1975-1976 Detroit Pistons: 36-46 .439
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-17 (4413 points scored, 4323 allowed) Road record: 11-29 (4089 points scored, 4281 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (103 points scored, 87 allowed) Head Coaches: Ray Scott (17-25), Herb Brown (19-21) 8605 points scored (9th of 18 teams), 8691 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Roger Brown 6'11 225 25 Kansas Archie Clark 6'2 175 34 Minnesota Henry Dickerson 6'4 190 24 Charleston Al Eberhard 6'6 225 23 Missouri Chris Ford 6'5 190 26 Villanova Lindsay Hairston 6'7 180 24 Michigan State Wali Jones 6'2 180 33 Villanova Bob Lanier 6'11 250 27 St. Bonaventure John Mengelt 6'2 195 26 Auburn Eric Money 6'0 170 20 Arizona Howard Porter 6'8 220 27 Villanova Kevin Porter 6'0 170 25 St. Francis Curtis Rowe 6'7 225 26 UCLA Terry Thomas 6'8 220 22 Detroit George Trapp 6'8 205 27 Cal State Long Beach Earl Williams 6'7 230 24 Winston-Salem State 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 64 2363 541 1017 0 0 284 370 217 529 746 217 79 86 0 203 1366 21.3 F Curtis Rowe 80 2998 514 1098 0 0 252 342 231 466 697 183 47 45 0 209 1280 16.0 G Eric Money 80 2267 449 947 0 0 145 180 77 130 207 338 137 11 0 243 1043 13.0 F Al Eberhard 81 2066 283 683 0 0 191 229 139 251 390 83 87 15 0 250 757 9.3 G John Mengelt 67 1105 264 540 0 0 192 237 27 88 115 108 40 5 0 138 720 10.7 G Chris Ford 82 2198 301 707 0 0 83 115 80 211 291 272 178 24 0 222 685 8.4 F Howard Porter 75 1482 298 635 0 0 73 97 81 214 295 25 31 36 0 133 669 8.9 F George Trapp 76 1091 278 602 0 0 63 88 79 150 229 50 33 23 0 167 619 8.1 G Archie Clark 79 1589 250 577 0 0 100 116 27 110 137 218 62 4 0 157 600 7.6 F Lindsay Hairston 47 651 104 228 0 0 65 112 65 114 179 21 21 32 0 84 273 5.8 G Kevin Porter 19 687 99 235 0 0 42 56 14 30 44 193 35 3 0 83 240 12.6 C Earl Williams 46 562 73 152 0 0 22 44 103 148 251 18 22 20 0 81 168 3.7 F Terry Thomas 28 136 28 65 0 0 21 29 15 21 36 3 4 2 0 21 77 2.8 C Roger Brown 29 454 29 72 0 0 14 18 47 83 130 12 6 25 0 76 72 2.5 G Henry Dickerson 17 112 9 29 0 0 10 16 3 0 3 8 2 1 0 17 28 1.6 G Wali Jones 1 19 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 8 8.0
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 27 Walter Luckett Ohio
3 44 Pete Trgovich UCLA
4 64 Lindsay Hairston 47 Michigan State
5 81 Cliff Pratt Shaw
6 98 Allen Spruill North Carolina A&T
7 118 Ike Williams Armstrong State
8 135 John Kelley Dillard
9 151 Terry Thomas 28 Detroit
10 169 Mickey Fox St. Mary's (Canada)
Traded draft picks:
#1 to KCO via NYK and NO (Bill Robinzine)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/13/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-110
04/15/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 126-123
04/18/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 107-104
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Western Semifinals
04/20/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 103-127
04/22/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 123-111
04/24/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 96-113
04/26/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 106-102
04/28/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 109-128
04/30/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 116-118 (OT)
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 9 359 95 172 45 50 39 75 114 30 8 21 34 235 26.1
F Curtis Rowe 9 346 53 111 29 34 25 45 70 26 6 8 27 135 15.0
F Howard Porter 9 213 51 97 15 17 22 20 42 6 7 5 24 117 13.0
G Eric Money 9 273 48 105 17 21 10 12 22 51 14 1 36 113 12.6
F George Trapp 9 153 37 89 15 18 12 23 35 9 4 4 26 89 9.9
G John Mengelt 9 119 34 56 19 27 2 12 14 10 4 1 22 87 9.7
G Chris Ford 9 276 33 81 12 15 6 30 36 40 11 5 33 78 8.7
G Archie Clark 9 192 30 62 12 18 2 19 21 29 6 0 25 72 8.0
F Al Eberhard 8 182 17 39 14 19 11 15 26 7 8 4 14 48 6.0
C Roger Brown 9 51 4 9 2 4 7 7 14 2 0 1 10 10 1.1
G Henry Dickerson 5 15 4 9 1 2 4 0 4 3 1 0 1 9 1.8
F Terry Thomas 4 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/24/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 106-114 0-1 10/25/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 108-102 1-1 10/29/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-99 2-1 10/31/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 131-127 3-1 11/01/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 93-97 3-2 11/04/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 101-103 3-3 11/05/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 124-107 4-3 11/07/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 124-122 5-3 11/08/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 104-118 5-4 11/12/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks L 106-109 5-5 11/15/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 101-89 6-5 11/19/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-114 7-5 11/21/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 104-94 8-5 11/26/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-104 9-5 11/29/1975 at New York Knicks W 115-110 10-5 12/03/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 110-118 10-6 12/05/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 102-91 11-6 12/06/1975 at Houston Rockets L 96-105 11-7 12/09/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 124-129 11-8 12/12/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 95-97 11-9 12/13/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 91-101 11-10 12/14/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-110 11-11 12/17/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 102-113 11-12 12/19/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-115 11-13 12/20/1975 at Washington Bullets L 86-98 11-14 12/23/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 102-120 11-15 12/26/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 101-87 12-15 12/27/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 99-112 12-16 12/28/1975 at Kansas City Kings W 103-87 13-16 12/30/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 108-114 13-17 01/02/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 83-98 13-18 01/03/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-100 14-18 01/07/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-118 15-18 01/09/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-102 15-19 01/10/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 99-104 15-20 01/11/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 99-105 15-21 01/16/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 104-111 15-22 01/18/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 118-122 15-23 01/20/1976 at Washington Bullets W 114-107 16-23 01/21/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 111-104 17-23 01/23/1976 at Boston Celtics L 91-108 17-24 01/24/1976 vs New York Knicks L 100-117 17-25 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/27/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 83-85 17-26 01/28/1976 vs Chicago Bulls L 84-87 17-27 01/30/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 101-94 18-27 02/01/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 109-114 18-28 02/05/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 111-108 19-28 02/07/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-114 19-29 02/08/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 94-93 20-29 02/10/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 88-106 20-30 02/11/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 94-123 20-31 02/14/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 105-106 20-32 02/15/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 107-109 20-33 02/18/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 105-94 21-33 02/20/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 102-87 22-33 02/21/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 114-112 23-33 02/25/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-108 23-34 02/27/1976 vs New York Knicks W 97-93 24-34 02/29/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 98-109 24-35 03/02/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 113-127 24-36 03/03/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 114-110 25-36 03/05/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-123 25-37 03/07/1976 at Boston Celtics L 87-88 25-38 03/09/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 108-112 25-39 03/12/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 117-101 26-39 03/14/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 103-114 26-40 03/16/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 101-110 26-41 03/18/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 100-106 26-42 03/19/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-122 26-43 03/21/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 118-112 27-43 03/23/1976 at New York Knicks W 122-116 28-43 03/24/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 130-117 29-43 03/26/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 85-77 30-43 03/27/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 112-94 31-43 03/31/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 102-96 32-43 04/02/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 116-102 33-43 04/03/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 93-97 33-44 04/04/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 101-97 34-44 04/07/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-96 35-44 04/09/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-108 36-44 04/10/1976 at Houston Rockets L 99-110 36-45 04/11/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 105-112 36-46 |