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1996-97 Charlotte Hornets Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dave Cowens (54-28)

Points Per Game: 98.9 (12th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 97.0 (15th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (12th of 29)

Arena: Charlotte Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 985,722 (1st of 29)

SRS: 2.13 (12th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 88.6 (22nd of 29)
Offensive Rating: 110.9 (4th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.9 (22nd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1996-97 Charlotte Hornets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Rafael Addison F-G 6-7 215 July 22, 1964 5 Syracuse University
1 Muggsy Bogues G 5-3 136 January 9, 1965 9 Wake Forest University
24 Scott Burrell G-F 6-7 218 January 12, 1971 3 University of Connecticut
22 Tom Chambers F-C 6-10 220 June 21, 1959 14 University of Utah
30 Dell Curry G 6-4 190 June 25, 1964 10 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
00 Tony Delk G 6-1 189 January 28, 1974 R University of Kentucky
12 Vlade Divac C 7-1 243 February 3, 1968 7
50 Jamie Feick C 6-9 255 July 3, 1974 R Michigan State University
52 Matt Geiger C 7-0 243 September 10, 1969 4 Georgia Institute of Technology
5 Anthony Goldwire G 6-1 182 September 6, 1971 1 University of Houston
Eric Leckner C-F 6-11 265 May 27, 1966 7 University of Wyoming
14 Anthony Mason F 6-7 250 December 14, 1966 7 Tennessee State University
21 Ricky Pierce F-G 6-4 205 August 19, 1959 14 Rice University
41 Glen Rice F 6-7 215 May 28, 1967 7 University of Michigan
31 Malik Rose F 6-7 250 November 23, 1974 R Drexel University
5 Donald Royal F 6-8 210 May 22, 1966 6 University of Notre Dame
Tony Smith G 6-3 185 June 14, 1968 6 Marquette University
25 George Zidek C 7-0 250 August 2, 1973 1 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 2988 6342 .471 591 1382 .428 1541 1984 .777 910 2298 3208 2021 597 349 1203 1702 8108 98.9
Opponent 82 19805 3056 6650 .460 487 1364 .357 1356 1857 .730 1077 2256 3333 1783 532 335 1143 1781 7955 97.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Glen Rice 29 79 78 3362 722 1513 .477 207 440 .470 464 535 .867 67 251 318 160 72 26 177 190 2115
2 Anthony Mason 30 73 73 3143 433 825 .525 1 3 .333 319 428 .745 186 643 829 414 76 33 165 202 1186
3 Vlade Divac 28 81 80 2840 418 847 .494 11 47 .234 177 259 .683 241 484 725 301 103 180 193 277 1024
4 Dell Curry 32 68 20 2078 384 836 .459 126 296 .426 114 142 .803 40 171 211 118 60 14 93 147 1008
5 Muggsy Bogues 32 65 65 1880 204 443 .460 60 144 .417 54 64 .844 25 116 141 469 82 2 108 114 522
6 Matt Geiger 27 49 13 1044 171 350 .489 6 20 .300 89 127 .701 100 158 258 38 20 27 67 153 437
7 Tony Smith 28 69 39 1291 138 337 .409 32 99 .323 38 59 .644 38 56 94 150 48 19 73 110 346
8 Tony Delk 23 61 1 867 119 256 .465 52 112 .464 42 51 .824 31 68 99 99 36 6 68 71 332
9 Ricky Pierce 37 27 17 650 119 237 .502 30 56 .536 56 63 .889 19 49 68 49 14 4 30 48 324
10 Anthony Goldwire 25 33 9 576 62 154 .403 36 82 .439 30 40 .750 3 35 38 94 19 1 41 58 190
11 Malik Rose 22 54 1 525 61 128 .477 0 2 .000 38 62 .613 70 94 164 32 28 17 41 114 160
12 Scott Burrell 26 28 2 482 45 131 .344 19 55 .345 42 53 .792 24 55 79 39 14 11 25 60 151
13 Rafael Addison 32 41 3 355 49 122 .402 8 20 .400 22 28 .786 19 26 45 34 8 3 17 52 128
14 George Zidek 23 36 2 288 33 85 .388 0 2 .000 25 32 .781 25 38 63 9 4 3 23 44 91
15 Donald Royal 30 25 2 320 21 40 .525 0 0 28 35 .800 18 40 58 10 12 2 22 42 70
16 Tom Chambers 37 12 5 83 7 31 .226 2 3 .667 3 4 .750 3 11 14 4 1 0 9 14 19
17 Jamie Feick 22 3 0 10 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 0 2 .000 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 3 5
18 Eric Leckner 30 1 0 11 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Glen Rice 29 79 78 42.6 9.1 19.2 .477 2.6 5.6 .470 5.9 6.8 .867 0.8 3.2 4.0 2.0 0.9 0.3 2.2 2.4 26.8
2 Anthony Mason 30 73 73 43.1 5.9 11.3 .525 0.0 0.0 .333 4.4 5.9 .745 2.5 8.8 11.4 5.7 1.0 0.5 2.3 2.8 16.2
3 Dell Curry 32 68 20 30.6 5.6 12.3 .459 1.9 4.4 .426 1.7 2.1 .803 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.7 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.2 14.8
4 Vlade Divac 28 81 80 35.1 5.2 10.5 .494 0.1 0.6 .234 2.2 3.2 .683 3.0 6.0 9.0 3.7 1.3 2.2 2.4 3.4 12.6
5 Ricky Pierce 37 27 17 24.1 4.4 8.8 .502 1.1 2.1 .536 2.1 2.3 .889 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.8 12.0
6 Matt Geiger 27 49 13 21.3 3.5 7.1 .489 0.1 0.4 .300 1.8 2.6 .701 2.0 3.2 5.3 0.8 0.4 0.6 1.4 3.1 8.9
7 Muggsy Bogues 32 65 65 28.9 3.1 6.8 .460 0.9 2.2 .417 0.8 1.0 .844 0.4 1.8 2.2 7.2 1.3 0.0 1.7 1.8 8.0
8 Anthony Goldwire 25 33 9 17.5 1.9 4.7 .403 1.1 2.5 .439 0.9 1.2 .750 0.1 1.1 1.2 2.8 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.8 5.8
9 Scott Burrell 26 28 2 17.2 1.6 4.7 .344 0.7 2.0 .345 1.5 1.9 .792 0.9 2.0 2.8 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 2.1 5.4
10 Tony Delk 23 61 1 14.2 2.0 4.2 .465 0.9 1.8 .464 0.7 0.8 .824 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.2 5.4
11 Tony Smith 28 69 39 18.7 2.0 4.9 .409 0.5 1.4 .323 0.6 0.9 .644 0.6 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.6 5.0
12 Rafael Addison 32 41 3 8.7 1.2 3.0 .402 0.2 0.5 .400 0.5 0.7 .786 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.3 3.1
13 Malik Rose 22 54 1 9.7 1.1 2.4 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .613 1.3 1.7 3.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.8 2.1 3.0
14 Donald Royal 30 25 2 12.8 0.8 1.6 .525 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.4 .800 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.7 2.8
15 George Zidek 23 36 2 8.0 0.9 2.4 .388 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.9 .781 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.2 2.5
16 Jamie Feick 22 3 0 3.3 0.7 1.3 .500 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.7 .000 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.7
17 Tom Chambers 37 12 5 6.9 0.6 2.6 .226 0.2 0.3 .667 0.3 0.3 .750 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8 1.2 1.6
18 Eric Leckner 30 1 0 11.0 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Glen Rice 29 79 78 3362 7.7 16.2 .477 2.2 4.7 .470 5.0 5.7 .867 0.7 2.7 3.4 1.7 0.8 0.3 1.9 2.0 22.6
2 Jamie Feick 22 3 0 10 7.2 14.4 .500 3.6 3.6 1.000 0.0 7.2 .000 3.6 7.2 10.8 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 10.8 18.0
3 Ricky Pierce 37 27 17 650 6.6 13.1 .502 1.7 3.1 .536 3.1 3.5 .889 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.7 0.8 0.2 1.7 2.7 17.9
4 Dell Curry 32 68 20 2078 6.7 14.5 .459 2.2 5.1 .426 2.0 2.5 .803 0.7 3.0 3.7 2.0 1.0 0.2 1.6 2.5 17.5
5 Matt Geiger 27 49 13 1044 5.9 12.1 .489 0.2 0.7 .300 3.1 4.4 .701 3.4 5.4 8.9 1.3 0.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 15.1
6 Tony Delk 23 61 1 867 4.9 10.6 .465 2.2 4.7 .464 1.7 2.1 .824 1.3 2.8 4.1 4.1 1.5 0.2 2.8 2.9 13.8
7 Anthony Mason 30 73 73 3143 5.0 9.4 .525 0.0 0.0 .333 3.7 4.9 .745 2.1 7.4 9.5 4.7 0.9 0.4 1.9 2.3 13.6
8 Vlade Divac 28 81 80 2840 5.3 10.7 .494 0.1 0.6 .234 2.2 3.3 .683 3.1 6.1 9.2 3.8 1.3 2.3 2.4 3.5 13.0
9 Rafael Addison 32 41 3 355 5.0 12.4 .402 0.8 2.0 .400 2.2 2.8 .786 1.9 2.6 4.6 3.4 0.8 0.3 1.7 5.3 13.0
10 Anthony Goldwire 25 33 9 576 3.9 9.6 .403 2.3 5.1 .439 1.9 2.5 .750 0.2 2.2 2.4 5.9 1.2 0.1 2.6 3.6 11.9
11 George Zidek 23 36 2 288 4.1 10.6 .388 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 4.0 .781 3.1 4.7 7.9 1.1 0.5 0.4 2.9 5.5 11.4
12 Scott Burrell 26 28 2 482 3.4 9.8 .344 1.4 4.1 .345 3.1 4.0 .792 1.8 4.1 5.9 2.9 1.0 0.8 1.9 4.5 11.3
13 Malik Rose 22 54 1 525 4.2 8.8 .477 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 4.3 .613 4.8 6.4 11.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 2.8 7.8 11.0
14 Muggsy Bogues 32 65 65 1880 3.9 8.5 .460 1.1 2.8 .417 1.0 1.2 .844 0.5 2.2 2.7 9.0 1.6 0.0 2.1 2.2 10.0
15 Tony Smith 28 69 39 1291 3.8 9.4 .409 0.9 2.8 .323 1.1 1.6 .644 1.1 1.6 2.6 4.2 1.3 0.5 2.0 3.1 9.6
16 Tom Chambers 37 12 5 83 3.0 13.4 .226 0.9 1.3 .667 1.3 1.7 .750 1.3 4.8 6.1 1.7 0.4 0.0 3.9 6.1 8.2
17 Donald Royal 30 25 2 320 2.4 4.5 .525 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.9 .800 2.0 4.5 6.5 1.1 1.4 0.2 2.5 4.7 7.9
18 Eric Leckner 30 1 0 11 0.0 9.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Anthony Mason 30 73 3143 18.9 .585 .525 7.4 24.0 16.0 21.4 1.3 0.8 14.0 17.6 121 106 8.0 3.3 11.4
2 Glen Rice 29 79 3362 19.7 .605 .546 2.5 8.8 5.7 8.8 1.2 0.6 9.2 26.9 117 112 9.6 1.2 10.8
3 Vlade Divac 28 81 2840 17.9 .533 .500 10.6 20.0 15.5 17.5 2.0 4.7 16.7 19.1 108 104 3.4 3.9 7.3
4 Muggsy Bogues 32 65 1880 15.7 .554 .528 1.7 7.2 4.5 38.6 2.4 0.1 18.6 14.5 119 111 3.9 1.1 5.0
5 Dell Curry 32 68 2078 15.0 .561 .535 2.4 9.7 6.1 10.0 1.6 0.5 9.4 22.5 109 111 2.8 1.0 3.8
6 Ricky Pierce 37 27 650 17.3 .612 .565 3.7 8.8 6.3 13.2 1.2 0.5 10.2 21.3 119 112 1.7 0.2 1.9
7 Matt Geiger 27 49 1044 14.3 .538 .497 12.0 17.8 15.0 6.2 1.0 1.9 14.2 21.3 105 108 1.0 0.9 1.9
8 Tony Delk 23 61 867 14.2 .596 .566 4.5 9.2 6.9 18.5 2.3 0.5 19.6 18.8 108 110 1.0 0.6 1.6
9 Malik Rose 22 54 525 13.7 .515 .477 16.7 21.0 18.9 9.6 2.9 2.4 20.9 17.6 103 103 0.3 0.8 1.1
10 Anthony Goldwire 25 33 576 11.6 .554 .519 0.7 7.1 4.0 25.2 1.8 0.1 19.3 17.4 107 112 0.6 0.2 0.8
11 Tony Smith 28 69 1291 9.4 .477 .457 3.7 5.1 4.4 17.9 2.0 1.1 16.7 15.9 98 111 0.0 0.6 0.6
12 Scott Burrell 26 28 482 10.9 .489 .416 6.2 13.4 9.9 12.2 1.6 1.7 13.9 17.5 103 109 0.3 0.4 0.6
13 Rafael Addison 32 41 355 10.6 .476 .434 6.7 8.6 7.7 15.5 1.2 0.6 11.2 20.1 103 112 0.2 0.1 0.4
14 Donald Royal 30 25 320 8.5 .632 .525 7.0 14.7 11.0 4.5 2.0 0.5 28.4 11.4 104 108 0.1 0.3 0.4
15 Jamie Feick 22 3 10 16.3 .512 .625 12.5 23.5 18.2 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 23.0 104 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Eric Leckner 30 1 11 -10.1 .000 .000 0.0 10.7 5.5 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.8 23 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
17 George Zidek 23 36 288 7.2 .459 .388 10.9 15.5 13.2 4.9 0.8 0.8 18.8 19.9 90 110 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
18 Tom Chambers 37 12 83 -3.9 .290 .258 4.5 15.6 10.2 7.2 0.7 0.0 21.6 23.7 58 111 -0.5 0.0 -0.4

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Glen Rice 29 3 137 28 57 6 16 21 23 1 11 11 4 1 4 11 83 .491 .375 .913 45.7 27.7 3.7 3.7
2 Vlade Divac 28 3 116 21 46 0 3 12 15 13 26 10 3 6 6 11 54 .457 .000 .800 38.7 18.0 8.7 3.3
3 Anthony Mason 30 3 131 16 38 0 0 7 13 8 36 9 1 1 9 6 39 .421 .538 43.7 13.0 12.0 3.0
4 Muggsy Bogues 32 2 58 11 19 6 7 4 4 1 3 5 1 0 6 3 32 .579 .857 1.000 29.0 16.0 1.5 2.5
5 Tony Delk 23 3 85 13 31 5 13 0 0 5 10 6 2 0 2 10 31 .419 .385 28.3 10.3 3.3 2.0
6 Ricky Pierce 37 3 87 11 24 1 7 0 0 1 8 4 2 0 3 8 23 .458 .143 29.0 7.7 2.7 1.3
7 Dell Curry 32 3 50 5 17 1 4 3 3 1 1 5 4 0 1 5 14 .294 .250 1.000 16.7 4.7 0.3 1.7
8 Matt Geiger 27 3 31 2 3 0 0 2 2 4 8 2 2 1 2 5 6 .667 1.000 10.3 2.0 2.7 0.7
9 Malik Rose 22 2 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 2 2 4 .500 6.0 2.0 2.5 0.5
10 Tony Smith 28 2 9 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 .000 .000 .500 4.5 0.5 0.5 1.0
11 Donald Royal 30 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Glen Rice 29 3 137 23.7 .618 .544 0.9 10.8 5.3 14.5 1.6 0.6 5.6 24.2 132 121 0.6 -0.1 0.5
2 Vlade Divac 28 3 116 21.4 .513 .457 13.3 16.6 14.8 15.0 1.4 4.5 10.2 23.6 114 117 0.3 0.0 0.2
3 Muggsy Bogues 32 2 58 19.9 .771 .737 2.1 5.1 3.4 15.2 1.0 0.0 22.4 21.6 123 124 0.2 -0.1 0.1
4 Tony Delk 23 3 85 12.8 .500 .500 7.0 8.7 7.8 11.7 1.3 0.0 6.1 18.1 113 122 0.1 -0.1 0.1
5 Matt Geiger 27 3 31 16.0 .773 .667 15.4 19.2 17.0 9.3 3.6 2.8 34.0 8.9 128 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Malik Rose 22 2 12 14.2 .500 .500 39.7 12.4 27.5 14.1 0.0 0.0 33.3 23.4 97 124 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Donald Royal 30 1 4 -6.5 .000 .000 0.0 74.2 33.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.7 0 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Dell Curry 32 3 50 9.8 .382 .324 2.4 0.0 1.3 15.2 4.4 0.0 5.2 18.0 97 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Tony Smith 28 2 9 -6.1 .266 .000 0.0 16.5 7.3 29.4 6.1 0.0 61.5 25.3 39 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Ricky Pierce 37 3 87 7.6 .479 .479 1.4 11.9 6.1 7.3 1.3 0.0 11.1 14.5 97 122 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
11 Anthony Mason 30 3 131 10.9 .446 .421 7.3 31.7 18.2 10.8 0.4 0.7 17.1 18.8 92 120 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Vlade Divac $4,718,000
2 Glen Rice $4,002,000
3 Anthony Mason $2,777,000
4 Dell Curry $1,830,000
5 Donald Royal $1,700,000
6 Muggsy Bogues $1,575,000
7 Matt Geiger $1,562,000
8 Scott Burrell $1,235,000
9 Ricky Pierce $1,200,000
10 Tony Delk $870,000
11 George Zidek $694,000
12 Rafael Addison $290,000
13 Anthony Goldwire $250,000
14 Eric Leckner $247,500
15 Tom Chambers *$247,500
16 Tony Smith $247,500
17 Jamie Feick *$220,000
18 Malik Rose $220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)