1988-89 Detroit Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 63-19
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 15-2 Won NBA championship
Conference First Round - Defeated Boston Celtics 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-2
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Coach: Chuck Daly (63-19)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 879,614, Avg. 21,454 in 41 home dates

1988-89 Detroit Pistons Roster
1988-89 Detroit Pistons Results

The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 63 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-2.

The Pistons scored 8,740 points and surrendered 8,264. Isiah Thomas tossed in a team-best 1,458 points for Detroit, and Joe Dumars contributed 17 or more per game, too. Bill Laimbeer accounted for 776 boards. Isiah Thomas dished out 663 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Isiah Thomas added 133 steals.

Chuck Daly coached the team. The 1988-89 Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship.

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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	80	76	2924	1227	569	121	33	351	287	49	224	273	663	133	20	298	209	1458
Joe Dumars	G	69	67	2408	903	456	29	14	306	260	57	115	172	390	63	5	178	103	1186
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	21	2073	996	462	44	13	263	193	109	146	255	242	74	17	105	155	1130
Bill Laimbeer	C	81	81	2640	900	449	86	30	212	178	138	638	776	177	51	100	129	259	1106
Adrian Dantley	F-G	42	42	1341	495	258	0	0	305	256	53	111	164	93	23	6	81	99	772
Dennis Rodman	F	82	8	2208	531	316	26	6	155	97	327	445	772	99	55	76	126	292	735
Mark Aguirre	F-G	36	32	1068	441	213	75	22	149	110	56	95	151	89	16	7	68	101	558
James Edwards	C-F	76	1	1254	422	211	2	0	194	133	68	163	231	49	11	31	72	226	555
Rick Mahorn	C-F	72	61	1795	393	203	2	0	155	116	141	355	496	59	40	66	97	206	522
John Salley	F-C	67	21	1458	333	166	2	0	195	135	134	201	335	75	40	72	100	197	467
Michael Williams	G	49	0	358	129	47	9	2	47	31	9	18	27	70	13	3	42	44	127
Johnny Long	G-F	24	0	152	40	19	0	0	13	11	2	9	11	15	0	2	9	16	49
Fennis Dembo	F	31	0	74	42	14	4	0	10	8	8	15	23	5	1	0	7	15	36
Darryl Dawkins	C	14	0	48	19	9	0	0	18	9	3	4	7	1	0	1	4	13	27
Pace Mannion	G	5	0	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	4
Steve Harris	G	3	0	7	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	4
Jim Rowinski	F	6	0	8	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Totals		819	410	19830	6879	3395	400	120	2379	1830	1154	2546	3700	2027	522	406	1316	1939	8740

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	80	76	36.6	46.4	27.3	81.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	18.2
Joe Dumars	G	69	67	34.9	50.5	48.3	85.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	17.2
Vinnie Johnson	G	82	21	25.3	46.4	29.5	73.4	1.3	1.8	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.9	13.8
Bill Laimbeer	C	81	81	32.6	49.9	34.9	84.0	1.7	7.9	9.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.2	13.7
Adrian Dantley	F-G	42	42	31.9	52.1		83.9	1.3	2.6	3.9	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.9	2.4	18.4
Dennis Rodman	F	82	8	26.9	59.5	23.1	62.6	4.0	5.4	9.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	3.6	9.0
Mark Aguirre	F-G	36	32	29.7	48.3	29.3	73.8	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.5	0.4	0.2	1.9	2.8	15.5
James Edwards	C-F	76	1	16.5	50.0	0.0	68.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.0	7.3
Rick Mahorn	C-F	72	61	24.9	51.7	0.0	74.8	2.0	4.9	6.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	7.3
John Salley	F-C	67	21	21.8	49.8	0.0	69.2	2.0	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.9	7.0
Michael Williams	G	49	0	7.3	36.4	22.2	66.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.9	2.6
Johnny Long	G-F	24	0	6.3	47.5		84.6	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.7	2.0
Fennis Dembo	F	31	0	2.4	33.3	0.0	80.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.2
Darryl Dawkins	C	14	0	3.4	47.4		50.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.9
Pace Mannion	G	5	0	2.8	100.0			0.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8
Steve Harris	G	3	0	2.3	25.0		100.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
Jim Rowinski	F	6	0	1.3	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Averages		819	410	24.2	49.4	30.0	76.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.4	10.7

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	17	633	279	115	30	8	96	71	24	49	73	141	27	4	43	39	309
Joe Dumars	G	17	620	233	106	12	1	101	87	11	33	44	96	12	1	31	31	300
Vinnie Johnson	G	17	372	200	91	24	10	62	47	16	29	45	43	4	3	21	32	239
Mark Aguirre	F-G	17	462	182	89	29	8	38	28	26	49	75	28	8	3	20	38	214
Bill Laimbeer	C	17	497	142	66	42	15	31	25	26	114	140	31	6	8	19	55	172
John Salley	F-C	17	392	99	58	0	0	54	36	34	45	79	9	9	25	12	58	152
James Edwards	C-F	17	317	85	40	1	0	51	40	11	25	36	12	1	8	15	53	120
Dennis Rodman	F	17	409	70	37	4	0	35	24	56	114	170	16	6	12	24	58	98
Rick Mahorn	C-F	17	360	69	40	0	0	26	17	30	57	87	7	9	13	11	59	97
Johnny Long	G-F	4	8	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Michael Williams	G	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	2
Fennis Dembo	F	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Totals		163	4080	1361	644	142	42	499	380	235	516	751	385	83	77	197	425	1710

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Isiah Thomas	G	17	37.2	41.2	26.7	74.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	18.2
Joe Dumars	G	17	36.5	45.5	8.3	86.1	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	17.6
Vinnie Johnson	G	17	21.9	45.5	41.7	75.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	2.5	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.9	14.1
Mark Aguirre	F-G	17	27.2	48.9	27.6	73.7	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.2	12.6
Bill Laimbeer	C	17	29.2	46.5	35.7	80.6	1.5	6.7	8.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	3.2	10.1
John Salley	F-C	17	23.1	58.6		66.7	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.7	3.4	8.9
James Edwards	C-F	17	18.6	47.1	0.0	78.4	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.1	7.1
Dennis Rodman	F	17	24.1	52.9	0.0	68.6	3.3	6.7	10.0	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.4	5.8
Rick Mahorn	C-F	17	21.2	58.0		65.4	1.8	3.4	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	3.5	5.7
Johnny Long	G-F	4	2.0	100.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Michael Williams	G	4	1.5			100.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5
Fennis Dembo	F	2	2.0	100.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0
Averages		819	25.0	47.3	29.6	76.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	2.4	0.5	0.5	1.2	2.6	10.5