2007–08 Detroit Pistons season

2007–08 Detroit Pistons season
Division champions
Head coach Flip Saunders
General manager Joe Dumars
Owner(s) William Davidson
Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record 59–23 (.720)
Place Division: 1st (Central)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish Eastern Conference Finals
(Lost to Celtics 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television FSN Detroit, WMYD
Radio WDFN

The 2007–08 Detroit Pistons season was the 67th season of the franchise, the 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 51st in the Detroit area. 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 third most in franchise history. In the NBA Playoffs, Detroit advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth consecutive time since 2003, making them the first team since the 1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers to appear that many consecutive times in their respective Conference Finals. The Pistons lost to the eventual NBA champions Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals two games to four.

Following the season, Flip Saunders was fired as head coach.[1]

Detroit played 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 and all nine playoff games. The Pistons wore the #50 on the upper left side of their jerseys in honor of the 50th anniversary of them playing in Detroit. This season is the last time until the 2015–16 NBA season that the Pistons had a winning record.

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 Cheikh Samb.

Draft picks

Detroit's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
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

Detroit Pistons roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
SG 28 United States Afflalo, Arron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UCLA
PG 1 United States Billups, Chauncey (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Colorado
SG 8 United States Dixon, Juan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Maryland
SG 32 United States Hamilton, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Connecticut
G/F 9 United States Hayes, Jarvis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Georgia
F 5 Argentina Herrmann, Wálter 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Argentina
G 10 United States Hunter, Lindsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jackson State
F 25 United States Johnson, Amir 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) WHS (LA)
PF 54 United States Maxiell, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Cincinnati
PF 24 United States McDyess, Antonio 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Alabama
SF 22 United States Prince, Tayshaun 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Kentucky
C 42 United States Ratliff, Theo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Wyoming
C 35 Senegal Samb, Cheikh 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Senegal
G 3 United States Stuckey, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Eastern Washington
F/C 36 United States Wallace, Rasheed 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 5923.720–34–725–1611–5
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 4537.5491427–1418–237–9
Indiana Pacers 3646.4392321–2015–265–11
Chicago Bulls 3349.4022620–2113–2811–5
Milwaukee Bucks 2656.3173319–227–346–10

Record vs. opponents

2007-08 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–32–22–21–21–11–10–41–10–21–21–11–12–03–12–22–01–30–24–02–23–11–10–21–10–21–11–21–12–2
Boston 3–0—3–14–02–22–01–12–11–12–03–02–02–02–04–04–02–04–01–14–01–23–11–12–02–02–02–03–11–10–3
Charlotte 2–21–3—1–31–30–21–10–31–10–23–12–01–11–13–11–22–01–30–21–21–31–20–22–00–20–22–02–21–11–3
Chicago 2–20–43–1—3–10–21–13–11–10–22–21–10–21–12–13–11–11–20–22–20–41–30–20–21–10–22–01–21–11–2
Cleveland 2–12–23–11–3—1–10–21–31–10–24–02–02–02–03–01–32–01–30–22–11–32–10–22–02–01–11–13–11–12–2
Dallas 1–10–22–02–01–1—1–21–13–13–11–14–01–34–02–01–13–01–12–22–02–01–12–12–22–11–33–11–12–20–2
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–02–1—0–23–12–21–13–10–34–02–01–14–02–01–21–11–11–12–22–22–12–23–12–01–32–0
Detroit 4–01–23–01–33–11–12–0–2–01–14–02–01–12–04–03–12–03–02–02–22–22–22–01–10–22–02–03–10–22–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–11–31–30–2—2–21–13–12–24–02–02–03–11–11–21–11–12–02–22–23–12–12–12–00–32–0
Houston 2–00–22–02–02–01–32–21–12–2—2–03–02–13–11–12–03–02–02–22–01–10–22–24–02–22–24–01–11–22–0
Indiana 2–10–31–32–20–41–11–10–41–10–2—1–10–21–13–13–11–12–21–14–01–23–00–22–01–10–21–11–31–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–21–10–20–41–30–21–30–31–1–0–43–11–11–11–32–00–42–00–20–21–30–33–10–32–11–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–21–12–00–23–13–01–12–21–22–04–0—2–12–01–13–01–12–22–01–12–03–12–23–12–24–02–03–12–0
Memphis 0–20–21–11–10–20–40–40–20–41–31–11–31–2—2–00–22–22–00–42–01–10–20–30–32–21–33–10–20–31–1
Miami 1–30–41–31–20–30–20–20–40–21–11–31–10–20–2—2–21–11–20–21–30–40–31–10–21–10–21–10–41–10–4
Milwaukee 2–20–42–11–33–11–11–11–30–20–21–31–11–12–02–2—1–10–40–21–31–31–20–20–20–20–21–11–20–22–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–21–10–20–30–40–21–30–31–13–10–32–21–11–1—1–11–31–11–11–12–20–42–10–41–30–22–20–2
New Jersey 3–10–43–12–13–11–10–20–31–10–22–20–21–10–22–14–01–1—0–21–31–32–20–21–10–20–22–01–31–12–1
New Orleans 2–01–12–02–02–02–22–10–22–12–21–14–02–24–02–02–03–12–0—2–01–12–04–02–21–22–23–01–11–30–2
New York 0–40–42–12–21–20–21–12–21–10–20–40–20–20–23–13–11–13–10–2—1–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–31–12–1
Orlando 2–22–13–14–03–10–21–12–21–11–12–12–01–11–14–03–11–13–11–13–1—3–10–22–01–10–22–02–10–23–1
Philadelphia 1–31–32–13–11–21–11–12–20–22–00–32–00–22–03–02–11–12–20–23–11–3—1–11–11–11–12–01–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–02–01–22–20–22–22–22–03–11–33–01–12–02–22–00–42–02–01–1—3–04–03–14–02–01–22–0
Portland 2–00–20–22–00–22–22–21–12–20–40–23–02–23–02–02–04–01–12–22–00–21–10–3—1–30–32–21–13–11–1
Sacramento 1–10–22–01–10–21–21–22–01–32–21–11–31–32–21–12–01–22–02–12–01–11–10–43–1—1–33–11–12–20–2
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–01–13–12–20–21–22–22–03–02–23–12–02–04–02–02–22–02–01–11–33–03–1—2–11–12–22–0
Seattle 1–10–20–20–21–11–31–30–21–20–41–11–20–41–31–11–13–10–20–32–00–20–20–42–21–31–2—1–10–40–2
Toronto 2–11–32–22–11–31–10–21–30–21–13–11–10–22–04–02–12–03–11–13–11–23–10–21–11–11–11–1—0–21–3
Utah 1–11–11–11–11–12–23–12–03–02–11–13–11–33–01–12–02–21–13–11–12–02–02–11–32–22–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 2–23–03–12–12–22–00–21–20–20–22–22–00–21–14–02–22–01–22–01–21–32–20–21–12–00–22–03–10–2—

Regular season

2007–08 game log
Total: 59–23 (Home: 34–7; Road: 25–16)
November: 9–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–4)
December: 15–2 (Home: 8–1; Road: 7–1)
January: 9–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 6–4)
February: 9–3 (Home: 6–1; Road: 3–2)
March: 10–5 (Home: 8–1; Road: 2–4)
April: 7–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 3–1)
2007–08 season schedule

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log
First Round: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
Conference Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
2008 playoff schedule

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.[2]

Milestones

Chauncey Billups recorded his 10,000th career point November 14, 2007 against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Player stats

Legend
  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
Arron Afflalo 75912.9.411.208.7821.80.70.410.113.7
Chauncey Billups 787832.3.448.401.9182.76.81.290.2217.0
Primož Brezec * 1705.8.769–.5001.10.20.120.121.6
Juan Dixon * 17014.4.480.394.4291.61.90.000.006.5
Ronald Dupree * 103.0–––0.00.00.000.000.0
Richard Hamilton 727233.7.484.440.8333.34.21.010.1417.3
Jarvis Hayes 82115.7.431.376.7502.20.80.570.076.7
Wálter Herrmann * 2807.1.392.289.8001.30.50.110.043.0
Lindsey Hunter 2409.0.344.269.7780.51.40.540.082.4
Amir Johnson 62012.3.558–.6733.80.50.391.323.6
Jason Maxiell 82721.6.538.000.6335.30.60.261.157.9
Antonio McDyess 787829.3.488.000.6228.51.10.780.688.8
Nazr Mohammed * 2107.1.475.000.4333.50.30.330.383.3
Ronald Murray * 19218.2.410.222.5951.93.40.680.057.5
Tayshaun Prince 828232.9.448.363.7684.93.30.510.4013.2
Theo Ratliff * 16313.9.450–.6673.10.40.251.133.0
Cheikh Samb 407.8.750–.5001.80.00.250.501.8
Rodney Stuckey 57219.0.401.188.8142.32.80.860.117.6
Rasheed Wallace 777630.5.432.356.7676.61.81.181.6812.7

* Statistics include only games with Pistons

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Arron Afflalo 1207.3.389.000–0.40.50.330.001.2
Chauncey Billups 151531.9.401.375.8322.95.50.800.0716.1
Juan Dixon 203.5.000––0.00.00.000.000.0
Richard Hamilton 171738.5.470.308.9114.23.91.350.5321.6
Jarvis Hayes 1105.5.300.357–1.50.40.090.182.1
Wálter Herrmann 406.8.2501.000.5000.30.00.000.001.3
Lindsey Hunter 11010.5.381.455–0.91.30.730.001.9
Amir Johnson 805.4.750.000.5001.60.10.000.382.6
Jason Maxiell 17621.8.625–.4694.00.90.881.295.6
Antonio McDyess 171127.5.538–.8217.40.90.590.478.9
Tayshaun Prince 171739.5.481.320.7945.53.20.820.4713.8
Theo Ratliff 12010.9.500–.5002.30.10.080.921.3
Rodney Stuckey 17222.3.371.286.8791.93.41.060.128.2
Rasheed Wallace 171734.4.424.320.7446.41.61.121.9413.2

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

PlayerFormer team
Jarvis HayesWashington Wizards
PlayerNew team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pistons fire Saunders, news release says". Detroit Free-Press. June 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ Pistons pull away late to advance to 6th straight conference finals
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