1988-89 Detroit Pistons season

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1988-89 Detroit Pistons 1st NBA Title
NBA Affiliations
Eastern Conference (Since 1978-79) Central Division (Since 1978-79)
Location
The Palace of Auburn Hills (Since 1988) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1957)
1988-89 Information
Owner(s)	William Davidson
Coach	Chuck Daly
Local television
Local radio

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 NBA Draft 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 3 Player stats 3.1 Regular season 3.2 Playoffs 4 NBA Finals 5 Award winners 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	30	Fennis Dembo	Forward	United States	Wyoming
2	48	Micheal Williams	Guard	United States	Baylor
3	72	Lee Johnson	Forward	United States	Norfolk State

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Central Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Detroit Pistons	63	19	.768	-
Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	6
Atlanta Hawks	52	30	.634	11
Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	14
Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	16
Indiana Pacers	28	54	.341	35

[edit] Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

[edit] Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Aguirre, Mark Mark Aguirre	36	32	29.7	.483	.293	.738	4.2	2.5	.44	.19	15.5
Dantley, Adrian Adrian Dantley	42	42	31.9	.521	.000	.839	3.9	2.2	.55	.14	18.4
Dawkins, Darryl Darryl Dawkins	14	0	3.4	.474	.000	.500	.5	.1	.00	.07	1.9
Dembo, Fennis Fennis Dembo	31	0	2.4	.333	.000	.800	.7	.2	.03	.00	1.2
Dumars, Joe Joe Dumars	69	67	34.9	.505	.483	.850	2.5	5.7	.91	.07	17.2
Edwards, James James Edwards	76	1	16.5	.500	.000	.686	3.0	.6	.14	.41	7.3
Harris, Steve Steve Harris	3	0	2.3	.250	.000	1.000	.7	.0	.33	.00	1.3
Johnson, Vinnie Vinnie Johnson	82	21	25.3	.464	.295	.734	3.1	3.0	.90	.21	13.8
Laimbeer, Bill Bill Laimbeer	81	81	32.6	.499	.349	.840	9.6	2.2	.63	1.23	13.7
Long, John John Long	24	1	6.3	.475	.000	.846	.5	.6	.00	.08	2.0
Mahorn, Rick Rick Mahorn	72	61	24.9	.517	.000	.748	6.9	.8	.56	.92	7.2
Mannion, Pace Pace Mannion	5	0	2.8	1.000	.000	.000	.6	.0	.20	.00	.8
Rodman, Dennis Dennis Rodman	82	8	26.9	.595	.231	.626	9.4	1.2	.67	.93	9.0
Rowinski, Jim Jim Rowinski	6	0	1.3	.000	.000	1.000	.3	.0	.00	.00	.7
Salley, John John Salley	67	21	21.8	.498	.000	.692	5.0	1.1	.60	1.07	7.0
Thomas, Isiah Isiah Thomas	80	76	36.6	.464	.273	.818	3.4	8.3	1.66	.25	18.2
Williams, Micheal Micheal Williams	49	0	7.3	.364	.222	.660	.6	1.4	.27	.06	2.6

[edit] Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Aguirre, Mark Mark Aguirre	17		27.2	.489	.276	.737	4.4	1.6	.47	.18	12.6
Dembo, Fennis Fennis Dembo	2		2.0	1.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	1.0
Dumars, Joe Joe Dumars	17		36.5	.455	.083	.861	2.6	5.6	.71	.06	17.6
Edwards, James James Edwards	17		18.6	.471	.000	.784	2.1	.7	.06	.47	7.1
Johnson, Vinnie Vinnie Johnson	17		21.9	.455	.417	.758	2.6	2.5	.24	.18	14.1
Laimbeer, Bill Bill Laimbeer	17		29.2	.465	.357	.806	8.2	1.8	.35	.47	10.1
Long, John John Long	4		2.0	1.000	.000	1.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	1.2
Mahorn, Rick Rick Mahorn	17		21.2	.580	.000	.654	5.1	.4	.53	.76	5.7
Rodman, Dennis Dennis Rodman	17		24.1	.529	.000	.686	10.0	.9	.35	.71	5.8
Salley, John John Salley	17		23.1	.586	.000	.667	4.6	.5	.53	1.47	8.9
Thomas, Isiah Isiah Thomas	17		37.2	.412	.267	.740	4.3	8.3	1.59	.24	18.2
Williams, Micheal Micheal Williams	4		1.5	.000	.000	1.000	.5	.5	.25	.00	.5

[edit] NBA Finals

Game	Home Team	Road Team	series
Game 1:	L.A. Lakers 97	at Detroit 109	1-0
Game 2:	L.A. Lakers 105	at Detroit 108	2-0
Game 3:	Detroit 114	at L.A. Lakers 110	3-0
Game 4:	Detroit 105	at L.A. Lakers 97	4-0

Pistons win series 4-0

[edit] Award winners

• Joe Dumars, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

[edit] External links

• Detroit Pistons on Database Basketball
• Detroit Pistons on Basketball Reference

[edit] References

v • d • e 1988–89 NBA season by team 1988 NBA Expansion Draft • 1988 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions East Atlantic Boston • Charlotte • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington Central Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee West Midwest Dallas • Denver • Houston • Miami • San Antonio • Utah Pacific Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle

v • d • e Detroit Pistons 1988-89 NBA Champions 4 Dumars (Finals MVP) | 10 Rodman | 11 Thomas | 15 Johnson | 22 Salley | 23 Aguirre | 24 Williams | 25 Long | 34 Dembo | 40 Laimbeer | 44 Mahorn | 53 Edwards | Coach Daly

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