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 | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Dumars | 27 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .308 | .077 | 12 |
| 2. | Terry Mills | 21 | 40.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .625 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Lindsey Hunter | 15 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 13 |
| 4. | Grant Hill | 53 | 37.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.43 | .000 | .684 | 25 |
| 5. | Otis Thorpe | 25 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .222 | 12 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Grant Long | 27 | 32.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .143 | 1.29 | 17 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 15 | 25.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 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 | 183 | 240 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.85 | .225 | .352 | 93 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Smith | 38 | 46.6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | .211 | .158 | 22 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 26 | 44.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.50 | .500 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Christian Laettner | 35 | 42.9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.33 | .077 | .154 | 18 |
| 4. | Tyrone Corbin | 21 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | .909 | .000 | 14 |
| 5. | Dikembe Mutombo | 30 | 36.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .889 | 17 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eldridge Recasner | 10 | 14.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Alan Henderson | 9 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3. | Henry James | 5 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Ivano Newbill | 1 | 1.5 | 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 | 177 | 240 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 1.00 | .329 | .214 | 80 | |