W|L 43-36-3
26 - 20
W|L 53-23-6
Attendance: 16,378
Playoff W|L 1-1-0
| 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 1-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Nov. 02 1996DET@ATL23 - 20
Dec. 04 1996ATL@DET25 - 29
Mar. 02 1997ATL@DET20 - 21
Apr. 04 1997DET@ATL29 - 32
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-0
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL18 - 20
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL26 - 20
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 | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Lindsey Hunter | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Otis Thorpe | 15 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 10 |
| 4. | Grant Hill | 12 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .800 | 8 |
| 5. | Terry Mills | 5 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Aaron McKie | 5 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Grant Long | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 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 | 48 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .091 | .364 | 26 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christian Laettner | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Steve Smith | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Tyrone Corbin | 5 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 5. | Dikembe Mutombo | 6 | 3.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Alan Henderson | 7 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 2. | Eldridge Recasner | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Priest Lauderdale | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Darrin Hancock | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Henry James | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Ivano Newbill | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 41 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1.50 | .294 | .118 | 20 | |