1996-97 Detroit Pistons Game Log

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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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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01		IND	W	95	89	32	68	.471	6	20	.300	25	35	.714	11	39	12	10	3	19	22	33	74	.446	6	21	.286	17	23	.739	10	36	19	6	4	18	30
2	2	1996-11-02	@	ATL	W	90	78	31	75	.413	8	20	.400	20	22	.909	14	39	20	11	2	12	22	29	72	.403	8	24	.333	12	17	.706	12	41	11	3	3	19	20
3	3	1996-11-05	@	PHI	W	83	81	32	79	.405	9	19	.474	10	17	.588	15	47	16	6	3	20	21	32	85	.376	3	13	.231	14	21	.667	18	48	23	13	4	16	18
4	4	1996-11-06		DAL	W	103	84	36	76	.474	11	22	.500	20	23	.870	12	40	19	6	4	15	12	34	77	.442	9	25	.360	7	12	.583	10	33	21	7	2	14	22
5	5	1996-11-08		CHI	L	80	98	32	75	.427	8	15	.533	8	14	.571	10	33	9	1	2	14	18	36	73	.493	9	24	.375	17	21	.810	12	46	25	8	2	11	17
6	6	1996-11-12	@	WSB	W	92	79	33	75	.440	12	24	.500	14	18	.778	11	42	19	8	2	16	20	30	79	.380	7	18	.389	12	17	.706	13	41	19	3	1	15	18
7	7	1996-11-13		DEN	W	95	94	37	86	.430	6	12	.500	15	21	.714	15	46	14	5	1	13	21	35	82	.427	10	17	.588	14	17	.824	8	38	25	6	5	14	24
8	8	1996-11-15		WSB	W	95	84	38	68	.559	5	10	.500	14	15	.933	6	30	18	5	0	14	19	34	72	.472	8	19	.421	8	10	.800	9	30	23	6	3	16	17
9	9	1996-11-16	@	CLE	W	102	98	31	64	.484	7	15	.467	33	40	.825	11	32	18	4	4	10	26	33	65	.508	11	21	.524	21	30	.700	10	35	20	1	2	12	32
10	10	1996-11-20	@	BOS	W	108	83	39	76	.513	6	16	.375	24	27	.889	10	37	24	12	5	16	20	31	77	.403	1	11	.091	20	24	.833	18	41	22	9	2	22	21
11	11	1996-11-21		NJN	W	96	88	33	74	.446	7	16	.438	23	27	.852	11	43	19	7	4	16	16	37	83	.446	7	19	.368	7	10	.700	10	37	26	7	3	15	19
12	12	1996-11-23	@	CHH	L	85	93	32	73	.438	9	21	.429	12	17	.706	8	36	15	2	1	13	27	33	66	.500	8	13	.615	19	26	.731	5	32	28	4	4	11	22
13	13	1996-11-27		VAN	W	87	78	29	68	.426	9	21	.429	20	27	.741	14	47	18	3	4	17	13	31	85	.365	12	25	.480	4	8	.500	13	37	18	10	3	10	23
14	14	1996-11-29		LAL	L	76	84	25	73	.342	7	26	.269	19	24	.792	15	38	15	10	2	14	23	33	65	.508	7	17	.412	11	22	.500	8	40	21	6	1	18	24
15	15	1996-12-01		SAC	W	95	66	34	67	.507	2	6	.333	25	33	.758	11	51	18	5	3	20	27	24	85	.282	2	16	.125	16	22	.727	18	39	13	7	1	14	28
16	16	1996-12-04		ATL	W	100	90	40	69	.580	12	20	.600	8	10	.800	5	30	23	6	2	13	14	35	71	.493	9	21	.429	11	14	.786	8	24	19	6	2	10	16
17	17	1996-12-06		CLE	W	93	81	33	62	.532	10	14	.714	17	29	.586	4	31	22	5	9	6	21	31	70	.443	4	11	.364	15	16	.938	10	40	20	1	2	13	23
18	18	1996-12-07	@	NJN	W	95	69	37	82	.451	10	20	.500	11	17	.647	14	40	15	9	5	11	14	29	72	.403	3	13	.231	8	12	.667	11	40	19	6	8	20	19
19	19	1996-12-10	@	MIL	W	93	85	36	73	.493	6	12	.500	15	18	.833	7	27	19	6	2	6	22	32	60	.533	4	8	.500	17	24	.708	7	35	20	3	8	14	22
20	20	1996-12-12	@	HOU	L	96	115	37	80	.463	6	17	.353	16	24	.667	13	35	20	8	5	12	22	42	74	.568	14	28	.500	17	21	.810	6	34	32	6	0	12	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-15		BOS	W	99	89	37	72	.514	7	20	.350	18	23	.783	6	35	24	9	4	16	24	31	69	.449	8	14	.571	19	25	.760	10	35	18	3	0	18	25
22	22	1996-12-16	@	TOR	W	98	92	34	74	.459	10	21	.476	20	24	.833	14	39	20	11	4	16	21	31	66	.470	13	25	.520	17	24	.708	9	33	25	5	6	17	21
23	23	1996-12-18		NYK	W	112	78	42	80	.525	13	22	.591	15	23	.652	10	38	27	14	2	7	15	33	72	.458	5	12	.417	7	12	.583	12	41	22	4	2	23	24
24	24	1996-12-20	@	IND	W	84	75	32	72	.444	6	19	.316	14	22	.636	15	40	12	8	1	14	21	30	74	.405	4	16	.250	11	14	.786	10	36	22	5	3	18	25
25	25	1996-12-21	@	NYK	L	92	95	32	71	.451	8	15	.533	20	27	.741	10	36	17	4	2	15	23	36	76	.474	7	19	.368	16	19	.842	10	39	27	6	4	13	24
26	26	1996-12-25	@	CHI	L	83	95	34	77	.442	3	18	.167	12	20	.600	12	37	11	3	1	13	17	38	88	.432	8	26	.308	11	19	.579	24	51	30	10	2	11	17
27	27	1996-12-26		IND	L	89	95	32	93	.344	6	29	.207	19	26	.731	13	42	19	10	3	7	26	38	76	.500	5	11	.455	14	27	.519	13	59	28	4	11	19	26
28	28	1996-12-28		CHH	W	97	75	40	80	.500	3	15	.200	14	20	.700	18	44	15	15	5	11	16	32	71	.451	5	17	.294	6	9	.667	10	29	22	5	3	19	18
29	29	1996-12-30		ORL	W	97	85	33	73	.452	6	22	.273	25	32	.781	14	43	18	7	1	12	18	32	72	.444	7	15	.467	14	21	.667	8	31	22	8	1	14	25
30	30	1997-01-02		BOS	W	99	87	36	82	.439	10	19	.526	17	21	.810	11	42	19	9	6	8	16	36	82	.439	4	11	.364	11	13	.846	10	44	23	4	2	14	22
31	31	1997-01-04		TOR	W	118	74	44	75	.587	7	15	.467	23	29	.793	14	51	30	17	6	21	25	24	75	.320	6	27	.222	20	26	.769	11	28	9	10	3	23	21
32	32	1997-01-07		MIL	L	76	86	28	73	.384	1	11	.091	19	26	.731	15	40	17	5	4	11	20	33	69	.478	4	11	.364	16	21	.762	11	41	22	5	5	10	22
33	33	1997-01-10		SAS	W	84	78	29	65	.446	7	17	.412	19	26	.731	12	43	19	4	1	15	20	30	74	.405	8	19	.421	10	16	.625	9	33	16	7	3	12	23
34	34	1997-01-11		UTA	W	87	77	27	67	.403	9	24	.375	24	31	.774	13	41	19	7	2	16	16	32	71	.451	3	14	.214	10	13	.769	10	35	25	6	2	17	27
35	35	1997-01-14	@	POR	L	86	95	28	84	.333	8	23	.348	22	26	.846	11	36	19	9	4	9	16	35	80	.438	8	18	.444	17	17	1.000	14	51	25	2	7	19	19
36	36	1997-01-15	@	VAN	W	103	79	36	70	.514	7	16	.438	24	34	.706	7	38	21	10	4	10	18	32	86	.372	3	12	.250	12	19	.632	22	50	20	5	3	17	24
37	37	1997-01-18	@	LAL	W	100	97	38	92	.413	5	19	.263	19	25	.760	18	52	25	7	2	10	24	40	98	.408	6	26	.231	11	21	.524	23	58	27	5	10	13	28
38	38	1997-01-20	@	PHO	L	86	89	32	75	.427	11	23	.478	11	14	.786	9	39	16	10	2	14	22	33	73	.452	5	14	.357	18	24	.750	11	40	18	7	0	14	13
39	39	1997-01-22	@	SAC	L	92	97	31	72	.431	3	15	.200	27	31	.871	8	34	11	8	6	10	20	35	77	.455	7	15	.467	20	22	.909	15	43	22	6	2	12	23
40	40	1997-01-23	@	GSW	W	94	79	39	80	.488	11	27	.407	5	7	.714	11	40	27	9	2	13	18	31	69	.449	8	21	.381	9	14	.643	7	33	24	4	3	17	13
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-25		PHI	W	104	95	39	87	.448	10	20	.500	16	22	.727	17	47	21	5	12	13	24	34	80	.425	9	21	.429	18	32	.563	15	48	19	4	3	16	21
42	42	1997-01-28	@	MIL	W	93	84	35	71	.493	8	19	.421	15	19	.789	7	35	15	10	1	10	18	33	76	.434	6	13	.462	12	18	.667	12	37	17	4	4	14	17
43	43	1997-01-29		POR	W	98	89	29	67	.433	5	17	.294	35	40	.875	14	39	13	10	1	15	20	33	69	.478	5	15	.333	18	24	.750	10	34	17	6	4	18	31
44	44	1997-02-01	@	NJN	W	90	75	33	64	.516	4	11	.364	20	25	.800	3	39	17	4	6	9	14	32	90	.356	4	11	.364	7	11	.636	18	48	24	4	3	9	22
45	45	1997-02-02		PHO	L	97	106	39	75	.520	6	20	.300	13	20	.650	8	24	27	10	3	18	17	44	75	.587	7	15	.467	11	20	.550	12	38	29	12	4	18	19
46	46	1997-02-06		HOU	W	96	87	41	82	.500	6	17	.353	8	12	.667	10	42	26	10	4	14	20	29	71	.408	6	19	.316	23	26	.885	9	34	19	4	3	17	12
47	47	1997-02-11	@	MIA	L	91	104	35	79	.443	6	13	.462	15	23	.652	12	40	19	7	1	12	27	40	75	.533	6	22	.273	18	31	.581	11	42	21	6	5	16	21
48	48	1997-02-12		ORL	W	96	87	34	74	.459	9	17	.529	19	26	.731	16	45	21	11	5	17	16	31	72	.431	8	20	.400	17	18	.944	9	30	20	8	3	15	24
49	49	1997-02-14	@	CHH	W	109	103	36	74	.486	12	23	.522	25	36	.694	7	32	20	9	2	12	23	38	72	.528	7	13	.538	20	22	.909	7	38	30	2	6	21	20
50	50	1997-02-16	@	TOR	W	92	89	31	65	.477	6	23	.261	24	31	.774	11	37	18	6	5	16	17	37	85	.435	5	12	.417	10	18	.556	17	39	29	6	5	12	26
51	51	1997-02-19		WSB	W	100	85	34	71	.479	9	22	.409	23	34	.676	10	35	18	6	5	7	15	38	83	.458	4	11	.364	5	7	.714	14	42	26	3	2	11	23
52	52	1997-02-21		NJN	W	98	84	37	73	.507	8	22	.364	16	19	.842	5	37	27	10	7	11	22	29	71	.408	2	10	.200	24	27	.889	9	38	16	6	2	14	17
53	53	1997-02-23	@	WSB	W	85	79	31	71	.437	7	17	.412	16	22	.727	5	39	18	6	4	11	17	33	74	.446	6	13	.462	7	13	.538	5	37	21	8	7	14	21
54	54	1997-02-24	@	ORL	L	84	93	32	76	.421	9	21	.429	11	20	.550	15	42	18	8	2	18	21	34	70	.486	6	20	.300	19	23	.826	8	34	20	15	8	14	21
55	55	1997-02-26		GSW	W	117	84	44	78	.564	11	23	.478	18	22	.818	6	35	19	11	6	4	18	31	79	.392	5	16	.313	17	23	.739	17	40	16	2	5	15	17
56	56	1997-02-28	@	BOS	W	106	100	39	76	.513	4	23	.174	24	30	.800	6	43	22	9	5	20	17	40	93	.430	8	19	.421	12	17	.706	13	39	27	12	2	15	25
57	57	1997-03-02		ATL	W	82	75	32	73	.438	4	17	.235	14	17	.824	10	37	18	6	5	11	15	31	74	.419	5	19	.263	8	12	.667	13	38	23	5	4	13	19
58	58	1997-03-04		MIA	L	99	108	37	68	.544	7	17	.412	18	28	.643	12	34	21	7	3	13	18	41	75	.547	13	24	.542	13	15	.867	8	31	26	6	0	10	20
59	59	1997-03-05	@	MIN	W	92	88	35	80	.438	5	16	.313	17	20	.850	7	40	15	8	4	8	13	35	85	.412	5	15	.333	13	15	.867	13	46	21	4	8	11	19
60	60	1997-03-07	@	UTA	L	88	95	33	74	.446	10	25	.400	12	17	.706	8	30	18	8	3	10	27	33	66	.500	2	7	.286	27	34	.794	8	41	26	5	5	13	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-08	@	LAC	W	91	85	32	66	.485	8	19	.421	19	26	.731	5	39	16	6	3	13	22	35	81	.432	3	13	.231	12	17	.706	11	39	14	5	3	8	23
62	62	1997-03-11	@	SEA	L	80	93	29	72	.403	9	25	.360	13	17	.765	6	34	19	7	6	16	24	31	76	.408	7	16	.438	24	32	.750	14	49	21	9	6	13	20
63	63	1997-03-13	@	DEN	W	102	82	44	80	.550	4	12	.333	10	15	.667	9	44	21	11	5	12	20	30	75	.400	9	22	.409	13	19	.684	9	33	20	1	6	14	17
64	64	1997-03-16		SEA	W	86	83	28	75	.373	11	26	.423	19	25	.760	11	40	20	10	6	9	20	30	73	.411	10	25	.400	13	20	.650	14	48	24	5	3	15	26
65	65	1997-03-17	@	CLE	L	82	85	25	60	.417	9	19	.474	23	35	.657	7	28	19	12	2	13	22	34	61	.557	3	13	.231	14	27	.519	7	34	21	6	5	12	23
66	66	1997-03-19		TOR	L	97	99	34	65	.523	7	20	.350	22	30	.733	4	26	23	7	2	15	19	38	77	.494	12	21	.571	11	22	.500	12	34	26	8	3	14	21
67	67	1997-03-21		MIN	W	112	98	39	79	.494	10	23	.435	24	33	.727	8	40	29	9	2	9	23	34	76	.447	5	19	.263	25	31	.806	7	40	25	3	1	12	23
68	68	1997-03-22	@	CHI	L	88	103	29	76	.382	4	14	.286	26	39	.667	9	33	15	11	2	9	18	40	85	.471	7	23	.304	16	19	.842	16	57	30	5	1	16	26
69	69	1997-03-26	@	NYK	L	94	105	33	82	.402	3	12	.250	25	35	.714	12	42	10	3	1	10	29	37	73	.507	5	14	.357	26	34	.765	6	39	23	5	1	14	27
70	70	1997-03-28		LAC	W	113	85	43	72	.597	8	16	.500	19	25	.760	8	42	23	10	3	16	22	32	77	.416	6	18	.333	15	17	.882	9	31	23	6	1	19	21
71	71	1997-03-30		PHI	L	92	96	34	81	.420	5	21	.238	19	27	.704	14	47	22	6	3	12	26	30	70	.429	9	15	.600	27	33	.818	8	38	19	8	4	13	23
72	72	1997-04-01	@	DAL	W	100	82	35	71	.493	6	17	.353	24	32	.750	9	45	19	3	4	11	24	30	85	.353	2	14	.143	20	27	.741	16	45	16	7	3	6	27
73	73	1997-04-02	@	SAS	W	99	92	39	77	.506	7	17	.412	14	21	.667	9	33	19	5	1	6	11	41	88	.466	3	12	.250	7	10	.700	18	44	26	5	3	13	20
74	74	1997-04-04	@	ATL	L	89	103	32	74	.432	6	19	.316	19	26	.731	16	39	21	6	9	10	24	35	74	.473	9	25	.360	24	28	.857	17	44	23	8	5	12	22
75	75	1997-04-07		MIA	L	88	94	32	70	.457	6	16	.375	18	27	.667	9	32	16	9	2	15	28	29	68	.426	6	21	.286	30	36	.833	15	46	17	9	1	15	25
76	76	1997-04-10	@	MIA	L	83	93	32	71	.451	2	11	.182	17	23	.739	11	35	16	7	4	10	17	37	77	.481	11	32	.344	8	9	.889	11	39	26	6	8	16	27
77	77	1997-04-11		CHH	L	85	93	34	70	.486	6	19	.316	11	17	.647	5	30	17	6	1	9	20	37	77	.481	3	13	.231	16	21	.762	15	47	16	5	0	10	14
78	78	1997-04-13		CHI	W	108	91	44	87	.506	8	20	.400	12	14	.857	12	41	23	7	3	8	21	38	83	.458	4	13	.308	11	16	.688	14	41	26	2	1	10	13
79	79	1997-04-14	@	ORL	L	91	100	40	77	.519	6	19	.316	5	11	.455	13	39	23	5	4	18	26	33	76	.434	7	27	.259	27	29	.931	12	32	22	11	5	16	18
80	80	1997-04-16		MIL	W	92	85	35	83	.422	1	9	.111	21	25	.840	18	45	20	12	6	14	15	31	70	.443	8	13	.615	15	21	.714	6	30	15	7	4	16	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18		CLE	L	75	82	25	59	.424	3	10	.300	22	25	.880	8	34	14	8	1	20	21	30	69	.435	6	20	.300	16	22	.727	10	32	16	9	1	17	22
82	82	1997-04-20	@	IND	W	124	120	42	80	.525	10	16	.625	30	39	.769	8	37	19	6	4	12	25	44	100	.440	8	19	.421	24	29	.828	24	55	27	7	3	14	30

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