1983-84 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to New York Knicks 3-2
Coach: Chuck Daly (49-33)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 652,865, Avg. 15,924 in 41 home dates

1983-84 Detroit Pistons Roster
1983-84 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1983-84 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Pistons scored 9,602 points and conceded 9,308. Isiah Thomas tossed in a team-best 1,748 points for Detroit, and Kelly Tripucka contributed 19 or more per game also. Bill Laimbeer accounted for 1,003 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 914 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Isiah Thomas added 204 steals.

Chuck Daly coached the team. The 1983-84 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
Isiah Thomas	G	82	82	3007	1448	669	65	22	529	388	103	224	327	914	204	33	307	324	1748
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	76	75	2493	1296	595	17	2	523	426	119	187	306	228	65	17	190	190	1618
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	2864	1044	553	11	0	365	316	329	674	1003	149	49	84	151	273	1422
Johnny Long	G-F	82	82	2514	1155	545	5	1	275	243	139	150	289	205	93	18	143	199	1334
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	0	1909	901	426	19	4	275	207	130	107	237	271	44	19	135	196	1063
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	7	1602	691	313	13	2	132	94	104	181	285	76	63	59	78	151	722
Cliff Levingston	F	80	24	1746	436	229	3	0	186	125	234	311	545	109	44	78	77	281	583
Kent Benson	C	82	58	1734	451	248	1	0	101	83	117	292	409	130	71	53	79	230	579
Earl Cureton	F-C	73	0	907	177	81	1	0	59	31	86	201	287	36	24	31	55	143	193
Ray Tolbert	F	49	0	475	121	64	1	0	45	23	45	53	98	26	12	20	26	88	151
David Thirdkill	F-G	46	0	291	72	31	1	0	31	15	9	22	31	27	10	3	19	44	77
Lionel Hollins	G	32	0	216	63	24	2	0	13	11	4	18	22	62	13	1	24	26	59
Walker Russell	G	16	0	119	42	14	2	1	13	12	6	13	19	22	4	0	9	25	41
Ken Austin	F	7	0	28	13	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	7	12
Totals		871	410	19905	7910	3798	141	32	2547	1974	1427	2434	3861	2256	697	417	1296	2177	9602

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	82	82	36.7	46.2	33.8	73.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	21.3
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	76	75	32.8	45.9	11.8	81.5	1.6	2.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.5	21.3
Bill Laimbeer	C	82	82	34.9	53.0	0.0	86.6	4.0	8.2	12.2	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	3.3	17.3
Johnny Long	G-F	82	82	30.7	47.2	20.0	88.4	1.7	1.8	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.4	16.3
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	0	23.3	47.3	21.1	75.3	1.6	1.3	2.9	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.4	13.0
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	7	19.5	45.3	15.4	71.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.0	1.8	8.8
Cliff Levingston	F	80	24	21.8	52.5	0.0	67.2	2.9	3.9	6.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.5	7.3
Kent Benson	C	82	58	21.1	55.0	0.0	82.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.8	7.1
Earl Cureton	F-C	73	0	12.4	45.8	0.0	52.5	1.2	2.8	3.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.6
Ray Tolbert	F	49	0	9.7	52.9	0.0	51.1	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.8	3.1
David Thirdkill	F-G	46	0	6.3	43.1	0.0	48.4	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.7
Lionel Hollins	G	32	0	6.8	38.1	0.0	84.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.8
Walker Russell	G	16	0	7.4	33.3	50.0	92.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.6
Ken Austin	F	7	0	4.0	46.2			0.3	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.7
Averages		871	410	22.9	48.0	22.7	77.5	1.6	2.8	4.4	2.6	0.8	0.5	1.5	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
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	5	208	102	48	1	0	51	41	10	13	23	15	11	0	18	22	137
Isiah Thomas	G	5	198	83	39	6	2	35	27	7	12	19	55	13	6	23	22	107
Bill Laimbeer	C	5	165	51	29	0	0	20	18	14	48	62	12	4	3	12	23	76
Johnny Long	G-F	5	149	55	20	1	0	15	15	7	4	11	2	7	0	10	15	55
Vinnie Johnson	G	5	132	46	17	1	0	19	17	5	9	14	12	1	1	4	9	51
Cliff Levingston	F	5	101	19	15	0	0	16	10	11	13	24	1	1	2	3	15	40
Kent Benson	C	5	129	37	16	0	0	10	6	9	21	30	7	5	7	3	14	38
Earl Cureton	F-C	5	93	31	15	0	0	6	2	14	19	33	2	2	1	5	9	32
Terry Tyler	F-G	5	42	24	10	0	0	9	5	5	2	7	1	0	3	1	4	25
Ray Tolbert	F	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lionel Hollins	G	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Totals		48	1225	449	209	9	2	181	141	82	141	223	107	44	24	81	133	561

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	5	41.6	47.1	0.0	80.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.0	2.2	0.0	3.6	4.4	27.4
Isiah Thomas	G	5	39.6	47.0	33.3	77.1	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	21.4
Bill Laimbeer	C	5	33.0	56.9		90.0	2.8	9.6	12.4	2.4	0.8	0.6	2.4	4.6	15.2
Johnny Long	G-F	5	29.8	36.4	0.0	100.0	1.4	0.8	2.2	0.4	1.4	0.0	2.0	3.0	11.0
Vinnie Johnson	G	5	26.4	37.0	0.0	89.5	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	10.2
Cliff Levingston	F	5	20.2	78.9		62.5	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	3.0	8.0
Kent Benson	C	5	25.8	43.2		60.0	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	2.8	7.6
Earl Cureton	F-C	5	18.6	48.4		33.3	2.8	3.8	6.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.8	6.4
Terry Tyler	F-G	5	8.4	41.7		55.6	1.0	0.4	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.8	5.0
Ray Tolbert	F	1	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lionel Hollins	G	2	3.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		871	25.5	46.5	22.2	77.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.8	11.7

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