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1996-97 Phoenix Suns Statistics
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 3-2
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (0-8)
Coach: Danny Ainge (40-34)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 779,943, Avg. 19,023 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Phoenix Suns Results
The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
Phoenix scored 8,431 points and conceded 8,377. Kevin Johnson netted a team-leading 1,410 points for the Suns, while Hot Rod Williams racked up 562 rebounds. Kevin Johnson dished out 653 assists for the squad.
Defensively, Kevin Johnson added 102 steals.
Cotton Fitzsimmons and Danny Ainge coached the team. The 1996-97 Phoenix Suns 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 |
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Kevin Johnson | G | 70 | 70 | 2658 | 890 | 441 | 202 | 89 | 515 | 439 | 54 | 199 | 253 | 653 | 102 | 12 | 217 | 141 | 1410 |
Wesley Person | G | 80 | 42 | 2326 | 903 | 409 | 414 | 171 | 114 | 91 | 68 | 224 | 292 | 123 | 86 | 19 | 76 | 102 | 1080 |
Danny Manning | F-C | 77 | 17 | 2134 | 795 | 426 | 36 | 7 | 251 | 181 | 137 | 332 | 469 | 173 | 81 | 74 | 161 | 268 | 1040 |
Rex Chapman | G | 65 | 33 | 1833 | 749 | 332 | 314 | 110 | 149 | 124 | 25 | 156 | 181 | 182 | 52 | 7 | 96 | 108 | 898 |
Cedric Ceballos | F | 42 | 32 | 1147 | 534 | 248 | 81 | 21 | 171 | 126 | 91 | 186 | 277 | 49 | 28 | 17 | 68 | 94 | 643 |
Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 68 | 66 | 2137 | 416 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 133 | 178 | 384 | 562 | 100 | 67 | 88 | 66 | 176 | 541 |
Jason Kidd | G | 33 | 23 | 1173 | 326 | 138 | 100 | 40 | 96 | 66 | 34 | 125 | 159 | 296 | 79 | 12 | 76 | 72 | 382 |
Mark Bryant | F-C | 41 | 18 | 1018 | 275 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 76 | 67 | 145 | 212 | 47 | 22 | 5 | 46 | 136 | 380 |
Michael Finley | G-F | 27 | 18 | 796 | 297 | 141 | 55 | 14 | 69 | 56 | 34 | 86 | 120 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 42 | 352 |
Wayman Tisdale | F-C | 53 | 15 | 778 | 371 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 30 | 35 | 85 | 120 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 111 | 346 |
Sam Cassell | G | 22 | 9 | 539 | 241 | 100 | 62 | 19 | 124 | 106 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 99 | 23 | 6 | 60 | 66 | 325 |
Robert Horry | F | 32 | 15 | 719 | 195 | 82 | 78 | 24 | 50 | 32 | 40 | 79 | 119 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 46 | 81 | 220 |
Steve Nash | G | 65 | 2 | 684 | 175 | 74 | 55 | 23 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 138 | 20 | 0 | 63 | 92 | 213 |
Loren Meyer | C | 35 | 17 | 449 | 166 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 37 | 39 | 57 | 96 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 73 | 188 |
A.C. Green | F-C | 27 | 19 | 548 | 128 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 31 | 33 | 105 | 138 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 34 | 153 |
Joe Kleine | C | 23 | 10 | 365 | 80 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 59 | 80 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 78 |
Rumeal Robinson | G | 12 | 0 | 87 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 36 |
Horacio Llamas Grey | C | 20 | 2 | 101 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 34 |
Chucky Brown | F | 10 | 0 | 83 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 34 |
Ben Davis | F | 20 | 0 | 98 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 29 |
Dexter Boney | G | 8 | 0 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
Mike Brown | C-F | 6 | 1 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
Tony Dumas | G | 6 | 1 | 51 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
Totals | 842 | 410 | 19855 | 6705 | 3143 | 1428 | 527 | 2125 | 1618 | 916 | 2376 | 3292 | 2067 | 664 | 322 | 1157 | 1727 | 8431 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Johnson | G | 70 | 70 | 38.0 | 49.6 | 44.1 | 85.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 20.1 |
Wesley Person | G | 80 | 42 | 29.1 | 45.3 | 41.3 | 79.8 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
Danny Manning | F-C | 77 | 17 | 27.7 | 53.6 | 19.4 | 72.1 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 13.5 |
Rex Chapman | G | 65 | 33 | 28.2 | 44.3 | 35.0 | 83.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 13.8 |
Cedric Ceballos | F | 42 | 32 | 27.3 | 46.4 | 25.9 | 73.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 15.3 |
Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 68 | 66 | 31.4 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 67.2 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 8.0 |
Jason Kidd | G | 33 | 23 | 35.5 | 42.3 | 40.0 | 68.8 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
Mark Bryant | F-C | 41 | 18 | 24.8 | 55.3 | 70.4 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 9.3 | |
Michael Finley | G-F | 27 | 18 | 29.5 | 47.5 | 25.5 | 81.2 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
Wayman Tisdale | F-C | 53 | 15 | 14.7 | 42.6 | 62.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 6.5 | |
Sam Cassell | G | 22 | 9 | 24.5 | 41.5 | 30.6 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 14.8 |
Robert Horry | F | 32 | 15 | 22.5 | 42.1 | 30.8 | 64.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
Steve Nash | G | 65 | 2 | 10.5 | 42.3 | 41.8 | 82.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
Loren Meyer | C | 35 | 17 | 12.8 | 44.6 | 60.0 | 71.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
A.C. Green | F-C | 27 | 19 | 20.3 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 64.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
Joe Kleine | C | 23 | 10 | 15.9 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 72.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
Rumeal Robinson | G | 12 | 0 | 7.3 | 47.1 | 30.0 | 25.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
Horacio Llamas Grey | C | 20 | 2 | 5.1 | 53.6 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | |
Chucky Brown | F | 10 | 0 | 8.3 | 50.0 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.4 | |
Ben Davis | F | 20 | 0 | 4.9 | 38.5 | 45.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | |
Dexter Boney | G | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 31.6 | 16.7 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
Mike Brown | C-F | 6 | 1 | 13.8 | 41.7 | 60.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | |
Tony Dumas | G | 6 | 1 | 8.5 | 31.6 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
Averages | 842 | 410 | 23.6 | 46.9 | 36.9 | 76.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 10.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rex Chapman | G | 5 | 191 | 83 | 41 | 48 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 121 |
Kevin Johnson | G | 5 | 208 | 88 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 84 |
Wesley Person | G | 5 | 163 | 53 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 78 |
Danny Manning | F-C | 5 | 116 | 45 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 66 |
Jason Kidd | G | 5 | 207 | 53 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 60 |
Cedric Ceballos | F | 5 | 107 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 5 | 105 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 |
Wayman Tisdale | F-C | 4 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Mike Brown | C-F | 4 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
Mark Bryant | F-C | 4 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
Steve Nash | G | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Loren Meyer | C | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 54 | 1225 | 413 | 172 | 145 | 51 | 139 | 106 | 50 | 152 | 202 | 114 | 41 | 26 | 80 | 110 | 501 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rex Chapman | G | 5 | 38.2 | 49.4 | 45.8 | 68.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 24.2 |
Kevin Johnson | G | 5 | 41.6 | 29.5 | 13.6 | 87.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 16.8 |
Wesley Person | G | 5 | 32.6 | 47.2 | 42.4 | 77.8 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
Danny Manning | F-C | 5 | 23.2 | 57.8 | 0.0 | 93.3 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 13.2 |
Jason Kidd | G | 5 | 41.4 | 39.6 | 36.4 | 52.6 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 12.0 |
Cedric Ceballos | F | 5 | 21.4 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 6.6 |
Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 5 | 21.0 | 53.3 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 4.0 | |
Wayman Tisdale | F-C | 4 | 9.0 | 40.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | ||
Mike Brown | C-F | 4 | 6.8 | 40.0 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | |
Mark Bryant | F-C | 4 | 9.0 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 | |
Steve Nash | G | 4 | 3.8 | 22.2 | 25.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
Loren Meyer | C | 3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Averages | 842 | 22.7 | 41.6 | 35.2 | 76.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 9.3 |