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1996-97 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Collins (54-28)

Points Per Game: 94.2 (24th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 88.9 (2nd of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 57-25 (6th of 29)

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills ▪ Attendance: 820,585 (4th of 29)

SRS: 5.45 (6th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 84.5 (28th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 110.6 (5th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.4 (11th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Atlanta Hawks

1996-97 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
2 Stacey Augmon F-G 6-6 205 August 1, 1968 5 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
3 Randolph Childress G 6-2 188 September 21, 1972 1 Wake Forest University
12 Michael Curry F-G 6-5 210 August 22, 1968 2 Georgia Southern University
4 Joe Dumars G 6-3 190 May 24, 1963 11 McNeese State University
9 Litterial Green G 6-1 185 March 7, 1970 2 University of Georgia
33 Grant Hill F 6-8 225 October 5, 1972 2 Duke University
1 Lindsey Hunter G 6-2 170 December 3, 1970 3 Jackson State University
43 Grant Long F 6-8 225 March 12, 1966 8 Eastern Michigan University
44 Rick Mahorn C-F 6-10 240 September 21, 1958 15 Hampton University
23 Aaron McKie G 6-5 209 October 2, 1972 2 Temple University
6 Terry Mills F 6-10 230 December 21, 1967 6 University of Michigan
42 Theo Ratliff C-F 6-10 225 April 17, 1973 1 University of Wyoming
52 Don Reid F 6-8 250 December 30, 1973 1 Georgetown University
30 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 March 8, 1965 9 University of North Carolina
50 Otis Thorpe F-C 6-9 225 August 5, 1962 12 Providence College
13 Jerome Williams F 6-9 206 May 10, 1973 R Georgetown University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 2827 6095 .464 582 1499 .388 1487 1995 .745 858 2292 3150 1554 632 283 1041 1652 7723 94.2
Opponent 82 19830 2768 6231 .444 528 1430 .369 1229 1668 .737 964 2264 3228 1795 488 282 1195 1784 7293 88.9

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Grant Hill 24 80 80 3147 625 1259 .496 10 33 .303 450 633 .711 123 598 721 583 144 48 259 186 1710
2 Lindsey Hunter 26 82 76 3023 421 1042 .404 166 468 .355 158 203 .778 59 174 233 154 129 24 96 206 1166
3 Joe Dumars 33 79 79 2923 385 875 .440 166 384 .432 222 256 .867 38 153 191 318 57 1 128 97 1158
4 Otis Thorpe 34 79 79 2661 419 787 .532 0 2 .000 198 303 .653 226 396 622 133 59 17 145 298 1036
5 Terry Mills 29 79 5 1997 312 702 .444 175 415 .422 58 70 .829 68 309 377 99 35 27 85 161 857
6 Theo Ratliff 23 76 38 1292 179 337 .531 0 0 81 116 .698 109 147 256 13 29 111 56 181 439
7 Grant Long 30 65 24 1166 123 275 .447 17 47 .362 63 84 .750 88 134 222 39 43 6 48 106 326
8 Michael Curry 28 81 2 1217 99 221 .448 23 77 .299 97 108 .898 23 96 119 43 31 12 28 128 318
9 Aaron McKie 24 42 3 850 97 209 .464 18 48 .375 51 61 .836 27 101 128 77 43 7 42 69 263
10 Don Reid 23 47 14 462 54 112 .482 0 1 .000 24 32 .750 36 65 101 14 16 15 23 105 132
11 Litterial Green 26 45 0 311 30 64 .469 0 10 .000 30 47 .638 6 16 22 41 16 1 15 27 90
12 Stacey Augmon 28 20 3 292 31 77 .403 0 0 28 41 .683 14 35 49 15 10 10 27 29 90
13 Rick Mahorn 38 22 7 218 20 54 .370 0 1 .000 16 22 .727 19 34 53 6 4 3 10 34 56
14 Jerome Williams 23 33 0 177 20 51 .392 0 0 9 17 .529 22 28 50 7 13 1 13 18 49
15 Kenny Smith 31 9 0 64 8 20 .400 5 10 .500 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 10 1 0 3 2 23
16 Randolph Childress 24 4 0 30 4 10 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 5 5 10

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Grant Hill 24 80 80 39.3 7.8 15.7 .496 0.1 0.4 .303 5.6 7.9 .711 1.5 7.5 9.0 7.3 1.8 0.6 3.2 2.3 21.4
2 Joe Dumars 33 79 79 37.0 4.9 11.1 .440 2.1 4.9 .432 2.8 3.2 .867 0.5 1.9 2.4 4.0 0.7 0.0 1.6 1.2 14.7
3 Lindsey Hunter 26 82 76 36.9 5.1 12.7 .404 2.0 5.7 .355 1.9 2.5 .778 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.9 1.6 0.3 1.2 2.5 14.2
4 Otis Thorpe 34 79 79 33.7 5.3 10.0 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.8 .653 2.9 5.0 7.9 1.7 0.7 0.2 1.8 3.8 13.1
5 Terry Mills 29 79 5 25.3 3.9 8.9 .444 2.2 5.3 .422 0.7 0.9 .829 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.3 0.4 0.3 1.1 2.0 10.8
6 Aaron McKie 24 42 3 20.2 2.3 5.0 .464 0.4 1.1 .375 1.2 1.5 .836 0.6 2.4 3.0 1.8 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.6 6.3
7 Theo Ratliff 23 76 38 17.0 2.4 4.4 .531 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 .698 1.4 1.9 3.4 0.2 0.4 1.5 0.7 2.4 5.8
8 Grant Long 30 65 24 17.9 1.9 4.2 .447 0.3 0.7 .362 1.0 1.3 .750 1.4 2.1 3.4 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.6 5.0
9 Stacey Augmon 28 20 3 14.6 1.6 3.9 .403 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 .683 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.5 4.5
10 Michael Curry 28 81 2 15.0 1.2 2.7 .448 0.3 1.0 .299 1.2 1.3 .898 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.6 3.9
11 Don Reid 23 47 14 9.8 1.1 2.4 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.7 .750 0.8 1.4 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.2 2.8
12 Kenny Smith 31 9 0 7.1 0.9 2.2 .400 0.6 1.1 .500 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 2.6
13 Rick Mahorn 38 22 7 9.9 0.9 2.5 .370 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .727 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.5 2.5
14 Randolph Childress 24 4 0 7.5 1.0 2.5 .400 0.5 0.8 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.3 2.5
15 Litterial Green 26 45 0 6.9 0.7 1.4 .469 0.0 0.2 .000 0.7 1.0 .638 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.0
16 Jerome Williams 23 33 0 5.4 0.6 1.5 .392 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .529 0.7 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Grant Hill 24 80 80 3147 7.1 14.4 .496 0.1 0.4 .303 5.1 7.2 .711 1.4 6.8 8.2 6.7 1.6 0.5 3.0 2.1 19.6
2 Terry Mills 29 79 5 1997 5.6 12.7 .444 3.2 7.5 .422 1.0 1.3 .829 1.2 5.6 6.8 1.8 0.6 0.5 1.5 2.9 15.4
3 Joe Dumars 33 79 79 2923 4.7 10.8 .440 2.0 4.7 .432 2.7 3.2 .867 0.5 1.9 2.4 3.9 0.7 0.0 1.6 1.2 14.3
4 Otis Thorpe 34 79 79 2661 5.7 10.6 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 4.1 .653 3.1 5.4 8.4 1.8 0.8 0.2 2.0 4.0 14.0
5 Lindsey Hunter 26 82 76 3023 5.0 12.4 .404 2.0 5.6 .355 1.9 2.4 .778 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.8 1.5 0.3 1.1 2.5 13.9
6 Kenny Smith 31 9 0 64 4.5 11.3 .400 2.8 5.6 .500 1.1 1.1 1.000 0.0 2.8 2.8 5.6 0.6 0.0 1.7 1.1 12.9
7 Theo Ratliff 23 76 38 1292 5.0 9.4 .531 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.2 .698 3.0 4.1 7.1 0.4 0.8 3.1 1.6 5.0 12.2
8 Randolph Childress 24 4 0 30 4.8 12.0 .400 2.4 3.6 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 2.4 2.4 0.0 6.0 6.0 12.0
9 Stacey Augmon 28 20 3 292 3.8 9.5 .403 0.0 0.0 3.5 5.1 .683 1.7 4.3 6.0 1.8 1.2 1.2 3.3 3.6 11.1
10 Aaron McKie 24 42 3 850 4.1 8.9 .464 0.8 2.0 .375 2.2 2.6 .836 1.1 4.3 5.4 3.3 1.8 0.3 1.8 2.9 11.1
11 Litterial Green 26 45 0 311 3.5 7.4 .469 0.0 1.2 .000 3.5 5.4 .638 0.7 1.9 2.5 4.7 1.9 0.1 1.7 3.1 10.4
12 Don Reid 23 47 14 462 4.2 8.7 .482 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.5 .750 2.8 5.1 7.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.8 8.2 10.3
13 Grant Long 30 65 24 1166 3.8 8.5 .447 0.5 1.5 .362 1.9 2.6 .750 2.7 4.1 6.9 1.2 1.3 0.2 1.5 3.3 10.1
14 Jerome Williams 23 33 0 177 4.1 10.4 .392 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.5 .529 4.5 5.7 10.2 1.4 2.6 0.2 2.6 3.7 10.0
15 Michael Curry 28 81 2 1217 2.9 6.5 .448 0.7 2.3 .299 2.9 3.2 .898 0.7 2.8 3.5 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.8 3.8 9.4
16 Rick Mahorn 38 22 7 218 3.3 8.9 .370 0.0 0.2 .000 2.6 3.6 .727 3.1 5.6 8.8 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.7 5.6 9.2

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Grant Hill 24 80 3147 25.5 .556 .500 5.0 23.1 14.2 36.0 2.6 1.3 14.4 28.3 114 100 8.7 5.9 14.6
2 Joe Dumars 33 79 2923 15.6 .586 .535 1.7 6.4 4.1 18.7 1.1 0.0 11.5 18.9 119 110 6.8 2.0 8.8
3 Otis Thorpe 34 79 2661 16.1 .563 .532 10.8 18.1 14.5 9.0 1.3 0.5 13.6 19.8 112 105 4.5 3.4 7.9
4 Lindsey Hunter 26 82 3023 13.4 .515 .484 2.5 7.0 4.8 8.9 2.4 0.7 7.8 20.1 107 106 3.0 3.4 6.4
5 Terry Mills 29 79 1997 16.4 .585 .569 4.3 18.8 11.7 8.9 1.0 1.1 10.4 20.3 114 105 3.6 2.5 6.2
6 Theo Ratliff 23 76 1292 15.9 .566 .531 10.7 13.9 12.3 1.8 1.3 7.1 12.6 17.0 111 102 1.8 2.1 3.9
7 Michael Curry 28 81 1217 10.4 .592 .500 2.4 9.6 6.1 5.6 1.4 0.8 9.4 12.1 121 107 2.0 1.2 3.2
8 Grant Long 30 65 1166 12.2 .523 .478 9.6 14.0 11.8 5.5 2.1 0.4 13.3 15.3 108 104 1.1 1.5 2.6
9 Aaron McKie 24 42 850 14.8 .558 .507 4.0 14.5 9.4 15.1 2.9 0.7 15.1 16.2 111 102 1.1 1.3 2.4
10 Don Reid 23 47 462 11.1 .523 .482 9.9 17.1 13.6 5.1 2.0 2.7 15.4 16.0 104 102 0.3 0.8 1.0
11 Litterial Green 26 45 311 13.5 .531 .469 2.5 6.3 4.4 21.4 2.9 0.3 15.0 15.9 111 105 0.4 0.4 0.8
12 Rick Mahorn 38 22 218 8.8 .440 .370 11.1 19.0 15.1 4.4 1.0 1.1 13.6 16.7 96 104 0.0 0.3 0.3
13 Jerome Williams 23 33 177 12.6 .419 .392 15.8 19.3 17.6 6.6 4.2 0.5 18.2 20.0 90 98 -0.2 0.4 0.2
14 Kenny Smith 31 9 64 14.7 .551 .525 0.0 9.5 4.9 26.6 0.9 0.0 12.6 18.5 115 109 0.1 0.0 0.2
15 Stacey Augmon 28 20 292 9.6 .473 .403 6.1 14.6 10.4 8.5 1.9 2.8 22.1 20.7 87 103 -0.4 0.4 0.0
16 Randolph Childress 24 4 30 2.4 .500 .500 0.0 4.1 2.1 11.5 3.8 0.0 33.3 24.7 70 104 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Grant Hill 24 5 203 45 103 0 0 28 39 13 34 27 4 5 19 14 118 .437 .718 40.6 23.6 6.8 5.4
2 Lindsey Hunter 26 5 201 29 66 12 29 5 7 4 18 6 6 1 1 9 75 .439 .414 .714 40.2 15.0 3.6 1.2
3 Joe Dumars 33 5 214 22 61 6 23 19 20 2 9 10 5 0 6 9 69 .361 .261 .950 42.8 13.8 1.8 2.0
4 Terry Mills 29 5 196 24 55 9 26 2 4 4 35 7 6 0 4 14 59 .436 .346 .500 39.2 11.8 7.0 1.4
5 Otis Thorpe 34 5 152 21 41 0 0 7 9 12 32 4 2 0 9 21 49 .512 .778 30.4 9.8 6.4 0.8
6 Grant Long 30 5 86 8 18 0 2 9 11 4 11 3 4 0 0 11 25 .444 .000 .818 17.2 5.0 2.2 0.6
7 Aaron McKie 24 5 97 7 20 1 5 0 0 1 10 10 6 2 3 12 15 .350 .200 19.4 3.0 2.0 2.0
8 Theo Ratliff 23 3 18 3 4 0 0 2 4 2 4 1 1 4 3 5 8 .750 .500 6.0 2.7 1.3 0.3
9 Don Reid 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 3.0 4.0 1.0 0.0
10 Jerome Williams 23 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 1.000 5.0 4.0 3.0 0.0
11 Michael Curry 28 2 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 .000 3.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
12 Rick Mahorn 38 2 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 .000 9.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Lindsey Hunter 26 5 201 15.4 .543 .530 2.4 10.0 5.8 5.6 1.7 0.5 1.4 18.0 116 108 0.3 0.2 0.5
2 Terry Mills 29 5 196 12.9 .520 .518 2.4 22.7 11.6 6.5 1.8 0.0 6.6 16.0 106 104 0.1 0.3 0.4
3 Grant Long 30 5 86 14.6 .547 .444 5.6 11.7 8.3 6.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 13.7 127 106 0.2 0.1 0.3
4 Joe Dumars 33 5 214 10.6 .494 .410 1.1 4.7 2.7 8.2 1.4 0.0 7.9 18.3 102 111 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Grant Hill 24 5 203 21.4 .491 .437 7.6 14.9 10.9 29.3 1.1 2.5 13.7 35.3 99 107 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Otis Thorpe 34 5 152 11.8 .545 .512 9.4 18.9 13.7 4.9 0.8 0.0 16.7 18.3 103 108 0.1 0.2 0.2
7 Aaron McKie 24 5 97 8.5 .375 .375 1.2 13.3 6.7 17.1 3.6 2.1 13.0 12.2 86 102 -0.1 0.2 0.1
8 Don Reid 23 1 3 77.4 1.136 0.0 47.9 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.2 250 101 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Theo Ratliff 23 3 18 24.1 .694 .750 13.3 16.0 14.5 10.9 3.2 22.6 34.2 25.1 99 91 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Rick Mahorn 38 2 18 -7.9 .000 .000 6.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 37 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Michael Curry 28 2 7 4.9 .410 .500 0.0 20.5 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 82 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jerome Williams 23 1 5 51.2 1.000 1.000 0.0 86.2 39.1 0.0 11.6 0.0 33.3 30.9 97 64 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Otis Thorpe $7,000,000
2 Grant Hill $5,025,000
3 Joe Dumars $3,075,000
4 Stacey Augmon $2,480,000
5 Terry Mills $2,457,000
6 Grant Long $2,260,000
7 Lindsey Hunter $1,715,000
8 Aaron McKie $1,040,000
9 Theo Ratliff $821,000
10 Randolph Childress $784,000
11 Jerome Williams $568,000
12 Don Reid $400,000
13 Michael Curry $400,000
14 Rick Mahorn $400,000
15 Litterial Green $247,500
16 Kenny Smith $190,100
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)