# Temporada 1979-80 de los Detroit Pistons

La temporada 1979-80 fue la trigésimo segunda de los Pistons en la NBA, y la vigesimotercera en su localización de Detroit, Míchigan. La temporada regular acabaron con 16 victorias y 66 derrotas, ocupando la undécima y última posición de la Conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 4 | Greg Kelser | Alero | Estados Unidos | Michigan State |
| 1 | 10 | Roy Hamilton | Base | Estados Unidos | UCLA |
| 1 | 15 | Phil Hubbard | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Michigan |
| 3 | 48 | Terry Duerod | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Detroit |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Atlanta Hawks | 50 | 32 | .610 | – | 32–9 | 18–23 | 21–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 20–10 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 27–14 | 14–27 | 14–16 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 28–13 | 9–32 | 16–14 |
| Indiana Pacers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 26–15 | 11–30 | 15–15 |
| Detroit Pistons | 16 | 66 | .195 | 34 | 13–28 | 3–38 | 4–26 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bob Lanier | 31 | 37 | 37.6 | 8.6 | 15.8 | .546 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 4.4 | 5.7 | .781 | 2.9 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 21.7 |
| 2 | Bob McAdoo | 28 | 58 | 36.2 | 8.5 | 17.7 | .480 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .125 | 4.1 | 5.6 | .730 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 21.1 |
| 3 | John Long | 23 | 69 | 34.3 | 8.5 | 16.9 | .505 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .083 | 2.3 | 2.8 | .825 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 19.4 |
| 4 | Terry Tyler | 23 | 82 | 32.6 | 5.2 | 11.3 | .465 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 1.7 | 2.3 | .765 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 12.3 |
| 5 | Kent Benson | 25 | 17 | 29.5 | 5.1 | 11.0 | .460 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .250 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .750 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 12.1 |
| 6 | Jim McElroy | 26 | 36 | 28.1 | 4.5 | 9.9 | .455 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .214 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .798 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 11.7 |
| 7 | Eric Money | 24 | 55 | 26.7 | 4.7 | 9.3 | .508 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.5 | 1.9 | .779 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 10.9 |
| 8 | Ron Lee | 27 | 31 | 25.9 | 2.7 | 6.9 | .393 | 0.7 | 1.8 | .393 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .660 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 7.3 |
| 9 | Leon Douglas | 25 | 70 | 25.5 | 3.2 | 6.5 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .676 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 8.1 |
| 10 | John Shumate | 27 | 9 | 25.3 | 3.9 | 7.2 | .538 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.9 | 2.8 | .680 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 9.7 |
| 11 | Greg Kelser | 22 | 50 | 24.7 | 5.6 | 11.9 | .472 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .200 | 2.9 | 4.1 | .719 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 14.2 |
| 12 | Terry Duerod | 23 | 67 | 19.9 | 4.2 | 8.9 | .472 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .283 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .682 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 13 | Phil Hubbard | 23 | 64 | 18.6 | 3.3 | 7.0 | .466 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.6 | 3.4 | .750 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 9.1 |
| 14 | Steve Malovic | 23 | 10 | 16.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | .320 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.4 | .714 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| 15 | Roy Hamilton | 22 | 72 | 15.5 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .401 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 2.1 | .687 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| 16 | Earl Evans | 24 | 36 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .450 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .389 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .571 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 17 | Jackie Robinson | 24 | 7 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 2.4 | .529 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .818 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.9 |