1996-97 Charlotte Hornets Game Log

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Record: 54-28, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Dave Cowens (54-28)

Executive: Bob Bass

PTS/G: 98.9 (12th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 97.0 (15th of 29)

SRS: 2.13 (12th of 29) Pace: 88.6 (22nd of 29)

Off Rtg: 110.9 (4th of 29) Def Rtg: 108.9 (22nd of 29) Net Rtg: +2.1 (12th of 29)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (12th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000, Over-Under 38.0

Arena: Charlotte Coliseum Attendance: 985,722 (1st of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-02		TOR	W	109	98	39	81	.481	7	17	.412	24	33	.727	18	51	29	3	5	17	24	38	83	.458	8	22	.364	14	21	.667	10	34	17	5	5	12	29
2	2	1996-11-03	@	NYK	L	86	113	35	78	.449	11	22	.500	5	9	.556	14	39	22	4	2	25	20	42	81	.519	7	12	.583	22	26	.846	13	35	23	11	5	9	16
3	3	1996-11-06		LAL	W	88	78	33	80	.413	5	17	.294	17	22	.773	16	40	25	7	1	10	21	33	72	.458	4	17	.235	8	11	.727	9	40	22	1	7	16	19
4	4	1996-11-08	@	WSB	W	102	87	38	76	.500	10	21	.476	16	21	.762	7	42	23	4	4	10	20	37	99	.374	4	15	.267	9	18	.500	25	55	22	5	3	7	21
5	5	1996-11-09		MIL	L	98	100	33	68	.485	5	16	.313	27	40	.675	8	34	24	5	2	10	26	35	74	.473	6	14	.429	24	33	.727	10	37	17	5	3	12	27
6	6	1996-11-12	@	MIA	L	97	105	36	69	.522	10	18	.556	15	21	.714	9	36	21	6	5	23	23	41	89	.461	7	20	.350	16	18	.889	17	37	22	10	8	14	24
7	7	1996-11-14	@	ORL	L	89	96	34	78	.436	7	17	.412	14	17	.824	12	35	14	5	6	12	22	39	85	.459	8	20	.400	10	19	.526	18	51	20	7	6	11	17
8	8	1996-11-15		CHI	L	87	110	34	89	.382	7	22	.318	12	15	.800	13	35	27	7	4	14	19	46	83	.554	7	16	.438	11	14	.786	14	45	29	9	3	20	16
9	9	1996-11-20		NYK	W	93	86	33	75	.440	4	10	.400	23	31	.742	8	35	25	11	4	17	26	30	68	.441	5	13	.385	21	27	.778	8	37	14	4	5	23	31
10	10	1996-11-21	@	IND	W	90	87	29	71	.408	11	17	.647	21	32	.656	12	42	20	11	4	16	17	35	77	.455	4	11	.364	13	20	.650	10	42	25	5	5	14	24
11	11	1996-11-23		DET	W	93	85	33	66	.500	8	13	.615	19	26	.731	5	32	28	4	4	11	22	32	73	.438	9	21	.429	12	17	.706	8	36	15	2	1	13	27
12	12	1996-11-26		SEA	W	97	89	38	81	.469	8	21	.381	13	14	.929	10	39	33	12	6	13	22	35	73	.479	4	14	.286	15	25	.600	12	40	19	4	3	16	13
13	13	1996-11-27	@	TOR	L	88	92	29	68	.426	4	17	.235	26	37	.703	11	43	18	5	6	17	23	33	87	.379	8	20	.400	18	24	.750	18	46	17	10	3	13	22
14	14	1996-11-30	@	MIL	W	94	87	37	74	.500	8	13	.615	12	13	.923	8	35	25	7	3	16	18	32	66	.485	6	9	.667	17	22	.773	6	31	17	7	3	18	18
15	15	1996-12-02	@	UTA	L	97	107	36	76	.474	7	20	.350	18	23	.783	13	32	22	6	1	16	23	43	74	.581	4	8	.500	17	26	.654	9	34	31	7	9	15	24
16	16	1996-12-03	@	LAC	L	89	96	36	77	.468	6	18	.333	11	14	.786	10	38	19	4	7	19	26	36	79	.456	6	13	.462	18	29	.621	12	41	23	7	3	14	24
17	17	1996-12-06	@	POR	L	93	97	37	80	.463	2	9	.222	17	25	.680	16	40	20	11	3	14	23	36	77	.468	7	12	.583	18	31	.581	15	45	25	7	5	17	23
18	18	1996-12-07	@	SEA	W	94	92	35	74	.473	12	24	.500	12	17	.706	9	28	21	13	1	15	20	36	73	.493	2	13	.154	18	21	.857	10	40	25	11	3	20	16
19	19	1996-12-09	@	VAN	W	107	91	40	80	.500	8	17	.471	19	22	.864	9	38	22	15	3	11	14	40	78	.513	7	14	.500	4	5	.800	6	33	24	7	4	18	17
20	20	1996-12-11		DEN	W	101	97	34	76	.447	3	11	.273	30	35	.857	14	45	19	8	2	18	25	32	75	.427	7	18	.389	26	33	.788	10	34	22	7	2	11	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-13		PHI	W	84	75	34	87	.391	4	12	.333	12	16	.750	23	47	23	5	1	12	19	27	65	.415	5	20	.250	16	24	.667	11	38	15	6	7	15	16
22	22	1996-12-14	@	CHI	L	82	87	33	72	.458	4	13	.308	12	16	.750	9	44	24	5	2	22	19	32	90	.356	6	21	.286	17	23	.739	19	49	22	10	6	11	17
23	23	1996-12-17	@	PHI	W	93	84	37	84	.440	5	14	.357	14	18	.778	12	40	21	8	4	11	24	32	79	.405	1	17	.059	19	26	.731	16	44	17	5	4	17	18
24	24	1996-12-19		CHI	L	72	93	29	80	.363	5	16	.313	9	11	.818	16	38	21	6	6	14	18	38	90	.422	7	20	.350	10	12	.833	21	51	16	8	6	9	18
25	25	1996-12-21		ATL	W	98	93	38	79	.481	6	11	.545	16	26	.615	12	45	28	5	4	13	22	32	92	.348	8	33	.242	21	22	.955	21	48	15	0	10	10	24
26	26	1996-12-22	@	BOS	W	102	98	38	86	.442	5	17	.294	21	26	.808	16	48	25	13	4	16	23	36	75	.480	9	13	.692	17	29	.586	8	38	16	11	6	19	21
27	27	1996-12-27		MIA	L	86	101	36	85	.424	5	12	.417	9	16	.563	15	40	25	5	5	14	18	38	77	.494	11	20	.550	14	23	.609	11	47	21	2	5	12	18
28	28	1996-12-28	@	DET	L	75	97	32	71	.451	5	17	.294	6	9	.667	10	29	22	5	3	19	18	40	80	.500	3	15	.200	14	20	.700	18	44	15	15	5	11	16
29	29	1996-12-30	@	WSB	W	101	92	37	79	.468	6	16	.375	21	23	.913	5	36	25	5	6	13	20	35	86	.407	2	10	.200	20	25	.800	19	50	24	7	6	15	23
30	30	1997-01-02		DAL	W	107	97	40	75	.533	6	16	.375	21	27	.778	9	39	33	8	2	15	21	39	78	.500	5	17	.294	14	27	.519	10	37	24	6	1	17	23
31	31	1997-01-04		WSB	L	93	104	32	76	.421	7	13	.538	22	23	.957	11	36	27	6	2	17	17	44	81	.543	4	11	.364	12	19	.632	11	41	23	8	3	14	23
32	32	1997-01-06	@	GSW	W	109	101	32	77	.416	9	18	.500	36	40	.900	14	48	22	7	2	10	22	37	82	.451	7	23	.304	20	23	.870	11	41	24	6	11	12	29
33	33	1997-01-08	@	LAL	L	97	101	33	80	.413	6	17	.353	25	30	.833	10	43	24	8	4	16	23	41	92	.446	5	18	.278	14	22	.636	12	46	23	6	13	14	23
34	34	1997-01-10	@	PHO	L	90	102	33	78	.423	5	12	.417	19	22	.864	4	40	19	5	5	13	26	37	86	.430	5	16	.313	23	30	.767	13	49	27	8	3	7	17
35	35	1997-01-12	@	SAC	W	97	93	35	74	.473	6	15	.400	21	30	.700	13	43	18	4	2	16	16	42	87	.483	4	14	.286	5	6	.833	14	42	23	5	4	15	24
36	36	1997-01-13	@	DEN	W	102	100	40	87	.460	8	21	.381	14	18	.778	11	41	17	6	7	9	16	40	90	.444	9	20	.450	11	16	.688	12	43	30	2	3	11	23
37	37	1997-01-15		NJN	W	116	104	44	90	.489	6	17	.353	22	31	.710	16	44	34	8	7	14	24	38	83	.458	5	12	.417	23	29	.793	11	37	21	4	4	17	25
38	38	1997-01-18	@	NJN	W	102	92	35	75	.467	10	17	.588	22	31	.710	7	43	24	10	6	17	25	34	90	.378	3	14	.214	21	28	.750	17	49	23	7	4	14	24
39	39	1997-01-20	@	ATL	L	97	106	36	85	.424	10	26	.385	15	20	.750	15	43	22	4	5	8	18	40	78	.513	10	20	.500	16	23	.696	10	44	21	4	5	7	21
40	40	1997-01-21		HOU	W	114	108	38	76	.500	6	17	.353	32	42	.762	11	36	32	9	1	12	23	41	76	.539	8	18	.444	18	19	.947	7	31	18	6	4	17	31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-24		NYK	W	113	104	38	76	.500	8	14	.571	29	38	.763	10	43	27	7	5	17	28	37	78	.474	8	20	.400	22	30	.733	9	38	26	5	4	13	31
42	42	1997-01-25	@	CLE	L	73	106	28	68	.412	5	16	.313	12	20	.600	8	32	21	5	5	17	23	41	83	.494	10	19	.526	14	21	.667	12	41	27	12	2	11	19
43	43	1997-01-28	@	IND	W	98	97	35	75	.467	9	17	.529	19	26	.731	17	40	23	8	4	16	21	37	74	.500	5	14	.357	18	25	.720	11	31	22	9	4	14	26
44	44	1997-01-29		IND	L	95	106	38	84	.452	7	17	.412	12	16	.750	13	34	30	12	9	16	21	39	80	.488	7	14	.500	21	26	.808	15	44	24	4	7	16	18
45	45	1997-01-31		MIL	W	102	95	34	64	.531	8	14	.571	26	35	.743	3	37	25	5	4	16	24	37	85	.435	4	14	.286	17	25	.680	13	38	10	7	4	10	28
46	46	1997-02-02	@	NYK	W	99	93	33	63	.524	7	13	.538	26	35	.743	5	34	17	9	4	18	23	35	93	.376	12	31	.387	11	15	.733	23	50	19	7	2	20	23
47	47	1997-02-04		MIN	W	115	101	46	85	.541	9	16	.563	14	17	.824	10	40	32	2	6	13	17	38	84	.452	3	15	.200	22	23	.957	12	36	23	4	3	12	18
48	48	1997-02-06		SAC	W	115	100	38	80	.475	14	23	.609	25	29	.862	10	37	28	6	1	12	18	40	81	.494	8	19	.421	12	18	.667	12	36	27	4	1	15	23
49	49	1997-02-11	@	CHI	L	100	103	38	77	.494	7	17	.412	17	18	.944	6	28	22	8	2	15	20	41	82	.500	5	15	.333	16	21	.762	16	43	26	9	2	15	21
50	50	1997-02-12		NJN	W	113	100	46	87	.529	5	20	.250	16	18	.889	12	45	33	4	13	14	21	36	88	.409	3	15	.200	25	32	.781	18	42	21	6	3	10	18
51	51	1997-02-14		DET	L	103	109	38	72	.528	7	13	.538	20	22	.909	7	38	30	2	6	21	20	36	74	.486	12	23	.522	25	36	.694	7	32	20	9	2	12	23
52	52	1997-02-17		ORL	W	124	110	42	76	.553	14	27	.519	26	29	.897	9	38	37	9	7	16	17	43	99	.434	12	28	.429	12	19	.632	22	46	27	7	1	13	21
53	53	1997-02-19		PHO	W	123	115	46	83	.554	14	22	.636	17	26	.654	15	31	34	9	3	11	24	39	72	.542	7	19	.368	30	33	.909	10	30	29	4	3	14	24
54	54	1997-02-21		LAC	W	114	96	46	94	.489	6	15	.400	16	19	.842	16	44	29	12	3	13	18	42	89	.472	6	16	.375	6	8	.750	14	39	23	4	5	18	17
55	55	1997-02-22	@	ATL	W	93	92	32	68	.471	4	15	.267	25	32	.781	11	38	21	9	3	14	18	37	84	.440	9	22	.409	9	16	.563	20	46	14	8	2	15	26
56	56	1997-02-24	@	SAS	W	96	84	37	75	.493	6	17	.353	16	22	.727	15	39	22	6	11	10	14	35	75	.467	1	6	.167	13	18	.722	11	35	18	8	1	12	19
57	57	1997-02-25	@	DAL	L	84	86	33	87	.379	7	17	.412	11	13	.846	16	50	22	9	5	10	16	32	79	.405	5	15	.333	17	21	.810	9	47	19	5	4	12	15
58	58	1997-02-27	@	HOU	W	106	95	43	83	.518	6	18	.333	14	16	.875	7	34	27	12	2	7	20	35	79	.443	5	26	.192	20	28	.714	16	46	23	3	2	16	16
59	59	1997-03-02	@	MIN	W	108	96	32	67	.478	14	21	.667	30	33	.909	5	39	24	4	3	13	24	39	85	.459	2	16	.125	16	26	.615	10	37	26	6	4	6	24
60	60	1997-03-04		SAS	W	105	98	36	66	.545	10	18	.556	23	29	.793	5	29	30	4	3	12	17	41	79	.519	4	9	.444	12	16	.750	12	37	23	4	1	13	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-06		BOS	W	122	121	47	87	.540	8	19	.421	20	26	.769	11	45	33	7	8	13	24	44	92	.478	8	18	.444	25	35	.714	14	43	23	6	2	13	22
62	62	1997-03-09		MIA	W	82	76	31	69	.449	8	14	.571	12	22	.545	12	47	25	7	4	21	20	30	90	.333	3	21	.143	13	21	.619	18	45	15	10	3	14	19
63	63	1997-03-11		VAN	W	98	92	35	79	.443	8	17	.471	20	28	.714	18	48	21	7	3	14	19	37	83	.446	3	9	.333	15	21	.714	17	41	21	8	4	12	23
64	64	1997-03-14	@	ORL	L	81	86	33	76	.434	7	22	.318	8	14	.571	9	42	22	7	4	12	16	33	77	.429	5	18	.278	15	18	.833	8	42	21	4	4	8	14
65	65	1997-03-15	@	PHI	W	107	99	38	82	.463	6	19	.316	25	32	.781	9	38	21	10	4	16	16	40	96	.417	4	18	.222	15	17	.882	20	52	19	9	6	19	22
66	66	1997-03-17		UTA	L	93	114	36	76	.474	8	26	.308	13	18	.722	9	32	25	9	2	17	27	39	74	.527	6	12	.500	30	40	.750	14	40	30	6	3	15	16
67	67	1997-03-19		CLE	W	90	72	35	69	.507	3	13	.231	17	21	.810	11	42	26	8	6	13	19	28	71	.394	7	19	.368	9	15	.600	8	30	15	4	2	11	21
68	68	1997-03-21	@	TOR	W	102	97	34	74	.459	5	16	.313	29	35	.829	8	42	14	7	3	7	23	35	77	.455	4	11	.364	23	30	.767	11	43	23	4	10	9	26
69	69	1997-03-22		GSW	W	100	93	37	80	.463	9	20	.450	17	23	.739	10	38	30	10	9	11	17	35	88	.398	4	15	.267	19	20	.950	16	46	18	1	5	17	21
70	70	1997-03-26		POR	L	87	88	31	69	.449	7	14	.500	18	25	.720	8	39	26	7	5	17	11	38	79	.481	5	13	.385	7	12	.583	8	35	27	8	6	14	17
71	71	1997-03-28		IND	L	115	116	41	66	.621	6	9	.667	27	33	.818	7	26	29	6	1	15	25	41	67	.612	11	15	.733	23	28	.821	8	30	29	4	0	17	31
72	72	1997-04-02		ATL	W	95	84	30	65	.462	6	17	.353	29	34	.853	8	35	24	8	2	16	25	29	69	.420	5	24	.208	21	30	.700	13	38	15	6	2	19	31
73	73	1997-04-03	@	NJN	W	93	87	35	84	.417	6	17	.353	17	19	.895	13	44	23	5	7	13	21	31	79	.392	8	15	.533	17	23	.739	13	47	22	4	6	15	21
74	74	1997-04-05		PHI	W	115	113	45	99	.455	6	14	.429	19	25	.760	21	45	29	8	7	12	23	43	89	.483	7	14	.500	20	28	.714	19	46	22	7	4	16	23
75	75	1997-04-07	@	CLE	W	110	105	37	75	.493	8	18	.444	28	32	.875	10	33	25	10	1	19	28	38	67	.567	5	12	.417	24	31	.774	7	28	26	6	6	20	27
76	76	1997-04-09		BOS	W	136	111	48	81	.593	15	21	.714	25	29	.862	14	43	33	15	6	27	26	43	105	.410	7	22	.318	18	22	.818	24	40	24	11	2	19	24
77	77	1997-04-11	@	DET	W	93	85	37	77	.481	3	13	.231	16	21	.762	15	47	16	5	0	10	14	34	70	.486	6	19	.316	11	17	.647	5	30	17	6	1	9	20
78	78	1997-04-12		WSB	W	99	97	37	82	.451	7	17	.412	18	21	.857	13	39	18	5	9	14	18	41	85	.482	3	10	.300	12	17	.706	14	41	27	10	3	12	18
79	79	1997-04-14		CLE	W	94	82	37	69	.536	8	16	.500	12	17	.706	11	41	27	7	4	17	25	28	68	.412	6	20	.300	20	27	.741	11	31	16	5	3	13	21
80	80	1997-04-16	@	BOS	W	108	102	42	81	.519	5	16	.313	19	26	.731	11	42	31	10	6	16	18	42	90	.467	6	20	.300	12	20	.600	19	46	30	10	3	15	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18		TOR	L	100	108	35	79	.443	13	23	.565	17	22	.773	13	37	27	9	6	21	20	41	83	.494	6	20	.300	20	22	.909	14	39	19	11	3	17	22
82	82	1997-04-20	@	MIL	L	100	120	37	80	.463	5	14	.357	21	26	.808	8	31	19	8	0	16	17	52	86	.605	3	7	.429	13	20	.650	12	44	30	10	0	15	20

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