1988–89 Detroit Pistons season

1988–89 Detroit Pistons season
First NBA Championship
Head coach Chuck Daly
Owner(s) William Davidson
Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record 63–19 (.768)
Place Division: 1st (Central)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television PASS Sports, WKBD
Radio WCXI
Detroit Pistons seasons
< 1987–88 1989–90 >

Contents

Offseason

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

[1]

Roster

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Bill Laimbeer James Edwards
PF Rick Mahorn John Salley
SF Mark Aguirre Dennis Rodman Fennis Dembo
SG Joe Dumars Vinnie Johnson John Long
PG Isiah Thomas Micheal Williams

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 63 19 .768 – 37–4 26–15 20–10
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 57 25 .695 6 37–4 20–21 19–11
x-Atlanta Hawks 52 30 .634 11 33–8 19–22 20–10
x-Milwaukee Bucks 49 33 .598 14 31–10 18–23 11–19
x-Chicago Bulls 47 35 .573 16 30–11 17–24 12–18
Indiana Pacers 28 54 .341 35 20–21 8–33 8–22

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

Regular season

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

Playoffs

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

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

Award winners

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1988&lg=N
Eastern
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Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee
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Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle

4 Joe Dumars (Finals MVP) | 10 Dennis Rodman | 11 Isiah Thomas | 15 Vinnie Johnson | 22 John Salley | 23 Mark Aguirre | 24 Micheal Williams | 25 John Long | 34 Fennis Dembo | 40 Bill Laimbeer | 44 Rick Mahorn | 53 James Edwards
Head coach Chuck Daly
Assistant coaches Brendan Malone | Brendan Suhr
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