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1997-98 Detroit Pistons Roster and Statistics

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37-45, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Collins (21-24), Alvin Gentry (16-21)

Points Per Game: 94.2 (20th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 92.6 (9th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (13th of 29)

Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills ▪ Attendance: 794,567 (7th of 29)

SRS: 1.95 (13th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 88.2 (25th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 105.3 (13th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.5 (9th of 29)

1997-98 Detroit Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
8 Bison Dele F-C 6-9 235 April 6, 1969 6 University of Arizona
4 Joe Dumars G 6-3 190 May 24, 1963 12 McNeese State University
12 Steve Henson G 5-11 177 February 2, 1968 5 Kansas State University
33 Grant Hill F 6-8 225 October 5, 1972 3 Duke University
1 Lindsey Hunter G 6-2 170 December 3, 1970 4 Jackson State University
43 Grant Long F 6-8 225 March 12, 1966 9 Eastern Michigan University
44 Rick Mahorn C-F 6-10 240 September 21, 1958 16 Hampton University
23 Aaron McKie G 6-5 209 October 2, 1972 3 Temple University
00 Eric Montross C 7-0 270 September 23, 1971 3 University of North Carolina
5 Charles O'Bannon G-F 6-5 209 February 22, 1975 R University of California, Los Angeles
31 Scot Pollard C 6-11 265 February 12, 1975 R University of Kansas
Theo Ratliff C-F 6-10 225 April 17, 1973 2 University of Wyoming
52 Don Reid F 6-8 250 December 30, 1973 2 Georgetown University
14 Malik Sealy G 6-8 190 February 1, 1970 5 St. John's University
42 Jerry Stackhouse G-F 6-6 218 November 5, 1974 2 University of North Carolina
13 Jerome Williams F 6-9 206 May 10, 1973 1 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 19955 2862 6373 .449 293 938 .312 1704 2288 .745 1044 2338 3382 1597 678 344 1198 1805 7721 94.2
Opponent 82 19955 2840 6377 .445 363 1100 .330 1549 2077 .746 991 2334 3325 1753 648 382 1263 1874 7592 92.6

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 25 81 81 3294 615 1361 .452 3 21 .143 479 647 .740 93 530 623 551 143 53 285 196 1712
2 Bison Dele 28 78 78 2619 531 1040 .511 1 3 .333 198 280 .707 223 472 695 94 67 55 181 252 1261
3 Joe Dumars 34 72 72 2326 329 791 .416 158 426 .371 127 154 .825 14 90 104 253 44 2 84 99 943
4 Jerry Stackhouse 23 57 15 1797 296 692 .428 31 149 .208 273 349 .782 77 113 190 174 58 38 150 119 896
5 Lindsey Hunter 27 71 67 2505 316 826 .383 85 265 .321 145 196 .740 61 186 247 224 123 10 110 174 862
6 Malik Sealy 27 77 10 1641 216 505 .428 9 41 .220 150 182 .824 48 171 219 100 65 20 79 156 591
7 Jerome Williams 24 77 3 1305 151 288 .524 0 1 .000 108 166 .651 170 209 379 48 51 10 60 144 410
8 Don Reid 24 68 44 994 94 176 .534 0 0 50 71 .704 77 98 175 26 25 55 28 183 238
9 Theo Ratliff 24 24 12 586 57 111 .514 0 0 43 63 .683 46 75 121 15 12 55 34 83 157
10 Rick Mahorn 39 59 0 707 59 129 .457 0 0 23 34 .676 65 130 195 15 14 7 37 123 141
11 Grant Long 31 40 17 739 50 117 .427 0 4 .000 41 57 .719 57 93 150 25 29 12 22 91 141
12 Aaron McKie 25 24 1 472 43 104 .413 3 17 .176 20 23 .870 24 44 68 38 23 1 24 47 109
13 Scot Pollard 22 33 0 317 35 70 .500 0 0 19 23 .826 34 40 74 9 8 10 12 48 89
14 Eric Montross 26 28 10 354 31 68 .456 0 0 9 21 .429 41 66 107 4 6 15 14 66 71
15 Charles O'Bannon 22 30 0 234 26 69 .377 0 3 .000 12 15 .800 14 19 33 17 9 1 9 15 64
16 Steve Henson 29 23 0 65 13 26 .500 3 8 .375 7 7 1.000 0 2 2 4 1 0 6 9 36

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 25 81 81 40.7 7.6 16.8 .452 0.0 0.3 .143 5.9 8.0 .740 1.1 6.5 7.7 6.8 1.8 0.7 3.5 2.4 21.1
2 Bison Dele 28 78 78 33.6 6.8 13.3 .511 0.0 0.0 .333 2.5 3.6 .707 2.9 6.1 8.9 1.2 0.9 0.7 2.3 3.2 16.2
3 Jerry Stackhouse 23 57 15 31.5 5.2 12.1 .428 0.5 2.6 .208 4.8 6.1 .782 1.4 2.0 3.3 3.1 1.0 0.7 2.6 2.1 15.7
4 Joe Dumars 34 72 72 32.3 4.6 11.0 .416 2.2 5.9 .371 1.8 2.1 .825 0.2 1.3 1.4 3.5 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.4 13.1
5 Lindsey Hunter 27 71 67 35.3 4.5 11.6 .383 1.2 3.7 .321 2.0 2.8 .740 0.9 2.6 3.5 3.2 1.7 0.1 1.5 2.5 12.1
6 Malik Sealy 27 77 10 21.3 2.8 6.6 .428 0.1 0.5 .220 1.9 2.4 .824 0.6 2.2 2.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.0 7.7
7 Theo Ratliff 24 24 12 24.4 2.4 4.6 .514 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.6 .683 1.9 3.1 5.0 0.6 0.5 2.3 1.4 3.5 6.5
8 Jerome Williams 24 77 3 16.9 2.0 3.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.2 .651 2.2 2.7 4.9 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.8 1.9 5.3
9 Aaron McKie 25 24 1 19.7 1.8 4.3 .413 0.1 0.7 .176 0.8 1.0 .870 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.6 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.5
10 Grant Long 31 40 17 18.5 1.3 2.9 .427 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.4 .719 1.4 2.3 3.8 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.3 3.5
11 Don Reid 24 68 44 14.6 1.4 2.6 .534 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .704 1.1 1.4 2.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.7 3.5
12 Scot Pollard 22 33 0 9.6 1.1 2.1 .500 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7 .826 1.0 1.2 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.5 2.7
13 Eric Montross 26 28 10 12.6 1.1 2.4 .456 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .429 1.5 2.4 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 2.4 2.5
14 Rick Mahorn 39 59 0 12.0 1.0 2.2 .457 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .676 1.1 2.2 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 2.1 2.4
15 Charles O'Bannon 22 30 0 7.8 0.9 2.3 .377 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.5 .800 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.5 2.1
16 Steve Henson 29 23 0 2.8 0.6 1.1 .500 0.1 0.3 .375 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.6

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 Steve Henson 29 23 0 65 7.2 14.4 .500 1.7 4.4 .375 3.9 3.9 1.000 0.0 1.1 1.1 2.2 0.6 0.0 3.3 5.0 19.9
2 Grant Hill 25 81 81 3294 6.7 14.9 .452 0.0 0.2 .143 5.2 7.1 .740 1.0 5.8 6.8 6.0 1.6 0.6 3.1 2.1 18.7
3 Jerry Stackhouse 23 57 15 1797 5.9 13.9 .428 0.6 3.0 .208 5.5 7.0 .782 1.5 2.3 3.8 3.5 1.2 0.8 3.0 2.4 17.9
4 Bison Dele 28 78 78 2619 7.3 14.3 .511 0.0 0.0 .333 2.7 3.8 .707 3.1 6.5 9.6 1.3 0.9 0.8 2.5 3.5 17.3
5 Joe Dumars 34 72 72 2326 5.1 12.2 .416 2.4 6.6 .371 2.0 2.4 .825 0.2 1.4 1.6 3.9 0.7 0.0 1.3 1.5 14.6
6 Malik Sealy 27 77 10 1641 4.7 11.1 .428 0.2 0.9 .220 3.3 4.0 .824 1.1 3.8 4.8 2.2 1.4 0.4 1.7 3.4 13.0
7 Lindsey Hunter 27 71 67 2505 4.5 11.9 .383 1.2 3.8 .321 2.1 2.8 .740 0.9 2.7 3.5 3.2 1.8 0.1 1.6 2.5 12.4
8 Jerome Williams 24 77 3 1305 4.2 7.9 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.6 .651 4.7 5.8 10.5 1.3 1.4 0.3 1.7 4.0 11.3
9 Scot Pollard 22 33 0 317 4.0 7.9 .500 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.6 .826 3.9 4.5 8.4 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.4 5.5 10.1
10 Charles O'Bannon 22 30 0 234 4.0 10.6 .377 0.0 0.5 .000 1.8 2.3 .800 2.2 2.9 5.1 2.6 1.4 0.2 1.4 2.3 9.8
11 Theo Ratliff 24 24 12 586 3.5 6.8 .514 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.9 .683 2.8 4.6 7.4 0.9 0.7 3.4 2.1 5.1 9.6
12 Don Reid 24 68 44 994 3.4 6.4 .534 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.6 .704 2.8 3.5 6.3 0.9 0.9 2.0 1.0 6.6 8.6
13 Aaron McKie 25 24 1 472 3.3 7.9 .413 0.2 1.3 .176 1.5 1.8 .870 1.8 3.4 5.2 2.9 1.8 0.1 1.8 3.6 8.3
14 Eric Montross 26 28 10 354 3.2 6.9 .456 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.1 .429 4.2 6.7 10.9 0.4 0.6 1.5 1.4 6.7 7.2
15 Rick Mahorn 39 59 0 707 3.0 6.6 .457 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.7 .676 3.3 6.6 9.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.9 6.3 7.2
16 Grant Long 31 40 17 739 2.4 5.7 .427 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 2.8 .719 2.8 4.5 7.3 1.2 1.4 0.6 1.1 4.4 6.9

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 25 81 3294 21.2 .520 .453 3.3 19.3 11.3 31.5 2.4 1.2 14.8 27.3 106 101 5.2 5.1 10.2
2 Bison Dele 28 78 2619 18.1 .542 .511 10.1 21.6 15.8 7.0 1.4 1.6 13.5 23.9 105 102 3.2 3.7 6.9
3 Joe Dumars 34 72 2326 14.3 .549 .516 0.7 4.6 2.7 18.9 1.0 0.1 8.9 18.9 115 109 4.8 1.2 5.9
4 Jerome Williams 24 77 1305 16.3 .568 .524 15.4 19.2 17.3 6.1 2.1 0.6 14.3 15.0 117 102 2.6 1.9 4.5
5 Lindsey Hunter 27 71 2505 12.4 .472 .434 2.9 8.9 5.9 15.1 2.7 0.3 10.8 19.0 101 104 1.2 2.8 4.0
6 Jerry Stackhouse 23 57 1797 16.8 .530 .450 5.1 7.5 6.3 17.5 1.8 1.6 15.1 25.8 104 106 2.2 1.7 3.8
7 Malik Sealy 27 77 1641 12.8 .505 .437 3.5 12.5 7.9 10.4 2.2 0.9 11.9 18.8 103 104 1.2 2.0 3.2
8 Don Reid 24 68 994 11.4 .574 .534 9.2 11.8 10.5 4.2 1.4 4.2 11.9 11.0 119 103 1.5 1.3 2.8
9 Grant Long 31 40 739 10.0 .496 .427 9.1 15.1 12.1 5.2 2.1 1.2 13.4 10.3 109 103 0.6 1.0 1.6
10 Theo Ratliff 24 24 586 13.0 .566 .514 9.3 15.3 12.3 4.1 1.1 7.1 19.7 13.7 105 101 0.4 0.9 1.4
11 Rick Mahorn 39 59 707 7.8 .490 .457 10.9 22.0 16.4 3.3 1.1 0.7 20.4 11.9 97 103 0.0 0.9 0.9
12 Scot Pollard 22 33 317 13.3 .555 .500 12.7 15.1 13.9 4.7 1.4 2.4 13.0 13.5 116 103 0.5 0.4 0.9
13 Aaron McKie 25 24 472 10.1 .478 .428 6.0 11.2 8.6 12.9 2.7 0.2 17.4 13.6 99 104 0.1 0.6 0.7
14 Eric Montross 26 28 354 9.4 .460 .456 13.7 22.4 18.0 1.8 0.9 3.2 15.3 12.0 99 101 0.1 0.5 0.6
15 Charles O'Bannon 22 30 234 10.5 .423 .377 7.1 9.7 8.4 12.0 2.1 0.3 10.6 16.8 97 105 0.0 0.2 0.2
16 Steve Henson 29 23 65 14.1 .619 .558 0.0 3.7 1.8 11.9 0.8 0.0 17.1 25.1 108 110 0.1 0.0 0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Grant Hill $5,850,000
2 Bison Dele $4,050,000
3 Joe Dumars $3,000,000
4 Grant Long $2,610,335
5 Jerry Stackhouse $2,583,360
6 Lindsey Hunter $1,750,000
7 Eric Montross $1,520,000
8 Aaron McKie $1,235,000
9 Malik Sealy $1,150,000
10 Don Reid $1,000,000
11 Theo Ratliff $928,080
12 Scot Pollard $818,160
13 Randolph Childress $760,000
14 Jerome Williams $652,800
15 Rick Mahorn $480,000
16 Charles O'Bannon $320,000
17 Rumeal Robinson $272,250
18 Steve Henson $272,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)