1977-78 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

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Record: 38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Herb Brown (9-15), Bob Kauffman (29-29)

Executive: Bob Kauffman

PTS/G: 109.0 (10th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (15th of 22)

SRS: -1.22 (15th of 22) Pace: 107.7 (12th of 22)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (12th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.5 (14th of 22) Net Rtg: -1.1 (15th of 22)

Expected W-L: 38-44 (15th of 22)

Arena: Cobo Arena

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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	Birth	Exp	College
24	Marvin Barnes	PF	6-8	210	July 27, 1952	us US	3	Providence
32	Jim Bostic	PF	6-7	225	January 28, 1953	us US	R	New Mexico State
12	Wayman Britt	SG	6-2	185	August 31, 1952	us US	R	Michigan
30	M.L. Carr	SF	6-6	205	January 9, 1951	us US	2	Guilford College
13	Leon Douglas	C	6-10	230	August 26, 1954	us US	1	Alabama
44	Al Eberhard	SF	6-6	225	May 10, 1952	us US	3	Missouri
42	Chris Ford	SG	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	us US	5	Villanova
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us US	3	Virginia
16	Bob Lanier	C	6-11	250	September 10, 1948	us US	7	St. Bonaventure
14	Eric Money	PG	6-0	170	February 6, 1955	us US	3	Arizona
8	Willie Norwood	SF	6-7	220	August 8, 1947	us US	6	Alcorn State
50	Ben Poquette	PF	6-9	235	May 7, 1955	us US	R	Central Michigan University
54	Howard Porter	SF	6-8	220	August 31, 1948	us US	6	Villanova
1	Kevin Porter	PG	6-0	170	April 17, 1950	us US	5	Saint Francis University
15	Jim Price	PG	6-3	195	November 27, 1949	us US	5	Louisville
34	John Shumate	PF	6-9	235	April 6, 1952	us US	2	Notre Dame
32	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	us US	7	Michigan State
35	Al Skinner	SG	6-3	190	June 16, 1952	us US	3	UMass

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

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Team Misc

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob Lanier	29	C	63	36.7	9.9	18.4	.537	4.7	6.1	.772	3.1	8.2	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	3.6	2.9	24.5	MVP-10,AS
2	John Shumate	25	PF	62	35.0	5.1	10.0	.508	5.3	6.6	.797	2.0	6.9	8.9	2.0	1.2	0.7	3.0	2.3	15.5
3	Eric Money	22	PG	76	33.6	7.9	15.8	.500	2.8	3.9	.718	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.7	1.6	0.2	4.2	3.1	18.6
4	M.L. Carr	27	SF	79	32.4	4.9	10.8	.455	2.5	3.4	.738	2.6	4.5	7.1	2.3	1.9	0.3	2.7	3.1	12.4
5	Chris Ford	29	SG	82	31.5	4.6	9.5	.481	1.4	1.9	.734	1.4	1.8	3.3	4.6	2.0	0.2	2.8	2.2	10.5
6	Leon Douglas	23	C	79	25.2	4.1	8.4	.481	2.8	4.4	.641	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.4	0.7	0.6	2.5	3.7	10.9
7	Jim Price	28	PG	34	24.7	4.5	10.7	.421	2.5	3.0	.816	0.8	2.2	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	11.5
8	Ralph Simpson	28	SG	32	23.1	4.5	10.8	.413	1.7	2.0	.844	0.8	1.7	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.1	2.4	1.5	10.6
9	Marvin Barnes	25	PF	12	22.4	4.4	9.8	.449	1.2	2.4	.483	2.3	5.3	7.6	1.6	0.6	0.9	2.4	3.6	10.0
10	Al Skinner	25	SG	69	18.5	2.6	5.6	.468	1.8	2.3	.774	0.8	1.7	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.9	3.0	7.0
11	Gus Gerard	24	SF	47	17.1	3.3	7.6	.434	1.4	2.0	.688	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.0	7.9
12	Willie Norwood	30	SF	16	16.3	2.1	5.1	.415	1.3	1.8	.690	1.7	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.8	5.5
13	Kevin Porter	27	PG	8	15.9	1.8	3.9	.452	1.1	1.6	.692	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.5	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.3	4.6
14	Al Eberhard	25	SF	37	15.6	1.9	4.3	.444	1.1	1.6	.672	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.7	4.9
15	Howard Porter	29	SF	8	13.4	2.0	5.4	.372	0.5	0.9	.571	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.9	4.5
16	Ben Poquette	22	PF	52	12.0	1.8	4.3	.422	0.8	1.2	.700	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	4.5
17	Jim Bostic	25	PF	4	12.0	3.0	5.5	.545	0.5	1.3	.400	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	6.5
18	Wayman Britt	25	SG	7	2.3	0.4	1.4	.300	0.4	0.6	.750	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.3
	Team Totals				48.4	43.3	90.5	.478	22.3	30.4	.736	15.0	31.7	46.7	22.4	10.6	4.0	22.7	24.1	109.0

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Chris Ford	29	SG	82	2582	5.2	10.8	.481	1.6	2.1	.734	1.6	2.1	3.7	5.3	2.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	12.0
2	Eric Money	22	PG	76	2557	8.4	16.9	.500	3.0	4.2	.718	1.3	1.7	2.9	5.0	1.7	0.2	4.5	3.3	19.9
3	M.L. Carr	27	SF	79	2556	5.5	12.1	.455	2.8	3.8	.738	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.6	2.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	13.8
4	Bob Lanier	29	C	63	2311	9.7	18.1	.537	4.6	6.0	.772	3.1	8.1	11.1	3.4	1.3	1.4	3.5	2.9	24.0	MVP-10,AS
5	John Shumate	25	PF	62	2170	5.2	10.3	.508	5.4	6.8	.797	2.1	7.1	9.2	2.0	1.3	0.7	3.1	2.4	15.9
6	Leon Douglas	23	C	79	1993	5.8	12.0	.481	4.0	6.2	.641	3.3	7.2	10.5	2.0	1.0	0.9	3.6	5.3	15.6
7	Al Skinner	25	SG	69	1274	5.1	10.9	.468	3.5	4.5	.774	1.5	3.4	4.9	3.2	1.5	0.4	3.7	5.9	13.7
8	Jim Price	28	PG	34	839	6.6	15.6	.421	3.6	4.4	.816	1.2	3.2	4.3	4.4	1.9	0.2	3.2	3.5	16.7
9	Gus Gerard	24	SF	47	805	6.9	15.9	.434	2.9	4.2	.688	2.2	4.3	6.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.4	4.3	16.6
10	Ralph Simpson	28	SG	32	739	7.0	16.9	.413	2.6	3.1	.844	1.3	2.7	4.0	4.2	1.6	0.1	3.8	2.3	16.6
11	Ben Poquette	22	PF	52	626	5.5	12.9	.422	2.4	3.5	.700	2.9	5.5	8.3	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.3	4.0	13.3
12	Al Eberhard	25	SF	37	576	4.4	10.0	.444	2.6	3.8	.672	2.3	4.1	6.4	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	4.0	11.4
13	Marvin Barnes	25	PF	12	269	7.1	15.8	.449	1.9	3.9	.483	3.7	8.4	12.2	2.5	0.9	1.5	3.9	5.8	16.1
14	Willie Norwood	30	SF	16	260	4.7	11.4	.415	2.8	4.0	.690	3.7	3.7	7.5	1.9	1.8	0.4	2.4	6.2	12.2
15	Kevin Porter	27	PG	8	127	4.0	8.8	.452	2.6	3.7	.692	1.4	2.8	4.3	10.2	1.4	0.0	3.4	5.1	10.5
16	Howard Porter	29	SF	8	107	5.4	14.5	.372	1.3	2.4	.571	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	5.0	12.1
17	Jim Bostic	25	PF	4	48	9.0	16.5	.545	1.5	3.7	.400	6.0	6.0	12.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.7	19.5
18	Wayman Britt	25	SG	7	16	6.8	22.5	.300	6.8	9.0	.750	2.3	6.8	9.0	4.5	2.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	20.3

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Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Chris Ford	29	82	2582	12.9	.510	.198	4.8	6.0	5.4	19.7	2.9	0.3	21.5	16.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	.067	-0.5	0.6	0.1	1.4
2	Eric Money	22	76	2557	15.4	.531	.248	3.8	4.8	4.3	21.1	2.1	0.2	19.5	24.7	2.0	1.6	3.6	.067	0.2	-1.2	-1.1	0.6
3	M.L. Carr	27	79	2556	13.6	.502	.316	8.4	14.3	11.4	9.8	2.6	0.5	17.7	17.8	1.7	2.8	4.5	.085	-0.4	0.4	0.0	1.3
4	Bob Lanier	29	63	2311	24.8	.580	.333	9.1	23.1	16.2	14.9	1.6	2.1	14.5	25.7	7.0	3.1	10.1	.209	4.7	0.7	5.4	4.3
5	John Shumate	25	62	2170	16.5	.597	.658	6.1	20.4	13.4	7.5	1.6	1.0	18.8	17.4	4.0	2.4	6.4	.142	1.1	0.2	1.3	1.8
6	Leon Douglas	23	79	1993	13.6	.527	.517	9.7	20.8	15.3	7.7	1.3	1.2	19.4	19.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	.087	-1.6	-0.4	-2.0	0.0
7	Al Skinner	25	69	1274	10.0	.531	.411	4.4	9.6	7.1	11.8	1.8	0.6	22.4	17.7	0.4	1.0	1.3	.051	-2.8	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3
8	Jim Price	28	34	839	13.5	.478	.284	3.4	9.1	6.3	17.1	2.4	0.3	15.3	22.0	0.4	0.7	1.2	.066	-1.3	-0.1	-1.4	0.1
9	Gus Gerard	24	47	805	13.2	.470	.262	6.5	12.4	9.5	7.8	1.9	1.4	12.0	21.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	.070	-1.2	-0.3	-1.6	0.1
10	Ralph Simpson	28	32	739	11.7	.454	.185	3.9	7.7	5.8	16.8	1.9	0.2	17.3	23.4	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.012	-1.8	-1.3	-3.2	-0.2
11	Ben Poquette	22	52	626	10.6	.461	.267	8.5	15.7	12.2	4.3	0.7	1.8	13.7	17.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	.049	-2.1	-1.1	-3.3	-0.2
12	Al Eberhard	25	37	576	10.0	.490	.381	6.9	11.7	9.3	5.9	1.0	0.4	11.0	13.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	.078	-1.3	-0.8	-2.1	0.0
13	Marvin Barnes	25	12	269	13.0	.459	.246	11.1	24.2	17.8	10.1	1.2	2.1	18.2	22.7	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.038	-2.5	-0.3	-2.9	-0.1
14	Willie Norwood	30	16	260	10.4	.464	.354	11.1	10.7	10.9	7.1	2.2	0.6	15.2	16.4	0.1	0.2	0.4	.070	-2.3	-0.1	-2.3	0.0
15	Kevin Porter	27	8	127	13.3	.504	.419	4.2	8.1	6.2	36.1	1.8	0.0	24.6	14.7	0.2	0.1	0.2	.091	-1.5	-0.3	-1.9	0.0
16	Howard Porter	29	8	107	7.0	.391	.163	5.0	11.6	8.3	2.5	1.2	2.4	9.8	18.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.004	-3.8	-0.4	-4.1	-0.1
17	Jim Bostic	25	4	48	18.9	.537	.227	17.8	17.2	17.5	9.7	0.0	0.0	11.0	21.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	.144	-2.0	-0.7	-2.7	0.0
18	Wayman Britt	25	7	16	13.5	.383	.400	6.7	19.4	13.1	17.7	2.8	0.0	7.8	30.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	.046	-4.5	0.0	-4.5	0.0