HISTORY • 1981-82 DETROIT PISTONS
1982-83 DETROIT PISTONS • HISTORY
1981-82 Game-By-Game
1982-83 Game-By-Game Date Opponent Result 1-23 at Phoenix L, 90-113 1-27 ATLANTA W, 108-107 2-2 at Atlanta W, 106-105 2-5 at Chicago W, 110-103 2-6 NEW JERSEY L, 120-125 2-9 CHICAGO W, 128-123 (OT) 2-10 at New Jersey L, 108-115 2-11 CLEVELAND W, 123-113 2-13 PORTLAND L, 120-128 2-16 HOUSTON W, 111-109 2-17 at San Antonio L, 112-126 2-20 INDIANA W, 115-100 2-25 SAN ANTONIO L, 116-119 2-27 KANSAS CITY W, 127-119 2-28 at Indiana L, 101-112 3-2 at Milwaukee L, 91-101 3-4 CHICAGO W, 122-97 3-6 at New York W, 115-111 3-8 BOSTON L, 101-111 3-10 DENVER L, 113-124 3-12 GOLDEN STATE W 121-117 3-14 at Cleveland W, 109-103 3-16 SAN DIEGO W, 114-110 3-18 SEATTLE W, 119-115 3-19 at Houston W, 111-102 3-21 at Atlanta L, 111-109 3-25 PHILADELPHIA W, 100-98 3-26 at Boston L, 104-125 3-27 at New Jersey W, 123-121 3-30 at Washington L, 98-127 3-31 at Indiana L, 106-108 4-1 DALLAS L, 120-121 4-3 INDIANA W, 105-102 4-7 ATLANTA W, 120-115 4-9 MILWAUKEE L, 100-118 4-11 NEW YORK W, 97-89 4-14 at Philadelphia L, 111-110 4-15 CLEVELAND W, 120-110 4-17 NEW JERSEY L, 132-147 4-18 at Cleveland W, 116-113 (OT) (Home games in CAPS; n - neutral site)
Record 17-26 18-26 19-26 20-26 20-27 21-27 21-28 22-28 22-29 23-29 23-30 24-30 24-31 25-31 25-32 25-33 26-33 27-33 27-34 27-35 28-35 29-35 30-35 31-35 32-35 32-36 33-36 33-37 34-37 34-38 34-39 34-40 35-40 36-40 36-41 37-41 37-42 38-42 38-43 39-43
Date 10-29 10-31 11-2 11-3 11-5 11-6 11-9 11-10 11-12 11-13 11-17 11-19 11-20 11-23 11-24 11-26 11-30 12-1 12-4 12-8 12-10 12-11 12-14 12-15 12-17 12-18 12-19 12-21 12-23 12-26 12-28 12-30 1-1 1-2 1-4 1-5 1-7 1-9 1-12 1-14 1-19
Opponent ATLANTA at Indiana at Cleveland CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA at Atlanta at Washington INDIANA MILWAUKEE at New York at Philadelphia GOLDEN STATE at Chicago at Houston at Kansas City PORTLAND at Boston SAN ANTONIO BOSTON NEW YORK DALLAS at Philadelphia at New York BOSTON WASHINGTON at Cleveland at Boston at New Jersey DENVER at Milwaukee at Utah at Phoenix at San Diego at L.A. Lakers at Chicago CLEVELAND at Milwaukee at New Jersey WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA MILWAUKEE
Result W, 94-86 W, 118-115 W, 128-119 W, 152-144 L, 109-120 L, 93-95 W, 108-105 W, 115-91 W, 111-100 L, 100-112 L, 103-120 W, 106-102 L, 128-131 W, 128-106 L, 112-122 W, 132-118 (OT) W, 123-116 W, 105-97 L, 112-119 L, 109-120 L, 121-122 L, 111-128 W, 104-99 L, 104-108 L, 110-119 W, 97-90 W, 131-114 W, 102-97 L, 127-135 L, 96-106 L, 98-105 (OT) L, 98-115 W, 117-105 L, 112-127 L, 138-147 (2OT) W, 130-116 L, 92-109 L, 102-110 W, 116-100 L, 105-115 W, 107-105
Record 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 4-1 4-2 5-2 6-2 7-2 7-3 7-4 8-4 8-5 9--5 9-6 10-6 11-6 12-6 12-7 12-8 12-9 12-10 13-10 13-11 13-12 14-12 15-12 16-12 16-13 16-14 16-15 16-16 17-16 17-17 17-18 18-18 18-19 18-20 19-20 19-21 20-21
Date Opponent 1-22 ATLANTA 1-24 at Atlanta 1-26 SEATTLE 1-28 CLEVELAND 1-29 CHICAGO 2-2 at Indiana 2-3 SAN DIEGO 2-5 NEW JERSEY 2-8 at San Antonio 2-9 at Dallas 2-16 at Milwaukee 2-17 HOUSTON 2-19 PHOENIX 2-23 NEW YORK 2-24 at Atlanta 2-26 at Cleveland 3-1 at Golden State 3-3 KANSAS CITY 3-5 L.A. LAKERS 3-7 at Philadelphia 3-8 INDIANA 3-12 ATLANTA 3-13 at Indiana 3-15 at New Jersey 3-16 UTAH 3-18 MILWAUKEE 3-20 PHILADELPHIA 3-22 at Chicago 3-23 INDIANA 3-25 at Denver 3-29 at Portland 3-30 at Seattle 4-1 CLEVELAND 4-3 CHICAGO 4-5 at New York 4-6 WASHINGTON 4-8 NEW JERSEY 4-10 at Boston 4-13 BOSTON 4-15 NEW YORK 4-16 at Washington (Home games in CAPS)
Result W, 111-109 W, 112-108 L, 109-118 L, 106-107 W, 128-126 L, 135-141 L, 108-115 W, 111-101 L, 143-147 (OT) L, 113-122 L, 121-126 (OT) W, 113-110 W, 112-101 L, 107-120 L, 107-116 W, 122-102 W, 114-103 L, 118-125 L, 108-122 L, 114-123 W, 107-101 L, 119-120 L, 114-118 L, 90-109 L, 115-125 W, 103-99 (OT) L, 119-121 W, 134-116 W, 109-96 L, 120-131 L, 107-114 L, 124-135 W, 120-111 W, 122-107 L, 107-110 (OT) W, 107-96 W, 102-92 L, 113-135 W, 113-101 L, 83-100 L, 95-102
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Record 21-21 22-21 22-22 22-23 23-23 23-24 23-25 24-25 24-26 24-27 24-28 25-28 26-28 26-29 26-30 27-30 28-30 28-31 28-32 28-33 29-33 29-34 29-35 29-36 29-37 30-37 30-38 31-38 32-38 32-39 32-40 32-41 33-41 34-41 34-42 35-42 36-42 36-43 37-43 37-44 37-45
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Result W, 118-113 W, 119-106 W, 109-103 L, 82-86 L, 88-129 L, 93-95 W, 130-99 W, 117-104 L, 103-110 W, 122-97 W, 95-86 L, 95-103 W, 129-122 (OT) L, 112-114 L, 103-116 L, 100-112 L, 114-115 L, 95-105 L, 108-111 L, 101-106 (OT) L, 111-117 L, 99-105 W, 108-104 L, 96-100 W, 132-104 W, 106-98 W, 124-119 W, 96-94 L, 125-129 L, 119-130 L, 108-121 W, 124-101 L, 94-110 L, 127-130 L, 124-134 W, 122-111 L, 114-121 L, 120-128 W, 108-103 L, 117-123 W, 120-110 L, 111-123
HISTORY
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Opponent MILWAUKEE at Chicago NEW JERSEY at Washington BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CLEVELAND at Atlanta at Cleveland WASHINGTON UTAH at Milwaukee at Kansas City ATLANTA at Philadelphia at New York at Boston at Indiana MILWAUKEE NEW YORK at Seattle at Portland at Golden State INDIANA NEW YORK at Dallas at Denver CHICAGO at Washington at New Jersey at New York PHILADELPHIA PHOENIX L.A. LAKERS n - at Boston at Chicago WASHINGTON BOSTON at Milwaukee at Utah at San Diego at L.A. Lakers
RECORDS
Date 10-30 10-31 11-5 11-6 11-7 11-10 11-12 11-14 11-18 11-19 11-21 11-24 11-25 11-27 11-28 12-1 12-2 12-4 12-5 12-10 12-12 12-13 12-15 12-17 12-19 12-22 12-23 12-26 12-29 12-30 1-2 1-5 1-7 1-9 1-10 1-12 1-14 1-16 1-17 1-19 1-21 1-22
07-08 REVIEW
PLAYER G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG HI Kelly Tripucka 58 58 2252 565 1156 .489 392 464 .845 126 138 264 237 157 0 67 187 20 1536 26.5 56 Isiah Thomas 81 81 3093 725 1537 .472 368 518 .710 105 223 328 634 318 8 199 326 29 1854 22.9 46 Vinnie Johnson 82 51 2511 520 1013 .513 245 315 .778 167 186 353 301 263 2 93 152 49 1296 15.8 33 Bill Laimbeer 82 82 2871 436 877 .497 245 310 .790 282 711 993 263 320 9 51 176 118 1119 13.6 30 Terry Tyler 82 56 2543 421 880 .478 146 196 .745 180 360 540 157 221 3 103 120 160 990 12.1 32 John Long 70 30 1485 312 692 .451 111 146 .760 56 124 180 105 130 1 44 144 12 737 10.5 29 Kent Benson 21 15 599 85 182 .467 38 50 .760 53 102 155 49 61 0 14 35 17 208 9.9 18 Edgar Jones 49 25 1036 145 294 .493 117 172 .680 80 191 271 69 160 5 28 103 77 409 8.3 19 Scott May 9 1 155 21 50 .420 17 21 .810 10 16 26 12 24 1 5 13 2 59 6.6 11 Cliff Levingston 62 5 879 131 270 .485 84 147 .571 104 128 232 52 125 2 23 73 36 346 5.6 24 Ray Tolbert 28 0 395 57 124 .460 28 59 .475 26 65 91 19 56 0 10 32 23 142 5.1 20 Tom Owens 49 4 725 81 192 .422 45 66 .682 66 120 186 44 115 0 12 48 14 207 4.2 12 James Wilkes 9 0 129 11 34 .324 12 15 .800 9 10 19 10 22 0 3 5 1 34 3.8 8 Walker D. Russell 68 1 757 67 184 .364 47 58 .810 19 54 73 131 71 0 16 92 1 183 2.7 16 Ricky Pierce 39 1 265 33 88 .375 18 32 .563 15 20 35 14 42 0 8 18 4 85 2.2 13 Jim Smith 4 0 18 3 4 .750 2 4 .500 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 2.0 5 Jim Johnstone 16 0 137 9 20 .450 6 15 .400 11 19 30 10 24 0 2 11 6 24 1.5 4 Jim Zoet 7 0 30 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 3 5 8 1 9 0 1 4 3 2 0.3 2 PISTONS 82 — — 3623 7602 .477 1921 2588 .742 1312 2477 3789 2108 2122 31 679 1557 572 9239 112.7 152 OPPONENTS 82 — — 3802 7679 .495 1647 2287 .720 1266 2594 3860 2252 2326 43 761 1580 561 9272 113.1 147 3-point FG: Detroit 72-272 (.265), Tripucka 14-37 (.378), Thomas 36-125 (.288), Johnson 11-40 (.275), Laimbeer 2-13 (.154), Tyler 2-15 (.133), Long 2-7 (.286), Benson 0-1 (.000), Jones 2-6 (.333), Levingston 0-1 (.000), Tolbert 0-1 (.000), Wilkes 0-1 (.000), Russell 2-18 (.111), Pierce 1-7 (.143). Opponents 21-182 (.115).
PLAYERS
1982-83 REGULAR SEASON (37-45)
PLAYER G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG HI John Long 69 66 2211 637 1294 .492 238 275 .865 95 162 257 148 173 0 65 167 25 1514 21.9 41 Kelly Tripucka 82 82 3077 636 1281 .496 495 621 .797 219 224 443 270 241 0 89 280 16 1772 21.6 49 Isiah Thomas 72 72 2433 453 1068 .424 302 429 .704 57 152 209 565 253 2 150 299 17 1225 17.0 34 Bill Laimbeer 30 30 935 146 283 .516 91 112 .813 110 230 340 55 126 2 17 60 34 384 12.8 24 Kent Benson 75 72 2467 405 802 .505 127 158 .804 219 434 653 159 214 2 66 160 98 940 12.5 27 Phil Hubbard 52 38 1104 207 410 .505 106 163 .650 101 171 272 67 176 1 38 99 16 520 10.0 20 Terry Tyler 82 0 1989 336 643 .523 142 192 .740 154 339 493 126 182 1 77 121 160 815 9.9 22 Greg Kelser 11 0 183 35 86 .407 27 41 .659 13 26 39 12 32 0 5 22 7 97 8.8 14 Edgar Jones 48 19 802 142 259 .548 90 129 .698 70 137 207 40 149 3 28 66 92 375 7.8 25 Vinnie Johnson 67 15 1191 208 422 .493 98 130 .754 75 69 144 160 93 0 50 91 23 517 7.7 20 Kenny Carr 28 6 444 77 168 .458 53 82 .646 53 84 137 23 69 0 6 40 6 207 7.4 16 Steve Hayes 26 0 416 46 93 .495 25 41 .610 32 68 100 24 54 0 3 17 18 117 4.5 9 Alan Hardy 38 0 487 54 111 .486 18 29 .621 14 20 34 20 32 0 9 20 4 142 3.7 13 Ron Lee 81 8 1467 88 246 .358 84 119 .706 35 120 155 312 221 3 116 123 20 278 3.4 11 Paul Mokeski 39 3 523 49 111 .441 25 33 .758 35 87 122 24 103 2 13 39 23 123 3.2 9 Jeff Judkins 30 0 251 31 81 .383 16 26 .615 14 20 34 14 33 0 6 9 5 79 2.6 8 Glenn Hagan 4 0 25 3 7 .429 1 1 1.000 2 2 4 8 7 0 3 1 0 7 1.8 5 Larry Wright 1 0 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 PISTONS 82 — — 3561 7391 .482 1938 2581 .751 1298 2345 3643 2027 2160 16 741 1629 564 9112 111.1 132 OPPONENTS 82 — — 3743 7362 .508 1648 2211 .745 1159 2434 3593 2191 2383 40 782 1637 581 9187 112.0 147 3-point FG: Detroit 52-213 (.244), Long 2-15 (.133), Tripucka 5-22 (.227), Thomas 17-59 (.288), Laimbeer 1-7 (.143), Benson 3-11 (.273), Hubbard 0-3 (.000), Tyler 1-4 (.250), Kelser 0-3 (.000), Jones 1-2 (.500), Johnson 3-11 (.273), Carr 0-1 (.000), Hardy 0-5 (.000), Lee 18-59 (.305), Mokeski 0-1 (.000), Judkins 1-10 (.100). Opponents 41-175 (.234).
LEADERSHIP
1981-82 REGULAR SEASON (39-43)
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