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1987-88 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Chuck Daly (54-28)

Points Per Game: 109.2 (8th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.1 (3rd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 54-28 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome ▪ Attendance: 1,066,505 (1st of 23)

SRS: 5.46 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.3 (14th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.5 (6th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.3 (2nd of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Washington Bullets

1987-88 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 William Bedford C 7-0 225 December 14, 1963 1 University of Memphis
45 Adrian Dantley F-G 6-5 208 February 28, 1956 11 University of Notre Dame
50 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 12
4 Joe Dumars G 6-3 190 May 24, 1963 2 McNeese State University
53 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 10 University of Washington
15 Vinnie Johnson G 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 8 Baylor University
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 May 19, 1957 7 University of Notre Dame
35 Ralph Lewis G 6-6 200 March 28, 1963 R La Salle University
44 Rick Mahorn C-F 6-10 240 September 21, 1958 7 Hampton University
54 Ron Moore C 7-0 260 January 16, 1962 R West Virginia State University
42 Chuck Nevitt C 7-5 217 June 13, 1959 4 North Carolina State University
10 Dennis Rodman F 6-7 210 May 13, 1961 1 Southeastern Oklahoma State University
23 Walker Russell G 6-5 195 October 26, 1960 5 Western Michigan University
22 John Salley F-C 6-11 230 May 16, 1964 1 Georgia Institute of Technology
11 Isiah Thomas G 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 6 Indiana 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 19780 3461 7018 .493 58 202 .287 1977 2612 .757 1181 2482 3663 2011 588 394 1348 1957 8957 109.2
Opponent 82 19780 3334 7134 .467 114 394 .289 1751 2298 .762 1144 2276 3420 1964 649 406 1328 2164 8533 104.1

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 26 81 81 2927 621 1341 .463 30 97 .309 305 394 .774 64 214 278 678 141 17 273 217 1577
2 Adrian Dantley 31 69 50 2144 444 863 .514 0 2 .000 492 572 .860 84 143 227 171 39 10 135 144 1380
3 Joe Dumars 24 82 82 2732 453 960 .472 4 19 .211 251 308 .815 63 137 200 387 87 15 172 155 1161
4 Bill Laimbeer 30 82 82 2897 455 923 .493 13 39 .333 187 214 .874 165 667 832 199 66 78 136 284 1110
5 Vinnie Johnson 31 82 1 1935 425 959 .443 5 24 .208 147 217 .677 90 141 231 267 58 18 152 164 1002
6 Dennis Rodman 26 82 32 2147 398 709 .561 5 17 .294 152 284 .535 318 397 715 110 75 45 156 273 953
7 Rick Mahorn 29 67 64 1963 276 481 .574 1 2 .500 164 217 .756 159 406 565 60 43 42 119 262 717
8 John Salley 23 82 16 2003 258 456 .566 0 0 185 261 .709 166 236 402 113 53 137 120 294 701
9 James Edwards 32 26 2 328 48 101 .475 0 0 45 61 .738 22 55 77 5 2 5 22 57 141
10 William Bedford 24 38 0 298 44 101 .436 0 0 13 23 .565 27 38 65 4 8 17 19 47 101
11 Ralph Lewis 24 50 0 310 27 87 .310 0 1 .000 29 48 .604 17 34 51 14 13 4 19 36 83
12 Chuck Nevitt 28 17 0 63 7 21 .333 0 0 3 6 .500 4 14 18 0 1 5 2 12 17
13 Ron Moore 26 9 0 25 4 13 .308 0 0 2 4 .500 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 8 10
14 Darryl Dawkins 31 2 0 7 1 2 .500 0 0 2 3 .667 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 4
15 Walker Russell 27 1 0 1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 Adrian Dantley 31 69 50 31.1 6.4 12.5 .514 0.0 0.0 .000 7.1 8.3 .860 1.2 2.1 3.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 2.0 2.1 20.0
2 Isiah Thomas 26 81 81 36.1 7.7 16.6 .463 0.4 1.2 .309 3.8 4.9 .774 0.8 2.6 3.4 8.4 1.7 0.2 3.4 2.7 19.5
3 Joe Dumars 24 82 82 33.3 5.5 11.7 .472 0.0 0.2 .211 3.1 3.8 .815 0.8 1.7 2.4 4.7 1.1 0.2 2.1 1.9 14.2
4 Bill Laimbeer 30 82 82 35.3 5.5 11.3 .493 0.2 0.5 .333 2.3 2.6 .874 2.0 8.1 10.1 2.4 0.8 1.0 1.7 3.5 13.5
5 Vinnie Johnson 31 82 1 23.6 5.2 11.7 .443 0.1 0.3 .208 1.8 2.6 .677 1.1 1.7 2.8 3.3 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.0 12.2
6 Dennis Rodman 26 82 32 26.2 4.9 8.6 .561 0.1 0.2 .294 1.9 3.5 .535 3.9 4.8 8.7 1.3 0.9 0.5 1.9 3.3 11.6
7 Rick Mahorn 29 67 64 29.3 4.1 7.2 .574 0.0 0.0 .500 2.4 3.2 .756 2.4 6.1 8.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.8 3.9 10.7
8 John Salley 23 82 16 24.4 3.1 5.6 .566 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.2 .709 2.0 2.9 4.9 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.5 3.6 8.5
9 James Edwards 32 26 2 12.6 1.8 3.9 .475 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 .738 0.8 2.1 3.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.8 2.2 5.4
10 William Bedford 24 38 0 7.8 1.2 2.7 .436 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .565 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.2 2.7
11 Darryl Dawkins 31 2 0 3.5 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
12 Ralph Lewis 24 50 0 6.2 0.5 1.7 .310 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.0 .604 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.7
13 Ron Moore 26 9 0 2.8 0.4 1.4 .308 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.1
14 Chuck Nevitt 28 17 0 3.7 0.4 1.2 .333 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.2 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.0
15 Walker Russell 27 1 0 1.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 Adrian Dantley 31 69 50 2144 7.5 14.5 .514 0.0 0.0 .000 8.3 9.6 .860 1.4 2.4 3.8 2.9 0.7 0.2 2.3 2.4 23.2
2 Darryl Dawkins 31 2 0 7 5.1 10.3 .500 0.0 0.0 10.3 15.4 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.1 15.4 20.6 20.6
3 Isiah Thomas 26 81 81 2927 7.6 16.5 .463 0.4 1.2 .309 3.8 4.8 .774 0.8 2.6 3.4 8.3 1.7 0.2 3.4 2.7 19.4
4 Vinnie Johnson 31 82 1 1935 7.9 17.8 .443 0.1 0.4 .208 2.7 4.0 .677 1.7 2.6 4.3 5.0 1.1 0.3 2.8 3.1 18.6
5 Dennis Rodman 26 82 32 2147 6.7 11.9 .561 0.1 0.3 .294 2.5 4.8 .535 5.3 6.7 12.0 1.8 1.3 0.8 2.6 4.6 16.0
6 James Edwards 32 26 2 328 5.3 11.1 .475 0.0 0.0 4.9 6.7 .738 2.4 6.0 8.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.4 6.3 15.5
7 Joe Dumars 24 82 82 2732 6.0 12.7 .472 0.1 0.3 .211 3.3 4.1 .815 0.8 1.8 2.6 5.1 1.1 0.2 2.3 2.0 15.3
8 Ron Moore 26 9 0 25 5.8 18.7 .308 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.8 .500 2.9 0.0 2.9 1.4 2.9 0.0 4.3 11.5 14.4
9 Bill Laimbeer 30 82 82 2897 5.7 11.5 .493 0.2 0.5 .333 2.3 2.7 .874 2.1 8.3 10.3 2.5 0.8 1.0 1.7 3.5 13.8
10 Rick Mahorn 29 67 64 1963 5.1 8.8 .574 0.0 0.0 .500 3.0 4.0 .756 2.9 7.4 10.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 2.2 4.8 13.1
11 John Salley 23 82 16 2003 4.6 8.2 .566 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.7 .709 3.0 4.2 7.2 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.2 5.3 12.6
12 William Bedford 24 38 0 298 5.3 12.2 .436 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.8 .565 3.3 4.6 7.9 0.5 1.0 2.1 2.3 5.7 12.2
13 Chuck Nevitt 28 17 0 63 4.0 12.0 .333 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.4 .500 2.3 8.0 10.3 0.0 0.6 2.9 1.1 6.9 9.7
14 Ralph Lewis 24 50 0 310 3.1 10.1 .310 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 5.6 .604 2.0 3.9 5.9 1.6 1.5 0.5 2.2 4.2 9.6
15 Walker Russell 27 1 0 1 0.0 36.0 .000 0.0 36.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 Adrian Dantley 31 69 2144 19.9 .619 .514 4.5 7.3 5.9 11.9 0.9 0.3 10.8 24.2 124 109 7.5 1.9 9.4
2 Bill Laimbeer 30 82 2897 15.1 .546 .500 6.5 25.1 16.0 9.6 1.1 1.6 11.8 16.5 113 102 3.8 5.0 8.8
3 Isiah Thomas 26 81 2927 18.2 .521 .474 2.5 8.0 5.3 35.0 2.4 0.3 15.3 25.4 108 106 3.8 3.7 7.6
4 Dennis Rodman 26 82 2147 17.4 .571 .565 16.9 20.2 18.6 7.4 1.7 1.2 15.8 19.2 112 103 3.2 3.6 6.8
5 John Salley 23 82 2003 14.2 .614 .566 9.5 12.9 11.2 7.6 1.3 4.0 17.4 14.3 116 104 3.0 3.1 6.2
6 Joe Dumars 24 82 2732 13.7 .530 .474 2.6 5.5 4.1 20.0 1.6 0.3 13.6 19.3 109 108 3.2 2.7 5.9
7 Rick Mahorn 29 67 1963 13.7 .622 .575 9.3 22.6 16.1 4.2 1.1 1.3 17.1 14.7 115 103 2.8 3.2 5.9
8 Vinnie Johnson 31 82 1935 13.8 .475 .446 5.3 7.9 6.7 21.1 1.5 0.5 12.6 25.9 100 108 0.2 2.1 2.3
9 James Edwards 32 26 328 10.7 .551 .475 7.7 18.3 13.1 2.1 0.3 0.9 14.7 19.0 107 106 0.3 0.4 0.7
10 William Bedford 24 38 298 9.0 .454 .436 10.4 13.9 12.2 1.8 1.3 3.3 14.6 18.2 92 104 -0.2 0.5 0.2
11 Chuck Nevitt 28 17 63 6.6 .360 .333 7.3 24.2 16.0 0.0 0.8 4.7 7.8 16.9 83 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0
12 Darryl Dawkins 31 2 7 -5.7 .602 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.5 0.0 8.4 47.5 37.5 68 106 -0.1 0.0 0.0
13 Walker Russell 27 1 1 -1.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.6 53 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Ron Moore 26 9 25 -1.0 .339 .308 9.2 0.0 4.5 5.6 3.9 0.0 16.9 29.5 71 105 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Ralph Lewis 24 50 310 5.6 .384 .310 6.3 12.0 9.2 5.7 2.0 0.8 14.9 17.0 84 105 -0.5 0.4 -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 26 23 911 183 419 13 44 125 151 26 107 201 66 8 85 71 504 .437 .295 .828 39.6 21.9 4.7 8.7
2 Adrian Dantley 31 23 804 153 292 0 2 140 178 37 107 46 19 1 51 50 446 .524 .000 .787 35.0 19.4 4.7 2.0
3 Joe Dumars 24 23 804 113 247 2 6 56 63 18 50 112 13 2 40 50 284 .457 .333 .889 35.0 12.3 2.2 4.9
4 Bill Laimbeer 30 23 779 114 250 5 17 40 45 43 221 44 18 19 30 77 273 .456 .294 .889 33.9 11.9 9.6 1.9
5 Vinnie Johnson 31 23 477 101 239 1 7 33 50 35 75 43 17 4 21 48 236 .423 .143 .660 20.7 10.3 3.3 1.9
6 Dennis Rodman 26 23 474 71 136 0 2 22 54 51 136 21 14 14 31 87 164 .522 .000 .407 20.6 7.1 5.9 0.9
7 John Salley 23 23 623 56 104 0 1 49 69 64 155 21 15 37 23 88 161 .538 .000 .710 27.1 7.0 6.7 0.9
8 James Edwards 32 22 308 56 110 0 1 27 41 23 68 11 2 10 10 55 139 .509 .000 .659 14.0 6.3 3.1 0.5
9 Rick Mahorn 29 23 409 31 90 0 0 13 19 19 89 13 5 10 16 64 75 .344 .684 17.8 3.3 3.9 0.6
10 Walker Russell 27 7 10 2 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 .400 1.000 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.1
11 Ralph Lewis 24 10 17 2 6 0 1 0 0 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 4 .333 .000 1.7 0.4 0.8 0.1
12 Chuck Nevitt 28 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .500 1.3 0.7 1.0 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 Isiah Thomas 26 23 911 20.7 .519 .452 3.3 10.3 6.8 37.7 3.8 0.6 14.9 28.0 108 100 0.9 2.1 3.0
2 Adrian Dantley 31 23 804 17.8 .602 .524 5.4 10.1 7.8 9.6 1.2 0.1 12.1 23.4 118 106 1.7 1.3 3.0
3 John Salley 23 23 623 13.4 .599 .538 12.0 16.9 14.5 4.8 1.3 3.9 14.6 11.3 122 100 0.9 1.4 2.3
4 Bill Laimbeer 30 23 779 14.0 .506 .466 6.5 26.5 16.5 8.8 1.2 1.6 10.0 17.2 108 100 0.5 1.8 2.3
5 Joe Dumars 24 23 804 11.7 .517 .462 2.6 4.6 3.6 21.6 0.9 0.2 12.7 17.5 109 108 0.7 1.1 1.7
6 Dennis Rodman 26 23 474 12.2 .513 .522 12.6 20.8 16.7 7.0 1.6 1.9 16.3 18.0 100 100 -0.1 1.1 1.0
7 James Edwards 32 22 308 14.3 .543 .509 8.7 16.9 12.9 5.9 0.3 2.1 7.2 20.0 115 104 0.5 0.6 1.0
8 Vinnie Johnson 31 23 477 14.3 .452 .425 8.6 9.7 9.2 15.7 1.9 0.6 7.4 26.4 101 104 0.0 0.9 0.8
9 Rick Mahorn 29 23 409 4.4 .381 .344 5.4 19.9 12.7 4.5 0.6 1.6 14.0 12.5 84 103 -0.5 0.8 0.3
10 Chuck Nevitt 28 3 4 15.6 .500 .500 58.5 29.0 43.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.5 89 102 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Walker Russell 27 7 10 15.8 .510 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.1 5.3 0.0 14.5 30.8 100 101 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Ralph Lewis 24 10 17 12.2 .333 .333 20.6 34.1 27.4 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.8 103 101 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Adrian Dantley $950,000
2 Isiah Thomas $750,000
3 Darryl Dawkins $750,000
4 William Bedford $637,500
5 Vinnie Johnson $633,000
6 Bill Laimbeer $630,000
7 James Edwards $600,000
8 Rick Mahorn $575,000
9 Joe Dumars $400,000
10 John Salley $335,000
11 Chuck Nevitt $160,000
12 Dennis Rodman $160,000
13 Ron Moore $75,000
14 Ralph Lewis $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)