1973-1974 Detroit Pistons: 52-30 .634
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4303 points scored, 4052 allowed) Road record: 23-17 (4160 points scored, 4073 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (97 points scored, 102 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Scott 8560 points scored (11th of 17 teams), 8227 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 26 Northwestern Dave Bing 6'3 180 30 Syracuse Jim Davis 6'9 225 32 Colorado Chris Ford 6'5 190 24 Villanova Ben Kelso 6'3 195 24 Central Michigan Bob Lanier 6'11 250 25 St. Bonaventure Stu Lantz 6'3 175 27 Nebraska John Mengelt 6'2 195 24 Auburn Bob Nash 6'8 195 23 Hawaii Willie Norwood 6'7 220 26 Alcorn State Curtis Rowe 6'7 225 24 UCLA George Trapp 6'8 205 25 Cal State Long Beach Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Bob Lanier 81 3047 748 1483 0 0 326 409 269 805 1074 343 110 247 0 273 1822 22.5 G Dave Bing 81 3124 582 1336 0 0 356 438 108 173 281 555 109 17 0 216 1520 18.8 F Curtis Rowe 82 2499 380 769 0 0 118 169 167 348 515 136 49 36 0 177 878 10.7 F George Trapp 82 1489 333 693 0 0 99 134 97 216 313 81 47 33 0 226 765 9.3 F Don Adams 74 2298 303 742 0 0 153 201 133 315 448 141 110 12 0 242 759 10.3 G John Mengelt 77 1555 249 558 0 0 182 229 40 166 206 148 68 7 0 164 680 8.8 F Willie Norwood 74 1178 247 484 0 0 95 143 95 134 229 58 60 9 0 156 589 8.0 G Chris Ford 82 2059 264 595 0 0 57 77 109 195 304 279 148 14 0 159 585 7.1 G Stu Lantz 50 980 154 361 0 0 139 164 34 79 113 97 38 3 0 79 447 8.9 C Jim Davis 78 947 117 283 0 0 90 139 102 191 293 86 39 30 0 158 324 4.2 F Bob Nash 35 281 41 115 0 0 24 39 31 43 74 14 3 10 0 35 106 3.0 G Ben Kelso 46 298 35 96 0 0 15 22 15 16 31 18 12 1 0 45 85 1.8
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
3 44 Bo Lamar 71 202 SW Louisiana
3 50 Larry Kenon 503 249 Memphis State [pick acquired from LA]
4 61 Ken Brady Michigan
5 78 Henry Wilmore Michigan
6 95 Dennis Johnson Ferris State
7 112 Fred Smiley Northwood (Michigan)
8 129 Ben Kelso 46 Central Michigan
9 145 Bill Kelgore Michigan State
10 159 Bob Solomon Wayne State
11 171 Len Paul Akron
12 180 Clarence Carlisle Ferris State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to ATL (Dwight Jones)
#2 to ATL (Tom Ingelsby)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/30/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 97-88
04/01/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 103-108
04/05/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 83-84
04/07/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 102-87
04/09/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 94-98
04/11/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 92-88
04/13/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 94-96
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Bob Lanier 7 303 77 152 30 38 26 81 107 21 4 14 28 184 26.3
G Dave Bing 7 312 55 131 22 30 6 20 26 42 3 1 20 132 18.9
G Stu Lantz 7 227 28 59 28 32 10 19 29 14 2 0 19 84 12.0
F Don Adams 7 256 28 73 8 14 17 34 51 20 6 1 26 64 9.1
F George Trapp 7 119 30 51 2 2 4 18 22 2 0 5 23 62 8.9
F Curtis Rowe 7 229 25 52 8 13 16 36 52 11 3 6 23 58 8.3
C Jim Davis 7 69 11 19 4 6 4 12 16 5 2 1 11 26 3.7
G Chris Ford 5 94 8 17 4 6 4 11 15 7 2 2 10 20 4.0
F Willie Norwood 5 31 7 11 4 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 7 18 3.6
G John Mengelt 4 39 5 14 7 8 2 5 7 6 2 0 6 17 4.2
G Ben Kelso 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1973 at New York Knicks L 100-101 0-1 10/12/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 122-105 1-1 10/13/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 94-101 1-2 10/14/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-83 2-2 10/19/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 94-96 2-3 10/20/1973 at Houston Rockets W 107-104 3-3 10/24/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 115-99 4-3 10/26/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 92-94 4-4 10/27/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 111-98 5-4 10/28/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 115-93 6-4 10/31/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 114-107 7-4 11/02/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-107 8-4 11/03/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 115-123 8-5 11/08/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 129-115 9-5 11/10/1973 at Boston Celtics L 97-102 9-6 11/14/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 108-111 9-7 11/16/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 125-98 10-7 11/17/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 98-94 11-7 11/18/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-104 11-8 11/21/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 107-104 12-8 11/24/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 112-114 12-9 11/28/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 91-96 12-10 11/30/1973 at Houston Rockets L 95-110 12-11 12/01/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 121-109 13-11 12/02/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 114-108 14-11 12/04/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 112-93 15-11 12/06/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 110-108 16-11 12/08/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-91 17-11 12/09/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 86-80 18-11 12/12/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-96 19-11 12/14/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 93-96 19-12 12/15/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 99-89 20-12 12/16/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 104-105 20-13 12/19/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 89-87 21-13 12/21/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 107-104 22-13 12/22/1973 at New York Knicks L 88-99 22-14 12/26/1973 vs New York Knicks L 91-96 22-15 12/28/1973 vs Capitol Bullets W 102-93 23-15 12/29/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 103-108 23-16 12/30/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks W 98-91 24-16 01/02/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-92 25-16 01/04/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 106-101 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 90-93 26-17 01/09/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 123-94 27-17 01/11/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-96 28-17 01/12/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 112-117 28-18 01/18/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-95 29-18 01/20/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 105-79 30-18 01/23/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 121-95 31-18 01/25/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 93-89 32-18 01/26/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 94-83 33-18 01/27/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 91-109 33-19 01/30/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 111-96 34-19 02/01/1974 vs New York Knicks W 96-91 35-19 02/03/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 114-100 36-19 02/05/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 104-102 37-19 02/07/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 110-86 38-19 02/08/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 99-94 39-19 02/12/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 113-106 40-19 02/14/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-102 40-20 02/15/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 116-118 40-21 02/17/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 118-107 41-21 02/19/1974 at Boston Celtics L 97-107 41-22 02/20/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-110 42-22 02/22/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 84-83 43-22 02/23/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-107 44-22 02/24/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 84-94 44-23 02/26/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 83-86 44-24 02/28/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-113 44-25 03/01/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics L 103-105 44-26 03/03/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 99-95 45-26 03/05/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 95-93 46-26 03/08/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 113-129 46-27 03/10/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-111 47-27 03/11/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 108-120 47-28 03/12/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-108 48-28 03/15/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 93-89 49-28 03/17/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 116-109 50-28 03/20/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 103-99 51-28 03/22/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 105-107 51-29 03/23/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 89-97 51-30 03/26/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 109-108 52-30 |