2006–07 Detroit Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Detroit Pistons 2007 yes 53 29 Central 1 1 Flip Saunders Joe Dumars Joe Dumars Bill Davidson The Palace of Auburn Hills Eastern Conference Finals(lost to Cavaliers 2–4) DET FSN Detroit WMYD WDFN 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.2006-07 Detroit Pistons 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.https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/defense/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2006-07&SeasonType=Regular%20Season Teams Defense NBA.com April 17, 2021 Following the season, Webber was released. Draft picks 2006 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 60 Will Blalock PG Iowa State Roster Detroit Pistons 2006–07 #006BB7 #FFFFFF #B50000 #FFFFFF 1 Chauncey Billups PG 6 3 202 1976-09-25 Colorado 8 Will Blalock PG 6 0 205 1983-09-08 Iowa State DL 34 Dale Davis basketball C 6 11 230 1969-03-25 Clemson 20 Carlos Delfino SG 6 6 230 1982-08-29 Argentina 12 Ronald Dupree SF 6 7 209 1981-01-26 LSU 32 Richard Hamilton basketball SG 6 6 185 1978-02-14 Connecticut 10 Lindsey Hunter PG 6 2 170 1970-12-03 Jackson State 25 Amir Johnson PF 6 9 210 1987-05-01 Westchester HS (CA) DL 54 Jason Maxiell C 6 7 260 1983-02-18 Cincinnati 24 Antonio McDyess PF 6 9 220 1974-09-07 Alabama 13 Nazr Mohammed C 6 10 221 1977-09-05 Kentucky 6 Flip Murray Ronald Murray SG 6 4 190 1979-07-29 Shaw 22 Tayshaun Prince SF 6 9 215 1980-02-28 Kentucky 30 Rasheed Wallace C 6 10 225 1974-09-17 North Carolina 84 Chris Webber PF 6 9 245 1973-03-01 Michigan Flip Saunders Ron Harper Igor Kokoškov Don Zierden Mike Abdenour (trainer) (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/2007.html April 30, 2007 Regular season Season standings DET DET Game log Playoffs Detroit Pistons 2007 yes Detroit Pistons First Round yes yes no 2 0 2 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 21 | Orlando | W 100–92 | Hamilton, Billups (22) | Antonio McDyess (9) | Chauncey Billups (11) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 23 | Orlando | W 98–90 | Richard Hamilton (22) | Rasheed Wallace (11) | Chauncey Billups (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 26 | @ Orlando | W 93–77 | Tayshaun Prince (23) | Antonio McDyess (11) | Tayshaun Prince (5) | Amway Arena17,451 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 28 | @ Orlando | W 97–93 | Chauncey Billups (25) | Chris Webber (10) | Chauncey Billups (6) | Amway Arena17,451 | 4–0 |- Detroit Pistons Conference Semifinals yes no 2 1 2 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 5 | Chicago | W 95–69 | Hamilton, Billups (20) | Antonio McDyess (10) | Lindsey Hunter (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 7 | Chicago | W 108–87 | Tayshaun Prince (25) | Richard Hamilton (9) | Chauncey Billups (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 10 | @ Chicago | W 81–74 | Tayshaun Prince (23) | Prince, R. Wallace (11) | Chauncey Billups (7) | United Center23,462 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 13 | @ Chicago | L 87–102 | Chauncey Billups (23) | Antonio McDyess (8) | Chauncey Billups (8) | United Center23,099 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 15 | Chicago | L 92–108 | Chauncey Billups (17) | Chris Webber (8) | Chauncey Billups (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 17 | @ Chicago | W 95–85 | Richard Hamilton (23) | Rasheed Wallace (13) | Chauncey Billups (7) | United Center23,030 | 4–2 |- Detroit Pistons Conference Finals yes no 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 21 | Cleveland | W 79–76 | Richard Hamilton (24) | Rasheed Wallace (12) | Tayshaun Prince (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 24 | Cleveland | W 79–76 | Rasheed Wallace (16) | Rasheed Wallace (11) | Chauncey Billups (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 27 | @ Cleveland | L 82–88 | Rasheed Wallace (16) | Antonio McDyess (9) | three players tied (3) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 29 | @ Cleveland | L 87–91 | Chauncey Billups (23) | Chauncey Billups (9) | Tayshaun Prince (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 31 | Cleveland | L 107–109 (2OT) | Richard Hamilton (26) | Tayshaun Prince (9) | Richard Hamilton (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | June 2 | @ Cleveland | L 82–98 | Richard Hamilton (29) | three players tied (6) | Tayshaun Prince (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–4 |- DET 2007 yes Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Billups, Chauncey Chauncey Billups 70 70 36.2 .427 .345 .883 3.4 7.2 1.2 .2 17.0 Blalock, Will Will Blalock 14 0 11.9 .300 .200 1.000 1.1 1.2 .4 .0 1.8 Davis, Dale Dale Davis 46 6 10.1 .446 . .654 3.0 .3 .2 .7 1.8 Delfino, Carlos Carlos Delfino 82 1 16.7 .415 .333 .787 3.2 1.1 .6 .1 5.2 Dupree, Ronald Ronald Dupree 19 0 4.9 .355 . .333 .9 .3 .3 .1 1.3 Hamilton, Richard Richard Hamilton 75 75 36.8 .468 .341 .861 3.8 3.8 .8 .2 19.8 Hunter, Lindsey Lindsey Hunter 52 0 14.3 .385 .319 .909 .9 1.8 .7 .1 4.9 Johnson, Amir Amir Johnson 8 0 15.5 .545 .000 .786 4.6 .4 .6 1.6 5.9 Maxiell, Jason Jason Maxiell 67 8 14.1 .500 . .526 2.8 .2 .4 .9 5.0 McDyess, Antonio Antonio McDyess 82 3 21.1 .526 . .691 6.0 .9 .7 .8 8.1 Mohammed, Nazr Nazr Mohammed 51 33 15.2 .532 . .610 4.5 .2 .5 .8 5.6 Murray, Ronald Ronald Murray 69 18 21.4 .404 .289 .725 1.6 2.7 .7 .2 6.7 Prince, Tayshaun Tayshaun Prince 82 82 36.6 .460 .386 .768 5.2 2.8 .6 .7 14.3 Wallace, Rasheed Rasheed Wallace 75 72 32.3 .423 .351 .788 7.2 1.7 1.0 1.6 12.3 Webber, Chris Chris Webber 43 42 29.7 .489 .333 .636 6.7 3.0 1.0 .6 11.3 Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Billups, Chauncey Chauncey Billups 16 16 40.6 .435 .389 .832 3.3 5.7 1.2 .1 18.6 Davis, Dale Dale Davis 8 0 6.4 .375 . .500 1.5 .1 .3 .3 1.0 Delfino, Carlos Carlos Delfino 16 0 8.4 .405 .188 .667 1.3 .5 .3 .1 2.3 Hamilton, Richard Richard Hamilton 16 16 39.9 .429 .400 .865 4.3 3.8 .9 .1 18.8 Hunter, Lindsey Lindsey Hunter 13 0 10.2 .226 .222 1.000 .8 1.2 .5 .1 1.8 Maxiell, Jason Jason Maxiell 14 0 10.4 .667 .000 .522 2.4 .1 .3 .6 4.0 McDyess, Antonio Antonio McDyess 16 0 22.1 .349 .000 .731 7.1 1.1 .7 .9 5.8 Mohammed, Nazr Nazr Mohammed 2 0 3.0 .500 . 1.000 1.5 .0 .0 .0 2.5 Murray, Ronald Ronald Murray 12 0 11.3 .355 .000 .727 .8 1.2 .3 .1 2.5 Prince, Tayshaun Tayshaun Prince 16 16 41.6 .415 .409 .759 6.4 3.8 .9 .3 14.1 Wallace, Rasheed Rasheed Wallace 16 16 35.8 .437 .347 .842 7.7 1.8 1.2 1.8 14.3 Webber, Chris 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 References Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Category:2006 in sports in Michigan Category:2007 in sports in Michigan Detroit