1996-97 Miami Heat Game Log

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Record: 61-21, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Pat Riley (61-21)

Executive: Randy Pfund, Dave Wohl

PTS/G: 94.8 (22nd of 29) Opp PTS/G: 89.3 (3rd of 29)

SRS: 5.56 (4th of 29) Pace: 88.2 (25th of 29)

Off Rtg: 106.8 (12th of 29) Def Rtg: 100.6 (1st of 29) Net Rtg: +6.2 (5th of 29)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (4th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500, Over-Under 47.5

Arena: Miami Arena Attendance: 615,160 (25th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Orlando Magic (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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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	1996-11-01		ATL	W	94	81	35	78	.449	10	21	.476	14	19	.737	13	40	26	8	4	19	25	25	65	.385	4	16	.250	27	32	.844	10	40	13	10	6	24	20
2	2	1996-11-02	@	IND	W	97	95	34	72	.472	7	26	.269	22	32	.688	6	32	20	12	6	19	34	31	73	.425	5	11	.455	28	36	.778	10	41	17	8	5	19	25
3	3	1996-11-06		CHI	L	100	106	38	81	.469	4	24	.167	20	27	.741	13	44	13	4	6	14	27	38	88	.432	6	19	.316	24	32	.750	19	49	20	9	3	13	19
4	4	1996-11-08		MIL	W	101	89	38	78	.487	6	12	.500	19	29	.655	16	46	23	7	5	17	18	34	74	.459	2	7	.286	19	22	.864	8	37	20	10	4	20	24
5	5	1996-11-09	@	DAL	W	91	84	36	86	.419	5	23	.217	14	25	.560	19	49	23	10	5	17	19	32	73	.438	9	21	.429	11	20	.550	12	43	20	7	5	23	28
6	6	1996-11-12		CHH	W	105	97	41	89	.461	7	20	.350	16	18	.889	17	37	22	10	8	14	24	36	69	.522	10	18	.556	15	21	.714	9	36	21	6	5	23	23
7	7	1996-11-13	@	CHI	L	71	103	27	75	.360	3	16	.188	14	24	.583	7	39	14	2	3	15	32	36	80	.450	3	7	.429	28	36	.778	10	48	25	6	3	7	21
8	8	1996-11-15	@	ATL	L	77	85	30	77	.390	9	22	.409	8	14	.571	10	35	19	7	3	15	33	22	60	.367	4	15	.267	37	48	.771	16	51	10	10	8	17	18
9	9	1996-11-16		PHI	L	89	91	34	79	.430	7	23	.304	14	17	.824	16	44	20	11	3	23	28	29	67	.433	8	16	.500	25	33	.758	10	34	17	10	7	22	22
10	10	1996-11-19	@	DEN	W	104	86	39	72	.542	9	14	.643	17	28	.607	7	30	23	12	2	15	24	31	72	.431	3	15	.200	21	28	.750	16	46	15	3	10	24	23
11	11	1996-11-20	@	VAN	W	94	75	33	78	.423	11	23	.478	17	24	.708	18	48	23	8	10	19	19	25	62	.403	5	15	.333	20	24	.833	5	31	20	8	9	22	22
12	12	1996-11-22	@	SAC	W	111	108	36	84	.429	8	22	.364	31	39	.795	17	55	21	9	6	20	29	40	90	.444	6	13	.462	22	29	.759	10	42	23	8	2	13	32
13	13	1996-11-24	@	PHO	W	87	84	33	80	.413	7	24	.292	14	19	.737	14	48	22	6	3	21	33	24	68	.353	2	12	.167	34	38	.895	6	34	12	8	7	14	25
14	14	1996-11-26	@	GSW	W	107	88	38	75	.507	12	22	.545	19	23	.826	10	37	26	7	12	16	15	35	91	.385	3	15	.200	15	16	.938	21	44	24	12	6	14	22
15	15	1996-11-27	@	LAC	W	98	82	41	74	.554	8	23	.348	8	13	.615	11	43	16	13	5	17	20	30	77	.390	5	10	.500	17	19	.895	12	35	11	10	4	18	19
16	16	1996-11-30		BOS	W	78	77	29	69	.420	6	21	.286	14	18	.778	9	48	18	4	8	19	16	32	87	.368	2	9	.222	11	14	.786	16	43	15	9	3	9	20
17	17	1996-12-03	@	NYK	W	99	75	30	65	.462	12	22	.545	27	32	.844	15	46	20	8	4	23	22	30	79	.380	2	12	.167	13	18	.722	13	30	17	12	2	13	26
18	18	1996-12-04		DAL	W	101	79	36	72	.500	15	35	.429	14	18	.778	7	33	25	9	5	18	16	34	78	.436	2	9	.222	9	14	.643	15	41	21	7	5	20	15
19	19	1996-12-06		NYK	L	85	103	26	67	.388	6	24	.250	27	39	.692	11	42	14	6	5	16	26	37	78	.474	10	19	.526	19	28	.679	12	40	19	6	5	14	32
20	20	1996-12-07	@	CHI	W	83	80	29	79	.367	7	21	.333	18	23	.783	17	45	12	5	2	8	19	33	79	.418	5	15	.333	9	11	.818	15	44	17	3	3	11	19
								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	1996-12-10	@	CLE	W	76	74	23	64	.359	8	26	.308	22	27	.815	7	32	12	7	5	15	20	28	71	.394	3	13	.231	15	20	.750	13	41	20	8	5	14	20
22	22	1996-12-11	@	PHI	W	84	79	32	79	.405	4	25	.160	16	25	.640	12	44	17	9	6	16	23	27	73	.370	6	23	.261	19	27	.704	14	49	19	7	5	20	24
23	23	1996-12-14		TOR	W	89	88	28	69	.406	4	19	.211	29	38	.763	15	40	17	7	7	18	19	33	77	.429	5	12	.417	17	19	.895	14	40	14	14	7	14	30
24	24	1996-12-17		IND	L	89	103	35	81	.432	8	21	.381	11	16	.688	16	42	19	11	3	20	25	38	74	.514	6	10	.600	21	29	.724	13	42	22	7	7	18	16
25	25	1996-12-19		UTA	L	87	94	34	86	.395	3	18	.167	16	25	.640	13	43	17	11	8	18	30	31	69	.449	2	8	.250	30	40	.750	8	46	20	12	7	21	26
26	26	1996-12-21	@	HOU	W	86	66	31	77	.403	11	31	.355	13	16	.813	15	51	19	7	10	16	25	23	71	.324	4	12	.333	16	27	.593	15	40	12	8	4	16	17
27	27	1996-12-23	@	SAS	W	90	79	34	74	.459	4	14	.286	18	26	.692	17	41	13	9	7	14	25	28	64	.438	3	11	.273	20	26	.769	11	34	14	5	6	16	21
28	28	1996-12-26		ORL	W	96	76	40	76	.526	4	15	.267	12	14	.857	12	44	21	8	9	15	21	29	79	.367	8	17	.471	10	15	.667	16	36	18	4	4	14	17
29	29	1996-12-27	@	CHH	W	101	86	38	77	.494	11	20	.550	14	23	.609	11	47	21	2	5	12	18	36	85	.424	5	12	.417	9	16	.563	15	40	25	5	5	14	18
30	30	1996-12-29	@	MIL	W	95	94	32	75	.427	9	22	.409	22	36	.611	13	39	18	6	6	8	16	41	77	.532	5	9	.556	7	9	.778	4	39	27	6	6	14	26
31	31	1997-01-02		NJN	W	101	91	33	70	.471	8	20	.400	27	40	.675	6	38	20	7	6	11	16	40	101	.396	6	21	.286	5	9	.556	27	58	15	4	7	16	32
32	32	1997-01-04	@	UTA	L	80	83	31	75	.413	6	29	.207	12	20	.600	11	47	16	7	6	18	31	29	65	.446	2	6	.333	23	36	.639	5	36	23	12	4	14	27
33	33	1997-01-07	@	SEA	L	85	94	27	65	.415	7	19	.368	24	33	.727	12	44	13	3	10	22	29	30	78	.385	5	18	.278	29	38	.763	12	38	17	14	4	12	26
34	34	1997-01-08	@	POR	W	85	81	26	70	.371	9	16	.563	24	34	.706	11	38	16	6	7	17	22	29	78	.372	6	17	.353	17	22	.773	12	39	15	8	4	18	32
35	35	1997-01-10	@	LAL	L	85	94	33	82	.402	3	22	.136	16	33	.485	13	50	24	3	6	14	27	35	85	.412	5	12	.417	19	34	.559	17	55	24	8	8	14	23
36	36	1997-01-13		WSB	W	98	95	35	81	.432	9	18	.500	19	26	.731	11	42	23	6	2	17	22	38	82	.463	4	13	.308	15	24	.625	8	38	21	8	5	15	23
37	37	1997-01-16	@	BOS	W	102	94	38	80	.475	6	20	.300	20	28	.714	11	48	32	7	9	20	27	30	79	.380	2	12	.167	32	40	.800	7	36	17	10	2	15	27
38	38	1997-01-17	@	WSB	W	103	92	39	82	.476	8	17	.471	17	24	.708	11	36	21	11	6	14	15	40	79	.506	2	6	.333	10	13	.769	11	38	22	6	8	22	23
39	39	1997-01-19		ORL	L	87	99	33	69	.478	12	23	.522	9	18	.500	9	37	21	8	3	21	20	38	75	.507	9	17	.529	14	18	.778	7	36	21	10	4	13	21
40	40	1997-01-21		ATL	W	94	91	34	76	.447	13	19	.684	13	20	.650	9	34	24	6	4	9	30	29	65	.446	7	23	.304	26	36	.722	10	39	14	6	3	12	19
								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	1997-01-23	@	TOR	W	99	87	33	72	.458	6	22	.273	27	34	.794	12	43	18	4	7	18	26	29	77	.377	5	18	.278	24	30	.800	12	35	18	6	4	13	27
42	42	1997-01-26	@	NYK	L	89	95	34	79	.430	8	23	.348	13	20	.650	9	35	25	9	7	17	21	37	78	.474	6	13	.462	15	19	.789	12	43	22	8	3	18	20
43	43	1997-01-27		PHO	W	125	97	48	76	.632	13	20	.650	16	19	.842	3	31	33	13	8	13	19	37	74	.500	10	13	.769	13	21	.619	6	32	21	9	5	18	18
44	44	1997-01-29		BOS	W	103	83	43	78	.551	8	23	.348	9	16	.563	11	45	28	10	8	20	25	27	74	.365	4	12	.333	25	34	.735	17	40	13	8	5	22	16
45	45	1997-02-01	@	CLE	W	71	66	25	65	.385	4	25	.160	17	21	.810	8	37	20	8	5	16	18	25	71	.352	4	10	.400	12	12	1.000	15	43	14	10	3	18	26
46	46	1997-02-02		CLE	W	80	76	25	62	.403	8	21	.381	22	31	.710	8	41	18	6	6	12	20	32	77	.416	6	13	.462	6	10	.600	10	42	13	6	1	13	28
47	47	1997-02-05	@	BOS	W	118	117	42	72	.583	11	24	.458	23	32	.719	9	40	29	8	6	21	31	41	86	.477	7	19	.368	28	37	.757	17	37	25	12	3	13	23
48	48	1997-02-06		MIL	W	102	90	35	72	.486	9	24	.375	23	25	.920	11	38	25	5	5	16	28	30	76	.395	3	8	.375	27	39	.692	18	39	15	5	0	11	22
49	49	1997-02-11		DET	W	104	91	40	75	.533	6	22	.273	18	31	.581	11	42	21	6	5	16	21	35	79	.443	6	13	.462	15	23	.652	12	40	19	7	1	12	27
50	50	1997-02-13		IND	W	106	90	36	72	.500	9	26	.346	25	34	.735	6	38	26	15	8	20	28	33	81	.407	4	15	.267	20	27	.741	14	49	22	11	2	27	29
51	51	1997-02-15		PHI	W	125	99	48	91	.527	17	33	.515	12	17	.706	15	42	39	11	10	16	26	33	78	.423	6	15	.400	27	37	.730	17	40	13	9	6	18	16
52	52	1997-02-18	@	PHI	W	111	83	41	87	.471	8	21	.381	21	22	.955	9	49	20	7	10	10	28	26	82	.317	1	14	.071	30	44	.682	13	46	11	7	6	11	22
53	53	1997-02-20	@	NJN	W	92	87	34	78	.436	6	18	.333	18	24	.750	14	51	18	7	6	16	19	36	96	.375	3	11	.273	12	17	.706	22	50	14	9	9	9	17
54	54	1997-02-21		POR	L	110	114	32	77	.416	12	26	.462	34	45	.756	13	45	21	5	4	12	26	42	83	.506	7	15	.467	23	30	.767	11	44	21	7	8	11	28
55	55	1997-02-23		DEN	W	95	86	34	84	.405	11	24	.458	16	20	.800	14	45	21	9	3	13	20	34	79	.430	8	16	.500	10	17	.588	11	45	19	4	6	17	19
56	56	1997-02-26	@	ORL	L	86	98	32	74	.432	6	28	.214	16	19	.842	12	33	20	9	4	21	26	34	75	.453	9	22	.409	21	33	.636	14	42	20	15	3	15	17
57	57	1997-02-28		SEA	L	95	96	32	78	.410	11	29	.379	20	26	.769	11	42	23	3	4	15	22	33	72	.458	6	15	.400	24	32	.750	10	41	20	7	5	13	21
58	58	1997-03-02		SAS	W	79	72	31	70	.443	8	21	.381	9	17	.529	9	40	23	6	6	13	23	28	68	.412	1	3	.333	15	26	.577	9	34	18	5	4	13	16
59	59	1997-03-04	@	DET	W	108	99	41	75	.547	13	24	.542	13	15	.867	8	31	26	6	0	10	20	37	68	.544	7	17	.412	18	28	.643	12	34	21	7	3	13	18
60	60	1997-03-06		WSB	L	95	99	33	82	.402	9	23	.391	20	25	.800	9	41	22	8	5	12	23	39	81	.481	6	17	.353	15	23	.652	12	52	24	7	5	15	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
61	61	1997-03-07	@	WSB	W	108	105	36	76	.474	10	24	.417	26	30	.867	13	46	20	9	2	24	31	40	90	.444	1	11	.091	24	35	.686	20	47	13	9	1	17	25
62	62	1997-03-09	@	CHH	L	76	82	30	90	.333	3	21	.143	13	21	.619	18	45	15	10	3	14	19	31	69	.449	8	14	.571	12	22	.545	12	47	25	7	4	21	20
63	63	1997-03-11	@	MIL	W	108	93	41	77	.532	8	19	.421	18	23	.783	11	37	26	6	3	12	20	36	76	.474	5	14	.357	16	21	.762	13	39	19	7	3	18	21
64	64	1997-03-14		VAN	W	88	82	35	76	.461	10	24	.417	8	10	.800	8	29	23	11	8	16	20	33	76	.434	0	13	.000	16	23	.696	16	43	16	9	7	20	15
65	65	1997-03-16		HOU	W	101	80	37	81	.457	9	28	.321	18	23	.783	18	52	20	8	5	16	19	32	73	.438	4	18	.222	12	19	.632	6	34	13	9	4	14	17
66	66	1997-03-19		GSW	W	93	91	34	86	.395	6	33	.182	19	27	.704	12	45	20	12	0	9	24	31	71	.437	6	17	.353	23	33	.697	11	47	11	5	0	20	24
67	67	1997-03-21		LAL	W	98	97	34	78	.436	15	36	.417	15	23	.652	12	36	25	5	4	11	21	34	74	.459	8	17	.471	21	28	.750	11	43	19	7	8	13	22
68	68	1997-03-23	@	MIN	W	113	108	37	70	.529	11	21	.524	28	40	.700	5	33	21	8	1	11	28	38	81	.469	5	17	.294	27	35	.771	12	42	29	7	4	14	26
69	69	1997-03-26		SAC	W	101	88	34	78	.436	10	23	.435	23	29	.793	17	42	20	7	2	16	24	31	63	.492	6	11	.545	20	23	.870	3	30	19	4	3	20	23
70	70	1997-03-28		CLE	W	83	79	30	74	.405	4	24	.167	19	31	.613	17	47	19	10	0	17	29	22	60	.367	6	16	.375	29	38	.763	6	32	14	6	2	15	26
71	71	1997-03-30	@	TOR	L	97	102	36	75	.480	9	25	.360	16	27	.593	6	34	25	12	7	17	25	36	79	.456	6	14	.429	24	27	.889	14	44	20	10	10	22	24
72	72	1997-04-01		LAC	W	97	87	35	70	.500	9	21	.429	18	29	.621	11	47	21	7	5	19	17	37	85	.435	8	16	.500	5	8	.625	11	34	24	5	5	13	20
73	73	1997-04-03	@	IND	W	92	78	32	67	.478	8	23	.348	20	23	.870	6	28	23	16	3	17	21	31	70	.443	3	8	.375	13	24	.542	13	34	17	8	3	21	19
74	74	1997-04-05		TOR	W	98	84	38	76	.500	7	19	.368	15	25	.600	14	47	23	7	4	17	23	30	76	.395	5	17	.294	19	28	.679	8	31	14	11	4	14	22
75	75	1997-04-07	@	DET	W	94	88	29	68	.426	6	21	.286	30	36	.833	15	46	17	9	1	15	25	32	70	.457	6	16	.375	18	27	.667	9	32	16	9	2	15	28
76	76	1997-04-08	@	NJN	W	94	92	35	76	.461	11	26	.423	13	21	.619	16	38	16	6	5	14	26	34	80	.425	7	17	.412	17	23	.739	19	46	18	9	4	15	24
77	77	1997-04-10		DET	W	93	83	37	77	.481	11	32	.344	8	9	.889	11	39	26	6	8	16	27	32	71	.451	2	11	.182	17	23	.739	11	35	16	7	4	10	17
78	78	1997-04-12		NYK	L	99	100	37	80	.463	9	27	.333	16	22	.727	11	32	22	9	5	18	32	31	63	.492	5	9	.556	33	36	.917	9	38	18	8	7	22	23
79	79	1997-04-14		MIN	L	87	95	37	76	.487	6	22	.273	7	11	.636	10	33	25	11	2	17	17	37	69	.536	4	7	.571	17	22	.773	8	35	23	10	4	19	17
80	80	1997-04-16		CHI	W	102	92	36	70	.514	10	20	.500	20	31	.645	8	36	23	13	4	13	22	38	81	.469	7	15	.467	9	14	.643	10	38	24	4	2	18	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
81	81	1997-04-18		NJN	L	74	86	28	80	.350	7	26	.269	11	13	.846	12	39	22	4	8	8	16	34	74	.459	6	14	.429	12	22	.545	14	52	23	3	8	12	17
82	82	1997-04-19	@	ORL	W	102	88	36	77	.468	10	21	.476	20	22	.909	16	41	23	10	7	22	23	33	82	.402	3	16	.188	19	21	.905	16	38	21	9	9	19	18

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