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.

Following the season, Flip Saunders was fired as head coach. 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.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || November 1 || @ Miami ||W 91–80 || Prince (34) || Prince (12) || Billups (11) ||American Airlines Arena<br>19,600 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || November 2 || @ Orlando ||W 116–92 || Murray (19) || McDyess, Wallace (7) || Billups (7) ||Amway Arena<br>17,519 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || November 4 || Atlanta ||W 92–91 || Billups (22) || McDyess (9) || Billups, Hamilton, Wallace (5) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 3–0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || November 8 || @ Chicago ||L 97–93 || Wallace (36) || McDyess, Wallace (9) || Billups, Hamilton (6) ||United Center<br>21,797 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || November 9 || LA Clippers ||W 103–79 || Billups (23) || Maxiell (8) || Hamilton (10) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 4–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || November 11 || @ Seattle ||W 107–103 || Hamilton (32) || McDyess (15) || Billups, Prince (6) ||KeyArena<br>16,379 || 5–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || November 13 || @ Portland ||L 102–94 || Prince (20) || Hamilton (7) || Billups (9) ||Rose Garden<br>19,980 || 5–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || November 14 || @ Golden State ||W 111–104 || Hamilton, Prince, Wallace (22) || Maxiell (14) || Murray (12) ||Oracle Arena<br>18,923 || 6–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || November 16 || @ LA Lakers ||L 103–91 || Hamilton, Prince (16) || Prince (9) || Murray (6) ||Staples Center<br>18,997 || 6–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || November 18 || @ Sacramento ||L 105–95 || Prince (19) || Wallace (12) || Billups (9) ||ARCO Arena<br>12,978 || 6–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || November 21 || New York ||W 98–86 || Billups (25) || McDyess, Mohammed (6) || Billups (15) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 7–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 23 || Philadelphia ||W 83–78 || Prince (15) || Mohammed (9) || Billups (9) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 8–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || November 25 || Utah || L 103–93 || McDyess (19) || Mohammed (14) || Hamilton (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 8–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || November 28 || Cleveland ||W 109–74 || Hamilton (18) || Maxiell (10) || Hamilton (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 9–5 |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || December 1 || @ Milwaukee || W 117–91 || Wallace (20) || Wallace (10) || Billups (9) || Bradley Center<br>17,326 || 10–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || December 2 || New Jersey || W 118–95 || Hamilton (19) || Maxiell (11) || Billups (9) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 11–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || December 4 || @ Atlanta || W 106–95 || Prince (23) || Maxiell (9) || Billups (10) || Philips Arena<br>12,754 || 12–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || December 5 || @ New Orleans || W 91–76 || Hamilton (21) || Wallace (10) || Billups (7) || New Orleans Arena<br>10,312 || 13–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || December 7 || Chicago || L 98–91 || Billups (27) || Prince (8) || Billups (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 13–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || December 9 || Charlotte || W 104–85 || Billups (20) || McDyess (9) || Billups (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 14–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || December 11 || @ Memphis || W 113–103 || Billups (28) || Prince (7) || Billups (14) ||FedExForum<br>11,962 || 15–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || December 12 || @ Houston || L 80–77 || Wallace (21) || Maxiell (13) || Billups (7) || Toyota Center<br>17,453 || 15–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || December 14 || Atlanta || W 91–81 || Billups (23) || McDyess (14) || Prince (5) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 16–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || December 16 || Golden State || W 109–87 || Prince (23) || McDyess (11) || Hamilton (6) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 17–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || December 19 || @ Boston || W 87–85 || Billups (28) || Wallace (13) || Billups (8) || TD Banknorth Garden<br>18,624 || 18–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || December 21 || Memphis || W 94–67 || Prince (16) || McDyess (11) || Billups (7) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 19–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 23 || Houston || W 94–82 || Hamilton (17) || McDyess (11) || Billups (8) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 20–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || December 26 || @ New Jersey || W 101–83 || Hamilton (22) || McDyess (9) || Billups (10) || Izod Center<br>18,055 || 21–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || December 28 || Indiana || W 114–101 || Hamilton (23) || Johnson (9) || Hamilton (9) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 22–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || December 29 || @ Indiana || W 98–92 || Hamilton (24) || Wallace (10) || Billups (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse<br>14,960 || 23–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || December 31 || Milwaukee || W 114–69 || Hamilton (20) || McDyess (10) || Billups (12) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 24–7 |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || January 2 || @ Washington || W 106–93 || Hamilton (20) || McDyess, Wallace (8) || Hamilton (9) || Verizon Center<br>15,763 || 25–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || January 4 || @ Toronto || W 101–85 || Hamilton (22) || McDyess (12) || Billups (9) || Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 || 26–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || January 5 || Boston || L 92–85 || Hamilton (18) || Wallace (8) || Hamilton (8) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 26–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || January 9 || @ Dallas || L 102–86 || Hamilton (18) || Wallace (11) || Herrmann (4) || American Airlines Center<br>20,362 || 26–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || January 10 || @ San Antonio || W 90–80 || Wallace (23) || Wallace (15) || Billups (6) || AT&T Center<br>18,797 || 27–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || January 12 || @ Charlotte || W 103–100 (OT) || Billups (27) || McDyess (11) || Hamilton (8) || Charlotte Bobcats Arena<br>19,091 || 28–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || January 13 || @ New York ||L 89–65 || McDyess (15) || McDyess (13) || Billups (4) || Madison Square Garden<br>17,620 || 28–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || January 15 || Toronto || W 103–89 || Hamilton (39) || McDyess (13) || Hamilton (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 29–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || January 18 || Sacramento || L 100–93 || Billups (28) || McDyess (11) || Billups (10) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 29–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || January 19 || @ Chicago || L 97–81 || Billups (27) || McDyess (12) || Billups (5) || United Center<br>22,657 || 29–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || January 21 || @ Orlando || L 102–100 || Hamilton (21) || Wallace (15) || Billups (5) ||Amway Arena<br>17,519 || 29–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || January 23 || @ Philadelphia || W 86–78 || Hamilton (21) || McDyess (8) || Wallace (6) || Wachovia Center<br>13,878 || 30–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 25 || Orlando || W 101–93 || Hamilton (32) || McDyess (13) || Hamilton, Prince (8) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 31–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || January 29 || @ Indiana || W 110–104 || Wallace (24) || McDyess (13) || Billups (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse<br>12,572 || 32–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || January 31 || LA Lakers || W 90–89 || Prince (22) || McDyess (12) || Billups (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 33–13 |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || February 3 || Dallas || W 90–67 || Wallace (21) || McDyess (11) || Hamilton (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 34–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || February 6 || Miami || W 100–95 || Wallace (26) || McDyess (13) || Billups (10) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 35–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || February 8 || Portland || W 91–82 || Billups (17) || Johnson, Prince, Wallace (6) || Billups (5) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 36–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || February 10 || Charlotte || W 113–87 || Prince (21) || McDyess (12) || Billups (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 37–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || February 12 || @ Atlanta || W 94–90 || Wallace (21) || McDyess (6) || Billups (8) || Philips Arena<br>18,227 || 38–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || February 13 || Indiana || W 96–80 || Billups, Hamilton, Prince (14) || Maxiell (14) || Billups (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 39–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || February 19 || Orlando || L 103–85 || Stuckey (16) || McDyess (14) || Billups (5) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 39–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || February 20 || @ Milwaukee || L 103–98 || Billups (34) || McDyess (14) || Billups, Prince (6) || Bradley Center<br>14,211 || 39–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || February 22 || Milwaukee || W 127–100 || Billups (21) || McDyess (7) || Billups (12) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 40–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || February 24 || @ Phoenix || W 116–86 || Wallace (22) || McDyess (13) || Billups (11) || US Airways Center<br>18,422 || 41–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || February 25 || @ Denver || W 98–93 || Billups, Hamilton, Prince (20) || McDyess (13) || Prince (9) || Pepsi Center<br>17,901 || 42–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || February 27 || @ Utah || L 103–95 || Hamilton (22) || McDyess (10) || Billups, Prince (4) || EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,911 || 42–16 |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || March 1 || @ LA Clippers || W 103–73 || Prince (22) || Maxiell (8) || Prince (10) || Staples Center<br>19,271 || 43–16 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || March 4 || Seattle || W 100–97 || Prince (24) || Maxiell (9) || Billups (9) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 44–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || March 5 || @ Boston || L 90–78 || Billups, Wallace (23) || Prince (10) || Billups (7) || TD Banknorth Garden<br>18,624 || 44–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || March 7 || @ New York || W 101–97 || Prince (28) || Prince (7) || Billups (5) || Madison Square Garden<br>19,763 || 45–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || March 9 || Chicago || W 116–109 || Billups (34) || McDyess (10) || Hamilton (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 46–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || March 12 || Philadelphia || L 83–82 || Wallace (17) || McDyess (11) || Hamilton (4) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 46–18 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || March 14 || San Antonio || W 84–80 || Hamilton (25) || McDyess (17) || Billups (8) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 47–18 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || March 16 || New Orleans || W 105–84 || Hayes (29) || McDyess (11) || Hamilton (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 48–18 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 18 || Denver || W 136–120 || Hamilton (24) || Maxiell, McDyess (7) || Billups (10) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 49–18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || March 19 || @ Cleveland || L 89–73 || Wallace (16) || McDyess (11) || Hamilton (7) || Quicken Loans Arena<br>20,562 || 49–19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || March 23 || @ Washington || L 95–83 || Hamilton (19) || McDyess (14) || Billups (11) || Verizon Center<br>20,173 || 49–20 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 24 || Phoenix || W 110–105 || Billups (32) || Wallace (9) || Billups (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 50–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || March 26 || @ Toronto || L 89–82 || Billups (24) || Prince (8) || Billups (9) || Air Canada Centre<br>19,800 || 50–21 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || March 27 || Miami || W 85–69 || Afflalo, Maxiell (15) || Prince (8) || Billups (11) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 51–21 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || March 29 || Cleveland || W 85–71 || Hamilton (14) || McDyess (10) || Prince (5) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 52–21 |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || April 1 || @ Minnesota || W 94–90 || Stuckey (27) || McDyess (10) || Prince (6) || Target Center<br>15,119 || 53–21 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || April 4 || New Jersey || W 106–87 || McDyess (19) || Wallace (8) || Stuckey (9) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 54–21 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || April 6 || @ Miami || W 91–75 || Stuckey (19) || Johnson, Maxiell (7) || Billups (6) ||American Airlines Arena<br>19,141 || 55–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || April 8 || New York || L 98–94 || Johnson (14) || Maxiell (10) || Billups, Stuckey (3) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 55–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || April 9 || @ Philadelphia || L 101–94 || Billups (18) || Johnson (7) || Stuckey (6) ||Wachovia Center<br>18,945 || 55–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || April 11 || Washington || W 102–74 || Maxiell (28) || Wallace (9) || Hamilton (10) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 56–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || April 13 || Toronto || W 91–84 || Stuckey (18) || McDyess (9) || Billups (4) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 57–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || April 15 || Minnesota || W 115–103 || Hayes (20) || Prince (7) || Billups (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 58–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || April 16 || @ Cleveland || W 84–74 || Afflalo (15) || Afflalo, Johnson (8) || Dixon (9) || Quicken Loans Arena<br>20,562 || 59–23 |-

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 20 || Philadelphia || L 86–90 || Wallace (24) || Maxiell (11) || Billups, Hamilton (4) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 23 || Philadelphia || W 105–88 || Hamilton (20) || McDyess (12) || Hamilton (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 25 || @ Philadelphia || L 75–95 || Hamilton (23) || Hamilton (6) || Stuckey (5) || Wachovia Center<br>18,805 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 27 || @ Philadelphia || W 93–84 || Prince (23) || Wallace (10) || Billups, Hamilton (7) || Wachovia Center<br>18,347 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 29 || Philadelphia || W 98–81 || Billups (21) || Maxiell (11) || Billups (12) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || May 1 || @ Philadelphia || W 100–77 || Hamilton (24) || Billups (7) || Prince (7) || Wachovia Center<br>14,130 || 4–2 |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 3 || Orlando || W 91–72 || Billups (19) || Maxiell (9) || Billups (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 5 || Orlando || W 100–93 || Billups (28) || Prince (10) || Prince (5) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 7 || @ Orlando || L 86–111 || Hamilton (24) || Prince (7) || Hamilton, Prince (3) || Amway Arena<br>17,519 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 10 || @ Orlando || W 90–89 || Hamilton (32) || McDyess (14) || Prince (5) || Amway Arena<br>17,519 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || May 13 || Orlando || W 91–86 || Hamilton (31) || McDyess (11) || Stuckey (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 4–1 |-

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 20 || @ Boston || L 79–88 || Prince (16) || McDyess (11) || Wallace (4) || TD Banknorth Garden<br>18,624 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 22 || @ Boston || W 103–97 || Hamilton (25) || Wallace (10) || Billups (7) || TD Banknorth Garden<br>18,624 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 24 || Boston || L 80–94 || Hamilton (26) || McDyess, Wallace (8) || Billups, Stuckey (4) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 26 || Boston || W 94–75 || McDyess (21) || McDyess (17) || Hamilton (7) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || May 28 || @ Boston || L 102–106 || Billups (26) || Billups, McDyess (5) || Billups, Hamilton (6) || TD Banknorth Garden<br>18,624 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || May 30 || Boston || L 81–89 || Billups (29) || Wallace (10) || Billups (6) || The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 || 2–4 |-

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.

Milestones

Chauncey Billups recorded his 10,000th career point November 14, 2007 against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Player stats

Regular season

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Statistics include only games with Pistons

Playoffs

Transactions

The Pistons have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Free agents

See also

• 2007–08 NBA season

References

External links

• Official web site