1996-97 Orlando Magic Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Miami Heat 3-2
Coach: Brian Hill (24-25)
Coach: Richie Adubato (21-12)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 687,958, Avg. 16,779 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Orlando Magic RosterTeam Record: 45-37
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Miami Heat 3-2
Coach: Brian Hill (24-25)
Coach: Richie Adubato (21-12)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 687,958, Avg. 16,779 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Orlando Magic Results
The Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Magic poured in 7,719 points and conceded 7,748. Rony Seikaly netted a team-leading 1,277 points for Orlando, and Anfernee Hardaway scored 15 or more per game also. Rony Seikaly contributed 701 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway dished out 332 assists for the squad.
Defensively, Nick Anderson added 120 steals.
Brian Hill and Richie Adubato coached the team. The 1996-97 Orlando Magic lost in the conference first round.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rony Seikaly | C | 74 | 68 | 2615 | 907 | 460 | 3 | 0 | 500 | 357 | 274 | 427 | 701 | 92 | 49 | 107 | 218 | 275 | 1277 |
| Anfernee Hardaway | G-F | 59 | 59 | 2221 | 941 | 421 | 267 | 85 | 345 | 283 | 82 | 181 | 263 | 332 | 93 | 35 | 145 | 123 | 1210 |
| Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 80 | 26 | 2202 | 759 | 323 | 203 | 66 | 190 | 136 | 59 | 114 | 173 | 173 | 54 | 12 | 123 | 144 | 848 |
| Horace Grant | F-C | 67 | 67 | 2496 | 695 | 358 | 6 | 1 | 179 | 128 | 206 | 394 | 600 | 163 | 101 | 65 | 99 | 157 | 845 |
| Dennis Scott | G-F | 66 | 62 | 2166 | 749 | 298 | 373 | 147 | 101 | 80 | 40 | 163 | 203 | 139 | 74 | 19 | 81 | 138 | 823 |
| Nick Anderson | F-G | 63 | 61 | 2163 | 725 | 288 | 405 | 143 | 94 | 38 | 66 | 238 | 304 | 182 | 120 | 32 | 86 | 160 | 757 |
| Derek Strong | F | 82 | 21 | 2004 | 586 | 262 | 13 | 0 | 218 | 175 | 174 | 345 | 519 | 73 | 47 | 20 | 102 | 196 | 699 |
| Brian Shaw | G | 77 | 31 | 1867 | 516 | 189 | 194 | 63 | 140 | 111 | 47 | 147 | 194 | 319 | 67 | 26 | 170 | 197 | 552 |
| Darrell Armstrong | G | 67 | 0 | 1010 | 345 | 132 | 181 | 55 | 106 | 92 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 175 | 61 | 9 | 99 | 114 | 411 |
| Danny Schayes | C-F | 45 | 6 | 540 | 120 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 39 | 41 | 84 | 125 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 27 | 74 | 133 |
| David Vaughn | F-C | 35 | 6 | 298 | 72 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 35 | 60 | 95 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 81 |
| Amal McCaskill | F-C | 17 | 1 | 109 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| Brian Evans | F | 14 | 0 | 59 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| Kenny Smith | G | 6 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| Donald Royal | F | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Felton Spencer | C | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Dell Demps | G | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 756 | 410 | 19855 | 6497 | 2839 | 1662 | 567 | 1975 | 1474 | 1071 | 2221 | 3292 | 1689 | 694 | 363 | 1202 | 1643 | 7719 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rony Seikaly | C | 74 | 68 | 35.3 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 17.3 |
| Anfernee Hardaway | G-F | 59 | 59 | 37.6 | 44.7 | 31.8 | 82.0 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 20.5 |
| Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 80 | 26 | 27.5 | 42.6 | 32.5 | 71.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| Horace Grant | F-C | 67 | 67 | 37.3 | 51.5 | 16.7 | 71.5 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 12.6 |
| Dennis Scott | G-F | 66 | 62 | 32.8 | 39.8 | 39.4 | 79.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 12.5 |
| Nick Anderson | F-G | 63 | 61 | 34.3 | 39.7 | 35.3 | 40.4 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| Derek Strong | F | 82 | 21 | 24.4 | 44.7 | 0.0 | 80.3 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 8.5 |
| Brian Shaw | G | 77 | 31 | 24.2 | 36.6 | 32.5 | 79.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 7.2 |
| Darrell Armstrong | G | 67 | 0 | 15.1 | 38.3 | 30.4 | 86.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 6.1 |
| Danny Schayes | C-F | 45 | 6 | 12.0 | 39.2 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| David Vaughn | F-C | 35 | 6 | 8.5 | 43.1 | 63.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | |
| Amal McCaskill | F-C | 17 | 1 | 6.4 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Brian Evans | F | 14 | 0 | 4.2 | 36.4 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |
| Kenny Smith | G | 6 | 1 | 7.8 | 46.2 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Donald Royal | F | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | |
| Felton Spencer | C | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Dell Demps | G | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Averages | 756 | 410 | 26.3 | 43.7 | 34.1 | 74.6 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Hardaway | G-F | 5 | 220 | 111 | 52 | 30 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 155 |
| Derek Strong | F | 5 | 195 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 61 |
| Darrell Armstrong | G | 5 | 143 | 42 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 57 |
| Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 5 | 144 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 47 |
| Nick Anderson | F-G | 5 | 130 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 |
| Danny Schayes | C-F | 5 | 92 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| Rony Seikaly | C | 3 | 86 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| Dennis Scott | G-F | 5 | 94 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| Brian Shaw | G | 5 | 82 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Amal McCaskill | F-C | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Evans | F | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 47 | 1200 | 365 | 149 | 90 | 29 | 126 | 94 | 48 | 140 | 188 | 66 | 32 | 26 | 57 | 95 | 421 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Hardaway | G-F | 5 | 44.0 | 46.8 | 36.7 | 74.1 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 31.0 |
| Derek Strong | F | 5 | 39.0 | 52.5 | 0.0 | 76.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 12.2 |
| Darrell Armstrong | G | 5 | 28.6 | 47.6 | 33.3 | 84.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
| Gerald Wilkins | G-F | 5 | 28.8 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 9.4 |
| Nick Anderson | F-G | 5 | 26.0 | 33.3 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
| Danny Schayes | C-F | 5 | 18.4 | 39.1 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
| Rony Seikaly | C | 3 | 28.7 | 31.8 | 71.4 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 6.3 | |
| Dennis Scott | G-F | 5 | 18.8 | 26.1 | 27.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 | |
| Brian Shaw | G | 5 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Amal McCaskill | F-C | 2 | 3.5 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Brian Evans | F | 2 | 3.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Averages | 756 | 25.5 | 40.8 | 32.2 | 74.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
