1996-97 New Jersey Nets Game Log

Previous Season

Next Season

Record: 26-56, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: John Calipari (26-56)

Executive: John Calipari

PTS/G: 97.2 (14th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 101.8 (24th of 29)

SRS: -3.89 (22nd of 29) Pace: 92.4 (5th of 29)

Off Rtg: 104.7 (20th of 29) Def Rtg: 109.7 (23rd of 29) Net Rtg: -4.9 (22nd of 29)

Expected W-L: 28-54 (22nd of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +7000, Over-Under 34.0

Arena: Continental Airlines Arena Attendance: 670,628 (18th of 29)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

» Switch to Advanced Game Log

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		CLE	L	77	90	23	58	.397	9	18	.500	22	33	.667	11	35	13	7	7	22	19	34	72	.472	5	10	.500	17	20	.850	12	35	16	10	1	15	24
2	2	1996-11-07		ORL	L	95	108	35	94	.372	1	11	.091	24	27	.889	28	55	20	11	4	21	24	43	86	.500	5	14	.357	17	28	.607	15	44	26	16	8	18	22
3	3	1996-11-08	@	ORL	L	82	86	34	86	.395	5	15	.333	9	15	.600	23	56	19	11	16	22	29	31	91	.341	4	17	.235	20	30	.667	28	56	15	11	8	18	18
4	4	1996-11-13		WSB	L	91	106	36	89	.404	2	10	.200	17	23	.739	28	58	17	5	10	31	24	42	82	.512	3	12	.250	19	26	.731	13	39	22	16	8	20	23
5	5	1996-11-15		POR	L	85	93	29	86	.337	7	21	.333	20	28	.714	20	50	12	3	8	20	31	30	71	.423	2	18	.111	31	40	.775	7	39	10	7	4	14	21
6	6	1996-11-16		DEN	W	106	99	39	89	.438	4	13	.308	24	36	.667	18	52	20	10	7	16	26	37	84	.440	9	22	.409	16	25	.640	8	37	25	6	6	18	28
7	7	1996-11-21	@	DET	L	88	96	37	83	.446	7	19	.368	7	10	.700	10	37	26	7	3	15	19	33	74	.446	7	16	.438	23	27	.852	11	43	19	7	4	16	16
8	8	1996-11-23		DAL	W	114	91	44	94	.468	13	25	.520	13	16	.813	23	50	33	13	11	16	29	34	76	.447	2	13	.154	21	32	.656	11	36	23	11	2	18	17
9	9	1996-11-25	@	UTA	L	92	108	31	91	.341	11	30	.367	19	30	.633	22	43	23	9	4	13	18	45	88	.511	2	4	.500	16	21	.762	19	58	32	7	13	20	24
10	10	1996-11-27	@	PHO	L	77	99	28	88	.318	4	16	.250	17	27	.630	15	44	15	10	6	12	16	40	83	.482	3	8	.375	16	19	.842	10	47	28	4	4	17	21
11	11	1996-11-28	@	GSW	L	118	124	38	91	.418	5	19	.263	37	45	.822	20	45	22	8	6	9	31	41	86	.477	6	12	.500	36	47	.766	17	49	28	2	3	9	31
12	12	1996-11-30	@	LAC	W	106	95	27	77	.351	3	15	.200	49	60	.817	15	56	10	12	6	30	24	38	101	.376	3	15	.200	16	25	.640	18	50	17	13	10	25	43
13	13	1996-12-04		NYK	L	102	109	38	85	.447	2	16	.125	24	32	.750	17	50	23	7	8	21	30	37	81	.457	6	10	.600	29	42	.690	13	40	24	12	6	17	29
14	14	1996-12-06	@	BOS	W	110	108	41	91	.451	8	20	.400	20	30	.667	17	56	26	11	7	20	21	44	96	.458	3	8	.375	17	25	.680	14	44	27	14	6	16	24
15	15	1996-12-07		DET	L	69	95	29	72	.403	3	13	.231	8	12	.667	11	40	19	6	8	20	19	37	82	.451	10	20	.500	11	17	.647	14	40	15	9	5	11	14
16	16	1996-12-11		SEA	W	110	101	44	86	.512	11	24	.458	11	13	.846	14	49	29	6	6	21	23	39	89	.438	8	23	.348	15	23	.652	15	42	24	15	3	15	17
17	17	1996-12-13		CHI	L	92	113	34	89	.382	4	17	.235	20	24	.833	15	42	14	12	4	19	21	40	81	.494	9	22	.409	24	33	.727	11	49	25	13	3	19	19
18	18	1996-12-14	@	MIL	L	91	101	38	93	.409	2	13	.154	13	22	.591	23	51	18	6	7	14	17	42	84	.500	1	7	.143	16	19	.842	12	44	23	7	5	14	20
19	19	1996-12-17		TOR	L	88	97	36	96	.375	4	18	.222	12	26	.462	24	42	20	15	6	11	26	33	64	.516	7	15	.467	24	35	.686	9	48	15	5	8	22	25
20	20	1996-12-18	@	CLE	L	81	99	29	81	.358	9	18	.500	14	21	.667	17	39	21	6	3	19	21	37	75	.493	7	13	.538	18	23	.783	15	46	30	7	8	15	23
								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	1996-12-20	@	ATL	L	95	109	35	88	.398	4	17	.235	21	28	.750	16	39	16	15	2	15	20	38	75	.507	11	25	.440	22	28	.786	12	45	19	9	5	23	20
22	22	1996-12-21		BOS	W	101	100	39	89	.438	3	10	.300	20	25	.800	16	42	28	11	14	13	21	41	82	.500	3	8	.375	15	18	.833	13	39	19	7	11	20	23
23	23	1996-12-23	@	CHI	L	81	113	34	78	.436	7	16	.438	6	10	.600	5	35	27	10	6	19	20	44	90	.489	8	18	.444	17	20	.850	15	49	21	11	4	12	13
24	24	1996-12-26	@	TOR	L	96	98	37	87	.425	6	18	.333	16	32	.500	20	45	28	7	6	7	21	37	85	.435	5	17	.294	19	24	.792	19	53	26	3	10	12	27
25	25	1996-12-27		IND	W	105	94	38	82	.463	4	12	.333	25	31	.806	15	43	22	9	11	16	27	28	71	.394	5	13	.385	33	40	.825	11	38	18	8	4	20	29
26	26	1996-12-29	@	IND	W	110	102	41	89	.461	4	16	.250	24	29	.828	10	37	23	14	7	14	23	37	84	.440	7	16	.438	21	29	.724	19	50	21	4	4	26	26
27	27	1996-12-30	@	NYK	L	86	98	31	78	.397	5	20	.250	19	28	.679	11	35	17	13	2	19	23	36	73	.493	5	19	.263	21	28	.750	8	44	21	11	3	22	23
28	28	1997-01-02	@	MIA	L	91	101	40	101	.396	6	21	.286	5	9	.556	27	58	15	4	7	16	32	33	70	.471	8	20	.400	27	40	.675	6	38	20	7	6	11	16
29	29	1997-01-03		ATL	L	85	95	34	85	.400	6	25	.240	11	15	.733	17	43	13	7	9	14	16	34	82	.415	8	28	.286	19	19	1.000	16	45	16	6	6	12	17
30	30	1997-01-07		SAS	W	90	74	32	84	.381	3	18	.167	23	30	.767	20	52	20	16	9	18	24	28	68	.412	2	5	.400	16	29	.552	11	39	14	12	9	25	25
31	31	1997-01-09		MIN	L	107	110	40	97	.412	7	18	.389	20	28	.714	28	54	22	8	13	18	22	39	78	.500	8	12	.667	24	30	.800	12	40	21	7	8	19	22
32	32	1997-01-11		TOR	L	106	123	37	91	.407	6	19	.316	26	34	.765	26	47	27	12	7	20	37	39	73	.534	12	25	.480	33	46	.717	14	41	25	9	12	21	26
33	33	1997-01-13		ORL	L	111	114	44	91	.484	9	17	.529	14	18	.778	11	43	36	8	7	14	22	39	83	.470	8	20	.400	28	35	.800	15	50	34	5	7	16	20
34	34	1997-01-15	@	CHH	L	104	116	38	83	.458	5	12	.417	23	29	.793	11	37	21	4	4	17	25	44	90	.489	6	17	.353	22	31	.710	16	44	34	8	7	14	24
35	35	1997-01-17	@	PHI	W	105	103	38	97	.392	5	19	.263	24	33	.727	20	57	21	13	6	15	22	40	97	.412	2	19	.105	21	28	.750	17	55	25	11	6	20	25
36	36	1997-01-18		CHH	L	92	102	34	90	.378	3	14	.214	21	28	.750	17	49	23	7	4	14	24	35	75	.467	10	17	.588	22	31	.710	7	43	24	10	6	17	25
37	37	1997-01-20	@	DEN	L	123	132	47	94	.500	8	19	.421	21	28	.750	10	34	24	5	4	9	22	49	88	.557	10	21	.476	24	28	.857	8	41	41	7	9	11	25
38	38	1997-01-22	@	SAS	W	103	95	39	89	.438	6	20	.300	19	23	.826	18	44	16	9	5	8	16	36	73	.493	7	16	.438	16	21	.762	5	33	22	3	12	12	20
39	39	1997-01-23	@	HOU	L	104	111	40	95	.421	9	23	.391	15	19	.789	14	43	21	6	1	9	22	46	84	.548	6	18	.333	13	19	.684	11	49	34	3	7	15	18
40	40	1997-01-25	@	DAL	L	81	92	32	77	.416	5	14	.357	12	15	.800	13	40	16	8	1	15	20	38	76	.500	4	9	.444	12	17	.706	14	39	23	9	11	13	13
								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	1997-01-28		CLE	L	62	84	21	70	.300	2	7	.286	18	26	.692	14	44	11	4	6	20	20	32	75	.427	4	14	.286	16	23	.696	16	47	18	13	7	12	17
42	42	1997-01-30		PHO	W	113	101	38	89	.427	9	18	.500	28	32	.875	17	49	25	4	7	7	21	38	87	.437	7	20	.350	18	25	.720	14	49	24	3	10	11	26
43	43	1997-02-01		DET	L	75	90	32	90	.356	4	11	.364	7	11	.636	18	48	24	4	3	9	22	33	64	.516	4	11	.364	20	25	.800	3	39	17	4	6	9	14
44	44	1997-02-02	@	IND	L	90	92	35	77	.455	7	16	.438	13	14	.929	11	44	24	7	6	16	26	30	81	.370	5	17	.294	27	35	.771	17	44	18	5	4	11	13
45	45	1997-02-04		VAN	W	111	105	40	97	.412	7	14	.500	24	34	.706	31	62	22	7	9	10	24	38	87	.437	8	21	.381	21	25	.840	17	41	27	5	3	10	25
46	46	1997-02-06		IND	L	100	104	42	94	.447	9	19	.474	7	10	.700	25	59	31	6	14	17	26	37	78	.474	7	12	.583	23	32	.719	12	37	21	8	6	13	14
47	47	1997-02-11	@	ORL	W	104	98	39	84	.464	8	22	.364	18	28	.643	10	32	30	11	4	11	20	37	72	.514	7	19	.368	17	23	.739	9	45	22	6	5	20	20
48	48	1997-02-12	@	CHH	L	100	113	36	88	.409	3	15	.200	25	32	.781	18	42	21	6	3	10	18	46	87	.529	5	20	.250	16	18	.889	12	45	33	4	13	14	21
49	49	1997-02-14	@	WSB	L	107	125	36	72	.500	6	15	.400	29	36	.806	5	27	12	6	4	17	33	44	82	.537	3	8	.375	34	40	.850	12	39	21	10	2	16	33
50	50	1997-02-15		WSB	W	107	86	40	88	.455	6	15	.400	21	31	.677	20	52	18	11	7	14	19	34	81	.420	4	13	.308	14	17	.824	11	36	21	7	7	18	25
51	51	1997-02-17	@	CLE	L	101	108	40	80	.500	10	22	.455	11	18	.611	9	31	23	5	6	10	20	41	74	.554	7	14	.500	19	25	.760	8	40	28	3	2	11	21
52	52	1997-02-20		MIA	L	87	92	36	96	.375	3	11	.273	12	17	.706	22	50	14	9	9	9	17	34	78	.436	6	18	.333	18	24	.750	14	51	18	7	6	16	19
53	53	1997-02-21	@	DET	L	84	98	29	71	.408	2	10	.200	24	27	.889	9	38	16	6	2	14	17	37	73	.507	8	22	.364	16	19	.842	5	37	27	10	7	11	22
54	54	1997-02-23		BOS	W	109	93	38	81	.469	7	18	.389	26	37	.703	15	53	23	8	5	15	25	31	87	.356	7	23	.304	24	31	.774	11	36	21	4	3	15	27
55	55	1997-02-25		SAC	W	97	90	38	88	.432	6	15	.400	15	21	.714	16	49	22	7	7	13	24	37	84	.440	3	12	.250	13	21	.619	13	48	23	6	5	16	20
56	56	1997-02-28		GSW	L	108	117	38	92	.413	5	17	.294	27	32	.844	14	35	22	12	5	12	34	36	74	.486	7	16	.438	38	44	.864	14	48	24	5	6	20	26
57	57	1997-03-03	@	SAC	L	95	108	36	92	.391	4	15	.267	19	21	.905	17	38	17	13	6	16	21	43	79	.544	7	16	.438	15	24	.625	12	46	24	6	5	24	23
58	58	1997-03-04	@	POR	L	118	123	45	86	.523	12	20	.600	16	22	.727	12	39	22	10	0	13	32	44	80	.550	11	21	.524	24	39	.615	10	38	31	6	5	15	22
59	59	1997-03-06	@	VAN	W	102	96	39	81	.481	6	9	.667	18	22	.818	18	56	19	3	4	19	20	34	87	.391	11	29	.379	17	21	.810	12	31	24	13	11	9	23
60	60	1997-03-07	@	SEA	L	90	109	35	80	.438	8	18	.444	12	19	.632	14	46	19	6	7	20	27	38	85	.447	7	19	.368	26	31	.839	14	43	27	14	3	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
61	61	1997-03-09	@	LAL	L	105	115	42	96	.438	9	23	.391	12	18	.667	19	42	22	11	3	19	29	42	85	.494	9	24	.375	22	27	.815	11	38	28	10	6	20	24
62	62	1997-03-12		UTA	L	102	117	35	82	.427	6	12	.500	26	35	.743	16	46	22	5	8	14	27	38	86	.442	7	11	.636	34	40	.850	20	53	26	8	8	13	25
63	63	1997-03-14		CHI	W	99	98	38	93	.409	6	15	.400	17	19	.895	24	54	25	6	5	13	21	37	95	.389	6	20	.300	18	22	.818	23	50	25	5	7	13	19
64	64	1997-03-16	@	NYK	W	89	74	31	86	.360	5	19	.263	22	30	.733	26	61	18	7	1	14	21	26	75	.347	8	20	.400	14	19	.737	11	35	18	9	3	14	23
65	65	1997-03-18		HOU	L	89	97	33	87	.379	6	19	.316	17	20	.850	19	55	19	8	6	20	15	39	87	.448	11	27	.407	8	11	.727	8	42	31	15	3	13	15
66	66	1997-03-21	@	PHI	L	110	112	41	83	.494	7	20	.350	21	25	.840	12	32	23	12	4	13	27	38	79	.481	3	9	.333	33	40	.825	21	52	29	9	3	20	22
67	67	1997-03-23	@	BOS	W	100	91	36	78	.462	6	17	.353	22	24	.917	10	40	21	10	4	22	22	34	87	.391	3	20	.150	20	29	.690	20	48	22	11	4	17	23
68	68	1997-03-24		LAL	L	84	109	34	102	.333	2	16	.125	14	25	.560	26	52	19	5	3	18	23	41	86	.477	5	14	.357	22	27	.815	18	54	19	11	13	14	22
69	69	1997-03-26		PHI	W	123	105	49	92	.533	4	12	.333	21	27	.778	19	50	26	12	4	19	20	41	85	.482	2	13	.154	21	31	.677	15	39	25	12	5	17	22
70	70	1997-03-28		NYK	W	92	86	37	84	.440	5	20	.250	13	18	.722	12	38	18	8	9	9	17	35	89	.393	8	27	.296	8	15	.533	19	49	17	3	5	13	22
71	71	1997-03-29	@	CHI	L	101	111	39	83	.470	7	16	.438	16	16	1.000	12	41	22	7	0	19	16	45	90	.500	11	24	.458	10	13	.769	13	36	31	9	4	10	16
72	72	1997-04-02	@	MIN	L	89	94	33	77	.429	4	16	.250	19	27	.704	16	40	19	11	5	14	19	38	72	.528	9	16	.563	9	14	.643	6	32	27	5	8	15	18
73	73	1997-04-03		CHH	L	87	93	31	79	.392	8	15	.533	17	23	.739	13	47	22	4	6	15	21	35	84	.417	6	17	.353	17	19	.895	13	44	23	5	7	13	21
74	74	1997-04-06		LAC	L	96	103	36	91	.396	8	16	.500	16	20	.800	20	54	23	9	5	21	28	40	83	.482	7	20	.350	16	30	.533	10	42	28	12	7	14	20
75	75	1997-04-08		MIA	L	92	94	34	80	.425	7	17	.412	17	23	.739	19	46	18	9	4	15	24	35	76	.461	11	26	.423	13	21	.619	16	38	16	6	5	14	26
76	76	1997-04-10		MIL	W	93	88	37	83	.446	7	10	.700	12	19	.632	16	53	23	14	5	20	16	35	80	.438	8	15	.533	10	15	.667	11	39	23	9	8	18	16
77	77	1997-04-11	@	WSB	L	90	109	36	100	.360	5	17	.294	13	22	.591	28	60	15	5	7	18	17	47	86	.547	2	12	.167	13	18	.722	6	39	27	12	5	9	18
78	78	1997-04-13	@	MIL	L	123	132	41	80	.513	7	17	.412	34	42	.810	16	41	29	5	3	17	27	48	79	.608	5	13	.385	31	42	.738	11	27	29	10	7	8	32
79	79	1997-04-15	@	ATL	L	101	109	40	81	.494	4	16	.250	17	24	.708	14	42	19	6	2	12	22	36	77	.468	13	28	.464	24	28	.857	9	37	25	9	5	9	18
80	80	1997-04-16		PHI	L	105	113	42	109	.385	9	24	.375	12	17	.706	30	62	18	6	10	18	30	43	91	.473	6	16	.375	21	35	.600	17	50	23	9	13	12	16
								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	@	MIA	W	86	74	34	74	.459	6	14	.429	12	22	.545	14	52	23	3	8	12	17	28	80	.350	7	26	.269	11	13	.846	12	39	22	4	8	8	16
82	82	1997-04-20		ATL	W	108	92	42	91	.462	7	14	.500	17	23	.739	18	57	31	8	3	14	13	37	94	.394	8	33	.242	10	16	.625	18	45	20	11	4	13	15

More 1996-97 Nets Pages

Nets Franchise Index

Previous Season

Next Season

1996-97 New Jersey Nets Game Log

Regular Season

More 1996-97 Nets Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks