1979-80 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 16-66
Finishing 6th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Dick Vitale (4-8)
Coach: Richie Adubato (12-58)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 333,233, Avg. 8,128 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Detroit Pistons Roster
1979-80 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 16 wins and 66 losses, finishing sixth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

Detroit scored 8,933 points and gave up 9,609. Johnny Long tossed in a team-best 1,337 points for the Pistons, and Bob McAdoo contributed 17 or more per game, too. Terry Tyler accounted for 627 boards. Eric Money dished out 238 assists for the squad.

On defense, Johnny Long added 129 steals, while Terry Tyler blocked 220 shots.

Dick Vitale and Richie Adubato 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
Johnny Long	G-F	69	66	2364	1164	588	12	1	194	160	152	185	337	206	129	26	206	221	1337
Bob McAdoo	C-F	58	51	2097	1025	492	24	3	322	235	100	367	467	200	73	65	238	178	1222
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	59	2670	925	430	12	2	187	143	228	399	627	129	107	220	175	237	1005
Bob Lanier	C	37	37	1392	584	319	5	0	210	164	108	265	373	122	38	60	113	130	802
Greg Kelser	F	50	26	1233	593	280	15	3	203	146	124	152	276	108	60	34	140	176	709
Terry Duerod	G	67	10	1331	598	282	53	15	66	45	29	69	98	117	41	11	79	102	624
Eric Money	G	55	35	1467	510	259	0	0	104	81	28	69	97	238	53	10	143	135	599
Phil Hubbard	F-C	64	13	1189	451	210	2	0	220	165	114	206	320	70	48	10	120	202	585
Leon Douglas	C-F	70	37	1782	455	221	1	0	185	125	171	330	501	121	30	62	127	249	567
Jim McElroy	G	36	26	1012	356	162	14	3	119	95	12	38	50	162	25	14	88	78	422
Roy Hamilton	G	72	10	1116	287	115	2	0	150	103	45	62	107	192	48	5	118	82	333
Ron Lee	G	31	19	803	214	84	56	22	53	35	29	61	90	174	84	13	68	107	225
Kent Benson	C	17	10	502	187	86	4	1	44	33	30	90	120	51	19	18	51	68	206
Earl Evans	F	36	2	381	140	63	18	7	42	24	26	49	75	37	14	1	36	64	157
John Shumate	F-C	9	8	228	65	35	0	0	25	17	18	52	70	9	9	5	14	16	87
Jackie Robinson	F	7	0	51	17	9	1	0	11	9	3	2	5	0	3	3	2	8	27
Steve Malovic	F	10	1	162	25	8	0	0	14	10	9	19	28	14	2	5	9	16	26
Totals		770	410	19780	7596	3643	219	57	2149	1590	1226	2415	3641	1950	783	562	1727	2069	8933

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Johnny Long	G-F	69	66	34.3	50.5	8.3	82.5	2.2	2.7	4.9	3.0	1.9	0.4	3.0	3.2	19.4
Bob McAdoo	C-F	58	51	36.2	48.0	12.5	73.0	1.7	6.3	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	4.1	3.1	21.1
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	59	32.6	46.5	16.7	76.5	2.8	4.9	7.6	1.6	1.3	2.7	2.1	2.9	12.3
Bob Lanier	C	37	37	37.6	54.6	0.0	78.1	2.9	7.2	10.1	3.3	1.0	1.6	3.1	3.5	21.7
Greg Kelser	F	50	26	24.7	47.2	20.0	71.9	2.5	3.0	5.5	2.2	1.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	14.2
Terry Duerod	G	67	10	19.9	47.2	28.3	68.2	0.4	1.0	1.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.5	9.3
Eric Money	G	55	35	26.7	50.8		77.9	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.3	1.0	0.2	2.6	2.5	10.9
Phil Hubbard	F-C	64	13	18.6	46.6	0.0	75.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	3.2	9.1
Leon Douglas	C-F	70	37	25.5	48.6	0.0	67.6	2.4	4.7	7.2	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.1
Jim McElroy	G	36	26	28.1	45.5	21.4	79.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	4.5	0.7	0.4	2.4	2.2	11.7
Roy Hamilton	G	72	10	15.5	40.1	0.0	68.7	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.1	4.6
Ron Lee	G	31	19	25.9	39.3	39.3	66.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.6	2.7	0.4	2.2	3.5	7.3
Kent Benson	C	17	10	29.5	46.0	25.0	75.0	1.8	5.3	7.1	3.0	1.1	1.1	3.0	4.0	12.1
Earl Evans	F	36	2	10.6	45.0	38.9	57.1	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.4
John Shumate	F-C	9	8	25.3	53.8		68.0	2.0	5.8	7.8	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	1.8	9.7
Jackie Robinson	F	7	0	7.3	52.9	0.0	81.8	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.1	3.9
Steve Malovic	F	10	1	16.2	32.0		71.4	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.4	0.2	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.6
Averages		770	410	25.7	48.0	26.0	74.0	1.6	3.1	4.7	2.5	1.0	0.7	2.2	2.7	11.6