# Temporada 1978-79 de los Detroit Pistons

La temporada 1978-79 fue la trigésimo primera de los Pistons en la NBA, y la vigesimosegunda en su localización de Detroit, Míchigan. La temporada regular acabaron con 30 victorias y 52 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 | 23 | Terry Tyler | G/F | Estados Unidos | Detroit |
| 2 | 29 | John Long | G/F | Estados Unidos | Detroit |
| 8 | 157 | Earl Evans | F | Estados Unidos | UNLV |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 29–12 | 19–22 | 11–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 12–8 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 | 34–7 | 12–29 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 20–21 | 10–31 | 6–14 |
| Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 22–19 | 8–33 | 9–11 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 22 | 21–20 | 8–33 | 9–15 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | M.L. Carr | 28 | 80 | 40.1 | 7.3 | 14.3 | .514 | 4.0 | 5.4 | .743 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 18.7 |
| 2 | Kevin Porter | 28 | 82 | 37.4 | 6.5 | 13.5 | .481 | 2.3 | 3.2 | .722 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 13.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 15.4 |
| 3 | Chris Ford | 30 | 3 | 36.0 | 4.3 | 11.7 | .371 | 2.3 | 2.7 | .875 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 4 | Bob Lanier | 30 | 53 | 34.6 | 9.2 | 17.9 | .515 | 5.2 | 6.9 | .749 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 23.6 |
| 5 | Terry Tyler | 22 | 82 | 31.2 | 5.6 | 11.5 | .482 | 1.8 | 2.7 | .658 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 12.9 |
| 6 | John Long | 22 | 82 | 30.5 | 7.1 | 15.1 | .469 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .826 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 16.1 |
| 7 | Leon Douglas | 24 | 78 | 28.4 | 4.4 | 8.9 | .490 | 2.7 | 4.2 | .634 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 11.4 |
| 8 | Ben Poquette | 23 | 76 | 17.6 | 2.6 | 6.1 | .427 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .782 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 6.7 |
| 9 | Rickey Green | 24 | 27 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 6.6 | .379 | 1.7 | 2.5 | .672 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.6 |
| 10 | Earl Tatum | 25 | 76 | 15.7 | 3.6 | 8.0 | .448 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .727 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Jim Brewer | 27 | 25 | 12.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .450 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .200 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Otis Howard | 22 | 11 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 4.1 | .422 | 1.0 | 2.1 | .478 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 13 | Andre Wakefield | 24 | 71 | 8.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | .352 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .696 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| 14 | Dennis Boyd | 24 | 5 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 15 | Bubbles Hawkins | 24 | 4 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 | .375 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 16 | Essie Hollis | 23 | 25 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | .400 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .750 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| 17 | Larry McNeill | 28 | 11 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .450 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .917 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| 18 | Steve Sheppard | 24 | 20 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | .480 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .533 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 19 | Gus Gerard | 25 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | .333 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 20 | Ron Behagen | 28 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| M. L. Carr | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |
| Terry Tyler | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Bob Lanier | All-Star |