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1984-85 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Chuck Daly (46-36)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 116.0 (3rd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 113.5 (18th of 23)

SRS: 2.73 (6th of 23) Pace: 105.0 (4th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.6 (9th of 23) Def Rtg: 107.2 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: +2.4 (6th of 23)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (6th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +600

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 691,550 (1st of 23)

NBA 1985 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New Jersey Nets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
54	Kent Benson	C	6-10	235	December 27, 1954	us	7	Indiana
00	Tony Campbell	SF	6-7	215	May 7, 1962	us	R	Ohio State
23	Earl Cureton	C	6-9	210	September 3, 1957	us	4	Robert Morris University (PA), Detroit Mercy
15	Vinnie Johnson	SG	6-2	200	September 1, 1956	us	5	Baylor
35	Major Jones	PF	6-9	225	July 9, 1953	us	5	Albany State University
40	Bill Laimbeer	C	6-11	245	May 19, 1957	us	4	Notre Dame
25	John Long	SG	6-5	195	August 28, 1956	us	6	Detroit Mercy
34	Sidney Lowe	PG	6-0	195	January 21, 1960	us	1	NC State
14	Lorenzo Romar	PG	6-1	175	November 13, 1958	us	4	Washington
32	Dan Roundfield	PF	6-8	205	May 26, 1953	us	9	Central Michigan University
31	Brook Steppe	SG	6-5	195	November 7, 1959	us	2	Georgia Tech
22	Terry Teagle	SG	6-5	195	April 10, 1960	us	2	Baylor
22	David Thirdkill	SF	6-7	195	April 12, 1960	us	2	Bradley
11	Isiah Thomas	PG	6-1	180	April 30, 1961	us	3	Indiana
7	Kelly Tripucka	SF	6-6	220	February 16, 1959	us	3	Notre Dame
41	Terry Tyler	SF	6-7	215	October 30, 1956	us	6	Detroit Mercy
31	Dale Wilkinson	PF	6-10	220	March 18, 1960	us	R	Idaho State University

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	7.6	16.0	.476	.468	4.9	6.1	.809	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	21.2
2	Bill Laimbeer	27	82	82	35.3	7.3	14.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.222	7.2	14.1	.510	.507	3.0	3.7	.797	3.6	8.8	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.6	3.8	17.5
3	Kelly Tripucka	25	55	43	30.5	7.2	15.1	.477	0.0	0.1	.400	7.2	15.0	.477	.478	4.6	5.2	.885	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.1	19.1
4	John Long	28	66	55	27.6	6.5	13.4	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	6.5	13.2	.490	.490	1.6	1.9	.862	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	14.7
5	Dan Roundfield	31	56	43	26.6	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	9.0	.469	.467	2.5	3.2	.781	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.8	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.6	10.9
6	Vinnie Johnson	28	82	16	25.5	5.2	11.5	.454	0.1	0.3	.185	5.2	11.2	.462	.457	2.3	3.0	.769	1.6	1.4	3.1	4.0	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.5	12.8
7	Terry Tyler	28	82	53	24.4	5.1	10.4	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	10.3	.498	.494	1.3	1.8	.716	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.8	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.3	11.6
8	Earl Cureton	27	81	1	20.3	2.6	5.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	5.2	.487	.484	1.0	1.8	.569	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.1
9	Kent Benson	30	72	35	19.5	2.8	5.5	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	5.5	.510	.506	1.1	1.3	.809	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.9	6.6
10	David Thirdkill	24	10	1	11.5	1.2	2.3	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.2	.545	.522	0.5	1.1	.455	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.6	2.9
11	Tony Campbell	22	56	0	11.2	2.3	4.7	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.7	.498	.496	1.0	1.3	.800	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	5.6
12	Brook Steppe	25	54	0	9.0	1.5	3.3	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	3.3	.469	.466	1.6	1.9	.837	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	4.7
13	Major Jones	31	47	0	8.9	1.0	1.9	.552	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.9	.552	.552	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	0.4	1.2	.333	.250	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	Sidney Lowe	25	6	0	5.2	0.3	1.2	.286	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.2	.286	.286	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.2	0.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.7
16	Dale Wilkinson	24	2	0	3.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
17	Terry Teagle	24	2	0	2.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Isiah Thomas	23	9	9	39.4	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	8.6	16.8	.510	.518	5.2	6.9	.758	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	24.3
2	Bill Laimbeer	27	9	9	36.1	5.3	11.9	.449	0.0	0.2	.000	5.3	11.7	.457	.449	4.0	5.7	.706	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	14.7
3	Kelly Tripucka	25	9	9	32.0	5.4	13.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	13.0	.419	.415	3.9	4.4	.875	2.1	2.2	4.3	3.2	0.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	14.8
4	John Long	28	9	9	28.3	5.3	11.7	.457	0.1	0.4	.250	5.2	11.2	.465	.462	1.7	1.7	1.000	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.4	1.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	12.4
5	Vinnie Johnson	28	9	0	26.1	5.9	11.4	.515	0.0	0.3	.000	5.9	11.1	.530	.515	2.4	3.1	.786	1.7	1.3	3.0	3.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.7	14.2
6	Dan Roundfield	31	9	8	23.9	3.7	7.6	.485	0.0	0.0		3.7	7.6	.485	.485	1.8	1.9	.941	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.7	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.3	9.1
7	Terry Tyler	28	9	0	19.9	5.4	11.1	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	11.0	.495	.490	2.4	3.0	.815	1.7	2.8	4.4	0.3	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.9	13.3
8	Kent Benson	30	9	1	15.8	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.1	.543	.543	1.4	1.7	.867	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.0	7.0
9	Earl Cureton	27	9	0	14.8	1.8	3.8	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	3.7	.485	.471	0.6	1.0	.556	1.1	3.4	4.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.4	2.2	4.1
10	Brook Steppe	25	4	0	5.0	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	1.5	.333	.286	1.0	1.5	.667	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.0
11	Tony Campbell	22	2	0	4.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
12	Major Jones	31	1	0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	617	1297	.476	.468	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	591	1159	.510	.507	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	423	915	.462	.457	190	247	.769	134	118	252	325	71	20	135	205	1051
4	Terry Tyler	28	82	53	2004	422	855	.494	0	8	.000	422	847	.498	.494	106	148	.716	148	275	423	63	49	90	76	192	950
5	John Long	28	66	55	1820	431	885	.487	5	15	.333	426	870	.490	.490	106	123	.862	81	109	190	130	71	14	98	139	973
6	Kelly Tripucka	25	55	43	1675	396	831	.477	2	5	.400	394	826	.477	.478	255	288	.885	66	152	218	135	49	14	118	118	1049
7	Earl Cureton	27	81	1	1642	207	428	.484	0	3	.000	207	425	.487	.484	82	144	.569	169	250	419	83	56	42	114	216	496
8	Dan Roundfield	31	56	43	1492	236	505	.467	0	2	.000	236	503	.469	.467	139	178	.781	175	278	453	102	26	54	123	147	611
9	Kent Benson	30	72	35	1401	201	397	.506	0	3	.000	201	394	.510	.506	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	130	261	.498	.496	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	83	177	.469	.466	87	104	.837	25	32	57	36	16	4	43	61	253
12	Major Jones	31	47	0	418	48	87	.552	0	0		48	87	.552	.552	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	12	22	.545	.522	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	2	6	.333	.250	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		2	7	.286	.286	0	0		0	1	1	8	0	0	2	5	4
16	Dale Wilkinson	24	2	0	7	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	Terry Teagle	24	2	0	5	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
			82		19830	3840	7999	.480	45	199	.226	3795	7800	.487	.483	1783	2262	.788	1403	2534	3937	2302	691	397	1341	2076	9508

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Isiah Thomas	23	9	9	355	83	166	.500	6	15	.400	77	151	.510	.518	47	62	.758	11	36	47	101	19	4	30	39	219
2	Bill Laimbeer	27	9	9	325	48	107	.449	0	2	.000	48	105	.457	.449	36	51	.706	36	60	96	15	7	7	16	32	132
3	Kelly Tripucka	25	9	9	288	49	118	.415	0	1	.000	49	117	.419	.415	35	40	.875	19	20	39	29	4	3	19	22	133
4	John Long	28	9	9	255	48	105	.457	1	4	.250	47	101	.465	.462	15	15	1.000	10	7	17	13	14	2	11	22	112
5	Vinnie Johnson	28	9	0	235	53	103	.515	0	3	.000	53	100	.530	.515	22	28	.786	15	12	27	29	6	1	15	24	128
6	Dan Roundfield	31	9	8	215	33	68	.485	0	0		33	68	.485	.485	16	17	.941	19	41	60	15	4	6	15	21	82
7	Terry Tyler	28	9	0	179	49	100	.490	0	1	.000	49	99	.495	.490	22	27	.815	15	25	40	3	6	4	9	17	120
8	Kent Benson	30	9	1	142	25	46	.543	0	0		25	46	.543	.543	13	15	.867	9	27	36	4	8	2	6	27	63
9	Earl Cureton	27	9	0	133	16	34	.471	0	1	.000	16	33	.485	.471	5	9	.556	10	31	41	4	9	2	4	20	37
10	Brook Steppe	25	4	0	20	2	7	.286	0	1	.000	2	6	.333	.286	4	6	.667	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	3	8
11	Tony Campbell	22	2	0	9	1	3	.333	0	0		1	3	.333	.333	0	0		0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
12	Major Jones	31	1	0	4	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Isiah Thomas	23	81	3089	22.2	.529	.080	.350	3.7	8.7	6.1	47.9	2.8	0.4	15.7	24.0		7.5	3.6	11.2	.173		5.1	1.2	6.3	6.5
2	Bill Laimbeer	27	82	2892	18.0	.548	.015	.260	10.2	27.0	18.3	7.0	1.1	1.4	9.0	19.1		5.6	4.1	9.8	.162		1.3	-0.1	1.3	2.4
3	Vinnie Johnson	28	82	2093	14.9	.500	.029	.262	6.4	6.1	6.3	20.3	1.6	0.5	11.4	21.7		2.5	1.7	4.2	.097		0.6	-0.3	0.3	1.2
4	Terry Tyler	28	82	2004	14.6	.516	.009	.173	7.4	14.9	11.0	4.1	1.1	2.5	7.6	19.1		2.2	2.3	4.5	.108		-0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0
5	John Long	28	66	1820	14.2	.518	.017	.139	4.5	6.5	5.4	9.8	1.8	0.4	9.4	21.9		1.8	1.6	3.3	.087		-0.7	-0.3	-1.1	0.4
6	Kelly Tripucka	25	55	1675	16.7	.548	.006	.347	3.9	9.9	6.8	11.0	1.3	0.5	11.0	24.6		2.8	1.4	4.2	.121		1.0	-0.5	0.5	1.0
7	Earl Cureton	27	81	1642	10.2	.505	.007	.336	10.3	16.6	13.3	6.0	1.6	1.4	18.8	14.1		0.0	2.0	2.0	.060		-2.6	0.4	-2.2	-0.1
8	Dan Roundfield	31	56	1492	13.9	.524	.004	.352	11.7	20.3	15.8	8.4	0.8	2.0	17.4	18.2		0.9	1.8	2.7	.087		-0.7	0.0	-0.8	0.5
9	Kent Benson	30	72	1401	12.6	.545	.008	.237	7.4	17.2	12.1	8.0	1.7	1.7	13.4	13.9		1.5	1.9	3.3	.113		-1.3	1.6	0.2	0.8
10	Tony Campbell	22	56	625	10.3	.540	.004	.267	6.6	8.4	7.4	5.1	2.0	0.3	19.1	22.2		-0.2	0.6	0.4	.031		-4.3	-0.7	-5.0	-0.5
11	Brook Steppe	25	54	486	13.1	.565	.006	.584	5.1	7.2	6.1	9.3	1.5	0.5	16.1	21.1		0.6	0.4	1.0	.097		-1.4	-0.5	-1.9	0.0
12	Major Jones	31	47	418	11.1	.589	.000	.586	11.5	20.8	16.0	4.2	1.0	1.8	24.2	13.3		0.2	0.5	0.7	.081		-2.6	-0.2	-2.8	-0.1
13	David Thirdkill	24	10	115	2.0	.521	.043	.478	3.5	3.8	3.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	30.1	13.3		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.054		-6.5	-0.5	-7.1	-0.1
14	Lorenzo Romar	26	5	35	9.1	.441	.250	.625	0.0	0.0	0.0	31.4	5.2	0.0	32.9	16.7		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.000		-3.8	3.0	-0.7	0.0
15	Sidney Lowe	25	6	31	2.2	.286	.000	.000	0.0	3.5	1.7	28.6	0.0	0.0	22.2	11.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.049		-5.9	-1.7	-7.6	0.0
16	Dale Wilkinson	24	2	7	-10.9	.000	.000	.000	0.0	15.6	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.197		-16.0	-3.3	-19.3	0.0
17	Terry Teagle	24	2	5	-7.1	.500	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	23.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.213		-13.1	-2.9	-15.9	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Isiah Thomas	23	9	355	22.7	.567	.090	.373	3.1	11.2	7.0	40.0	2.5	0.6	13.4	24.6		1.0	0.3	1.2	.165		5.5	1.8	7.3	0.8
2	Bill Laimbeer	27	9	325	14.0	.510	.019	.477	11.3	20.3	15.6	5.8	1.0	1.2	11.0	17.5		0.3	0.2	0.6	.083		0.1	-1.0	-0.9	0.1
3	Kelly Tripucka	25	9	288	12.1	.490	.008	.339	6.7	7.7	7.2	13.0	0.6	0.6	12.3	21.0		0.1	0.1	0.2	.033		-0.1	-1.8	-2.0	0.0
4	John Long	28	9	255	11.7	.502	.038	.143	4.0	3.0	3.5	6.7	2.6	0.4	9.0	18.8		0.1	0.1	0.3	.047		-1.3	0.2	-1.1	0.1
5	Vinnie Johnson	28	9	235	16.0	.555	.029	.272	6.5	5.6	6.1	17.2	1.2	0.2	11.5	21.7		0.4	0.1	0.5	.093		1.9	-0.3	1.6	0.2
6	Dan Roundfield	31	9	215	13.5	.543	.000	.250	9.0	21.0	14.8	8.8	0.9	1.5	16.6	16.4		0.1	0.2	0.3	.070		-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
7	Terry Tyler	28	9	179	18.9	.536	.010	.270	8.5	15.4	11.8	2.5	1.6	1.2	7.4	26.4		0.3	0.1	0.4	.111		1.5	-0.4	1.1	0.1
8	Kent Benson	30	9	142	15.2	.599	.000	.326	6.4	21.0	13.4	3.7	2.6	0.8	10.2	16.1		0.3	0.2	0.4	.139		-0.9	2.1	1.2	0.1
9	Earl Cureton	27	9	133	12.0	.487	.029	.265	7.6	25.7	16.3	3.6	3.1	0.8	9.5	12.3		0.1	0.2	0.2	.087		-1.9	2.1	0.2	0.1
10	Brook Steppe	25	4	20	4.7	.415	.143	.857	5.1	11.0	7.9	11.8	0.0	0.0	17.2	22.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.087		-5.9	-3.2	-9.0	0.0
11	Tony Campbell	22	2	9	6.0	.333	.000	.000	0.0	24.5	11.8	13.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.008		-4.5	-0.7	-5.1	0.0
12	Major Jones	31	1	4	18.0	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	.177		4.7	-0.2	4.4	0.0

Players on League Leaderboards

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.

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