1974-1975 Detroit Pistons: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 26-15 (4084 points scored, 4030 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4027 points scored, 4198 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Scott 8111 points scored (17th of 18 teams), 8228 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 27 Northwestern Dave Bing 6'3 180 31 Syracuse Jim Davis 6'9 225 33 Colorado Al Eberhard 6'6 225 22 Missouri Chris Ford 6'5 190 25 Villanova Bob Lanier 6'11 250 26 St. Bonaventure Bill Ligon 6'4 180 22 Vanderbilt John Mengelt 6'2 195 25 Auburn Eric Money 6'0 170 19 Arizona Otto Moore 6'11 205 28 Texas - Pan American Willie Norwood 6'7 220 27 Alcorn State Howard Porter 6'8 220 26 Villanova Curtis Rowe 6'7 225 25 UCLA George Trapp 6'8 205 26 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 76 2987 731 1433 0 0 361 450 225 689 914 350 75 172 0 237 1823 24.0 G Dave Bing 79 3222 578 1333 0 0 343 424 86 200 286 610 116 26 0 222 1499 19.0 F Curtis Rowe 82 2787 422 874 0 0 171 227 174 411 585 121 50 44 0 190 1015 12.4 G John Mengelt 80 1995 336 701 0 0 211 248 38 153 191 201 72 4 0 198 883 11.0 F George Trapp 78 1472 288 652 0 0 99 131 71 205 276 63 37 14 0 210 675 8.7 G Chris Ford 80 1962 206 435 0 0 63 95 93 176 269 230 113 26 0 187 475 5.9 F Howard Porter 41 1030 188 376 0 0 59 70 66 150 216 17 20 25 0 76 435 10.6 C Jim Davis 79 1078 118 260 0 0 85 117 96 189 285 90 50 36 0 129 321 4.1 G Eric Money 66 889 144 319 0 0 31 45 27 61 88 101 33 2 0 121 319 4.8 F Don Adams 51 1376 127 315 0 0 45 78 63 181 244 75 69 20 0 179 299 5.9 F Willie Norwood 24 347 64 123 0 0 31 42 31 57 88 16 23 0 0 51 159 6.6 G Bill Ligon 38 272 55 143 0 0 16 25 14 12 26 25 8 9 0 31 126 3.3 F Al Eberhard 34 277 31 85 0 0 17 21 18 29 47 16 13 1 0 33 79 2.3 C Otto Moore 2 11 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1.5
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 15 Al Eberhard 220 Missouri
2 33 Eric Money 426 Arizona
3 51 Roland Grant New Mexico State
4 69 Mickey Martin Pittsburgh
5 87 Joe Newman Temple
6 105 Mike Sylvester Dayton
7 123 Sammy High Tulsa
8 141 Greg Newman Drexel
9 158 Gary Deitelhoff Millikin
10 175 Bill Ligon 38 Vanderbilt
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/08/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 77-90
04/10/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 122-106
04/12/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-100
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 3 128 26 51 9 12 5 27 32 19 4 12 10 61 20.3
F Howard Porter 3 92 23 42 6 7 8 12 20 0 5 1 5 52 17.3
G Dave Bing 3 134 20 47 8 13 3 8 11 29 5 0 12 48 16.0
F Curtis Rowe 3 115 17 33 10 19 8 18 26 15 1 5 6 44 14.7
F George Trapp 3 81 18 33 5 7 5 17 22 4 0 0 6 41 13.7
G John Mengelt 3 65 9 23 7 9 2 6 8 9 1 1 9 25 8.3
G Chris Ford 3 82 6 11 0 0 2 11 13 10 1 0 8 12 4.0
C Jim Davis 2 16 2 4 3 5 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 7 3.5
G Bill Ligon 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 100-95 1-0 10/19/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 122-99 2-0 10/23/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 90-100 2-1 10/25/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 110-107 3-1 10/26/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 104-105 3-2 10/30/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks L 96-104 3-3 10/31/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-118 3-4 11/01/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 103-93 4-4 11/02/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 100-94 5-4 11/06/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 118-104 6-4 11/08/1974 at Boston Celtics W 105-104 7-4 11/09/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 100-109 7-5 11/10/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 117-124 7-6 11/13/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 98-91 8-6 11/15/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 117-103 9-6 11/16/1974 at Houston Rockets L 98-118 9-7 11/17/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 99-85 10-7 11/19/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 87-97 10-8 11/20/1974 vs Phoenix Suns L 106-114 10-9 11/23/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 98-110 10-10 11/26/1974 at New York Knicks W 99-88 11-10 12/04/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 86-69 12-10 12/06/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-91 13-10 12/07/1974 at Washington Bullets L 89-94 13-11 12/08/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 92-96 13-12 12/10/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 82-90 13-13 12/11/1974 vs Washington Bullets W 103-89 14-13 12/13/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 84-88 14-14 12/14/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 100-93 15-14 12/18/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-100 15-15 12/20/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 103-102 16-15 12/21/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-108 16-16 12/22/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 90-108 16-17 12/26/1974 vs New York Knicks W 84-83 17-17 12/28/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 79-70 18-17 12/30/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 86-81 19-17 01/02/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 99-95 20-17 01/03/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 111-92 21-17 01/04/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 89-82 22-17 01/08/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 92-102 22-18 01/10/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 89-81 23-18 01/11/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 118-113 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1975 at Boston Celtics L 90-96 24-19 01/18/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 86-77 25-19 01/19/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-98 26-19 01/22/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 96-94 27-19 01/24/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 113-103 28-19 01/25/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 96-116 28-20 01/26/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 102-93 29-20 01/29/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 93-90 30-20 01/30/1975 at Houston Rockets L 88-103 30-21 02/01/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 119-113 31-21 02/02/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 96-116 31-22 02/03/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 100-114 31-23 02/06/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-111 31-24 02/07/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 83-95 31-25 02/09/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 97-96 32-25 02/10/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-130 32-26 02/12/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 93-103 32-27 02/14/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-103 32-28 02/15/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 81-93 32-29 02/16/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 99-102 32-30 02/19/1975 vs New York Knicks L 94-109 32-31 02/21/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 96-121 32-32 02/26/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 104-84 33-32 02/28/1975 at Washington Bullets L 95-106 33-33 03/01/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-94 34-33 03/02/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 112-122 34-34 03/04/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 83-101 34-35 03/08/1975 at New York Knicks L 100-118 34-36 03/09/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 106-99 35-36 03/11/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 94-95 35-37 03/14/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 94-97 35-38 03/18/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 90-116 35-39 03/21/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 121-110 36-39 03/23/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 125-114 37-39 03/26/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-107 38-39 03/27/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 91-79 39-39 03/29/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 112-115 39-40 04/01/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-98 39-41 04/02/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 97-89 40-41 04/05/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-119 40-42 |