Indiana Pacers Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Indiana Pacers Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Jerome Allen SG 6-4 185 Jan 28, 1973 23 Pennsylvania 1 1995 2nd Rnd, #49, Minnesota Timberwolves
Travis Best PG 5-11 182 Jul 12, 1972 24 Georgia Tech 1 1995 1st Rnd, #23, Indiana Pacers
Erick Dampier C 6-11 265 Jul 14, 1975 21 Mississippi State 0 1996 1st Rnd, #10, Indiana Pacers
Antonio Davis FC 6-9 245 Oct 31, 1968 28 UTEP 3 1990 2nd Rnd, #45, Indiana Pacers
Dale Davis C-F 6-11 252 Mar 25, 1969 27 Clemson 5 1991 1st Rnd, #13, Indiana Pacers
Duane Ferrell SF 6-7 209 Feb 28, 1965 31 Georgia Tech 8 1988 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Fred Hoiberg SG 6-4 203 Oct 15, 1972 24 Iowa State 1 1995 2nd Rnd, #52, Indiana Pacers
Eddie Johnson SF 6-7 215 May 1, 1959 37 Illinois 14 1981 2nd Rnd, #29, Kansas City Kings
Derrick McKey PF 6-9 205 Oct 10, 1966 30 Alabama 9 1987 1st Rnd, #9, Seattle SuperSonics
Reggie Miller SG 6-7 185 Aug 24, 1965 31 UCLA 9 1987 1st Rnd, #11, Indiana Pacers
Jalen Rose SG 6-8 210 Jan 30, 1973 23 Michigan 2 1994 1st Rnd, #13, Denver Nuggets
Brent Scott F-C 6-10 250 Jun 15, 1971 25 Rice 0 1993 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Rik Smits C 7-4 250 Aug 23, 1966 30 Marist 8 1988 1st Rnd, #2, Indiana Pacers
Reggie Williams GF 6-7 190 Mar 5, 1964 32 Georgetown 9 1987 1st Rnd, #4, Los Angeles Clippers
Haywoode Workman PG 6-2 180 Jan 23, 1966 30 Oral Roberts 6 1989 2nd Rnd, #49, Atlanta Hawks

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