2007–08 Detroit Pistons season

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 two games to four. The Pistons had the seventh best team offensive rating in the NBA.^[1]

2007–08 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	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eastern Conference Finals (lost to Celtics 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	FSN Detroit WMYD
Radio	WDFN
< 2006–07 2008–09 >

Following the season, Flip Saunders was fired as head coach.^[2] This was Chauncey Billups' final full season with the Pistons as he was traded to the Denver Nuggets the following season.

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 would be the last time until the 2015–16 Detroit Pistons that the Pistons had a winning record, and the last time they placed better than 8th in the conference or won a playoff game until the 2024–25 Detroit Pistons.

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

2007–08 Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SG 28 Arron Afflalo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985-10-15 UCLA PG 1 Chauncey Billups 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1976-09-25 Colorado PG 8 Juan Dixon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 164 lb (74 kg) 1978-10-09 Maryland SG 32 Richard Hamilton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1978-02-14 Connecticut SF 9 Jarvis Hayes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1981-08-09 Georgia PF 5 Wálter Herrmann 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1979-06-26 Argentina PG 10 Lindsey Hunter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1970-12-03 Jackson State PF 25 Amir Johnson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 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) 245 lb (111 kg) 1974-09-07 Alabama SF 22 Tayshaun Prince 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-02-28 Kentucky C 42 Theo Ratliff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1973-04-17 Wyoming C 35 Cheikh Samb (DL) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-10-22 Senegal PG 3 Rodney Stuckey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986-04-21 Eastern Washington C 36 Rasheed Wallace 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1974-09-17 North Carolina

Head coach Flip Saunders Assistant(s) Dave Cowens Michael Curry Igor Kokoškov Terry Porter Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: March 21, 2008

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.732	–	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

Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	66	16	.805	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.732	7
3	y-Orlando Magic	52	30	.634	14
4	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	45	37	.549	21
5	x-Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	23
6	x-Toronto Raptors	41	41	.500	25
7	x-Philadelphia 76ers	40	42	.488	26
8	x-Atlanta Hawks	37	45	.451	29
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
11	Chicago Bulls	33	49	.402	33
12	Charlotte Bobcats	32	50	.390	34
13	Milwaukee Bucks	26	56	.317	40
14	New York Knicks	23	59	.280	43
15	Miami Heat	15	67	.183	51

Record vs. opponents

2007-08 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleveland	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0
Detroit	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Indiana	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	–	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
Miami	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–4
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1
New Orleans	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
New York	0–4	0–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	—

Game log

2007–08 game log Total: 59–23 (home: 34–7; road: 25–16)
November: 9–5 (home: 5–1; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 1 @ Miami W 91–80 Prince (34) Prince (12) Billups (11) American Airlines Arena 19,600 1–0 2 November 2 @ Orlando W 116–92 Murray (19) McDyess, Wallace (7) Billups (7) Amway Arena 17,519 2–0 3 November 4 Atlanta W 92–91 Billups (22) McDyess (9) Billups, Hamilton, Wallace (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–0 4 November 8 @ Chicago L 97–93 Wallace (36) McDyess, Wallace (9) Billups, Hamilton (6) United Center 21,797 3–1 5 November 9 LA Clippers W 103–79 Billups (23) Maxiell (8) Hamilton (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 4–1 6 November 11 @ Seattle W 107–103 Hamilton (32) McDyess (15) Billups, Prince (6) KeyArena 16,379 5–1 7 November 13 @ Portland L 102–94 Prince (20) Hamilton (7) Billups (9) Rose Garden 19,980 5–2 8 November 14 @ Golden State W 111–104 Hamilton, Prince, Wallace (22) Maxiell (14) Murray (12) Oracle Arena 18,923 6–2 9 November 16 @ LA Lakers L 103–91 Hamilton, Prince (16) Prince (9) Murray (6) Staples Center 18,997 6–3 10 November 18 @ Sacramento L 105–95 Prince (19) Wallace (12) Billups (9) ARCO Arena 12,978 6–4 11 November 21 New York W 98–86 Billups (25) McDyess, Mohammed (6) Billups (15) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 7–4 12 November 23 Philadelphia W 83–78 Prince (15) Mohammed (9) Billups (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 8–4 13 November 25 Utah L 103–93 McDyess (19) Mohammed (14) Hamilton (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 8–5 14 November 28 Cleveland W 109–74 Hamilton (18) Maxiell (10) Hamilton (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 9–5
December: 15–2 (home: 8–1; road: 7–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 1 @ Milwaukee W 117–91 Wallace (20) Wallace (10) Billups (9) Bradley Center 17,326 10–5 16 December 2 New Jersey W 118–95 Hamilton (19) Maxiell (11) Billups (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 11–5 17 December 4 @ Atlanta W 106–95 Prince (23) Maxiell (9) Billups (10) Philips Arena 12,754 12–5 18 December 5 @ New Orleans W 91–76 Hamilton (21) Wallace (10) Billups (7) New Orleans Arena 10,312 13–5 19 December 7 Chicago L 98–91 Billups (27) Prince (8) Billups (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 13–6 20 December 9 Charlotte W 104–85 Billups (20) McDyess (9) Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 14–6 21 December 11 @ Memphis W 113–103 Billups (28) Prince (7) Billups (14) FedExForum 11,962 15–6 22 December 12 @ Houston L 80–77 Wallace (21) Maxiell (13) Billups (7) Toyota Center 17,453 15–7 23 December 14 Atlanta W 91–81 Billups (23) McDyess (14) Prince (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 16–7 24 December 16 Golden State W 109–87 Prince (23) McDyess (11) Hamilton (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 17–7 25 December 19 @ Boston W 87–85 Billups (28) Wallace (13) Billups (8) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 18–7 26 December 21 Memphis W 94–67 Prince (16) McDyess (11) Billups (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 19–7 27 December 23 Houston W 94–82 Hamilton (17) McDyess (11) Billups (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 20–7 28 December 26 @ New Jersey W 101–83 Hamilton (22) McDyess (9) Billups (10) Izod Center 18,055 21–7 29 December 28 Indiana W 114–101 Hamilton (23) Johnson (9) Hamilton (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 22–7 30 December 29 @ Indiana W 98–92 Hamilton (24) Wallace (10) Billups (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 14,960 23–7 31 December 31 Milwaukee W 114–69 Hamilton (20) McDyess (10) Billups (12) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 24–7
January: 9–6 (home: 3–2; road: 6–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 2 @ Washington W 106–93 Hamilton (20) McDyess, Wallace (8) Hamilton (9) Verizon Center 15,763 25–7 33 January 4 @ Toronto W 101–85 Hamilton (22) McDyess (12) Billups (9) Air Canada Centre 19,800 26–7 34 January 5 Boston L 92–85 Hamilton (18) Wallace (8) Hamilton (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 26–8 35 January 9 @ Dallas L 102–86 Hamilton (18) Wallace (11) Herrmann (4) American Airlines Center 20,362 26–9 36 January 10 @ San Antonio W 90–80 Wallace (23) Wallace (15) Billups (6) AT&T Center 18,797 27–9 37 January 12 @ Charlotte W 103–100 (OT) Billups (27) McDyess (11) Hamilton (8) Charlotte Bobcats Arena 19,091 28–9 38 January 13 @ New York L 89–65 McDyess (15) McDyess (13) Billups (4) Madison Square Garden 17,620 28–10 39 January 15 Toronto W 103–89 Hamilton (39) McDyess (13) Hamilton (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 29–10 40 January 18 Sacramento L 100–93 Billups (28) McDyess (11) Billups (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 29–11 41 January 19 @ Chicago L 97–81 Billups (27) McDyess (12) Billups (5) United Center 22,657 29–12 42 January 21 @ Orlando L 102–100 Hamilton (21) Wallace (15) Billups (5) Amway Arena 17,519 29–13 43 January 23 @ Philadelphia W 86–78 Hamilton (21) McDyess (8) Wallace (6) Wachovia Center 13,878 30–13 44 January 25 Orlando W 101–93 Hamilton (32) McDyess (13) Hamilton, Prince (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 31–13 45 January 29 @ Indiana W 110–104 Wallace (24) McDyess (13) Billups (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 12,572 32–13 46 January 31 LA Lakers W 90–89 Prince (22) McDyess (12) Billups (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 33–13
February: 9–3 (home: 6–1; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 3 Dallas W 90–67 Wallace (21) McDyess (11) Hamilton (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 34–13 48 February 6 Miami W 100–95 Wallace (26) McDyess (13) Billups (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 35–13 49 February 8 Portland W 91–82 Billups (17) Johnson, Prince, Wallace (6) Billups (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 36–13 50 February 10 Charlotte W 113–87 Prince (21) McDyess (12) Billups (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 37–13 51 February 12 @ Atlanta W 94–90 Wallace (21) McDyess (6) Billups (8) Philips Arena 18,227 38–13 52 February 13 Indiana W 96–80 Billups, Hamilton, Prince (14) Maxiell (14) Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 39–13 53 February 19 Orlando L 103–85 Stuckey (16) McDyess (14) Billups (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 39–14 54 February 20 @ Milwaukee L 103–98 Billups (34) McDyess (14) Billups, Prince (6) Bradley Center 14,211 39–15 55 February 22 Milwaukee W 127–100 Billups (21) McDyess (7) Billups (12) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 40–15 56 February 24 @ Phoenix W 116–86 Wallace (22) McDyess (13) Billups (11) US Airways Center 18,422 41–15 57 February 25 @ Denver W 98–93 Billups, Hamilton, Prince (20) McDyess (13) Prince (9) Pepsi Center 17,901 42–15 58 February 27 @ Utah L 103–95 Hamilton (22) McDyess (10) Billups, Prince (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 42–16
March: 10–5 (home: 8–1; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 1 @ LA Clippers W 103–73 Prince (22) Maxiell (8) Prince (10) Staples Center 19,271 43–16 60 March 4 Seattle W 100–97 Prince (24) Maxiell (9) Billups (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 44–16 61 March 5 @ Boston L 90–78 Billups, Wallace (23) Prince (10) Billups (7) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 44–17 62 March 7 @ New York W 101–97 Prince (28) Prince (7) Billups (5) Madison Square Garden 19,763 45–17 63 March 9 Chicago W 116–109 Billups (34) McDyess (10) Hamilton (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 46–17 64 March 12 Philadelphia L 83–82 Wallace (17) McDyess (11) Hamilton (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 46–18 65 March 14 San Antonio W 84–80 Hamilton (25) McDyess (17) Billups (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 47–18 66 March 16 New Orleans W 105–84 Hayes (29) McDyess (11) Hamilton (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 48–18 67 March 18 Denver W 136–120 Hamilton (24) Maxiell, McDyess (7) Billups (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 49–18 68 March 19 @ Cleveland L 89–73 Wallace (16) McDyess (11) Hamilton (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 49–19 69 March 23 @ Washington L 95–83 Hamilton (19) McDyess (14) Billups (11) Verizon Center 20,173 49–20 70 March 24 Phoenix W 110–105 Billups (32) Wallace (9) Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 50–20 71 March 26 @ Toronto L 89–82 Billups (24) Prince (8) Billups (9) Air Canada Centre 19,800 50–21 72 March 27 Miami W 85–69 Afflalo, Maxiell (15) Prince (8) Billups (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 51–21 73 March 29 Cleveland W 85–71 Hamilton (14) McDyess (10) Prince (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 52–21
April: 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 74 April 1 @ Minnesota W 94–90 Stuckey (27) McDyess (10) Prince (6) Target Center 15,119 53–21 75 April 4 New Jersey W 106–87 McDyess (19) Wallace (8) Stuckey (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 54–21 76 April 6 @ Miami W 91–75 Stuckey (19) Johnson, Maxiell (7) Billups (6) American Airlines Arena 19,141 55–21 77 April 8 New York L 98–94 Johnson (14) Maxiell (10) Billups, Stuckey (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 55–22 78 April 9 @ Philadelphia L 101–94 Billups (18) Johnson (7) Stuckey (6) Wachovia Center 18,945 55–23 79 April 11 Washington W 102–74 Maxiell (28) Wallace (9) Hamilton (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 56–23 80 April 13 Toronto W 91–84 Stuckey (18) McDyess (9) Billups (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 57–23 81 April 15 Minnesota W 115–103 Hayes (20) Prince (7) Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 58–23 82 April 16 @ Cleveland W 84–74 Afflalo (15) Afflalo, Johnson (8) Dixon (9) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 59–23
2007–08 season schedule

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log
First Round: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 20 Philadelphia L 86–90 Wallace (24) Maxiell (11) Billups, Hamilton (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 0–1 2 April 23 Philadelphia W 105–88 Hamilton (20) McDyess (12) Hamilton (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–1 3 April 25 @ Philadelphia L 75–95 Hamilton (23) Hamilton (6) Stuckey (5) Wachovia Center 18,805 1–2 4 April 27 @ Philadelphia W 93–84 Prince (23) Wallace (10) Billups, Hamilton (7) Wachovia Center 18,347 2–2 5 April 29 Philadelphia W 98–81 Billups (21) Maxiell (11) Billups (12) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–2 6 May 1 @ Philadelphia W 100–77 Hamilton (24) Billups (7) Prince (7) Wachovia Center 14,130 4–2
Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 3 Orlando W 91–72 Billups (19) Maxiell (9) Billups (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–0 2 May 5 Orlando W 100–93 Billups (28) Prince (10) Prince (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–0 3 May 7 @ Orlando L 86–111 Hamilton (24) Prince (7) Hamilton, Prince (3) Amway Arena 17,519 2–1 4 May 10 @ Orlando W 90–89 Hamilton (32) McDyess (14) Prince (5) Amway Arena 17,519 3–1 5 May 13 Orlando W 91–86 Hamilton (31) McDyess (11) Stuckey (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 4–1
Conference Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 20 @ Boston L 79–88 Prince (16) McDyess (11) Wallace (4) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 0–1 2 May 22 @ Boston W 103–97 Hamilton (25) Wallace (10) Billups (7) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 1–1 3 May 24 Boston L 80–94 Hamilton (26) McDyess, Wallace (8) Billups, Stuckey (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–2 4 May 26 Boston W 94–75 McDyess (21) McDyess (17) Hamilton (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–2 5 May 28 @ Boston L 102–106 Billups (26) Billups, McDyess (5) Billups, Hamilton (6) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 2–3 6 May 30 Boston L 81–89 Billups (29) Wallace (10) Billups (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–4
2008 playoff schedule

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.^[3]

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