W|L 54-28
75 - 89
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 15,795
Playoff W|L 0-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 18 | 25 | 43 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 75 |
| ATL | 20 | 19 | 39 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 89 |
Playoff W|L 1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Nov. 02 1996DET@ATL90 - 78
Dec. 04 1996ATL@DET90 - 100
Mar. 02 1997ATL@DET75 - 82
Apr. 04 1997DET@ATL89 - 103
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL75 - 89
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL-| - |-
Apr. 29 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 02 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 04 1997DET@ATL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Dumars | 24 | 44.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .375 | .188 | 17 |
| 2. | Grant Hill | 44 | 42.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | .000 | .263 | 20 |
| 3. | Otis Thorpe | 34 | 33.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .154 | 9 |
| 4. | Lindsey Hunter | 18 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .222 | 9 |
| 5. | Rick Mahorn | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Mills | 25 | 36.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .300 | .400 | 11 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 11 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Grant Long | 10 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .250 | .000 | 4 |
| 4. | Theo Ratliff | 9 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 1 |
| 5. | Michael Curry | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Don Reid | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jerome Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 178 | 240 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1.88 | .230 | .243 | 75 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Smith | 23 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .308 | .308 | 17 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 29 | 45.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | .357 | .143 | 13 |
| 3. | Dikembe Mutombo | 40 | 43.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .429 | 26 |
| 4. | Tyrone Corbin | 29 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .444 | .444 | 11 |
| 5. | Christian Laettner | 32 | 35.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .077 | .615 | 18 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Alan Henderson | 8 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | Eldridge Recasner | 8 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Henry James | 6 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Darrin Hancock | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Ivano Newbill | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Priest Lauderdale | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 177 | 240 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 1.09 | .221 | .353 | 89 | |