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1981-82 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

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Record: 39-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Scotty Robertson (39-43)

PTS/G: 111.1 (6th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.0 (20th of 23)
SRS: -0.63 (15th of 23) ▪ Pace: 104.3 (2nd of 23)
Off Rtg: 105.8 (17th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.6 (11th of 23)
Expected W-L: 39-43 (15th of 23)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome ▪ Attendance: 406,317 (13th of 23)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 4 Indiana University
32 Kenny Carr PF 6-7 220 August 15, 1955 4 North Carolina State University
10 Glenn Hagan PG 6-0 170 June 25, 1955 R St. Bonaventure University
24 Alan Hardy SG 6-7 195 May 25, 1957 1 University of Michigan
52 Steve Hayes C 7-0 205 August 2, 1955 R Idaho State University
35 Phil Hubbard SF 6-8 215 December 13, 1956 2 University of Michigan
15 Vinnie Johnson SG 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 2 Baylor University
42 Edgar Jones PF 6-10 225 June 17, 1956 1 University of Nevada, Reno
22 Jeff Judkins SF 6-6 185 March 23, 1956 3 University of Utah
32 Greg Kelser SF 6-7 190 September 17, 1957 2 Michigan State University
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 May 19, 1957 1 University of Notre Dame
30 Ron Lee PG 6-4 193 November 2, 1952 5 University of Oregon
25 John Long SG 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 3 University of Detroit Mercy
44 Paul Mokeski C 7-0 250 January 3, 1957 2 University of Kansas
11 Isiah Thomas PG 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 R Indiana University
7 Kelly Tripucka SF 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 R University of Notre Dame
41 Terry Tyler PF 6-7 215 October 30, 1956 3 University of Detroit Mercy
15 Larry Wright PG 6-1 160 November 23, 1954 5 Grambling State University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 3561 7391 .482 52 213 .244 1938 2581 .751 1298 2345 3643 2027 741 564 1629 2160 9112 111.1
Lg Rank 6 10 5 17 10 7 16 3 2 9 2 16 8 15 8 3 21 13 6 6
Opponent 82 19830 3749 7362 .509 41 175 .234 1648 2211 .745 1159 2434 3593 2191 782 581 1637 2383 9187 112.0
Lg Rank 6 21 16 19 7 7 5 9 8 10 12 16 15 21 21 23 2 22 20 20

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 39 43 -0.91 0.28 -0.63 105.8 106.6 104.3 .485 16.0 34.8 .262 .512 16.4 66.9 .224 Pontiac Silverdome 406,317
Lg Rank 15 15 15 6 15 17 11 2 17 19 5 5 19 4 12 9 13

Totals

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 Kelly Tripucka 22 82 82 3077 636 1281 .496 5 22 .227 495 621 .797 219 224 443 270 89 16 280 241 1772
2 John Long 25 69 66 2211 637 1294 .492 2 15 .133 238 275 .865 95 162 257 148 65 25 167 173 1514
3 Isiah Thomas 20 72 72 2433 453 1068 .424 17 59 .288 302 429 .704 57 152 209 565 150 17 299 253 1225
4 Kent Benson 27 75 72 2467 405 802 .505 3 11 .273 127 158 .804 219 434 653 159 66 98 160 214 940
5 Terry Tyler 25 82 0 1989 336 643 .523 1 4 .250 142 192 .740 154 339 493 126 77 160 121 182 815
6 Phil Hubbard 25 52 38 1104 207 410 .505 0 3 .000 106 163 .650 101 171 272 67 38 16 99 176 520
7 Vinnie Johnson 25 67 15 1191 208 422 .493 3 11 .273 98 130 .754 75 69 144 160 50 23 91 93 517
8 Bill Laimbeer 24 30 30 935 146 283 .516 1 7 .143 91 112 .813 110 230 340 55 17 34 60 126 384
9 Edgar Jones 25 48 19 802 142 259 .548 1 2 .500 90 129 .698 70 137 207 40 28 92 66 149 375
10 Ron Lee 29 81 7 1467 88 246 .358 18 59 .305 84 119 .706 35 120 155 312 116 20 123 221 278
11 Kenny Carr 26 28 6 444 77 168 .458 0 1 .000 53 82 .646 53 84 137 23 6 6 40 69 207
12 Alan Hardy 24 38 0 310 62 136 .456 0 5 .000 18 29 .621 14 20 34 20 9 4 20 32 142
13 Paul Mokeski 25 39 3 523 49 111 .441 0 1 .000 25 33 .758 35 87 122 24 13 23 39 103 123
14 Steve Hayes 26 26 0 412 46 93 .495 0 0 25 41 .610 32 68 100 24 3 18 17 54 117
15 Greg Kelser 24 11 0 183 35 86 .407 0 3 .000 27 41 .659 13 26 39 12 5 7 22 32 97
16 Jeff Judkins 25 30 0 251 31 81 .383 1 10 .100 16 26 .615 14 20 34 14 6 5 9 33 79
17 Glenn Hagan 26 4 0 25 3 7 .429 0 0 1 1 1.000 2 2 4 8 3 0 1 7 7
18 Larry Wright 27 1 0 6 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

Per Game

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 John Long 25 69 66 32.0 9.2 18.8 .492 0.0 0.2 .133 3.4 4.0 .865 1.4 2.3 3.7 2.1 0.9 0.4 2.4 2.5 21.9
2 Kelly Tripucka 22 82 82 37.5 7.8 15.6 .496 0.1 0.3 .227 6.0 7.6 .797 2.7 2.7 5.4 3.3 1.1 0.2 3.4 2.9 21.6
3 Isiah Thomas 20 72 72 33.8 6.3 14.8 .424 0.2 0.8 .288 4.2 6.0 .704 0.8 2.1 2.9 7.8 2.1 0.2 4.2 3.5 17.0
4 Bill Laimbeer 24 30 30 31.2 4.9 9.4 .516 0.0 0.2 .143 3.0 3.7 .813 3.7 7.7 11.3 1.8 0.6 1.1 2.0 4.2 12.8
5 Kent Benson 27 75 72 32.9 5.4 10.7 .505 0.0 0.1 .273 1.7 2.1 .804 2.9 5.8 8.7 2.1 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.9 12.5
6 Phil Hubbard 25 52 38 21.2 4.0 7.9 .505 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 3.1 .650 1.9 3.3 5.2 1.3 0.7 0.3 1.9 3.4 10.0
7 Terry Tyler 25 82 0 24.3 4.1 7.8 .523 0.0 0.0 .250 1.7 2.3 .740 1.9 4.1 6.0 1.5 0.9 2.0 1.5 2.2 9.9
8 Greg Kelser 24 11 0 16.6 3.2 7.8 .407 0.0 0.3 .000 2.5 3.7 .659 1.2 2.4 3.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 2.0 2.9 8.8
9 Edgar Jones 25 48 19 16.7 3.0 5.4 .548 0.0 0.0 .500 1.9 2.7 .698 1.5 2.9 4.3 0.8 0.6 1.9 1.4 3.1 7.8
10 Vinnie Johnson 25 67 15 17.8 3.1 6.3 .493 0.0 0.2 .273 1.5 1.9 .754 1.1 1.0 2.1 2.4 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.4 7.7
11 Kenny Carr 26 28 6 15.9 2.8 6.0 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.9 .646 1.9 3.0 4.9 0.8 0.2 0.2 1.4 2.5 7.4
12 Steve Hayes 26 26 0 15.8 1.8 3.6 .495 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .610 1.2 2.6 3.8 0.9 0.1 0.7 0.7 2.1 4.5
13 Alan Hardy 24 38 0 8.2 1.6 3.6 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.8 .621 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.8 3.7
14 Ron Lee 29 81 7 18.1 1.1 3.0 .358 0.2 0.7 .305 1.0 1.5 .706 0.4 1.5 1.9 3.9 1.4 0.2 1.5 2.7 3.4
15 Paul Mokeski 25 39 3 13.4 1.3 2.8 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.8 .758 0.9 2.2 3.1 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.6 3.2
16 Jeff Judkins 25 30 0 8.4 1.0 2.7 .383 0.0 0.3 .100 0.5 0.9 .615 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.6
17 Glenn Hagan 26 4 0 6.3 0.8 1.8 .429 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 1.8 1.8
18 Larry Wright 27 1 0 6.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 John Long 25 69 66 2211 10.4 21.1 .492 0.0 0.2 .133 3.9 4.5 .865 1.5 2.6 4.2 2.4 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.8 24.7
2 Kelly Tripucka 22 82 82 3077 7.4 15.0 .496 0.1 0.3 .227 5.8 7.3 .797 2.6 2.6 5.2 3.2 1.0 0.2 3.3 2.8 20.7
3 Greg Kelser 24 11 0 183 6.9 16.9 .407 0.0 0.6 .000 5.3 8.1 .659 2.6 5.1 7.7 2.4 1.0 1.4 4.3 6.3 19.1
4 Isiah Thomas 20 72 72 2433 6.7 15.8 .424 0.3 0.9 .288 4.5 6.3 .704 0.8 2.2 3.1 8.4 2.2 0.3 4.4 3.7 18.1
5 Phil Hubbard 25 52 38 1104 6.8 13.4 .505 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.3 .650 3.3 5.6 8.9 2.2 1.2 0.5 3.2 5.7 17.0
6 Edgar Jones 25 48 19 802 6.4 11.6 .548 0.0 0.1 .500 4.0 5.8 .698 3.1 6.1 9.3 1.8 1.3 4.1 3.0 6.7 16.8
7 Kenny Carr 26 28 6 444 6.2 13.6 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 6.6 .646 4.3 6.8 11.1 1.9 0.5 0.5 3.2 5.6 16.8
8 Alan Hardy 24 38 0 310 7.2 15.8 .456 0.0 0.6 .000 2.1 3.4 .621 1.6 2.3 3.9 2.3 1.0 0.5 2.3 3.7 16.5
9 Vinnie Johnson 25 67 15 1191 6.3 12.8 .493 0.1 0.3 .273 3.0 3.9 .754 2.3 2.1 4.4 4.8 1.5 0.7 2.8 2.8 15.6
10 Bill Laimbeer 24 30 30 935 5.6 10.9 .516 0.0 0.3 .143 3.5 4.3 .813 4.2 8.9 13.1 2.1 0.7 1.3 2.3 4.9 14.8
11 Terry Tyler 25 82 0 1989 6.1 11.6 .523 0.0 0.1 .250 2.6 3.5 .740 2.8 6.1 8.9 2.3 1.4 2.9 2.2 3.3 14.8
12 Kent Benson 27 75 72 2467 5.9 11.7 .505 0.0 0.2 .273 1.9 2.3 .804 3.2 6.3 9.5 2.3 1.0 1.4 2.3 3.1 13.7
13 Jeff Judkins 25 30 0 251 4.4 11.6 .383 0.1 1.4 .100 2.3 3.7 .615 2.0 2.9 4.9 2.0 0.9 0.7 1.3 4.7 11.3
14 Steve Hayes 26 26 0 412 4.0 8.1 .495 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.6 .610 2.8 5.9 8.7 2.1 0.3 1.6 1.5 4.7 10.2
15 Glenn Hagan 26 4 0 25 4.3 10.1 .429 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.000 2.9 2.9 5.8 11.5 4.3 0.0 1.4 10.1 10.1
16 Paul Mokeski 25 39 3 523 3.4 7.6 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.3 .758 2.4 6.0 8.4 1.7 0.9 1.6 2.7 7.1 8.5
17 Ron Lee 29 81 7 1467 2.2 6.0 .358 0.4 1.4 .305 2.1 2.9 .706 0.9 2.9 3.8 7.7 2.8 0.5 3.0 5.4 6.8
18 Larry Wright 27 1 0 6 0.0 6.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 0.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Kelly Tripucka 22 82 3077 16.4 .570 .498 7.6 8.2 7.9 12.7 1.3 0.3 15.3 23.3 111 110 5.4 2.1 7.5 .117
2 Terry Tyler 25 82 1989 16.9 .560 .523 8.2 19.3 13.6 8.7 1.8 4.4 14.3 16.7 111 103 2.5 3.0 5.5 .133
3 Kent Benson 27 75 2467 14.4 .539 .507 9.4 19.9 14.5 8.8 1.2 2.2 15.5 16.3 107 105 2.2 3.0 5.2 .101
4 John Long 25 69 2211 17.4 .535 .493 4.6 8.3 6.4 11.0 1.4 0.6 10.6 27.9 107 109 3.1 1.6 4.7 .102
5 Bill Laimbeer 24 30 935 16.5 .578 .518 12.5 27.8 19.9 7.9 0.8 2.0 15.3 16.4 116 104 1.6 1.3 2.9 .149
6 Edgar Jones 25 48 802 17.5 .594 .550 9.3 19.3 14.1 6.9 1.6 6.3 17.3 18.6 110 102 1.1 1.3 2.4 .143
7 Vinnie Johnson 25 67 1191 14.7 .539 .496 6.7 6.6 6.6 18.6 1.9 1.1 16.0 18.7 108 108 1.4 1.0 2.4 .097
8 Isiah Thomas 20 72 2433 14.5 .487 .432 2.5 7.1 4.7 32.6 2.8 0.4 19.2 25.0 98 107 -0.2 2.5 2.3 .046
9 Phil Hubbard 25 52 1104 13.5 .540 .505 9.7 17.5 13.5 8.5 1.6 0.8 17.0 20.5 103 106 0.6 1.2 1.8 .080
10 Ron Lee 29 81 1467 9.7 .466 .394 2.5 9.3 5.8 25.4 3.6 0.8 29.2 11.2 96 104 -0.3 2.0 1.6 .053
11 Steve Hayes 26 26 412 10.9 .527 .495 8.3 18.7 13.3 7.4 0.3 2.4 13.3 12.1 111 107 0.4 0.4 0.8 .091
12 Kenny Carr 26 28 444 12.7 .507 .458 12.7 21.4 16.9 7.2 0.6 0.7 16.4 21.5 101 107 0.1 0.4 0.6 .063
13 Paul Mokeski 25 39 523 7.1 .490 .441 7.1 18.8 12.8 5.7 1.1 2.4 23.7 12.3 91 106 -0.3 0.6 0.3 .031
14 Alan Hardy 24 38 310 10.5 .477 .456 4.8 7.3 6.0 9.2 1.3 0.7 11.9 21.3 97 110 0.0 0.2 0.2 .028
15 Jeff Judkins 25 30 251 7.7 .427 .389 5.9 9.0 7.4 7.2 1.1 1.1 8.9 15.8 97 109 0.0 0.2 0.2 .031
16 Glenn Hagan 26 4 25 18.1 .470 .429 8.5 9.1 8.8 41.1 5.5 0.0 11.8 13.2 123 101 0.1 0.0 0.1 .201
17 Greg Kelser 24 11 183 10.7 .466 .407 7.5 16.1 11.7 9.3 1.3 2.1 17.5 26.9 90 106 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.007
18 Larry Wright 27 1 6 -17.2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 13.0 0 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.349