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Detroit Pistons

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Also known as: Detroit Pistons
Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 954 (#21) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1020 (#16) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → +1.9 (#13) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.558 (#13) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs WAS W 92 - 79
1997-11-02 @ NYK W 94 - 86
1997-11-04 @ ATL L 71 - 82
1997-11-05 vs IND L 87 - 99
1997-11-07 vs ORL L 84 - 89
1997-11-09 @ VAN L 96 - 104
1997-11-10 @ POR L 82 - 86
1997-11-12 @ GSW W 102 - 71
1997-11-13 @ SEA L 89 - 95
1997-11-15 vs NJN W 96 - 88
1997-11-18 @ MIL L 79 - 87
1997-11-20 vs POR L 87 - 93
1997-11-25 @ CHH L 85 - 90
1997-11-28 vs NYK W 86 - 78
1997-11-30 vs VAN L 95 - 97
1997-12-03 vs PHX - Incomplete score
1997-12-05 vs SEA L 89 - 94
1997-12-07 @ TOR W 93 - 83
1997-12-09 vs DEN W 92 - 83
1997-12-11 vs NJN W 103 - 99
1997-12-13 vs BOS W 93 - 77
1997-12-16 @ NYK L 78 - 83
1997-12-17 @ NJN L 101 - 105
1997-12-19 @ IND L 90 - 98
1997-12-20 vs PHI W 115 - 78
1997-12-22 @ PHI W 96 - 92
1997-12-26 vs MIA L 74 - 88
1997-12-28 vs MIN L 89 - 93
1998-01-02 @ TOR W 91 - 88
1998-01-03 vs CHI L 96 - 105
1998-01-09 vs GSW W 101 - 72
1998-01-11 vs LAC W 113 - 85
1998-01-14 @ IND L 93 - 100
1998-01-15 vs CHH W 95 - 94
1998-01-19 @ UTA L 89 - 98
1998-01-21 @ DEN W 87 - 67
1998-01-22 @ LAC W 94 - 76
1998-01-24 vs NYK L 92 - 99
1998-01-27 @ MIL L 81 - 83
1998-01-28 vs ORL W 91 - 86
1998-01-30 vs WAS L 95 - 102
1998-01-31 @ CLE L 88 - 90
1998-02-02 @ WAS L 101 - 113
1998-02-05 vs HOU W 104 - 92
1998-02-11 vs MIL W 95 - 83
1998-02-13 @ MIA L 86 - 100
1998-02-17 @ SAS L 94 - 95
1998-02-19 @ HOU L 90 - 100
1998-02-21 @ DAL W 94 - 82
1998-02-23 vs SAC W 111 - 85
1998-02-25 vs CHH L 88 - 98
1998-02-27 vs CLE W 90 - 87
1998-03-01 @ MIN - Incomplete score
1998-03-02 vs DAL W 100 - 94
1998-03-04 @ SAC L 89 - 109
1998-03-05 @ PHX L 93 - 102
1998-03-08 @ LAL L 89 - 96
1998-03-11 vs IND W 122 - 91
1998-03-13 @ BOS W 96 - 92
1998-03-15 vs UTA L 98 - 109
1998-03-16 @ MIA W 103 - 90
1998-03-18 vs PHI L 96 - 104
1998-03-20 vs TOR W 105 - 99
1998-03-22 vs ATL W 105 - 98
1998-03-25 vs SAS W 103 - 94
1998-03-27 @ CLE L 87 - 88
1998-03-29 @ ATL L 95 - 118
1998-03-31 @ CHI L 101 - 106
1998-04-01 vs CLE L 90 - 92
1998-04-03 vs BOS L 100 - 101
1998-04-05 vs LAL L 103 - 105
1998-04-08 @ ORL L 87 - 95
1998-04-09 @ WAS W 102 - 83
1998-04-12 @ CHH L 86 - 88
1998-04-15 vs CHI W 87 - 79
1998-04-17 vs MIL W 108 - 102
1998-04-19 @ NJN L 101 - 114

1998 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 76 40.3 21.1 7.6 6.8 1.8 0.6 3.5 16.9 17.6 - - - 44.9 15.0 74.3 - 51.8 45.1
Bison Dele G 73 33.1 16.0 8.8 1.2 0.9 0.7 2.3 13.3 12.0 - - - 50.6 33.3 71.6 - 53.9 50.7
Jerry Stackhouse G 54 31.2 15.8 3.3 3.1 1.0 0.6 2.7 12.2 9.0 - - - 43.5 21.1 77.0 - 53.3 45.8
Joe Dumars G 67 31.4 13.0 1.4 3.4 0.6 0.0 1.1 10.9 6.5 - - - 41.7 37.9 81.5 - 55.0 52.0
Lindsey Hunter G 67 34.6 11.9 3.5 3.2 1.7 0.1 1.5 11.7 7.2 - - - 37.7 30.7 74.4 - 46.3 42.5
Malik Sealy G 73 20.7 7.8 2.9 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.1 6.6 5.4 - - - 43.0 22.0 83.1 - 50.7 43.9
Theo Ratliff G 22 25.3 6.8 5.4 0.6 0.5 2.4 1.5 4.9 9.3 - - - 50.9 0 67.8 - 56.0 50.9
Jerome Williams G 73 16.4 5.4 5.0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.8 3.8 7.3 - - - 52.7 0.0 66.9 - 57.3 52.7
Aaron McKie G 22 18.8 4.5 2.8 1.6 1.0 0.0 0.8 4.3 4.7 - - - 40.0 13.3 87.0 - 46.6 41.1
Don Reid G 64 14.1 3.5 2.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.6 4.7 - - - 54.2 0 69.7 - 57.9 54.2
Grant Long G 38 17.8 3.5 3.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.8 5.4 - - - 43.5 0.0 72.7 - 50.7 43.5
Scot Pollard G 32 9.2 2.8 2.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.2 3.3 - - - 50.0 0 82.6 - 55.5 50.0
Eric Montross G 26 12.5 2.7 3.9 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 2.4 4.6 - - - 47.6 0 42.9 - 47.8 47.6
Rick Mahorn G 56 11.6 2.5 3.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 2.2 3.6 - - - 46.8 0 67.6 - 50.0 46.8
Charles O'Bannon G 29 7.3 2.2 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.3 1.7 - - - 38.8 0.0 80.0 - 43.5 38.8
Steve Henson G 22 2.0 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 0.5 - - - 50.0 37.5 100.0 - 61.9 55.8

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