| Los Angeles Lakers | 105 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 81 |
| Box Score | |
| New Jersey Nets | 82 |
| Detroit Pistons | 64 |
| Box Score | |
Detroit 64, New Jersey 82
Conference Semi Finals - Detroit wins 4-3
Izod Center (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
Attendance: 19,000
Officials: Ron Garretson, Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer
Team Rebounds: Detroit (6) New Jersey (8)
Technicals: Detroit (0) New Jersey (0)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET (54-28) | 13 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 64 |
| NJN (47-35) | 31 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 82 |
| Advanced | Poss | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 84 | 76.6 | 98.1 |
| NJN | 84 | 98.1 | 76.6 |
| Four Factors | eFG% | TO% | OR% | FTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | .289 | 0.215 | 0.422 | 0.263 |
| NJN | .443 | 0.179 | 0.229 | 0.286 |
Detroit Pistons
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chauncey Billups | Starter | PG | 37:00 | 1-10 | 0-1 | 0-1 | -4.6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | Richard Hamilton | Starter | SG | 42:00 | 4-15 | 0-1 | 7-8 | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 22 | Tayshaun Prince | Starter | SF | 23:00 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Ben Wallace | Starter | C | 44:00 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 25.8 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 30 | Rasheed Wallace | Starter | PF | 22:00 | 4-10 | 0-5 | 2-2 | -1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 41 | Elden Campbell | Bench | C | 05:00 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Darvin Ham | Bench | SF | 15:00 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Lindsey Hunter | Bench | PG | 09:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Mike James | Bench | PG | 12:00 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Mehmet Okur | Bench | C | 14:00 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1.8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Corliss Williamson | Bench | SF | 17:00 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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| 240 | 22-76 | 0-10 | 20-26 | 50.2 | 19 | 26 | 51 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 64 | ||||
| 28.9% | 0.0% | 76.9% |
New Jersey Nets
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Jason Collins | Starter | C | 27:00 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4.0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Richard Jefferson | Starter | SF | 44:00 | 11-19 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 18.0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Jason Kidd | Starter | PG | 39:00 | 2-14 | 0-6 | 1-1 | 9.6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | Kerry Kittles | Starter | SG | 39:00 | 7-11 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 17.2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Kenyon Martin | Starter | PF | 21:00 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 11.6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | Brandon Armstrong | Bench | SG | 01:00 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Lucious Harris | Bench | SG | 16:00 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Zoran Planinic | Bench | PG | 01:00 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Rodney Rogers | Bench | SF | 19:00 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Brian Scalabrine | Bench | PF | 14:00 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3.8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Tamar Slay | Bench | SG | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Aaron Williams | Bench | C | 18:00 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2.8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 240 | 29-70 | 4-15 | 20-26 | 84.5 | 11 | 37 | 56 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 82 | ||||
| 41.4% | 26.7% | 76.9% |
Detroit Pistons Depth Chart
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
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| Starters | Chauncey Billups 16.9p, 3.5r, 5.7a |
Richard Hamilton 17.6p, 3.6r, 4a |
Tayshaun Prince 10.3p, 4.8r, 2.3a |
Rasheed Wallace 16p, 6.8r, 2.3a |
Ben Wallace 9.5p, 12.4r, 1.7a |
| Rotation | Mike James 9.3p, 2.9r, 4.2a |
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Corliss Williamson 9.5p, 3.2r, 0.7a |
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Mehmet Okur 9.6p, 5.9r, 1a |
| Rotation | |
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Darvin Ham 1.8p, 1.7r, 0.3a |
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| Lim PT | Lindsey Hunter 3.5p, 2r, 2.6a |
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Elden Campbell 5.6p, 3.2r, 0.7a |
New Jersey Nets Depth Chart
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | Jason Kidd 15.5p, 6.4r, 9.2a |
Kerry Kittles 13.1p, 4r, 2.5a |
Richard Jefferson 18.5p, 5.7r, 3.8a |
Kenyon Martin 16.7p, 9.5r, 2.5a |
Jason Collins 5.9p, 5.1r, 2a |
| Rotation | |
Lucious Harris 6.9p, 2r, 2a |
Rodney Rogers 7.8p, 4.4r, 2a |
Brian Scalabrine 3.5p, 2.5r, 0.9a |
Aaron Williams 6.3p, 4.1r, 1.1a |
| Lim PT | Zoran Planinic 3.1p, 1.1r, 1.4a |
Brandon Armstrong 2.7p, 0.8r, 0.3a |
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| Lim PT | |
Tamar Slay 2.4p, 1.1r, 0.6a |
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