1981-82 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-43
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Scotty Robertson (39-43)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 406,317, Avg. 9,910 in 41 home dates

1981-82 Detroit Pistons Roster
1981-82 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Pistons scored 9,112 points and conceded 9,187. Kelly Tripucka tossed in a team-best 1,772 points for Detroit, while Johnny Long netted 18 or more per game, too. Kent Benson contributed 653 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 565 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Isiah Thomas added 150 steals, and Terry Tyler blocked 160 shots.

Scotty Robertson coached the team.

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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	82	82	3077	1281	636	22	5	621	495	219	224	443	270	89	16	280	241	1772
Johnny Long	G-F	69	66	2211	1294	637	15	2	275	238	95	162	257	148	65	25	167	173	1514
Isiah Thomas	G	72	72	2433	1068	453	59	17	429	302	57	152	209	565	150	17	299	253	1225
Kent Benson	C	75	72	2467	802	405	11	3	158	127	219	434	653	159	66	98	160	214	940
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	0	1989	643	336	4	1	192	142	154	339	493	126	77	160	121	182	815
Phil Hubbard	F-C	52	38	1104	410	207	3	0	163	106	101	171	272	67	38	16	99	176	520
Vinnie Johnson	G	67	15	1191	422	208	11	3	130	98	75	69	144	160	50	23	91	93	517
Bill Laimbeer	C	30	30	935	283	146	7	1	112	91	110	230	340	55	17	34	60	126	384
Edgar Jones	F-C	48	19	802	259	142	2	1	129	90	70	137	207	40	28	92	66	149	375
Ron Lee	G	81	7	1467	246	88	59	18	119	84	35	120	155	312	116	20	123	221	278
Kenny Carr	F	28	6	444	168	77	1	0	82	53	53	84	137	23	6	6	40	69	207
Alan Hardy	F	38	0	310	136	62	5	0	29	18	14	20	34	20	9	4	20	32	142
Paul Mokeski	C-F	39	3	523	111	49	1	0	33	25	35	87	122	24	13	23	39	103	123
Steve Hayes	C	26	0	412	93	46	0	0	41	25	32	68	100	24	3	18	17	54	117
Greg Kelser	F	11	0	183	86	35	3	0	41	27	13	26	39	12	5	7	22	32	97
Jeff Judkins	G-F	30	0	251	81	31	10	1	26	16	14	20	34	14	6	5	9	33	79
Glenn Hagan	G	4	0	25	7	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	8	3	0	1	7	7
Larry Wright	G	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals		835	410	19830	7391	3561	213	52	2581	1938	1298	2345	3643	2027	741	564	1615	2160	9112

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kelly Tripucka	F-G	82	82	37.5	49.6	22.7	79.7	2.7	2.7	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	3.4	2.9	21.6
Johnny Long	G-F	69	66	32.0	49.2	13.3	86.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.5	21.9
Isiah Thomas	G	72	72	33.8	42.4	28.8	70.4	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	17.0
Kent Benson	C	75	72	32.9	50.5	27.3	80.4	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.9	12.5
Terry Tyler	F-G	82	0	24.3	52.3	25.0	74.0	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.5	0.9	2.0	1.5	2.2	9.9
Phil Hubbard	F-C	52	38	21.2	50.5	0.0	65.0	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.4	10.0
Vinnie Johnson	G	67	15	17.8	49.3	27.3	75.4	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.4	7.7
Bill Laimbeer	C	30	30	31.2	51.6	14.3	81.3	3.7	7.7	11.3	1.8	0.6	1.1	2.0	4.2	12.8
Edgar Jones	F-C	48	19	16.7	54.8	50.0	69.8	1.5	2.9	4.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.4	3.1	7.8
Ron Lee	G	81	7	18.1	35.8	30.5	70.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.9	1.4	0.2	1.5	2.7	3.4
Kenny Carr	F	28	6	15.9	45.8	0.0	64.6	1.9	3.0	4.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.4	2.5	7.4
Alan Hardy	F	38	0	8.2	45.6	0.0	62.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	3.7
Paul Mokeski	C-F	39	3	13.4	44.1	0.0	75.8	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.2
Steve Hayes	C	26	0	15.8	49.5		61.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	4.5
Greg Kelser	F	11	0	16.6	40.7	0.0	65.9	1.2	2.4	3.5	1.1	0.5	0.6	2.0	2.9	8.8
Jeff Judkins	G-F	30	0	8.4	38.3	10.0	61.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.6
Glenn Hagan	G	4	0	6.3	42.9		100.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.8	1.8
Larry Wright	G	1	0	6.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		835	410	23.7	48.2	24.4	75.1	1.6	2.8	4.4	2.4	0.9	0.7	1.9	2.6	10.9

1981-82 Detroit Pistons Statistics

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