1982-83 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-45
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Scotty Robertson (37-45)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 522,063, Avg. 12,733 in 41 home dates

1982-83 Detroit Pistons Roster
1982-83 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 37 wins and 45 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Pistons poured in 9,239 points and allowed 9,272. Isiah Thomas tossed in a team-best 1,854 points for Detroit, while Kelly Tripucka scored 18 or more per game also. Bill Laimbeer contributed 993 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 634 assists for the squad.

On defense, Isiah Thomas added 199 steals, and Terry Tyler blocked 160 shots.

Scotty Robertson 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
Isiah Thomas	G	81	81	3093	1537	725	125	36	518	368	105	223	328	634	199	29	326	318	1854
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	58	58	2252	1156	565	37	14	464	392	126	138	264	237	67	20	187	157	1536
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	51	2511	1013	520	40	11	315	245	167	186	353	301	93	49	152	263	1296
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	2871	877	436	13	2	310	245	282	711	993	263	51	118	176	320	1119
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	56	2543	880	421	15	2	196	146	180	360	540	157	103	160	120	221	990
Johnny Long	G-F	70	30	1485	692	312	7	2	146	111	56	124	180	105	44	12	144	130	737
Edgar Jones	F-C	49	25	1036	294	145	6	2	172	117	80	191	271	69	28	77	103	160	409
Cliff Levingston	F	62	5	879	270	131	1	0	147	84	104	128	232	52	23	36	73	125	346
Kent Benson	C	21	15	599	182	85	1	0	50	38	53	102	155	49	14	17	35	61	208
Tom Owens	C-F	49	4	725	192	81	0	0	66	45	66	120	186	44	12	14	48	115	207
Walker Russell	G	68	1	757	184	67	18	2	58	47	19	54	73	131	16	1	92	71	183
Ray Tolbert	F	28	0	395	124	57	1	0	59	28	26	65	91	19	10	23	32	56	142
Ricky Pierce	F-G	39	1	265	88	33	7	1	32	18	15	20	35	14	8	4	18	42	85
Scott May	F	9	1	155	50	21	0	0	21	17	10	16	26	12	5	2	13	24	59
James Wilkes	F	9	0	129	34	11	1	0	15	12	9	10	19	10	3	1	5	22	34
Jim Johnstone	C-F	16	0	137	20	9	0	0	15	6	11	19	30	10	2	6	11	24	24
Jim Smith	F	4	0	18	4	3	0	0	4	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	8
Jim Zoet	C	7	0	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	8	1	1	3	4	9	2
Totals		816	410	19880	7602	3623	272	72	2588	1921	1312	2477	3789	2108	679	572	1539	2122	9239

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	81	81	38.2	47.2	28.8	71.0	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	22.9
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	58	58	38.8	48.9	37.8	84.5	2.2	2.4	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.3	3.2	2.7	26.5
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	51	30.6	51.3	27.5	77.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.2	15.8
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	35.0	49.7	15.4	79.0	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.2	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.9	13.6
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	56	31.0	47.8	13.3	74.5	2.2	4.4	6.6	1.9	1.3	2.0	1.5	2.7	12.1
Johnny Long	G-F	70	30	21.2	45.1	28.6	76.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.5	0.6	0.2	2.1	1.9	10.5
Edgar Jones	F-C	49	25	21.1	49.3	33.3	68.0	1.6	3.9	5.5	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.1	3.3	8.3
Cliff Levingston	F	62	5	14.2	48.5	0.0	57.1	1.7	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.0	5.6
Kent Benson	C	21	15	28.5	46.7	0.0	76.0	2.5	4.9	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.9	9.9
Tom Owens	C-F	49	4	14.8	42.2		68.2	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.3	4.2
Walker Russell	G	68	1	11.1	36.4	11.1	81.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	1.4	1.0	2.7
Ray Tolbert	F	28	0	14.1	46.0	0.0	47.5	0.9	2.3	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.0	5.1
Ricky Pierce	F-G	39	1	6.8	37.5	14.3	56.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.2
Scott May	F	9	1	17.2	42.0		81.0	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.7	6.6
James Wilkes	F	9	0	14.3	32.4	0.0	80.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.6	2.4	3.8
Jim Johnstone	C-F	16	0	8.6	45.0		40.0	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.5	1.5
Jim Smith	F	4	0	4.5	75.0		50.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Jim Zoet	C	7	0	4.3	20.0			0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.3
Averages		816	410	24.4	47.7	26.5	74.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	2.6	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	11.3