1986-87 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 10-5 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Washington Bullets 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Chuck Daly (52-30)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 908,240, Avg. 22,152 in 41 home dates

1986-87 Detroit Pistons Roster
1986-87 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-5.

The Pistons netted 9,118 points and yielded 8,836. Adrian Dantley tossed in a team-best 1,742 points for Detroit, while Isiah Thomas scored 18 or more per game, too. Bill Laimbeer contributed 955 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 813 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Isiah Thomas added 153 steals, and John Salley blocked 125 shots.

Chuck Daly coached the team. The 1986-87 Detroit Pistons lost in the conference finals.

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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
Adrian Dantley	F-G	81	81	2736	1126	601	6	1	664	539	104	228	332	162	63	7	181	193	1742
Isiah Thomas	G	81	81	3013	1353	626	98	19	521	400	82	237	319	813	153	20	343	251	1671
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	2854	1010	506	21	6	274	245	243	712	955	151	72	69	120	283	1263
Vinnie Johnson	G	78	8	2166	1154	533	14	4	201	158	123	134	257	300	92	16	133	159	1228
Joe Dumars	G	79	75	2439	749	369	22	9	246	184	50	117	167	352	83	5	171	194	931
Sidney Green	F-C	80	69	1792	542	256	2	0	177	119	196	457	653	62	41	50	127	197	631
Dennis Rodman	F	77	1	1155	391	213	1	0	126	74	163	169	332	56	38	48	93	166	500
John Salley	F-C	82	2	1463	290	163	1	0	171	105	108	188	296	54	44	125	74	256	431
Rick Mahorn	C-F	63	6	1278	322	144	0	0	117	96	93	282	375	38	32	50	73	221	384
Tony Campbell	F-G	40	0	332	145	57	3	0	39	24	21	37	58	19	12	1	34	40	138
Kurt Nimphius	C-F	28	5	277	78	36	1	0	32	24	22	32	54	7	4	13	16	38	96
Chuck Nevitt	C	41	0	267	63	31	0	0	24	14	36	47	83	4	7	30	21	73	76
Jeff Taylor	G	12	0	44	10	6	0	0	10	9	1	3	4	3	2	1	8	4	21
Cozell McQueen	F	3	0	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	8	0	0	1	0	1	6
John Schweitz	G	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals		830	410	19830	7237	3544	169	39	2602	1991	1245	2649	3894	2021	643	436	1396	2078	9118

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Adrian Dantley	F-G	81	81	33.8	53.4	16.7	81.2	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	21.5
Isiah Thomas	G	81	81	37.2	46.3	19.4	76.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	20.6
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	34.8	50.1	28.6	89.4	3.0	8.7	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	1.5	3.5	15.4
Vinnie Johnson	G	78	8	27.8	46.2	28.6	78.6	1.6	1.7	3.3	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.0	15.7
Joe Dumars	G	79	75	30.9	49.3	40.9	74.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	11.8
Sidney Green	F-C	80	69	22.4	47.2	0.0	67.2	2.5	5.7	8.2	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.5	7.9
Dennis Rodman	F	77	1	15.0	54.5	0.0	58.7	2.1	2.2	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.2	6.5
John Salley	F-C	82	2	17.8	56.2	0.0	61.4	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.7	0.5	1.5	0.9	3.1	5.3
Rick Mahorn	C-F	63	6	20.3	44.7		82.1	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	3.5	6.1
Tony Campbell	F-G	40	0	8.3	39.3	0.0	61.5	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	3.5
Kurt Nimphius	C-F	28	5	9.9	46.2	0.0	75.0	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.4	3.4
Chuck Nevitt	C	41	0	6.5	49.2		58.3	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.8	1.9
Jeff Taylor	G	12	0	3.7	60.0		90.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.3	1.8
Cozell McQueen	F	3	0	2.3	100.0			1.0	1.7	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0
John Schweitz	G	3	0	2.3	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0
Averages		830	410	23.9	49.0	23.1	76.5	1.5	3.2	4.7	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	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
Isiah Thomas	G	15	562	297	134	33	10	110	83	21	46	67	130	39	4	42	51	361
Adrian Dantley	F-G	15	500	206	111	0	0	111	86	29	39	68	35	13	0	33	36	308
Vinnie Johnson	G	15	388	207	95	2	0	36	31	20	24	44	62	9	4	23	33	221
Joe Dumars	G	15	473	145	78	3	2	41	32	8	11	19	72	12	1	27	26	190
Bill Laimbeer	C	15	543	163	84	5	1	24	15	30	126	156	37	15	12	20	53	184
Rick Mahorn	C-F	15	483	109	59	1	0	35	28	42	100	142	5	6	11	16	60	146
Dennis Rodman	F	15	245	74	40	0	0	32	18	32	39	71	3	6	17	17	48	98
John Salley	F-C	15	311	66	33	0	0	42	27	30	42	72	11	3	17	14	60	93
Sidney Green	F-C	9	42	10	6	0	0	6	5	3	6	9	1	1	2	3	2	17
Tony Campbell	F-G	4	13	6	3	1	1	2	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	9
Kurt Nimphius	C-F	4	30	9	3	0	0	4	2	5	5	10	0	0	2	3	10	8
Chuck Nevitt	C	3	10	5	1	0	0	2	2	1	5	6	0	0	3	3	1	4
Totals		140	3600	1297	647	45	14	445	331	221	448	669	356	104	73	201	381	1639

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	15	37.5	45.1	30.3	75.5	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	24.1
Adrian Dantley	F-G	15	33.3	53.9		77.5	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	20.5
Vinnie Johnson	G	15	25.9	45.9	0.0	86.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.2	14.7
Joe Dumars	G	15	31.5	53.8	66.7	78.0	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	12.7
Bill Laimbeer	C	15	36.2	51.5	20.0	62.5	2.0	8.4	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	12.3
Rick Mahorn	C-F	15	32.2	54.1	0.0	80.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.1	4.0	9.7
Dennis Rodman	F	15	16.3	54.1		56.3	2.1	2.6	4.7	0.2	0.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	6.5
John Salley	F-C	15	20.7	50.0		64.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.7	0.2	1.1	0.9	4.0	6.2
Sidney Green	F-C	9	4.7	60.0		83.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.9
Tony Campbell	F-G	4	3.3	50.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3
Kurt Nimphius	C-F	4	7.5	33.3		50.0	1.3	1.3	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.0
Chuck Nevitt	C	3	3.3	20.0		100.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.3
Averages		830	25.7	49.9	31.1	74.4	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.5	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.7	11.7

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