1983–84 Detroit Pistons season

1983–84 Detroit Pistons season
Head coach Chuck Daly
General manager Jack McCloskey
Owner(s) William Davidson
Arena Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record 49–33 (.598)
Place Division: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish East First Round
(eliminated 2-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1983-84 NBA season was the Pistons' 36th season in the NBA and 27th season in the city of Detroit.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Antoine CarrPF/C United StatesWichita State
355Erich Santifer United StatesSyracuse
478Steve Bouchie United StatesIndiana
5101Ken AustinPF United StatesRice
6124Derek Perry United StatesMichigan State
7147Rob Gonzalez United StatesColorado
8170George Wenzel United StatesAugustana (IL)
9193Marlow McLain United StatesEastern Michigan
10214Ike Person United StatesMichigan

Roster

No. Name Pos. Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
34 Ken Austin SF 6-9 205 1961-07-15 Rice
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 1954-12-27 Indiana
23 Earl Cureton C 6-9 210 1957-09-03 Detroit Mercy
9 Lionel Hollins PG 6-3 185 1953-10-19 Arizona State
15 Vinnie Johnson SG 6-2 200 1956-09-01 Baylor
40 Bill Laimbeer C 6-11 245 1957-05-19 Notre Dame
53 Cliff Levingston PF 6-8 210 1961-01-04 Wichita State
25 John Long SG 6-5 195 1956-08-28 Detroit Mercy
33 Walker Russell PG 6-5 195 1960-10-21 Western Michigan
22 David Thirdkill SF 6-7 195 1960-04-12 Bradley
11 Isiah Thomas PG 6-1 180 1961-04-30 Indiana
24 Ray Tolbert 6-9 225 1958-09-10 Indiana
7 Kelly Tripucka SF 6-6 220 1959-02-16 Notre Dame
41 Terry Tyler SF 6-7 215 1956-10-30 Detroit Mercy

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5032.610–30–1120–2119–10
x-Detroit Pistons 4933.598130–1119–2221–8
x-Atlanta Hawks 4042.4881031–109–3216–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 2854.3412223–185–3611–19
Chicago Bulls 2755.3292318–239–3210–20
Indiana Pacers 2656.3172420–216–3512–18
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6220.756–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5032.61012
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5230.63410
4 x-Detroit Pistons4933.59813
5 x-New York Knicks4735.57315
6 x-New Jersey Nets4537.54917
7 x-Atlanta Hawks4042.48822
8 x-Washington Bullets3547.42727
9 Cleveland Cavaliers2854.34134
10 Chicago Bulls2755.32935
11 Indiana Pacers2656.31736
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1983-84 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–54–23–31–10–22–41–11–14–20–20–23–33–34–15–11–10–21–11–11–11–14–2
Boston 5–0—5–06–02–02–04–22–01–15–12–00–25–14–23–32–42–02–02–01–12–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–5—2–41–10–21–52–00–23–31–10–22–42–42–42–31–12–00–21–10–21–12–4
Cleveland 3–30–64–2—1–10–21–51–11–12–40–20–21–52–31–52–41–11–11–11–11–10–24–1
Dallas 1–10–21–11–1—4–20–24–14–22–03–33–20–21–10–21–13–22–34–24–11–44–20–2
Denver 2–00–22–02–02–4—1–12–34–20–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–31–43–33–22–33–30–2
Detroit 4–22–45–15–12–01–1—1–11–14–21–11–13–21–44–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–13–3
Golden State 1–10–20–21–11–43–21–1—2–32–04–13–30–21–11–11–11–52–43–23–34–21–42–0
Houston 1–11–12–01–12–42–41–13–2—1–12–41–41–10–20–20–22–31–42–42–33–21–50–2
Indiana 2–41–53–34–20–22–02–40–21–1—0–21–11–51–52–40–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Kansas City 2–00–21–12–03–32–41–11–44–22–0—0–50–22–00–20–22–32–35–13–21–43–32–0
Los Angeles 2–02–02–02–02–34–11–13–34–11–15–0—2–01–10–21–13–35–12–34–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee 3–31–54–25–12–01–12–32–01–15–12–00–2—4–24–12–42–01–11–11–11–11–15–1
New Jersey 3–32–44–23–21–11–14–11–12–05–10–21–12–4—3–33–32–00–20–22–01–11–14–2
New York 1–43–34–15–12–01–12–41–12–04–22–02–01–43–3—2–41–10–22–02–01–12–04–2
Philadelphia 1–54–23–24–21–11–13–31–12–05–02–01–14–23–34–2—1–11–12–02–01–12–04–2
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–25–13–21–13–23–30–20–21–11–1—2–45–04–22–41–42–0
Portland 2–00–20–21–13–24–11–14–24–11–13–21–51–12–02–01–14–2—4–14–24–21–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–22–01–12–43–31–12–34–22–01–53–21–12–00–20–20–51–4—4–12–34–21–1
San Diego 1–11–11–11–11–42–30–23–33–21–12–32–41–10–20–20–22–42–41–4—3–32–31–1
Seattle 1–10–22–01–14–13–21–12–42–31–14–13–31–11–11–11–14–22–43–23–3—1–41–1
Utah 1–11–11–12–02–43–31–14–15–11–13–31–41–11–10–20–24–14–12–43–24–1—1–1
Washington 2–42–44–21–42–02–03–30–22–04–10–21–11–52–42–42–40–21–11–11–11–11–1—

Playoffs

East First Round

(4) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) New York Knicks: Knicks win series 3-2

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Pistons and Knicks.

Player statistics

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

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1983-84 Detroit Pistons

See also

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