1977-78 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-44
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Herb Brown (9-15)
Coach: Bob Kauffman (29-29)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 223,382, Avg. 5,448 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Detroit Pistons Roster
1977-78 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Pistons racked up 8,936 points and conceded 9,038. Bob Lanier tossed in a team-best 1,542 points for Detroit, while Eric Money scored 17 or more per game, too. Bob Lanier contributed 715 boards. Chris Ford dished out 381 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Chris Ford added 166 steals.

Herb Brown and Bob Kauffman coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bob Lanier	C	63	63	2311	1159	622			386	298	197	518	715	216	82	93	225	185	1542
Eric Money	G	76	72	2557	1200	600			298	214	90	119	209	356	123	12	322	237	1414
M.L. Carr	F-G	79	60	2556	857	390			271	200	202	355	557	185	147	27	210	243	980
John Shumate	F-C	62	56	2170	622	316			409	326	125	429	554	122	76	43	186	142	958
Leon Douglas	C-F	79	23	1993	667	321			345	221	181	401	582	112	57	48	197	295	863
Chris Ford	G-F	82	49	2582	777	374			154	113	117	151	268	381	166	17	232	182	861
Al Skinner	G	69	2	1274	387	181			159	123	53	119	172	113	52	15	132	208	485
Jim Price	G	34	23	839	363	153			103	84	27	74	101	102	45	5	74	82	390
Gus Gerard	F-G	47	16	805	355	154			93	64	49	97	146	44	34	22	54	96	372
Ralph Simpson	G-F	32	17	739	346	143			64	54	27	55	82	87	32	3	78	48	340
Ben Poquette	F-C	52	7	626	225	95			60	42	50	95	145	20	10	22	40	69	232
Al Eberhard	F	37	6	576	160	71			61	41	37	65	102	26	13	4	23	64	183
Marvin Barnes	F-C	12	8	269	118	53			29	14	28	63	91	19	7	11	29	43	120
Willie Norwood	F	16	4	260	82	34			29	20	27	27	54	14	13	3	17	45	88
Kevin Porter	G	8	0	127	31	14			13	9	5	10	15	36	5	0	12	18	37
Howard Porter	F-C	8	2	107	43	16			7	4	5	12	17	2	3	5	5	15	36
Jim Bostic	F	4	0	48	22	12			5	2	8	8	16	3	0	0	3	5	26
Wayman Britt	G	7	0	16	10	3			4	3	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	3	9
Totals		767	408	19855	7424	3552	0	0	2490	1832	1229	2601	3830	1840	866	330	1840	1980	8936

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bob Lanier	C	63	63	36.7	53.7	77.2	3.1	8.2	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	3.6	2.9	24.5
Eric Money	G	76	72	33.6	50.0	71.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.7	1.6	0.2	4.2	3.1	18.6
M.L. Carr	F-G	79	60	32.4	45.5	73.8	2.6	4.5	7.1	2.3	1.9	0.3	2.7	3.1	12.4
John Shumate	F-C	62	56	35.0	50.8	79.7	2.0	6.9	8.9	2.0	1.2	0.7	3.0	2.3	15.5
Leon Douglas	C-F	79	23	25.2	48.1	64.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.4	0.7	0.6	2.5	3.7	10.9
Chris Ford	G-F	82	49	31.5	48.1	73.4	1.4	1.8	3.3	4.6	2.0	0.2	2.8	2.2	10.5
Al Skinner	G	69	2	18.5	46.8	77.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.9	3.0	7.0
Jim Price	G	34	23	24.7	42.1	81.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	11.5
Gus Gerard	F-G	47	16	17.1	43.4	68.8	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.0	7.9
Ralph Simpson	G-F	32	17	23.1	41.3	84.4	0.8	1.7	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.1	2.4	1.5	10.6
Ben Poquette	F-C	52	7	12.0	42.2	70.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	4.5
Al Eberhard	F	37	6	15.6	44.4	67.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.7	4.9
Marvin Barnes	F-C	12	8	22.4	44.9	48.3	2.3	5.3	7.6	1.6	0.6	0.9	2.4	3.6	10.0
Willie Norwood	F	16	4	16.3	41.5	69.0	1.7	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.8	5.5
Kevin Porter	G	8	0	15.9	45.2	69.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.5	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.3	4.6
Howard Porter	F-C	8	2	13.4	37.2	57.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.9	4.5
Jim Bostic	F	4	0	12.0	54.5	40.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	6.5
Wayman Britt	G	7	0	2.3	30.0	75.0	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.3
Averages		767	408	25.9	47.8	73.6	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.4	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	11.7