Detroit 78, New York 83

December 16, 1997

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,763

Officials: Kevin Fehr, Bob Delaney, Sean Corbin

Team Rebounds: Detroit (7) New York (5)

Technicals: Detroit (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DET (11-13) 16 24 18 20 78
NYK (14-9) 27 18 24 14 83

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DET 90 86.6 92.2
NYK 90 92.2 86.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DET .404 0.222 0.313 0.192
NYK .468 0.167 0.220 0.114

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 23:00 3-9 1-5 0-0 4.8 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 7
33 Grant Hill Starter SF 39:00 3-10 0-0 4-6 2.2 1 4 5 6 2 1 0 8 10
10 Lindsey Hunter Starter PG 31:00 2-10 0-1 1-2 2.2 1 6 7 4 4 0 1 3 5
42 Theo Ratliff Starter PF 34:00 4-7 0-0 4-4 14.8 5 4 9 0 3 2 3 2 12
8 Bison Dele Starter C 41:00 7-15 0-0 5-6 12.5 2 8 10 1 4 1 2 3 19
23 Aaron McKie Bench SG 22:00 5-8 0-1 1-2 14.8 3 6 9 3 2 1 0 0 11
14 Malik Sealy Bench SF 30:00 5-13 0-2 0-0 5.2 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 1 10
13 Jerome Williams Bench PF 20:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 0.8 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 4
  Team                   7         1  
        240 31-78 1-9 15-20 85.2 15 33 55 20 19 9 6 21 78
          39.7% 11.1% 75.0%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 36:00 14-24 0-0 3-6 24.0 3 7 10 1 2 2 5 2 31
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 34:00 4-11 0-1 1-2 5.8 0 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 9
2 Larry Johnson Starter SF 19:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 4.5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 4
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 36:00 5-8 0-0 0-0 8.2 2 5 7 0 3 1 0 1 10
21 Charlie Ward Starter PG 29:00 4-7 2-4 2-2 13.5 0 4 4 6 1 2 0 3 12
1 Chris Childs Bench SG 19:00 2-6 0-1 0-0 2.8 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 4
14 Chris Dudley Bench C 14:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 3.2 1 5 6 0 2 1 0 2 2
42 Chris Mills Bench SF 25:00 2-7 0-1 3-5 0.9 1 4 5 0 4 1 0 2 7
3 John Starks Bench SG 20:00 2-8 0-2 0-0 -1.0 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 2 4
52 Buck Williams Bench PF 08:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
  Team                   5            
        240 36-79 2-9 9-15 81.6 9 32 46 20 17 9 5 15 83
          45.6% 22.2% 60.0%                    

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Lindsey Hunter
15.3p, 4.6r, 3a		 Joe Dumars
8.7p, 1.5r, 3.6a		 Grant Hill
19.4p, 7.4r, 7.8a		 Theo Ratliff
6.7p, 5r, 0.6a		 Bison Dele
19.4p, 10.3r, 1.4a
Rotation  
 		 Aaron McKie
4.4p, 2.9r, 1.5a		 Malik Sealy
11.3p, 3.4r, 1.7a		 Jerome Williams
3.5p, 3.1r, 0.5a		  
 

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Charlie Ward
6.7p, 3.3r, 5.4a		 Allan Houston
13.4p, 2.8r, 2.6a		 Larry Johnson
12.1p, 4r, 2.4a		 Charles Oakley
8.2p, 8r, 1.9a		 Patrick Ewing
21p, 10.2r, 1a
Rotation  
 		 John Starks
14.9p, 2r, 2.9a		 Chris Mills
9.4p, 4.7r, 2a		  
 		 Chris Dudley
3.3p, 5r, 0.4a
Rotation  
 		 Chris Childs
7.1p, 2.5r, 4a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Buck Williams
3.1p, 4.3r, 0.7a		  
 

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