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1988-89 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Chuck Daly (63-19)

1988-89 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 106.6 (16th of 25) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.8 (2nd of 25)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (4th of 25)

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills ▪ Attendance: 879,614 (2nd of 25)

SRS: 6.24 (4th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 95.5 (25th of 25)
Offensive Rating: 110.8 (7th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.7 (3rd of 25)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Boston Celtics

1988-89 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
23 Mark Aguirre F-G 6-6 232 December 10, 1959 7 DePaul University
45 Adrian Dantley F-G 6-5 208 February 28, 1956 12 University of Notre Dame
50 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 13
34 Fennis Dembo F 6-5 215 January 24, 1966 R University of Wyoming
4 Joe Dumars G 6-3 190 May 24, 1963 3 McNeese State University
53 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 11 University of Washington
35 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 October 15, 1963 3 University of Tulsa
15 Vinnie Johnson G 6-2 200 September 1, 1956 9 Baylor University
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 May 19, 1957 8 University of Notre Dame
25 John Long G-F 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 10 University of Detroit Mercy
44 Rick Mahorn C-F 6-10 240 September 21, 1958 8 Hampton University
12 Pace Mannion G 6-7 190 September 22, 1960 5 University of Utah
10 Dennis Rodman F 6-7 210 May 13, 1961 2 Southeastern Oklahoma State University
41 Jim Rowinski F 6-8 250 January 4, 1961 R Purdue University
22 John Salley F-C 6-11 230 May 16, 1964 2 Georgia Institute of Technology
11 Isiah Thomas G 6-1 180 April 30, 1961 7 Indiana University
24 Micheal Williams G 6-2 175 July 23, 1966 R Baylor 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 3395 6879 .494 120 400 .300 1830 2379 .769 1154 2546 3700 2027 522 406 1336 1939 8740 106.6
Opponent 82 19830 3140 7022 .447 158 554 .285 1826 2325 .785 1131 2188 3319 1855 646 341 1225 2088 8264 100.8

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 27 80 76 2924 569 1227 .464 33 121 .273 287 351 .818 49 224 273 663 133 20 298 209 1458
2 Joe Dumars 25 69 67 2408 456 903 .505 14 29 .483 260 306 .850 57 115 172 390 63 5 178 103 1186
3 Vinnie Johnson 32 82 21 2073 462 996 .464 13 44 .295 193 263 .734 109 146 255 242 74 17 105 155 1130
4 Bill Laimbeer 31 81 81 2640 449 900 .499 30 86 .349 178 212 .840 138 638 776 177 51 100 129 259 1106
5 Adrian Dantley 32 42 42 1341 258 495 .521 0 0 256 305 .839 53 111 164 93 23 6 81 99 772
6 Dennis Rodman 27 82 8 2208 316 531 .595 6 26 .231 97 155 .626 327 445 772 99 55 76 126 292 735
7 Mark Aguirre 29 36 32 1068 213 441 .483 22 75 .293 110 149 .738 56 95 151 89 16 7 68 101 558
8 James Edwards 33 76 1 1254 211 422 .500 0 2 .000 133 194 .686 68 163 231 49 11 31 72 226 555
9 Rick Mahorn 30 72 61 1795 203 393 .517 0 2 .000 116 155 .748 141 355 496 59 40 66 97 206 522
10 John Salley 24 67 21 1458 166 333 .498 0 2 .000 135 195 .692 134 201 335 75 40 72 100 197 467
11 Micheal Williams 22 49 0 358 47 129 .364 2 9 .222 31 47 .660 9 18 27 70 13 3 42 44 127
12 John Long 32 24 0 152 19 40 .475 0 0 11 13 .846 2 9 11 15 0 2 9 16 49
13 Fennis Dembo 23 31 0 74 14 42 .333 0 4 .000 8 10 .800 8 15 23 5 1 0 7 15 36
14 Darryl Dawkins 32 14 0 48 9 19 .474 0 0 9 18 .500 3 4 7 1 0 1 4 13 27
15 Steve Harris 25 3 0 7 1 4 .250 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
16 Pace Mannion 28 5 0 14 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 4
17 Jim Rowinski 28 6 0 8 0 2 .000 0 0 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4

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 32 42 42 31.9 6.1 11.8 .521 0.0 0.0 6.1 7.3 .839 1.3 2.6 3.9 2.2 0.5 0.1 1.9 2.4 18.4
2 Isiah Thomas 27 80 76 36.6 7.1 15.3 .464 0.4 1.5 .273 3.6 4.4 .818 0.6 2.8 3.4 8.3 1.7 0.3 3.7 2.6 18.2
3 Joe Dumars 25 69 67 34.9 6.6 13.1 .505 0.2 0.4 .483 3.8 4.4 .850 0.8 1.7 2.5 5.7 0.9 0.1 2.6 1.5 17.2
4 Mark Aguirre 29 36 32 29.7 5.9 12.3 .483 0.6 2.1 .293 3.1 4.1 .738 1.6 2.6 4.2 2.5 0.4 0.2 1.9 2.8 15.5
5 Vinnie Johnson 32 82 21 25.3 5.6 12.1 .464 0.2 0.5 .295 2.4 3.2 .734 1.3 1.8 3.1 3.0 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.9 13.8
6 Bill Laimbeer 31 81 81 32.6 5.5 11.1 .499 0.4 1.1 .349 2.2 2.6 .840 1.7 7.9 9.6 2.2 0.6 1.2 1.6 3.2 13.7
7 Dennis Rodman 27 82 8 26.9 3.9 6.5 .595 0.1 0.3 .231 1.2 1.9 .626 4.0 5.4 9.4 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.5 3.6 9.0
8 Rick Mahorn 30 72 61 24.9 2.8 5.5 .517 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.2 .748 2.0 4.9 6.9 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.3 2.9 7.3
9 James Edwards 33 76 1 16.5 2.8 5.6 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.6 .686 0.9 2.1 3.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.9 3.0 7.3
10 John Salley 24 67 21 21.8 2.5 5.0 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.9 .692 2.0 3.0 5.0 1.1 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.9 7.0
11 Micheal Williams 22 49 0 7.3 1.0 2.6 .364 0.0 0.2 .222 0.6 1.0 .660 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.9 2.6
12 John Long 32 24 0 6.3 0.8 1.7 .475 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 .846 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 2.0
13 Darryl Dawkins 32 14 0 3.4 0.6 1.4 .474 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.3 .500 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.9
14 Steve Harris 25 3 0 2.3 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3
15 Fennis Dembo 23 31 0 2.4 0.5 1.4 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.3 .800 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.2
16 Pace Mannion 28 5 0 2.8 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8
17 Jim Rowinski 28 6 0 1.3 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7

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 32 42 42 1341 6.9 13.3 .521 0.0 0.0 6.9 8.2 .839 1.4 3.0 4.4 2.5 0.6 0.2 2.2 2.7 20.7
2 Steve Harris 25 3 0 7 5.1 20.6 .250 0.0 0.0 10.3 10.3 1.000 0.0 10.3 10.3 0.0 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1 20.6
3 Darryl Dawkins 32 14 0 48 6.8 14.2 .474 0.0 0.0 6.8 13.5 .500 2.3 3.0 5.2 0.7 0.0 0.7 3.0 9.7 20.3
4 Vinnie Johnson 32 82 21 2073 8.0 17.3 .464 0.2 0.8 .295 3.4 4.6 .734 1.9 2.5 4.4 4.2 1.3 0.3 1.8 2.7 19.6
5 Mark Aguirre 29 36 32 1068 7.2 14.9 .483 0.7 2.5 .293 3.7 5.0 .738 1.9 3.2 5.1 3.0 0.5 0.2 2.3 3.4 18.8
6 Jim Rowinski 28 6 0 8 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 1.000 0.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
7 Isiah Thomas 27 80 76 2924 7.0 15.1 .464 0.4 1.5 .273 3.5 4.3 .818 0.6 2.8 3.4 8.2 1.6 0.2 3.7 2.6 18.0
8 Joe Dumars 25 69 67 2408 6.8 13.5 .505 0.2 0.4 .483 3.9 4.6 .850 0.9 1.7 2.6 5.8 0.9 0.1 2.7 1.5 17.7
9 Fennis Dembo 23 31 0 74 6.8 20.4 .333 0.0 1.9 .000 3.9 4.9 .800 3.9 7.3 11.2 2.4 0.5 0.0 3.4 7.3 17.5
10 James Edwards 33 76 1 1254 6.1 12.1 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 5.6 .686 2.0 4.7 6.6 1.4 0.3 0.9 2.1 6.5 15.9
11 Bill Laimbeer 31 81 81 2640 6.1 12.3 .499 0.4 1.2 .349 2.4 2.9 .840 1.9 8.7 10.6 2.4 0.7 1.4 1.8 3.5 15.1
12 Micheal Williams 22 49 0 358 4.7 13.0 .364 0.2 0.9 .222 3.1 4.7 .660 0.9 1.8 2.7 7.0 1.3 0.3 4.2 4.4 12.8
13 Dennis Rodman 27 82 8 2208 5.2 8.7 .595 0.1 0.4 .231 1.6 2.5 .626 5.3 7.3 12.6 1.6 0.9 1.2 2.1 4.8 12.0
14 John Long 32 24 0 152 4.5 9.5 .475 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.1 .846 0.5 2.1 2.6 3.6 0.0 0.5 2.1 3.8 11.6
15 John Salley 24 67 21 1458 4.1 8.2 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.8 .692 3.3 5.0 8.3 1.9 1.0 1.8 2.5 4.9 11.5
16 Rick Mahorn 30 72 61 1795 4.1 7.9 .517 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.1 .748 2.8 7.1 9.9 1.2 0.8 1.3 1.9 4.1 10.5
17 Pace Mannion 28 5 0 14 5.1 5.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 10.3

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 Bill Laimbeer 31 81 2640 16.6 .557 .516 6.2 26.1 16.6 9.8 1.0 2.3 11.5 18.2 114 101 4.0 5.0 9.0
2 Dennis Rodman 27 82 2208 16.3 .613 .601 17.6 21.7 19.8 6.3 1.3 2.1 17.4 14.1 120 102 4.1 3.9 8.1
3 Isiah Thomas 27 80 2924 17.1 .528 .477 2.0 8.3 5.3 34.3 2.3 0.4 17.7 24.6 106 105 3.1 3.9 7.0
4 Joe Dumars 25 69 2408 16.8 .571 .513 2.8 5.2 4.0 24.3 1.3 0.1 14.6 21.6 114 109 4.8 2.2 7.0
5 Vinnie Johnson 32 82 2073 17.3 .508 .470 6.2 7.6 7.0 18.4 1.8 0.5 8.6 25.1 111 107 3.4 2.4 5.9
6 Adrian Dantley 32 42 1341 18.2 .613 .521 4.7 8.9 6.9 10.5 0.9 0.3 11.4 22.7 122 108 4.0 1.3 5.3
7 Rick Mahorn 30 72 1795 12.1 .566 .517 9.3 21.3 15.6 4.4 1.1 2.3 17.4 13.3 109 102 1.5 3.1 4.6
8 John Salley 24 67 1458 12.4 .558 .498 10.9 14.9 13.0 6.9 1.4 3.0 19.3 15.2 107 103 1.1 2.3 3.5
9 James Edwards 33 76 1254 11.6 .547 .500 6.4 14.0 10.4 5.7 0.4 1.5 12.4 19.8 108 106 1.3 1.5 2.8
10 Mark Aguirre 29 36 1068 15.1 .551 .508 6.2 9.6 8.0 12.7 0.8 0.4 11.8 23.0 111 108 1.7 1.1 2.8
11 John Long 32 24 152 8.2 .536 .475 1.6 6.4 4.1 13.5 0.0 0.8 16.4 15.4 105 110 0.1 0.1 0.2
12 Pace Mannion 28 5 14 14.4 1.000 1.000 0.0 23.1 12.1 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 6.1 200 98 0.0 0.0 0.1
13 Steve Harris 25 3 7 18.3 .410 .250 0.0 30.8 16.1 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 29.9 102 88 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Darryl Dawkins 32 14 48 8.2 .501 .474 7.4 9.0 8.2 3.1 0.0 1.3 12.9 27.6 97 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Jim Rowinski 28 6 8 17.1 .532 .000 0.0 27.0 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.1 135 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Fennis Dembo 23 31 74 7.8 .388 .333 12.8 21.9 17.6 10.1 0.7 0.0 13.1 30.9 86 104 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
17 Micheal Williams 22 49 358 7.7 .424 .372 3.0 5.4 4.3 27.0 1.8 0.5 21.9 22.9 87 107 -0.6 0.4 -0.2

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 27 17 633 115 279 8 30 71 96 24 73 141 27 4 43 39 309 .412 .267 .740 37.2 18.2 4.3 8.3
2 Joe Dumars 25 17 620 106 233 1 12 87 101 11 44 96 12 1 31 31 300 .455 .083 .861 36.5 17.6 2.6 5.6
3 Vinnie Johnson 32 17 372 91 200 10 24 47 62 16 45 43 4 3 21 32 239 .455 .417 .758 21.9 14.1 2.6 2.5
4 Mark Aguirre 29 17 462 89 182 8 29 28 38 26 75 28 8 3 20 38 214 .489 .276 .737 27.2 12.6 4.4 1.6
5 Bill Laimbeer 31 17 497 66 142 15 42 25 31 26 140 31 6 8 19 55 172 .465 .357 .806 29.2 10.1 8.2 1.8
6 John Salley 24 17 392 58 99 0 0 36 54 34 79 9 9 25 12 58 152 .586 .667 23.1 8.9 4.6 0.5
7 James Edwards 33 17 317 40 85 0 1 40 51 11 36 12 1 8 15 53 120 .471 .000 .784 18.6 7.1 2.1 0.7
8 Dennis Rodman 27 17 409 37 70 0 4 24 35 56 170 16 6 12 24 58 98 .529 .000 .686 24.1 5.8 10.0 0.9
9 Rick Mahorn 30 17 360 40 69 0 0 17 26 30 87 7 9 13 11 59 97 .580 .654 21.2 5.7 5.1 0.4
10 John Long 32 4 8 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.000 1.000 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.0
11 Fennis Dembo 23 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1.000 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
12 Micheal Williams 22 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1.000 1.5 0.5 0.5 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 Joe Dumars 25 17 620 17.0 .541 .457 2.1 6.3 4.2 25.0 1.0 0.1 10.1 22.7 117 108 1.3 0.8 2.1
2 Isiah Thomas 27 17 633 18.6 .481 .427 4.4 9.1 6.8 36.7 2.3 0.5 11.8 26.3 108 104 0.7 1.1 1.8
3 John Salley 24 17 392 16.9 .619 .586 10.2 13.5 11.8 3.6 1.2 4.6 8.9 15.7 127 102 0.9 0.8 1.7
4 Bill Laimbeer 31 17 497 14.2 .553 .518 6.1 27.0 16.5 9.5 0.7 1.2 10.9 16.1 115 102 0.6 1.0 1.6
5 Dennis Rodman 27 17 409 14.0 .574 .529 16.0 32.8 24.4 5.6 0.8 2.1 21.9 12.2 113 99 0.4 0.9 1.3
6 Mark Aguirre 29 17 462 15.2 .538 .511 6.6 12.5 9.5 10.2 0.9 0.5 9.1 21.6 112 106 0.6 0.7 1.3
7 Rick Mahorn 30 17 360 12.4 .603 .580 9.8 18.6 14.2 2.9 1.4 2.6 12.0 11.6 122 102 0.5 0.7 1.2
8 Vinnie Johnson 32 17 372 19.0 .526 .480 5.0 9.2 7.1 21.2 0.6 0.6 8.5 30.5 112 108 0.6 0.5 1.1
9 James Edwards 33 17 317 9.8 .558 .471 4.1 9.3 6.7 5.7 0.2 1.8 12.3 17.7 111 107 0.3 0.4 0.7
10 John Long 32 4 8 27.4 1.078 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 233 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
11 Micheal Williams 22 4 6 41.2 1.136 19.5 19.6 19.6 42.2 9.0 0.0 0.0 6.7 228 88 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Fennis Dembo 23 2 4 2.8 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 22.8 68 112 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Adrian Dantley $1,250,000
2 Isiah Thomas $1,100,000
3 James Edwards $800,000
4 Mark Aguirre $715,700
5 William Bedford $687,500
6 Vinnie Johnson $633,000
7 Bill Laimbeer $630,000
8 Rick Mahorn $600,000
9 Dennis Rodman $550,000
10 Joe Dumars $400,000
11 John Salley $380,000
12 John Long $375,000
13 Darryl Dawkins $300,000
14 Steve Harris *$100,000
15 Jim Rowinski *$100,000
16 Pace Mannion *$100,000
17 Fennis Dembo $100,000
18 Micheal Williams $100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)