Pistons 85-79 Bullets (23 Feb, 1997) Box Score

Detroit Pistons

40-13, 17-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	18	22	26	19	85
WSH	17	22	15	25	79

Washington Bullets

24-30, 14-12 home

Detroit Pistons

starters
G. Hill
T. Ratliff
O. Thorpe
L. Hunter
J. Dumars
bench
G. Long
T. Mills
M. Curry
A. McKie
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	5-13	0-1	3-6	1	5	6	5	2	0	5	2	0	13
7	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2
38	3-11	0-0	1-2	3	4	7	1	0	0	2	4	0	7
39	5-12	0-4	1-1	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	11
40	5-12	2-4	2-3	0	3	3	5	4	0	1	2	0	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-2	0-0	4-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
35	5-11	4-7	0-0	0	14	14	3	0	2	1	1	0	14
9	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
24	5-7	1-1	5-6	0	6	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	16
	31-71	7-17	16-22	5	34	39	18	6	4	11	17		85
	43.7%	41.2%	72.7%

Washington Bullets

starters
J. Howard
G. Muresan
C. Webber
R. Strickland
C. Cheaney
bench
T. Murray
L. Williams
C. Whitney
J. Jackson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
45	4-14	0-0	1-2	0	2	2	6	1	0	1	2	0	9
20	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	6	9	0	1	2	2	0	0	8
44	8-17	1-2	2-2	0	12	12	4	0	4	2	3	0	19
41	9-18	1-1	0-2	1	4	5	9	2	0	7	4	0	19
43	3-8	0-0	2-4	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-6	2-4	1-2	0	4	4	0	2	1	1	3	0	9
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	2-5	2-5	1-1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	7
6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	33-74	6-13	7-13	5	32	37	21	8	7	14	21		79
	44.6%	46.2%	53.8%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DET wins 4-0

Pistons
92
Bullets
79

Game 1

13/11

Bullets
84
Pistons
95

Game 2

16/11

Bullets
85
Pistons
100

Game 3

20/2

Pistons
85
Bullets
79

Game 4

23/2

6:00 PM, 23 February 1997

Attendance: 18,756

Referees:
Bill Oakes
David Jones
Scott Wall

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Indiana	3	4	.429	4.5	W1
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

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Regular Season Series

DET wins 4-0

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