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1996-97 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 54-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Doug Collins (54-28)

Executive: Doug Collins

PTS/G: 94.2 (24th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 88.9 (2nd of 29)

SRS: 5.45 (6th of 29) Pace: 84.5 (28th of 29)

Off Rtg: 110.6 (5th of 29) Def Rtg: 104.4 (11th of 29) Net Rtg: +6.2 (6th of 29)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (6th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000, Over-Under 44.5

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills Attendance: 784,234 (6th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
2	Stacey Augmon	SG	6-8	205	August 1, 1968	us US	5	UNLV
3	Randolph Childress	PG	6-2	188	September 21, 1972	us US	1	Wake Forest
12	Michael Curry	SG	6-5	210	August 22, 1968	us US	2	Georgia Southern University
4	Joe Dumars	SG	6-3	190	May 24, 1963	us US	11	McNeese State University
9	Litterial Green	PG	6-1	185	March 7, 1970	us US	2	Georgia
33	Grant Hill	SF	6-8	225	October 5, 1972	us US	2	Duke
1	Lindsey Hunter	PG	6-2	170	December 3, 1970	us US	3	Alcorn State, Jackson State University
43	Grant Long	PF	6-8	225	March 12, 1966	us US	8	Eastern Michigan
44	Rick Mahorn	C	6-10	240	September 21, 1958	us US	15	Hampton
23	Aaron McKie	SG	6-5	209	October 2, 1972	us US	2	Temple
6	Terry Mills	PF	6-10	230	December 21, 1967	us US	6	Michigan
42	Theo Ratliff	C	6-10	225	April 17, 1973	us US	1	Wyoming
52	Don Reid	PF	6-8	250	December 30, 1973	us US	1	Georgetown
30	Kenny Smith	PG	6-3	170	March 8, 1965	us US	9	UNC
50	Otis Thorpe	C	6-10	248	August 5, 1962	us US	12	Providence
13	Jerome Williams	PF	6-9	206	May 10, 1973	us US	R	Georgetown

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Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Grant Hill	24	SF	80	80	39.3	7.8	15.7	.496	0.1	0.4	.303	7.7	15.3	.502	.500	5.6	7.9	.711	1.5	7.5	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.3	21.4	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
2	Joe Dumars	33	SG	79	79	37.0	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	6.2	.446	.535	2.8	3.2	.867	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	14.7	DPOY-6,AS
3	Lindsey Hunter	26	PG	82	76	36.9	5.1	12.7	.404	2.0	5.7	.355	3.1	7.0	.444	.484	1.9	2.5	.778	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.5	14.2
4	Otis Thorpe	34	C	79	79	33.7	5.3	10.0	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	5.3	9.9	.534	.532	2.5	3.8	.653	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.8	13.1
5	Terry Mills	29	PF	79	5	25.3	3.9	8.9	.444	2.2	5.3	.422	1.7	3.6	.477	.569	0.7	0.9	.829	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.0	10.8	6MOY-4
6	Aaron McKie	24	SG	42	3	20.2	2.3	5.0	.464	0.4	1.1	.375	1.9	3.8	.491	.507	1.2	1.5	.836	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	6.3
7	Grant Long	30	PF	65	24	17.9	1.9	4.2	.447	0.3	0.7	.362	1.6	3.5	.465	.478	1.0	1.3	.750	1.4	2.1	3.4	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.6	5.0
8	Theo Ratliff	23	C	76	38	17.0	2.4	4.4	.531	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.4	.531	.531	1.1	1.5	.698	1.4	1.9	3.4	0.2	0.4	1.5	0.7	2.4	5.8
9	Michael Curry	28	SG	81	2	15.0	1.2	2.7	.448	0.3	1.0	.299	0.9	1.8	.528	.500	1.2	1.3	.898	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.6	3.9
10	Stacey Augmon	28	SG	20	3	14.6	1.6	3.9	.403	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.9	.403	.403	1.4	2.1	.683	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.5	4.5
11	Rick Mahorn	38	C	22	7	9.9	0.9	2.5	.370	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	2.4	.377	.370	0.7	1.0	.727	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.5	2.5
12	Don Reid	23	PF	47	14	9.8	1.1	2.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.4	.486	.482	0.5	0.7	.750	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.2	2.8
13	Randolph Childress	24	PG	4	0	7.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	0.8	.667	0.5	1.8	.286	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.5
14	Kenny Smith	31	PG	9	0	7.1	0.9	2.2	.400	0.6	1.1	.500	0.3	1.1	.300	.525	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	2.6
15	Litterial Green	26	PG	45	0	6.9	0.7	1.4	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	0.7	1.2	.556	.469	0.7	1.0	.638	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.6	2.0
16	Jerome Williams	23	PF	33	0	5.4	0.6	1.5	.392	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.5	.392	.392	0.3	0.5	.529	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5
	Team Totals					48.4	34.5	74.3	.464	7.1	18.3	.388	27.4	56.0	.488	.512	18.1	24.3	.745	10.5	28.0	38.4	19.0	7.7	3.5	12.7	20.1	94.2

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Joe Dumars	33	SG	5	5	42.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.2	7.6	.421	.410	3.8	4.0	.950	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	13.8
2	Grant Hill	24	SF	5	5	40.6	9.0	20.6	.437	0.0	0.0		9.0	20.6	.437	.437	5.6	7.8	.718	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.4	0.8	1.0	3.8	2.8	23.6
3	Lindsey Hunter	26	PG	5	5	40.2	5.8	13.2	.439	2.4	5.8	.414	3.4	7.4	.459	.530	1.0	1.4	.714	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	15.0
4	Terry Mills	29	PF	5	4	39.2	4.8	11.0	.436	1.8	5.2	.346	3.0	5.8	.517	.518	0.4	0.8	.500	0.8	6.2	7.0	1.4	1.2	0.0	0.8	2.8	11.8
5	Otis Thorpe	34	C	5	5	30.4	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0		4.2	8.2	.512	.512	1.4	1.8	.778	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.8	4.2	9.8
6	Aaron McKie	24	SG	5	0	19.4	1.4	4.0	.350	0.2	1.0	.200	1.2	3.0	.400	.375	0.0	0.0		0.2	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.6	2.4	3.0
7	Grant Long	30	PF	5	0	17.2	1.6	3.6	.444	0.0	0.4	.000	1.6	3.2	.500	.444	1.8	2.2	.818	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.2	5.0
8	Rick Mahorn	38	C	2	1	9.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0
9	Theo Ratliff	23	C	3	0	6.0	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	.750	.750	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	2.7
10	Jerome Williams	23	PF	1	0	5.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0
11	Michael Curry	28	SG	2	0	3.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
12	Don Reid	23	PF	1	0	3.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			4.0	4.0	1.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
	Team Totals					48.0	32.4	74.8	.433	5.6	17.0	.329	26.8	57.8	.464	.471	15.2	19.8	.768	8.6	23.2	31.8	13.6	7.0	2.4	9.6	20.2	85.6

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Grant Hill	24	SF	80	80	3147	7.1	14.4	.496	0.1	0.4	.303	7.0	14.0	.502	.500	5.1	7.2	.711	1.4	6.8	8.2	6.7	1.6	0.5	3.0	2.1	19.6	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
2	Lindsey Hunter	26	PG	82	76	3023	5.0	12.4	.404	2.0	5.6	.355	3.0	6.8	.444	.484	1.9	2.4	.778	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	2.5	13.9
3	Joe Dumars	33	SG	79	79	2923	4.7	10.8	.440	2.0	4.7	.432	2.7	6.0	.446	.535	2.7	3.2	.867	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.9	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	14.3	DPOY-6,AS
4	Otis Thorpe	34	C	79	79	2661	5.7	10.6	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	10.6	.534	.532	2.7	4.1	.653	3.1	5.4	8.4	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	4.0	14.0
5	Terry Mills	29	PF	79	5	1997	5.6	12.7	.444	3.2	7.5	.422	2.5	5.2	.477	.569	1.0	1.3	.829	1.2	5.6	6.8	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.9	15.4	6MOY-4
6	Theo Ratliff	23	C	76	38	1292	5.0	9.4	.531	0.0	0.0		5.0	9.4	.531	.531	2.3	3.2	.698	3.0	4.1	7.1	0.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	5.0	12.2
7	Michael Curry	28	SG	81	2	1217	2.9	6.5	.448	0.7	2.3	.299	2.2	4.3	.528	.500	2.9	3.2	.898	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.8	9.4
8	Grant Long	30	PF	65	24	1166	3.8	8.5	.447	0.5	1.5	.362	3.3	7.0	.465	.478	1.9	2.6	.750	2.7	4.1	6.9	1.2	1.3	0.2	1.5	3.3	10.1
9	Aaron McKie	24	SG	42	3	850	4.1	8.9	.464	0.8	2.0	.375	3.3	6.8	.491	.507	2.2	2.6	.836	1.1	4.3	5.4	3.3	1.8	0.3	1.8	2.9	11.1
10	Don Reid	23	PF	47	14	462	4.2	8.7	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	8.6	.486	.482	1.9	2.5	.750	2.8	5.1	7.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.8	8.2	10.3
11	Litterial Green	26	PG	45	0	311	3.5	7.4	.469	0.0	1.2	.000	3.5	6.3	.556	.469	3.5	5.4	.638	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.7	1.9	0.1	1.7	3.1	10.4
12	Stacey Augmon	28	SG	20	3	292	3.8	9.5	.403	0.0	0.0		3.8	9.5	.403	.403	3.5	5.1	.683	1.7	4.3	6.0	1.8	1.2	1.2	3.3	3.6	11.1
13	Rick Mahorn	38	C	22	7	218	3.3	8.9	.370	0.0	0.2	.000	3.3	8.8	.377	.370	2.6	3.6	.727	3.1	5.6	8.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	5.6	9.2
14	Jerome Williams	23	PF	33	0	177	4.1	10.4	.392	0.0	0.0		4.1	10.4	.392	.392	1.8	3.5	.529	4.5	5.7	10.2	1.4	2.6	0.2	2.6	3.7	10.0
15	Kenny Smith	31	PG	9	0	64	4.5	11.3	.400	2.8	5.6	.500	1.7	5.6	.300	.525	1.1	1.1	1.000	0.0	2.8	2.8	5.6	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.1	12.9
16	Randolph Childress	24	PG	4	0	30	4.8	12.0	.400	2.4	3.6	.667	2.4	8.4	.286	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.2	1.2	2.4	2.4	0.0	6.0	6.0	12.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Joe Dumars	33	SG	5	5	214	3.7	10.3	.361	1.0	3.9	.261	2.7	6.4	.421	.410	3.2	3.4	.950	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.5	11.6
2	Grant Hill	24	SF	5	5	203	8.0	18.3	.437	0.0	0.0		8.0	18.3	.437	.437	5.0	6.9	.718	2.3	3.7	6.0	4.8	0.7	0.9	3.4	2.5	20.9
3	Lindsey Hunter	26	PG	5	5	201	5.2	11.8	.439	2.1	5.2	.414	3.0	6.6	.459	.530	0.9	1.3	.714	0.7	2.5	3.2	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.2	1.6	13.4
4	Terry Mills	29	PF	5	4	196	4.4	10.1	.436	1.7	4.8	.346	2.8	5.3	.517	.518	0.4	0.7	.500	0.7	5.7	6.4	1.3	1.1	0.0	0.7	2.6	10.8
5	Otis Thorpe	34	C	5	5	152	5.0	9.7	.512	0.0	0.0		5.0	9.7	.512	.512	1.7	2.1	.778	2.8	4.7	7.6	0.9	0.5	0.0	2.1	5.0	11.6
6	Aaron McKie	24	SG	5	0	97	2.6	7.4	.350	0.4	1.9	.200	2.2	5.6	.400	.375	0.0	0.0		0.4	3.3	3.7	3.7	2.2	0.7	1.1	4.5	5.6
7	Grant Long	30	PF	5	0	86	3.3	7.5	.444	0.0	0.8	.000	3.3	6.7	.500	.444	3.8	4.6	.818	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	4.6	10.5
8	Rick Mahorn	38	C	2	1	18	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	4.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	0.0
9	Theo Ratliff	23	C	3	0	18	6.0	8.0	.750	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	.750	.750	4.0	8.0	.500	4.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	8.0	6.0	10.0	16.0
10	Michael Curry	28	SG	2	0	7	5.1	10.3	.500	0.0	0.0		5.1	10.3	.500	.500	0.0	5.1	.000	0.0	5.1	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	10.3
11	Jerome Williams	23	PF	1	0	5	14.4	14.4	1.000	0.0	0.0		14.4	14.4	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	21.6	21.6	0.0	7.2	0.0	7.2	0.0	28.8
12	Don Reid	23	PF	1	0	3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			48.0	48.0	1.000	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	48.0

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