1976-1977 Detroit Pistons: 44-38 .537
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4619 points scored, 4425 allowed) Road record: 13-26 (4142 points scored, 4417 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (209 points scored, 213 allowed) Head Coach: Herb Brown 8970 points scored (6th of 22 teams), 9055 points allowed (20th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Marvin Barnes 6'8 210 24 Providence Roger Brown 6'11 225 26 Kansas M.L. Carr 6'6 205 25 Guilford Cornelius Cash 6'8 215 24 Bowling Green Leon Douglas 6'10 230 22 Alabama Al Eberhard 6'6 225 24 Missouri Chris Ford 6'5 190 27 Villanova Bob Lanier 6'11 250 28 St. Bonaventure Eric Money 6'0 170 21 Arizona Howard Porter 6'8 220 28 Villanova Kevin Porter 6'0 170 26 St. Francis Phil Sellers 6'4 195 23 Rutgers Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 27 Michigan State George Trapp 6'8 205 28 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 64 2446 678 1269 0 0 260 318 200 545 745 214 70 126 0 174 1616 25.2 F M.L. Carr 82 2643 443 931 0 0 205 279 211 420 631 181 165 58 0 287 1091 13.3 F Howard Porter 78 2200 465 962 0 0 103 120 155 303 458 53 50 73 0 202 1033 13.2 G Chris Ford 82 2539 437 918 0 0 131 170 96 174 270 337 179 26 0 192 1005 12.3 G Ralph Simpson 77 1597 356 834 0 0 138 195 48 133 181 180 68 5 0 100 850 11.0 G Eric Money 73 1586 329 631 0 0 90 114 43 81 124 243 91 14 0 199 748 10.2 G Kevin Porter 81 2117 310 605 0 0 97 133 28 70 98 592 88 8 0 271 717 8.9 C Leon Douglas 82 1626 245 512 0 0 127 229 181 345 526 68 44 81 0 294 617 7.5 F Marvin Barnes 53 989 202 452 0 0 106 156 69 184 253 45 38 33 0 139 510 9.6 F Al Eberhard 68 1219 181 380 0 0 109 138 76 145 221 50 45 15 0 197 471 6.9 F Phil Sellers 44 329 73 190 0 0 52 72 19 22 41 25 22 0 0 56 198 4.5 C Roger Brown 43 322 21 56 0 0 18 26 31 59 90 12 15 18 0 68 60 1.4 F George Trapp 6 68 15 29 0 0 3 4 4 6 10 3 0 1 0 13 33 5.5 F Cornelius Cash 6 49 9 23 0 0 3 6 8 8 16 1 2 1 0 8 21 3.5
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 4 Leon Douglas 456 Alabama
3 38 Phil Sellers 44 Rutgers
4 55 Scott Thompson Iowa
5 72 Jim Hearns Marymount
6 90 Russell Davis Virginia Tech
7 108 Curt Peterson Puget Sound
8 126 Randy Heary Illinois State
9 144 Bill Martin Hartwick
10 161 Bob Johnson Wisconsin
Traded draft picks:
#2 to LA via PHO (Earl Tatum)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/12/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 95-90
04/14/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 108-138
04/17/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 101-109
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 3 118 34 54 16 19 13 37 50 6 3 7 10 84 28.0
F Howard Porter 3 98 29 47 2 4 6 11 17 2 2 4 7 60 20.0
G Eric Money 3 103 22 44 11 13 2 7 9 20 6 0 9 55 18.3
G Chris Ford 3 101 18 44 5 9 8 11 19 12 7 0 11 41 13.7
F M.L. Carr 3 112 12 31 4 7 9 8 17 6 1 3 9 28 9.3
G Kevin Porter 3 61 5 14 6 9 1 5 6 17 1 0 7 16 5.3
C Leon Douglas 3 57 4 13 2 7 4 6 10 3 1 5 11 10 3.3
F Al Eberhard 3 42 1 9 5 8 2 7 9 2 1 0 6 7 2.3
F Phil Sellers 1 6 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 3.0
G Ralph Simpson 2 17 0 9 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
C Roger Brown 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 99-96 1-0 10/23/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 97-98 1-1 10/27/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-92 2-1 10/29/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-106 2-2 10/30/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-131 2-3 10/31/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 101-121 2-4 11/02/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 98-111 2-5 11/05/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 108-122 2-6 11/06/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 110-105 3-6 11/07/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 115-107 4-6 11/10/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-112 5-6 11/12/1976 vs New York Knicks W 111-97 6-6 11/13/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 106-103 7-6 11/14/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 104-83 8-6 11/17/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-95 9-6 11/18/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 99-104 9-7 11/20/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 116-110 10-7 11/24/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 118-117 11-7 11/25/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-111 11-8 11/26/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 119-124 11-9 11/30/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 129-130 11-10 12/01/1976 at Houston Rockets L 104-110 11-11 12/03/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 124-115 12-11 12/08/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 107-100 13-11 12/10/1976 at New York Nets W 106-104 14-11 12/11/1976 vs New York Nets L 88-115 14-12 12/12/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 110-104 15-12 12/15/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 136-116 16-12 12/17/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 113-104 17-12 12/19/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 125-110 18-12 12/21/1976 at New York Knicks L 103-133 18-13 12/22/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-94 19-13 12/25/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 106-115 19-14 12/29/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-111 20-14 12/30/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 106-123 20-15 01/05/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-115 21-15 01/07/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 140-132 22-15 01/09/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 118-124 22-16 01/11/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 129-121 23-16 01/12/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 99-121 23-17 01/13/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 101-131 23-18 01/15/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 121-105 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 109-86 25-18 01/23/1977 at Washington Bullets L 108-119 25-19 01/25/1977 at Boston Celtics W 91-89 26-19 01/26/1977 vs New York Nets W 103-101 27-19 01/27/1977 at Houston Rockets L 107-114 27-20 01/29/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 101-109 27-21 01/30/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 127-120 28-21 02/01/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 95-92 29-21 02/02/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 116-138 29-22 02/04/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 124-111 30-22 02/06/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 130-111 31-22 02/09/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 129-135 31-23 02/11/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 101-94 32-23 02/15/1977 at Boston Celtics L 99-109 32-24 02/16/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 125-118 33-24 02/18/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 107-97 34-24 02/19/1977 at Washington Bullets L 95-105 34-25 02/20/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 109-107 35-25 02/23/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-101 36-25 02/25/1977 at New York Nets W 112-106 37-25 03/01/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 94-110 37-26 03/04/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 92-94 37-27 03/05/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 96-118 37-28 03/06/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-105 38-28 03/08/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 109-107 39-28 03/13/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 102-97 40-28 03/16/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 97-104 40-29 03/18/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 104-105 40-30 03/20/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 104-133 40-31 03/23/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 89-95 40-32 03/25/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 107-94 41-32 03/26/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 108-128 41-33 03/27/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 115-100 42-33 03/30/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-115 42-34 04/01/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 116-133 42-35 04/03/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-115 42-36 04/05/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-110 42-37 04/08/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-112 43-37 04/09/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-96 44-37 04/10/1977 vs New York Knicks L 126-144 44-38 |