1987-88 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-28
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 14-9 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Washington Bullets 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 4-2
Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Chuck Daly (54-28)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 1,066,505, Avg. 26,012 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Detroit Pistons Roster
1987-88 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 14-9.

The Pistons racked up 8,957 points and surrendered 8,533. Isiah Thomas tossed in a team-best 1,577 points for Detroit, and Adrian Dantley scored 17 or more per game also. Bill Laimbeer contributed 832 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 678 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Isiah Thomas added 141 steals, while John Salley blocked 137 shots.

Chuck Daly coached the team. The 1987-88 Detroit Pistons lost in the 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
Isiah Thomas	G	81	81	2927	1341	621	97	30	394	305	64	214	278	678	141	17	273	217	1577
Adrian Dantley	F-G	69	50	2144	863	444	2	0	572	492	84	143	227	171	39	10	135	144	1380
Joe Dumars	G	82	82	2732	960	453	19	4	308	251	63	137	200	387	87	15	172	155	1161
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	2897	923	455	39	13	214	187	165	667	832	199	66	78	136	284	1110
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	1	1935	959	425	24	5	217	147	90	141	231	267	58	18	152	164	1002
Dennis Rodman	F	82	32	2147	709	398	17	5	284	152	318	397	715	110	75	45	156	273	953
Rick Mahorn	C-F	67	64	1963	481	276	2	1	217	164	159	406	565	60	43	42	119	262	717
John Salley	F-C	82	16	2003	456	258	0	0	261	185	166	236	402	113	53	137	120	294	701
James Edwards	C-F	26	2	328	101	48	0	0	61	45	22	55	77	5	2	5	22	57	141
William Bedford	C	38	0	298	101	44	0	0	23	13	27	38	65	4	8	17	19	47	101
Ralph Lewis	G	50	0	310	87	27	1	0	48	29	17	34	51	14	13	4	19	36	83
Chuck Nevitt	C	17	0	63	21	7	0	0	6	3	4	14	18	0	1	5	2	12	17
Ron Moore	F-C	9	0	25	13	4	0	0	4	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	3	8	10
Darryl Dawkins	C	2	0	7	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	4
Walker Russell	G	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		770	410	19780	7018	3461	202	58	2612	1977	1181	2482	3663	2011	588	394	1331	1957	8957

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	81	81	36.1	46.3	30.9	77.4	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	19.5
Adrian Dantley	F-G	69	50	31.1	51.4	0.0	86.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	20.0
Joe Dumars	G	82	82	33.3	47.2	21.1	81.5	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	14.2
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	35.3	49.3	33.3	87.4	2.0	8.1	10.1	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.7	3.5	13.5
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	1	23.6	44.3	20.8	67.7	1.1	1.7	2.8	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.0	12.2
Dennis Rodman	F	82	32	26.2	56.1	29.4	53.5	3.9	4.8	8.7	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.9	3.3	11.6
Rick Mahorn	C-F	67	64	29.3	57.4	50.0	75.6	2.4	6.1	8.4	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.8	3.9	10.7
John Salley	F-C	82	16	24.4	56.6		70.9	2.0	2.9	4.9	1.4	0.6	1.7	1.5	3.6	8.5
James Edwards	C-F	26	2	12.6	47.5		73.8	0.8	2.1	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.8	2.2	5.4
William Bedford	C	38	0	7.8	43.6		56.5	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.7
Ralph Lewis	G	50	0	6.2	31.0	0.0	60.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.7
Chuck Nevitt	C	17	0	3.7	33.3		50.0	0.2	0.8	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.0
Ron Moore	F-C	9	0	2.8	30.8		50.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.1
Darryl Dawkins	C	2	0	3.5	50.0		66.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
Walker Russell	G	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		770	410	25.7	49.3	28.7	75.7	1.5	3.2	4.8	2.6	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	11.6

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	23	911	419	183	44	13	151	125	26	81	107	201	66	8	85	71	504
Adrian Dantley	F-G	23	804	292	153	2	0	178	140	37	70	107	46	19	1	51	50	446
Joe Dumars	G	23	804	247	113	6	2	63	56	18	32	50	112	13	2	40	50	284
Bill Laimbeer	C	23	779	250	114	17	5	45	40	43	178	221	44	18	19	30	77	273
Vinnie Johnson	G	23	477	239	101	7	1	50	33	35	40	75	43	17	4	21	48	236
Dennis Rodman	F	23	474	136	71	2	0	54	22	51	85	136	21	14	14	31	87	164
John Salley	F-C	23	623	104	56	1	0	69	49	64	91	155	21	15	37	23	88	161
James Edwards	C-F	22	308	110	56	1	0	41	27	23	45	68	11	2	10	10	55	139
Rick Mahorn	C-F	23	409	90	31	0	0	19	13	19	70	89	13	5	10	16	64	75
Walker Russell	G	7	10	5	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6
Ralph Lewis	G	10	17	6	2	1	0	0	0	3	5	8	1	0	0	0	2	4
Chuck Nevitt	C	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	2
Totals		226	5620	1900	883	81	21	672	507	321	698	1019	514	170	105	309	594	2294

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	23	39.6	43.7	29.5	82.8	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	21.9
Adrian Dantley	F-G	23	35.0	52.4	0.0	78.7	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	19.4
Joe Dumars	G	23	35.0	45.7	33.3	88.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	12.3
Bill Laimbeer	C	23	33.9	45.6	29.4	88.9	1.9	7.7	9.6	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	11.9
Vinnie Johnson	G	23	20.7	42.3	14.3	66.0	1.5	1.7	3.3	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.9	2.1	10.3
Dennis Rodman	F	23	20.6	52.2	0.0	40.7	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.3	3.8	7.1
John Salley	F-C	23	27.1	53.8	0.0	71.0	2.8	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.7	1.6	1.0	3.8	7.0
James Edwards	C-F	22	14.0	50.9	0.0	65.9	1.0	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.5	6.3
Rick Mahorn	C-F	23	17.8	34.4		68.4	0.8	3.0	3.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.7	2.8	3.3
Walker Russell	G	7	1.4	40.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.9
Ralph Lewis	G	10	1.7	33.3	0.0		0.3	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4
Chuck Nevitt	C	3	1.3	50.0			0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7
Averages		770	24.9	46.5	25.9	75.4	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.4	2.6	10.2