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1988-89 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Chuck Daly (63-19)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 106.6 (16th of 25) Opp PTS/G: 100.8 (2nd of 25)

SRS: 6.24 (4th of 25) Pace: 95.5 (25th of 25)

Off Rtg: 110.8 (7th of 25) Def Rtg: 104.7 (3rd of 25) Net Rtg: +6.0 (4th of 25)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (4th of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +400

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills Attendance: 879,405 (2nd of 25)

NBA 1989 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Central Div Champs

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
23	Mark Aguirre	SF	6-6	232	December 10, 1959	us	7	DePaul
45	Adrian Dantley	SF	6-5	208	February 28, 1955	us	12	Notre Dame
50	Darryl Dawkins	C	6-11	251	January 11, 1957	us	13
34	Fennis Dembo	SF	6-5	215	January 24, 1966	us	R	Wyoming
4	Joe Dumars	SG	6-3	190	May 24, 1963	us	3	McNeese State University
53	James Edwards	C	7-0	225	November 22, 1955	us	11	Washington
35	Steve Harris	SG	6-5	195	October 15, 1963	us	3	Tulsa
15	Vinnie Johnson	SG	6-2	200	September 1, 1956	us	9	Baylor
40	Bill Laimbeer	C	6-11	245	May 19, 1957	us	8	Notre Dame
25	John Long	SG	6-5	195	August 28, 1956	us	10	Detroit Mercy
44	Rick Mahorn	PF	6-10	240	September 21, 1958	us	8	Hampton
12	Pace Mannion	SF	6-7	190	September 22, 1960	us	5	Utah
10	Dennis Rodman	SF	6-7	210	May 13, 1961	us	2	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
41	Jim Rowinski	PF	6-8	250	January 4, 1961	us	R	Purdue
22	John Salley	PF	6-11	230	May 16, 1964	us	2	Georgia Tech
11	Isiah Thomas	PG	6-1	180	April 30, 1961	us	7	Indiana
24	Micheal Williams	PG	6-2	175	July 23, 1966	us	R	Baylor

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	27	80	76	36.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	6.7	13.8	.485	.477	3.6	4.4	.818	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	18.2
2	Joe Dumars	25	69	67	34.9	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	6.4	12.7	.506	.513	3.8	4.4	.850	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	17.2
3	Bill Laimbeer	31	81	81	32.6	5.5	11.1	.499	0.4	1.1	.349	5.2	10.0	.515	.516	2.2	2.6	.840	1.7	7.9	9.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.2	13.7
4	Adrian Dantley	33	42	42	31.9	6.1	11.8	.521	0.0	0.0		6.1	11.8	.521	.521	6.1	7.3	.839	1.3	2.6	3.9	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.9	2.4	18.4
5	Mark Aguirre	29	36	32	29.7	5.9	12.3	.483	0.6	2.1	.293	5.3	10.2	.522	.508	3.1	4.1	.738	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.5	0.4	0.2	1.9	2.8	15.5
6	Dennis Rodman	27	82	8	26.9	3.9	6.5	.595	0.1	0.3	.231	3.8	6.2	.614	.601	1.2	1.9	.626	4.0	5.4	9.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	3.6	9.0
7	Vinnie Johnson	32	82	21	25.3	5.6	12.1	.464	0.2	0.5	.295	5.5	11.6	.472	.470	2.4	3.2	.734	1.3	1.8	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.9	13.8
8	Rick Mahorn	30	72	61	24.9	2.8	5.5	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	5.4	.519	.517	1.6	2.2	.748	2.0	4.9	6.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	7.3
9	John Salley	24	67	21	21.8	2.5	5.0	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	4.9	.502	.498	2.0	2.9	.692	2.0	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.9	7.0
10	James Edwards	33	76	1	16.5	2.8	5.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	5.5	.502	.500	1.8	2.6	.686	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.0	7.3
11	Micheal Williams	22	49	0	7.3	1.0	2.6	.364	0.0	0.2	.222	0.9	2.4	.375	.372	0.6	1.0	.660	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.9	2.6
12	John Long	32	24	0	6.3	0.8	1.7	.475	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.7	.475	.475	0.5	0.5	.846	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.7	2.0
13	Darryl Dawkins	32	14	0	3.4	0.6	1.4	.474	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.4	.474	.474	0.6	1.3	.500	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.9
14	Pace Mannion	28	5	0	2.8	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.4	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8
15	Fennis Dembo	23	31	0	2.4	0.5	1.4	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.2	.368	.333	0.3	0.3	.800	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.2
16	Steve Harris	25	3	0	2.3	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.3	.250	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
17	Jim Rowinski	28	6	0	1.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7

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	27	17	17	37.2	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	6.3	14.6	.430	.427	4.2	5.6	.740	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	18.2
2	Joe Dumars	25	17	17	36.5	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	6.2	13.0	.475	.457	5.1	5.9	.861	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	17.6
3	Bill Laimbeer	31	17	17	29.2	3.9	8.4	.465	0.9	2.5	.357	3.0	5.9	.510	.518	1.5	1.8	.806	1.5	6.7	8.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	3.2	10.1
4	Mark Aguirre	29	17	17	27.2	5.2	10.7	.489	0.5	1.7	.276	4.8	9.0	.529	.511	1.6	2.2	.737	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.2	12.6
5	Dennis Rodman	27	17	0	24.1	2.2	4.1	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.9	.561	.529	1.4	2.1	.686	3.3	6.7	10.0	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.4	5.8
6	John Salley	24	17	0	23.1	3.4	5.8	.586	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.8	.586	.586	2.1	3.2	.667	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.7	3.4	8.9
7	Vinnie Johnson	32	17	0	21.9	5.4	11.8	.455	0.6	1.4	.417	4.8	10.4	.460	.480	2.8	3.6	.758	0.9	1.7	2.6	2.5	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.9	14.1
8	Rick Mahorn	30	17	17	21.2	2.4	4.1	.580	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.1	.580	.580	1.0	1.5	.654	1.8	3.4	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	3.5	5.7
9	James Edwards	33	17	0	18.6	2.4	5.0	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.9	.476	.471	2.4	3.0	.784	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.1	7.1
10	Fennis Dembo	23	2	0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0
11	John Long	32	4	0	2.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	1.000	1.000	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
12	Micheal Williams	22	4	0	1.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.5	0.5	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5

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	27	80	76	2924	569	1227	.464	33	121	.273	536	1106	.485	.477	287	351	.818	49	224	273	663	133	20	298	209	1458
2	Bill Laimbeer	31	81	81	2640	449	900	.499	30	86	.349	419	814	.515	.516	178	212	.840	138	638	776	177	51	100	129	259	1106
3	Joe Dumars	25	69	67	2408	456	903	.505	14	29	.483	442	874	.506	.513	260	306	.850	57	115	172	390	63	5	178	103	1186
4	Dennis Rodman	27	82	8	2208	316	531	.595	6	26	.231	310	505	.614	.601	97	155	.626	327	445	772	99	55	76	126	292	735
5	Vinnie Johnson	32	82	21	2073	462	996	.464	13	44	.295	449	952	.472	.470	193	263	.734	109	146	255	242	74	17	105	155	1130
6	Rick Mahorn	30	72	61	1795	203	393	.517	0	2	.000	203	391	.519	.517	116	155	.748	141	355	496	59	40	66	97	206	522
7	John Salley	24	67	21	1458	166	333	.498	0	2	.000	166	331	.502	.498	135	195	.692	134	201	335	75	40	72	100	197	467
8	Adrian Dantley	33	42	42	1341	258	495	.521	0	0		258	495	.521	.521	256	305	.839	53	111	164	93	23	6	81	99	772
9	James Edwards	33	76	1	1254	211	422	.500	0	2	.000	211	420	.502	.500	133	194	.686	68	163	231	49	11	31	72	226	555
10	Mark Aguirre	29	36	32	1068	213	441	.483	22	75	.293	191	366	.522	.508	110	149	.738	56	95	151	89	16	7	68	101	558
11	Micheal Williams	22	49	0	358	47	129	.364	2	9	.222	45	120	.375	.372	31	47	.660	9	18	27	70	13	3	42	44	127
12	John Long	32	24	0	152	19	40	.475	0	0		19	40	.475	.475	11	13	.846	2	9	11	15	0	2	9	16	49
13	Fennis Dembo	23	31	0	74	14	42	.333	0	4	.000	14	38	.368	.333	8	10	.800	8	15	23	5	1	0	7	15	36
14	Darryl Dawkins	32	14	0	48	9	19	.474	0	0		9	19	.474	.474	9	18	.500	3	4	7	1	0	1	4	13	27
15	Pace Mannion	28	5	0	14	2	2	1.000	0	0		2	2	1.000	1.000	0	0		0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	4
16	Jim Rowinski	28	6	0	8	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	4	4	1.000	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
17	Steve Harris	25	3	0	7	1	4	.250	0	0		1	4	.250	.250	2	2	1.000	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	4
			82		19830	3395	6879	.494	120	400	.300	3275	6479	.505	.502	1830	2379	.769	1154	2546	3700	2027	522	406	1336	1939	8740

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	27	17	17	633	115	279	.412	8	30	.267	107	249	.430	.427	71	96	.740	24	49	73	141	27	4	43	39	309
2	Joe Dumars	25	17	17	620	106	233	.455	1	12	.083	105	221	.475	.457	87	101	.861	11	33	44	96	12	1	31	31	300
3	Bill Laimbeer	31	17	17	497	66	142	.465	15	42	.357	51	100	.510	.518	25	31	.806	26	114	140	31	6	8	19	55	172
4	Mark Aguirre	29	17	17	462	89	182	.489	8	29	.276	81	153	.529	.511	28	38	.737	26	49	75	28	8	3	20	38	214
5	Dennis Rodman	27	17	0	409	37	70	.529	0	4	.000	37	66	.561	.529	24	35	.686	56	114	170	16	6	12	24	58	98
6	John Salley	24	17	0	392	58	99	.586	0	0		58	99	.586	.586	36	54	.667	34	45	79	9	9	25	12	58	152
7	Vinnie Johnson	32	17	0	372	91	200	.455	10	24	.417	81	176	.460	.480	47	62	.758	16	29	45	43	4	3	21	32	239
8	Rick Mahorn	30	17	17	360	40	69	.580	0	0		40	69	.580	.580	17	26	.654	30	57	87	7	9	13	11	59	97
9	James Edwards	33	17	0	317	40	85	.471	0	1	.000	40	84	.476	.471	40	51	.784	11	25	36	12	1	8	15	53	120
10	John Long	32	4	0	8	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	1.000	3	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
11	Micheal Williams	22	4	0	6	0	0		0	0		0	0			2	2	1.000	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	2
12	Fennis Dembo	23	2	0	4	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2

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	27	80	2924	17.1	.528	.099	.286	2.0	8.3	5.3	34.3	2.3	0.4	17.7	24.6		3.1	3.9	7.0	.115		2.0	0.6	2.6	3.4
2	Bill Laimbeer	31	81	2640	16.6	.557	.096	.236	6.2	26.1	16.6	9.8	1.0	2.3	11.5	18.2		4.0	5.0	9.0	.164		1.1	2.1	3.2	3.4
3	Joe Dumars	25	69	2408	16.8	.571	.032	.339	2.8	5.2	4.0	24.3	1.3	0.1	14.6	21.6		4.8	2.2	7.0	.140		2.2	-0.2	1.9	2.4
4	Dennis Rodman	27	82	2208	16.3	.613	.049	.292	17.6	21.7	19.8	6.3	1.3	2.1	17.4	14.1		4.1	3.9	8.1	.175		1.0	1.1	2.2	2.3
5	Vinnie Johnson	32	82	2073	17.3	.508	.044	.264	6.2	7.6	7.0	18.4	1.8	0.5	8.6	25.1		3.4	2.4	5.9	.136		1.6	0.6	2.3	2.2
6	Rick Mahorn	30	72	1795	12.1	.566	.005	.394	9.3	21.3	15.6	4.4	1.1	2.3	17.4	13.3		1.5	3.1	4.6	.123		-1.2	1.7	0.5	1.1
7	John Salley	24	67	1458	12.4	.558	.006	.586	10.9	14.9	13.0	6.9	1.4	3.0	19.3	15.2		1.1	2.3	3.5	.115		-1.3	2.1	0.7	1.0
8	Adrian Dantley	33	42	1341	18.2	.613	.000	.616	4.7	8.9	6.9	10.5	0.9	0.3	11.4	22.7		4.0	1.3	5.3	.191		2.2	0.0	2.2	1.4
9	James Edwards	33	76	1254	11.6	.547	.005	.460	6.4	14.0	10.4	5.7	0.4	1.5	12.4	19.8		1.3	1.5	2.8	.109		-3.0	0.3	-2.6	-0.2
10	Mark Aguirre	29	36	1068	15.1	.551	.170	.338	6.2	9.6	8.0	12.7	0.8	0.4	11.8	23.0		1.7	1.1	2.8	.126		1.2	-0.3	0.9	0.8
11	Micheal Williams	22	49	358	7.7	.424	.070	.364	3.0	5.4	4.3	27.0	1.8	0.5	21.9	22.9		-0.6	0.4	-0.2	-0.029		-4.3	-1.2	-5.4	-0.3
12	John Long	32	24	152	8.2	.536	.000	.325	1.6	6.4	4.1	13.5	0.0	0.8	16.4	15.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.062		-2.9	-0.7	-3.6	-0.1
13	Fennis Dembo	23	31	74	7.8	.388	.095	.238	12.8	21.9	17.6	10.1	0.7	0.0	13.1	30.9		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.037		-7.7	-3.1	-10.8	-0.2
14	Darryl Dawkins	32	14	48	8.2	.501	.000	.947	7.4	9.0	8.2	3.1	0.0	1.3	12.9	27.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	.027		-6.4	-2.2	-8.6	-0.1
15	Pace Mannion	28	5	14	14.4	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	23.1	12.1	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	6.1		0.0	0.0	0.1	.231		-1.9	4.9	2.9	0.0
16	Jim Rowinski	28	6	8	17.1	.532	.000	2.000	0.0	27.0	14.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	.246		0.0	-1.4	-1.4	0.0
17	Steve Harris	25	3	7	18.3	.410	.000	.500	0.0	30.8	16.1	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.0	29.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.181		-6.7	6.2	-0.5	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	27	17	633	18.6	.481	.108	.344	4.4	9.1	6.8	36.7	2.3	0.5	11.8	26.3		0.7	1.1	1.8	.135		3.4	1.0	4.4	1.0
2	Joe Dumars	25	17	620	17.0	.541	.052	.433	2.1	6.3	4.2	25.0	1.0	0.1	10.1	22.7		1.3	0.8	2.1	.160		2.0	0.0	2.0	0.6
3	Bill Laimbeer	31	17	497	14.2	.553	.296	.218	6.1	27.0	16.5	9.5	0.7	1.2	10.9	16.1		0.6	1.0	1.6	.155		0.7	1.7	2.4	0.6
4	Mark Aguirre	29	17	462	15.2	.538	.159	.209	6.6	12.5	9.5	10.2	0.9	0.5	9.1	21.6		0.6	0.7	1.3	.133		1.3	0.2	1.5	0.4
5	Dennis Rodman	27	17	409	14.0	.574	.057	.500	16.0	32.8	24.4	5.6	0.8	2.1	21.9	12.2		0.4	0.9	1.3	.156		-0.8	1.1	0.3	0.2
6	John Salley	24	17	392	16.9	.619	.000	.545	10.2	13.5	11.8	3.6	1.2	4.6	8.9	15.7		0.9	0.8	1.7	.207		0.8	3.0	3.7	0.6
7	Vinnie Johnson	32	17	372	19.0	.526	.120	.310	5.0	9.2	7.1	21.2	0.6	0.6	8.5	30.5		0.6	0.5	1.1	.147		2.8	-0.1	2.7	0.4
8	Rick Mahorn	30	17	360	12.4	.603	.000	.377	9.8	18.6	14.2	2.9	1.4	2.6	12.0	11.6		0.5	0.7	1.2	.165		-1.5	2.2	0.7	0.2
9	James Edwards	33	17	317	9.8	.558	.012	.600	4.1	9.3	6.7	5.7	0.2	1.8	12.3	17.7		0.3	0.4	0.7	.113		-2.7	0.7	-2.0	0.0
10	John Long	32	4	8	27.4	1.078	.000	3.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	.458		9.4	2.8	12.2	0.0
11	Micheal Williams	22	4	6	41.2	1.136			19.5	19.6	19.6	42.2	9.0	0.0	0.0	6.7		0.1	0.0	0.1	.650		13.0	16.8	29.7	0.0
12	Fennis Dembo	23	2	4	2.8	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	22.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.150		-9.7	0.9	-8.8	0.0

Players on League Leaderboards

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