1996-97 New York Knicks Game Log (Advanced)

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

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (57-25)

Executive: Ernie Grunfeld

PTS/G: 95.4 (19th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 92.2 (5th of 29)

SRS: 3.31 (10th of 29) Pace: 90.5 (15th of 29)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (25th of 29) Def Rtg: 101.0 (2nd of 29) Net Rtg: +3.4 (10th of 29)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (10th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 51.0

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 790,520 (5th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Charlotte Hornets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Miami Heat (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	@	TOR	W	107	99	104.7	96.9	102.1	.750	.162	.592	54.3	69.7	14.7	9.4	.515	21.0	29.7	.544	.513	20.7	75.0	.244
2	2	1996-11-03		CHH	W	113	86	129.3	98.4	87.4	.321	.148	.611	47.3	54.8	12.6	8.9	.562	8.9	34.2	.272	.519	23.4	61.1	.064
3	3	1996-11-05		LAL	L	92	98	104.8	111.6	87.8	.229	.253	.504	49.4	55.6	11.4	3.9	.488	13.3	32.6	.133	.547	19.2	70.6	.438
4	4	1996-11-07	@	GSW	W	105	100	113.4	108.0	92.6	.455	.212	.663	61.8	75.7	8.6	0.0	.591	26.1	45.0	.409	.521	20.8	71.4	.347
5	5	1996-11-08	@	LAC	W	88	81	87.3	80.3	91.3	.472	.208	.506	61.4	48.3	8.9	14.5	.417	26.9	40.0	.389	.336	18.2	79.2	.395
6	6	1996-11-10	@	VAN	W	101	82	113.0	91.7	89.4	.171	.183	.573	56.6	64.3	8.9	8.5	.561	16.2	37.8	.110	.395	16.9	71.7	.289
7	7	1996-11-12		PHI	L	97	101	108.5	113.0	89.4	.235	.185	.543	52.5	56.4	7.8	7.7	.519	14.4	35.9	.160	.542	15.1	68.3	.338
8	8	1996-11-14		TOR	W	99	96	103.4	100.3	95.7	.522	.203	.583	60.0	73.5	5.2	14.6	.536	22.1	37.5	.362	.500	18.0	85.7	.280
9	9	1996-11-16		MIN	W	82	79	90.3	86.9	90.9	.375	.203	.550	56.3	54.8	12.1	10.8	.516	26.6	32.1	.250	.390	20.5	72.1	.301
10	10	1996-11-19	@	ORL	W	92	88	94.7	90.6	97.2	.380	.141	.555	62.7	72.7	8.2	19.0	.500	24.6	35.1	.296	.395	15.6	84.8	.368
11	11	1996-11-20	@	CHH	L	86	93	91.9	99.4	93.6	.397	.191	.538	51.4	46.7	4.3	7.7	.478	22.4	22.9	.309	.467	16.1	78.4	.307
12	12	1996-11-23	@	PHI	L	92	109	97.0	114.9	94.9	.408	.183	.549	47.2	63.6	11.6	5.9	.486	20.0	23.7	.324	.576	16.7	73.5	.361
13	13	1996-11-24		SEA	L	92	102	101.7	112.7	90.5	.351	.230	.538	57.0	63.3	5.5	9.3	.459	19.7	35.0	.324	.527	14.8	79.5	.342
14	14	1996-11-30		SAC	W	115	101	126.7	111.3	90.8	.279	.163	.595	54.9	69.6	8.8	8.2	.570	9.4	33.3	.198	.575	13.3	81.3	.233
15	15	1996-12-03		MIA	L	75	99	89.8	118.6	83.5	.228	.152	.431	39.5	56.7	14.4	4.7	.392	13.0	29.5	.165	.554	22.5	53.1	.415
16	16	1996-12-04	@	NJN	W	109	102	108.5	101.6	100.4	.519	.123	.548	44.4	64.9	11.9	8.7	.494	14.6	28.3	.358	.459	17.5	61.4	.282
17	17	1996-12-06	@	MIA	W	103	85	116.3	95.9	88.6	.359	.244	.570	48.8	51.4	6.8	11.6	.538	13.4	27.9	.244	.433	16.0	71.8	.403
18	18	1996-12-07		LAC	W	89	80	99.6	89.5	89.4	.278	.215	.502	62.8	58.3	4.5	6.3	.468	19.1	47.5	.190	.385	14.2	76.1	.256
19	19	1996-12-10		WSB	W	85	73	89.9	77.2	94.6	.100	.156	.452	57.7	63.9	10.6	6.8	.433	17.6	34.7	.078	.403	19.9	81.3	.208
20	20	1996-12-12		GSW	W	90	79	99.0	86.9	91.0	.133	.278	.472	61.0	64.9	7.7	9.7	.461	18.8	46.0	.078	.383	14.2	76.0	.210
								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	1996-12-14		DEN	W	89	82	103.7	95.5	85.8	.200	.200	.511	56.4	71.4	9.3	8.3	.488	13.9	33.3	.138	.426	15.3	79.5	.257
22	22	1996-12-17		UTA	W	99	94	109.3	103.7	90.6	.424	.258	.632	45.7	66.7	7.7	4.6	.553	17.8	16.1	.394	.462	16.6	69.2	.282
23	23	1996-12-18	@	DET	L	78	112	90.1	129.4	86.5	.167	.167	.505	51.9	66.7	4.6	3.4	.493	22.9	30.0	.097	.606	7.2	74.4	.188
24	24	1996-12-20	@	PHI	W	110	103	104.5	97.9	105.2	.385	.269	.603	44.6	78.9	10.5	10.4	.551	18.0	15.8	.308	.455	18.8	64.8	.261
25	25	1996-12-21		DET	W	95	92	111.2	107.7	85.4	.250	.250	.563	52.0	75.0	7.0	7.1	.520	13.4	27.8	.211	.507	15.3	74.4	.282
26	26	1996-12-23		ATL	W	82	76	104.8	97.1	78.3	.357	.229	.506	56.5	69.0	3.8	3.4	.457	16.5	39.5	.257	.397	9.5	70.2	.179
27	27	1996-12-26	@	MIN	L	80	88	86.3	94.9	92.7	.169	.253	.449	52.3	60.6	6.5	11.1	.422	17.6	25.0	.120	.449	16.2	85.0	.397
28	28	1996-12-28		ORL	W	96	85	111.9	99.1	85.8	.373	.149	.615	52.2	54.3	10.5	14.8	.567	20.4	33.3	.299	.472	17.8	66.7	.254
29	29	1996-12-30		NJN	W	98	86	101.7	89.2	96.4	.384	.260	.574	55.7	58.3	11.4	5.2	.527	20.5	25.0	.288	.429	17.4	76.6	.244
30	30	1997-01-02	@	WSB	W	92	80	95.1	82.7	96.7	.338	.125	.501	55.3	51.5	8.3	13.4	.431	20.0	34.9	.288	.350	17.5	72.5	.300
31	31	1997-01-04	@	ATL	L	71	88	80.4	99.7	88.3	.224	.145	.425	51.7	66.7	7.9	10.4	.408	16.9	21.7	.118	.514	14.8	85.4	.246
32	32	1997-01-05		MIL	W	97	92	106.0	100.5	91.5	.304	.152	.542	53.4	67.6	7.6	13.3	.506	16.0	30.8	.215	.514	17.9	79.4	.286
33	33	1997-01-07		DAL	W	102	72	105.8	74.7	96.4	.250	.225	.574	53.3	52.4	11.4	15.3	.556	18.4	28.6	.163	.316	18.8	68.4	.278
34	34	1997-01-10	@	BOS	W	111	98	105.7	93.3	105.1	.556	.181	.619	54.5	62.2	4.8	6.1	.549	21.1	20.0	.444	.387	12.0	72.4	.237
35	35	1997-01-11		BOS	W	112	99	116.2	102.8	96.3	.528	.153	.631	56.8	78.0	5.2	3.9	.597	17.6	33.3	.361	.438	11.3	70.6	.236
36	36	1997-01-14	@	HOU	L	86	106	90.5	111.6	95.0	.160	.259	.496	37.2	54.3	12.6	8.2	.469	15.6	14.3	.123	.590	21.0	75.9	.292
37	37	1997-01-15	@	SAS	W	94	77	108.7	89.1	86.5	.543	.243	.542	55.6	63.3	10.4	12.5	.471	16.4	33.3	.400	.465	15.8	79.5	.139
38	38	1997-01-18	@	PHO	L	98	105	107.1	114.8	91.5	.321	.222	.530	49.5	55.6	6.6	15.5	.481	14.8	32.6	.247	.438	10.9	66.0	.438
39	39	1997-01-20		WSB	W	95	79	106.4	88.5	89.3	.144	.111	.496	55.4	50.0	13.4	4.2	.472	12.0	33.3	.111	.435	17.8	85.7	.403
40	40	1997-01-21	@	CHI	L	87	88	97.7	98.8	89.1	.074	.202	.448	51.2	44.7	13.5	9.8	.436	14.1	41.2	.053	.500	21.7	65.7	.158
								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	@	IND	W	92	90	102.0	99.8	90.2	.535	.099	.524	50.6	62.1	7.8	14.3	.415	13.8	24.4	.465	.470	19.0	81.6	.424
42	42	1997-01-24	@	CHH	L	104	113	108.7	118.1	86.7	.385	.256	.570	46.9	70.3	5.2	6.5	.526	12.5	21.4	.282	.553	15.5	74.4	.382
43	43	1997-01-26		MIA	W	95	89	103.9	97.3	91.5	.244	.167	.550	55.1	59.5	8.7	5.4	.513	17.2	31.6	.192	.481	16.2	77.5	.165
44	44	1997-01-28		BOS	W	109	107	112.9	110.8	96.6	.286	.234	.629	49.3	73.3	7.2	6.2	.636	18.7	27.8	.143	.530	15.3	70.3	.214
45	45	1997-01-29	@	CLE	W	75	65	95.4	82.7	78.6	.294	.221	.488	48.8	66.7	7.6	10.5	.434	14.5	24.4	.235	.397	15.2	74.4	.096
46	46	1997-02-02		CHH	L	93	99	102.5	109.1	90.8	.161	.333	.467	59.5	54.3	7.7	4.0	.441	16.7	44.2	.118	.579	18.7	84.4	.413
47	47	1997-02-04		HOU	W	99	95	107.2	102.9	92.4	.346	.269	.551	54.3	61.1	9.7	3.7	.494	15.1	34.2	.282	.514	21.8	78.1	.329
48	48	1997-02-06		SAS	W	96	84	115.1	100.8	83.4	.324	.338	.568	51.1	58.8	9.6	3.2	.520	16.7	43.9	.257	.377	12.6	56.9	.284
49	49	1997-02-11	@	WSB	W	97	92	105.9	100.4	91.6	.405	.203	.556	45.8	61.1	13.1	6.3	.520	14.7	23.5	.270	.474	17.5	65.8	.247
50	50	1997-02-13		PHI	W	107	92	113.7	97.7	94.1	.375	.263	.574	50.0	62.8	9.6	12.3	.581	15.4	36.8	.175	.421	18.3	61.9	.368
51	51	1997-02-16		IND	W	89	80	97.7	87.8	91.1	.507	.217	.527	48.7	55.6	8.8	9.3	.413	16.8	21.6	.464	.406	22.7	73.2	.348
52	52	1997-02-18		PHO	W	95	94	105.7	104.6	89.9	.241	.203	.544	54.7	55.3	8.9	3.2	.513	17.9	39.0	.177	.525	18.7	68.9	.111
53	53	1997-02-20	@	SAC	W	109	87	119.9	95.7	90.9	.420	.203	.667	58.1	61.0	6.6	6.3	.638	18.0	25.0	.304	.431	9.7	78.3	.225
54	54	1997-02-21	@	SEA	L	64	84	71.4	93.7	89.6	.439	.303	.406	47.8	70.0	14.5	4.1	.356	23.4	21.7	.258	.456	18.0	75.0	.324
55	55	1997-02-23	@	LAL	W	127	121	109.0	103.8	96.4	.379	.194	.528	56.8	75.6	8.6	10.5	.485	15.5	37.0	.262	.465	12.9	75.4	.293
56	56	1997-02-25	@	UTA	L	99	110	100.3	111.4	98.7	.424	.258	.632	54.8	57.6	5.1	6.3	.568	25.6	24.2	.364	.424	9.4	74.5	.447
57	57	1997-02-26	@	POR	W	96	95	98.8	97.8	88.0	.375	.159	.468	49.0	70.6	7.2	4.4	.415	8.9	24.1	.261	.411	11.7	77.1	.310
58	58	1997-02-28	@	DEN	W	112	108	118.6	114.4	85.5	.287	.195	.571	56.2	50.0	5.3	6.9	.517	13.3	39.0	.253	.462	7.9	70.8	.250
59	59	1997-03-02		CLE	W	90	82	107.8	98.2	83.5	.460	.175	.594	49.3	61.8	12.0	6.9	.587	18.3	23.5	.254	.472	14.7	73.0	.211
60	60	1997-03-04		MIL	W	93	86	112.0	103.6	83.0	.350	.133	.672	44.8	69.4	10.8	6.6	.642	20.6	13.0	.267	.480	16.2	65.7	.203
								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	1997-03-05	@	TOR	W	100	94	113.9	107.1	87.8	.667	.121	.586	47.4	72.7	4.6	6.2	.515	14.9	28.1	.485	.416	11.9	61.4	.301
62	62	1997-03-07	@	BOS	W	113	102	118.6	107.1	95.3	.300	.200	.555	56.1	55.6	9.4	9.5	.522	8.9	35.9	.211	.471	10.7	74.4	.244
63	63	1997-03-09		CHI	W	97	93	112.8	108.1	86.0	.465	.183	.567	49.4	52.8	5.8	1.6	.542	14.1	30.6	.282	.430	10.6	65.1	.316
64	64	1997-03-11	@	DAL	L	83	91	96.9	106.3	85.6	.304	.275	.530	55.0	56.7	8.2	3.7	.471	19.5	28.2	.261	.449	12.4	80.5	.420
65	65	1997-03-16		NJN	L	74	89	89.4	107.6	82.7	.253	.267	.444	36.5	69.2	10.9	4.5	.400	14.4	23.9	.187	.390	12.4	48.0	.256
66	66	1997-03-18		VAN	W	98	73	113.9	84.8	86.1	.096	.169	.566	55.1	59.5	10.5	9.8	.542	13.1	33.3	.096	.385	16.7	73.8	.216
67	67	1997-03-19	@	PHI	W	111	100	114.6	103.2	96.9	.434	.211	.613	50.6	65.9	8.3	2.7	.566	14.2	22.2	.329	.455	13.1	70.6	.213
68	68	1997-03-22	@	MIL	L	79	80	93.6	94.7	84.4	.333	.106	.522	52.2	53.3	9.5	4.5	.462	19.2	24.2	.273	.461	15.7	77.8	.132
69	69	1997-03-23		POR	L	88	94	90.9	97.1	96.8	.481	.247	.472	56.6	67.9	6.2	2.1	.390	17.7	30.4	.364	.523	18.4	89.2	.400
70	70	1997-03-26		DET	W	105	94	112.8	101.0	93.1	.466	.192	.597	48.1	62.2	5.4	1.4	.541	13.7	16.7	.356	.421	9.3	73.3	.305
71	71	1997-03-28	@	NJN	L	86	92	101.5	108.6	84.7	.169	.303	.450	56.3	48.6	3.5	7.8	.438	12.0	42.2	.090	.470	8.9	71.4	.155
72	72	1997-03-30	@	ORL	W	101	86	114.4	97.4	88.3	.432	.203	.573	60.0	59.5	6.8	11.9	.541	12.9	34.2	.284	.487	13.2	83.3	.143
73	73	1997-04-01	@	CLE	W	94	88	115.6	108.2	81.3	.475	.213	.637	50.8	75.0	4.9	6.9	.566	16.0	20.7	.410	.479	12.7	75.0	.247
74	74	1997-04-04		ORL	L	84	93	94.2	104.3	89.2	.351	.286	.473	56.2	66.7	7.8	10.2	.403	16.1	33.3	.286	.440	11.8	79.5	.360
75	75	1997-04-05	@	ATL	W	102	97	115.4	109.8	88.4	.391	.348	.631	53.7	67.6	7.9	4.4	.580	17.4	25.0	.319	.514	14.2	80.0	.377
76	76	1997-04-08		CLE	L	73	93	91.0	115.9	80.2	.227	.227	.503	54.9	69.0	3.7	3.2	.477	20.7	31.4	.152	.551	9.8	77.8	.076
77	77	1997-04-10		CHI	L	103	105	111.5	113.7	92.4	.275	.263	.574	54.9	74.4	4.3	5.6	.538	15.9	34.3	.213	.472	9.9	70.2	.250
78	78	1997-04-12	@	MIA	W	100	99	109.1	108.0	91.6	.571	.143	.634	54.3	58.1	8.7	13.2	.532	21.8	30.0	.524	.519	16.7	72.5	.200
79	79	1997-04-14	@	IND	L	107	110	109.5	112.6	88.5	.600	.147	.564	48.3	60.6	4.1	9.7	.480	16.0	27.3	.467	.438	9.6	68.9	.481
80	80	1997-04-16		ATL	W	96	92	109.9	105.3	87.4	.315	.233	.577	52.2	66.7	10.3	18.6	.527	15.3	25.0	.260	.486	16.1	75.7	.306
								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		IND	W	97	89	106.3	97.5	91.2	.296	.136	.530	55.3	83.8	8.8	6.1	.488	15.7	34.1	.222	.407	14.4	75.0	.457
82	82	1997-04-19	@	CHI	W	103	101	108.0	105.9	95.4	.342	.228	.567	55.3	64.9	7.3	0.0	.513	15.8	23.7	.278	.560	14.9	86.8	.227

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