 107 -1.1 0.3 -0.8

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bob Lanier $500,000
2 M.L. Carr $350,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)