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1983-84 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Chuck Daly (49-33)

Points Per Game: 117.1 (3rd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.5 (18th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (6th of 23)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome ▪ Attendance: 652,865 (1st of 23)

SRS: 3.52 (4th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.8 (5th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 111.5 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.1 (16th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus New York Knickerbockers

1983-84 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Ken Austin F 6-9 205 July 15, 1961 R Rice University
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 6 Indiana University
23 Earl Cureton F-C 6-9 210 September 3, 1957 3 University of Detroit Mercy
9 Lionel Hollins G 6-3 185 October 19, 1953 8 Arizona State University
15 Vinnie Johnson G 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 4 Baylor University
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 May 19, 1957 3 University of Notre Dame
53 Cliff Levingston F 6-8 210 January 4, 1961 1 Wichita State University
25 John Long G-F 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 5 University of Detroit Mercy
33 Walker Russell G 6-5 195 October 26, 1960 1 Western Michigan University
22 David Thirdkill F-G 6-7 195 April 12, 1960 1 Bradley University
11 Isiah Thomas G 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 2 Indiana University
24 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 2 Indiana University
7 Kelly Tripucka F-G 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 2 University of Notre Dame
41 Terry Tyler F-G 6-7 215 October 30, 1956 5 University of Detroit Mercy

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 19905 3798 7910 .480 32 141 .227 1974 2547 .775 1427 2434 3861 2256 697 417 1310 2177 9602 117.1
Opponent 82 19905 3657 7369 .496 53 202 .262 1941 2577 .753 1163 2457 3620 2193 621 527 1480 2187 9308 113.5

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 22 82 82 3007 669 1448 .462 22 65 .338 388 529 .733 103 224 327 914 204 33 307 324 1748
2 Kelly Tripucka 24 76 75 2493 595 1296 .459 2 17 .118 426 523 .815 119 187 306 228 65 17 190 190 1618
3 Bill Laimbeer 26 82 82 2864 553 1044 .530 0 11 .000 316 365 .866 329 674 1003 149 49 84 151 273 1422
4 John Long 27 82 82 2514 545 1155 .472 1 5 .200 243 275 .884 139 150 289 205 93 18 143 199 1334
5 Vinnie Johnson 27 82 0 1909 426 901 .473 4 19 .211 207 275 .753 130 107 237 271 44 19 135 196 1063
6 Terry Tyler 27 82 7 1602 313 691 .453 2 13 .154 94 132 .712 104 181 285 76 63 59 78 151 722
7 Cliff Levingston 23 80 24 1746 229 436 .525 0 3 .000 125 186 .672 234 311 545 109 44 78 77 281 583
8 Kent Benson 29 82 58 1734 248 451 .550 0 1 .000 83 101 .822 117 292 409 130 71 53 79 230 579
9 Earl Cureton 26 73 0 907 81 177 .458 0 1 .000 31 59 .525 86 201 287 36 24 31 55 143 193
10 Ray Tolbert 25 49 0 475 64 121 .529 0 1 .000 23 45 .511 45 53 98 26 12 20 26 88 151
11 David Thirdkill 23 46 0 291 31 72 .431 0 1 .000 15 31 .484 9 22 31 27 10 3 19 44 77
12 Lionel Hollins 30 32 0 216 24 63 .381 0 2 .000 11 13 .846 4 18 22 62 13 1 24 26 59
13 Walker Russell 23 16 0 119 14 42 .333 1 2 .500 12 13 .923 6 13 19 22 4 0 9 25 41
14 Ken Austin 22 7 0 28 6 13 .462 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 7 12

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 24 76 75 32.8 7.8 17.1 .459 0.0 0.2 .118 5.6 6.9 .815 1.6 2.5 4.0 3.0 0.9 0.2 2.5 2.5 21.3
2 Isiah Thomas 22 82 82 36.7 8.2 17.7 .462 0.3 0.8 .338 4.7 6.5 .733 1.3 2.7 4.0 11.1 2.5 0.4 3.7 4.0 21.3
3 Bill Laimbeer 26 82 82 34.9 6.7 12.7 .530 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.5 .866 4.0 8.2 12.2 1.8 0.6 1.0 1.8 3.3 17.3
4 John Long 27 82 82 30.7 6.6 14.1 .472 0.0 0.1 .200 3.0 3.4 .884 1.7 1.8 3.5 2.5 1.1 0.2 1.7 2.4 16.3
5 Vinnie Johnson 27 82 0 23.3 5.2 11.0 .473 0.0 0.2 .211 2.5 3.4 .753 1.6 1.3 2.9 3.3 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.4 13.0
6 Terry Tyler 27 82 7 19.5 3.8 8.4 .453 0.0 0.2 .154 1.1 1.6 .712 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.8 8.8
7 Cliff Levingston 23 80 24 21.8 2.9 5.5 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.3 .672 2.9 3.9 6.8 1.4 0.6 1.0 1.0 3.5 7.3
8 Kent Benson 29 82 58 21.1 3.0 5.5 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.2 .822 1.4 3.6 5.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 2.8 7.1
9 Ray Tolbert 25 49 0 9.7 1.3 2.5 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .511 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.8 3.1
10 Walker Russell 23 16 0 7.4 0.9 2.6 .333 0.1 0.1 .500 0.8 0.8 .923 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.6 2.6
11 Earl Cureton 26 73 0 12.4 1.1 2.4 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .525 1.2 2.8 3.9 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.0 2.6
12 Lionel Hollins 30 32 0 6.8 0.8 2.0 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.4 .846 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.8
13 David Thirdkill 23 46 0 6.3 0.7 1.6 .431 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .484 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.7
14 Ken Austin 22 7 0 4.0 0.9 1.9 .462 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.7

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 24 76 75 2493 8.6 18.7 .459 0.0 0.2 .118 6.2 7.6 .815 1.7 2.7 4.4 3.3 0.9 0.2 2.7 2.7 23.4
2 Isiah Thomas 22 82 82 3007 8.0 17.3 .462 0.3 0.8 .338 4.6 6.3 .733 1.2 2.7 3.9 10.9 2.4 0.4 3.7 3.9 20.9
3 Vinnie Johnson 27 82 0 1909 8.0 17.0 .473 0.1 0.4 .211 3.9 5.2 .753 2.5 2.0 4.5 5.1 0.8 0.4 2.5 3.7 20.0
4 John Long 27 82 82 2514 7.8 16.5 .472 0.0 0.1 .200 3.5 3.9 .884 2.0 2.1 4.1 2.9 1.3 0.3 2.0 2.8 19.1
5 Bill Laimbeer 26 82 82 2864 7.0 13.1 .530 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.6 .866 4.1 8.5 12.6 1.9 0.6 1.1 1.9 3.4 17.9
6 Terry Tyler 27 82 7 1602 7.0 15.5 .453 0.0 0.3 .154 2.1 3.0 .712 2.3 4.1 6.4 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.8 3.4 16.2
7 Ken Austin 22 7 0 28 7.7 16.7 .462 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 1.3 3.9 1.3 1.3 1.3 3.9 9.0 15.4
8 Walker Russell 23 16 0 119 4.2 12.7 .333 0.3 0.6 .500 3.6 3.9 .923 1.8 3.9 5.7 6.7 1.2 0.0 2.7 7.6 12.4
9 Kent Benson 29 82 58 1734 5.1 9.4 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.1 .822 2.4 6.1 8.5 2.7 1.5 1.1 1.6 4.8 12.0
10 Cliff Levingston 23 80 24 1746 4.7 9.0 .525 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.8 .672 4.8 6.4 11.2 2.2 0.9 1.6 1.6 5.8 12.0
11 Ray Tolbert 25 49 0 475 4.9 9.2 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 3.4 .511 3.4 4.0 7.4 2.0 0.9 1.5 2.0 6.7 11.4
12 Lionel Hollins 30 32 0 216 4.0 10.5 .381 0.0 0.3 .000 1.8 2.2 .846 0.7 3.0 3.7 10.3 2.2 0.2 4.0 4.3 9.8
13 David Thirdkill 23 46 0 291 3.8 8.9 .431 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 3.8 .484 1.1 2.7 3.8 3.3 1.2 0.4 2.4 5.4 9.5
14 Earl Cureton 26 73 0 907 3.2 7.0 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.3 .525 3.4 8.0 11.4 1.4 1.0 1.2 2.2 5.7 7.7

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 Bill Laimbeer 26 82 2864 19.2 .590 .530 11.8 26.0 18.6 6.8 0.8 1.6 11.1 18.2 122 106 7.3 3.5 10.8
2 Isiah Thomas 22 82 3007 20.9 .520 .470 3.5 8.2 5.8 41.5 3.1 0.6 15.4 25.4 111 107 5.7 3.4 9.1
3 Kelly Tripucka 24 76 2493 16.8 .530 .460 4.9 8.3 6.5 12.8 1.2 0.4 11.1 26.5 110 111 4.1 1.5 5.7
4 Cliff Levingston 23 80 1746 14.8 .563 .525 13.7 19.7 16.6 7.6 1.2 2.5 12.9 13.1 120 106 3.2 2.1 5.3
5 John Long 27 82 2514 14.9 .523 .472 5.7 6.6 6.1 11.1 1.7 0.4 10.1 21.7 111 111 3.6 1.7 5.3
6 Kent Benson 29 82 1734 14.0 .584 .550 6.9 18.6 12.6 9.2 1.9 1.7 13.8 12.8 118 106 2.5 2.2 4.7
7 Vinnie Johnson 27 82 1909 15.9 .520 .475 7.0 6.2 6.6 19.4 1.1 0.6 11.7 23.3 111 112 3.1 1.0 4.1
8 Terry Tyler 27 82 1602 13.2 .482 .454 6.7 12.5 9.5 6.3 1.8 2.0 9.4 19.9 103 107 0.8 1.7 2.5
9 Earl Cureton 26 73 907 8.6 .475 .458 9.7 24.5 16.8 4.6 1.2 1.9 21.3 10.9 95 105 -0.2 1.2 1.0
10 Ray Tolbert 25 49 475 10.5 .536 .529 9.7 12.3 11.0 6.7 1.2 2.3 15.6 13.5 108 108 0.3 0.5 0.8
11 Walker Russell 23 16 119 9.0 .430 .345 5.2 12.1 8.5 22.1 1.6 0.0 15.9 18.3 99 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Lionel Hollins 30 32 216 10.5 .429 .381 1.9 9.2 5.4 34.1 2.8 0.3 25.9 16.5 92 108 -0.2 0.2 0.1
13 David Thirdkill 23 46 291 5.9 .450 .431 3.2 8.4 5.7 10.9 1.6 0.6 18.2 13.8 91 110 -0.2 0.2 0.0
14 Ken Austin 22 7 28 5.6 .462 .462 7.3 4.0 5.7 4.8 1.7 2.0 18.8 22.0 85 110 0.0 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 Kelly Tripucka 24 5 208 48 102 0 1 41 51 10 23 15 11 0 18 22 137 .471 .000 .804 41.6 27.4 4.6 3.0
2 Isiah Thomas 22 5 198 39 83 2 6 27 35 7 19 55 13 6 23 22 107 .470 .333 .771 39.6 21.4 3.8 11.0
3 Bill Laimbeer 26 5 165 29 51 0 0 18 20 14 62 12 4 3 12 23 76 .569 .900 33.0 15.2 12.4 2.4
4 John Long 27 5 149 20 55 0 1 15 15 7 11 2 7 0 10 15 55 .364 .000 1.000 29.8 11.0 2.2 0.4
5 Vinnie Johnson 27 5 132 17 46 0 1 17 19 5 14 12 1 1 4 9 51 .370 .000 .895 26.4 10.2 2.8 2.4
6 Cliff Levingston 23 5 101 15 19 0 0 10 16 11 24 1 1 2 3 15 40 .789 .625 20.2 8.0 4.8 0.2
7 Kent Benson 29 5 129 16 37 0 0 6 10 9 30 7 5 7 3 14 38 .432 .600 25.8 7.6 6.0 1.4
8 Earl Cureton 26 5 93 15 31 0 0 2 6 14 33 2 2 1 5 9 32 .484 .333 18.6 6.4 6.6 0.4
9 Terry Tyler 27 5 42 10 24 0 0 5 9 5 7 1 0 3 1 4 25 .417 .556 8.4 5.0 1.4 0.2
10 Ray Tolbert 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Lionel Hollins 30 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 3.0 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 Bill Laimbeer 26 5 165 19.1 .635 .569 9.0 33.3 20.6 10.7 1.2 1.0 16.7 17.4 120 104 0.4 0.3 0.6
2 Kelly Tripucka 24 5 208 18.1 .550 .471 5.1 7.2 6.1 11.6 2.5 0.0 12.6 27.4 110 110 0.3 0.2 0.5
3 Isiah Thomas 22 5 198 20.6 .544 .482 3.7 6.9 5.3 42.3 3.1 1.7 18.9 24.6 109 107 0.3 0.2 0.5
4 Cliff Levingston 23 5 101 16.3 .768 .789 11.5 14.7 13.1 1.4 0.5 1.1 10.3 11.5 146 111 0.3 0.1 0.4
5 Kent Benson 29 5 129 12.9 .459 .432 7.4 18.6 12.8 7.4 1.8 3.1 6.8 13.8 108 105 0.1 0.2 0.3
6 Vinnie Johnson 27 5 132 11.0 .469 .370 4.0 7.8 5.8 12.6 0.4 0.4 6.9 17.7 110 114 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Terry Tyler 27 5 42 15.8 .447 .417 12.6 5.5 9.2 3.9 0.0 4.1 3.5 27.6 105 112 0.0 0.0 0.1
8 Earl Cureton 26 5 93 13.0 .476 .484 15.9 23.4 19.5 3.1 1.0 0.6 12.9 16.6 102 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 John Long 27 5 149 6.7 .446 .364 5.0 3.1 4.1 1.9 2.2 0.0 14.0 19.2 92 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Ray Tolbert 25 1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Lionel Hollins 30 2 6 -15.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 66.7 20.0 0 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Long *$263,750
2 Terry Tyler *$193,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)