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1986-87 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Chuck Daly (52-30)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 111.2 (8th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.8 (10th of 23)

SRS: 3.51 (6th of 23) Pace: 101.0 (13th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.2 (9th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.8 (5th of 23) Net Rtg: +3.4 (6th of 23)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (6th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2000

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 907,520 (1st of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

1. Oct 31, DET (0-1) lost to MIL, 104-120

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
00	Tony Campbell	SF	6-7	215	May 7, 1962	us	2	Ohio State
45	Adrian Dantley	SF	6-5	208	February 28, 1955	us	10	Notre Dame
4	Joe Dumars	SG	6-3	190	May 24, 1963	us	1	McNeese State University
12	Sidney Green	PF	6-9	220	January 4, 1961	us	3	UNLV
15	Vinnie Johnson	SG	6-2	200	September 1, 1956	us	7	Baylor
40	Bill Laimbeer	C	6-11	245	May 19, 1957	us	6	Notre Dame
44	Rick Mahorn	PF	6-10	240	September 21, 1958	us	6	Hampton
41	Cozell McQueen	PF	6-11	235	January 18, 1962	fr	R	NC State
42	Chuck Nevitt	C	7-5	217	June 13, 1959	us	3	NC State
41	Kurt Nimphius	PF	6-10	218	March 13, 1958	us	5	Arizona State
10	Dennis Rodman	SF	6-7	210	May 13, 1961	us	R	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
22	John Salley	C	6-11	230	May 16, 1964	us	R	Georgia Tech
35	John Schweitz	SG	6-6	210	April 19, 1960	us	1	Richmond
35	Jeff Taylor	SG	6-4	175	January 1, 1960	us	1	Texas Tech
11	Isiah Thomas	PG	6-1	180	April 30, 1961	us	5	Indiana

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	Isiah Thomas	25	81	81	37.2	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	7.5	15.5	.484	.470	4.9	6.4	.768	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	20.6
2	Bill Laimbeer	29	82	82	34.8	6.2	12.3	.501	0.1	0.3	.286	6.1	12.1	.506	.504	3.0	3.3	.894	3.0	8.7	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	1.5	3.5	15.4
3	Adrian Dantley	31	81	81	33.8	7.4	13.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.167	7.4	13.8	.536	.534	6.7	8.2	.812	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	21.5
4	Joe Dumars	23	79	75	30.9	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	4.6	9.2	.495	.499	2.3	3.1	.748	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	11.8
5	Vinnie Johnson	30	78	8	27.8	6.8	14.8	.462	0.1	0.2	.286	6.8	14.6	.464	.464	2.0	2.6	.786	1.6	1.7	3.3	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.0	15.7
6	Sidney Green	26	80	69	22.4	3.2	6.8	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	6.8	.474	.472	1.5	2.2	.672	2.5	5.7	8.2	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.5	7.9
7	Rick Mahorn	28	63	6	20.3	2.3	5.1	.447	0.0	0.0		2.3	5.1	.447	.447	1.5	1.9	.821	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	3.5	6.1
8	John Salley	22	82	2	17.8	2.0	3.5	.562	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.5	.564	.562	1.3	2.1	.614	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.7	0.5	1.5	0.9	3.1	5.3
9	Dennis Rodman	25	77	1	15.0	2.8	5.1	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	5.1	.546	.545	1.0	1.6	.587	2.1	2.2	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.2	6.5
10	Kurt Nimphius	28	28	5	9.9	1.3	2.8	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.8	.468	.462	0.9	1.1	.750	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.4	3.4
11	Tony Campbell	24	40	0	8.3	1.4	3.6	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	3.6	.401	.393	0.6	1.0	.615	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	3.5
12	Chuck Nevitt	27	41	0	6.5	0.8	1.5	.492	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.5	.492	.492	0.3	0.6	.583	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.8	1.9
13	Jeff Taylor	27	12	0	3.7	0.5	0.8	.600	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.8	.600	.600	0.8	0.8	.900	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.3	1.8
14	Cozell McQueen	25	3	0	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0
15	John Schweitz	26	3	0	2.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0

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	Isiah Thomas	25	15	15	37.5	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	8.3	17.6	.470	.468	5.5	7.3	.755	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	24.1
2	Bill Laimbeer	29	15	15	36.2	5.6	10.9	.515	0.1	0.3	.200	5.5	10.5	.525	.518	1.0	1.6	.625	2.0	8.4	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	12.3
3	Adrian Dantley	31	15	15	33.3	7.4	13.7	.539	0.0	0.0		7.4	13.7	.539	.539	5.7	7.4	.775	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	20.5
4	Rick Mahorn	28	15	15	32.2	3.9	7.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	7.2	.546	.541	1.9	2.3	.800	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.1	4.0	9.7
5	Joe Dumars	23	15	15	31.5	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	5.1	9.5	.535	.545	2.1	2.7	.780	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	12.7
6	Vinnie Johnson	30	15	0	25.9	6.3	13.8	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	13.7	.463	.459	2.1	2.4	.861	1.3	1.6	2.9	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.2	14.7
7	John Salley	22	15	0	20.7	2.2	4.4	.500	0.0	0.0		2.2	4.4	.500	.500	1.8	2.8	.643	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.7	0.2	1.1	0.9	4.0	6.2
8	Dennis Rodman	25	15	0	16.3	2.7	4.9	.541	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.9	.541	.541	1.2	2.1	.563	2.1	2.6	4.7	0.2	0.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	6.5
9	Kurt Nimphius	28	4	0	7.5	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0		0.8	2.3	.333	.333	0.5	1.0	.500	1.3	1.3	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.0
10	Sidney Green	26	9	0	4.7	0.7	1.1	.600	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	.600	.600	0.6	0.7	.833	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.9
11	Tony Campbell	24	4	0	3.3	0.8	1.5	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.3	.400	.583	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3
12	Chuck Nevitt	27	3	0	3.3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.7	.200	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.3

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	Isiah Thomas	25	81	81	3013	626	1353	.463	19	98	.194	607	1255	.484	.470	400	521	.768	82	237	319	813	153	20	343	251	1671
2	Bill Laimbeer	29	82	82	2854	506	1010	.501	6	21	.286	500	989	.506	.504	245	274	.894	243	712	955	151	72	69	120	283	1263
3	Adrian Dantley	31	81	81	2736	601	1126	.534	1	6	.167	600	1120	.536	.534	539	664	.812	104	228	332	162	63	7	181	193	1742
4	Joe Dumars	23	79	75	2439	369	749	.493	9	22	.409	360	727	.495	.499	184	246	.748	50	117	167	352	83	5	171	194	931
5	Vinnie Johnson	30	78	8	2166	533	1154	.462	4	14	.286	529	1140	.464	.464	158	201	.786	123	134	257	300	92	16	133	159	1228
6	Sidney Green	26	80	69	1792	256	542	.472	0	2	.000	256	540	.474	.472	119	177	.672	196	457	653	62	41	50	127	197	631
7	John Salley	22	82	2	1463	163	290	.562	0	1	.000	163	289	.564	.562	105	171	.614	108	188	296	54	44	125	74	256	431
8	Rick Mahorn	28	63	6	1278	144	322	.447	0	0		144	322	.447	.447	96	117	.821	93	282	375	38	32	50	73	221	384
9	Dennis Rodman	25	77	1	1155	213	391	.545	0	1	.000	213	390	.546	.545	74	126	.587	163	169	332	56	38	48	93	166	500
10	Tony Campbell	24	40	0	332	57	145	.393	0	3	.000	57	142	.401	.393	24	39	.615	21	37	58	19	12	1	34	40	138
11	Kurt Nimphius	28	28	5	277	36	78	.462	0	1	.000	36	77	.468	.462	24	32	.750	22	32	54	7	4	13	16	38	96
12	Chuck Nevitt	27	41	0	267	31	63	.492	0	0		31	63	.492	.492	14	24	.583	36	47	83	4	7	30	21	73	76
13	Jeff Taylor	27	12	0	44	6	10	.600	0	0		6	10	.600	.600	9	10	.900	1	3	4	3	2	1	8	4	21
14	Cozell McQueen	25	3	0	7	3	3	1.000	0	0		3	3	1.000	1.000	0	0		3	5	8	0	0	1	0	1	6
15	John Schweitz	26	3	0	7	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
			82		19830	3544	7237	.490	39	169	.231	3505	7068	.496	.492	1991	2602	.765	1245	2649	3894	2021	643	436	1417	2078	9118

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	Isiah Thomas	25	15	15	562	134	297	.451	10	33	.303	124	264	.470	.468	83	110	.755	21	46	67	130	39	4	42	51	361
2	Bill Laimbeer	29	15	15	543	84	163	.515	1	5	.200	83	158	.525	.518	15	24	.625	30	126	156	37	15	12	20	53	184
3	Adrian Dantley	31	15	15	500	111	206	.539	0	0		111	206	.539	.539	86	111	.775	29	39	68	35	13	0	33	36	308
4	Rick Mahorn	28	15	15	483	59	109	.541	0	1	.000	59	108	.546	.541	28	35	.800	42	100	142	5	6	11	16	60	146
5	Joe Dumars	23	15	15	473	78	145	.538	2	3	.667	76	142	.535	.545	32	41	.780	8	11	19	72	12	1	27	26	190
6	Vinnie Johnson	30	15	0	388	95	207	.459	0	2	.000	95	205	.463	.459	31	36	.861	20	24	44	62	9	4	23	33	221
7	John Salley	22	15	0	311	33	66	.500	0	0		33	66	.500	.500	27	42	.643	30	42	72	11	3	17	14	60	93
8	Dennis Rodman	25	15	0	245	40	74	.541	0	0		40	74	.541	.541	18	32	.563	32	39	71	3	6	17	17	48	98
9	Sidney Green	26	9	0	42	6	10	.600	0	0		6	10	.600	.600	5	6	.833	3	6	9	1	1	2	3	2	17
10	Kurt Nimphius	28	4	0	30	3	9	.333	0	0		3	9	.333	.333	2	4	.500	5	5	10	0	0	2	3	10	8
11	Tony Campbell	24	4	0	13	3	6	.500	1	1	1.000	2	5	.400	.583	2	2	1.000	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	9
12	Chuck Nevitt	27	3	0	10	1	5	.200	0	0		1	5	.200	.200	2	2	1.000	1	5	6	0	0	3	3	1	4

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	Isiah Thomas	25	81	3013	18.8	.528	.072	.385	3.0	8.2	5.7	39.3	2.4	0.4	17.8	25.9		3.8	3.8	7.6	.121		2.9	0.4	3.3	4.0
2	Bill Laimbeer	29	82	2854	17.4	.559	.021	.271	9.4	26.1	18.0	7.4	1.2	1.4	9.6	17.7		5.6	4.9	10.5	.176		1.4	0.8	2.3	3.0
3	Adrian Dantley	31	81	2736	18.6	.614	.005	.590	4.2	8.7	6.5	8.8	1.1	0.1	11.3	23.7		7.8	2.5	10.3	.181		2.4	-0.3	2.1	2.9
4	Joe Dumars	23	79	2439	11.9	.543	.029	.328	2.3	5.0	3.7	19.4	1.6	0.1	16.6	17.1		2.0	2.2	4.2	.083		-1.1	0.0	-1.1	0.6
5	Vinnie Johnson	30	78	2166	17.0	.494	.012	.174	6.3	6.5	6.4	21.4	2.0	0.4	9.7	25.7		2.5	2.4	4.8	.107		1.4	0.2	1.6	1.9
6	Sidney Green	26	80	1792	13.0	.509	.004	.327	12.1	26.7	19.6	4.6	1.1	1.6	17.0	16.9		0.3	3.1	3.4	.092		-1.6	0.0	-1.6	0.2
7	John Salley	22	82	1463	11.9	.590	.003	.590	8.2	13.4	10.9	4.7	1.4	4.9	16.8	12.2		1.4	2.4	3.8	.124		-2.1	3.0	0.9	1.1
8	Rick Mahorn	28	63	1278	10.2	.514	.000	.363	8.1	23.1	15.8	3.8	1.2	2.3	16.4	14.1		0.3	2.2	2.5	.095		-3.4	1.4	-2.0	0.0
9	Dennis Rodman	25	77	1155	15.5	.560	.003	.322	15.6	15.3	15.5	6.8	1.6	2.4	17.2	18.9		1.1	1.7	2.9	.120		-0.2	0.7	0.5	0.7
10	Tony Campbell	24	40	332	7.0	.426	.021	.269	7.0	11.7	9.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	17.3	23.9		-0.7	0.4	-0.3	-0.043		-5.7	-0.9	-6.6	-0.4
11	Kurt Nimphius	28	28	277	10.1	.521	.013	.410	8.8	12.1	10.5	3.3	0.7	2.7	14.8	15.8		0.1	0.3	0.5	.080		-2.9	0.3	-2.6	0.0
12	Chuck Nevitt	27	41	267	10.3	.517	.000	.381	14.9	18.4	16.7	1.9	1.2	6.5	22.2	14.3		0.0	0.5	0.5	.088		-5.7	2.3	-3.4	-0.1
13	Jeff Taylor	27	12	44	11.7	.729	.000	1.000	2.5	7.1	4.9	9.0	2.2	1.3	35.7	20.6		0.0	0.1	0.0	.050		-2.4	0.6	-1.8	0.0
14	Cozell McQueen	25	3	7	58.3	1.000	.000	.000	47.4	74.7	61.5	0.0	0.0	8.2	0.0	17.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	.627		21.0	5.1	26.1	0.0
15	John Schweitz	26	3	7	-20.3	.000	.000	.000	0.0	14.9	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7	17.3		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.463		-22.1	-5.1	-27.2	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	Isiah Thomas	25	15	562	22.6	.523	.111	.370	4.2	9.1	6.7	35.0	3.5	0.4	10.8	29.2		1.1	1.0	2.1	.178		5.3	2.5	7.8	1.4
2	Bill Laimbeer	29	15	543	14.2	.530	.031	.147	6.2	25.8	16.1	9.2	1.4	1.4	10.3	15.1		0.4	1.1	1.5	.131		0.2	1.6	1.8	0.5
3	Adrian Dantley	31	15	500	19.0	.604	.000	.539	6.5	8.7	7.6	10.3	1.3	0.0	11.5	24.4		1.2	0.6	1.8	.171		2.9	0.0	2.9	0.6
4	Rick Mahorn	28	15	483	12.2	.587	.009	.321	9.8	23.0	16.5	1.3	0.6	1.4	11.4	12.3		0.6	0.8	1.4	.141		-0.9	0.5	-0.4	0.2
5	Joe Dumars	23	15	473	13.7	.583	.021	.283	1.9	2.6	2.2	20.7	1.3	0.1	14.2	17.0		0.7	0.5	1.1	.114		1.0	0.2	1.2	0.4
6	Vinnie Johnson	30	15	388	16.9	.496	.010	.174	5.8	6.9	6.3	24.4	1.2	0.6	9.4	26.9		0.4	0.5	0.8	.103		1.4	-0.3	1.1	0.3
7	John Salley	22	15	311	10.6	.550	.000	.636	10.9	15.0	13.0	4.5	0.5	3.4	14.2	13.4		0.3	0.5	0.8	.117		-2.7	1.3	-1.4	0.0
8	Dennis Rodman	25	15	245	14.0	.556	.000	.432	14.7	17.7	16.2	1.7	1.2	4.3	16.2	18.2		0.1	0.5	0.6	.116		-2.1	0.7	-1.5	0.0
9	Sidney Green	26	9	42	16.1	.672	.000	.600	8.0	15.9	12.0	3.2	1.2	3.0	19.2	15.8		0.1	0.1	0.1	.150		0.2	1.6	1.8	0.0
10	Kurt Nimphius	28	4	30	2.5	.372	.000	.444	18.8	18.5	18.7	0.0	0.0	4.1	21.8	19.5		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.048		-11.6	-1.6	-13.2	-0.1
11	Tony Campbell	24	4	13	24.7	.654	.167	.333	0.0	42.8	21.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.5		0.1	0.0	0.1	.307		0.9	1.2	2.1	0.0
12	Chuck Nevitt	27	3	10	7.5	.340	.000	.400	11.3	55.6	33.6	0.0	0.0	18.6	33.8	37.7		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.281		-14.7	3.5	-11.2	0.0

Players on League Leaderboards

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

Salaries

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