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1984-85 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Chuck Daly (46-36)

Points Per Game: 116.0 (3rd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.5 (18th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-35 (6th of 23)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome ▪ Attendance: 691,540 (1st of 23)

SRS: 2.73 (6th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.0 (4th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.6 (9th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.2 (9th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New Jersey Nets

1984-85 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 7 Indiana University
00 Tony Campbell F-G 6-7 215 May 7, 1962 R Ohio State University
23 Earl Cureton F-C 6-9 210 September 3, 1957 4 University of Detroit Mercy
15 Vinnie Johnson G 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 5 Baylor University
35 Major Jones F 6-9 225 July 9, 1953 5 Albany State University
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 May 19, 1957 4 University of Notre Dame
25 John Long G-F 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 6 University of Detroit Mercy
34 Sidney Lowe G 6-0 195 January 21, 1960 1 North Carolina State University
14 Lorenzo Romar G 6-1 175 November 13, 1958 4 University of Washington
32 Dan Roundfield F-C 6-8 205 May 26, 1953 9 Central Michigan University
31 Brook Steppe G-F 6-5 195 November 7, 1959 2 Georgia Institute of Technology
22 Terry Teagle F-G 6-5 195 April 10, 1960 2 Baylor University
22 David Thirdkill F-G 6-7 195 April 12, 1960 2 Bradley University
11 Isiah Thomas G 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 3 Indiana University
7 Kelly Tripucka F-G 6-6 220 February 16, 1959 3 University of Notre Dame
41 Terry Tyler F-G 6-7 215 October 30, 1956 6 University of Detroit Mercy
31 Dale Wilkinson F 6-10 220 March 18, 1960 R Idaho 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 19830 3840 7999 .480 45 199 .226 1783 2262 .788 1403 2534 3937 2302 691 397 1341 2076 9508 116.0
Opponent 82 19830 3700 7457 .496 78 249 .313 1826 2404 .760 1109 2563 3672 2107 642 508 1486 2017 9304 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 23 81 81 3089 646 1410 .458 29 113 .257 399 493 .809 114 247 361 1123 187 25 302 288 1720
2 Bill Laimbeer 27 82 82 2892 595 1177 .506 4 18 .222 244 306 .797 295 718 1013 154 69 71 129 308 1438
3 Vinnie Johnson 28 82 16 2093 428 942 .454 5 27 .185 190 247 .769 134 118 252 325 71 20 135 205 1051
4 Kelly Tripucka 25 55 43 1675 396 831 .477 2 5 .400 255 288 .885 66 152 218 135 49 14 118 118 1049
5 John Long 28 66 55 1820 431 885 .487 5 15 .333 106 123 .862 81 109 190 130 71 14 98 139 973
6 Terry Tyler 28 82 53 2004 422 855 .494 0 8 .000 106 148 .716 148 275 423 63 49 90 76 192 950
7 Dan Roundfield 31 56 43 1492 236 505 .467 0 2 .000 139 178 .781 175 278 453 102 26 54 123 147 611
8 Earl Cureton 27 81 1 1642 207 428 .484 0 3 .000 82 144 .569 169 250 419 83 56 42 114 216 496
9 Kent Benson 30 72 35 1401 201 397 .506 0 3 .000 76 94 .809 103 221 324 93 53 44 68 207 478
10 Tony Campbell 22 56 0 625 130 262 .496 0 1 .000 56 70 .800 41 48 89 24 28 3 69 107 316
11 Brook Steppe 25 54 0 486 83 178 .466 0 1 .000 87 104 .837 25 32 57 36 16 4 43 61 253
12 Major Jones 31 47 0 418 48 87 .552 0 0 33 51 .647 48 80 128 15 9 14 35 58 129
13 David Thirdkill 24 10 1 115 12 23 .522 0 1 .000 5 11 .455 4 4 8 1 3 2 12 16 29
14 Lorenzo Romar 26 5 0 35 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 5 5 1.000 0 0 0 10 4 0 5 5 9
15 Sidney Lowe 25 6 0 31 2 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 2 5 4
16 Terry Teagle 24 2 0 5 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
17 Dale Wilkinson 24 2 0 7 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 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 Isiah Thomas 23 81 81 38.1 8.0 17.4 .458 0.4 1.4 .257 4.9 6.1 .809 1.4 3.0 4.5 13.9 2.3 0.3 3.7 3.6 21.2
2 Kelly Tripucka 25 55 43 30.5 7.2 15.1 .477 0.0 0.1 .400 4.6 5.2 .885 1.2 2.8 4.0 2.5 0.9 0.3 2.1 2.1 19.1
3 Bill Laimbeer 27 82 82 35.3 7.3 14.4 .506 0.0 0.2 .222 3.0 3.7 .797 3.6 8.8 12.4 1.9 0.8 0.9 1.6 3.8 17.5
4 John Long 28 66 55 27.6 6.5 13.4 .487 0.1 0.2 .333 1.6 1.9 .862 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.0 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.1 14.7
5 Vinnie Johnson 28 82 16 25.5 5.2 11.5 .454 0.1 0.3 .185 2.3 3.0 .769 1.6 1.4 3.1 4.0 0.9 0.2 1.6 2.5 12.8
6 Terry Tyler 28 82 53 24.4 5.1 10.4 .494 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.8 .716 1.8 3.4 5.2 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.9 2.3 11.6
7 Dan Roundfield 31 56 43 26.6 4.2 9.0 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.2 .781 3.1 5.0 8.1 1.8 0.5 1.0 2.2 2.6 10.9
8 Kent Benson 30 72 35 19.5 2.8 5.5 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.3 .809 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.9 6.6
9 Earl Cureton 27 81 1 20.3 2.6 5.3 .484 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.8 .569 2.1 3.1 5.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.4 2.7 6.1
10 Tony Campbell 22 56 0 11.2 2.3 4.7 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .800 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.9 5.6
11 Brook Steppe 25 54 0 9.0 1.5 3.3 .466 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 1.9 .837 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.1 4.7
12 David Thirdkill 24 10 1 11.5 1.2 2.3 .522 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 1.1 .455 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.6 2.9
13 Major Jones 31 47 0 8.9 1.0 1.9 .552 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 .647 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.2 2.7
14 Lorenzo Romar 26 5 0 7.0 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.4 .000 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.8
15 Terry Teagle 24 2 0 2.5 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0
16 Sidney Lowe 25 6 0 5.2 0.3 1.2 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.7
17 Dale Wilkinson 24 2 0 3.5 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 Kelly Tripucka 25 55 43 1675 8.5 17.9 .477 0.0 0.1 .400 5.5 6.2 .885 1.4 3.3 4.7 2.9 1.1 0.3 2.5 2.5 22.5
2 Isiah Thomas 23 81 81 3089 7.5 16.4 .458 0.3 1.3 .257 4.7 5.7 .809 1.3 2.9 4.2 13.1 2.2 0.3 3.5 3.4 20.0
3 John Long 28 66 55 1820 8.5 17.5 .487 0.1 0.3 .333 2.1 2.4 .862 1.6 2.2 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.3 1.9 2.7 19.2
4 Brook Steppe 25 54 0 486 6.1 13.2 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 6.4 7.7 .837 1.9 2.4 4.2 2.7 1.2 0.3 3.2 4.5 18.7
5 Tony Campbell 22 56 0 625 7.5 15.1 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.0 .800 2.4 2.8 5.1 1.4 1.6 0.2 4.0 6.2 18.2
6 Vinnie Johnson 28 82 16 2093 7.4 16.2 .454 0.1 0.5 .185 3.3 4.2 .769 2.3 2.0 4.3 5.6 1.2 0.3 2.3 3.5 18.1
7 Bill Laimbeer 27 82 82 2892 7.4 14.7 .506 0.0 0.2 .222 3.0 3.8 .797 3.7 8.9 12.6 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 3.8 17.9
8 Terry Tyler 28 82 53 2004 7.6 15.4 .494 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.7 .716 2.7 4.9 7.6 1.1 0.9 1.6 1.4 3.4 17.1
9 Dan Roundfield 31 56 43 1492 5.7 12.2 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.3 .781 4.2 6.7 10.9 2.5 0.6 1.3 3.0 3.5 14.7
10 Terry Teagle 24 2 0 5 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4 14.4
11 Kent Benson 30 72 35 1401 5.2 10.2 .506 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.4 .809 2.6 5.7 8.3 2.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 5.3 12.3
12 Major Jones 31 47 0 418 4.1 7.5 .552 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.4 .647 4.1 6.9 11.0 1.3 0.8 1.2 3.0 5.0 11.1
13 Earl Cureton 27 81 1 1642 4.5 9.4 .484 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 3.2 .569 3.7 5.5 9.2 1.8 1.2 0.9 2.5 4.7 10.9
14 Lorenzo Romar 26 5 0 35 2.1 8.2 .250 0.0 2.1 .000 5.1 5.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 4.1 0.0 5.1 5.1 9.3
15 David Thirdkill 24 10 1 115 3.8 7.2 .522 0.0 0.3 .000 1.6 3.4 .455 1.3 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.9 0.6 3.8 5.0 9.1
16 Sidney Lowe 25 6 0 31 2.3 8.1 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 9.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 5.8 4.6
17 Dale Wilkinson 24 2 0 7 0.0 10.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 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 Isiah Thomas 23 81 3089 22.2 .529 .468 3.7 8.7 6.1 47.9 2.8 0.4 15.7 24.0 115 107 7.5 3.6 11.2
2 Bill Laimbeer 27 82 2892 18.0 .548 .507 10.2 27.0 18.3 7.0 1.1 1.4 9.0 19.1 117 105 5.6 4.1 9.8
3 Terry Tyler 28 82 2004 14.6 .516 .494 7.4 14.9 11.0 4.1 1.1 2.5 7.6 19.1 110 107 2.2 2.3 4.5
4 Kelly Tripucka 25 55 1675 16.7 .548 .478 3.9 9.9 6.8 11.0 1.3 0.5 11.0 24.6 111 109 2.8 1.4 4.2
5 Vinnie Johnson 28 82 2093 14.9 .500 .457 6.4 6.1 6.3 20.3 1.6 0.5 11.4 21.7 109 110 2.5 1.7 4.2
6 John Long 28 66 1820 14.2 .518 .490 4.5 6.5 5.4 9.8 1.8 0.4 9.4 21.9 107 109 1.8 1.6 3.3
7 Kent Benson 30 72 1401 12.6 .545 .506 7.4 17.2 12.1 8.0 1.7 1.7 13.4 13.9 112 106 1.5 1.9 3.3
8 Dan Roundfield 31 56 1492 13.9 .524 .467 11.7 20.3 15.8 8.4 0.8 2.0 17.4 18.2 105 106 0.9 1.8 2.7
9 Earl Cureton 27 81 1642 10.2 .505 .484 10.3 16.6 13.3 6.0 1.6 1.4 18.8 14.1 99 106 0.0 2.0 2.0
10 Brook Steppe 25 54 486 13.1 .565 .466 5.1 7.2 6.1 9.3 1.5 0.5 16.1 21.1 109 110 0.6 0.4 1.0
11 Major Jones 31 47 418 11.1 .589 .552 11.5 20.8 16.0 4.2 1.0 1.8 24.2 13.3 104 106 0.2 0.5 0.7
12 Tony Campbell 22 56 625 10.3 .540 .496 6.6 8.4 7.4 5.1 2.0 0.3 19.1 22.2 97 108 -0.2 0.6 0.4
13 Sidney Lowe 25 6 31 2.2 .286 .286 0.0 3.5 1.7 28.6 0.0 0.0 22.2 11.1 82 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Lorenzo Romar 26 5 35 9.1 .441 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.4 5.2 0.0 32.9 16.7 86 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Terry Teagle 24 2 5 -7.1 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 23.0 63 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Dale Wilkinson 24 2 7 -10.9 .000 .000 0.0 15.6 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 0 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 David Thirdkill 24 10 115 2.0 .521 .522 3.5 3.8 3.6 1.0 1.2 1.0 30.1 13.3 76 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

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 Isiah Thomas 23 9 355 83 166 6 15 47 62 11 47 101 19 4 30 39 219 .500 .400 .758 39.4 24.3 5.2 11.2
2 Kelly Tripucka 25 9 288 49 118 0 1 35 40 19 39 29 4 3 19 22 133 .415 .000 .875 32.0 14.8 4.3 3.2
3 Bill Laimbeer 27 9 325 48 107 0 2 36 51 36 96 15 7 7 16 32 132 .449 .000 .706 36.1 14.7 10.7 1.7
4 Vinnie Johnson 28 9 235 53 103 0 3 22 28 15 27 29 6 1 15 24 128 .515 .000 .786 26.1 14.2 3.0 3.2
5 Terry Tyler 28 9 179 49 100 0 1 22 27 15 40 3 6 4 9 17 120 .490 .000 .815 19.9 13.3 4.4 0.3
6 John Long 28 9 255 48 105 1 4 15 15 10 17 13 14 2 11 22 112 .457 .250 1.000 28.3 12.4 1.9 1.4
7 Dan Roundfield 31 9 215 33 68 0 0 16 17 19 60 15 4 6 15 21 82 .485 .941 23.9 9.1 6.7 1.7
8 Kent Benson 30 9 142 25 46 0 0 13 15 9 36 4 8 2 6 27 63 .543 .867 15.8 7.0 4.0 0.4
9 Earl Cureton 27 9 133 16 34 0 1 5 9 10 41 4 9 2 4 20 37 .471 .000 .556 14.8 4.1 4.6 0.4
10 Brook Steppe 25 4 20 2 7 0 1 4 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 8 .286 .000 .667 5.0 2.0 0.8 0.5
11 Major Jones 31 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
12 Tony Campbell 22 2 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 .333 4.5 1.0 1.0 0.5

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 Isiah Thomas 23 9 355 22.7 .567 .518 3.1 11.2 7.0 40.0 2.5 0.6 13.4 24.6 119 112 1.0 0.3 1.2
2 Bill Laimbeer 27 9 325 14.0 .510 .449 11.3 20.3 15.6 5.8 1.0 1.2 11.0 17.5 111 113 0.3 0.2 0.6
3 Vinnie Johnson 28 9 235 16.0 .555 .515 6.5 5.6 6.1 17.2 1.2 0.2 11.5 21.7 115 117 0.4 0.1 0.5
4 Kent Benson 30 9 142 15.2 .599 .543 6.4 21.0 13.4 3.7 2.6 0.8 10.2 16.1 121 109 0.3 0.2 0.4
5 Terry Tyler 28 9 179 18.9 .536 .490 8.5 15.4 11.8 2.5 1.6 1.2 7.4 26.4 112 113 0.3 0.1 0.4
6 Dan Roundfield 31 9 215 13.5 .543 .485 9.0 21.0 14.8 8.8 0.9 1.5 16.6 16.4 108 112 0.1 0.2 0.3
7 John Long 28 9 255 11.7 .502 .462 4.0 3.0 3.5 6.7 2.6 0.4 9.0 18.8 106 115 0.1 0.1 0.3
8 Earl Cureton 27 9 133 12.0 .487 .471 7.6 25.7 16.3 3.6 3.1 0.8 9.5 12.3 107 107 0.1 0.2 0.2
9 Kelly Tripucka 25 9 288 12.1 .490 .415 6.7 7.7 7.2 13.0 0.6 0.6 12.3 21.0 105 117 0.1 0.1 0.2
10 Brook Steppe 25 4 20 4.7 .415 .286 5.1 11.0 7.9 11.8 0.0 0.0 17.2 22.7 87 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Major Jones 31 1 4 18.0 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 200 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Tony Campbell 22 2 9 6.0 .333 .333 0.0 24.5 11.8 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 91 114 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Isiah Thomas $750,000
2 Kelly Tripucka $700,000
3 Dan Roundfield $674,000
4 Vinnie Johnson $625,000
5 Bill Laimbeer $600,000
6 John Long $330,000
7 Kent Benson $270,000
8 Terry Tyler $225,000
9 Earl Cureton $200,000
10 Tony Campbell $110,000
11 Brook Steppe $100,000
12 Major Jones $65,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)