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1978-79 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Pistons 1978-79 Season Recap

Moving into the spacious Silverdome the Pistons hire a new Coach Dick Vitale who had been the popular coach at Detroit-Mercy University. In addition to a new arena and coach the Pistons found themselves in a new division as they were back in the Eastern Division playing in the Central Division. However, the Pistons would continue to struggle as they finished in 5th place with an awful 30-52 record.

1979 Pistons

1978-79 Detroit PistonsPistons

Missed Playoffs

30-52 (.366)

5th place in NBA Eastern Conference Central Division

Head Coach

Dick Vitale

General Manager

Bill Davidson

Team Owner

Bill Davidson

Arena

Silverdome

Attendance

389,936 total
9,511 per game

1979 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 4 Greg Kelser

1 10 Roy Hamilton

1 15 Phil Hubbard

2 29 Tony Price

3 48 Terry Duerod

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Missed Playoffs

1979 Draft Picks

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