1975-76 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 36-46
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 4-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Golden State Warriors 4-2
Coach: Ray Scott (17-25)
Coach: Herb Brown (19-21)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 251,352, Avg. 6,131 in 41 home dates

1975-76 Detroit Pistons Roster
1975-76 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 36 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Pistons tossed in 8,605 points and allowed 8,691. Bob Lanier scored a team-best 1,366 points for Detroit and contributed 746 rebounds. Eric Money dished out 338 assists for the squad.

On defense, Chris Ford added 178 steals.

Ray Scott and Herb Brown coached the team. The 1975-76 Detroit Pistons lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob Lanier	C	64	2363	1017	541			370	284	217	529	746	217	79	86	203	1366
Curtis Rowe	F	80	2998	1098	514			342	252	231	466	697	183	47	45	209	1280
Eric Money	G	80	2267	947	449			180	145	77	130	207	338	137	11	243	1043
Al Eberhard	F	81	2066	683	283			229	191	139	251	390	83	87	15	250	757
John Mengelt	G	67	1105	540	264			237	192	27	88	115	108	40	5	138	720
Chris Ford	G-F	82	2198	707	301			115	83	80	211	291	272	178	24	222	685
Howard Porter	F-C	75	1482	635	298			97	73	81	214	295	25	31	36	133	669
George Trapp	F-C	76	1091	602	278			88	63	79	150	229	50	33	23	167	619
Archie Clark	G	79	1589	577	250			116	100	27	110	137	218	62	4	157	600
Lindsay Hairston	F-C	47	651	228	104			112	65	65	114	179	21	21	32	84	273
Kevin Porter	G	19	687	235	99			56	42	14	30	44	193	35	3	83	240
Earl Williams	C-F	46	562	152	73			44	22	103	148	251	18	22	20	81	168
Terry Thomas	F	28	136	65	28			29	21	15	21	36	3	4	2	21	77
Roger Brown	C	29	454	72	29			18	14	47	83	130	12	6	25	76	72
Henry Dickerson	G	17	112	29	9			16	10	3	0	3	8	2	1	17	28
Wali Jones	G	1	19	11	4			0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	8
Totals		871	19780	7598	3524	0	0	2049	1557	1205	2545	3750	1751	786	332	2086	8605

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob Lanier	C	64	36.9	53.2	76.8	3.4	8.3	11.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	3.2	21.3
Curtis Rowe	F	80	37.5	46.8	73.7	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.3	0.6	0.6	2.6	16.0
Eric Money	G	80	28.3	47.4	80.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.7	0.1	3.0	13.0
Al Eberhard	F	81	25.5	41.4	83.4	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.0	1.1	0.2	3.1	9.3
John Mengelt	G	67	16.5	48.9	81.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	2.1	10.7
Chris Ford	G-F	82	26.8	42.6	72.2	1.0	2.6	3.5	3.3	2.2	0.3	2.7	8.4
Howard Porter	F-C	75	19.8	46.9	75.3	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.8	8.9
George Trapp	F-C	76	14.4	46.2	71.6	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.3	2.2	8.1
Archie Clark	G	79	20.1	43.3	86.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	2.0	7.6
Lindsay Hairston	F-C	47	13.9	45.6	58.0	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.8	5.8
Kevin Porter	G	19	36.2	42.1	75.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.2	1.8	0.2	4.4	12.6
Earl Williams	C-F	46	12.2	48.0	50.0	2.2	3.2	5.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.8	3.7
Terry Thomas	F	28	4.9	43.1	72.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.8
Roger Brown	C	29	15.7	40.3	77.8	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.6	2.5
Henry Dickerson	G	17	6.6	31.0	62.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.6
Wali Jones	G	1	19.0	36.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	8.0
Averages		871	22.7	46.4	76.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.0	0.9	0.4	2.4	9.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob Lanier	C	9	359	152	97			50	45	39	75	114	30	8	21	34	239
Curtis Rowe	F	9	346	111	53			34	29	25	45	70	26	6	8	27	135
Howard Porter	F-C	9	213	97	51			17	15	22	20	42	6	7	5	24	117
Eric Money	G	9	273	105	48			21	17	10	12	22	51	14	1	36	113
George Trapp	F-C	9	153	89	37			18	15	12	23	35	9	4	4	26	89
John Mengelt	G	9	113	56	34			27	19	2	12	14	10	4	1	22	87
Chris Ford	G-F	9	276	81	33			15	12	6	30	36	40	11	5	33	78
Archie Clark	G	9	192	62	30			18	12	2	19	21	29	6	0	25	72
Al Eberhard	F	8	182	39	17			19	14	11	15	26	7	8	4	14	48
Roger Brown	C	9	51	9	4			4	2	7	7	14	2	0	1	10	10
Henry Dickerson	G	5	15	9	4			2	1	4	0	4	3	1	0	1	9
Terry Thomas	F	4	6	5	0			0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		98	2179	815	408	0	0	225	181	141	258	399	213	69	50	253	997

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Bob Lanier	C	9	39.9	63.8	90.0	4.3	8.3	12.7	3.3	0.9	2.3	3.8	26.6
Curtis Rowe	F	9	38.4	47.7	85.3	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.9	0.7	0.9	3.0	15.0
Howard Porter	F-C	9	23.7	52.6	88.2	2.4	2.2	4.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	2.7	13.0
Eric Money	G	9	30.3	45.7	81.0	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.7	1.6	0.1	4.0	12.6
George Trapp	F-C	9	17.0	41.6	83.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.0	0.4	0.4	2.9	9.9
John Mengelt	G	9	12.6	60.7	70.4	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.4	9.7
Chris Ford	G-F	9	30.7	40.7	80.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.4	1.2	0.6	3.7	8.7
Archie Clark	G	9	21.3	48.4	66.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	3.2	0.7	0.0	2.8	8.0
Al Eberhard	F	8	22.8	43.6	73.7	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.9	1.0	0.5	1.8	6.0
Roger Brown	C	9	5.7	44.4	50.0	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.1
Henry Dickerson	G	5	3.0	44.4	50.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.8
Terry Thomas	F	4	1.5	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Averages		871	22.2	50.1	80.4	1.4	2.6	4.1	2.2	0.7	0.5	2.6	10.2