1971-72 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Record: 26-56, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Butch van Breda Kolff (6-4), Terry Dischinger (0-2), Earl Lloyd (20-50)

Executive: Edwin Coil

PTS/G: 109.1 (10th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 115.9 (16th of 17)

SRS: -6.11 (14th of 17) Pace: 112.8 (7th of 17)

Off Rtg: 96.1 (12th of 17) Def Rtg: 102.2 (16th of 17) Net Rtg: -6.0 (14th of 17)

Expected W-L: 25-57 (14th of 17)

Arena: Cobo Arena

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
21	Dave Bing	PG	6-3	180	November 24, 1943	us	5	Syracuse
20	Jim Davis	C	6-9	225	December 18, 1941	us	4	Colorado
43	Terry Dischinger	SF	6-7	189	November 21, 1940	us	7	Purdue
31	Bill Hewitt	PF	6-7	210	August 8, 1944	us	3	USC
30	Howard Komives	PG	6-1	185	May 9, 1941	us	7	Bowling Green
16	Bob Lanier	C	6-11	250	September 10, 1948	us	1	St. Bonaventure
26	Harvey Marlatt	SG	6-3	185	August 26, 1948		1	Eastern Michigan
23	Steve Mix	SF	6-7	215	December 30, 1947	us	2	Toledo
51	Erwin Mueller	PF	6-8	230	March 12, 1944	us	5	San Francisco
8	Willie Norwood	SF	6-7	220	August 8, 1947	us	R	Alcorn State
14	Bob Quick	SF	6-5	215	March 5, 1946	us	3	Xavier
18	Curtis Rowe	PF	6-7	225	July 2, 1949	us	R	UCLA
24	Jimmy Walker	SG	6-3	195	April 8, 1944	us	4	Providence
10	Isaiah Wilson	SG	6-2	175	May 31, 1948	us	R	University of Baltimore

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dave Bing	28	45	43.0	8.2	19.8	.414	8.2	19.8	.414	.414	6.2	7.9	.785	4.1	7.0	3.1	22.6
2	Jimmy Walker	27	78	39.5	8.1	17.8	.457	8.1	17.8	.457	.457	5.1	6.2	.827	3.0	4.0	2.5	21.3
3	Bob Lanier	23	80	38.7	10.4	21.1	.493	10.4	21.1	.493	.493	4.9	6.3	.768	14.2	3.1	3.7	25.7
4	Curtis Rowe	22	82	32.5	4.5	9.8	.460	4.5	9.8	.460	.460	2.3	3.5	.669	8.5	1.2	2.1	11.3
5	Howard Komives	30	79	26.2	3.3	8.9	.373	3.3	8.9	.373	.373	2.1	2.6	.808	2.2	3.7	2.5	8.7
6	Terry Dischinger	31	79	26.1	3.7	7.3	.514	3.7	7.3	.514	.514	2.0	2.5	.780	4.3	1.2	3.7	9.4
7	Bill Hewitt	27	68	17.7	1.9	4.1	.473	1.9	4.1	.473	.473	0.6	1.2	.500	5.4	1.0	2.0	4.5
8	Harvey Marlatt	23	31	16.3	1.9	4.8	.403	1.9	4.8	.403	.403	1.2	1.4	.857	2.0	1.9	2.1	5.0
9	Willie Norwood	24	78	16.3	2.8	5.6	.505	2.8	5.6	.505	.505	1.8	2.8	.651	4.1	0.6	2.9	7.5
10	Erwin Mueller	27	42	14.4	1.6	4.7	.345	1.6	4.7	.345	.345	1.0	1.8	.581	3.5	1.4	1.5	4.3
11	Jim Davis	30	52	13.2	2.3	4.8	.482	2.3	4.8	.482	.482	1.2	1.9	.653	3.8	0.7	2.0	5.9
12	Steve Mix	24	8	13.0	1.9	5.9	.319	1.9	5.9	.319	.319	0.9	1.5	.583	2.9	0.5	0.9	4.6
13	Bob Quick	25	18	11.3	2.2	4.6	.476	2.2	4.6	.476	.476	1.9	2.5	.756	2.8	0.6	1.6	6.2
14	Isaiah Wilson	23	48	6.7	1.3	3.7	.356	1.3	3.7	.356	.356	0.9	1.2	.732	1.0	0.9	0.7	3.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Lanier	23	80	3092	834	1690	.493	834	1690	.493	.493	388	505	.768	1132	248		297	2056
2	Jimmy Walker	27	78	3083	634	1386	.457	634	1386	.457	.457	397	480	.827	231	315		198	1665
3	Curtis Rowe	22	82	2661	369	802	.460	369	802	.460	.460	192	287	.669	699	99		171	930
4	Howard Komives	30	79	2071	262	702	.373	262	702	.373	.373	164	203	.808	172	291		196	688
5	Terry Dischinger	31	79	2062	295	574	.514	295	574	.514	.514	156	200	.780	338	92		289	746
6	Dave Bing	28	45	1936	369	891	.414	369	891	.414	.414	278	354	.785	186	317		138	1016
7	Willie Norwood	24	78	1272	222	440	.505	222	440	.505	.505	140	215	.651	316	43		229	584
8	Bill Hewitt	27	68	1203	131	277	.473	131	277	.473	.473	41	82	.500	370	71		134	303
9	Jim Davis	30	52	684	121	251	.482	121	251	.482	.482	64	98	.653	196	38		106	306
10	Erwin Mueller	27	42	605	68	197	.345	68	197	.345	.345	43	74	.581	147	57		64	179
11	Harvey Marlatt	23	31	506	60	149	.403	60	149	.403	.403	36	42	.857	62	60		64	156
12	Isaiah Wilson	23	48	322	63	177	.356	63	177	.356	.356	41	56	.732	47	41		32	167
13	Bob Quick	25	18	204	39	82	.476	39	82	.476	.476	34	45	.756	51	11		29	112
14	Steve Mix	24	8	104	15	47	.319	15	47	.319	.319	7	12	.583	23	4		7	37
			82	19805	3482	7665	.454	3482	7665	.454	.454	1981	2653	.747	3970	1687	1846	1954	8945

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bob Lanier	23	80	3092	23.1	.538	.299	17.4	13.2	7.7	0.7	8.4	.130
2	Jimmy Walker	27	78	3083	15.6	.521	.346	3.6	15.2	5.1	0.4	5.5	.085
3	Curtis Rowe	22	82	2661	12.3	.501	.358	12.5	5.0	1.8	0.4	2.3	.041
4	Howard Komives	30	79	2071	9.6	.435	.289	3.9	18.7	-1.1	0.3	-0.8	-0.019
5	Terry Dischinger	31	79	2062	10.9	.563	.348	7.8	6.1	3.6	0.3	3.9	.090
6	Dave Bing	28	45	1936	16.2	.485	.397	4.6	23.8	1.4	0.3	1.7	.042
7	Willie Norwood	24	78	1272	13.4	.546	.489	11.8	4.8	2.4	0.2	2.6	.097
8	Bill Hewitt	27	68	1203	10.5	.484	.296	14.6	7.7	0.4	0.2	0.6	.023
9	Jim Davis	30	52	684	14.3	.520	.390	13.6	7.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	.072
10	Erwin Mueller	27	42	605	9.1	.390	.376	11.5	12.3	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	-0.064
11	Harvey Marlatt	23	31	506	9.5	.466	.282	5.8	15.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	.012
12	Isaiah Wilson	23	48	322	12.6	.414	.316	6.9	18.6	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.074
13	Bob Quick	25	18	204	17.1	.550	.549	11.9	7.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	.121
14	Steve Mix	24	8	104	7.2	.354	.255	10.5	5.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.142

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