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Detroit Pistons

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Also known as: Detroit Pistons
Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1030 (#14) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1171 (#5) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +5.4 (#6) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.678 (#5) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 vs IND W 95 - 89
1996-11-02 @ ATL W 90 - 78
1996-11-05 @ PHI W 83 - 81
1996-11-06 vs DAL W 103 - 84
1996-11-08 vs CHI L 80 - 98
1996-11-12 @ WAS W 92 - 79
1996-11-13 vs DEN W 95 - 94
1996-11-15 vs WAS W 95 - 84
1996-11-16 @ CLE W 102 - 98
1996-11-20 @ BOS W 108 - 83
1996-11-21 vs NJN W 96 - 88
1996-11-23 @ CHH L 85 - 93
1996-11-27 vs VAN W 87 - 78
1996-11-29 vs LAL L 76 - 84
1996-12-01 vs SAC W 95 - 66
1996-12-04 vs ATL W 100 - 90
1996-12-06 vs CLE W 93 - 81
1996-12-07 @ NJN W 95 - 69
1996-12-10 @ MIL W 93 - 85
1996-12-12 @ HOU L 96 - 115
1996-12-15 vs BOS W 99 - 89
1996-12-16 @ TOR W 98 - 92
1996-12-18 vs NYK W 112 - 78
1996-12-20 @ IND W 84 - 75
1996-12-21 @ NYK L 92 - 95
1996-12-25 @ CHI L 83 - 95
1996-12-26 vs IND L 89 - 95
1996-12-28 vs CHH W 97 - 75
1996-12-30 vs ORL W 97 - 85
1997-01-02 vs BOS W 99 - 87
1997-01-04 vs TOR W 118 - 74
1997-01-07 vs MIL L 76 - 86
1997-01-10 vs SAS W 84 - 78
1997-01-11 vs UTA W 87 - 77
1997-01-14 @ POR L 86 - 95
1997-01-15 @ VAN W 103 - 79
1997-01-18 @ LAL - Incomplete score
1997-01-20 @ PHX L 86 - 89
1997-01-22 @ SAC L 92 - 97
1997-01-23 @ GSW W 94 - 79
1997-01-25 vs PHI W 104 - 95
1997-01-28 @ MIL W 93 - 84
1997-01-29 vs POR W 98 - 89
1997-02-01 @ NJN W 90 - 75
1997-02-02 vs PHX L 97 - 106
1997-02-06 vs HOU W 96 - 87
1997-02-11 @ MIA L 91 - 104
1997-02-12 vs ORL W 96 - 87
1997-02-14 @ CHH W 109 - 103
1997-02-19 vs WAS W 100 - 85
1997-02-21 vs NJN W 98 - 84
1997-02-23 @ WAS W 85 - 79
1997-02-24 @ ORL L 84 - 93
1997-02-26 vs GSW W 117 - 84
1997-02-28 @ BOS W 106 - 100
1997-03-02 vs ATL W 82 - 75
1997-03-04 vs MIA L 99 - 108
1997-03-05 @ MIN W 92 - 88
1997-03-07 @ UTA L 88 - 95
1997-03-08 @ LAC W 91 - 85
1997-03-11 @ SEA L 80 - 93
1997-03-13 @ DEN W 102 - 82
1997-03-16 vs SEA W 86 - 83
1997-03-17 @ CLE L 82 - 85
1997-03-19 vs TOR L 97 - 99
1997-03-21 vs MIN W 112 - 98
1997-03-22 @ CHI L 88 - 103
1997-03-26 @ NYK L 94 - 105
1997-03-28 vs LAC W 113 - 85
1997-03-30 vs PHI L 92 - 96
1997-04-01 @ DAL W 100 - 82
1997-04-02 @ SAS W 99 - 92
1997-04-04 @ ATL L 89 - 103
1997-04-07 vs MIA L 88 - 94
1997-04-10 @ MIA L 83 - 93
1997-04-11 vs CHH L 85 - 93
1997-04-13 vs CHI W 108 - 91
1997-04-14 @ ORL L 91 - 100
1997-04-16 vs MIL W 92 - 85
1997-04-18 vs CLE L 75 - 82
1997-04-20 @ IND W 124 - 120
1997-04-25 @ ATL L 75 - 89
1997-04-27 @ ATL W 93 - 80
1997-04-29 vs ATL W 99 - 91
1997-05-02 vs ATL L 82 - 94
1997-05-04 @ ATL L 79 - 84

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Grant Hill G 84 38.8 21.5 8.8 7.2 1.8 0.6 3.3 16.1 20.5 - - - 49.1 30.3 71.1 - 55.0 49.4
Joe Dumars G 83 36.8 14.6 2.4 3.9 0.7 0.0 1.6 11.1 8.9 - - - 43.6 42.1 87.5 - 58.1 52.8
Lindsey Hunter G 86 36.6 14.2 2.9 1.9 1.6 0.3 1.1 12.7 7.0 - - - 40.5 35.8 77.8 - 51.6 48.5
Otis Thorpe G 84 33.0 12.9 7.8 1.6 0.7 0.2 1.8 9.9 11.6 - - - 53.1 0.0 65.8 - 56.2 53.1
Terry Mills G 83 25.5 10.9 4.9 1.2 0.5 0.3 1.1 9.0 7.8 - - - 44.3 42.3 81.7 - 58.1 56.6
Aaron McKie G 46 19.6 6.0 2.9 1.8 1.0 0.2 0.8 4.9 6.3 - - - 46.4 37.3 83.1 - 55.2 50.7
Theo Ratliff G 78 16.0 5.6 3.3 0.2 0.4 1.5 0.7 4.3 5.9 - - - 53.1 0 69.2 - 56.6 53.1
Grant Long G 70 17.5 5.0 3.3 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.7 4.2 4.8 - - - 44.7 34.7 75.8 - 52.4 47.6
Stacey Augmon G 20 14.2 4.5 2.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.4 3.9 3.5 - - - 40.3 0 68.3 - 47.3 40.3
Michael Curry G 82 14.1 3.8 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.7 3.2 - - - 44.5 30.3 88.5 - 58.6 49.8
Don Reid G 47 9.3 2.9 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.4 3.1 - - - 48.2 0.0 77.8 - 53.2 48.2
Kenny Smith G 9 6.4 2.6 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 2.2 1.8 - - - 40.0 50.0 100.0 - 55.1 52.5
Randolph Childress G 4 7.0 2.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.2 2.5 0.0 - - - 40.0 66.7 0 - 50.0 50.0
Rick Mahorn G 24 9.4 2.3 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 2.3 2.4 - - - 35.7 0.0 72.7 - 42.6 35.7
Litterial Green G 45 6.3 2.0 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.4 2.0 - - - 46.9 0.0 63.8 - 53.1 46.9
Jerome Williams G 34 4.9 1.6 1.6 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.6 1.8 - - - 41.5 0 52.9 - 43.8 41.5

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG