1996-97 Phoenix Suns Game Log

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Record: 40-42, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (0-8), Danny Ainge (40-34)

Executive: Bryan Colangelo

PTS/G: 102.8 (3rd of 29) Opp PTS/G: 102.2 (25th of 29)

SRS: 0.21 (15th of 29) Pace: 93.2 (3rd of 29)

Off Rtg: 109.3 (6th of 29) Def Rtg: 108.6 (20th of 29) Net Rtg: +0.7 (15th of 29)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (15th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +3500, Over-Under 43.0

Arena: America West Arena Attendance: 779,940 (7th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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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	@	LAL	L	82	96	32	91	.352	3	13	.231	15	21	.714	15	36	21	11	4	12	25	31	63	.492	6	18	.333	28	40	.700	11	51	26	6	8	23	26
2	2	1996-11-02		HOU	L	95	110	35	87	.402	6	20	.300	19	26	.731	8	30	18	8	4	5	18	39	84	.464	13	32	.406	19	27	.704	19	58	30	3	4	17	24
3	3	1996-11-05		MIN	L	95	98	37	81	.457	3	10	.300	18	26	.692	19	42	26	7	3	14	28	35	65	.538	4	8	.500	24	34	.706	7	33	22	6	6	16	23
4	4	1996-11-07		SEA	L	98	103	35	82	.427	4	19	.211	24	29	.828	13	42	27	8	7	19	29	35	80	.438	9	33	.273	24	42	.571	18	51	21	13	7	23	28
5	5	1996-11-09	@	PHI	L	95	112	34	83	.410	3	17	.176	24	34	.706	13	33	24	8	5	19	33	37	72	.514	9	22	.409	29	39	.744	13	44	27	8	8	27	32
6	6	1996-11-11	@	CHI	L	79	97	29	74	.392	3	13	.231	18	27	.667	11	46	17	5	2	18	19	39	90	.433	7	24	.292	12	17	.706	15	48	28	8	3	11	19
7	7	1996-11-12	@	MIL	L	89	99	38	89	.427	4	18	.222	9	14	.643	10	40	22	7	4	19	22	39	95	.411	2	9	.222	19	24	.792	22	60	16	8	6	17	16
8	8	1996-11-14	@	VAN	L	89	92	34	82	.415	6	19	.316	15	19	.789	15	49	23	5	3	23	20	37	88	.420	6	27	.222	12	16	.750	12	36	26	12	6	11	17
9	9	1996-11-17		LAL	L	88	102	36	85	.424	4	19	.211	12	15	.800	11	38	24	12	1	14	18	34	69	.493	10	24	.417	24	35	.686	6	42	26	9	2	20	19
10	10	1996-11-20		CHI	L	99	113	40	93	.430	5	16	.313	14	21	.667	15	46	21	10	0	17	29	45	92	.489	9	20	.450	14	22	.636	16	49	28	8	9	17	25
11	11	1996-11-21	@	HOU	L	105	115	44	89	.494	8	19	.421	9	12	.750	10	32	26	11	3	15	25	40	77	.519	7	26	.269	28	37	.757	13	45	21	9	4	18	16
12	12	1996-11-24		MIA	L	84	87	24	68	.353	2	12	.167	34	38	.895	6	34	12	8	7	14	25	33	80	.413	7	24	.292	14	19	.737	14	48	22	6	3	21	33
13	13	1996-11-26	@	DEN	L	108	117	40	86	.465	7	16	.438	21	31	.677	11	36	15	14	4	12	19	44	83	.530	9	18	.500	20	24	.833	11	46	28	5	7	19	25
14	14	1996-11-27		NJN	W	99	77	40	83	.482	3	8	.375	16	19	.842	10	47	28	4	4	17	21	28	88	.318	4	16	.250	17	27	.630	15	44	15	10	6	12	16
15	15	1996-11-29	@	SEA	L	92	105	36	82	.439	5	16	.313	15	16	.938	13	46	24	5	1	19	25	40	80	.500	7	22	.318	18	30	.600	9	40	29	13	3	14	16
16	16	1996-12-04		GSW	W	118	87	41	79	.519	6	12	.500	30	39	.769	11	50	36	9	4	16	22	31	87	.356	1	12	.083	24	28	.857	13	39	17	9	5	13	27
17	17	1996-12-06	@	SAC	W	101	95	35	68	.515	6	11	.545	25	36	.694	9	37	25	8	3	23	18	38	84	.452	5	13	.385	14	19	.737	17	44	17	9	1	20	26
18	18	1996-12-08		IND	W	106	93	37	73	.507	10	20	.500	22	32	.688	11	38	25	5	4	15	28	33	76	.434	5	14	.357	22	33	.667	12	41	19	7	1	14	32
19	19	1996-12-10		SAS	W	93	76	40	89	.449	4	19	.211	9	15	.600	15	38	28	15	4	14	16	28	67	.418	6	14	.429	14	16	.875	10	39	15	8	2	26	20
20	20	1996-12-12	@	UTA	W	95	87	31	72	.431	9	18	.500	24	26	.923	8	41	17	8	2	20	25	34	75	.453	4	12	.333	15	19	.789	8	40	25	12	7	20	25
								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	1996-12-13	@	MIN	L	105	108	40	79	.506	7	16	.438	18	21	.857	13	38	19	6	4	21	21	43	88	.489	7	15	.467	15	16	.938	15	37	27	9	8	13	22
22	22	1996-12-15		VAN	W	103	84	41	79	.519	7	17	.412	14	21	.667	9	41	33	12	6	11	18	35	79	.443	2	14	.143	12	19	.632	9	39	19	6	1	16	17
23	23	1996-12-16	@	LAC	L	121	122	44	92	.478	4	15	.267	29	41	.707	13	45	20	7	2	11	24	49	91	.538	6	14	.429	18	24	.750	11	45	26	5	8	12	31
24	24	1996-12-18		WSB	W	114	107	40	74	.541	2	7	.286	32	44	.727	12	42	29	4	3	14	22	42	89	.472	6	16	.375	17	22	.773	14	40	28	8	5	12	34
25	25	1996-12-21	@	SAS	L	88	101	37	81	.457	4	15	.267	10	16	.625	8	39	18	8	3	14	21	37	80	.463	6	19	.316	21	26	.808	12	48	27	9	1	13	16
26	26	1996-12-23		DEN	L	109	112	49	113	.434	8	19	.421	3	9	.333	17	52	35	4	1	12	20	44	92	.478	11	24	.458	13	19	.684	8	45	28	6	7	15	19
27	27	1996-12-25		LAL	L	87	108	26	74	.351	4	14	.286	31	41	.756	8	39	19	7	3	12	25	41	84	.488	8	17	.471	18	30	.600	9	53	22	9	3	11	27
28	28	1996-12-28	@	VAN	W	103	98	38	85	.447	5	21	.238	22	25	.880	22	46	28	8	4	15	16	38	70	.543	5	13	.385	17	22	.773	6	30	24	7	8	16	18
29	29	1996-12-30		SAC	W	100	88	38	74	.514	5	10	.500	19	28	.679	8	37	24	12	1	12	24	34	83	.410	4	15	.267	16	20	.800	16	45	19	4	1	16	24
30	30	1997-01-02	@	CLE	L	94	103	34	69	.493	4	15	.267	22	26	.846	9	26	25	8	3	20	20	40	74	.541	7	20	.350	16	21	.762	12	36	28	12	2	19	27
31	31	1997-01-03	@	IND	L	104	117	39	82	.476	7	13	.538	19	25	.760	11	35	21	7	2	12	27	37	70	.529	10	21	.476	33	40	.825	13	45	22	4	4	17	28
32	32	1997-01-05	@	BOS	L	102	109	41	76	.539	1	11	.091	19	24	.792	6	41	20	6	6	26	24	39	85	.459	3	11	.273	28	31	.903	8	34	20	18	5	14	22
33	33	1997-01-07	@	ATL	L	103	105	38	90	.422	9	23	.391	18	26	.692	12	45	24	5	4	13	27	36	88	.409	8	25	.320	25	34	.735	13	51	18	8	5	15	21
34	34	1997-01-08	@	WSB	L	113	115	46	87	.529	5	11	.455	16	20	.800	6	32	25	10	2	19	27	45	90	.500	2	6	.333	23	29	.793	16	48	27	10	2	20	19
35	35	1997-01-10		CHH	W	102	90	37	86	.430	5	16	.313	23	30	.767	13	49	27	8	3	7	17	33	78	.423	5	12	.417	19	22	.864	4	40	19	5	5	13	26
36	36	1997-01-13	@	DAL	W	105	98	38	81	.469	2	10	.200	27	34	.794	13	44	19	12	5	18	24	40	90	.444	4	18	.222	14	21	.667	15	42	22	11	5	18	22
37	37	1997-01-14		DEN	W	110	101	46	91	.505	2	7	.286	16	20	.800	12	43	27	7	3	13	20	39	89	.438	11	28	.393	12	16	.750	11	37	27	6	5	16	23
38	38	1997-01-16	@	UTA	L	91	95	29	63	.460	3	10	.300	30	40	.750	7	42	23	8	5	24	22	38	89	.427	1	7	.143	18	24	.750	16	43	26	11	5	15	28
39	39	1997-01-18		NYK	W	105	98	33	80	.413	4	9	.444	35	41	.854	16	47	21	7	1	12	21	36	81	.444	6	18	.333	20	26	.769	15	46	20	6	11	16	30
40	40	1997-01-20		DET	W	89	86	33	73	.452	5	14	.357	18	24	.750	11	40	18	7	0	14	13	32	75	.427	11	23	.478	11	14	.786	9	39	16	10	2	14	22
								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	1997-01-22		UTA	L	99	111	35	73	.479	6	17	.353	23	27	.852	10	37	24	10	3	20	20	44	80	.550	5	13	.385	18	21	.857	7	29	27	12	4	15	20
42	42	1997-01-24		POR	L	105	115	43	83	.518	2	15	.133	17	26	.654	11	40	29	4	3	14	27	41	83	.494	8	16	.500	25	37	.676	13	45	27	8	5	10	21
43	43	1997-01-27	@	MIA	L	97	125	37	74	.500	10	13	.769	13	21	.619	6	32	21	9	5	18	18	48	76	.632	13	20	.650	16	19	.842	3	31	33	13	8	13	19
44	44	1997-01-29	@	ORL	L	105	112	42	87	.483	7	19	.368	14	16	.875	11	32	24	6	0	10	23	40	80	.500	8	24	.333	24	29	.828	14	41	27	6	4	15	17
45	45	1997-01-30	@	NJN	L	101	113	38	87	.437	7	20	.350	18	25	.720	14	49	24	3	10	11	26	38	89	.427	9	18	.500	28	32	.875	17	49	25	4	7	7	21
46	46	1997-02-01	@	TOR	L	86	110	32	86	.372	6	21	.286	16	24	.667	16	43	23	5	3	16	21	42	86	.488	11	25	.440	15	22	.682	13	51	34	10	15	15	20
47	47	1997-02-02	@	DET	W	106	97	44	75	.587	7	15	.467	11	20	.550	12	38	29	12	4	18	19	39	75	.520	6	20	.300	13	20	.650	8	24	27	10	3	18	17
48	48	1997-02-05		ATL	W	99	81	38	81	.469	4	14	.286	19	24	.792	14	48	26	8	8	9	19	31	88	.352	7	22	.318	12	13	.923	11	39	20	4	2	14	22
49	49	1997-02-11	@	POR	L	108	111	38	81	.469	8	24	.333	24	30	.800	7	32	19	8	1	9	28	38	74	.514	5	18	.278	30	40	.750	9	39	24	5	3	12	24
50	50	1997-02-12		BOS	W	131	100	48	82	.585	5	10	.500	30	36	.833	14	54	33	11	8	15	26	35	90	.389	4	18	.222	26	34	.765	8	31	24	15	3	12	24
51	51	1997-02-14		LAC	W	110	93	46	87	.529	5	14	.357	13	16	.813	18	48	31	10	5	16	22	37	80	.463	8	18	.444	11	17	.647	13	31	28	7	4	20	22
52	52	1997-02-16	@	MIN	L	96	107	34	84	.405	6	16	.375	22	30	.733	11	36	20	11	4	13	20	41	77	.532	4	12	.333	21	28	.750	7	42	30	8	9	15	25
53	53	1997-02-18	@	NYK	L	94	95	36	81	.444	13	19	.684	9	13	.692	14	39	26	9	3	20	19	38	79	.481	5	16	.313	14	19	.737	16	47	21	8	2	19	10
54	54	1997-02-19	@	CHH	L	115	123	39	72	.542	7	19	.368	30	33	.909	10	30	29	4	3	14	24	46	83	.554	14	22	.636	17	26	.654	15	31	34	9	3	11	24
55	55	1997-02-21		CLE	W	94	88	35	64	.547	9	16	.563	15	26	.577	7	36	23	8	2	18	21	30	73	.411	7	15	.467	21	26	.808	13	36	23	10	1	15	22
56	56	1997-02-23		DAL	L	86	88	34	81	.420	7	19	.368	11	12	.917	10	33	27	7	4	12	14	36	80	.450	3	11	.273	13	18	.722	16	45	21	5	3	16	12
57	57	1997-02-26		PHI	W	111	104	41	87	.471	8	15	.533	21	23	.913	12	42	26	9	2	13	25	42	86	.488	5	15	.333	15	24	.625	13	37	22	5	2	19	21
58	58	1997-03-02	@	DAL	W	109	108	38	83	.458	9	25	.360	24	32	.750	8	40	22	4	7	12	23	43	99	.434	5	24	.208	17	23	.739	18	53	21	9	8	16	27
59	59	1997-03-05		POR	L	99	121	34	83	.410	2	16	.125	29	38	.763	15	47	26	7	2	20	21	41	78	.526	16	24	.667	23	30	.767	6	38	28	12	3	17	26
60	60	1997-03-07		SAC	W	104	87	38	84	.452	4	15	.267	24	30	.800	10	46	27	12	6	13	20	31	75	.413	7	18	.389	18	31	.581	12	43	17	6	4	23	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		ORL	W	121	85	46	80	.575	11	18	.611	18	21	.857	11	45	34	14	4	15	17	34	86	.395	5	18	.278	12	13	.923	13	35	22	6	3	16	18
62	62	1997-03-11		TOR	L	101	105	37	89	.416	10	27	.370	17	20	.850	18	47	29	7	6	10	21	41	95	.432	10	19	.526	13	23	.565	24	52	25	7	7	13	17
63	63	1997-03-13	@	LAC	W	112	96	41	80	.513	8	18	.444	22	26	.846	8	41	24	7	9	13	16	41	98	.418	4	16	.250	10	11	.909	18	44	18	8	4	14	20
64	64	1997-03-15		DAL	W	101	76	36	78	.462	8	24	.333	21	24	.875	12	45	24	6	6	11	20	30	76	.395	1	10	.100	15	26	.577	11	38	19	5	3	14	22
65	65	1997-03-17	@	GSW	W	116	95	42	81	.519	16	28	.571	16	24	.667	13	43	28	10	2	15	27	40	80	.500	1	14	.071	14	27	.519	14	42	20	4	4	15	19
66	66	1997-03-18		LAC	L	111	121	37	87	.425	6	22	.273	31	36	.861	15	43	19	7	4	17	24	44	85	.518	10	19	.526	23	29	.793	11	47	33	10	5	17	31
67	67	1997-03-20		SAS	W	113	106	42	83	.506	6	14	.429	23	30	.767	11	38	36	8	4	7	15	43	82	.524	8	18	.444	12	14	.857	8	37	27	5	6	10	20
68	68	1997-03-22	@	HOU	W	104	99	42	82	.512	10	21	.476	10	13	.769	5	41	33	5	2	14	12	42	97	.433	5	17	.294	10	12	.833	17	49	30	9	1	9	15
69	69	1997-03-25		MIL	W	117	112	39	74	.527	6	19	.316	33	38	.868	7	37	29	8	9	11	15	48	92	.522	6	18	.333	10	16	.625	13	43	34	7	1	13	30
70	70	1997-03-26	@	SEA	W	109	107	38	75	.507	13	31	.419	20	29	.690	7	33	27	8	4	17	17	42	81	.519	5	21	.238	18	21	.857	10	39	25	15	5	16	26
71	71	1997-03-28		GSW	W	122	115	40	89	.449	10	26	.385	32	36	.889	9	39	29	11	10	13	21	43	90	.478	8	18	.444	21	29	.724	12	50	30	6	5	19	31
72	72	1997-03-30		SEA	W	107	106	39	73	.534	15	28	.536	14	25	.560	7	31	29	10	2	20	18	43	79	.544	8	17	.471	12	16	.750	13	44	28	14	2	22	25
73	73	1997-04-02		HOU	W	109	96	42	85	.494	9	23	.391	16	22	.727	6	42	28	11	4	8	18	39	87	.448	9	25	.360	9	14	.643	12	46	23	4	2	17	18
74	74	1997-04-04	@	DEN	W	122	113	49	96	.510	9	19	.474	15	16	.938	14	36	32	12	6	8	15	41	95	.432	10	28	.357	21	21	1.000	28	54	18	3	6	19	16
75	75	1997-04-05	@	POR	W	99	90	33	79	.418	8	25	.320	25	30	.833	10	38	23	11	7	13	13	37	87	.425	4	16	.250	12	15	.800	15	47	20	8	1	22	23
76	76	1997-04-08		MIN	W	115	107	40	81	.494	7	21	.333	28	37	.757	12	43	27	9	4	11	18	39	89	.438	6	13	.462	23	29	.793	15	44	19	6	3	15	31
77	77	1997-04-10	@	SAC	W	101	99	44	84	.524	5	18	.278	8	15	.533	8	38	30	7	4	16	21	38	82	.463	8	21	.381	15	24	.625	11	43	29	11	3	18	18
78	78	1997-04-11	@	LAL	L	98	114	33	83	.398	8	22	.364	24	36	.667	17	40	21	3	5	13	22	46	96	.479	8	20	.400	14	19	.737	19	49	25	8	12	13	24
79	79	1997-04-13	@	GSW	W	105	97	36	83	.434	10	29	.345	23	25	.920	7	39	24	8	3	9	17	38	90	.422	5	17	.294	16	25	.640	19	51	15	7	3	14	19
80	80	1997-04-15		UTA	L	122	127	47	87	.540	9	20	.450	19	25	.760	10	35	34	8	3	8	26	45	78	.577	5	13	.385	32	39	.821	9	37	33	8	2	13	20
								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	@	SAS	W	106	95	42	83	.506	8	18	.444	14	21	.667	7	38	36	6	6	8	7	40	97	.412	6	17	.353	9	10	.900	20	51	18	8	2	12	18
82	82	1997-04-19		VAN	L	107	121	43	93	.462	9	27	.333	12	22	.545	12	34	28	9	5	7	14	50	84	.595	10	13	.769	11	18	.611	11	44	40	4	8	15	20

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