# Temporada 1977-78 de los Detroit Pistons

La temporada 1977-78 fue la trigésima de los Pistons en la NBA, y la vigesimoprimera en su localización de Detroit, Míchigan. La temporada regular acabaron con 38 victorias y 44 derrotas, ocupando la novena posición de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 2 | 36 | Ben Poquette | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Central Michigan |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 33–8 | 15–26 | 11–9 |
| x-Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | 28–13 | 16–25 | 14–6 |
| Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 29–12 | 11–30 | 8–12 |
| Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 24–17 | 14–27 | 8–12 |
| Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 21–20 | 10–31 | 8–12 |
| Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 22–19 | 9–32 | 11–9 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bob Lanier | 29 | 63 | 36.7 | 9.9 | 18.4 | .537 | 4.7 | 6.1 | .772 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 24.5 |
| 2 | John Shumate | 25 | 62 | 35.0 | 5.1 | 10.0 | .508 | 5.3 | 6.6 | .797 | 2.0 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 15.5 |
| 3 | Eric Money | 22 | 76 | 33.6 | 7.9 | 15.8 | .500 | 2.8 | 3.9 | .718 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 18.6 |
| 4 | M.L. Carr | 27 | 79 | 32.4 | 4.9 | 10.8 | .455 | 2.5 | 3.4 | .738 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 12.4 |
| 5 | Chris Ford | 29 | 82 | 31.5 | 4.6 | 9.5 | .481 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .734 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 10.5 |
| 6 | Leon Douglas | 23 | 79 | 25.2 | 4.1 | 8.4 | .481 | 2.8 | 4.4 | .641 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Jim Price | 28 | 34 | 24.7 | 4.5 | 10.7 | .421 | 2.5 | 3.0 | .816 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Ralph Simpson | 28 | 32 | 23.1 | 4.5 | 10.8 | .413 | 1.7 | 2.0 | .844 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| 9 | Marvin Barnes | 25 | 12 | 22.4 | 4.4 | 9.8 | .449 | 1.2 | 2.4 | .483 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Al Skinner | 25 | 69 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 5.6 | .468 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .774 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Gus Gerard | 24 | 47 | 17.1 | 3.3 | 7.6 | .434 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .688 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 7.9 |
| 12 | Willie Norwood | 30 | 16 | 16.3 | 2.1 | 5.1 | .415 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .690 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Kevin Porter | 27 | 8 | 15.9 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .452 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .692 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
| 14 | Al Eberhard | 25 | 37 | 15.6 | 1.9 | 4.3 | .444 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .672 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
| 15 | Howard Porter | 29 | 8 | 13.4 | 2.0 | 5.4 | .372 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .571 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| 16 | Ben Poquette | 22 | 52 | 12.0 | 1.8 | 4.3 | .422 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .700 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 17 | Jim Bostic | 25 | 4 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 5.5 | .545 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .400 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Wayman Britt | 25 | 7 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | .300 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .750 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Bob Lanier | All-Star |