W|L 56-26
91 - 99
W|L 54-28
Attendance: 20,059
Playoff W|L 1-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 20 | 20 | 40 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 91 |
| DET | 24 | 32 | 56 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 99 |
Playoff W|L 2-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
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 1-2
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL75 - 89
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL93 - 80
Apr. 29 1997ATL@DET91 - 99
May. 02 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 04 1997DET@ATL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mookie Blaylock | 25 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | .769 | .385 | 16 |
| 2. | Dikembe Mutombo | 40 | 44.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .571 | 15 |
| 3. | Steve Smith | 37 | 44.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .357 | .571 | 21 |
| 4. | Christian Laettner | 38 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .222 | .333 | 25 |
| 5. | Tyrone Corbin | 27 | 43.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.20 | .333 | .167 | 12 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eldridge Recasner | 4 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Henry James | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Alan Henderson | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Ivano Newbill | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Darrin Hancock | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Priest Lauderdale | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 182 | 240 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.90 | .348 | .379 | 91 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Dumars | 22 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .375 | .875 | 10 |
| 2. | Lindsey Hunter | 27 | 43.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .294 | .000 | 26 |
| 3. | Grant Hill | 41 | 43.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .368 | 24 |
| 4. | Terry Mills | 25 | 41.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .000 | 17 |
| 5. | Otis Thorpe | 22 | 31.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 16 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Grant Long | 9 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 10 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Theo Ratliff | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Don Reid | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Jerome Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Michael Curry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Rick Mahorn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 158 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 2.25 | .189 | .230 | 99 | |