W|L 51-28-3
45 - 40
W|L 49-30-3
Attendance: 16,378
Playoff W|L 2-0-0
| 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 0-2-0
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 2-0-0
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL43 - 39
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL45 - 40
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. | Lindsey Hunter | 5 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 2. | Joe Dumars | 10 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .200 | 3 |
| 3. | Terry Mills | 12 | 20.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .000 | 5 |
| 4. | Grant Hill | 26 | 17.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .462 | 13 |
| 5. | Otis Thorpe | 19 | 12.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .286 | 10 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Grant Long | 16 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .600 | 9 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 8 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 96 | 120 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.67 | .171 | .293 | 45 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christian Laettner | 21 | 23.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .250 | 12 |
| 2. | Steve Smith | 15 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .286 | 8 |
| 3. | Tyrone Corbin | 11 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Mookie Blaylock | 11 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .400 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Dikembe Mutombo | 18 | 12.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.50 | 12 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eldridge Recasner | 4 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Alan Henderson | 7 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Ivano Newbill | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Henry James | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Priest Lauderdale | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Darrin Hancock | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 93 | 120 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1.29 | .281 | .375 | 40 | |