1978-1979 Detroit Pistons: 30-52 .366
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4591 points scored, 4461 allowed) Road record: 8-33 (4432 points scored, 4781 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Vitale 9023 points scored (10th of 22 teams), 9242 points allowed (18th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Ron Behagen 6'9 185 27 Minnesota Dennis Boyd 6'1 175 24 Detroit Jim Brewer 6'9 210 27 Minnesota M.L. Carr 6'6 205 27 Guilford Leon Douglas 6'10 230 24 Alabama Chris Ford 6'5 190 29 Villanova Gus Gerard 6'8 200 25 Virginia Rickey Green 6'0 170 24 Michigan Robert Hawkins 6'4 190 24 Illinois State Essie Hollis 6'6 195 23 St. Bonaventure Otis Howard 6'7 220 22 Austin Peay State Bob Lanier 6'11 250 30 St. Bonaventure John Long 6'5 195 22 Detroit Larry McNeill 6'9 195 27 Marquette Ben Poquette 6'9 235 23 Central Michigan Kevin Porter 6'0 170 28 St. Francis Steve Sheppard 6'6 215 24 Maryland Earl Tatum 6'4 185 25 Marquette Terry Tyler 6'7 215 22 Detroit Andre Wakefield 6'2 175 23 Loyola (Chicago) Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F M.L. Carr 80 3207 587 1143 0 0 323 435 219 370 589 262 197 46 255 279 1497 18.7 G John Long 82 2498 581 1240 0 0 157 190 127 139 266 121 102 19 137 224 1319 16.1 G Kevin Porter 82 3064 534 1110 0 0 192 266 62 147 209 1099 158 5 337 302 1260 15.4 C Bob Lanier 53 1835 489 950 0 0 275 367 164 330 494 140 50 75 175 181 1253 23.6 F Terry Tyler 82 2560 456 946 0 0 144 219 211 437 648 89 104 201 141 254 1056 12.9 C Leon Douglas 78 2215 342 698 0 0 208 328 248 416 664 74 39 55 190 319 892 11.4 G Earl Tatum 76 1195 272 607 0 0 48 66 40 81 121 72 78 33 85 158 592 7.8 F Ben Poquette 76 1337 198 464 0 0 111 142 99 237 336 57 38 98 65 198 507 6.7 G Rickey Green 27 431 67 177 0 0 45 67 15 25 40 63 25 1 44 37 179 6.6 G Andre Wakefield 71 578 62 176 0 0 48 69 25 51 76 69 19 2 71 68 172 2.4 F Essie Hollis 25 154 30 75 0 0 9 12 21 24 45 6 11 1 14 28 69 2.8 F Jim Brewer 25 310 27 60 0 0 3 15 34 71 105 13 13 10 19 38 57 2.3 F Otis Howard 11 91 19 45 0 0 11 23 13 21 34 4 2 2 5 16 49 4.5 G Chris Ford 3 108 13 35 0 0 7 8 9 9 18 5 1 1 10 9 33 11.0 F Steve Sheppard 20 76 12 25 0 0 8 15 9 10 19 4 3 1 4 10 32 1.6 F Larry McNeill 11 46 9 20 0 0 11 12 3 7 10 3 0 0 4 7 29 2.6 G Robert Hawkins 4 28 6 16 0 0 6 6 3 3 6 4 5 0 2 7 18 4.5 G Dennis Boyd 5 40 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 6 5 6 1.2 F Gus Gerard 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1.5 F Ron Behagen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 23 Terry Tyler 871 Detroit [pick acquired from NJ]
2 29 John Long 893 Detroit
5 95 Dave Caligaris Northeastern
6 117 Audie Matthews Illinois
7 138 Herb Entzminger Johnson C. Smith
8 157 Earl Evans 36 Nevada-Las Vegas
9 174 Ulice Payne Marquette
10 189 Dave Grauzer Central Michigan
Traded draft picks:
#3 to BUF (Ricky Gallon)
#4 to BUF (Larry Harris)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 105-107 0-1 10/14/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 114-122 0-2 10/17/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 109-114 0-3 10/20/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 117-126 0-4 10/21/1978 at Washington Bullets L 99-119 0-5 10/25/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-105 1-5 10/27/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 107-102 2-5 10/28/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 126-150 2-6 10/31/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-112 2-7 11/02/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 94-95 2-8 11/03/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 99-93 3-8 11/04/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 95-103 3-9 11/08/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 117-106 4-9 11/10/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-101 5-9 11/11/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-135 5-10 11/12/1978 at Boston Celtics W 128-123 6-10 11/15/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 126-133 6-11 11/18/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 105-119 6-12 11/21/1978 at New York Knicks L 79-96 6-13 11/24/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 119-117 7-13 11/28/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 105-103 8-13 11/30/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 109-119 8-14 12/01/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 120-125 8-15 12/02/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 120-113 9-15 12/05/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 112-114 9-16 12/07/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-105 10-16 12/08/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 107-114 10-17 12/09/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 108-132 10-18 12/12/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 110-127 10-19 12/15/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 114-116 10-20 12/21/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-108 11-20 12/23/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 126-130 11-21 12/26/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 84-143 11-22 12/27/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 131-119 12-22 12/29/1978 vs San Diego Clippers L 107-111 12-23 12/30/1978 at Houston Rockets L 101-112 12-24 01/02/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 119-137 12-25 01/03/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 81-96 12-26 01/05/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-98 12-27 01/09/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 114-116 12-28 01/11/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-101 13-28 01/13/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-109 14-28 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/16/1979 at New York Knicks L 110-111 14-29 01/17/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 99-106 14-30 01/18/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 87-97 14-31 01/20/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 122-110 15-31 01/22/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 121-117 16-31 01/25/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 135-100 17-31 01/28/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 128-118 18-31 01/31/1979 vs New York Knicks L 86-108 18-32 02/01/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-116 19-32 02/02/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 114-130 19-33 02/06/1979 at Houston Rockets L 108-113 19-34 02/07/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-114 19-35 02/08/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 105-106 19-36 02/10/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz L 105-107 19-37 02/14/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 111-107 20-37 02/16/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 110-96 21-37 02/18/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 124-104 22-37 02/21/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 106-99 23-37 02/25/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 119-126 23-38 02/27/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 117-124 23-39 03/03/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 110-101 24-39 03/07/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 93-99 24-40 03/09/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 160-117 25-40 03/11/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 125-115 26-40 03/13/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 120-122 26-41 03/15/1979 vs New York Knicks W 88-83 27-41 03/16/1979 at Boston Celtics L 98-99 27-42 03/17/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 105-98 28-42 03/20/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 110-117 28-43 03/21/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-111 28-44 03/23/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 124-114 29-44 03/25/1979 at Washington Bullets L 107-116 29-45 03/28/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 110-115 29-46 03/30/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 113-124 29-47 03/31/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-123 29-48 04/01/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 105-116 29-49 04/03/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 100-104 29-50 04/05/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 120-104 30-50 04/06/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 96-112 30-51 04/08/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 107-117 30-52 |