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1987-88 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 109.2 points per game, Allowed 104.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 54-28)
Coached by Chuck Daly (54-28)

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

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1987-88 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

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	7.4	1.9	9.3
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	3.7	5.0	8.7
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	7.5
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	6.1
6	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	2.7	3.1	5.9
7	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	3.1	2.7	5.8
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	2.2
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	2.0	2.9
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	1.2	2.9
3	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	0.6	1.0	1.7
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	0.4	1.8	2.2
5	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	0.8	0.8
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	1.0	1.0
7	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	1.3	2.2
8	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	0.4	0.6	1.0
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	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
11	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
12	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

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 (*)

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