NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Seattle SuperSonics83–86Detroit Pistons

Seattle SuperSonics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 16 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 98th meetingof 154 played

Seattle SuperSonics

Seattle SuperSonics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Gary Payton	44:58	6–16	3–8	1–2	0	7	7	4	3	0	3	4	16	0
Hersey Hawkins	37:46	6–13	3–6	3–4	2	6	8	4	1	0	0	2	18	-7
Shawn Kemp	31:02	5–9	0–0	3–4	2	9	11	4	0	1	4	5	13	+4
Sam Perkins	29:44	3–10	2–5	1–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	-18
Nate McMillan	23:59	1–4	1–3	3–4	0	3	3	7	0	0	1	2	6	-3
Terry Cummings	22:32	4–9	0–0	2–3	4	2	6	1	1	1	2	1	10	-8
Larry Stewart	21:27	4–8	1–3	0–0	4	3	7	2	0	0	2	2	9	+11
David Wingate	18:25	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	-6
Jim McIlvaine	10:07	1–2	0–0	0–2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	5	2	+12
Team totals	240:00	30–73	10–25	13–20	14	34	48	24	5	3	15	26	83	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Terry Mills	—	10–17	4–9	1–1	2	2	4	3	0	2	0	4	25	+19
Joe Dumars	—	6–13	6–10	3–4	0	4	4	7	1	0	2	2	21	0
Grant Hill	—	3–9	0–0	5–7	2	9	11	5	3	2	2	4	11	-8
Otis Thorpe	—	4–10	0–0	2–3	2	6	8	2	0	0	2	3	10	-8
Michael Curry	—	1–2	1–2	4–4	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	7	-1
Aaron McKie	—	2–8	0–1	2–2	1	6	7	0	5	0	1	0	6	+16
Lindsey Hunter	—	2–14	0–4	2–4	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	6	+6
Grant Long	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+1
Theo Ratliff	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	-10
Team totals	—	28–75	11–26	19–25	11	29	40	20	10	6	9	20	86	—

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Oklahoma City Thunder 1 in NBA 1996-97.

11 Mar 1997Detroit Pistons 80–93 Seattle SuperSonics
16 Mar 199783–86 this game

Records going in

Seattle SuperSonics: 45–18
Detroit Pistons: 46–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Oklahoma City Thunder 81.

11 Mar 1997Detroit Pistons 80–93 Seattle SuperSonics
13 Nov 1997Detroit Pistons 89–95 Seattle SuperSonics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.