W|L 54-28
93 - 80
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 16,378
Playoff W|L 1-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 26 | 19 | 45 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 93 |
| ATL | 20 | 20 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 80 |
Playoff W|L 1-1
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 1-1
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL75 - 89
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL93 - 80
Apr. 29 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 02 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 04 1997DET@ATL-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Dumars | 43.5 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2. | Terry Mills | 40.2 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3. | Lindsey Hunter | 39.0 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 4. | Grant Hill | 37.1 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 11 | 13 | .846 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 5. | Otis Thorpe | 22.1 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Grant Long | 32.5 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 25.6 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3. | Don Reid | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Jerome Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Michael Curry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Rick Mahorn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Theo Ratliff | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 71 | .451 | 6 | 16 | .375 | 23 | 25 | .920 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 93 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Smith | 46.6 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 44.5 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3. | Christian Laettner | 42.9 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 4. | Tyrone Corbin | 40.0 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 5. | Dikembe Mutombo | 36.8 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eldridge Recasner | 14.9 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Alan Henderson | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3. | Henry James | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Ivano Newbill | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Priest Lauderdale | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Darrin Hancock | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 70 | .443 | 6 | 23 | .261 | 12 | 15 | .800 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 80 | |