W|L 51-28-3
43 - 39
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 15,795
Playoff W|L 1-0-0
| 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 0-1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2-0
Nov. 02 1996DET@ATL40 - 44
Dec. 04 1996ATL@DET47 - 52
Mar. 02 1997ATL@DET40 - 41
Apr. 04 1997DET@ATL52 - 60
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0-0
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL43 - 39
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 | 11 | 21.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 9 |
| 2. | Grant Hill | 20 | 21.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .222 | 14 |
| 3. | Otis Thorpe | 21 | 20.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Lindsey Hunter | 7 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| 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 | 11 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 7 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Theo Ratliff | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Grant Long | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Michael Curry | 1 | 0.2 | 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 | 83 | 120 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.00 | .250 | .167 | 43 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Smith | 11 | 22.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .167 | .167 | 5 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 15 | 21.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | .286 | .143 | 2 |
| 3. | Dikembe Mutombo | 14 | 20.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .143 | 11 |
| 4. | Tyrone Corbin | 11 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 4 |
| 5. | Christian Laettner | 17 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | 1.75 | 13 |
| 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 | 5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Darrin Hancock | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Henry James | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 86 | 120 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0.75 | .156 | .375 | 39 | |