W|L 54-28
79 - 84
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 16,378
Playoff W|L 2-3
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 25 | 17 | 42 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 79 |
| ATL | 22 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 84 |
Playoff W|L 3-2
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 2-3
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL75 - 89
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL93 - 80
Apr. 29 1997ATL@DET91 - 99
May. 02 1997ATL@DET94 - 82
May. 04 1997DET@ATL79 - 84
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lindsey Hunter | 45.7 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2. | Grant Hill | 45.6 | 9 | 24 | .375 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 3. | Joe Dumars | 42.4 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 4. | Terry Mills | 40.8 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 5. | Otis Thorpe | 33.0 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Rick Mahorn | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 10.8 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3. | Grant Long | 6.7 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Don Reid | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Jerome Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Michael Curry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Theo Ratliff | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 32 | 81 | .395 | 6 | 24 | .250 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 79 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christian Laettner | 44.5 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 44.5 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 3. | Dikembe Mutombo | 44.4 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 4. | Steve Smith | 44.2 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5. | Tyrone Corbin | 40.4 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Eldridge Recasner | 15.4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Alan Henderson | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3. | Darrin Hancock | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Henry James | 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 | 240 | 29 | 67 | .433 | 6 | 23 | .261 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 34 | 9 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 84 | |