2006–07 Detroit Pistons season

2006–07 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	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 1st Conference: 1st
Playoff finish	Lost in Eastern Conference Finals to Cleveland (4–2)
Local media
Television	FSN Detroit, WMYD
Radio	WDFN

The 2006–07 Detroit Pistons season was the 66th season of the franchise, the 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 50th in the Detroit area. The Pistons began the season hoping to improve upon their 64–18 output from the previous season. However, they came eleven wins shy of tying it, finishing 53–29.^[1] After signing Nazr Mohammed and hometown native Chris Webber to offset the loss of Ben Wallace during the off-season, the Pistons were able to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the fifth consecutive season, becoming the first team since the 1992–93 Chicago Bulls to do so. They were defeated by the eventual Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers.

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	60	Will Blalock	PG	United States	Iowa State

Roster

Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Billups, Chauncey	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Colorado
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Blalock, Will	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Iowa State
5.5 !F/C	34	USA !	Davis, Dale	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Clemson
2.5 !G/F	20	ARG !	Delfino, Carlos	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Argentina
4.0 !F	12	USA !	Dupree, Ronald	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	LSU
2.5 !G/F	32	USA !	Hamilton, Richard	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Connecticut
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Hunter, Lindsey	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jackson State
4.0 !F	25	USA !	Johnson, Amir	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Westchester HS (CA)
5.5 !F/C	54	USA !	Maxiell, Jason	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Cincinnati
5.5 !F/C	24	USA !	McDyess, Antonio	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Alabama
6.0 !C	13	USA !	Mohammed, Nazr	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	Kentucky
1.5 !G	6	USA !	Murray, Flip	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Shaw
4.0 !F	22	USA !	Prince, Tayshaun	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Kentucky
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Wallace, Rasheed	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	North Carolina
5.5 !F/C	84	USA !	Webber, Chris	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Michigan

Head coach

Flip Saunders (Minnesota)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Standings

Central Division
Team	W	L	Home	Road	PCT.	GB
Detroit Pistons*	53	29	26–15	27–14	.646	-
Cleveland Cavaliers*	50	32	30–11	20–21	.605	3
Chicago Bulls*	49	33	31–10	18–23	.598	4
Indiana Pacers	35	47	22–19	13–28	.427	18
Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	18–23	10–31	.341	25

^*Qualified for playoffs

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–3	—	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Charlotte	3–1	2–2	—	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	3–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Memphis	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–3	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	—	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1
New York	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	—	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	—	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	—	1–1	2–2	0–2
Toronto	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	3–1
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	—

Playoffs

East First Round

(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic

ESPN

April 21

Orlando Magic 92, Detroit Pistons 100

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

TNT

April 23

Orlando Magic 90, Detroit Pistons 98

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

TNT

April 26

Detroit Pistons 93, Orlando Magic 77

Amway Arena, Orlando

TNT

April 28

Detroit Pistons 97, Orlando Magic 93
Detroit wins series, 4–0

Amway Arena, Orlando

Last Playoff Meeting: 2003 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 4-3)

East Conference Semifinals

(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls

TNT

May 5

Chicago Bulls 69, Detroit Pistons 95

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

TNT

May 7

Chicago Bulls 87, Detroit Pistons 108

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

ESPN

May 10

Detroit Pistons 81, Chicago Bulls 74

United Center, Chicago

ABC

May 13

Detroit Pistons 87, Chicago Bulls 102

United Center, Chicago

TNT

May 15

Chicago Bulls 108, Detroit Pistons 92

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

ESPN

May 17

Detroit Pistons 95, Chicago Bulls 85
Detroit wins series, 4–2

United Center, Chicago

Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4-0)

East Conference Finals

(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers

TNT

May 21

Cleveland Cavaliers 76, Detroit Pistons 79

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

TNT

May 24

Cleveland Cavaliers 76, Detroit Pistons 79

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

TNT

May 27

Detroit Pistons 82, Cleveland Cavaliers 88

Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland

TNT

May 29

Detroit Pistons 87, Cleveland Cavaliers 91

Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland

TNT

May 31

Cleveland Cavaliers 109, Detroit Pistons 107 (2OT)

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills

TNT

June 2

Detroit Pistons 82, Cleveland Cavaliers 98
Cleveland wins series, 4–2

Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland

Last Playoff Meeting: 2006 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-3)

Player statistics

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

Awards and records

References

↑ 2006-07 Detroit Pistons

2006–07 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans/Oklahoma City San Antonio

Detroit Pistons
Founded in 1941 Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1941–1948) and the Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–1957) Based in Detroit, Michigan
Franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Draft history Head coaches Current season
Arenas	North Side High School Gym Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Olympia Stadium Memorial Building Grosse Pointe High School Cobo Arena Pontiac Silverdome Joe Louis Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills Little Caesars Arena
G League affiliate	Grand Rapids Drive
Retired numbers	Bill Davidson Jack McCloskey 1 2 3 4 10 11 15 16 21 32 40
Hall of Famers	Walt Bellamy Dave Bing Larry Brown Chuck Daly Adrian Dantley Dave DeBusschere Joe Dumars Harry Gallatin Bob Houbregs Bailey Howell Allen Iverson Bob Lanier Earl Lloyd Bob McAdoo Bobby McDermott Dick McGuire Andy Phillip Dennis Rodman Isiah Thomas George Yardley Fred Zollner
NBA Championships (3)	1989 1990 2004
Conference Championships (7)	1955 1956 1988 1989 1990 2004 2005
Culture and lore	Hooper Jordan Rules John Mason Pacers–Pistons brawl
Rivals	Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
Broadcasters	TV Fox Sports Detroit Radio WXYT-FM Announcers George Blaha Greg Kelser Mark Champion Rick Mahorn

Fort Wayne / Detroit Pistons seasons

Franchise: Fort Wayne Pistons (1941–1957); Detroit Pistons (1957–present)

1940s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1988–89

1990s

1989–90

2000s

2003–04

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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