1996-97 Houston Rockets Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (57-25)

Executive: Carroll Dawson

PTS/G: 100.6 (6th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 96.1 (13th of 29)

SRS: 3.85 (7th of 29) Pace: 91.6 (8th of 29)

Off Rtg: 108.8 (7th of 29) Def Rtg: 104.0 (10th of 29) Net Rtg: +4.8 (7th of 29)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (7th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 53.5

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 667,685 (19th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Minnesota Timberwolves (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (2-4) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1996-11-01		SAC	W	96	85	95.3	84.4	100.7	.356	.287	.477	52.9	73.5	19.9	1.7	.437	18.6	34.7	.230	.472	24.7	77.8	.236
2	2	1996-11-02	@	PHO	W	110	95	120.6	104.2	91.2	.321	.381	.574	65.9	76.9	3.3	6.0	.542	15.1	46.3	.226	.437	4.8	83.0	.218
3	3	1996-11-04	@	UTA	W	75	72	85.8	82.4	87.4	.516	.274	.493	53.5	62.5	13.7	7.5	.427	22.4	23.7	.355	.405	16.0	77.1	.101
4	4	1996-11-05	@	SAC	W	102	80	102.9	80.7	99.2	.418	.228	.545	44.2	63.9	19.2	5.4	.500	19.0	30.2	.291	.429	24.3	58.1	.167
5	5	1996-11-07	@	DEN	W	110	108	107.7	105.7	92.5	.382	.247	.529	42.9	60.5	4.9	5.4	.478	14.1	27.1	.281	.448	15.0	58.0	.216
6	6	1996-11-09		UTA	W	91	85	99.1	92.5	91.8	.420	.272	.474	59.6	73.3	8.7	10.4	.401	14.3	39.1	.321	.422	13.4	81.4	.260
7	7	1996-11-12		LAL	L	115	126	110.5	121.1	86.1	.276	.378	.523	48.9	76.2	5.8	13.7	.485	14.1	37.5	.204	.510	11.0	60.9	.240
8	8	1996-11-14		IND	W	90	88	96.8	94.6	93.0	.529	.314	.522	48.2	75.9	7.5	10.9	.457	19.6	27.9	.371	.448	16.7	70.0	.247
9	9	1996-11-16		GSW	W	115	103	114.8	102.8	100.2	.311	.284	.684	53.0	65.1	11.0	6.3	.649	25.0	33.3	.257	.468	14.9	64.2	.147
10	10	1996-11-19		MIN	W	122	93	124.6	95.0	97.9	.370	.247	.648	54.9	68.9	8.2	4.1	.617	13.7	27.0	.272	.441	11.4	74.1	.106
11	11	1996-11-21		PHO	W	115	105	119.5	109.1	96.2	.481	.338	.616	58.4	52.5	9.4	5.7	.565	16.2	37.1	.364	.539	13.7	76.2	.101
12	12	1996-11-23	@	GSW	W	120	115	117.1	112.2	92.8	.528	.337	.547	57.5	71.1	13.7	3.4	.478	12.0	36.0	.393	.660	20.0	93.3	.213
13	13	1996-11-24	@	LAL	W	90	85	107.9	101.9	83.4	.463	.403	.558	50.7	67.9	4.8	1.9	.493	18.2	32.4	.358	.480	13.3	69.4	.189
14	14	1996-11-26		POR	W	102	101	104.8	103.7	88.2	.481	.177	.533	45.0	54.3	12.3	8.8	.468	15.1	23.8	.354	.549	20.2	68.4	.148
15	15	1996-11-29	@	BOS	W	120	94	128.2	100.4	93.6	.313	.275	.659	60.7	66.7	5.3	3.8	.638	17.3	40.0	.225	.451	8.4	75.5	.132
16	16	1996-11-30	@	WSB	W	103	99	110.7	106.4	93.0	.187	.213	.635	58.2	51.2	8.6	1.5	.607	19.0	17.9	.160	.542	9.1	87.2	.095
17	17	1996-12-02	@	TOR	L	89	100	98.0	110.1	90.8	.408	.368	.496	44.0	66.7	8.8	1.8	.428	15.1	24.4	.316	.513	13.2	66.7	.241
18	18	1996-12-04		BOS	W	94	89	95.0	89.9	99.0	.387	.280	.536	53.7	66.7	6.1	9.6	.473	22.2	28.9	.307	.378	12.5	70.2	.153
19	19	1996-12-07		PHI	W	123	108	123.5	108.5	99.6	.354	.317	.649	47.4	75.0	8.0	3.1	.634	13.7	21.6	.232	.446	12.2	63.8	.283
20	20	1996-12-10	@	MIN	W	96	94	103.7	101.5	92.6	.377	.234	.535	48.8	63.9	7.6	9.9	.487	14.3	22.2	.273	.452	9.1	68.8	.108
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1996-12-12		DET	W	115	96	132.1	110.3	87.0	.284	.378	.691	49.3	76.2	6.9	0.0	.662	12.6	21.4	.230	.500	11.7	68.3	.200
22	22	1996-12-14	@	SEA	W	109	100	124.1	113.9	87.8	.544	.368	.647	51.3	66.7	11.4	7.0	.618	16.8	37.1	.368	.500	15.1	63.4	.299
23	23	1996-12-15	@	POR	W	99	89	106.1	95.4	93.3	.424	.152	.632	54.2	67.6	9.6	4.8	.561	19.5	11.5	.379	.417	11.2	78.3	.226
24	24	1996-12-17	@	VAN	L	92	93	112.0	113.2	82.2	.268	.310	.580	54.7	82.9	8.5	3.5	.549	18.5	37.8	.197	.500	11.5	71.1	.224
25	25	1996-12-19		SAS	L	101	115	109.8	125.0	92.0	.321	.383	.546	51.3	75.0	8.7	6.3	.512	14.8	35.7	.222	.619	13.2	69.4	.200
26	26	1996-12-21		MIA	L	66	86	80.7	105.1	81.8	.380	.169	.398	44.0	52.2	9.8	8.7	.352	16.2	29.4	.225	.474	16.0	62.5	.169
27	27	1996-12-23		MIL	L	76	81	88.1	93.9	86.2	.090	.202	.411	55.3	65.7	5.8	10.8	.404	11.5	28.8	.045	.486	11.0	88.1	.122
28	28	1996-12-26	@	MIL	W	101	90	114.9	102.4	87.9	.354	.200	.672	52.5	59.0	8.0	7.3	.638	20.2	16.0	.277	.514	16.6	79.4	.257
29	29	1996-12-28		GSW	W	104	95	113.4	103.6	91.7	.256	.291	.543	52.3	65.0	10.9	6.8	.506	13.6	40.5	.198	.435	12.1	63.6	.151
30	30	1996-12-30		SEA	W	99	91	113.0	103.8	87.6	.256	.295	.570	49.4	73.0	12.6	4.4	.532	12.1	25.0	.205	.500	16.8	73.2	.197
31	31	1997-01-02		POR	L	96	112	105.3	122.8	91.2	.349	.314	.484	55.4	52.8	7.7	5.2	.453	15.4	43.8	.209	.552	11.7	71.4	.351
32	32	1997-01-04		LAC	L	91	95	100.6	105.0	90.5	.275	.238	.507	52.3	65.7	11.1	7.9	.481	17.5	34.1	.175	.506	14.4	70.5	.146
33	33	1997-01-07	@	MIN	W	104	95	116.0	106.0	89.6	.461	.250	.569	54.4	56.3	6.7	10.8	.480	15.7	36.6	.408	.456	10.2	69.4	.132
34	34	1997-01-08	@	CLE	W	81	78	96.9	93.3	83.6	.492	.429	.528	57.3	83.3	15.5	4.3	.444	23.1	36.1	.397	.455	19.0	76.9	.254
35	35	1997-01-10	@	PHI	W	120	99	112.4	92.7	106.8	.117	.245	.607	58.8	74.5	10.3	6.9	.612	17.5	27.5	.053	.421	10.8	80.7	.200
36	36	1997-01-11	@	CHI	L	86	110	94.4	120.8	91.1	.387	.240	.490	39.8	71.4	6.6	5.7	.407	12.0	13.3	.333	.549	8.4	67.4	.098
37	37	1997-01-14		NYK	W	106	86	111.6	90.5	95.0	.333	.319	.642	62.8	68.4	10.5	10.0	.590	21.0	24.1	.292	.469	15.6	85.7	.123
38	38	1997-01-16		SAC	W	89	80	97.8	87.9	91.0	.320	.240	.520	40.2	72.7	15.4	4.1	.480	14.9	16.7	.227	.413	18.6	60.0	.105
39	39	1997-01-17	@	DAL	W	88	78	98.1	87.0	89.7	.217	.277	.484	55.2	61.8	12.3	11.7	.446	13.3	27.9	.169	.447	17.2	81.8	.147
40	40	1997-01-19		CHI	W	102	86	112.3	94.7	90.9	.140	.221	.559	47.4	76.7	7.7	7.4	.558	12.5	26.2	.070	.385	12.4	64.2	.176
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1997-01-21	@	CHH	L	108	114	117.1	123.6	92.2	.250	.237	.640	46.3	43.9	6.5	6.8	.592	16.8	21.9	.237	.539	11.3	68.6	.421
42	42	1997-01-23		NJN	W	111	104	116.1	108.8	95.6	.226	.214	.601	53.3	73.9	3.1	9.7	.583	14.0	27.5	.155	.468	8.0	73.1	.158
43	43	1997-01-25		UTA	L	100	105	101.6	106.6	89.2	.289	.337	.534	48.4	80.0	8.1	9.3	.488	16.9	24.4	.229	.472	11.3	70.8	.222
44	44	1997-01-30		DEN	L	109	113	114.1	118.3	95.6	.088	.147	.514	46.6	67.3	9.4	6.2	.505	7.0	29.2	.059	.567	12.8	67.5	.135
45	45	1997-01-31	@	IND	L	74	100	80.0	108.1	92.5	.205	.295	.435	38.6	51.7	13.0	4.8	.429	19.0	20.0	.090	.537	17.2	58.1	.146
46	46	1997-02-02	@	ORL	L	90	103	93.4	106.9	96.4	.128	.267	.495	53.8	46.2	5.2	7.5	.488	18.0	29.5	.070	.467	9.0	76.6	.211
47	47	1997-02-04	@	NYK	L	95	99	102.9	107.2	92.4	.400	.229	.577	45.7	75.0	11.9	1.8	.514	21.8	21.9	.329	.494	15.1	65.8	.282
48	48	1997-02-06	@	DET	L	87	96	98.4	108.6	88.4	.366	.268	.528	44.7	65.5	4.5	4.6	.451	17.1	22.0	.324	.537	13.8	71.4	.098
49	49	1997-02-11		VAN	W	106	97	120.4	110.2	88.0	.321	.308	.596	48.5	70.7	15.9	10.3	.564	13.6	36.8	.231	.579	21.5	63.3	.229
50	50	1997-02-14	@	SEA	L	85	105	95.4	117.8	89.1	.254	.451	.539	46.6	62.5	7.9	3.1	.521	21.8	22.9	.155	.536	10.8	68.4	.179
51	51	1997-02-15	@	POR	L	105	109	112.0	116.3	93.8	.452	.260	.600	44.9	60.0	5.3	11.1	.527	11.2	9.1	.384	.560	11.1	71.1	.193
52	52	1997-02-17		ATL	W	127	98	132.7	102.4	95.7	.346	.295	.706	66.2	63.0	10.4	3.2	.673	20.4	46.7	.282	.494	14.2	80.5	.207
53	53	1997-02-20		TOR	W	107	97	110.4	100.1	96.9	.256	.397	.616	54.1	75.6	7.2	6.7	.590	17.2	13.8	.192	.459	12.2	80.0	.224
54	54	1997-02-21	@	ATL	L	74	76	88.3	90.6	83.9	.260	.274	.455	57.8	51.9	7.2	10.5	.418	18.9	34.1	.178	.396	9.2	77.6	.134
55	55	1997-02-23		SAS	W	95	85	116.5	104.3	81.5	.234	.260	.559	40.7	73.7	11.0	9.9	.552	7.6	19.0	.130	.435	11.1	61.4	.234
56	56	1997-02-25		LAL	W	100	96	105.0	100.8	95.3	.299	.286	.574	50.0	67.6	7.3	6.6	.526	17.1	18.9	.247	.452	11.2	76.7	.238
57	57	1997-02-27		CHH	L	95	106	107.4	119.8	88.5	.354	.329	.520	57.5	65.7	3.4	3.1	.475	14.9	37.2	.253	.554	7.2	81.1	.169
58	58	1997-03-01		DAL	W	89	80	104.0	93.5	85.5	.145	.211	.550	56.1	73.0	15.2	5.5	.520	15.7	27.3	.132	.479	18.1	84.8	.186
59	59	1997-03-04	@	LAC	W	113	109	120.0	115.8	94.1	.247	.274	.698	54.8	60.5	6.4	7.9	.664	23.6	34.5	.219	.530	10.9	68.2	.238
60	60	1997-03-05	@	GSW	W	90	85	98.4	92.9	91.5	.338	.254	.552	43.2	79.4	13.1	7.9	.500	18.9	18.4	.268	.423	19.2	65.1	.244
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1997-03-07	@	LAL	W	111	90	124.7	101.1	89.0	.195	.220	.623	58.0	70.5	6.7	10.8	.591	16.8	40.0	.171	.429	8.7	71.7	.214
62	62	1997-03-09	@	DAL	W	88	83	99.2	93.5	88.7	.203	.304	.511	45.2	75.0	7.9	11.9	.475	15.7	20.9	.165	.427	17.7	70.7	.253
63	63	1997-03-11	@	SAS	W	103	79	119.9	91.9	85.9	.210	.210	.582	48.8	65.0	14.0	5.6	.556	11.1	28.6	.160	.438	14.5	63.8	.113
64	64	1997-03-12		ORL	L	95	96	108.3	109.4	87.7	.092	.207	.525	55.2	65.9	2.3	5.2	.511	11.7	30.2	.069	.481	9.1	79.5	.253
65	65	1997-03-16	@	MIA	L	80	101	91.0	114.9	87.9	.260	.247	.492	39.5	40.6	10.2	7.5	.466	14.7	15.0	.164	.512	14.9	60.9	.222
66	66	1997-03-18	@	NJN	W	97	89	102.5	94.0	94.7	.126	.310	.528	43.3	79.5	15.8	4.4	.511	12.4	18.2	.092	.414	17.3	64.2	.195
67	67	1997-03-20		WSB	W	96	90	103.7	97.3	92.5	.218	.231	.562	48.8	73.0	10.8	1.4	.538	19.7	29.7	.154	.465	17.2	64.4	.116
68	68	1997-03-22		PHO	L	99	104	105.7	111.0	93.7	.124	.175	.484	54.4	71.4	9.6	1.6	.459	8.1	32.1	.103	.573	13.8	86.5	.122
69	69	1997-03-25		MIN	W	112	103	118.6	109.1	94.5	.420	.173	.584	46.1	66.7	6.4	7.4	.500	9.4	21.1	.383	.468	8.7	64.7	.172
70	70	1997-03-27		CLE	W	107	89	122.0	101.4	87.7	.457	.300	.636	58.4	80.6	8.0	5.3	.593	17.6	34.4	.343	.442	11.0	75.6	.273
71	71	1997-03-29		DEN	W	120	105	121.6	106.4	98.7	.321	.310	.626	44.4	83.7	5.1	3.5	.577	7.7	9.5	.274	.494	11.0	82.1	.293
72	72	1997-04-01	@	DEN	W	116	99	120.9	103.2	96.0	.200	.318	.627	47.3	34.8	10.4	8.7	.606	10.6	18.9	.153	.494	14.6	75.7	.149
73	73	1997-04-02	@	PHO	L	96	109	100.2	113.7	95.8	.161	.287	.515	52.3	59.0	4.2	3.2	.500	15.4	25.0	.103	.547	7.8	85.0	.188
74	74	1997-04-04	@	SAC	W	108	94	118.7	103.3	91.0	.545	.364	.566	50.0	50.0	6.6	7.1	.481	10.3	34.1	.442	.468	16.1	63.8	.253
75	75	1997-04-06	@	VAN	W	94	85	107.7	97.4	87.3	.200	.338	.540	48.2	60.5	9.2	12.1	.531	15.5	33.3	.113	.445	15.8	62.8	.146
76	76	1997-04-08	@	LAC	W	127	117	127.5	117.4	99.6	.507	.282	.731	49.4	50.0	6.0	1.5	.662	18.0	11.1	.465	.500	6.9	70.0	.232
77	77	1997-04-10		VAN	W	102	94	114.9	105.9	88.8	.321	.259	.552	45.8	74.4	15.8	8.2	.531	9.8	27.3	.198	.525	18.3	66.7	.125
78	78	1997-04-11	@	UTA	L	83	104	89.5	112.2	92.7	.390	.341	.432	51.4	56.0	8.6	0.0	.335	13.5	32.1	.341	.447	9.0	73.5	.329
79	79	1997-04-13		SEA	W	113	73	120.1	77.6	94.1	.237	.419	.550	59.1	73.8	7.4	9.7	.522	12.7	43.8	.172	.337	13.9	71.0	.120
80	80	1997-04-15		LAC	W	123	119	126.6	122.5	97.1	.354	.366	.649	50.6	73.8	9.3	5.0	.604	14.4	31.7	.293	.596	14.3	70.0	.146
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1997-04-18		DAL	W	112	102	113.5	103.3	89.4	.241	.379	.582	51.6	59.5	9.1	4.0	.557	16.5	32.5	.172	.470	11.7	66.0	.091
82	82	1997-04-20	@	SAS	W	103	99	113.7	109.3	90.6	.318	.294	.532	50.5	55.6	3.3	7.1	.465	12.6	33.3	.282	.459	7.5	66.7	.233

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