
1983-84 Detroit Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to New York Knicks 3-2
Coach: Chuck Daly (49-33)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 652,865, Avg. 15,924 in 41 home dates
1983-84 Detroit Pistons Results
The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1983-84 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Pistons scored 9,602 points and conceded 9,308. Isiah Thomas tossed in a team-best 1,748 points for Detroit, and Kelly Tripucka contributed 19 or more per game also. Bill Laimbeer accounted for 1,003 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 914 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Isiah Thomas added 204 steals.
Chuck Daly coached the team. The 1983-84 Detroit Pistons lost in the conference first round.
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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 | 82 | 82 | 3007 | 1448 | 669 | 65 | 22 | 529 | 388 | 103 | 224 | 327 | 914 | 204 | 33 | 307 | 324 | 1748 |
Kelly Tripucka | F-G | 76 | 75 | 2493 | 1296 | 595 | 17 | 2 | 523 | 426 | 119 | 187 | 306 | 228 | 65 | 17 | 190 | 190 | 1618 |
Bill Laimbeer | C | 82 | 82 | 2864 | 1044 | 553 | 11 | 0 | 365 | 316 | 329 | 674 | 1003 | 149 | 49 | 84 | 151 | 273 | 1422 |
Johnny Long | G-F | 82 | 82 | 2514 | 1155 | 545 | 5 | 1 | 275 | 243 | 139 | 150 | 289 | 205 | 93 | 18 | 143 | 199 | 1334 |
Vinnie Johnson | G | 82 | 0 | 1909 | 901 | 426 | 19 | 4 | 275 | 207 | 130 | 107 | 237 | 271 | 44 | 19 | 135 | 196 | 1063 |
Terry Tyler | F-G | 82 | 7 | 1602 | 691 | 313 | 13 | 2 | 132 | 94 | 104 | 181 | 285 | 76 | 63 | 59 | 78 | 151 | 722 |
Cliff Levingston | F | 80 | 24 | 1746 | 436 | 229 | 3 | 0 | 186 | 125 | 234 | 311 | 545 | 109 | 44 | 78 | 77 | 281 | 583 |
Kent Benson | C | 82 | 58 | 1734 | 451 | 248 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 83 | 117 | 292 | 409 | 130 | 71 | 53 | 79 | 230 | 579 |
Earl Cureton | F-C | 73 | 0 | 907 | 177 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 31 | 86 | 201 | 287 | 36 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 143 | 193 |
Ray Tolbert | F | 49 | 0 | 475 | 121 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 23 | 45 | 53 | 98 | 26 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 88 | 151 |
David Thirdkill | F-G | 46 | 0 | 291 | 72 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 44 | 77 |
Lionel Hollins | G | 32 | 0 | 216 | 63 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 59 |
Walker Russell | G | 16 | 0 | 119 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 41 |
Ken Austin | F | 7 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
Totals | 871 | 410 | 19905 | 7910 | 3798 | 141 | 32 | 2547 | 1974 | 1427 | 2434 | 3861 | 2256 | 697 | 417 | 1296 | 2177 | 9602 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isiah Thomas | G | 82 | 82 | 36.7 | 46.2 | 33.8 | 73.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 21.3 |
Kelly Tripucka | F-G | 76 | 75 | 32.8 | 45.9 | 11.8 | 81.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 21.3 |
Bill Laimbeer | C | 82 | 82 | 34.9 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 86.6 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 17.3 |
Johnny Long | G-F | 82 | 82 | 30.7 | 47.2 | 20.0 | 88.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 16.3 |
Vinnie Johnson | G | 82 | 0 | 23.3 | 47.3 | 21.1 | 75.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 13.0 |
Terry Tyler | F-G | 82 | 7 | 19.5 | 45.3 | 15.4 | 71.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
Cliff Levingston | F | 80 | 24 | 21.8 | 52.5 | 0.0 | 67.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 7.3 |
Kent Benson | C | 82 | 58 | 21.1 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 82.2 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
Earl Cureton | F-C | 73 | 0 | 12.4 | 45.8 | 0.0 | 52.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
Ray Tolbert | F | 49 | 0 | 9.7 | 52.9 | 0.0 | 51.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
David Thirdkill | F-G | 46 | 0 | 6.3 | 43.1 | 0.0 | 48.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
Lionel Hollins | G | 32 | 0 | 6.8 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 84.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
Walker Russell | G | 16 | 0 | 7.4 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 92.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
Ken Austin | F | 7 | 0 | 4.0 | 46.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | ||
Averages | 871 | 410 | 22.9 | 48.0 | 22.7 | 77.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 11.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelly Tripucka | F-G | 5 | 208 | 102 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 137 |
Isiah Thomas | G | 5 | 198 | 83 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 107 |
Bill Laimbeer | C | 5 | 165 | 51 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 76 |
Johnny Long | G-F | 5 | 149 | 55 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 55 |
Vinnie Johnson | G | 5 | 132 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 51 |
Cliff Levingston | F | 5 | 101 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 40 |
Kent Benson | C | 5 | 129 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
Earl Cureton | F-C | 5 | 93 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 32 |
Terry Tyler | F-G | 5 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
Ray Tolbert | F | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lionel Hollins | G | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 48 | 1225 | 449 | 209 | 9 | 2 | 181 | 141 | 82 | 141 | 223 | 107 | 44 | 24 | 81 | 133 | 561 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelly Tripucka | F-G | 5 | 41.6 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 80.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 27.4 |
Isiah Thomas | G | 5 | 39.6 | 47.0 | 33.3 | 77.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 21.4 |
Bill Laimbeer | C | 5 | 33.0 | 56.9 | 90.0 | 2.8 | 9.6 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 15.2 | |
Johnny Long | G-F | 5 | 29.8 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
Vinnie Johnson | G | 5 | 26.4 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 89.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 10.2 |
Cliff Levingston | F | 5 | 20.2 | 78.9 | 62.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 8.0 | |
Kent Benson | C | 5 | 25.8 | 43.2 | 60.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 7.6 | |
Earl Cureton | F-C | 5 | 18.6 | 48.4 | 33.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 6.4 | |
Terry Tyler | F-G | 5 | 8.4 | 41.7 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 5.0 | |
Ray Tolbert | F | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Lionel Hollins | G | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Averages | 871 | 25.5 | 46.5 | 22.2 | 77.9 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 11.7 |