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1988–89 Detroit Pistons season
First NBA Championship
Head coach	Chuck Daly
Owner(s)	William Davidson
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills

Results
Record	63–19 (.768)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	PASS Sports, WKBD
Radio	WCXI
Detroit Pistons seasons
< 1987–88	1989–90 >

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NBA Draft
2 Roster
- 2.1 Depth chart
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Season standings
4 Playoffs
5 Player stats
- 5.1 Regular season
- 5.2 Playoffs
6 NBA finals
7 Award winners
8 External links
9 References

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	30	Fennis Dembo	Forward	United States	Wyoming
2	48	Micheal Williams	Guard	United States	Baylor
3	72	Lee Johnson	Forward	United States	Norfolk State

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Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Bill Laimbeer	James Edwards
PF	Rick Mahorn	John Salley
SF	Mark Aguirre	Dennis Rodman	Fennis Dembo
SG	Joe Dumars	Vinnie Johnson	John Long
PG	Isiah Thomas		Micheal Williams

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	63	19	.768	–	37–4	26–15	20–10
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	6	37–4	20–21	19–11
x-Atlanta Hawks	52	30	.634	11	33–8	19–22	20–10
x-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	14	31–10	18–23	11–19
x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	16	30–11	17–24	12–18
Indiana Pacers	28	54	.341	35	20–21	8–33	8–22

Playoffs

East First Round

(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Boston Celtics: Pistons win series 3-0

Game 1 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (April 28): Detroit 101, Boston 91
Game 2 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (April 30): Detroit 102, Boston 95
Game 3 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 2): Detroit 100, Boston 85

Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4-2)

East Conference Semifinals

(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks: Pistons win series 4-0

Game 1 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (May 10): Detroit 85, Milwaukee 80
Game 2 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (May 12): Detroit 112, Milwaukee 92
Game 3 @ Bradley Center, Milwaukee (May 14): Detroit 110, Milwaukee 90
Game 4 @ Bradley Center, Milwaukee (May 15): Detroit 96, Milwaukee 94

Last Playoff Meeting: 1976 Western Conference First Round (Detroit won 2-1)

East Conference Finals

(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Chicago Bulls: Pistons win series 4-2

Game 1 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (May 21): Chicago 94, Detroit 88
Game 2 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (May 23): Detroit 100, Chicago 91
Game 3 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 27): Chicago 99, Detroit 97
Game 4 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 29): Detroit 86, Chicago 80
Game 5 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills (May 31): Detroit 94, Chicago 85
Game 6 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (June 2): Detroit 103, Chicago 94

Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-1)

Player stats

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Aguirre, Mark !Mark Aguirre	36	32	29.7	.483	.293	.738	4.2	2.5	.44	.19	15.5
Dantley, Adrian !Adrian Dantley	42	42	31.9	.521	.000	.839	3.9	2.2	.55	.14	18.4
Dawkins, Darryl !Darryl Dawkins	14	0	3.4	.474	.000	.500	.5	.1	.00	.07	1.9
Dembo, Fennis !Fennis Dembo	31	0	2.4	.333	.000	.800	.7	.2	.03	.00	1.2
Dumars, Joe !Joe Dumars	69	67	34.9	.505	.483	.850	2.5	5.7	.91	.07	17.2
Edwards, James !James Edwards	76	1	16.5	.500	.000	.686	3.0	.6	.14	.41	7.3
Harris, Steve !Steve Harris	3	0	2.3	.250	.000	1.000	.7	.0	.33	.00	1.3
Johnson, Vinnie !Vinnie Johnson	82	21	25.3	.464	.295	.734	3.1	3.0	.90	.21	13.8
Laimbeer, Bill !Bill Laimbeer	81	81	32.6	.499	.349	.840	9.6	2.2	.63	1.23	13.7
Long, John !John Long	24	1	6.3	.475	.000	.846	.5	.6	.00	.08	2.0
Mahorn, Rick !Rick Mahorn	72	61	24.9	.517	.000	.748	6.9	.8	.56	.92	7.2
Mannion, Pace !Pace Mannion	5	0	2.8	1.000	.000	.000	.6	.0	.20	.00	.8
Rodman, Dennis !Dennis Rodman	82	8	26.9	.595	.231	.626	9.4	1.2	.67	.93	9.0
Rowinski, Jim !Jim Rowinski	6	0	1.3	.000	.000	1.000	.3	.0	.00	.00	.7
Salley, John !John Salley	67	21	21.8	.498	.000	.692	5.0	1.1	.60	1.07	7.0
Thomas, Isiah !Isiah Thomas	80	76	36.6	.464	.273	.818	3.4	8.3	1.66	.25	18.2
Williams, Micheal !Micheal Williams	49	0	7.3	.364	.222	.660	.6	1.4	.27	.06	2.6

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Aguirre, Mark !Mark Aguirre	17	27.2	.489	.276	.737	4.4	1.6	.47	.18	12.6
Dembo, Fennis !Fennis Dembo	2	2.0	1.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	1.0
Dumars, Joe !Joe Dumars	17	36.5	.455	.083	.861	2.6	5.6	.71	.06	17.6
Edwards, James !James Edwards	17	18.6	.471	.000	.784	2.1	.7	.06	.47	7.1
Johnson, Vinnie !Vinnie Johnson	17	21.9	.455	.417	.758	2.6	2.5	.24	.18	14.1
Laimbeer, Bill !Bill Laimbeer	17	29.2	.465	.357	.806	8.2	1.8	.35	.47	10.1
Long, John !John Long	4	2.0	1.000	.000	1.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	1.2
Mahorn, Rick !Rick Mahorn	17	21.2	.580	.000	.654	5.1	.4	.53	.76	5.7
Rodman, Dennis !Dennis Rodman	17	24.1	.529	.000	.686	10.0	.9	.35	.71	5.8
Salley, John !John Salley	17	23.1	.586	.000	.667	4.6	.5	.53	1.47	8.9
Thomas, Isiah !Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	.412	.267	.740	4.3	8.3	1.59	.24	18.2
Williams, Micheal !Micheal Williams	4	1.5	.000	.000	1.000	.5	.5	.25	.00	.5

NBA finals

Game	Home Team	Road Team	series
Game 1:	L.A. Lakers 97	at Detroit 109	1-0
Game 2:	L.A. Lakers 105	at Detroit 108	2-0
Game 3:	Detroit 114	at L.A. Lakers 110	3-0
Game 4:	Detroit 105	at L.A. Lakers 97	4-0

Pistons win series 4-0

Award winners

Joe Dumars, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

External links

References

^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1988&lg=N

1988–89 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Charlotte New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Miami San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

v t e Detroit Pistons 1988–89 NBA Champions

4 Joe Dumars (Finals MVP) 10 Dennis Rodman 11 Isiah Thomas 15 Vinnie Johnson 22 John Salley 23 Mark Aguirre 24 Micheal Williams 25 John Long 34 Fennis Dembo 40 Bill Laimbeer 44 Rick Mahorn 53 James Edwards Head coach Chuck Daly Assistant coaches Brendan Malone Brendan Suhr

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