1977-1978 Detroit Pistons: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-17 (4533 points scored, 4425 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4403 points scored, 4613 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coaches: Herb Brown (9-15), Bob Kauffman (29-29) 8936 points scored (10th of 22 teams), 9038 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Marvin Barnes 6'8 210 25 Providence Jim Bostic 6'7 225 24 New Mexico State Wayman Britt 6'2 185 25 Michigan M.L. Carr 6'6 205 26 Guilford Leon Douglas 6'10 230 23 Alabama Al Eberhard 6'6 225 25 Missouri Chris Ford 6'5 190 28 Villanova Gus Gerard 6'8 200 24 Virginia Bob Lanier 6'11 250 29 St. Bonaventure Eric Money 6'0 170 22 Arizona Willie Norwood 6'7 220 30 Alcorn State Ben Poquette 6'9 235 22 Central Michigan Howard Porter 6'8 220 29 Villanova Kevin Porter 6'0 170 27 St. Francis Jim Price 6'2 195 28 Louisville John Shumate 6'9 235 25 Notre Dame Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 28 Michigan State Al Skinner 6'3 190 25 Massachusetts 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 63 2311 622 1159 0 0 298 386 197 518 715 216 82 93 225 185 1542 24.5 G Eric Money 76 2557 600 1200 0 0 214 298 90 119 209 356 123 12 322 237 1414 18.6 F M.L. Carr 79 2556 390 857 0 0 200 271 202 355 557 185 147 27 210 243 980 12.4 F John Shumate 62 2170 316 622 0 0 326 409 125 429 554 122 76 43 186 142 958 15.5 C Leon Douglas 79 1993 321 667 0 0 221 345 181 401 582 112 57 48 197 295 863 10.9 G Chris Ford 82 2582 374 777 0 0 113 154 117 151 268 381 166 17 232 182 861 10.5 G Al Skinner 69 1274 181 387 0 0 123 159 53 119 172 113 52 15 132 208 485 7.0 G Jim Price 34 839 153 363 0 0 84 103 27 74 101 102 45 5 74 82 390 11.5 F Gus Gerard 47 805 154 355 0 0 64 93 49 97 146 44 34 22 54 96 372 7.9 G Ralph Simpson 32 739 143 346 0 0 54 64 27 55 82 87 32 3 78 48 340 10.6 F Ben Poquette 52 626 95 225 0 0 42 60 50 95 145 20 10 22 40 69 232 4.5 F Al Eberhard 37 576 71 160 0 0 41 61 37 65 102 26 13 4 23 64 183 4.9 F Marvin Barnes 12 269 53 118 0 0 14 29 28 63 91 19 7 11 29 43 120 10.0 F Willie Norwood 16 260 34 82 0 0 20 29 27 27 54 14 13 3 17 45 88 5.5 G Kevin Porter 8 127 14 31 0 0 9 13 5 10 15 36 5 0 12 18 37 4.6 F Howard Porter 8 107 16 43 0 0 4 7 5 12 17 2 3 5 5 15 36 4.5 F Jim Bostic 4 48 12 22 0 0 2 5 8 8 16 3 0 0 3 5 26 6.5 G Wayman Britt 7 16 3 10 0 0 3 4 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 9 1.3
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 36 Ben Poquette 718 Central Michigan
3 58 John Irving Hofstra
4 80 Bruce King Iowa
5 102 Jim Kennedy Missouri
6 124 Herb Nobles Kansas
7 144 Robert Lewis Johnson C. Smith
8 163 Tim Appleton Kenyon
Traded draft picks:
#1 to ATL via WAS (Tree Rollins)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 110-93 1-0 10/19/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-113 1-1 10/21/1977 at Washington Bullets L 109-117 1-2 10/22/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 126-106 2-2 10/24/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 100-85 3-2 10/26/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 123-107 4-2 10/29/1977 at New York Knicks L 117-124 4-3 11/02/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 89-102 4-4 11/09/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 127-107 5-4 11/11/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 104-107 5-5 11/13/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 104-102 6-5 11/15/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 113-123 6-6 11/18/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 83-116 6-7 11/19/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 96-128 6-8 11/20/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 101-118 6-9 11/23/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 105-106 6-10 11/26/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 87-105 6-11 11/29/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 100-99 7-11 11/30/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 104-98 8-11 12/02/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 97-108 8-12 12/03/1977 vs Indiana Pacers L 89-103 8-13 12/07/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 107-113 8-14 12/10/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 104-86 9-14 12/14/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 92-102 9-15 12/16/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 106-114 9-16 12/17/1977 vs Buffalo Braves L 122-126 9-17 12/18/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 117-108 10-17 12/20/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 118-117 11-17 12/22/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-102 12-17 12/23/1977 at Chicago Bulls W 108-107 13-17 12/26/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 122-100 14-17 12/28/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 106-111 14-18 12/30/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 103-87 15-18 01/03/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-103 16-18 01/04/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-97 17-18 01/06/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 106-107 17-19 01/07/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-109 17-20 01/11/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-106 17-21 01/13/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 100-111 17-22 01/15/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 101-107 17-23 01/18/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 113-100 18-23 01/20/1978 at Houston Rockets L 108-118 18-24 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/22/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 97-100 18-25 01/24/1978 at Washington Bullets W 104-101 19-25 01/25/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-95 20-25 01/28/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-105 21-25 01/29/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-116 22-25 02/01/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 127-120 23-25 02/02/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 101-113 23-26 02/03/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 102-115 23-27 02/08/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 95-105 23-28 02/10/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 112-117 23-29 02/11/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 106-96 24-29 02/13/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 125-115 25-29 02/15/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 113-116 25-30 02/17/1978 vs New York Knicks L 108-128 25-31 02/19/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 110-107 26-31 02/22/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 119-108 27-31 02/25/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-118 27-32 02/26/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 127-124 28-32 03/01/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 115-102 29-32 03/03/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 108-124 29-33 03/05/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 122-110 30-33 03/07/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 109-123 30-34 03/09/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 105-112 30-35 03/12/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 130-125 31-35 03/14/1978 at Boston Celtics L 98-105 31-36 03/15/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 106-135 31-37 03/16/1978 at Houston Rockets W 106-98 32-37 03/19/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 112-92 33-37 03/21/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 111-116 33-38 03/24/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-95 34-38 03/26/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-110 34-39 03/28/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 123-118 35-39 03/29/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 121-116 36-39 03/31/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 107-117 36-40 04/01/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 99-113 36-41 04/02/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 121-129 36-42 04/05/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 115-126 36-43 04/06/1978 at New York Knicks L 125-129 36-44 04/07/1978 at Boston Celtics W 111-109 37-44 04/09/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 139-137 38-44 |