W|L 46-33-3
48 - 40
W|L 44-34-4
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@ATL50 - 34
Dec. 04 1996ATL@DET43 - 48
Mar. 02 1997ATL@DET35 - 41
Apr. 04 1997DET@ATL37 - 43
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-1-0
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL32 - 50
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL48 - 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. | Joe Dumars | 17 | 22.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .375 | .000 | 9 |
| 2. | Grant Hill | 27 | 19.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.17 | .000 | 1.17 | 12 |
| 3. | Terry Mills | 9 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Lindsey Hunter | 10 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .286 | .000 | 10 |
| 5. | Otis Thorpe | 6 | 9.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Grant Long | 11 | 18.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 3.00 | 8 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 7 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 5 |
| 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 | 87 | 120 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.60 | .300 | .433 | 48 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dikembe Mutombo | 12 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .400 | 5 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 15 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .571 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Steve Smith | 23 | 24.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | .083 | .083 | 14 |
| 4. | Christian Laettner | 14 | 19.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.33 | .200 | .000 | 6 |
| 5. | Tyrone Corbin | 10 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .875 | .000 | 8 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eldridge Recasner | 6 | 5.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Henry James | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Alan Henderson | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Darrin Hancock | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Ivano Newbill | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Priest Lauderdale | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 84 | 120 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0.82 | .368 | .079 | 40 | |