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1976-77 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Herb Brown (44-38)

PTS/G: 109.4 (6th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.4 (20th of 22)

SRS: -1.00 (14th of 22) Pace: 108.8 (3rd of 22)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.3 (17th of 22) Net Rtg: -1.0 (14th of 22)

Expected W-L: 38-44 (14th of 22)

Arena: Cobo Arena

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) 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
24	Marvin Barnes	PF	6-8	210	July 27, 1952	us	2	Providence
20	Roger Brown	C	6-11	225	February 23, 1950	us	3	Kansas
30	M.L. Carr	SF	6-6	205	January 9, 1951	us	1	Guilford College
45	Cornelius Cash	PF	6-8	215	March 3, 1952	us	R	Bowling Green
13	Leon Douglas	C	6-10	230	August 26, 1954	us	R	Alabama
44	Al Eberhard	SF	6-6	225	May 10, 1952	us	2	Missouri
42	Chris Ford	SG	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	us	4	Villanova
16	Bob Lanier	C	6-11	250	September 10, 1948	us	6	St. Bonaventure
14	Eric Money	PG	6-0	170	February 6, 1955	us	2	Arizona
54	Howard Porter	PF	6-8	220	August 31, 1948	us	5	Villanova
1	Kevin Porter	PG	6-0	170	April 17, 1950	us	4	Saint Francis University
11	Phil Sellers	SG	6-4	195	November 20, 1953	us	R	Rutgers University
10, 32	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	us	6	Michigan State
31	George Trapp	PF	6-8	205	July 11, 1948	us	5	Cal State Long Beach

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	Bob Lanier	28	64		38.2	10.6	19.8	.534				10.6	19.8	.534	.534	4.1	5.0	.818	3.1	8.5	11.6	3.3	1.1	2.0		2.7	25.3
2	M.L. Carr	26	82		32.2	5.4	11.4	.476				5.4	11.4	.476	.476	2.5	3.4	.735	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.2	2.0	0.7		3.5	13.3
3	Chris Ford	28	82		31.0	5.3	11.2	.476				5.3	11.2	.476	.476	1.6	2.1	.771	1.2	2.1	3.3	4.1	2.2	0.3		2.3	12.3
4	Howard Porter	28	78		28.2	6.0	12.3	.483				6.0	12.3	.483	.483	1.3	1.5	.858	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.7	0.6	0.9		2.6	13.2
5	Kevin Porter	26	81		26.1	3.8	7.5	.512				3.8	7.5	.512	.512	1.2	1.6	.729	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.3	1.1	0.1		3.3	8.9
6	Eric Money	21	73		21.7	4.5	8.6	.521				4.5	8.6	.521	.521	1.2	1.6	.789	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.3	1.2	0.2		2.7	10.2
7	Ralph Simpson	27	77		20.7	4.6	10.8	.427				4.6	10.8	.427	.427	1.8	2.5	.708	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.3	0.9	0.1		1.3	11.0
8	Leon Douglas	22	82		19.8	3.0	6.2	.479				3.0	6.2	.479	.479	1.5	2.8	.555	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.8	0.5	1.0		3.6	7.5
9	Marvin Barnes	24	53		18.7	3.8	8.5	.447				3.8	8.5	.447	.447	2.0	2.9	.679	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.8	0.7	0.6		2.6	9.6
10	Al Eberhard	24	68		17.9	2.7	5.6	.476				2.7	5.6	.476	.476	1.6	2.0	.790	1.1	2.1	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.2		2.9	6.9
11	George Trapp	28	6		11.3	2.5	4.8	.517				2.5	4.8	.517	.517	0.5	0.7	.750	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.2		2.2	5.5
12	Cornelius Cash	24	6		8.2	1.5	3.8	.391				1.5	3.8	.391	.391	0.5	1.0	.500	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.2	0.3	0.2		1.3	3.5
13	Roger Brown	26	43		7.5	0.5	1.3	.375				0.5	1.3	.375	.375	0.4	0.6	.692	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.4		1.6	1.4
14	Phil Sellers	23	44		7.5	1.7	4.3	.384				1.7	4.3	.384	.384	1.2	1.6	.722	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.0		1.3	4.5

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	28	3		39.3	11.3	18.0	.630				11.3	18.0	.630	.630	5.3	6.3	.842	4.3	12.3	16.7	2.0	1.0	2.3		3.3	28.0
2	M.L. Carr	26	3		37.3	4.0	10.3	.387				4.0	10.3	.387	.387	1.3	2.3	.571	3.0	2.7	5.7	2.0	0.3	1.0		3.0	9.3
3	Eric Money	21	3		34.3	7.3	14.7	.500				7.3	14.7	.500	.500	3.7	4.3	.846	0.7	2.3	3.0	6.7	2.0	0.0		3.0	18.3
4	Chris Ford	28	3		33.7	6.0	14.7	.409				6.0	14.7	.409	.409	1.7	3.0	.556	2.7	3.7	6.3	4.0	2.3	0.0		3.7	13.7
5	Howard Porter	28	3		32.7	9.7	15.7	.617				9.7	15.7	.617	.617	0.7	1.3	.500	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3		2.3	20.0
6	Kevin Porter	26	3		20.3	1.7	4.7	.357				1.7	4.7	.357	.357	2.0	3.0	.667	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.7	0.3	0.0		2.3	5.3
7	Leon Douglas	22	3		19.0	1.3	4.3	.308				1.3	4.3	.308	.308	0.7	2.3	.286	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.7		3.7	3.3
8	Al Eberhard	24	3		14.0	0.3	3.0	.111				0.3	3.0	.111	.111	1.7	2.7	.625	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.0		2.0	2.3
9	Ralph Simpson	27	2		8.5	0.0	4.5	.000				0.0	4.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0
10	Phil Sellers	23	1		6.0	1.0	4.0	.250				1.0	4.0	.250	.250	1.0	4.0	.250	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0
11	Roger Brown	26	2		2.5	0.0	0.5	.000				0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5		0.0	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	M.L. Carr	26	82		2643	443	931	.476				443	931	.476	.476	205	279	.735	211	420	631	181	165	58		287	1091
2	Chris Ford	28	82		2539	437	918	.476				437	918	.476	.476	131	170	.771	96	174	270	337	179	26		192	1005
3	Bob Lanier	28	64		2446	678	1269	.534				678	1269	.534	.534	260	318	.818	200	545	745	214	70	126		174	1616
4	Howard Porter	28	78		2200	465	962	.483				465	962	.483	.483	103	120	.858	155	303	458	53	50	73		202	1033
5	Kevin Porter	26	81		2117	310	605	.512				310	605	.512	.512	97	133	.729	28	70	98	592	88	8		271	717
6	Leon Douglas	22	82		1626	245	512	.479				245	512	.479	.479	127	229	.555	181	345	526	68	44	81		294	617
7	Ralph Simpson	27	77		1597	356	834	.427				356	834	.427	.427	138	195	.708	48	133	181	180	68	5		100	850
8	Eric Money	21	73		1586	329	631	.521				329	631	.521	.521	90	114	.789	43	81	124	243	91	14		199	748
9	Al Eberhard	24	68		1219	181	380	.476				181	380	.476	.476	109	138	.790	76	145	221	50	45	15		197	471
10	Marvin Barnes	24	53		989	202	452	.447				202	452	.447	.447	106	156	.679	69	184	253	45	38	33		139	510
11	Phil Sellers	23	44		329	73	190	.384				73	190	.384	.384	52	72	.722	19	22	41	25	22	0		56	198
12	Roger Brown	26	43		322	21	56	.375				21	56	.375	.375	18	26	.692	31	59	90	12	15	18		68	60
13	George Trapp	28	6		68	15	29	.517				15	29	.517	.517	3	4	.750	4	6	10	3	0	1		13	33
14	Cornelius Cash	24	6		49	9	23	.391				9	23	.391	.391	3	6	.500	8	8	16	1	2	1		8	21
			82		19730	3764	7792	.483				3764	7792	.483	.483	1442	1960	.736	1169	2495	3664	2004	877	459	1718	2200	8970

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	28	3		118	34	54	.630				34	54	.630	.630	16	19	.842	13	37	50	6	3	7		10	84
2	M.L. Carr	26	3		112	12	31	.387				12	31	.387	.387	4	7	.571	9	8	17	6	1	3		9	28
3	Eric Money	21	3		103	22	44	.500				22	44	.500	.500	11	13	.846	2	7	9	20	6	0		9	55
4	Chris Ford	28	3		101	18	44	.409				18	44	.409	.409	5	9	.556	8	11	19	12	7	0		11	41
5	Howard Porter	28	3		98	29	47	.617				29	47	.617	.617	2	4	.500	6	11	17	2	2	4		7	60
6	Kevin Porter	26	3		61	5	14	.357				5	14	.357	.357	6	9	.667	1	5	6	17	1	0		7	16
7	Leon Douglas	22	3		57	4	13	.308				4	13	.308	.308	2	7	.286	4	6	10	3	1	5		11	10
8	Al Eberhard	24	3		42	1	9	.111				1	9	.111	.111	5	8	.625	2	7	9	2	1	0		6	7
9	Ralph Simpson	27	2		17	0	9	.000				0	9	.000	.000	0	0		1	2	3	1	0	0		1	0
10	Phil Sellers	23	1		6	1	4	.250				1	4	.250	.250	1	4	.250	1	1	2	0	0	0		2	3
11	Roger Brown	26	2		5	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1		0	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	M.L. Carr	26	82	2643	15.2	.518		.300	8.3	16.4	12.4	8.7	2.8	1.1				2.9	3.0	5.9	.107		0.4	0.7	1.1	2.1
2	Chris Ford	28	82	2539	14.6	.506		.185	3.9	7.1	5.5	17.0	3.1	0.5				2.8	2.0	4.7	.090		0.2	1.0	1.2	2.1
3	Bob Lanier	28	64	2446	23.0	.573		.251	8.5	23.1	15.8	12.9	1.3	2.7				7.5	2.8	10.3	.203		5.1	0.3	5.4	4.6
4	Howard Porter	28	78	2200	13.6	.509		.125	7.3	14.3	10.8	3.2	1.0	1.7				2.7	1.4	4.1	.089		0.1	-1.4	-1.3	0.4
5	Kevin Porter	26	81	2117	14.7	.540		.220	1.4	3.4	2.4	34.6	1.8	0.2				2.1	0.6	2.7	.062		0.1	-1.8	-1.7	0.2
6	Leon Douglas	22	82	1626	13.3	.503		.447	11.5	22.0	16.8	5.2	1.2	2.6				0.3	1.8	2.1	.063		-2.4	-0.5	-2.9	-0.4
7	Ralph Simpson	27	77	1597	14.4	.462		.234	3.1	8.6	5.9	15.4	1.9	0.2				0.4	0.8	1.2	.037		-0.6	-1.5	-2.1	0.0
8	Eric Money	21	73	1586	15.8	.549		.181	2.8	5.3	4.0	20.5	2.5	0.5				2.4	0.9	3.3	.099		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9
9	Al Eberhard	24	68	1219	11.5	.534		.363	6.5	12.3	9.4	5.1	1.6	0.6				1.0	0.8	1.8	.069		-2.1	-0.6	-2.7	-0.2
10	Marvin Barnes	24	53	989	15.0	.490		.345	7.2	19.3	13.3	6.1	1.7	1.7				0.3	1.0	1.3	.063		-1.5	-0.7	-2.3	-0.1
11	Phil Sellers	23	44	329	14.0	.447		.379	6.0	6.9	6.5	10.4	3.0	0.0				-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.007		-3.7	-1.2	-5.0	-0.3
12	Roger Brown	26	43	322	8.7	.445		.464	10.0	19.0	14.5	4.2	2.1	2.9				-0.2	0.4	0.2	.029		-4.2	1.0	-3.3	-0.1
13	George Trapp	28	6	68	11.5	.536		.138	6.1	9.1	7.6	6.0	0.0	0.8				0.1	0.0	0.1	.062		-3.1	-0.8	-3.9	0.0
14	Cornelius Cash	24	6	49	12.0	.410		.261	16.9	16.9	16.9	2.6	1.8	1.1				-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.010		-3.8	-0.8	-4.6	-0.1

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	28	3	118	28.8	.674		.352	11.0	27.0	19.6	8.7	1.2	2.8				0.6	0.1	0.7	.294		6.6	1.8	8.5	0.3
2	M.L. Carr	26	3	112	8.0	.411		.226	8.0	6.2	7.0	7.0	0.4	1.3				0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.055		-3.3	-1.4	-4.7	-0.1
3	Eric Money	21	3	103	19.7	.553		.295	1.9	5.9	4.0	29.4	2.7	0.0				0.2	0.0	0.2	.096		0.8	0.8	1.6	0.1
4	Chris Ford	28	3	101	14.1	.427		.205	7.9	9.4	8.7	17.1	3.3	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.017		-3.3	1.0	-2.3	0.0
5	Howard Porter	28	3	98	19.8	.615		.085	6.1	9.7	8.0	3.5	1.0	1.9				0.3	0.0	0.3	.144		3.2	0.0	3.2	0.1
6	Kevin Porter	26	3	61	12.4	.445		.643	1.6	7.1	4.6	35.1	0.8	0.0				0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.048		-3.7	-2.0	-5.7	-0.1
7	Leon Douglas	22	3	57	5.5	.311		.538	7.0	9.1	8.1	6.5	0.8	4.1				-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.148		-8.9	0.8	-8.1	-0.1
8	Al Eberhard	24	3	42	3.4	.280		.889	4.8	14.4	9.9	5.6	1.1	0.0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.170		-9.2	-1.6	-10.8	-0.1
9	Ralph Simpson	27	2	17	-10.3	.000		.000	5.9	10.1	8.2	6.7	0.0	0.0				-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.536		-17.0	-8.4	-25.4	0.0
10	Phil Sellers	23	1	6	-1.2	.260		1.000	16.7	14.4	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.516		-20.8	-10.0	-30.8	0.0
11	Roger Brown	26	2	5	0.0	.000		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.4				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.213		-7.7	0.5	-7.2	0.0

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