Detroit Pistons Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Detroit Pistons Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Stacey Augmon SF 6-6 205 Aug 1, 1968 28 UNLV 5 1991 1st Rnd, #9, Atlanta Hawks
Michael Curry F-G 6-5 210 Aug 22, 1968 28 Georgia Southern 3 1990 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Joe Dumars SG 6-3 190 May 24, 1963 33 McNeese State 11 1985 1st Rnd, #18, Detroit Pistons
Litterial Green PG 6-1 185 Mar 7, 1970 26 Georgia 3 1992 2nd Rnd, #39, Chicago Bulls
Grant Hill SF 6-8 225 Oct 5, 1972 24 Duke 2 1994 1st Rnd, #3, Detroit Pistons
Lindsey Hunter PG 6-2 195 Dec 3, 1970 25 Jackson State 3 1993 1st Rnd, #10, Detroit Pistons
Grant Long PF 6-8 225 Mar 12, 1966 30 Eastern Michigan 8 1988 2nd Rnd, #33, Miami Heat
Rick Mahorn C 6-10 240 Sep 21, 1958 38 Hampton 15 1980 2nd Rnd, #35, Washington Wizards
Terry Mills PF 6-10 230 Dec 21, 1967 28 Michigan 6 1990 1st Rnd, #16, Milwaukee Bucks
Theo Ratliff C 6-10 235 Apr 17, 1973 23 Wyoming 1 1995 1st Rnd, #18, Detroit Pistons
Don Reid PF 6-8 250 Dec 30, 1973 22 Georgetown 1 1995 2nd Rnd, #58, Detroit Pistons
Kenny Smith PG 6-3 170 Mar 8, 1965 31 North Carolina 9 1987 1st Rnd, #6, Sacramento Kings
Otis Thorpe PF 6-9 225 Aug 5, 1962 34 Providence 12 1984 1st Rnd, #9, Kansas City Kings
Jerome Williams F-C 6-9 206 May 10, 1973 23 Georgetown 0 1996 1st Rnd, #26, Detroit Pistons

Indiana 89, Detroit 95

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Attendance: 21,454

Officials: Ken Mauer, Ronnie Nunn, Woody Mayfield

Team Rebounds: Indiana (8) Detroit (10)

Technicals: Indiana (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
IND (0-1) 17 28 14 30 89
DET (1-0) 16 25 27 27 95

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
IND 89 100.4 107.2
DET 89 107.2 100.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
IND .486 0.203 0.278 0.230
DET .515 0.192 0.282 0.368

Indiana Pacers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Travis Best Starter PG 27:00 2-6 0-3 0-0 -0.8 0.0 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 4
33 Antonio Davis Starter PF 29:00 5-9 0-0 4-6 4.5 1.0 4 5 0 3 0 1 4 14
32 Dale Davis Starter C 37:00 7-12 0-0 1-2 13.5 4.0 7 11 0 4 2 1 2 15
9 Derrick McKey Starter SF 29:00 2-6 1-3 3-4 4.8 0.0 5 5 2 4 0 0 1 8
31 Reggie Miller Starter SG 41:00 4-15 2-8 7-7 10.4 1.0 3 4 6 2 0 2 3 17
53 Jerome Allen Bench SG 08:00 2-4 2-4 0-0 7.0 1.0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 6
5 Jalen Rose Bench SG 23:00 4-8 1-1 1-2 5.2 0.0 0 0 4 4 1 0 1 10
55 Brent Scott Bench PF 13:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2
3 Haywoode Workman Bench PG 13:00 4-5 0-1 0-0 4.8 2.0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 8
7 Reggie Williams Bench SF 20:00 2-7 0-1 1-2 3.0 1.0 6 7 1 3 0 0 1 5
  Team                   8            
        240 33-74 6-21 17-23 78.4 10 26 44 19 30 6 4 18 89
          44.6% 28.6% 73.9%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
12 Michael Curry Starter SG 10:00 1-3 0-2 0-0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2
4 Joe Dumars Starter PG 39:00 7-15 3-6 10-10 15.8 0.0 3 3 1 1 3 0 2 27
33 Grant Hill Starter SF 41:00 10-18 0-1 5-7 14.6 1.0 7 8 5 3 1 0 5 25
43 Grant Long Starter PF 23:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.8 2.0 3 5 1 4 0 0 3 2
50 Otis Thorpe Starter C 27:00 5-8 0-0 1-4 7.5 3.0 2 5 2 5 3 0 3 11
2 Stacey Augmon Bench SF 28:00 2-4 0-0 2-6 7.0 1.0 5 6 0 1 1 2 1 6
1 Lindsey Hunter Bench PG 40:00 5-13 3-10 3-4 6.5 0.0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 16
44 Rick Mahorn Bench C 15:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 2.8 1.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4
6 Terry Mills Bench PF 15:00 0-3 0-1 2-2 4.5 2.0 4 6 1 1 1 1 2 2
42 Theo Ratliff Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.5 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Team                   10         2  
        240 32-68 6-20 25-35 87.9 11 28 49 12 22 10 3 19 95
          47.1% 30.0% 71.4%                    

Indiana Pacers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Travis Best
4p, 1r, 2a
Reggie Miller
17p, 4r, 6a
Derrick McKey
8p, 5r, 2a
Antonio Davis
14p, 5r, 0a
Dale Davis
15p, 11r, 0a
Rotation Haywoode Workman
8p, 2r, 1a
Jalen Rose
10p, 0r, 4a
Reggie Williams
5p, 7r, 1a
Brent Scott
2p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Jerome Allen
6p, 1r, 3a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Joe Dumars
27p, 3r, 1a
Michael Curry
2p, 1r, 1a
Grant Hill
25p, 8r, 5a
Grant Long
2p, 5r, 1a
Otis Thorpe
11p, 5r, 2a
Rotation Lindsey Hunter
16p, 3r, 1a
 
 
Stacey Augmon
6p, 6r, 0a
Terry Mills
2p, 6r, 1a
Rick Mahorn
4p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Theo Ratliff
0p, 1r, 0a