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1975-76 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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

Coach: Ray Scott (17-25), Herb Brown (19-21)

Executive: Oscar Feldman

PTS/G: 104.9 (9th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 106.0 (12th of 18)

SRS: -1.18 (14th of 18) Pace: 105.2 (11th of 18)

Off Rtg: 99.2 (4th of 18) Def Rtg: 100.2 (16th of 18) Net Rtg: -1.0 (12th of 18)

Expected W-L: 38-44 (12th of 18)

Arena: Cobo Arena

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Golden State Warriors (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
20	Roger Brown	C	6-11	225	February 23, 1950	us	2	Kansas
11	Archie Clark	SG	6-2	175	July 15, 1941	us	9	Minnesota
22	Henry Dickerson	SG	6-4	190	November 27, 1951	us	R	University of Charleston
44	Al Eberhard	SF	6-6	225	May 10, 1952	us	1	Missouri
42	Chris Ford	SG	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	us	3	Villanova
45	Lindsay Hairston	SF	6-7	180	December 8, 1951	us	R	Michigan State
9	Wali Jones	PG	6-2	180	February 14, 1942	us	10	Villanova
16	Bob Lanier	C	6-11	250	September 10, 1948	us	5	St. Bonaventure
15	John Mengelt	SG	6-2	195	October 16, 1949	us	4	Auburn
14	Eric Money	PG	6-0	170	February 6, 1955	us	1	Arizona
54	Howard Porter	SF	6-8	220	August 31, 1948	us	4	Villanova
10	Kevin Porter	PG	6-0	170	April 17, 1950	us	3	Saint Francis University
18	Curtis Rowe	PF	6-7	225	July 2, 1949	us	4	UCLA
50	Terry Thomas	PF	6-8	220	August 20, 1953	us	R	Detroit Mercy
31	George Trapp	PF	6-8	205	July 11, 1948	us	4	Cal State Long Beach
55	Earl Williams	C	6-7	230	March 24, 1951	us	1	Winston-Salem State

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	Curtis Rowe	26	80		37.5	6.4	13.7	.468				6.4	13.7	.468	.468	3.2	4.3	.737	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.3	0.6	0.6		2.6	16.0
2	Bob Lanier	27	64		36.9	8.5	15.9	.532				8.5	15.9	.532	.532	4.4	5.8	.768	3.4	8.3	11.7	3.4	1.2	1.3		3.2	21.3
3	Kevin Porter	25	19		36.2	5.2	12.4	.421				5.2	12.4	.421	.421	2.2	2.9	.750	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.2	1.8	0.2		4.4	12.6
4	Eric Money	20	80		28.3	5.6	11.8	.474				5.6	11.8	.474	.474	1.8	2.3	.806	1.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.7	0.1		3.0	13.0
5	Chris Ford	27	82		26.8	3.7	8.6	.426				3.7	8.6	.426	.426	1.0	1.4	.722	1.0	2.6	3.5	3.3	2.2	0.3		2.7	8.4
6	Al Eberhard	23	81		25.5	3.5	8.4	.414				3.5	8.4	.414	.414	2.4	2.8	.834	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.0	1.1	0.2		3.1	9.3
7	Archie Clark	34	79		20.1	3.2	7.3	.433				3.2	7.3	.433	.433	1.3	1.5	.862	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1		2.0	7.6
8	Howard Porter	27	75		19.8	4.0	8.5	.469				4.0	8.5	.469	.469	1.0	1.3	.753	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.5		1.8	8.9
9	Wali Jones	33	1		19.0	4.0	11.0	.364				4.0	11.0	.364	.364	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0		2.0	8.0
10	John Mengelt	26	67		16.5	3.9	8.1	.489				3.9	8.1	.489	.489	2.9	3.5	.810	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.6	0.6	0.1		2.1	10.7
11	Roger Brown	25	29		15.7	1.0	2.5	.403				1.0	2.5	.403	.403	0.5	0.6	.778	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.4	0.2	0.9		2.6	2.5
12	George Trapp	27	76		14.4	3.7	7.9	.462				3.7	7.9	.462	.462	0.8	1.2	.716	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.3		2.2	8.1
13	Lindsay Hairston	24	47		13.9	2.2	4.9	.456				2.2	4.9	.456	.456	1.4	2.4	.580	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.7		1.8	5.8
14	Earl Williams	24	46		12.2	1.6	3.3	.480				1.6	3.3	.480	.480	0.5	1.0	.500	2.2	3.2	5.5	0.4	0.5	0.4		1.8	3.7
15	Henry Dickerson	24	17		6.6	0.5	1.7	.310				0.5	1.7	.310	.310	0.6	0.9	.625	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1		1.0	1.6
16	Terry Thomas	22	28		4.9	1.0	2.3	.431				1.0	2.3	.431	.431	0.8	1.0	.724	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1		0.8	2.8

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	Bob Lanier	27	9		39.9	10.6	19.1	.552				10.6	19.1	.552	.552	5.0	5.6	.900	4.3	8.3	12.7	3.3	0.9	2.3		3.8	26.1
2	Curtis Rowe	26	9		38.4	5.9	12.3	.477				5.9	12.3	.477	.477	3.2	3.8	.853	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.9	0.7	0.9		3.0	15.0
3	Chris Ford	27	9		30.7	3.7	9.0	.407				3.7	9.0	.407	.407	1.3	1.7	.800	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.4	1.2	0.6		3.7	8.7
4	Eric Money	20	9		30.3	5.3	11.7	.457				5.3	11.7	.457	.457	1.9	2.3	.810	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.7	1.6	0.1		4.0	12.6
5	Howard Porter	27	9		23.7	5.7	10.8	.526				5.7	10.8	.526	.526	1.7	1.9	.882	2.4	2.2	4.7	0.7	0.8	0.6		2.7	13.0
6	Al Eberhard	23	8		22.8	2.1	4.9	.436				2.1	4.9	.436	.436	1.8	2.4	.737	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.9	1.0	0.5		1.8	6.0
7	Archie Clark	34	9		21.3	3.3	6.9	.484				3.3	6.9	.484	.484	1.3	2.0	.667	0.2	2.1	2.3	3.2	0.7	0.0		2.8	8.0
8	George Trapp	27	9		17.0	4.1	9.9	.416				4.1	9.9	.416	.416	1.7	2.0	.833	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.0	0.4	0.4		2.9	9.9
9	John Mengelt	26	9		13.2	3.8	6.2	.607				3.8	6.2	.607	.607	2.1	3.0	.704	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1		2.4	9.7
10	Roger Brown	25	9		5.7	0.4	1.0	.444				0.4	1.0	.444	.444	0.2	0.4	.500	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.1		1.1	1.1
11	Henry Dickerson	24	5		3.0	0.8	1.8	.444				0.8	1.8	.444	.444	0.2	0.4	.500	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0		0.2	1.8
12	Terry Thomas	22	4		1.5	0.0	1.3	.000				0.0	1.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0

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	Curtis Rowe	26	80		2998	514	1098	.468				514	1098	.468	.468	252	342	.737	231	466	697	183	47	45		209	1280
2	Bob Lanier	27	64		2363	541	1017	.532				541	1017	.532	.532	284	370	.768	217	529	746	217	79	86		203	1366
3	Eric Money	20	80		2267	449	947	.474				449	947	.474	.474	145	180	.806	77	130	207	338	137	11		243	1043
4	Chris Ford	27	82		2198	301	707	.426				301	707	.426	.426	83	115	.722	80	211	291	272	178	24		222	685
5	Al Eberhard	23	81		2066	283	683	.414				283	683	.414	.414	191	229	.834	139	251	390	83	87	15		250	757
6	Archie Clark	34	79		1589	250	577	.433				250	577	.433	.433	100	116	.862	27	110	137	218	62	4		157	600
7	Howard Porter	27	75		1482	298	635	.469				298	635	.469	.469	73	97	.753	81	214	295	25	31	36		133	669
8	John Mengelt	26	67		1105	264	540	.489				264	540	.489	.489	192	237	.810	27	88	115	108	40	5		138	720
9	George Trapp	27	76		1091	278	602	.462				278	602	.462	.462	63	88	.716	79	150	229	50	33	23		167	619
10	Kevin Porter	25	19		687	99	235	.421				99	235	.421	.421	42	56	.750	14	30	44	193	35	3		83	240
11	Lindsay Hairston	24	47		651	104	228	.456				104	228	.456	.456	65	112	.580	65	114	179	21	21	32		84	273
12	Earl Williams	24	46		562	73	152	.480				73	152	.480	.480	22	44	.500	103	148	251	18	22	20		81	168
13	Roger Brown	25	29		454	29	72	.403				29	72	.403	.403	14	18	.778	47	83	130	12	6	25		76	72
14	Terry Thomas	22	28		136	28	65	.431				28	65	.431	.431	21	29	.724	15	21	36	3	4	2		21	77
15	Henry Dickerson	24	17		112	9	29	.310				9	29	.310	.310	10	16	.625	3	0	3	8	2	1		17	28
16	Wali Jones	33	1		19	4	11	.364				4	11	.364	.364	0	0		0	0	0	2	2	0		2	8
			82		19780	3524	7598	.464				3524	7598	.464	.464	1557	2049	.760	1205	2545	3750	1751	786	332	1619	2086	8605

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	Bob Lanier	27	9		359	95	172	.552				95	172	.552	.552	45	50	.900	39	75	114	30	8	21		34	235
2	Curtis Rowe	26	9		346	53	111	.477				53	111	.477	.477	29	34	.853	25	45	70	26	6	8		27	135
3	Chris Ford	27	9		276	33	81	.407				33	81	.407	.407	12	15	.800	6	30	36	40	11	5		33	78
4	Eric Money	20	9		273	48	105	.457				48	105	.457	.457	17	21	.810	10	12	22	51	14	1		36	113
5	Howard Porter	27	9		213	51	97	.526				51	97	.526	.526	15	17	.882	22	20	42	6	7	5		24	117
6	Archie Clark	34	9		192	30	62	.484				30	62	.484	.484	12	18	.667	2	19	21	29	6	0		25	72
7	Al Eberhard	23	8		182	17	39	.436				17	39	.436	.436	14	19	.737	11	15	26	7	8	4		14	48
8	George Trapp	27	9		153	37	89	.416				37	89	.416	.416	15	18	.833	12	23	35	9	4	4		26	89
9	John Mengelt	26	9		119	34	56	.607				34	56	.607	.607	19	27	.704	2	12	14	10	4	1		22	87
10	Roger Brown	25	9		51	4	9	.444				4	9	.444	.444	2	4	.500	7	7	14	2	0	1		10	10
11	Henry Dickerson	24	5		15	4	9	.444				4	9	.444	.444	1	2	.500	4	0	4	3	1	0		1	9
12	Terry Thomas	22	4		6	0	5	.000				0	5	.000	.000	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0

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	Curtis Rowe	26	80	2998	14.7	.513		.311	7.8	16.3	12.0	8.5	0.7	0.8				4.5	1.7	6.2	.099		1.1	-1.4	-0.3	1.3
2	Bob Lanier	27	64	2363	22.7	.579		.364	9.3	23.5	16.3	13.9	1.5	1.9				7.3	2.8	10.1	.205		4.7	0.5	5.1	4.3
3	Eric Money	20	80	2267	16.3	.508		.190	3.4	6.0	4.7	21.5	2.8	0.3				2.8	1.5	4.2	.090		0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3
4	Chris Ford	27	82	2198	13.0	.452		.163	3.7	10.1	6.8	16.4	3.7	0.6				0.3	2.4	2.7	.058		-1.5	2.0	0.5	1.4
5	Al Eberhard	23	81	2066	11.7	.483		.335	6.8	12.8	9.8	5.3	1.9	0.4				1.1	1.5	2.6	.060		-1.6	-0.7	-2.3	-0.2
6	Archie Clark	34	79	1589	12.5	.478		.201	1.7	7.3	4.5	18.7	1.8	0.1				1.0	0.7	1.7	.051		-1.4	-0.8	-2.2	-0.1
7	Howard Porter	27	75	1482	13.0	.494		.153	5.6	15.2	10.3	2.4	1.0	1.3				1.4	0.9	2.4	.076		-0.5	-1.4	-1.9	0.0
8	John Mengelt	26	67	1105	19.4	.559		.439	2.5	8.4	5.4	15.0	1.7	0.2				2.7	0.5	3.2	.140		1.7	-1.0	0.8	0.8
9	George Trapp	27	76	1091	15.6	.483		.146	7.4	14.5	10.8	7.2	1.4	1.1				0.8	0.8	1.5	.068		-0.8	-1.5	-2.2	-0.1
10	Kevin Porter	25	19	687	15.4	.462		.238	2.1	4.6	3.3	37.6	2.3	0.2				0.2	0.3	0.5	.036		0.1	-1.5	-1.5	0.1
11	Lindsay Hairston	24	47	651	14.8	.492		.491	10.1	18.4	14.2	4.4	1.5	2.6				0.3	0.7	1.0	.075		-1.1	-0.6	-1.7	0.1
12	Earl Williams	24	46	562	15.2	.490		.289	18.6	27.7	23.1	4.2	1.8	1.9				0.5	0.8	1.3	.114		0.1	-0.8	-0.7	0.2
13	Roger Brown	25	29	454	8.0	.450		.250	10.5	19.2	14.8	3.2	0.6	2.9				0.0	0.4	0.4	.038		-3.2	0.1	-3.1	-0.1
14	Terry Thomas	22	28	136	16.3	.495		.446	11.2	16.2	13.7	3.2	1.3	0.8				0.1	0.1	0.2	.082		-2.4	-1.3	-3.7	-0.1
15	Henry Dickerson	24	17	112	4.6	.388		.552	2.7	0.0	1.4	8.8	0.8	0.5				-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.070		-4.7	-1.1	-5.8	-0.2
16	Wali Jones	33	1	19	9.9	.364		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.5	4.8	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.030		-4.2	0.1	-4.1	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	Bob Lanier	27	9	359	25.3	.606		.291	11.9	22.7	17.3	12.6	1.0	3.1				1.5	0.1	1.6	.213		5.0	1.0	5.9	0.7
2	Curtis Rowe	26	9	346	14.4	.536		.306	7.9	14.1	11.0	9.7	0.8	1.2				0.6	-0.1	0.5	.072		0.4	-0.3	0.1	0.2
3	Chris Ford	27	9	276	11.0	.445		.185	2.4	11.8	7.1	17.9	1.8	0.9				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.008		-3.3	0.8	-2.5	0.0
4	Eric Money	20	9	273	15.1	.495		.200	4.0	4.8	4.4	24.8	2.3	0.2				0.2	-0.1	0.2	.029		-1.4	-0.2	-1.6	0.0
5	Howard Porter	27	9	213	17.8	.560		.175	11.3	10.2	10.7	4.1	1.5	1.2				0.6	0.0	0.5	.120		1.3	-0.9	0.4	0.1
6	Archie Clark	34	9	192	12.8	.515		.290	1.1	10.8	6.0	19.5	1.4	0.0				0.2	-0.1	0.1	.026		-2.8	-0.2	-3.0	0.0
7	Al Eberhard	23	8	182	10.3	.507		.487	6.6	9.0	7.8	4.6	2.0	1.1				0.1	0.0	0.1	.030		-1.1	0.6	-0.5	0.1
8	George Trapp	27	9	153	15.4	.459		.202	8.6	16.3	12.5	8.6	1.2	1.4				0.0	0.0	0.0	.014		-3.2	-1.4	-4.6	-0.1
9	John Mengelt	26	9	119	22.1	.641		.482	1.8	11.0	6.4	13.1	1.5	0.4				0.4	0.0	0.4	.153		1.1	0.5	1.6	0.1
10	Roger Brown	25	9	51	7.7	.465		.444	15.0	14.9	15.0	4.6	0.0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.019		-4.4	-1.7	-6.1	-0.1
11	Henry Dickerson	24	5	15	24.7	.455		.222	29.1	0.0	14.5	30.2	3.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.084		6.2	-0.9	5.2	0.0
12	Terry Thomas	22	4	6	-20.2	.000		.000	18.2	0.0	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.871		-23.2	-14.8	-38.0	0.0

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