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Revision as of 11:26, 27 May 2008
2023–24 [[Detroit Pistons]] season | |
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Head coach | Flip Saunders |
Arena | The Palace of Auburn Hills |
Results | |
Record | 59–23 (.720) |
Place | Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Finals (2-2, ongoing) |
The 2007-08 Detroit Pistons season is their 67th season, 60th in the National Basketball Association. The Central Division Pistons finished the regular season with a 59–23 record, 14 games ahead of the second place Cavaliers. Their 59 wins were the 3rd most in franchise history. Detroit earned the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference and defeated #7 Philadelphia and #3 Orlando in the first and second rounds of the NBA Playoffs. Detroit will face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Detroit plays its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which was sold out for each of the 41 regular season home games. The Pistons are wearing the #50 on the upper left side of their jerseys in honor of the 50th anniversary of them playing in Detroit.
Offseason
In the offseason, the Pistons re-signed guard Chauncey Billups and forward Amir Johnson. They also signed forward Antonio McDyess to a 2 year contract extension and center Cheick Samb.
Draft picks
Detroit's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 15 | Rodney Stuckey | Point/Shooting Guard | United States | Eastern Washington |
1 | 27 | Arron Afflalo | Shooting Guard | United States | UCLA |
2 | 57 | Sammy Mejia | Point Guard | United States | DePaul |
Roster
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Standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-Detroit Pistons | 59 | 23 | .732 | – | 34–7 | 25–16 | 11–5 |
x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 14 | 27–14 | 18–23 | 7–9 |
Indiana Pacers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23 | 21–20 | 15–26 | 5–11 |
Chicago Bulls | 33 | 49 | .402 | 26 | 20–21 | 13–28 | 11–5 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 26 | 56 | .317 | 33 | 19–22 | 7–34 | 6–10 |
Regular season
Schedule
Template:2007-08 Detroit Pistons season game log
Playoffs
Schedule
Template:2007-08 Detroit Pistons playoff game log
Awards and records
Awards
Chauncey Billups was awarded the John Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for taking much part in NBA Cares and other charity foundations.
Records
On May 13, 2008, Richard Hamilton surpassed Isiah Thomas as the all-time Piston leading scorer in the playoffs. Hamilton broke Thomas' record of 2,261 points and did it in 110 games — one fewer than Thomas needed to set the mark. [1]
Milestones
Chauncey Billups recorded his 10,000th career point November 14, 2007 against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Player stats
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Arron Afflalo | 75 | 9 | 12.9 | .411 | .208 | .782 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 3.7 |
Chauncey Billups | 78 | 78 | 32.3 | .448 | .401 | .918 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 1.29 | 0.22 | 17.0 |
Primož Brezec * | 17 | 0 | 5.8 | .769 | – | .500 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.6 |
Juan Dixon * | 17 | 0 | 14.4 | .480 | .394 | .429 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.5 |
Ronald Dupree * | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | – | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
Richard Hamilton | 72 | 72 | 33.7 | .484 | .440 | .833 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.01 | 0.14 | 17.3 |
Jarvis Hayes | 82 | 1 | 15.7 | .431 | .376 | .750 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.57 | 0.07 | 6.7 |
Wálter Herrmann * | 28 | 0 | 7.1 | .392 | .289 | .800 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 3.0 |
Lindsey Hunter | 24 | 0 | 9.0 | .344 | .269 | .778 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.54 | 0.08 | 2.4 |
Amir Johnson | 62 | 0 | 12.3 | .558 | – | .673 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.39 | 1.32 | 3.6 |
Jason Maxiell | 82 | 7 | 21.6 | .538 | .000 | .633 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.26 | 1.15 | 7.9 |
Antonio McDyess | 78 | 78 | 29.3 | .488 | .000 | .622 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 0.78 | 0.68 | 8.8 |
Nazr Mohammed * | 21 | 0 | 7.1 | .475 | .000 | .433 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 3.3 |
Ronald Murray * | 19 | 2 | 18.2 | .410 | .222 | .595 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 0.68 | 0.05 | 7.5 |
Tayshaun Prince | 82 | 82 | 32.9 | .448 | .363 | .768 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 0.51 | 0.40 | 13.2 |
Theo Ratliff * | 16 | 3 | 13.9 | .450 | – | .667 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 1.13 | 3.0 |
Cheikh Samb | 4 | 0 | 7.8 | .750 | – | .500 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 1.8 |
Rodney Stuckey | 57 | 2 | 19.0 | .401 | .188 | .814 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.86 | 0.11 | 7.6 |
Rasheed Wallace | 77 | 76 | 30.5 | .432 | .356 | .767 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 1.18 | 1.68 | 12.7 |
* Statistics include only games with Pistons
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Arron Afflalo | 9 | 0 | 9.3 | .389 | .000 | – | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 1.6 |
Chauncey Billups | 9 | 9 | 31.1 | .406 | .351 | .855 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 0.67 | 0.11 | 15.8 |
Juan Dixon | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | .000 | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
Richard Hamilton | 11 | 11 | 38.0 | .445 | .267 | .915 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.36 | 0.18 | 21.5 |
Jarvis Hayes | 10 | 0 | 5.6 | .286 | .333 | – | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 2.0 |
Wálter Herrmann | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | .250 | 1.000 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.3 |
Lindsey Hunter | 5 | 0 | 11.6 | .385 | .571 | – | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 2.8 |
Amir Johnson | 6 | 0 | 6.8 | .750 | .000 | .500 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 3.5 |
Jason Maxiell | 11 | 6 | 25.6 | .581 | – | .474 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 1.18 | 1.64 | 5.4 |
Antonio McDyess | 11 | 5 | 23.7 | .521 | – | .818 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 7.5 |
Tayshaun Prince | 11 | 11 | 39.4 | .562 | .333 | .773 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 16.0 |
Theo Ratliff | 7 | 0 | 11.4 | .500 | – | .500 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.14 | 1.14 | 1.7 |
Rodney Stuckey | 11 | 2 | 22.2 | .356 | .500 | .964 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.73 | 0.00 | 7.3 |
Rasheed Wallace | 11 | 11 | 33.7 | .428 | .327 | .704 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.27 | 1.91 | 13.9 |
Transactions
The Pistons have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.
Trades
June 15, 2007 | To Detroit Pistons 2nd round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft and 2011 NBA Draft |
To Toronto Raptors Carlos Delfino |
December 14, 2007 | To Detroit Pistons Primož Brezec and Wálter Herrmann |
To Charlotte Bobcats Nazr Mohammed |
February 21, 2008 | To Detroit Pistons Juan Dixon |
To Toronto Raptors Primož Brezec |
Free agents
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