2007–08 Detroit Pistons season

2007–08 Detroit Pistons season
2007–08 Detroit Pistons season
Division champions
Head coach	Flip Saunders
General manager	Joe Dumars
President	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.com
Local media
Television	FSN Detroit; WMYD;
Radio	WDFN
< 2006–07	2008–09 >

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. Their game 4 win over Boston on May 26, 2008, remains their most recent playoff victory. The Pistons had the seventh best team offensive rating in the NBA.^[1]

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 is the last time until the 2015–16 NBA season that the Pistons had a winning record and, as of 2024, the last time they placed better than 8th in the conference and won a playoff game or a series.

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.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	28	Afflalo, Arron	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1985-10-15	UCLA
PG	1	Billups, Chauncey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1976-09-25	Colorado
PG	8	Dixon, Juan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	1978-10-09	Maryland
SG	32	Hamilton, Richard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1978-02-14	Connecticut
SF	9	Hayes, Jarvis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1981-08-09	Georgia
PF	5	Herrmann, Wálter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1979-06-26	Argentina
PG	10	Hunter, Lindsey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1970-12-03	Jackson State
PF	25	Johnson, Amir	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1987-05-01	Westchester HS (CA)
C	54	Maxiell, Jason	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1983-02-18	Cincinnati
PF	24	McDyess, Antonio	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1974-09-07	Alabama
SF	22	Prince, Tayshaun	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980-02-28	Kentucky
C	42	Ratliff, Theo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1973-04-17	Wyoming
C	35	Samb, Cheikh (DL)	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984-10-22	Senegal
PG	3	Stuckey, Rodney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1986-04-21	Eastern Washington
C	36	Wallace, Rasheed	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1974-09-17	North Carolina

Head coach

Flip Saunders

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 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

References

^ "Offensive Rating". NBA.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^ "Pistons fire Saunders, news release says". Detroit Free-Press. June 3, 2008.
^ Pistons pull away late to advance to 6th straight conference finals

External links

Official web site

[1] "Offensive Rating". NBA.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[2] "Pistons fire Saunders, news release says". Detroit Free-Press. June 3, 2008.

[3] Pistons pull away late to advance to 6th straight conference finals

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2007–08 Detroit Pistons season

Contents

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

See also

References

External links