
1976-77 Detroit Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Golden State Warriors 2-1
Coach: Herb Brown (44-38)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 303,792, Avg. 7,410 in 41 home dates
1976-77 Detroit Pistons Results
The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
Detroit scored 8,970 points and yielded 9,055. Bob Lanier tossed in a team-best 1,616 points for the Pistons and contributed 745 rebounds. Kevin Porter dished out 592 assists for the squad.
On defense, Chris Ford added 179 steals, while Bob Lanier blocked 126 shots.
Herb Brown coached the team. The 1976-77 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Lanier | C | 64 | 0 | 2446 | 1269 | 678 | 318 | 260 | 200 | 545 | 745 | 214 | 70 | 126 | 0 | 174 | 1616 | ||
M.L. Carr | F-G | 82 | 71 | 2643 | 931 | 443 | 279 | 205 | 211 | 420 | 631 | 181 | 165 | 58 | 0 | 287 | 1091 | ||
Howard Porter | F-C | 78 | 0 | 2200 | 962 | 465 | 120 | 103 | 155 | 303 | 458 | 53 | 50 | 73 | 0 | 202 | 1033 | ||
Chris Ford | G-F | 82 | 0 | 2539 | 918 | 437 | 170 | 131 | 96 | 174 | 270 | 337 | 179 | 26 | 0 | 192 | 1005 | ||
Ralph Simpson | G-F | 77 | 0 | 1597 | 834 | 356 | 195 | 138 | 48 | 133 | 181 | 180 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 850 | ||
Eric Money | G | 73 | 0 | 1586 | 631 | 329 | 114 | 90 | 43 | 81 | 124 | 243 | 91 | 14 | 0 | 199 | 748 | ||
Kevin Porter | G | 81 | 0 | 2117 | 605 | 310 | 133 | 97 | 28 | 70 | 98 | 592 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 271 | 717 | ||
Leon Douglas | C-F | 82 | 0 | 1626 | 512 | 245 | 229 | 127 | 181 | 345 | 526 | 68 | 44 | 81 | 0 | 294 | 617 | ||
Marvin Barnes | F-C | 53 | 0 | 989 | 452 | 202 | 156 | 106 | 69 | 184 | 253 | 45 | 38 | 33 | 0 | 139 | 510 | ||
Al Eberhard | F | 68 | 0 | 1219 | 380 | 181 | 138 | 109 | 76 | 145 | 221 | 50 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 197 | 471 | ||
Phil Sellers | F-G | 44 | 0 | 329 | 190 | 73 | 72 | 52 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 198 | ||
Roger Brown | C | 43 | 0 | 322 | 56 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 68 | 60 | ||
George Trapp | F-C | 6 | 0 | 68 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 33 | ||
Cornelius Cash | F | 6 | 0 | 49 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | ||
Totals | 839 | 71 | 19730 | 7792 | 3764 | 0 | 0 | 1960 | 1442 | 1169 | 2495 | 3664 | 2004 | 877 | 459 | 0 | 2200 | 8970 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Lanier | C | 64 | 0 | 38.2 | 53.4 | 81.8 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 25.3 | |
M.L. Carr | F-G | 82 | 71 | 32.2 | 47.6 | 73.5 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 13.3 | |
Howard Porter | F-C | 78 | 0 | 28.2 | 48.3 | 85.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 13.2 | |
Chris Ford | G-F | 82 | 0 | 31.0 | 47.6 | 77.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 12.3 | |
Ralph Simpson | G-F | 77 | 0 | 20.7 | 42.7 | 70.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 11.0 | |
Eric Money | G | 73 | 0 | 21.7 | 52.1 | 78.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 10.2 | |
Kevin Porter | G | 81 | 0 | 26.1 | 51.2 | 72.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 8.9 | |
Leon Douglas | C-F | 82 | 0 | 19.8 | 47.9 | 55.5 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 7.5 | |
Marvin Barnes | F-C | 53 | 0 | 18.7 | 44.7 | 67.9 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 9.6 | |
Al Eberhard | F | 68 | 0 | 17.9 | 47.6 | 79.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 6.9 | |
Phil Sellers | F-G | 44 | 0 | 7.5 | 38.4 | 72.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.5 | |
Roger Brown | C | 43 | 0 | 7.5 | 37.5 | 69.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | |
George Trapp | F-C | 6 | 0 | 11.3 | 51.7 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.5 | |
Cornelius Cash | F | 6 | 0 | 8.2 | 39.1 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 | |
Averages | 839 | 71 | 23.5 | 48.3 | 73.6 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Lanier | C | 3 | 118 | 54 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 84 | ||
Howard Porter | F-C | 3 | 98 | 47 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 60 | ||
Eric Money | G | 3 | 103 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55 | ||
Chris Ford | G-F | 3 | 101 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | ||
M.L. Carr | F-G | 3 | 112 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 28 | ||
Kevin Porter | G | 3 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | ||
Leon Douglas | C-F | 3 | 57 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | ||
Al Eberhard | F | 3 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ||
Phil Sellers | F-G | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Ralph Simpson | G-F | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roger Brown | C | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 29 | 720 | 270 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 52 | 47 | 95 | 142 | 69 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 73 | 304 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Lanier | C | 3 | 39.3 | 63.0 | 84.2 | 4.3 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 28.0 | |
Howard Porter | F-C | 3 | 32.7 | 61.7 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 20.0 | |
Eric Money | G | 3 | 34.3 | 50.0 | 84.6 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 18.3 | |
Chris Ford | G-F | 3 | 33.7 | 40.9 | 55.6 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 13.7 | |
M.L. Carr | F-G | 3 | 37.3 | 38.7 | 57.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 9.3 | |
Kevin Porter | G | 3 | 20.3 | 35.7 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.3 | |
Leon Douglas | C-F | 3 | 19.0 | 30.8 | 28.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | |
Al Eberhard | F | 3 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 62.5 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | |
Phil Sellers | F-G | 1 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
Ralph Simpson | G-F | 2 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||
Roger Brown | C | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Averages | 839 | 24.8 | 46.7 | 65.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 10.5 |