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	Lost in Eastern Conference Finals to Boston (4–2)
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 four games to two.

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

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From SG 28 Afflalo, Arron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UCLA PG 1 Billups, Chauncey (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Colorado C 7 Brezec, Primož 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 252 lb (114 kg) Slovenia SG 8 Dixon, Juan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Maryland SF 12 Dupree, Ronald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) LSU SG 32 Hamilton, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Connecticut G/F 9 Hayes, Jarvis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Georgia F 5 Herrmann, Wálter 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Argentina G 10 Hunter, Lindsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jackson State F 25 Johnson, Amir 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) WHS (LA) PF 54 Maxiell, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Cincinnati PF 24 McDyess, Antonio 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Alabama C 13 Mohammed, Nazr 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kentucky G 6 Murray, Ronald 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Shaw SF 22 Prince, Tayshaun 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Kentucky C 42 Ratliff, Theo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Wyoming C 35 Samb, Cheikh 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Senegal G 3 Stuckey, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Eastern Washington F/C 36 Wallace, Rasheed 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina	Head coach Flip Saunders (Minnesota) Assistant coach(es) Dave Cowens (Florida State) Michael Curry (Georgia Southern) Igor Kokoškov (Belgrade) Terry Porter (UW–Stevens Point) Legend (C) Team captain

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Rasheed Wallace	Jason Maxiell	Theo Ratliff	Cheikh Samb
PF	Antonio McDyess	Amir Johnson	Walter Herrmann
SF	Tayshaun Prince	Jarvis Hayes
SG	Richard Hamilton	Arron Afflalo
PG	Chauncey Billups	Rodney Stuckey	Juan Dixon	Lindsey Hunter

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.720	–	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

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.

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	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
Arron Afflalo	12	0	7.3	.389	.000	–	0.4	0.5	0.33	0.00	1.2
Chauncey Billups	15	15	31.9	.401	.375	.832	2.9	5.5	0.80	0.07	16.1
Juan Dixon	2	0	3.5	.000	–	–	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Richard Hamilton	17	17	38.5	.470	.308	.911	4.2	3.9	1.35	0.53	21.6
Jarvis Hayes	11	0	5.5	.300	.357	–	1.5	0.4	0.09	0.18	2.1
Wálter Herrmann	4	0	6.8	.250	1.000	.500	0.3	0.0	0.00	0.00	1.3
Lindsey Hunter	11	0	10.5	.381	.455	–	0.9	1.3	0.73	0.00	1.9
Amir Johnson	8	0	5.4	.750	.000	.500	1.6	0.1	0.00	0.38	2.6
Jason Maxiell	17	6	21.8	.625	–	.469	4.0	0.9	0.88	1.29	5.6
Antonio McDyess	17	11	27.5	.538	–	.821	7.4	0.9	0.59	0.47	8.9
Tayshaun Prince	17	17	39.5	.481	.320	.794	5.5	3.2	0.82	0.47	13.8
Theo Ratliff	12	0	10.9	.500	–	.500	2.3	0.1	0.08	0.92	1.3
Rodney Stuckey	17	2	22.3	.371	.286	.879	1.9	3.4	1.06	0.12	8.2
Rasheed Wallace	17	17	34.4	.424	.320	.744	6.4	1.6	1.12	1.94	13.2

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

Player Former team Jarvis Hayes Washington Wizards

Player New team

See also

• 2007–08 NBA season

External links

• Official web site