1985-86 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Atlanta Hawks 3-1
Coach: Chuck Daly (46-36)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 695,239, Avg. 16,957 in 41 home dates

1985-86 Detroit Pistons Roster
1985-86 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.

The Pistons scored 9,363 points and conceded 9,267. Kelly Tripucka tossed in a team-best 1,622 points for Detroit, while Isiah Thomas netted 18 or more per game, too. Bill Laimbeer contributed 1,075 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 830 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Isiah Thomas added 171 steals.

Chuck Daly coached the team. The 1985-86 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
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	81	81	2626	1236	615	25	12	444	380	116	232	348	265	93	10	183	167	1622
Isiah Thomas	G	77	77	2790	1248	609	84	26	462	365	83	194	277	830	171	20	289	245	1609
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	2891	1107	545	14	4	319	266	305	770	1075	146	59	65	133	291	1360
Vinnie Johnson	G	79	12	1978	996	465	13	2	214	165	119	107	226	269	80	23	88	180	1097
Joe Dumars	G	82	45	1957	597	287	16	5	238	190	60	59	119	390	66	11	158	200	769
Earl Cureton	F-C	80	19	2017	564	285	2	0	211	117	198	306	504	137	58	58	150	239	687
Tony Campbell	F-G	82	1	1292	608	294	9	2	73	58	83	153	236	45	62	7	86	164	648
Johnny Long	G-F	62	30	1176	548	264	16	3	104	89	47	51	98	82	41	13	59	92	620
Kent Benson	C	72	51	1344	415	201	2	1	83	66	118	258	376	80	58	51	58	196	469
Rick Mahorn	C-F	80	12	1442	345	157	1	0	119	81	121	291	412	64	40	61	109	261	395
Mike Gibson	F	32	0	161	51	20	0	0	11	8	15	25	40	5	8	4	6	35	48
Chuck Nevitt	C	25	0	101	32	12	0	0	20	15	10	15	25	5	2	17	7	29	39
Ron Crevier	C	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Walker Russell	G	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		837	410	19780	7750	3754	182	55	2300	1800	1276	2461	3737	2319	738	340	1326	2101	9363

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	81	81	32.4	49.8	48.0	85.6	1.4	2.9	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.3	2.1	20.0
Isiah Thomas	G	77	77	36.2	48.8	31.0	79.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	20.9
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	35.3	49.2	28.6	83.4	3.7	9.4	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	16.6
Vinnie Johnson	G	79	12	25.0	46.7	15.4	77.1	1.5	1.4	2.9	3.4	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.3	13.9
Joe Dumars	G	82	45	23.9	48.1	31.3	79.8	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	9.4
Earl Cureton	F-C	80	19	25.2	50.5	0.0	55.5	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.0	8.6
Tony Campbell	F-G	82	1	15.8	48.4	22.2	79.5	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	7.9
Johnny Long	G-F	62	30	19.0	48.2	18.8	85.6	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.5	10.0
Kent Benson	C	72	51	18.7	48.4	50.0	79.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.7	6.5
Rick Mahorn	C-F	80	12	18.0	45.5	0.0	68.1	1.5	3.6	5.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.3	4.9
Mike Gibson	F	32	0	5.0	39.2		72.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.5
Chuck Nevitt	C	25	0	4.0	37.5		75.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.6
Ron Crevier	C	2	0	1.5	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Walker Russell	G	1	0	2.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		837	410	23.6	48.4	30.2	78.3	1.5	2.9	4.5	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.5	11.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	4	163	91	41	5	0	36	24	8	14	22	48	9	3	17	17	106
Bill Laimbeer	C	4	168	68	34	1	1	23	21	20	36	56	1	2	3	8	19	90
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	4	175	71	33	0	0	23	21	10	13	23	9	3	2	16	14	87
Joe Dumars	G	4	147	41	25	0	0	15	10	6	7	13	25	4	0	7	16	60
Vinnie Johnson	G	4	85	49	22	1	0	13	7	8	9	17	11	3	0	5	9	51
Earl Cureton	F-C	4	126	31	17	1	0	8	2	12	18	30	9	3	0	5	14	36
Rick Mahorn	C-F	4	61	13	5	0	0	2	2	3	9	12	0	1	0	3	14	12
Tony Campbell	F-G	2	16	10	4	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	5	9
Kent Benson	C	4	55	10	4	0	0	0	0	3	10	13	0	0	2	1	11	8
Johnny Long	G-F	1	13	5	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	7
Chuck Nevitt	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		36	1010	389	187	8	1	125	91	70	119	189	103	26	10	65	120	466

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	4	40.8	45.1	0.0	66.7	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	26.5
Bill Laimbeer	C	4	42.0	50.0	100.0	91.3	5.0	9.0	14.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.8	22.5
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	4	43.8	46.5		91.3	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.0	3.5	21.8
Joe Dumars	G	4	36.8	61.0		66.7	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	15.0
Vinnie Johnson	G	4	21.3	44.9	0.0	53.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	2.8	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.3	12.8
Earl Cureton	F-C	4	31.5	54.8	0.0	25.0	3.0	4.5	7.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.5	9.0
Rick Mahorn	C-F	4	15.3	38.5		100.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	3.0
Tony Campbell	F-G	2	8.0	40.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	4.5
Kent Benson	C	4	13.8	40.0			0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.8	2.0
Johnny Long	G-F	1	13.0	40.0		100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	7.0
Chuck Nevitt	C	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		837	28.1	48.1	12.5	72.8	1.9	3.3	5.3	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.8	3.3	12.9