2006–07 Detroit Pistons season

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. Whatsoever, these were enough wins to lead the conference at 1st in a lackluster east.^[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. In the Eastern Conference finals, they were defeated by the eventual Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. The Pistons had the sixth best team defensive rating in the NBA.^[2] Following the season, Webber was released.

2006–07 Detroit Pistons season
Division champions
Head coach	Flip Saunders
President	Joe Dumars
General manager	Joe Dumars
Owner(s)	Bill Davidson
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eastern Conference Finals (lost to Cavaliers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	FSN Detroit WMYD
Radio	WDFN
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Draft picks

Main article: 2006 NBA draft

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

Roster

2006–07 Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PG 1 Chauncey Billups 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1976-09-25 Colorado PG 8 Will Blalock (DL) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1983-09-08 Iowa State C 34 Dale Davis 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969-03-25 Clemson SG 20 Carlos Delfino 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1982-08-29 Argentina SF 12 Ronald Dupree 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1981-01-26 LSU SG 32 Richard Hamilton 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1978-02-14 Connecticut PG 10 Lindsey Hunter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1970-12-03 Jackson State PF 25 Amir Johnson (DL) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987-05-01 Westchester HS (CA) C 54 Jason Maxiell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1983-02-18 Cincinnati PF 24 Antonio McDyess 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974-09-07 Alabama C 13 Nazr Mohammed 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1977-09-05 Kentucky SG 6 Flip Murray 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1979-07-29 Shaw SF 22 Tayshaun Prince 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-02-28 Kentucky C 30 Rasheed Wallace 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1974-09-17 North Carolina PF 84 Chris Webber 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973-03-01 Michigan

Head coach Flip Saunders Assistant(s) Ron Harper Igor Kokoškov Don Zierden Mike Abdenour (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: April 30, 2007

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	-	26–15	27–14	9–7
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3	30–11	20–21	10–6
x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4	31–10	18–23	12–4
Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18	22–19	13–28	8–8
Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25	18–23	10–31	1–15

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	–
2	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3
3	y-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	6
4	y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	9
5	x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4
6	x-New Jersey Nets	41	41	.500	12
7	x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	12
8	x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	13
9	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	18
10	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18
11	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	20
12	Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	20
13	Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	23
14	Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25
15	Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	29

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	—

Game log

Playoffs

2007 playoff game log
First Round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 21 Orlando W 100–92 Hamilton, Billups (22) Antonio McDyess (9) Chauncey Billups (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–0 2 April 23 Orlando W 98–90 Richard Hamilton (22) Rasheed Wallace (11) Chauncey Billups (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–0 3 April 26 @ Orlando W 93–77 Tayshaun Prince (23) Antonio McDyess (11) Tayshaun Prince (5) Amway Arena 17,451 3–0 4 April 28 @ Orlando W 97–93 Chauncey Billups (25) Chris Webber (10) Chauncey Billups (6) Amway Arena 17,451 4–0
Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 5 Chicago W 95–69 Hamilton, Billups (20) Antonio McDyess (10) Lindsey Hunter (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–0 2 May 7 Chicago W 108–87 Tayshaun Prince (25) Richard Hamilton (9) Chauncey Billups (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–0 3 May 10 @ Chicago W 81–74 Tayshaun Prince (23) Prince, R. Wallace (11) Chauncey Billups (7) United Center 23,462 3–0 4 May 13 @ Chicago L 87–102 Chauncey Billups (23) Antonio McDyess (8) Chauncey Billups (8) United Center 23,099 3–1 5 May 15 Chicago L 92–108 Chauncey Billups (17) Chris Webber (8) Chauncey Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–2 6 May 17 @ Chicago W 95–85 Richard Hamilton (23) Rasheed Wallace (13) Chauncey Billups (7) United Center 23,030 4–2
Conference Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 21 Cleveland W 79–76 Richard Hamilton (24) Rasheed Wallace (12) Tayshaun Prince (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–0 2 May 24 Cleveland W 79–76 Rasheed Wallace (16) Rasheed Wallace (11) Chauncey Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–0 3 May 27 @ Cleveland L 82–88 Rasheed Wallace (16) Antonio McDyess (9) three players tied (3) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–1 4 May 29 @ Cleveland L 87–91 Chauncey Billups (23) Chauncey Billups (9) Tayshaun Prince (4) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–2 5 May 31 Cleveland L 107–109 (2OT) Richard Hamilton (26) Tayshaun Prince (9) Richard Hamilton (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–3 6 June 2 @ Cleveland L 82–98 Richard Hamilton (29) three players tied (6) Tayshaun Prince (6) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–4
2007 schedule

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Chauncey Billups	70	70	36.2	.427	.345	.883	3.4	7.2	1.2	.2	17.0
Will Blalock	14	0	11.9	.300	.200	1.000	1.1	1.2	.4	.0	1.8
Dale Davis	46	6	10.1	.446	.	.654	3.0	.3	.2	.7	1.8
Carlos Delfino	82	1	16.7	.415	.333	.787	3.2	1.1	.6	.1	5.2
Ronald Dupree	19	0	4.9	.355	.	.333	.9	.3	.3	.1	1.3
Richard Hamilton	75	75	36.8	.468	.341	.861	3.8	3.8	.8	.2	19.8
Lindsey Hunter	52	0	14.3	.385	.319	.909	.9	1.8	.7	.1	4.9
Amir Johnson	8	0	15.5	.545	.000	.786	4.6	.4	.6	1.6	5.9
Jason Maxiell	67	8	14.1	.500	.	.526	2.8	.2	.4	.9	5.0
Antonio McDyess	82	3	21.1	.526	.	.691	6.0	.9	.7	.8	8.1
Nazr Mohammed	51	33	15.2	.532	.	.610	4.5	.2	.5	.8	5.6
Ronald Murray	69	18	21.4	.404	.289	.725	1.6	2.7	.7	.2	6.7
Tayshaun Prince	82	82	36.6	.460	.386	.768	5.2	2.8	.6	.7	14.3
Rasheed Wallace	75	72	32.3	.423	.351	.788	7.2	1.7	1.0	1.6	12.3
Chris Webber	43	42	29.7	.489	.333	.636	6.7	3.0	1.0	.6	11.3

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Chauncey Billups	16	16	40.6	.435	.389	.832	3.3	5.7	1.2	.1	18.6
Dale Davis	8	0	6.4	.375	.	.500	1.5	.1	.3	.3	1.0
Carlos Delfino	16	0	8.4	.405	.188	.667	1.3	.5	.3	.1	2.3
Richard Hamilton	16	16	39.9	.429	.400	.865	4.3	3.8	.9	.1	18.8
Lindsey Hunter	13	0	10.2	.226	.222	1.000	.8	1.2	.5	.1	1.8
Jason Maxiell	14	0	10.4	.667	.000	.522	2.4	.1	.3	.6	4.0
Antonio McDyess	16	0	22.1	.349	.000	.731	7.1	1.1	.7	.9	5.8
Nazr Mohammed	2	0	3.0	.500	.	1.000	1.5	.0	.0	.0	2.5
Ronald Murray	12	0	11.3	.355	.000	.727	.8	1.2	.3	.1	2.5
Tayshaun Prince	16	16	41.6	.415	.409	.759	6.4	3.8	.9	.3	14.1
Rasheed Wallace	16	16	35.8	.437	.347	.842	7.7	1.8	1.2	1.8	14.3
Chris Webber	16	16	25.3	.524	.000	.531	6.3	1.5	.9	.6	9.9

Awards and records

• Chauncey Billups, All-NBA Third Team
• Tayshaun Prince, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

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