1967-68 Detroit Pistons Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Donnie Butcher (40-42)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 224,164, Avg. 7,005 in 32 home dates
1967-68 Detroit Pistons RosterTeam Record: 40-42
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Donnie Butcher (40-42)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 224,164, Avg. 7,005 in 32 home dates
1967-68 Detroit Pistons Results
The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
Detroit tossed in 9,725 points and gave up 9,889. Dave Bing scored a team-best 2,142 points for the Pistons, while Dave DeBusschere racked up 1,081 boards. Dave Bing dished out 509 assists for the squad.
Donnie Butcher coached the team. The 1967-68 Detroit Pistons lost in the division semifinals.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bing | G | 79 | 3209 | 1893 | 835 | 668 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 373 | 509 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 2142 | ||
| Dave DeBusschere | F-G | 80 | 3125 | 1295 | 573 | 435 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 1081 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 1435 | ||
| Eddie Miles | G-F | 76 | 2303 | 1180 | 561 | 369 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 1404 | ||
| Terry Dischinger | F-G | 78 | 1936 | 797 | 394 | 311 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 483 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 1025 | ||
| John Tresvant | F-C | 55 | 1671 | 597 | 275 | 278 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 540 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 733 | ||
| Jimmy Walker | G | 81 | 1585 | 733 | 289 | 175 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 712 | ||
| Len Chappell | F-C | 57 | 999 | 428 | 220 | 184 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 346 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 570 | ||
| Joe Strawder | C | 73 | 2029 | 456 | 206 | 215 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 685 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 | 551 | ||
| Happy Hairston | F | 26 | 892 | 357 | 164 | 226 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 490 | ||
| Tom Van Arsdale | F-G | 50 | 832 | 307 | 114 | 136 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 329 | ||
| George Patterson | C-F | 59 | 559 | 133 | 44 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 120 | ||
| Jim Fox | C-F | 24 | 380 | 82 | 34 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 98 | ||
| Paul Long | G | 16 | 93 | 51 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 57 | ||
| Sonny Dove | F | 28 | 162 | 75 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 56 | ||
| George Carter | F-G | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 783 | 19780 | 8386 | 3755 | 0 | 0 | 3129 | 2215 | 0 | 0 | 4662 | 1700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2240 | 9725 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bing | G | 79 | 40.6 | 44.1 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 27.1 | |
| Dave DeBusschere | F-G | 80 | 39.1 | 44.2 | 66.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 17.9 | |
| Eddie Miles | G-F | 76 | 30.3 | 47.5 | 76.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 18.5 | |
| Terry Dischinger | F-G | 78 | 24.8 | 49.4 | 76.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 13.1 | |
| John Tresvant | F-C | 55 | 30.4 | 46.1 | 65.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 13.3 | |
| Jimmy Walker | G | 81 | 19.6 | 39.4 | 76.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 8.8 | |
| Len Chappell | F-C | 57 | 17.5 | 51.4 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | |
| Joe Strawder | C | 73 | 27.8 | 45.2 | 64.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 7.5 | |
| Happy Hairston | F | 26 | 34.3 | 45.9 | 71.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 18.8 | |
| Tom Van Arsdale | F-G | 50 | 16.6 | 37.1 | 74.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 6.6 | |
| George Patterson | C-F | 59 | 9.5 | 33.1 | 84.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | |
| Jim Fox | C-F | 24 | 15.8 | 41.5 | 57.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.1 | |
| Paul Long | G | 16 | 5.8 | 45.1 | 73.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.6 | |
| Sonny Dove | F | 28 | 5.8 | 29.3 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| George Carter | F-G | 1 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
| Averages | 783 | 25.3 | 44.8 | 70.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 12.4 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bing | G | 6 | 254 | 166 | 68 | 45 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 169 | ||
| Dave DeBusschere | F-G | 6 | 263 | 106 | 45 | 56 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 116 | ||
| Eddie Miles | G-F | 6 | 197 | 95 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 87 | ||
| Jimmy Walker | G | 6 | 121 | 67 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 76 | ||
| Happy Hairston | F | 6 | 149 | 71 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 70 | ||
| Terry Dischinger | F-G | 6 | 154 | 56 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 56 | ||
| Joe Strawder | C | 6 | 177 | 42 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 42 | ||
| Jim Fox | C-F | 6 | 90 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | ||
| Len Chappell | F-C | 5 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Paul Long | G | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Sonny Dove | F | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Patterson | C-F | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 1440 | 636 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 335 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 660 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bing | G | 6 | 42.3 | 41.0 | 73.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 28.2 | |
| Dave DeBusschere | F-G | 6 | 43.8 | 42.5 | 46.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 19.3 | |
| Eddie Miles | G-F | 6 | 32.8 | 41.1 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 14.5 | |
| Jimmy Walker | G | 6 | 20.2 | 46.3 | 82.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 12.7 | |
| Happy Hairston | F | 6 | 24.8 | 40.8 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 11.7 | |
| Terry Dischinger | F-G | 6 | 25.7 | 37.5 | 73.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 9.3 | |
| Joe Strawder | C | 6 | 29.5 | 33.3 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | |
| Jim Fox | C-F | 6 | 15.0 | 31.6 | 78.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.5 | |
| Len Chappell | F-C | 5 | 4.2 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | |
| Paul Long | G | 1 | 4.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Sonny Dove | F | 2 | 3.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| George Patterson | C-F | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Averages | 783 | 25.3 | 40.9 | 64.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 11.6 |
