1996-97 Miami Heat Game Log (Advanced)

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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 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		ATL	W	94	81	103.9	89.5	90.5	.244	.269	.544	50.0	74.3	8.8	8.2	.513	18.0	30.2	.179	.415	23.3	73.0	.415
2	2	1996-11-02	@	IND	W	97	95	101.5	99.4	95.6	.444	.361	.563	43.8	58.8	12.6	9.7	.521	18.1	16.2	.306	.459	17.6	72.2	.384
3	3	1996-11-06		CHI	L	100	106	107.9	114.4	92.7	.333	.296	.538	47.3	34.2	4.3	8.7	.494	13.1	30.2	.247	.466	11.3	62.0	.273
4	4	1996-11-08		MIL	W	101	89	109.1	96.1	92.6	.372	.154	.556	55.4	60.5	7.6	7.5	.526	15.8	35.6	.244	.473	19.3	78.9	.257
5	5	1996-11-09	@	DAL	W	91	84	98.8	91.2	92.1	.291	.267	.469	53.3	63.9	10.9	9.6	.448	14.9	38.0	.163	.500	21.9	71.4	.151
6	6	1996-11-12		CHH	W	105	97	116.8	107.9	89.9	.202	.225	.542	50.7	53.7	11.1	15.7	.500	12.6	38.6	.180	.594	22.7	69.0	.217
7	7	1996-11-13	@	CHI	L	71	103	78.1	113.3	90.9	.320	.213	.415	44.8	51.9	2.2	4.1	.380	14.9	15.6	.187	.469	6.8	76.2	.350
8	8	1996-11-15	@	ATL	L	77	85	92.3	101.9	83.4	.182	.286	.463	40.7	63.3	8.4	6.7	.448	15.3	22.2	.104	.400	17.3	61.0	.617
9	9	1996-11-16		PHI	L	89	91	98.3	100.5	90.5	.215	.291	.515	56.4	58.8	12.2	5.9	.475	21.0	40.0	.177	.493	21.3	73.7	.373
10	10	1996-11-19	@	DEN	W	104	86	115.1	95.2	90.4	.389	.194	.617	39.5	59.0	13.3	3.5	.604	15.1	18.9	.236	.451	22.2	59.0	.292
11	11	1996-11-20	@	VAN	W	94	75	107.5	85.8	87.4	.308	.295	.531	60.8	69.7	9.2	21.3	.494	17.7	40.9	.218	.444	23.3	85.7	.323
12	12	1996-11-22	@	SAC	W	111	108	108.2	105.2	84.9	.464	.262	.549	56.7	58.3	8.8	7.8	.476	16.5	34.7	.369	.478	11.2	79.2	.244
13	13	1996-11-24	@	PHO	W	87	84	95.6	92.3	91.0	.238	.300	.492	58.5	66.7	6.6	5.4	.456	19.2	33.3	.175	.368	14.2	85.0	.500
14	14	1996-11-26	@	GSW	W	107	88	123.4	101.5	86.7	.307	.293	.629	45.7	68.4	8.1	15.8	.587	15.8	30.3	.253	.401	12.5	56.3	.165
15	15	1996-11-27	@	LAC	W	98	82	112.9	94.4	86.8	.176	.311	.615	55.1	39.0	15.0	7.5	.608	17.6	32.4	.108	.422	17.4	72.7	.221
16	16	1996-11-30		BOS	W	78	77	92.3	91.1	84.5	.261	.304	.507	52.7	62.1	4.7	10.3	.464	19.8	25.0	.203	.379	8.8	70.9	.126
17	17	1996-12-03	@	NYK	W	99	75	118.6	89.8	83.5	.492	.338	.626	60.5	66.7	9.6	6.0	.554	22.5	46.9	.415	.392	13.0	70.5	.165
18	18	1996-12-04		DAL	W	101	79	115.2	90.1	87.7	.250	.486	.632	44.6	69.4	10.3	7.2	.604	18.4	21.2	.194	.449	19.2	63.4	.115
19	19	1996-12-06		NYK	L	85	103	95.9	116.3	88.6	.582	.358	.505	51.2	53.8	6.8	8.5	.433	16.0	28.2	.403	.538	13.4	72.1	.244
20	20	1996-12-07	@	CHI	W	83	80	108.0	104.1	76.8	.291	.266	.466	50.6	41.4	6.5	3.1	.411	8.2	37.0	.228	.449	11.6	65.1	.114
								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	1996-12-10	@	CLE	W	76	74	96.0	93.5	79.1	.422	.406	.501	43.8	52.2	8.8	8.6	.422	16.5	20.0	.344	.415	14.9	65.8	.211
22	22	1996-12-11	@	PHI	W	84	79	92.8	87.3	90.5	.316	.316	.467	47.3	53.1	9.9	12.0	.430	15.1	25.5	.203	.411	19.1	69.6	.260
23	23	1996-12-14		TOR	W	89	88	106.0	104.9	83.9	.551	.275	.519	50.0	60.7	8.3	10.8	.435	17.4	36.6	.420	.461	14.1	64.1	.221
24	24	1996-12-17		IND	L	89	103	98.5	114.0	90.3	.198	.259	.505	50.0	54.3	12.2	4.7	.481	18.5	35.6	.136	.554	17.2	66.7	.284
25	25	1996-12-19		UTA	L	87	94	88.2	95.3	89.3	.291	.209	.448	48.3	50.0	11.2	13.1	.413	15.7	25.5	.186	.464	19.5	78.9	.435
26	26	1996-12-21	@	HOU	W	86	66	105.1	80.7	81.8	.208	.403	.512	56.0	61.3	8.6	16.9	.474	16.0	37.5	.169	.352	16.2	70.6	.225
27	27	1996-12-23	@	SAS	W	90	79	113.6	99.7	79.3	.351	.189	.527	54.7	38.2	11.4	13.2	.486	14.1	42.5	.243	.461	17.5	68.6	.313
28	28	1996-12-26		ORL	W	96	76	117.6	93.1	81.7	.184	.197	.584	55.0	52.5	9.8	14.5	.553	15.4	37.5	.158	.418	14.1	66.7	.127
29	29	1996-12-27	@	CHH	W	101	86	115.1	98.0	87.7	.299	.260	.580	54.0	55.3	2.3	6.8	.565	12.1	30.6	.182	.453	13.2	70.6	.106
30	30	1996-12-29	@	MIL	W	95	94	108.9	107.8	87.2	.480	.293	.523	50.0	56.3	6.9	8.8	.487	8.1	27.1	.293	.565	14.7	86.7	.091
31	31	1997-01-02		NJN	W	101	91	111.4	100.4	90.7	.571	.286	.576	39.6	60.6	7.7	7.5	.529	11.2	16.2	.386	.426	13.2	54.2	.050
32	32	1997-01-04	@	UTA	L	80	83	90.2	93.6	88.7	.267	.387	.477	56.6	51.6	7.9	10.2	.453	17.7	26.2	.160	.462	14.8	87.8	.354
33	33	1997-01-07	@	SEA	L	85	94	95.2	105.3	89.3	.508	.292	.534	53.7	48.1	3.4	16.7	.469	21.7	31.6	.369	.417	11.2	72.7	.372
34	34	1997-01-08	@	POR	W	85	81	96.8	92.2	87.8	.486	.229	.500	49.4	61.5	6.8	11.5	.436	16.7	28.9	.343	.410	17.0	69.2	.218
35	35	1997-01-10	@	LAL	L	85	94	88.7	98.1	95.8	.402	.268	.440	47.6	72.7	3.1	8.2	.421	12.7	25.5	.195	.441	12.3	68.5	.224
36	36	1997-01-13		WSB	W	98	95	102.0	98.9	96.1	.321	.222	.530	52.5	65.7	6.2	2.9	.488	15.5	26.8	.235	.488	13.9	79.5	.183
37	37	1997-01-16	@	BOS	W	102	94	101.7	93.8	100.3	.350	.250	.552	57.1	84.2	7.0	13.4	.513	17.8	27.5	.250	.392	13.4	84.1	.405
38	38	1997-01-17	@	WSB	W	103	92	110.9	99.1	92.9	.293	.207	.556	48.6	53.8	11.8	8.2	.524	13.1	28.9	.207	.519	20.6	69.4	.127
39	39	1997-01-19		ORL	L	87	99	99.2	112.9	87.7	.261	.333	.566	50.7	63.6	9.1	5.2	.565	21.4	23.7	.130	.567	13.6	80.0	.187
40	40	1997-01-21		ATL	W	94	91	115.5	111.8	81.4	.263	.250	.554	46.6	70.6	7.4	9.5	.533	9.6	23.7	.171	.500	12.9	71.4	.400
								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	1997-01-23	@	TOR	W	99	87	111.9	98.3	88.5	.472	.306	.569	55.1	54.5	4.5	11.9	.500	17.1	34.3	.375	.409	12.6	72.1	.312
42	42	1997-01-26	@	NYK	L	89	95	97.3	103.9	91.5	.253	.291	.507	44.9	73.5	9.8	10.8	.481	16.2	22.5	.165	.513	17.2	68.4	.192
43	43	1997-01-27		PHO	W	125	97	133.8	103.8	93.5	.250	.263	.741	49.2	68.8	13.9	13.1	.717	13.4	10.3	.211	.568	17.8	82.4	.176
44	44	1997-01-29		BOS	W	103	83	111.3	89.7	92.6	.205	.295	.606	52.9	65.1	10.8	12.9	.603	19.0	32.4	.115	.392	19.8	66.7	.338
45	45	1997-02-01	@	CLE	W	71	66	90.5	84.1	78.5	.323	.385	.478	46.3	80.0	10.2	8.2	.415	17.7	22.2	.262	.380	19.1	65.9	.169
46	46	1997-02-02		CLE	W	80	76	99.2	94.2	80.6	.500	.339	.529	49.4	72.0	7.4	9.4	.468	13.7	20.0	.355	.455	13.8	76.7	.078
47	47	1997-02-05	@	BOS	W	118	117	122.5	121.5	96.3	.444	.333	.685	51.9	69.0	8.3	9.0	.660	19.6	31.0	.319	.517	11.3	64.6	.326
48	48	1997-02-06		MIL	W	102	90	121.9	107.6	83.7	.347	.333	.614	49.4	71.4	6.0	7.4	.549	16.2	34.4	.319	.414	10.6	60.0	.355
49	49	1997-02-11		DET	W	104	91	115.6	101.2	89.9	.413	.293	.587	51.2	52.5	6.7	7.6	.573	15.3	28.2	.240	.481	11.9	72.1	.190
50	50	1997-02-13		IND	W	106	90	104.4	88.6	101.6	.472	.361	.609	43.7	72.2	14.8	12.1	.563	18.7	14.6	.347	.432	22.5	69.6	.247
51	51	1997-02-15		PHI	W	125	99	133.1	105.4	93.9	.187	.363	.635	51.2	81.3	11.7	15.9	.621	14.0	39.5	.132	.462	16.0	61.4	.346
52	52	1997-02-18	@	PHI	W	111	83	116.1	86.8	95.6	.253	.241	.574	51.6	48.8	7.3	14.7	.517	9.4	21.4	.241	.323	9.8	75.5	.366
53	53	1997-02-20	@	NJN	W	92	87	104.7	99.0	87.9	.308	.231	.519	50.5	52.9	8.0	7.1	.474	15.3	33.3	.231	.391	8.0	62.7	.125
54	54	1997-02-21		POR	L	110	114	116.9	121.2	94.1	.584	.338	.568	50.6	65.6	5.3	5.9	.494	11.0	28.3	.442	.548	10.3	74.4	.277
55	55	1997-02-23		DEN	W	95	86	105.8	95.8	89.8	.238	.286	.512	50.0	61.8	10.0	4.8	.470	12.3	29.2	.190	.481	16.4	73.8	.127
56	56	1997-02-26	@	ORL	L	86	98	98.4	112.1	87.4	.257	.378	.522	44.0	62.5	10.3	7.5	.473	20.3	30.0	.216	.513	14.4	60.0	.280
57	57	1997-02-28		SEA	L	95	96	106.7	107.8	89.1	.333	.372	.531	50.6	71.9	3.4	7.0	.481	14.4	26.2	.256	.500	13.1	75.6	.333
58	58	1997-03-02		SAS	W	79	72	98.4	89.7	80.3	.243	.300	.510	54.1	74.2	7.5	9.2	.500	14.4	26.5	.129	.419	14.1	77.5	.221
59	59	1997-03-04	@	DET	W	108	99	133.2	122.1	81.1	.200	.320	.662	47.7	63.4	7.4	0.0	.633	10.9	26.7	.173	.596	13.9	65.7	.265
60	60	1997-03-06		WSB	L	95	99	101.4	105.7	93.7	.305	.280	.511	44.1	66.7	8.5	7.8	.457	11.4	18.4	.244	.519	14.1	72.7	.185
								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	@	WSB	W	108	105	108.6	105.6	90.1	.395	.316	.605	49.5	55.6	9.0	2.5	.539	21.2	32.5	.342	.450	13.9	62.3	.267
62	62	1997-03-09	@	CHH	L	76	82	85.9	92.7	88.4	.233	.233	.383	48.9	50.0	11.3	5.5	.350	12.4	34.0	.144	.507	21.1	69.2	.174
63	63	1997-03-11	@	MIL	W	108	93	123.5	106.4	87.4	.299	.247	.620	48.7	63.4	6.9	4.8	.584	12.1	29.7	.234	.507	17.4	66.7	.211
64	64	1997-03-14		VAN	W	88	82	102.8	95.8	85.6	.132	.316	.547	40.3	65.7	12.8	12.7	.526	16.6	22.9	.105	.434	18.8	56.8	.211
65	65	1997-03-16		HOU	W	101	80	114.9	91.0	87.9	.284	.346	.554	60.5	54.1	9.1	9.1	.512	14.9	39.1	.222	.466	14.7	85.0	.164
66	66	1997-03-19		GSW	W	93	91	100.3	98.2	84.0	.314	.384	.475	48.9	58.8	12.9	0.0	.430	8.4	25.0	.221	.479	19.0	75.0	.324
67	67	1997-03-21		LAL	W	98	97	115.2	114.0	85.1	.295	.462	.556	45.6	73.5	5.9	7.0	.532	11.1	27.3	.192	.514	13.1	68.6	.284
68	68	1997-03-23	@	MIN	W	113	108	120.8	115.4	93.6	.571	.300	.645	44.0	56.8	8.5	1.6	.607	11.2	14.3	.400	.500	12.7	70.0	.333
69	69	1997-03-26		SAC	W	101	88	114.8	100.0	88.0	.372	.295	.556	58.3	58.8	8.0	3.8	.500	15.0	38.6	.295	.540	21.5	89.3	.317
70	70	1997-03-28		CLE	W	83	79	98.7	93.9	84.1	.419	.324	.474	59.5	63.3	11.9	0.0	.432	16.2	39.5	.257	.417	16.4	83.3	.483
71	71	1997-03-30	@	TOR	L	97	102	100.9	106.1	96.2	.360	.333	.558	43.6	69.4	12.5	10.8	.540	16.4	16.7	.213	.494	19.5	66.7	.304
72	72	1997-04-01		LAC	W	97	87	109.2	97.9	88.8	.414	.300	.586	58.0	60.0	7.9	7.2	.564	18.7	32.4	.257	.482	12.8	76.6	.059
73	73	1997-04-03	@	IND	W	92	78	108.2	91.8	85.0	.343	.343	.596	45.2	71.9	18.8	4.8	.537	18.1	22.2	.299	.464	20.7	62.9	.186
74	74	1997-04-05		TOR	W	98	84	109.4	93.7	89.6	.329	.250	.563	60.3	60.5	7.8	6.8	.546	16.3	37.8	.197	.428	13.7	80.5	.250
75	75	1997-04-07	@	DET	W	94	88	112.2	105.0	83.8	.529	.309	.561	59.0	58.6	10.7	1.9	.471	15.2	39.5	.441	.500	15.5	77.5	.257
76	76	1997-04-08	@	NJN	W	94	92	115.0	112.6	81.7	.276	.342	.551	45.2	45.7	7.3	7.9	.533	14.1	37.2	.171	.469	14.3	53.7	.213
77	77	1997-04-10		DET	W	93	83	115.1	102.7	80.8	.117	.416	.574	52.7	70.3	7.4	13.3	.552	16.5	31.4	.104	.465	11.0	71.8	.239
78	78	1997-04-12		NYK	L	99	100	108.0	109.1	91.6	.275	.338	.552	45.7	59.5	9.8	9.3	.519	16.7	27.5	.200	.532	21.8	70.0	.524
79	79	1997-04-14		MIN	L	87	95	100.0	109.1	87.0	.145	.289	.538	48.5	67.6	12.6	3.2	.526	17.4	27.0	.092	.565	19.5	74.2	.246
80	80	1997-04-16		CHI	W	102	92	113.5	102.3	89.9	.443	.286	.610	48.6	63.9	14.5	6.1	.586	13.5	22.2	.286	.512	17.1	73.7	.111
								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		NJN	L	74	86	92.5	107.5	80.0	.163	.325	.432	42.9	78.6	5.0	13.3	.394	8.5	24.0	.138	.500	12.5	65.9	.162
82	82	1997-04-19	@	ORL	W	102	88	114.4	98.7	89.1	.286	.273	.588	51.9	63.9	11.2	10.6	.532	20.2	42.1	.260	.421	17.2	61.0	.232

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