1997-98 Detroit Pistons Game Log

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Record: 37-45, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Doug Collins (21-24), Alvin Gentry (16-21)

Executive: Doug Collins, Rick Sund

PTS/G: 94.2 (20th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 92.6 (9th of 29)

SRS: 1.95 (13th of 29) Pace: 88.2 (24th of 29)

Off Rtg: 105.3 (13th of 29) Def Rtg: 103.5 (9th of 29) Net Rtg: +1.8 (13th of 29)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (13th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500, Over-Under 52.5

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

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1997-10-31		WAS	W	92	79	32	73	.438	1	4	.250	27	42	.643	15	51	11	8	4	13	18	30	77	.390	5	15	.333	14	21	.667	8	37	22	7	2	12	31
2	2	1997-11-02	@	NYK	W	94	86	31	70	.443	3	3	1.000	29	36	.806	9	28	14	14	2	9	21	32	74	.432	5	18	.278	17	24	.708	14	45	18	3	9	19	28
3	3	1997-11-04	@	ATL	L	71	82	28	75	.373	1	6	.167	14	19	.737	7	30	16	10	4	8	22	31	69	.449	4	10	.400	16	22	.727	12	51	13	4	5	19	22
4	4	1997-11-05		IND	L	87	99	32	75	.427	3	8	.375	20	23	.870	6	36	15	5	2	15	29	35	72	.486	1	4	.250	28	34	.824	8	35	24	10	3	11	19
5	5	1997-11-07		ORL	L	84	89	34	76	.447	1	5	.200	15	17	.882	11	38	20	5	5	19	22	34	82	.415	2	7	.286	19	26	.731	15	40	18	13	5	14	22
6	6	1997-11-09	@	VAN	L	96	104	37	87	.425	3	16	.188	19	22	.864	8	37	21	11	6	15	30	38	75	.507	3	9	.333	25	34	.735	12	53	25	6	5	21	22
7	7	1997-11-10	@	POR	L	82	86	28	75	.373	3	9	.333	23	34	.676	16	41	19	4	4	13	29	26	65	.400	7	17	.412	27	36	.750	12	43	17	1	9	14	27
8	8	1997-11-12	@	GSW	W	102	71	35	73	.479	3	5	.600	29	35	.829	10	48	26	12	3	15	22	29	79	.367	1	9	.111	12	19	.632	12	36	18	8	5	15	24
9	9	1997-11-13	@	SEA	L	89	95	33	77	.429	4	10	.400	19	24	.792	20	43	21	9	3	15	24	31	71	.437	5	17	.294	28	39	.718	20	43	17	7	6	12	20
10	10	1997-11-15		NJN	W	96	88	32	77	.416	2	7	.286	30	38	.789	13	43	13	10	4	17	29	33	79	.418	2	7	.286	20	28	.714	12	36	20	11	2	13	28
11	11	1997-11-18	@	MIL	L	79	87	30	69	.435	0	2	.000	19	34	.559	8	40	20	7	4	13	26	30	78	.385	2	6	.333	25	33	.758	16	48	15	9	2	11	24
12	12	1997-11-20		POR	L	87	93	35	87	.402	0	3	.000	17	21	.810	15	39	18	14	7	13	24	34	72	.472	7	17	.412	18	24	.750	12	46	17	7	4	22	23
13	13	1997-11-22		ATL	W	87	85	34	66	.515	3	12	.250	16	22	.727	4	28	20	6	4	13	21	32	71	.451	3	10	.300	18	21	.857	7	34	15	6	5	16	23
14	14	1997-11-23	@	BOS	L	86	90	29	70	.414	3	12	.250	25	31	.806	6	41	18	6	2	21	20	34	85	.400	4	21	.190	18	27	.667	10	37	20	11	3	14	26
15	15	1997-11-25	@	CHH	L	85	90	32	75	.427	2	15	.133	19	26	.731	13	39	17	8	3	15	23	34	69	.493	6	12	.500	16	30	.533	9	41	21	9	6	19	20
16	16	1997-11-28		NYK	W	86	78	30	72	.417	4	13	.308	22	29	.759	5	42	19	6	5	14	26	24	69	.348	4	14	.286	26	32	.813	5	37	16	6	10	14	25
17	17	1997-11-30		VAN	L	95	97	37	87	.425	3	14	.214	18	26	.692	16	37	20	13	3	9	24	38	65	.585	3	9	.333	18	23	.783	6	35	30	5	3	25	26
18	18	1997-12-03		PHO	W	108	103	39	94	.415	4	14	.286	26	33	.788	15	63	20	8	6	21	23	39	111	.351	10	32	.313	15	22	.682	16	51	27	16	4	12	24
19	19	1997-12-05		SEA	L	89	94	34	84	.405	6	19	.316	15	22	.682	16	45	19	6	8	9	27	34	80	.425	7	20	.350	19	29	.655	18	48	20	4	7	10	20
20	20	1997-12-07	@	TOR	W	93	83	39	88	.443	1	4	.250	14	23	.609	22	48	25	9	8	10	17	31	73	.425	6	11	.545	15	20	.750	12	39	22	6	11	17	17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1997-12-09		DEN	W	92	83	34	90	.378	1	3	.333	23	31	.742	25	55	20	8	5	14	16	36	77	.468	2	8	.250	9	14	.643	9	41	24	6	6	16	24
22	22	1997-12-11		NJN	W	103	99	37	68	.544	5	10	.500	24	33	.727	7	39	20	5	6	17	28	32	78	.410	5	13	.385	30	35	.857	9	33	19	10	2	11	27
23	23	1997-12-13		BOS	W	93	77	39	77	.506	1	6	.167	14	16	.875	15	43	20	8	6	14	13	33	77	.429	6	14	.429	5	11	.455	12	30	23	7	2	20	21
24	24	1997-12-16	@	NYK	L	78	83	31	78	.397	1	9	.111	15	20	.750	15	48	20	9	6	20	19	36	79	.456	2	9	.222	9	15	.600	9	41	20	9	5	15	17
25	25	1997-12-17	@	NJN	L	101	105	38	78	.487	2	10	.200	23	30	.767	10	39	21	8	5	17	25	39	84	.464	5	13	.385	22	31	.710	13	45	24	8	3	15	24
26	26	1997-12-19	@	IND	L	90	98	38	78	.487	0	1	.000	14	20	.700	7	34	20	10	2	15	24	36	77	.468	2	10	.200	24	30	.800	11	44	30	8	8	14	21
27	27	1997-12-20		PHI	W	115	78	39	87	.448	4	12	.333	33	45	.733	17	54	22	13	7	7	22	29	78	.372	2	11	.182	18	25	.720	9	39	19	6	9	16	31
28	28	1997-12-22	@	PHI	W	96	92	28	62	.452	6	16	.375	34	44	.773	9	46	16	4	8	20	27	29	75	.387	2	11	.182	32	44	.727	9	36	21	7	2	8	29
29	29	1997-12-26		MIA	L	74	88	26	73	.356	2	10	.200	20	30	.667	18	48	16	8	4	17	19	34	79	.430	9	25	.360	11	15	.733	15	44	24	15	4	12	21
30	30	1997-12-28		MIN	L	89	93	36	87	.414	4	21	.190	13	21	.619	12	41	17	9	2	10	17	38	83	.458	4	14	.286	13	17	.765	10	47	22	2	4	14	19
31	31	1997-12-30		TOR	W	100	95	31	75	.413	3	6	.500	35	43	.814	16	49	14	4	5	14	24	30	76	.395	10	23	.435	25	34	.735	13	44	14	9	9	18	28
32	32	1998-01-02	@	TOR	W	91	88	36	79	.456	5	11	.455	14	23	.609	17	42	29	9	7	11	16	36	84	.429	4	15	.267	12	16	.750	14	37	28	8	4	12	19
33	33	1998-01-03		CHI	L	96	105	39	87	.448	5	14	.357	13	17	.765	9	32	19	13	5	9	17	42	81	.519	7	17	.412	14	20	.700	12	47	28	4	7	15	18
34	34	1998-01-09		GSW	W	101	72	40	87	.460	1	6	.167	20	23	.870	17	51	23	9	4	11	15	29	75	.387	3	11	.273	11	21	.524	7	36	18	4	4	19	18
35	35	1998-01-11		LAC	W	113	85	45	92	.489	1	4	.250	22	26	.846	22	57	26	17	7	19	18	30	82	.366	7	19	.368	18	24	.750	15	36	14	14	9	19	23
36	36	1998-01-14	@	IND	L	93	100	36	81	.444	1	8	.125	20	28	.714	16	35	7	12	5	16	28	32	65	.492	8	22	.364	28	36	.778	13	40	19	9	3	23	26
37	37	1998-01-15		CHH	W	95	94	39	84	.464	6	16	.375	11	17	.647	10	34	28	13	2	17	23	39	75	.520	2	7	.286	14	18	.778	11	43	23	11	4	24	21
38	38	1998-01-19	@	UTA	L	89	98	31	75	.413	3	12	.250	24	36	.667	17	46	18	6	3	11	29	33	80	.413	5	12	.417	27	32	.844	15	46	20	6	3	10	26
39	39	1998-01-21	@	DEN	W	87	67	31	81	.383	7	16	.438	18	25	.720	18	51	21	5	10	10	19	22	71	.310	5	14	.357	18	20	.900	10	38	13	5	9	10	23
40	40	1998-01-22	@	LAC	W	94	76	33	77	.429	2	9	.222	26	33	.788	16	46	13	4	5	9	27	28	81	.346	2	21	.095	18	23	.783	15	40	12	4	6	12	30
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1998-01-24		NYK	L	92	99	33	72	.458	2	9	.222	24	30	.800	11	40	20	8	2	12	19	38	76	.500	8	13	.615	15	18	.833	9	39	22	6	1	13	23
42	42	1998-01-27	@	MIL	L	81	83	31	74	.419	5	17	.294	14	21	.667	14	47	21	6	7	15	21	32	72	.444	3	4	.750	16	30	.533	11	40	17	10	5	11	15
43	43	1998-01-28		ORL	W	91	86	34	68	.500	3	11	.273	20	32	.625	10	37	21	13	2	18	22	34	76	.447	6	16	.375	12	21	.571	10	34	25	7	1	17	22
44	44	1998-01-30		WAS	L	95	102	33	78	.423	4	15	.267	25	35	.714	14	43	13	5	4	15	33	38	82	.463	1	9	.111	25	39	.641	15	50	15	10	6	10	30
45	45	1998-01-31	@	CLE	L	88	90	32	87	.368	3	14	.214	21	25	.840	12	38	17	8	1	6	21	35	72	.486	1	9	.111	19	22	.864	9	50	28	2	4	18	21
46	46	1998-02-02	@	WAS	L	101	113	33	79	.418	3	13	.231	32	41	.780	14	41	18	6	7	9	15	49	92	.533	5	10	.500	10	14	.714	13	41	31	7	6	9	26
47	47	1998-02-05		HOU	W	104	92	47	79	.595	5	13	.385	5	11	.455	10	41	23	4	3	10	20	30	68	.441	7	16	.438	25	30	.833	4	28	16	7	2	8	14
48	48	1998-02-11		MIL	W	95	83	33	72	.458	5	10	.500	24	27	.889	8	33	22	11	5	15	21	31	72	.431	2	9	.222	19	24	.792	12	37	16	8	1	22	25
49	49	1998-02-13	@	MIA	L	86	100	30	83	.361	4	14	.286	22	24	.917	18	49	14	7	2	13	25	34	74	.459	7	23	.304	25	33	.758	11	43	22	7	10	11	21
50	50	1998-02-15	@	CHI	L	90	99	35	75	.467	7	15	.467	13	25	.520	3	32	22	13	4	15	19	38	81	.469	3	11	.273	20	22	.909	8	44	28	9	3	15	18
51	51	1998-02-17	@	SAS	L	94	95	36	75	.480	5	13	.385	17	21	.810	12	28	24	11	0	6	21	39	71	.549	4	7	.571	13	19	.684	14	39	24	5	5	15	21
52	52	1998-02-19	@	HOU	L	90	100	35	82	.427	5	13	.385	15	17	.882	12	39	17	9	2	11	19	39	77	.506	8	17	.471	14	18	.778	9	40	23	10	4	15	18
53	53	1998-02-21	@	DAL	W	94	82	37	82	.451	5	15	.333	15	21	.714	16	51	17	9	1	11	19	33	80	.413	3	11	.273	13	19	.684	14	40	15	3	4	11	17
54	54	1998-02-23		SAC	W	111	85	42	85	.494	4	12	.333	23	31	.742	13	49	22	14	4	10	26	27	74	.365	2	10	.200	29	38	.763	13	41	19	5	5	20	20
55	55	1998-02-25		CHH	L	88	98	35	78	.449	5	20	.250	13	22	.591	16	45	19	4	1	12	26	33	61	.541	4	9	.444	28	40	.700	5	31	16	11	2	8	18
56	56	1998-02-27		CLE	W	90	87	31	73	.425	3	11	.273	25	38	.658	16	45	17	6	3	18	27	31	75	.413	2	6	.333	23	35	.657	8	34	21	12	2	12	32
57	57	1998-03-01	@	MIN	L	113	115	43	91	.473	5	11	.455	22	30	.733	14	44	25	11	5	14	21	47	103	.456	5	15	.333	16	23	.696	18	52	28	6	2	14	24
58	58	1998-03-02		DAL	W	100	94	35	77	.455	4	15	.267	26	35	.743	18	48	19	6	3	17	21	32	73	.438	6	16	.375	24	27	.889	9	32	18	10	6	14	25
59	59	1998-03-04	@	SAC	L	89	109	33	82	.402	6	12	.500	17	23	.739	13	39	12	5	1	12	21	44	86	.512	3	10	.300	18	20	.900	13	46	27	4	5	13	19
60	60	1998-03-05	@	PHO	L	93	102	31	75	.413	5	14	.357	26	31	.839	14	32	19	7	2	10	22	39	73	.534	4	10	.400	20	23	.870	10	41	33	4	6	17	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1998-03-08	@	LAL	L	89	96	34	78	.436	5	18	.278	16	21	.762	10	35	21	8	3	12	28	33	71	.465	1	10	.100	29	39	.744	17	46	26	7	7	15	19
62	62	1998-03-11		IND	W	122	91	41	70	.586	1	5	.200	39	43	.907	10	42	22	12	2	14	22	33	83	.398	3	16	.188	22	29	.759	15	30	16	8	2	14	26
63	63	1998-03-13	@	BOS	W	96	92	29	69	.420	2	11	.182	36	47	.766	14	39	15	9	5	16	18	35	81	.432	4	12	.333	18	23	.783	18	46	19	11	2	19	33
64	64	1998-03-15		UTA	L	98	109	39	80	.488	4	17	.235	16	24	.667	9	36	18	5	4	11	24	38	73	.521	5	12	.417	28	31	.903	7	39	27	6	1	11	22
65	65	1998-03-16	@	MIA	W	103	90	39	74	.527	4	9	.444	21	31	.677	13	37	14	14	4	11	14	36	77	.468	9	26	.346	9	11	.818	13	34	24	9	7	20	22
66	66	1998-03-18		PHI	L	96	104	31	76	.408	4	18	.222	30	35	.857	15	39	14	7	7	13	23	37	86	.430	2	13	.154	28	33	.848	19	48	20	10	5	11	24
67	67	1998-03-20		TOR	W	105	99	40	81	.494	3	17	.176	22	34	.647	17	47	19	12	5	15	23	36	84	.429	8	19	.421	19	30	.633	19	42	22	10	7	15	22
68	68	1998-03-22		ATL	W	105	98	43	80	.538	1	5	.200	18	19	.947	8	29	22	4	6	10	24	44	80	.550	2	12	.167	8	15	.533	11	34	20	5	4	15	24
69	69	1998-03-23	@	PHI	W	94	79	30	67	.448	2	12	.167	32	45	.711	11	43	23	3	3	10	23	26	74	.351	2	10	.200	25	31	.806	14	42	20	8	4	9	34
70	70	1998-03-25		SAS	W	103	94	37	73	.507	4	10	.400	25	31	.806	7	35	24	7	3	11	20	37	78	.474	3	11	.273	17	20	.850	8	34	24	5	4	12	27
71	71	1998-03-27	@	CLE	L	87	88	31	68	.456	5	14	.357	20	25	.800	8	35	20	5	6	19	19	36	82	.439	5	15	.333	11	12	.917	13	42	29	12	5	14	25
72	72	1998-03-29	@	ATL	L	95	118	36	79	.456	5	16	.313	18	26	.692	13	36	16	7	2	21	19	43	79	.544	12	17	.706	20	27	.741	12	41	27	14	3	14	22
73	73	1998-03-31	@	CHI	L	101	106	40	79	.506	2	12	.167	19	24	.792	6	33	21	12	2	16	19	39	82	.476	5	15	.333	23	24	.958	12	42	31	9	8	16	20
74	74	1998-04-01		CLE	L	90	92	37	70	.529	6	13	.462	10	16	.625	10	37	23	2	4	20	24	32	70	.457	3	10	.300	25	37	.676	10	33	21	15	2	11	16
75	75	1998-04-03		BOS	L	100	101	38	77	.494	7	16	.438	17	23	.739	10	39	24	6	5	15	16	42	86	.488	5	12	.417	12	15	.800	13	39	28	11	4	12	22
76	76	1998-04-05		LAL	L	103	105	38	85	.447	6	12	.500	21	26	.808	18	52	23	7	1	20	21	39	91	.429	6	26	.231	21	27	.778	19	46	16	12	7	15	21
77	77	1998-04-08	@	ORL	L	87	95	34	81	.420	4	10	.400	15	17	.882	16	42	21	8	3	13	18	39	82	.476	7	16	.438	10	15	.667	13	41	24	8	6	14	17
78	78	1998-04-09	@	WAS	W	102	83	35	64	.547	7	13	.538	25	33	.758	3	29	25	8	6	21	26	31	77	.403	5	17	.294	16	22	.727	14	39	19	9	3	21	26
79	79	1998-04-12	@	CHH	L	86	88	34	79	.430	6	15	.400	12	20	.600	16	44	20	6	9	9	18	34	82	.415	2	7	.286	18	23	.783	19	46	21	3	3	9	18
80	80	1998-04-15		CHI	W	87	79	36	81	.444	5	16	.313	10	19	.526	15	49	24	6	5	14	15	34	84	.405	4	16	.250	7	15	.467	16	43	22	9	3	10	17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1998-04-17		MIL	W	108	102	38	79	.481	4	15	.267	28	37	.757	16	42	26	10	3	16	19	40	82	.488	4	13	.308	18	23	.783	11	35	21	9	4	14	23
82	82	1998-04-19	@	NJN	L	101	114	35	70	.500	8	16	.500	23	34	.676	13	34	18	12	6	24	30	41	82	.500	3	10	.300	29	35	.829	16	39	22	14	2	15	26

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