1997-98 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats

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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)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 31, DET (1-0) beat WAS, 92-79

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
8	Bison Dele	C	6-9	235	April 6, 1969	us	6	Maryland, Arizona
4	Joe Dumars	SG	6-3	190	May 24, 1963	us	12	McNeese State University
12	Steve Henson	PG	5-11	177	February 2, 1968	us	5	Kansas State
33	Grant Hill	SF	6-8	225	October 5, 1972	us	3	Duke
1	Lindsey Hunter	PG	6-2	170	December 3, 1970	us	4	Alcorn State, Jackson State University
43	Grant Long	PF	6-8	225	March 12, 1966	us	9	Eastern Michigan
44	Rick Mahorn	C	6-10	240	September 21, 1958	us	16	Hampton
23	Aaron McKie	SF	6-5	209	October 2, 1972	us	3	Temple
00	Eric Montross	C	7-0	270	September 23, 1971	us	3	UNC
5	Charles O'Bannon	SG	6-5	209	February 22, 1975	us	R	UCLA
31	Scot Pollard	C	6-11	265	February 12, 1975	us	R	Kansas
42	Theo Ratliff	C	6-10	225	April 17, 1973	us	2	Wyoming
52	Don Reid	PF	6-8	250	December 30, 1973	us	2	Georgetown
14	Malik Sealy	SF	6-8	190	February 1, 1970	us	5	St. John's
42	Jerry Stackhouse	SG	6-6	218	November 5, 1974	us	2	UNC
13	Jerome Williams	PF	6-9	206	May 10, 1973	us	1	Georgetown

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Regular Season

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	7.6	16.5	.457	.453	5.9	8.0	.740	1.1	6.5	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	3.5	2.4	21.1
2	Lindsey Hunter	27	71	67	35.3	4.5	11.6	.383	1.2	3.7	.321	3.3	7.9	.412	.434	2.0	2.8	.740	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	1.5	2.5	12.1
3	Bison Dele	28	78	78	33.6	6.8	13.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	6.8	13.3	.511	.511	2.5	3.6	.707	2.9	6.1	8.9	1.2	0.9	0.7	2.3	3.2	16.2
4	Joe Dumars	34	72	72	32.3	4.6	11.0	.416	2.2	5.9	.371	2.4	5.1	.468	.516	1.8	2.1	.825	0.2	1.3	1.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	13.1
5	Jerry Stackhouse	23	57	15	31.5	5.2	12.1	.428	0.5	2.6	.208	4.6	9.5	.488	.450	4.8	6.1	.782	1.4	2.0	3.3	3.1	1.0	0.7	2.6	2.1	15.7
6	Theo Ratliff	24	24	12	24.4	2.4	4.6	.514	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.6	.514	.514	1.8	2.6	.683	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.3	1.4	3.5	6.5
7	Malik Sealy	27	77	10	21.3	2.8	6.6	.428	0.1	0.5	.220	2.7	6.0	.446	.437	1.9	2.4	.824	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.0	7.7
8	Aaron McKie	25	24	1	19.7	1.8	4.3	.413	0.1	0.7	.176	1.7	3.6	.460	.428	0.8	1.0	.870	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.5
9	Grant Long	31	40	17	18.5	1.3	2.9	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.8	.442	.427	1.0	1.4	.719	1.4	2.3	3.8	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.3	3.5
10	Jerome Williams	24	77	3	16.9	2.0	3.7	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.7	.526	.524	1.4	2.2	.651	2.2	2.7	4.9	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.9	5.3
11	Don Reid	24	68	44	14.6	1.4	2.6	.534	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.6	.534	.534	0.7	1.0	.704	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.4	2.7	3.5
12	Eric Montross	26	28	10	12.6	1.1	2.4	.456	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.4	.456	.456	0.3	0.8	.429	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.5	2.4	2.5
13	Rick Mahorn	39	59	0	12.0	1.0	2.2	.457	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.2	.457	.457	0.4	0.6	.676	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.1	2.4
14	Scot Pollard	22	33	0	9.6	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	.500	.500	0.6	0.7	.826	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.5	2.7
15	Charles O'Bannon	22	30	0	7.8	0.9	2.3	.377	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.2	.394	.377	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	0.4	0.8	.556	.558	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.6

Totals

Regular Season

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	612	1340	.457	.453	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	530	1037	.511	.511	198	280	.707	223	472	695	94	67	55	181	252	1261
3	Lindsey Hunter	27	71	67	2505	316	826	.383	85	265	.321	231	561	.412	.434	145	196	.740	61	186	247	224	123	10	110	174	862
4	Joe Dumars	34	72	72	2326	329	791	.416	158	426	.371	171	365	.468	.516	127	154	.825	14	90	104	253	44	2	84	99	943
5	Jerry Stackhouse	23	57	15	1797	296	692	.428	31	149	.208	265	543	.488	.450	273	349	.782	77	113	190	174	58	38	150	119	896
6	Malik Sealy	27	77	10	1641	216	505	.428	9	41	.220	207	464	.446	.437	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	151	287	.526	.524	108	166	.651	170	209	379	48	51	10	60	144	410
8	Don Reid	24	68	44	994	94	176	.534	0	0		94	176	.534	.534	50	71	.704	77	98	175	26	25	55	28	183	238
9	Grant Long	31	40	17	739	50	117	.427	0	4	.000	50	113	.442	.427	41	57	.719	57	93	150	25	29	12	22	91	141
10	Rick Mahorn	39	59	0	707	59	129	.457	0	0		59	129	.457	.457	23	34	.676	65	130	195	15	14	7	37	123	141
11	Theo Ratliff	24	24	12	586	57	111	.514	0	0		57	111	.514	.514	43	63	.683	46	75	121	15	12	55	34	83	157
12	Aaron McKie	25	24	1	472	43	104	.413	3	17	.176	40	87	.460	.428	20	23	.870	24	44	68	38	23	1	24	47	109
13	Eric Montross	26	28	10	354	31	68	.456	0	0		31	68	.456	.456	9	21	.429	41	66	107	4	6	15	14	66	71
14	Scot Pollard	22	33	0	317	35	70	.500	0	0		35	70	.500	.500	19	23	.826	34	40	74	9	8	10	12	48	89
15	Charles O'Bannon	22	30	0	234	26	69	.377	0	3	.000	26	66	.394	.377	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	10	18	.556	.558	7	7	1.000	0	2	2	4	1	0	6	9	36
			82		19955	2862	6373	.449	293	938	.312	2569	5435	.473	.472	1704	2288	.745	1044	2338	3382	1597	678	344	1198	1805	7721

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Regular Season

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Grant Hill	25	81	3294	21.2	.520	.015	.475	3.3	19.3	11.3	31.5	2.4	1.2	14.8	27.3	5.2	5.1	10.2	.149	3.3	1.5	4.7	5.6
2	Bison Dele	28	78	2619	18.1	.542	.003	.269	10.1	21.6	15.8	7.0	1.4	1.6	13.5	23.9	3.2	3.7	6.9	.126	0.6	-0.6	0.0	1.3
3	Lindsey Hunter	27	71	2505	12.4	.472	.321	.237	2.9	8.9	5.9	15.1	2.7	0.3	10.8	19.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	.077	-0.9	1.0	0.1	1.3
4	Joe Dumars	34	72	2326	14.3	.549	.539	.195	0.7	4.6	2.7	18.9	1.0	0.1	8.9	18.9	4.8	1.2	5.9	.122	2.3	-1.3	1.0	1.7
5	Jerry Stackhouse	23	57	1797	16.8	.530	.215	.504	5.1	7.5	6.3	17.5	1.8	1.6	15.1	25.8	2.2	1.7	3.8	.103	1.6	-0.7	0.9	1.3
6	Malik Sealy	27	77	1641	12.8	.505	.081	.360	3.5	12.5	7.9	10.4	2.2	0.9	11.9	18.8	1.2	2.0	3.2	.093	-1.5	0.9	-0.6	0.6
7	Jerome Williams	24	77	1305	16.3	.568	.003	.576	15.4	19.2	17.3	6.1	2.1	0.6	14.3	15.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	.166	0.7	-0.1	0.6	0.9
8	Don Reid	24	68	994	11.4	.574	.000	.403	9.2	11.8	10.5	4.2	1.4	4.2	11.9	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.8	.135	-2.5	1.5	-1.1	0.2
9	Grant Long	31	40	739	10.0	.496	.034	.487	9.1	15.1	12.1	5.2	2.1	1.2	13.4	10.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	.104	-2.6	1.5	-1.1	0.2
10	Rick Mahorn	39	59	707	7.8	.490	.000	.264	10.9	22.0	16.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	20.4	11.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	.064	-4.5	-0.6	-5.0	-0.5
11	Theo Ratliff	24	24	586	13.0	.566	.000	.568	9.3	15.3	12.3	4.1	1.1	7.1	19.7	13.7	0.4	0.9	1.4	.111	-2.5	2.8	0.3	0.3
12	Aaron McKie	25	24	472	10.1	.478	.163	.221	6.0	11.2	8.6	12.9	2.7	0.2	17.4	13.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	.069	-2.3	2.0	-0.3	0.2
13	Eric Montross	26	28	354	9.4	.460	.000	.309	13.7	22.4	18.0	1.8	0.9	3.2	15.3	12.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	.082	-4.6	-0.1	-4.7	-0.2
14	Scot Pollard	22	33	317	13.3	.555	.000	.329	12.7	15.1	13.9	4.7	1.4	2.4	13.0	13.5	0.5	0.4	0.9	.141	-1.5	-0.4	-2.0	0.0
15	Charles O'Bannon	22	30	234	10.5	.423	.043	.217	7.1	9.7	8.4	12.0	2.1	0.3	10.6	16.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	.048	-2.2	0.1	-2.1	0.0
16	Steve Henson	29	23	65	14.1	.619	.308	.269	0.0	3.7	1.8	11.9	0.8	0.0	17.1	25.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	.098	-0.7	-1.9	-2.7	0.0

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