# Temporada 1982-83 de los Detroit Pistons

La temporada 1982-83 fue la trigésimo quinta de los Pistons en la NBA, y la vigesimosexta en su localización de Detroit, Míchigan. La temporada regular acabaron con 37 victorias y 45 derrotas, ocupando la octava posición de la Conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 9 | Cliff Levingston | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Wichita State |
| 1 | 18 | Ricky Pierce | Alero | Estados Unidos | Rice |
| 4 | 78 | Walker Russell | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Western Michigan |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 31–10 | 20–21 | 22–7 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 8 | 26–15 | 17–24 | 21–8 |
| Detroit Pistons | 37 | 45 | .451 | 14 | 23–18 | 14–27 | 19–11 |
| Chicago Bulls | 28 | 54 | .341 | 23 | 18–23 | 10–31 | 13–17 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 28 | 15–26 | 8–33 | 8–22 |
| Indiana Pacers | 20 | 62 | .244 | 31 | 14–27 | 6–35 | 6–24 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Kelly Tripucka | 23 | 58 | 58 | 38.8 | 9.7 | 19.9 | .489 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .378 | 6.8 | 8.0 | .845 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 26.5 |
| 2 | Isiah Thomas | 21 | 81 | 81 | 38.2 | 9.0 | 19.0 | .472 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .288 | 4.5 | 6.4 | .710 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 22.9 |
| 3 | Bill Laimbeer | 25 | 82 | 82 | 35.0 | 5.3 | 10.7 | .497 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .154 | 3.0 | 3.8 | .790 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 12.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 13.6 |
| 4 | Terry Tyler | 26 | 82 | 56 | 31.0 | 5.1 | 10.7 | .478 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .133 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .745 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 12.1 |
| 5 | Vinnie Johnson | 26 | 82 | 51 | 30.6 | 6.3 | 12.4 | .513 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .275 | 3.0 | 3.8 | .778 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 15.8 |
| 6 | Kent Benson | 28 | 21 | 15 | 28.5 | 4.0 | 8.7 | .467 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .760 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 9.9 |
| 7 | John Long | 26 | 70 | 30 | 21.2 | 4.5 | 9.9 | .451 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .286 | 1.6 | 2.1 | .760 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| 8 | Edgar Jones | 26 | 49 | 25 | 21.1 | 3.0 | 6.0 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .333 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .680 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| 9 | Scott May | 28 | 9 | 1 | 17.2 | 2.3 | 5.6 | .420 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.9 | 2.3 | .810 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
| 10 | Tom Owens | 33 | 49 | 4 | 14.8 | 1.7 | 3.9 | .422 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.9 | 1.3 | .682 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| 11 | James Wilkes | 24 | 9 | 0 | 14.3 | 1.2 | 3.8 | .324 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .800 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| 12 | Cliff Levingston | 22 | 62 | 5 | 14.2 | 2.1 | 4.4 | .485 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 2.4 | .571 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| 13 | Ray Tolbert | 24 | 28 | 0 | 14.1 | 2.0 | 4.4 | .460 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 2.1 | .475 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
| 14 | Walker Russell | 22 | 68 | 1 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .111 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .810 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 15 | Jim Johnstone | 22 | 16 | 0 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | .450 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.9 | .400 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 16 | Ricky Pierce | 23 | 39 | 1 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .375 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .143 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .563 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 17 | Jim Smith | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 18 | Jim Zoet | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .200 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Isiah Thomas | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| Bill Laimbeer | All-Star |