The Detroit Pistons were 54-28 in 1996-97. They finished 3rd in the Central Division and 5th in the Eastern Conference. They lost in the Eastern Conference First Round against the Atlanta Hawks, 3 games to 2.

1996-97 Conference Standings

TEAMWLPCTGB
3
57
25
.695
12.0
4
56
26
.683
13.0
5
Pistons Pistons
54
28
.659
15.0
6
54
28
.659
15.0
7
45
37
.549
24.0

1996-97 Stats

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Team
82
241.8
94.2
38.4
19.0
7.7
3.5
34.5
74.3
46.4
7.1
18.3
38.8
18.1
24.3
74.5
55.4
10.5
28.0
12.7
20.1
Team Rank
15th
24th
28th
29th
21st
29th
23rd
28th
10th
7th
9th
3rd
20th
18th
14th
5th
29th
18th
1st
5th
Opponent
82
241.8
88.9
39.4
21.9
6.0
3.4
33.8
76.0
44.4
6.4
17.4
36.9
15.0
20.3
73.7
52.4
11.8
27.6
14.6
21.8
Opponent Rank
15th
2nd
5th
16th
1st
1st
6th
4th
12th
23rd
21st
21st
1st
1st
12th
8th
5th
11th
25th
16th
Net
+5.2
-1.0
-2.9
+1.8
+0.0
+0.7
-1.7
+2.0
+0.7
+0.8
+1.9
+3.1
+4.0
+0.9
+3.0
-1.3
+0.3
-1.9
-1.6
Net Rank
6th
19th
24th
2nd
15th
10th
23rd
9th
9th
9th
7th
1st
1st
14th
6th
25th
12th
3rd
3rd

Gallery

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
54
21
.720
2
50
25
.667
4.0
3
48
27
.640
6.0
4
47
28
.627
7.0
5
42
32
.568
11.5
6
43
33
.566
11.5
7
41
34
.547
13.0
8
39
35
.527
14.5
9
40
36
.526
14.5
10
39
36
.520
15.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
29
45
.392
24.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
46
.387
25.0
13
Nets Nets - e
18
57
.240
36.0
14
17
58
.227
37.0
15
17
58
.227
37.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
60
16
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - y
57
18
.760
2.5
3
49
26
.653
10.5
4
48
28
.632
12.0
5
46
29
.613
13.5
6
45
29
.608
14.0
7
42
33
.560
17.5
8
39
36
.520
20.5
9
38
38
.500
22.0
10
36
39
.480
23.5
11
25
50
.333
34.5
12
25
51
.329
35.0
13
24
51
.320
35.5
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
55
.276
39.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
57
.250
41.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/4
@
122-112
Wed
3/4
@
110-126
Wed
3/4
@
115-113
Wed
3/4
@
106-121
Wed
3/4
@
107-115

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/31
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM