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 RosterTeam 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 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 |
