Temporada 1972-73 de los Detroit Pistons
# Temporada 1972-73 de los Detroit Pistons

La temporada 1972-73 fue la vigésimo quinta de los Pistons en la NBA, y la decimosexta en su localización de Detroit, Míchigan. La temporada regular acabaron con 40 victorias y 42 derrotas, ocupando la quinta posición de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Bob Nash | Alero | Estados Unidos | Hawaiʻi |
| 2 | 17 | Chris Ford | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Villanova |
| 8 | 117 | Ben Kelso | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Central Michigan |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 33–5 | 25–15 | 2–2 | 15–5 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9 | 29–12 | 20–19 | 2–0 | 10–10 |
| Detroit Pistons | 40 | 42 | .488 | 20 | 26–15 | 13–25 | 1–2 | 9–11 |
| Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 36 | 46 | .439 | 24 | 24–17 | 12–29 | – | 6–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dave Bing | 29 | 82 | 41.0 | 8.4 | 18.8 | .448 | 5.6 | 6.8 | .814 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 22.4 |
| 2 | Bob Lanier | 24 | 81 | 38.9 | 10.0 | 20.4 | .490 | 3.8 | 4.9 | .773 | 14.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 23.8 |
| 3 | Curtis Rowe | 23 | 81 | 37.1 | 6.8 | 13.0 | .519 | 2.6 | 4.0 | .642 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 16.1 |
| 4 | Stu Lantz | 26 | 51 | 31.4 | 3.6 | 8.9 | .407 | 2.4 | 2.9 | .800 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Don Adams | 25 | 70 | 25.7 | 3.7 | 9.1 | .402 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .784 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Fred Foster | 26 | 63 | 23.2 | 3.9 | 10.0 | .388 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .701 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 8.7 |
| 7 | John Mengelt | 23 | 67 | 21.4 | 4.4 | 8.7 | .504 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .823 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| 8 | Chris Ford | 24 | 74 | 20.8 | 2.8 | 5.9 | .479 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .645 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| 9 | Willie Norwood | 25 | 79 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 6.4 | .494 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .684 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Jim Davis | 31 | 73 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 3.5 | .510 | 1.0 | 1.6 | .632 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.6 |
| 11 | Justus Thigpen | 25 | 18 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 3.2 | .404 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| 12 | Bob Nash | 22 | 36 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | .222 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .647 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 13 | Erwin Mueller | 28 | 21 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .290 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .714 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| 14 | Harvey Marlatt | 24 | 7 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 |

## Galardones y récords

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