# Temporada 1996-97 de los Detroit Pistons

La temporada 1996-97 fue la cuadragésimo novena de los Pistons en la NBA, y la cuadragésima en su localización de Detroit, Míchigan. La temporada regular acabaron con 54 victorias y 28 derrotas, ocupando la quinta posición de la Conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Atlanta Hawks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 26 | Jerome Williams | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Georgetown |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Chicago Bulls | 69 | 13 | .841 | – | 39–2 | 30–11 | 24–4 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 56 | 26 | .683 | 13 | 36–5 | 20–21 | 17–11 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 54 | 28 | .659 | 15 | 30–11 | 24–17 | 17–11 |
| x-Charlotte Hornets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 15 | 30–11 | 24–17 | 14–14 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 27 | 25–16 | 17–24 | 13–15 |
| Indiana Pacers | 39 | 43 | .476 | 30 | 21–20 | 18–23 | 11–17 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 36 | 20–21 | 13–28 | 10–18 |
| Toronto Raptors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 39 | 18–23 | 12–29 | 6–22 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 25 de abril | Atlanta Hawks 89, Detroit Pistons 75 | Atlanta |
| 27 de abril | Atlanta Hawks 80, Detroit Pistons 93 | Atlanta |
| 29 de abril | Detroit Pistons 99, Atlanta Hawks 91 | Detroit |
| 2 de mayo | Detroit Pistons 82, Atlanta Hawks 94 | Detroit |
| 4 de mayo | Atlanta Hawks 84, Detroit Pistons 79 | Atlanta |
| | Atlanta Hawks gana las series 3-2 | |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Grant Hill | 24 | SF | 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 | SG | 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 | PG | 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 | C | 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 | PF | 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 | SG | 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 | Grant Long | 30 | PF | 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 |
| 8 | Theo Ratliff | 23 | C | 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 |
| 9 | Michael Curry | 28 | SG | 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 |
| 10 | Stacey Augmon | 28 | SG | 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 |
| 11 | Rick Mahorn | 38 | C | 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 |
| 12 | Don Reid | 23 | PF | 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 |
| 13 | Randolph Childress | 24 | PG | 4 | 0 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .400 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 14 | Kenny Smith | 31 | PG | 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 |
| 15 | Litterial Green | 26 | PG | 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 | PF | 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 |

### Playoffs

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Joe Dumars | 33 | SG | 5 | 5 | 42.8 | 4.4 | 12.2 | .361 | 1.2 | 4.6 | .261 | 3.8 | 4.0 | .950 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 13.8 |
| 2 | Grant Hill | 24 | SF | 5 | 5 | 40.6 | 9.0 | 20.6 | .437 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 5.6 | 7.8 | .718 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 23.6 |
| 3 | Lindsey Hunter | 26 | PG | 5 | 5 | 40.2 | 5.8 | 13.2 | .439 | 2.4 | 5.8 | .414 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .714 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 15.0 |
| 4 | Terry Mills | 29 | PF | 5 | 4 | 39.2 | 4.8 | 11.0 | .436 | 1.8 | 5.2 | .346 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .500 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 11.8 |
| 5 | Otis Thorpe | 34 | C | 5 | 5 | 30.4 | 4.2 | 8.2 | .512 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.4 | 1.8 | .778 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 9.8 |
| 6 | Aaron McKie | 24 | SG | 5 | 0 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .350 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .200 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| 7 | Grant Long | 30 | PF | 5 | 0 | 17.2 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .444 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .818 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.0 |
| 8 | Rick Mahorn | 38 | C | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Theo Ratliff | 23 | C | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.7 | 1.3 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 10 | Jerome Williams | 23 | PF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Michael Curry | 28 | SG | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Don Reid | 23 | PF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Grant Hill | Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| Joe Dumars | All-Star |