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1983-84 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 117.1 (3rd of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 113.5 (18th of 23)
SRS: 3.52 (4th of 23) ▪ Pace: 103.8 (5th of 23)
Off Rtg: 111.5 (1st of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 108.1 (16th of 23)
Expected W-L: 50-32 (6th of 23)

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

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Ken Austin SF 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 C 6-9 210 September 3, 1957 3 University of Detroit Mercy
9 Lionel Hollins PG 6-3 185 October 19, 1953 8 Arizona State University
15 Vinnie Johnson SG 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 PF 6-8 210 January 4, 1961 1 Wichita State University
25 John Long SG 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 5 University of Detroit Mercy
33 Walker Russell PG 6-5 195 October 26, 1960 1 Western Michigan University
22 David Thirdkill SF 6-7 195 April 12, 1960 1 Bradley University
11 Isiah Thomas PG 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 2 Indiana University
24 Ray Tolbert PF 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 2 Indiana University
7 Kelly Tripucka SF 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 2 University of Notre Dame
41 Terry Tyler SF 6-7 215 October 30, 1956 5 University of Detroit Mercy

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 19905 3798 7910 .480 32 141 .227 1974 2547 .775 1427 2434 3861 2256 697 417 1310 2177 9602 117.1
Lg Rank 6 4 2 19 16 17 16 5 7 6 1 7 1 4 10 11 2 8 3 3
Opponent 82 19905 3657 7369 .496 53 202 .262 1941 2577 .753 1163 2457 3620 2193 621 527 1480 2187 9308 113.5
Lg Rank 6 17 16 15 15 12 13 19 20 6 11 18 17 16 3 22 10 15 18 18

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 50 32 3.59 -0.06 3.52 111.5 108.1 103.8 .482 12.7 36.7 .250 .500 14.8 67.7 .263 Pontiac Silverdome 652,865
Lg Rank 6 6 5 12 4 1 16 5 19 1 2 14 15 11 8 13 1

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 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

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 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
2 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
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

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

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
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 .181
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 .144
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 .109
4 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 .102
5 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 .144
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 .131
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 .103
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 .074
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 .051
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 .081
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 .040
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 .013
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 .002
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 -0.046

Playoffs 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 24 5 208 48 102 .471 0 1 .000 41 51 .804 10 13 23 15 11 0 18 22 137
2 Isiah Thomas 22 5 198 39 83 .470 2 6 .333 27 35 .771 7 12 19 55 13 6 23 22 107
3 Bill Laimbeer 26 5 165 29 51 .569 0 0 18 20 .900 14 48 62 12 4 3 12 23 76
4 John Long 27 5 149 20 55 .364 0 1 .000 15 15 1.000 7 4 11 2 7 0 10 15 55
5 Vinnie Johnson 27 5 132 17 46 .370 0 1 .000 17 19 .895 5 9 14 12 1 1 4 9 51
6 Cliff Levingston 23 5 101 15 19 .789 0 0 10 16 .625 11 13 24 1 1 2 3 15 40
7 Kent Benson 29 5 129 16 37 .432 0 0 6 10 .600 9 21 30 7 5 7 3 14 38
8 Earl Cureton 26 5 93 15 31 .484 0 0 2 6 .333 14 19 33 2 2 1 5 9 32
9 Terry Tyler 27 5 42 10 24 .417 0 0 5 9 .556 5 2 7 1 0 3 1 4 25
10 Lionel Hollins 30 2 6 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
11 Ray Tolbert 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs 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 Kelly Tripucka 24 5 41.6 9.6 20.4 .471 0.0 0.2 .000 8.2 10.2 .804 2.0 2.6 4.6 3.0 2.2 0.0 3.6 4.4 27.4
2 Isiah Thomas 22 5 39.6 7.8 16.6 .470 0.4 1.2 .333 5.4 7.0 .771 1.4 2.4 3.8 11.0 2.6 1.2 4.6 4.4 21.4
3 Bill Laimbeer 26 5 33.0 5.8 10.2 .569 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.0 .900 2.8 9.6 12.4 2.4 0.8 0.6 2.4 4.6 15.2
4 John Long 27 5 29.8 4.0 11.0 .364 0.0 0.2 .000 3.0 3.0 1.000 1.4 0.8 2.2 0.4 1.4 0.0 2.0 3.0 11.0
5 Vinnie Johnson 27 5 26.4 3.4 9.2 .370 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 3.8 .895 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.8 10.2
6 Cliff Levingston 23 5 20.2 3.0 3.8 .789 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.2 .625 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 3.0 8.0
7 Kent Benson 29 5 25.8 3.2 7.4 .432 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.0 .600 1.8 4.2 6.0 1.4 1.0 1.4 0.6 2.8 7.6
8 Earl Cureton 26 5 18.6 3.0 6.2 .484 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 .333 2.8 3.8 6.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.0 1.8 6.4
9 Terry Tyler 27 5 8.4 2.0 4.8 .417 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.8 .556 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.8 5.0
10 Lionel Hollins 30 2 3.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
11 Ray Tolbert 25 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Kelly Tripucka 24 5 208 8.3 17.7 .471 0.0 0.2 .000 7.1 8.8 .804 1.7 2.3 4.0 2.6 1.9 0.0 3.1 3.8 23.7
2 Terry Tyler 27 5 42 8.6 20.6 .417 0.0 0.0 4.3 7.7 .556 4.3 1.7 6.0 0.9 0.0 2.6 0.9 3.4 21.4
3 Isiah Thomas 22 5 198 7.1 15.1 .470 0.4 1.1 .333 4.9 6.4 .771 1.3 2.2 3.5 10.0 2.4 1.1 4.2 4.0 19.5
4 Bill Laimbeer 26 5 165 6.3 11.1 .569 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.4 .900 3.1 10.5 13.5 2.6 0.9 0.7 2.6 5.0 16.6
5 Cliff Levingston 23 5 101 5.3 6.8 .789 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.7 .625 3.9 4.6 8.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.1 5.3 14.3
6 Vinnie Johnson 27 5 132 4.6 12.5 .370 0.0 0.3 .000 4.6 5.2 .895 1.4 2.5 3.8 3.3 0.3 0.3 1.1 2.5 13.9
7 John Long 27 5 149 4.8 13.3 .364 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 3.6 1.000 1.7 1.0 2.7 0.5 1.7 0.0 2.4 3.6 13.3
8 Earl Cureton 26 5 93 5.8 12.0 .484 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.3 .333 5.4 7.4 12.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 1.9 3.5 12.4
9 Kent Benson 29 5 129 4.5 10.3 .432 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.8 .600 2.5 5.9 8.4 2.0 1.4 2.0 0.8 3.9 10.6
10 Ray Tolbert 25 1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Lionel Hollins 30 2 6 0.0 6.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 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 .181
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 .123
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 .129
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 .195
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 .097
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 .071
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 .063
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 .068
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 -0.008
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 .002
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 -0.554