1982-83 Detroit Spirits Statistics

Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Team Record: 26-18
Finishing 1st in the CBA's Central Division
Postseason: 7-5 Won Championship
Finals - Defeated Montana Golden Nuggets 4-3
Coach: Gary Mazza (26-18)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1982-83 Detroit Spirits Roster

The Detroit Spirits of the Continental Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 26 wins and 18 losses, finishing first in the CBA's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-5.

Tico Brown tossed in a team-best 998 points for the Spirits, and Terry Duerod scored 19 or more per game, too. Clarence Kea contributed 524 boards. Kevin Smith dished out 289 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Kevin Smith added 84 steals, while Cyrus Mann blocked 130 shots.

Gary Mazza coached the team. The 1982-83 Detroit Spirits won the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Tico Brown	G	44	1471	826	392	30	11	241	203	243	104	56	18	102	998
Terry Duerod	G	32	991	675	332	44	17	87	70	86	69	36	9	58	751
Clarence Kea	F	38	1406	504	238	0	0	250	176	524	62	27	17	158	652
Kevin Smith	G	42	1225	537	227	33	11	180	142	115	289	84	12	163	607
Ron Charles	F	44	1275	259	139	1	0	186	100	377	40	22	69	173	378
Kenny Higgs	G	32	755	244	100	21	7	144	117	67	115	39	5	86	324
Cyrus Mann	C	39	1165	285	128	0	0	80	50	296	34	13	130	171	306
James Wilkes	F	11	290	112	64	2	1	58	44	65	26	21	7	38	173
Francois Wise	F	8	249	108	56	1	0	25	20	49	17	12	3	22	132
Erv Giddings	F	13	264	96	39	0	0	43	26	81	22	2	15	30	104
Don Williams	G	10	234	96	45	2	1	15	13	8	23	11	1	28	104
Gerald Sims	G	7	74	28	12	3	2	9	7	13	5	3	1	14	33
John Thirdkill	F	3	65	28	12	0	0	8	5	16	4	3	2	3	29
Marvin Barnes	F	6	82	18	9	0	0	16	7	21	1	3	3	15	25
Stuart House	C	10	95	22	9	2	0	14	5	23	5	4	6	13	23
Bob Elliot	C	1	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4
Tony Rufus	C	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		342	9658	3843	1804	139	50	1356	985	1987	817	337	298	1075	4643

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Tico Brown	G	44	33.4	47.5	36.7	84.2	5.5	2.4	1.3	0.4	2.3	22.7
Terry Duerod	G	32	31.0	49.2	38.6	80.5	2.7	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.8	23.5
Clarence Kea	F	38	37.0	47.2		70.4	13.8	1.6	0.7	0.4	4.2	17.2
Kevin Smith	G	42	29.2	42.3	33.3	78.9	2.7	6.9	2.0	0.3	3.9	14.5
Ron Charles	F	44	29.0	53.7	0.0	53.8	8.6	0.9	0.5	1.6	3.9	8.6
Kenny Higgs	G	32	23.6	41.0	33.3	81.3	2.1	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.7	10.1
Cyrus Mann	C	39	29.9	44.9		62.5	7.6	0.9	0.3	3.3	4.4	7.8
James Wilkes	F	11	26.4	57.1	50.0	75.9	5.9	2.4	1.9	0.6	3.5	15.7
Francois Wise	F	8	31.1	51.9	0.0	80.0	6.1	2.1	1.5	0.4	2.8	16.5
Erv Giddings	F	13	20.3	40.6		60.5	6.2	1.7	0.2	1.2	2.3	8.0
Don Williams	G	10	23.4	46.9	50.0	86.7	0.8	2.3	1.1	0.1	2.8	10.4
Gerald Sims	G	7	10.6	42.9	66.7	77.8	1.9	0.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.7
John Thirdkill	F	3	21.7	42.9		62.5	5.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.0	9.7
Marvin Barnes	F	6	13.7	50.0		43.8	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.5	2.5	4.2
Stuart House	C	10	9.5	40.9	0.0	35.7	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.3
Bob Elliot	C	1	9.0	50.0			1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
Tony Rufus	C	2	4.0	0.0			1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		342	28.2	46.9	36.0	72.6	5.8	2.4	1.0	0.9	3.1	13.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Tico Brown	G	12	518	317	164	10	3	87	70	74	33	14	4	36	401
James Wilkes	F	10	341	125	61	1	0	41	32	92	35	12	6	43	154
Kenny Higgs	G	11	291	109	52	10	4	44	35	35	60	14	1	32	143
Kevin Smith	G	12	392	144	60	6	1	26	18	43	99	22	3	43	139
Alan Hardy	F	11	247	117	58	2	1	27	18	44	10	4	3	17	135
Terry Duerod	G	11	251	160	61	9	4	11	6	23	9	6	2	16	132
Ron Charles	F	12	424	78	46	0	0	31	13	112	18	5	26	59	105
Cyrus Mann	C	12	372	71	36	0	0	24	15	104	7	8	34	52	87
Bob Elliot	C	5	144	36	17	0	0	19	12	25	8	4	1	16	46
Totals		96	2980	1157	555	38	13	310	219	552	279	89	80	314	1342

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Tico Brown	G	12	43.2	51.7	30.0	80.5	6.2	2.8	1.2	0.3	3.0	33.4
James Wilkes	F	10	34.1	48.8	0.0	78.0	9.2	3.5	1.2	0.6	4.3	15.4
Kenny Higgs	G	11	26.5	47.7	40.0	79.5	3.2	5.5	1.3	0.1	2.9	13.0
Kevin Smith	G	12	32.7	41.7	16.7	69.2	3.6	8.3	1.8	0.3	3.6	11.6
Alan Hardy	F	11	22.5	49.6	50.0	66.7	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.5	12.3
Terry Duerod	G	11	22.8	38.1	44.4	54.5	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.5	12.0
Ron Charles	F	12	35.3	59.0		41.9	9.3	1.5	0.4	2.2	4.9	8.8
Cyrus Mann	C	12	31.0	50.7		62.5	8.7	0.6	0.7	2.8	4.3	7.3
Bob Elliot	C	5	28.8	47.2		63.2	5.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	3.2	9.2
Averages		96	31.0	48.0	34.2	70.6	5.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	3.3	14.0

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