1978-79 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 30-52
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Dick Vitale (30-52)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 389,936, Avg. 9,511 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Detroit Pistons Roster
1978-79 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 30 wins and 52 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Pistons scored 9,023 points and allowed 9,242. M.L. Carr tossed in a team-best 1,497 points for Detroit, while Leon Douglas contributed 664 boards. Kevin Porter dished out 1099 assists for the squad.

On defense, M.L. Carr added 197 thefts, and Terry Tyler blocked 201 shots.

Dick Vitale 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
M.L. Carr	F-G	80	79	3207	1143	587			435	323	219	370	589	262	197	46	255	279	1497
Johnny Long	G-F	82	60	2498	1240	581			190	157	127	139	266	121	102	19	137	224	1319
Kevin Porter	G	82	82	3064	1110	534			266	192	62	147	209	1099	158	5	337	302	1260
Bob Lanier	C	53	53	1835	950	489			367	275	164	330	494	140	50	75	175	181	1253
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	36	2560	946	456			219	144	211	437	648	89	104	201	141	254	1056
Leon Douglas	C-F	78	64	2215	698	342			328	208	248	416	664	74	39	55	190	319	892
Earl Tatum	G-F	76	16	1195	607	272			66	48	40	81	121	72	78	33	85	158	592
Ben Poquette	F-C	76	16	1337	464	198			142	111	99	237	336	57	38	98	65	198	507
Rickey Green	G	27	1	431	177	67			67	45	15	25	40	63	25	1	44	37	179
Andre Wakefield	G	71	0	578	176	62			69	48	25	51	76	69	19	2	71	68	172
Essie Hollis	F	25	0	154	75	30			12	9	21	24	45	6	11	1	14	28	69
Jim Brewer	F-C	25	1	310	60	27			15	3	34	71	105	13	13	10	19	38	57
Otis Howard	F	11	0	91	45	19			23	11	13	21	34	4	2	2	5	16	49
Chris Ford	G-F	3	3	108	35	13			8	7	9	9	18	5	1	1	10	9	33
Steve Sheppard	F	20	0	76	25	12			15	8	9	10	19	4	3	1	4	10	32
Larry McNeill	F-C	11	0	46	20	9			12	11	3	7	10	3	0	0	4	7	29
Robert Hawkins	G	4	0	28	16	6			6	6	3	3	6	4	5	0	2	7	18
Dennis Boyd	G	5	0	40	12	3			0	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	6	5	6
Gus Gerard	F-G	2	0	6	3	1			2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
Ron Behagen	F-C	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals		814	411	19780	7802	3708	0	0	2242	1607	1303	2380	3683	2092	847	550	1565	2141	9023

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
M.L. Carr	F-G	80	79	40.1	51.4	74.3	2.7	4.6	7.4	3.3	2.5	0.6	3.2	3.5	18.7
Johnny Long	G-F	82	60	30.5	46.9	82.6	1.5	1.7	3.2	1.5	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.7	16.1
Kevin Porter	G	82	82	37.4	48.1	72.2	0.8	1.8	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	4.1	3.7	15.4
Bob Lanier	C	53	53	34.6	51.5	74.9	3.1	6.2	9.3	2.6	0.9	1.4	3.3	3.4	23.6
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	36	31.2	48.2	65.8	2.6	5.3	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.5	1.7	3.1	12.9
Leon Douglas	C-F	78	64	28.4	49.0	63.4	3.2	5.3	8.5	0.9	0.5	0.7	2.4	4.1	11.4
Earl Tatum	G-F	76	16	15.7	44.8	72.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	7.8
Ben Poquette	F-C	76	16	17.6	42.7	78.2	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.6	6.7
Rickey Green	G	27	1	16.0	37.9	67.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	6.6
Andre Wakefield	G	71	0	8.1	35.2	69.6	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.4
Essie Hollis	F	25	0	6.2	40.0	75.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	2.8
Jim Brewer	F-C	25	1	12.4	45.0	20.0	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.3
Otis Howard	F	11	0	8.3	42.2	47.8	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.5	4.5
Chris Ford	G-F	3	3	36.0	37.1	87.5	3.0	3.0	6.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	3.3	3.0	11.0
Steve Sheppard	F	20	0	3.8	48.0	53.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.6
Larry McNeill	F-C	11	0	4.2	45.0	91.7	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	2.6
Robert Hawkins	G	4	0	7.0	37.5	100.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	4.5
Dennis Boyd	G	5	0	8.0	25.0		0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.2
Gus Gerard	F-G	2	0	3.0	33.3	50.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Ron Behagen	F-C	1	0	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		814	411	24.3	47.5	71.7	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	11.1