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1982-83 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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37-45, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Scotty Robertson (37-45)

Points Per Game: 112.7 (6th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.1 (17th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-42 (14th of 23)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome ▪ Attendance: 522,063 (6th of 23)

SRS: -0.17 (14th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.8 (5th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.4 (11th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.8 (14th of 23)

1982-83 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 5 Indiana University
15 Vinnie Johnson G 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 3 Baylor University
34 Jim Johnstone C-F 6-11 245 September 20, 1960 R Wake Forest University
42 Edgar Jones F-C 6-10 225 June 17, 1956 2 University of Nevada, Reno
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 May 19, 1957 2 University of Notre Dame
53 Cliff Levingston F 6-8 210 January 4, 1961 R Wichita State University
25 John Long G-F 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 4 University of Detroit Mercy
24 Scott May F 6-7 215 March 19, 1954 6 Indiana University
44 Tom Owens C-F 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 11 University of South Carolina
22 Ricky Pierce F-G 6-4 205 August 19, 1959 R Rice University
33 Walker Russell G 6-5 195 October 26, 1960 R Western Michigan University
32 Jim Smith F 6-9 225 April 12, 1958 1 Ohio State University
11 Isiah Thomas G 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 1 Indiana University
24 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 1 Indiana University
7 Kelly Tripucka F-G 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 1 University of Notre Dame
41 Terry Tyler F-G 6-7 215 October 30, 1956 4 University of Detroit Mercy
34 James Wilkes F 6-7 195 April 1, 1958 2 University of California, Los Angeles
34 Jim Zoet C 7-1 240 December 20, 1953 R Kent State University

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 19880 3623 7602 .477 72 272 .265 1921 2588 .742 1312 2477 3789 2108 679 572 1557 2122 9239 112.7
Opponent 82 19880 3802 7679 .495 21 182 .115 1647 2287 .720 1266 2594 3860 2252 761 561 1580 2326 9272 113.1

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 Isiah Thomas 21 81 81 3093 725 1537 .472 36 125 .288 368 518 .710 105 223 328 634 199 29 326 318 1854
2 Kelly Tripucka 23 58 58 2252 565 1156 .489 14 37 .378 392 464 .845 126 138 264 237 67 20 187 157 1536
3 Vinnie Johnson 26 82 51 2511 520 1013 .513 11 40 .275 245 315 .778 167 186 353 301 93 49 152 263 1296
4 Bill Laimbeer 25 82 82 2871 436 877 .497 2 13 .154 245 310 .790 282 711 993 263 51 118 176 320 1119
5 Terry Tyler 26 82 56 2543 421 880 .478 2 15 .133 146 196 .745 180 360 540 157 103 160 120 221 990
6 John Long 26 70 30 1485 312 692 .451 2 7 .286 111 146 .760 56 124 180 105 44 12 144 130 737
7 Edgar Jones 26 49 25 1036 145 294 .493 2 6 .333 117 172 .680 80 191 271 69 28 77 103 160 409
8 Cliff Levingston 22 62 5 879 131 270 .485 0 1 .000 84 147 .571 104 128 232 52 23 36 73 125 346
9 Kent Benson 28 21 15 599 85 182 .467 0 1 .000 38 50 .760 53 102 155 49 14 17 35 61 208
10 Tom Owens 33 49 4 725 81 192 .422 0 0 45 66 .682 66 120 186 44 12 14 48 115 207
11 Walker Russell 22 68 1 757 67 184 .364 2 18 .111 47 58 .810 19 54 73 131 16 1 92 71 183
12 Ray Tolbert 24 28 0 395 57 124 .460 0 1 .000 28 59 .475 26 65 91 19 10 23 32 56 142
13 Ricky Pierce 23 39 1 265 33 88 .375 1 7 .143 18 32 .563 15 20 35 14 8 4 18 42 85
14 Scott May 28 9 1 155 21 50 .420 0 0 17 21 .810 10 16 26 12 5 2 13 24 59
15 James Wilkes 24 9 0 129 11 34 .324 0 1 .000 12 15 .800 9 10 19 10 3 1 5 22 34
16 Jim Johnstone 22 16 0 137 9 20 .450 0 0 6 15 .400 11 19 30 10 2 6 11 24 24
17 Jim Smith 24 4 0 18 3 4 .750 0 0 2 4 .500 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 8
18 Jim Zoet 29 7 0 30 1 5 .200 0 0 0 0 3 5 8 1 1 3 4 9 2

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 Kelly Tripucka 23 58 58 38.8 9.7 19.9 .489 0.2 0.6 .378 6.8 8.0 .845 2.2 2.4 4.6 4.1 1.2 0.3 3.2 2.7 26.5
2 Isiah Thomas 21 81 81 38.2 9.0 19.0 .472 0.4 1.5 .288 4.5 6.4 .710 1.3 2.8 4.0 7.8 2.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 22.9
3 Vinnie Johnson 26 82 51 30.6 6.3 12.4 .513 0.1 0.5 .275 3.0 3.8 .778 2.0 2.3 4.3 3.7 1.1 0.6 1.9 3.2 15.8
4 Bill Laimbeer 25 82 82 35.0 5.3 10.7 .497 0.0 0.2 .154 3.0 3.8 .790 3.4 8.7 12.1 3.2 0.6 1.4 2.1 3.9 13.6
5 Terry Tyler 26 82 56 31.0 5.1 10.7 .478 0.0 0.2 .133 1.8 2.4 .745 2.2 4.4 6.6 1.9 1.3 2.0 1.5 2.7 12.1
6 John Long 26 70 30 21.2 4.5 9.9 .451 0.0 0.1 .286 1.6 2.1 .760 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.5 0.6 0.2 2.1 1.9 10.5
7 Kent Benson 28 21 15 28.5 4.0 8.7 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.4 .760 2.5 4.9 7.4 2.3 0.7 0.8 1.7 2.9 9.9
8 Edgar Jones 26 49 25 21.1 3.0 6.0 .493 0.0 0.1 .333 2.4 3.5 .680 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.4 0.6 1.6 2.1 3.3 8.3
9 Scott May 28 9 1 17.2 2.3 5.6 .420 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.3 .810 1.1 1.8 2.9 1.3 0.6 0.2 1.4 2.7 6.6
10 Cliff Levingston 22 62 5 14.2 2.1 4.4 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.4 .571 1.7 2.1 3.7 0.8 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.0 5.6
11 Ray Tolbert 24 28 0 14.1 2.0 4.4 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 2.1 .475 0.9 2.3 3.3 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.0 5.1
12 Tom Owens 33 49 4 14.8 1.7 3.9 .422 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .682 1.3 2.4 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.3 1.0 2.3 4.2
13 James Wilkes 24 9 0 14.3 1.2 3.8 .324 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .800 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 2.4 3.8
14 Walker Russell 22 68 1 11.1 1.0 2.7 .364 0.0 0.3 .111 0.7 0.9 .810 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 1.4 1.0 2.7
15 Ricky Pierce 23 39 1 6.8 0.8 2.3 .375 0.0 0.2 .143 0.5 0.8 .563 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.2
16 Jim Smith 24 4 0 4.5 0.8 1.0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
17 Jim Johnstone 22 16 0 8.6 0.6 1.3 .450 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .400 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.5 1.5
18 Jim Zoet 29 7 0 4.3 0.1 0.7 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.3

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 Kelly Tripucka 23 58 58 2252 9.0 18.5 .489 0.2 0.6 .378 6.3 7.4 .845 2.0 2.2 4.2 3.8 1.1 0.3 3.0 2.5 24.6
2 Isiah Thomas 21 81 81 3093 8.4 17.9 .472 0.4 1.5 .288 4.3 6.0 .710 1.2 2.6 3.8 7.4 2.3 0.3 3.8 3.7 21.6
3 Vinnie Johnson 26 82 51 2511 7.5 14.5 .513 0.2 0.6 .275 3.5 4.5 .778 2.4 2.7 5.1 4.3 1.3 0.7 2.2 3.8 18.6
4 John Long 26 70 30 1485 7.6 16.8 .451 0.0 0.2 .286 2.7 3.5 .760 1.4 3.0 4.4 2.5 1.1 0.3 3.5 3.2 17.9
5 Jim Smith 24 4 0 18 6.0 8.0 .750 0.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 .500 0.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 16.0
6 Edgar Jones 26 49 25 1036 5.0 10.2 .493 0.1 0.2 .333 4.1 6.0 .680 2.8 6.6 9.4 2.4 1.0 2.7 3.6 5.6 14.2
7 Cliff Levingston 22 62 5 879 5.4 11.1 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 6.0 .571 4.3 5.2 9.5 2.1 0.9 1.5 3.0 5.1 14.2
8 Bill Laimbeer 25 82 82 2871 5.5 11.0 .497 0.0 0.2 .154 3.1 3.9 .790 3.5 8.9 12.5 3.3 0.6 1.5 2.2 4.0 14.0
9 Terry Tyler 26 82 56 2543 6.0 12.5 .478 0.0 0.2 .133 2.1 2.8 .745 2.5 5.1 7.6 2.2 1.5 2.3 1.7 3.1 14.0
10 Scott May 28 9 1 155 4.9 11.6 .420 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.9 .810 2.3 3.7 6.0 2.8 1.2 0.5 3.0 5.6 13.7
11 Ray Tolbert 24 28 0 395 5.2 11.3 .460 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 5.4 .475 2.4 5.9 8.3 1.7 0.9 2.1 2.9 5.1 12.9
12 Kent Benson 28 21 15 599 5.1 10.9 .467 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .760 3.2 6.1 9.3 2.9 0.8 1.0 2.1 3.7 12.5
13 Ricky Pierce 23 39 1 265 4.5 12.0 .375 0.1 1.0 .143 2.4 4.3 .563 2.0 2.7 4.8 1.9 1.1 0.5 2.4 5.7 11.5
14 Tom Owens 33 49 4 725 4.0 9.5 .422 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.3 .682 3.3 6.0 9.2 2.2 0.6 0.7 2.4 5.7 10.3
15 James Wilkes 24 9 0 129 3.1 9.5 .324 0.0 0.3 .000 3.3 4.2 .800 2.5 2.8 5.3 2.8 0.8 0.3 1.4 6.1 9.5
16 Walker Russell 22 68 1 757 3.2 8.8 .364 0.1 0.9 .111 2.2 2.8 .810 0.9 2.6 3.5 6.2 0.8 0.0 4.4 3.4 8.7
17 Jim Johnstone 22 16 0 137 2.4 5.3 .450 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.9 .400 2.9 5.0 7.9 2.6 0.5 1.6 2.9 6.3 6.3
18 Jim Zoet 29 7 0 30 1.2 6.0 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 6.0 9.6 1.2 1.2 3.6 4.8 10.8 2.4

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 Bill Laimbeer 25 82 2871 16.6 .552 .498 10.0 26.3 18.0 12.1 0.8 2.2 14.8 16.0 113 103 4.9 3.6 8.5
2 Vinnie Johnson 26 82 2511 17.6 .563 .519 6.8 7.9 7.3 17.0 1.7 1.0 11.7 20.0 116 107 5.9 1.8 7.7
3 Isiah Thomas 21 81 3093 18.9 .525 .483 3.5 7.7 5.5 30.3 2.9 0.5 15.6 26.1 105 105 4.5 3.0 7.4
4 Kelly Tripucka 23 58 2252 19.8 .565 .495 5.7 6.5 6.1 15.9 1.3 0.5 12.1 26.5 113 109 5.9 1.2 7.1
5 Terry Tyler 26 82 2543 15.1 .512 .480 7.2 15.0 11.0 8.3 1.8 3.3 11.0 16.5 107 103 2.8 3.1 5.8
6 Edgar Jones 26 49 1036 13.5 .553 .497 7.9 19.6 13.6 8.6 1.2 3.9 21.8 17.6 100 103 0.4 1.3 1.7
7 Cliff Levingston 22 62 879 12.9 .517 .485 12.0 15.5 13.7 7.8 1.2 2.2 17.9 17.9 101 105 0.5 0.9 1.3
8 Kent Benson 28 21 599 13.2 .510 .467 9.0 18.1 13.5 10.6 1.1 1.5 14.6 15.4 106 105 0.6 0.6 1.1
9 Tom Owens 33 49 725 8.7 .468 .422 9.3 17.6 13.3 7.6 0.8 1.0 17.8 14.3 96 106 0.0 0.6 0.6
10 John Long 26 70 1485 10.8 .487 .452 3.8 8.9 6.3 10.1 1.3 0.4 16.0 23.4 93 108 -0.7 0.9 0.2
11 Ray Tolbert 24 28 395 10.1 .473 .460 6.7 17.5 12.0 6.3 1.1 3.1 17.6 17.8 90 104 -0.3 0.4 0.2
12 Scott May 28 9 155 9.9 .498 .420 6.6 11.0 8.7 10.0 1.5 0.7 18.0 18.0 98 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 Jim Smith 24 4 18 14.2 .694 .750 0.0 29.5 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 141 105 0.1 0.0 0.1
14 James Wilkes 24 9 129 6.9 .419 .324 7.1 8.2 7.7 9.4 1.1 0.4 11.0 13.6 99 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
15 Jim Johnstone 22 16 137 5.6 .451 .450 8.2 14.7 11.4 8.6 0.7 2.3 29.3 10.6 85 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0
16 Ricky Pierce 23 39 265 5.8 .416 .381 5.8 8.0 6.9 6.7 1.4 0.8 15.0 17.5 86 108 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
17 Jim Zoet 29 7 30 -0.8 .200 .200 10.2 17.7 13.9 3.8 1.5 5.3 44.4 11.6 46 101 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
18 Walker Russell 22 68 757 5.3 .437 .370 2.6 7.6 5.0 21.0 1.0 0.1 30.5 15.4 81 110 -1.2 0.3 -0.8

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Long *$197,500
2 Terry Tyler *$162,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)