2001–02 Detroit Pistons season

The 2001–02 NBA season was the Pistons' 61st season, the 54th in the National Basketball Association, and the 45th in the Detroit area. After missing the playoffs the previous season, the Pistons selected Rodney White from the University of Charlotte with the ninth overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft. During the off-season, the team acquired Clifford Robinson from the Phoenix Suns, acquired three-point specialist Jon Barry from the Sacramento Kings, and hired Rick Carlisle as their new head coach.

The Pistons won 14 of their first 20 games, but then suffered a 7-game losing streak in December as part of a 5–14 stretch to fall to 19–20. Unlike previous seasons during the 1990s, the Pistons would rebound from the tough stretch to win 15 of their next 18 games. After a 26–21 record at the All-Star break, the Pistons won 24 of their final 35 games, winning the Central Division with a 50–32 record, the franchise's first Division title since the 1990, thanks to a 123–89 home victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on the final day of the regular season.

Ben Wallace averaged 7.6 points, 13.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, was named Defensive Player of the Year, was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, Corliss Williamson averaged 13.6 points per game off the bench, and was named Sixth Man of the Year, while Carlisle was named Coach of the Year.

Jerry Stackhouse led the team in scoring with 21.4 points and 5.3 assists per game, but was not selected for the All-Star Game, while Robinson provided the team with 14.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, Chucky Atkins provided with 12.1 points per game, Barry contributed 9.0 points per game off the bench, and rookie center Željko Rebrača averaged 6.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Wallace also finished in tenth place in Most Valuable Player voting, and in second place in Most Improved Player voting.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Pistons would defeat the Toronto Raptors in five games, and advance to the second round for the first time since 1991. However, in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, after winning Game 1 over the 3rd-seeded Boston Celtics, 96–84 in Detroit, the Pistons would lose the next four games, thus the series. Following the season, Stackhouse was traded to the Washington Wizards, while White was traded to the Denver Nuggets, and Dana Barros was released to free agency.

For the season, the Pistons changed the colors of their primary logo to their traditional color scheme of red, white and blue, and also changed their uniforms. The logo and uniforms both remained in use until 2005.

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Rodney White	SF/PF	United States	North Carolina-Charlotte
2	37	Mehmet Okur	C/PF	Turkey

Roster

2001–02 Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	9	Alexander, Victor	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1969–08–31	Iowa State
G	7	Atkins, Chucky	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1974–08–14	South Florida
G	1	Barros, Dana	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1967–04–13	Boston College
G	20	Barry, Jon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1969–07–25	Georgia Tech
F	35	Cardinal, Brian	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1977–05–02	Purdue
G/F	12	Curry, Michael	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1968–08–22	Georgia Southern
G	14	Jones, Damon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1976–08–25	Houston
C	31	Moore, Mikki	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1975–11–04	Nebraska
C	39	Rebrača, Željko	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	257 lb (117 kg)	1972–04–09	Serbia
F	30	Robinson, Clifford	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1966–12–16	Connecticut
G/F	42	Stackhouse, Jerry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1974–11–05	North Carolina
C	44	Varda, Ratko	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	1979–05–06	Serbia
F/C	3	Wallace, Ben	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1974–09–10	Virginia Union
F	5	White, Rodney	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	1980–06–28	Charlotte
F	34	Williamson, Corliss	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973–12–04	Arkansas

Head coach

Rick Carlisle

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 29, 2001

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	–	26–15	24–17	20–8
x-Charlotte Hornets	44	38	.537	6	21–20	23–18	17–11
x-Toronto Raptors	42	40	.512	8	24–17	18–23	17–11
x-Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	8	25–16	17–24	13–15
Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	9	25–16	16–25	17–11
Atlanta Hawks	33	49	.402	17	23–18	10–31	11–17
Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	21	20–21	9–32	12–16
Chicago Bulls	21	61	.256	29	14–27	7–34	5–23

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-New Jersey Nets	52	30	.634	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	2
3	x-Boston Celtics	49	33	.598	3
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	44	38	.537	8
5	x-Orlando Magic	44	38	.537	8
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	43	39	.524	9
7	x-Toronto Raptors	42	40	.512	10
8	x-Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	10

9	Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	11
10	Washington Wizards	37	45	.451	15
11	Miami Heat	36	46	.439	16
12	Atlanta Hawks	33	49	.402	19
13	New York Knicks	30	52	.366	22
14	Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	23
15	Chicago Bulls	21	61	.256	31

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

2001-02 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–3
Boston	2–2	—	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–2	—	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Chicago	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3
Cleveland	1–3	0–4	1–3	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
Detroit	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–1
Houston	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–1	0–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Miami	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
New Jersey	1–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
New York	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3
Orlando	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	—	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2
Portland	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	2–0	1–3	1–1
Toronto	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–2
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	—

Game log

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Playoffs

2002 playoff game log

First Round: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 21	Toronto	W 85–63	Jerry Stackhouse (20)	Ben Wallace (20)	Jerry Stackhouse (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	1–0
2	April 24	Toronto	W 96–91	Jerry Stackhouse (31)	Ben Wallace (15)	three players tied (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	2–0
3	April 27	@ Toronto	L 84–94	Chucky Atkins (21)	Ben Wallace (11)	Jerry Stackhouse (4)	Air Canada Centre 20,138	2–1
4	April 29	@ Toronto	L 83–89	Chucky Atkins (20)	Ben Wallace (12)	Clifford Robinson (6)	Air Canada Centre 20,112	2–2
5	May 2	Toronto	W 85–82	Corliss Williamson (23)	Ben Wallace (17)	Jerry Stackhouse (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	3–2

Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 5	Boston	W 96–84	Clifford Robinson (30)	Ben Wallace (12)	Atkins, Stackhouse (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,252	1–0
2	May 8	Boston	L 77–85	Jerry Stackhouse (25)	Ben Wallace (16)	Chucky Atkins (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	1–1
3	May 10	@ Boston	L 64–66	Jerry Stackhouse (19)	Ben Wallace (21)	Clifford Robinson (5)	FleetCenter 18,624	1–2
4	May 12	@ Boston	L 79–90	Clifford Robinson (24)	Ben Wallace (21)	Damon Jones (9)	FleetCenter 18,624	1–3
5	May 14	Boston	L 81–90	Chucky Atkins (22)	Ben Wallace (16)	Robinson, Stackhouse (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	1–4

2002 schedule

Player statistics

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Victor Alexander	15	0	6.5	.353	.000	.500	1.9	.4	.0	.1	2.7
Chucky Atkins	79	62	28.9	.466	.411	.692	2.0	3.3	.9	.1	12.1
Dana Barros	29	20	20.1	.385	.338	.778	2.0	2.7	.5	.1	6.7
Jon Barry	82	6	24.2	.489	.469	.931	2.9	3.3	1.1	.2	9.0
Brian Cardinal	8	0	5.4	.462	.429	1.000	.8	.3	.1	.0	2.1
Michael Curry	82	75	23.3	.453	.269	.791	2.0	1.5	.6	.1	4.0
Damon Jones	67	0	16.2	.401	.371	.729	1.5	2.1	.3	.0	5.1
Mikki Moore	30	0	7.2	.475	.500	.769	1.8	.4	.2	.3	2.6
Zeljko Rebraca	74	4	15.9	.505	.000	.771	3.9	.5	.4	1.0	6.9
Clifford Robinson	80	80	35.7	.425	.378	.694	4.8	2.5	1.1	1.2	14.6
Jerry Stackhouse	76	76	35.3	.397	.287	.858	4.1	5.3	1.0	.5	21.4
Ratko Varda	1	0	6.0	.667	.000	1.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	5.0
Ben Wallace	80	80	36.5	.531	.000	.423	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	7.6
Rodney White	16	0	8.1	.350	.222	.857	1.1	.8	.6	.1	3.5
Corliss Williamson	78	7	21.8	.510	.200	.805	4.1	1.2	.6	.3	13.6

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Victor Alexander	1	0	3.0	.000			1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Chucky Atkins	10	10	29.4	.364	.359	.765	2.4	3.4	.6	.1	11.3
Dana Barros	4	0	1.5	.333	.000		.0	.3	.0	.0	.5
Jon Barry	10	0	17.7	.475	.447	.625	2.0	2.1	.5	.1	8.0
Michael Curry	10	10	22.1	.564	.385	.727	1.4	1.2	.4	.0	5.7
Damon Jones	10	0	18.1	.381	.296	.750	2.1	2.5	.5	.0	4.3
Željko Rebrača	5	0	13.8	.455		.786	2.0	.0	.2	.2	4.2
Clifford Robinson	10	10	40.9	.363	.340	.800	3.0	2.9	1.8	1.9	13.2
Jerry Stackhouse	10	10	36.1	.321	.340	.825	4.3	4.3	.6	.6	17.6
Ben Wallace	10	10	40.8	.475		.436	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	7.3
Rodney White	1	0	2.0	.000			.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Corliss Williamson	10	0	26.9	.464	.000	.763	5.3	1.0	.9	.2	13.3

Awards and records

Transactions

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v t e Detroit Pistons
Founded in 1937 Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1937–1948) and the Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–1957) Based in Detroit, Michigan
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	North Side High School Gym Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Detroit Olympia Memorial Building Cobo Arena Pontiac Silverdome The Palace of Auburn Hills Little Caesars Arena
Personnel	Owner(s) Tom Gores President Ed Stefanski General manager Vacant Head coach Monty Williams
G League affiliate	Motor City Cruise
Retired numbers	1 2 3 4 10 11 15 16 21 32 40
NBA championships	1989 1990 2004
Rivalries	Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Hooper Jordan Rules 1990 Detroit riot John Mason Malice at the Palace

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