Detroit Pistons 1978-79 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Detroit Pistons 1978-79 Season Review

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Detroit Pistons 1978-79 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 30-52

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	7802	3708	2242	1607	0	0	9023	1303	2380	2092	847	1599	550	2141
Opponents Stats	7623	3755	2295	1732	0	0	9242	1301	2628	2197	666	1744	504	1914

1978-79 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Ron Behagen	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Boyd	5	40	6	2	7	0	6	12	3	0	0	0	0	5
Jim Brewer	25	310	57	105	13	13	19	60	27	15	3	0	0	38
M.L. Carr	80	3207	1497	589	262	197	255	1143	587	435	323	0	0	279
Leon Douglas	78	2215	892	664	74	39	190	698	342	328	208	0	0	319
Chris Ford	3	108	33	18	5	1	10	35	13	8	7	0	0	9
Gus Gerard	2	6	3	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0
Rickey Green	27	431	179	40	63	25	44	177	67	67	45	0	0	37
Bubbles Hawkins	4	28	18	6	4	5	2	16	6	6	6	0	0	7
Essie Hollis	25	154	69	45	6	11	14	75	30	12	9	0	0	28
Otis Howard	11	91	49	34	4	2	5	45	19	23	11	0	0	16
Bob Lanier	53	1835	1253	494	140	50	175	950	489	367	275	0	0	181
John Long	82	2498	1319	266	121	102	137	1240	581	190	157	0	0	224
Larry McNeill	11	46	29	10	3	0	4	20	9	12	11	0	0	7
Ben Poquette	76	1337	507	336	57	38	65	464	198	142	111	0	0	198
Kevin Porter	82	3064	1260	209	1099	158	337	1110	534	266	192	0	0	302
Steve Sheppard	20	76	32	19	4	3	4	25	12	15	8	0	0	10
Earl Tatum	76	1195	592	121	72	78	85	607	272	66	48	0	0	158
Terry Tyler	82	2560	1056	648	89	104	141	946	456	219	144	0	0	254
Andre Wakefield	71	578	172	76	69	19	71	176	62	69	48	0	0	68

1978-79 Playoffs Scoring

Name

Games

Minutes

Pts

Reb

Asst

Steals

FGA

FGM

FTA

FTM

3PA

3PM

Fouls

Detroit Pistons 1978 - 79 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978		New Jersey Nets	L	105	107
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	114	122
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	@	New Orleans Jazz	L	109	114
4	Fri, Oct 20, 1978		Philadelphia 76ers	L	117	126
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	@	Washington Bullets	L	99	119
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1978		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	110	105
7	Fri, Oct 27, 1978		Kansas City Kings	W	107	102
8	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	126	150
9	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	96	112
10	Thu, Nov 2, 1978		Seattle SuperSonics	L	94	95
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	@	Chicago Bulls	W	99	93
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1978		Golden State Warriors	L	95	103
13	Wed, Nov 8, 1978		Milwaukee Bucks	W	117	106
14	Fri, Nov 10, 1978		Chicago Bulls	W	115	101
15	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	112	135
16	Sun, Nov 12, 1978	@	Boston Celtics	W	128	123
17	Wed, Nov 15, 1978		Los Angeles Lakers	L	126	133
18	Sat, Nov 18, 1978		Phoenix Suns	L	105	119
19	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	@	New York Knicks	L	79	96
20	Fri, Nov 24, 1978		Atlanta Hawks	W	119	117
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	105	103
22	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	@	Phoenix Suns	L	109	119
23	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	@	Denver Nuggets	L	120	125
24	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	@	San Diego Clippers	W	120	113
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1978		Boston Celtics	L	112	114
26	Thu, Dec 7, 1978		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	121	105
27	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	@	Indiana Pacers	L	107	114
28	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	@	Kansas City Kings	L	108	132
29	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	110	127
30	Fri, Dec 15, 1978		Washington Bullets	L	114	116
31	Thu, Dec 21, 1978		Indiana Pacers	W	121	108
32	Sat, Dec 23, 1978		San Antonio Spurs	L	126	130
33	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	84	143
34	Wed, Dec 27, 1978		Houston Rockets	W	131	119
35	Fri, Dec 29, 1978		San Diego Clippers	L	107	111
36	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	@	Houston Rockets	L	101	112
37	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	@	San Diego Clippers	L	119	137
38	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	@	Golden State Warriors	L	81	96
39	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	96	98
40	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	114	116
41	Thu, Jan 11, 1979		Portland Trail Blazers	W	104	101
42	Sat, Jan 13, 1979		Golden State Warriors	W	114	109
43	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	@	New York Knicks	L	110	111
44	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	@	New Jersey Nets	L	99	106
45	Thu, Jan 18, 1979		Phoenix Suns	L	87	97
46	Sat, Jan 20, 1979		Kansas City Kings	W	122	110
47	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	@	Denver Nuggets	W	121	117
48	Thu, Jan 25, 1979		Los Angeles Lakers	W	135	100
49	Sun, Jan 28, 1979		San Diego Clippers	W	128	118
50	Wed, Jan 31, 1979		New York Knicks	L	86	108
51	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	120	116
52	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	@	Kansas City Kings	L	114	130
53	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	@	Houston Rockets	L	108	113
54	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	103	114
55	Thu, Feb 8, 1979		New Jersey Nets	L	105	106
56	Sat, Feb 10, 1979		New Orleans Jazz	L	105	107
57	Wed, Feb 14, 1979		Denver Nuggets	W	111	107
58	Fri, Feb 16, 1979		Houston Rockets	W	110	96
59	Sun, Feb 18, 1979		San Antonio Spurs	W	124	104
60	Wed, Feb 21, 1979		Philadelphia 76ers	W	106	99
61	Sun, Feb 25, 1979		Portland Trail Blazers	L	119	126
62	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	@	Chicago Bulls	L	117	124
63	Sat, Mar 3, 1979		New Orleans Jazz	W	110	101
64	Wed, Mar 7, 1979		Seattle SuperSonics	L	93	99
65	Fri, Mar 9, 1979		Boston Celtics	W	160	117
66	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	125	115
67	Tue, Mar 13, 1979	@	Indiana Pacers	L	120	122
68	Thu, Mar 15, 1979		New York Knicks	W	88	83
69	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	@	Boston Celtics	L	98	99
70	Sat, Mar 17, 1979		Indiana Pacers	W	105	98
71	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	@	New Jersey Nets	L	110	117
72	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	104	111
73	Fri, Mar 23, 1979		Washington Bullets	W	124	114
74	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	@	Washington Bullets	L	107	116
75	Wed, Mar 28, 1979		Denver Nuggets	L	110	115
76	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	113	124
77	Sat, Mar 31, 1979	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	102	123
78	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	@	Phoenix Suns	L	105	116
79	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	@	Golden State Warriors	L	100	104
80	Thu, Apr 5, 1979	@	New Orleans Jazz	W	120	104
81	Fri, Apr 6, 1979		Atlanta Hawks	L	96	112
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979		Chicago Bulls	L	107	117