1978 Detroit Pistons (1948 - ) 1979-80  1978-79 1977-78 30 - 52 .366  (pythagorean: 32 - 50 .402) Finished in 4th place, 18 games out of first. Attendance: 389,936 Total; 9,511 Avg Coaching: Dick Vitale 30 - 52 1978 Draft 2 - Terry Tyler, Detroit 2 - John Long, Detroit 5 - Dave Caligaris, Northeastern 6 - Audie Matthews, Illinois 7 - Herb Entzminger, J.C. Smith 8 - Earl Evans, Nevada-Las Vegas 9 - Ulice Payne, Marquette 10 - Dave Grauzer, Central Michigan

1978-79 Game Log and Scores

	EFF	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	OREB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PACE
Offense	99.3	9023	110.0	3708	7802	.475	1607	2242	.717	0	0	.000	1303	3683	44.9	2092	25.5	847	550	1599	2141	109.8
Defense	101.8	9242	112.7	3755	7623	.493	1732	2295	.755	0	0	.000	1301	3929	47.9	2197	26.8	666	504	1744	1914

Players
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Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
Bob Lanier	53	1835	1253	23.6	489	950	.515	275	367	.749	0	0	.000	494	9.3	140	2.6	50	75	175
M.l. Carr	80	3207	1497	18.7	587	1143	.514	323	435	.743	0	0	.000	589	7.4	262	3.3	197	46	255
John Long	82	2498	1319	16.1	581	1240	.469	157	190	.826	0	0	.000	266	3.2	121	1.5	102	19	137
Kevin Porter	82	3064	1260	15.4	534	1110	.481	192	266	.722	0	0	.000	209	2.5	1099	13.4	158	5	337
Terry Tyler	82	2560	1056	12.9	456	946	.482	144	219	.658	0	0	.000	648	7.9	89	1.1	104	201	141
Leon Douglas	78	2215	892	11.4	342	698	.490	208	328	.634	0	0	.000	664	8.5	74	0.9	39	55	190
Chris Ford	3	108	33	11.0	13	35	.371	7	8	.875	0	0	.000	18	6.0	5	1.7	1	1	10
Earl Tatum	76	1195	592	7.8	272	607	.448	48	66	.727	0	0	.000	121	1.6	72	0.9	78	33	85
Ben Poquette	76	1337	507	6.7	198	464	.427	111	142	.782	0	0	.000	336	4.4	57	0.8	38	98	65
Rickey Green	27	431	179	6.6	67	177	.379	45	67	.672	0	0	.000	40	1.5	63	2.3	25	1	44
Robert Hawkins	4	28	18	4.5	6	16	.375	6	6	1.000	0	0	.000	6	1.5	4	1.0	5	0	2
Otis Howard	11	91	49	4.5	19	45	.422	11	23	.478	0	0	.000	34	3.1	4	0.4	2	2	5
Essie Hollis	25	154	69	2.8	30	75	.400	9	12	.750	0	0	.000	45	1.8	6	0.2	11	1	14
Larry McNeill	11	46	29	2.6	9	20	.450	11	12	.917	0	0	.000	10	0.9	3	0.3	0	0	4
Andre Wakefield	71	578	172	2.4	62	176	.352	48	69	.696	0	0	.000	76	1.1	69	1.0	19	2	71
Jim Brewer	25	310	57	2.3	27	60	.450	3	15	.200	0	0	.000	105	4.2	13	0.5	13	10	19
Steve Sheppard	20	76	32	1.6	12	25	.480	8	15	.533	0	0	.000	19	1.0	4	0.2	3	1	4
Gus Gerard	2	6	3	1.5	1	3	.333	1	2	.500	0	0	.000	1	0.5	0	0.0	2	0	0
Dennis Boyd	5	40	6	1.2	3	12	.250	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	2	0.4	7	1.4	0	0	6
Ron Behagen	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1

Players (Extended Stats)
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Name	G	Min	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
Bob Lanier	53	1835	24.23	10.2	8.3	1.127	-4.45	14.0
M.l. Carr	80	3207	20.85	12.4	7.7	1.122	-2.50	9.6
John Long	82	2498	12.17	8.4	4.3	0.997	-2.25	5.6
Kevin Porter	82	3064	21.27	12.8	8.0	1.027	12.91	3.6
Terry Tyler	82	2560	16.98	10.8	4.8	1.013	-3.19	13.2
Leon Douglas	78	2215	13.56	8.8	4.4	1.059	-6.35	15.6
Chris Ford	3	108	8.33	0.5	4.8	0.857	-6.20	0.0
Earl Tatum	76	1195	6.03	4.7	2.3	0.931	-3.14	0.0
Ben Poquette	76	1337	8.87	6.3	2.9	0.963	-2.02	13.1
Rickey Green	27	431	4.89	1.8	2.8	0.867	-0.46	4.8
Robert Hawkins	4	28	5.25	0.4	1.9	0.966	2.38	11.2
Otis Howard	11	91	4.36	0.9	1.7	0.889	-2.59	0.0
Essie Hollis	25	154	2.80	1.1	1.0	0.859	-6.49	15.2
Larry McNeill	11	46	2.36	0.5	0.9	1.147	-4.35	11.3
Andre Wakefield	71	578	1.86	1.9	1.4	0.833	-4.40	0.0
Jim Brewer	25	310	5.36	1.9	1.7	0.856	-3.36	0.0
Steve Sheppard	20	76	1.75	0.7	0.7	1.013	-1.79	0.0
Gus Gerard	2	6	1.50	0.1	0.0	0.773	0.00	0.0
Dennis Boyd	5	40	0.00	0.0	0.9	0.500	-3.33	2.6
Ron Behagen	1	1	-1.00	0.0	0.0	0.000	-100.00	0.0

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