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1996-97 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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69-13, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1996-97 NBA Champions

Scored 103.1 points per game, Allowed 92.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 68-14)
Coached by Phil Jackson (69-13)

Arena: United Center ▪ Attendance: 978,453 (2nd of 29)

SRS: 10.70 (1st of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.0 (17th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 114.4 (1st of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.4 (4th of 29)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Miami Heat
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Washington Bullets

1996-97 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
1 Randy Brown G 6-2 190 May 22, 1968 5 New Mexico State University
30 Jud Buechler F-G 6-6 220 June 19, 1968 6 University of Arizona
35 Jason Caffey F 6-8 255 June 12, 1973 1 University of Alabama
18 Bison Dele F-C 6-9 235 April 6, 1969 5 University of Arizona
9 Ron Harper G-F 6-6 185 January 20, 1964 10 Miami University
23 Michael Jordan G-F 6-6 195 February 17, 1963 11 University of North Carolina
25 Steve Kerr G 6-3 175 September 27, 1965 8 University of Arizona
7 Toni Kukoc F 6-10 192 September 18, 1968 3
13 Luc Longley C 7-2 265 January 19, 1969 5 University of New Mexico
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 20 Centenary College of Louisiana
33 Scottie Pippen F-G 6-7 210 September 25, 1965 9 University of Central Arkansas
91 Dennis Rodman F 6-7 210 May 13, 1961 10 Southeastern Oklahoma State University
8 Dickey Simpkins F 6-9 248 April 6, 1972 2 Providence College
6 Matt Steigenga F 6-7 225 March 27, 1970 R Michigan State University
34 Bill Wennington C 7-0 245 December 26, 1963 9 St. John's University

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 19730 3277 6923 .473 523 1403 .373 1381 1848 .747 1235 2461 3696 2142 716 332 1109 1617 8458 103.1
Opponent 82 19730 2898 6653 .436 471 1408 .335 1305 1770 .737 1088 2205 3293 1619 624 286 1293 1732 7572 92.3

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 Michael Jordan 33 82 82 3106 920 1892 .486 111 297 .374 480 576 .833 113 369 482 352 140 44 166 156 2431
2 Scottie Pippen 31 82 82 3095 648 1366 .474 156 424 .368 204 291 .701 160 371 531 467 154 45 214 213 1656
3 Toni Kukoc 28 57 15 1610 285 605 .471 50 151 .331 134 174 .770 94 167 261 256 60 29 91 97 754
4 Steve Kerr 31 82 0 1861 249 467 .533 110 237 .464 54 67 .806 29 101 130 175 67 3 43 98 662
5 Jason Caffey 23 75 19 1405 205 385 .532 0 1 .000 139 211 .659 135 166 301 89 25 9 97 149 549
6 Luc Longley 28 59 59 1472 221 485 .456 0 2 .000 95 120 .792 121 211 332 141 23 66 111 191 537
7 Ron Harper 33 76 74 1740 177 406 .436 68 188 .362 58 82 .707 46 147 193 191 86 38 50 138 480
8 Randy Brown 28 72 3 1057 140 333 .420 4 22 .182 57 84 .679 34 77 111 133 81 17 58 116 341
9 Dennis Rodman 35 55 54 1947 128 286 .448 5 19 .263 50 88 .568 320 563 883 170 32 19 111 172 311
10 Bill Wennington 33 61 19 783 118 237 .498 0 2 .000 44 53 .830 46 83 129 41 10 11 31 132 280
11 Robert Parish 43 43 3 406 70 143 .490 0 0 21 31 .677 42 47 89 22 6 19 28 40 161
12 Jud Buechler 28 76 0 703 58 158 .367 18 54 .333 5 14 .357 45 81 126 60 23 21 27 50 139
13 Dickey Simpkins 24 48 0 395 31 93 .333 1 4 .250 28 40 .700 36 56 92 31 5 5 35 44 91
14 Bison Dele 27 9 0 138 26 63 .413 0 0 11 15 .733 14 19 33 12 3 5 11 20 63
15 Matt Steigenga 26 2 0 12 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 3

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 Michael Jordan 33 82 82 37.9 11.2 23.1 .486 1.4 3.6 .374 5.9 7.0 .833 1.4 4.5 5.9 4.3 1.7 0.5 2.0 1.9 29.6
2 Scottie Pippen 31 82 82 37.7 7.9 16.7 .474 1.9 5.2 .368 2.5 3.5 .701 2.0 4.5 6.5 5.7 1.9 0.5 2.6 2.6 20.2
3 Toni Kukoc 28 57 15 28.2 5.0 10.6 .471 0.9 2.6 .331 2.4 3.1 .770 1.6 2.9 4.6 4.5 1.1 0.5 1.6 1.7 13.2
4 Luc Longley 28 59 59 24.9 3.7 8.2 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.0 .792 2.1 3.6 5.6 2.4 0.4 1.1 1.9 3.2 9.1
5 Steve Kerr 31 82 0 22.7 3.0 5.7 .533 1.3 2.9 .464 0.7 0.8 .806 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.5 1.2 8.1
6 Jason Caffey 23 75 19 18.7 2.7 5.1 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.8 .659 1.8 2.2 4.0 1.2 0.3 0.1 1.3 2.0 7.3
7 Bison Dele 27 9 0 15.3 2.9 7.0 .413 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.7 .733 1.6 2.1 3.7 1.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 2.2 7.0
8 Ron Harper 33 76 74 22.9 2.3 5.3 .436 0.9 2.5 .362 0.8 1.1 .707 0.6 1.9 2.5 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.7 1.8 6.3
9 Dennis Rodman 35 55 54 35.4 2.3 5.2 .448 0.1 0.3 .263 0.9 1.6 .568 5.8 10.2 16.1 3.1 0.6 0.3 2.0 3.1 5.7
10 Randy Brown 28 72 3 14.7 1.9 4.6 .420 0.1 0.3 .182 0.8 1.2 .679 0.5 1.1 1.5 1.8 1.1 0.2 0.8 1.6 4.7
11 Bill Wennington 33 61 19 12.8 1.9 3.9 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.9 .830 0.8 1.4 2.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 2.2 4.6
12 Robert Parish 43 43 3 9.4 1.6 3.3 .490 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .677 1.0 1.1 2.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.9 3.7
13 Dickey Simpkins 24 48 0 8.2 0.6 1.9 .333 0.0 0.1 .250 0.6 0.8 .700 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.9 1.9
14 Jud Buechler 28 76 0 9.3 0.8 2.1 .367 0.2 0.7 .333 0.1 0.2 .357 0.6 1.1 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.8
15 Matt Steigenga 26 2 0 6.0 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 1.0 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 1.5

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 Michael Jordan 33 82 82 3106 10.7 21.9 .486 1.3 3.4 .374 5.6 6.7 .833 1.3 4.3 5.6 4.1 1.6 0.5 1.9 1.8 28.2
2 Scottie Pippen 31 82 82 3095 7.5 15.9 .474 1.8 4.9 .368 2.4 3.4 .701 1.9 4.3 6.2 5.4 1.8 0.5 2.5 2.5 19.3
3 Toni Kukoc 28 57 15 1610 6.4 13.5 .471 1.1 3.4 .331 3.0 3.9 .770 2.1 3.7 5.8 5.7 1.3 0.6 2.0 2.2 16.9
4 Bison Dele 27 9 0 138 6.8 16.4 .413 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 .733 3.7 5.0 8.6 3.1 0.8 1.3 2.9 5.2 16.4
5 Robert Parish 43 43 3 406 6.2 12.7 .490 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.7 .677 3.7 4.2 7.9 2.0 0.5 1.7 2.5 3.5 14.3
6 Jason Caffey 23 75 19 1405 5.3 9.9 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 5.4 .659 3.5 4.3 7.7 2.3 0.6 0.2 2.5 3.8 14.1
7 Luc Longley 28 59 59 1472 5.4 11.9 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 2.9 .792 3.0 5.2 8.1 3.4 0.6 1.6 2.7 4.7 13.1
8 Bill Wennington 33 61 19 783 5.4 10.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.4 .830 2.1 3.8 5.9 1.9 0.5 0.5 1.4 6.1 12.9
9 Steve Kerr 31 82 0 1861 4.8 9.0 .533 2.1 4.6 .464 1.0 1.3 .806 0.6 2.0 2.5 3.4 1.3 0.1 0.8 1.9 12.8
10 Randy Brown 28 72 3 1057 4.8 11.3 .420 0.1 0.7 .182 1.9 2.9 .679 1.2 2.6 3.8 4.5 2.8 0.6 2.0 4.0 11.6
11 Ron Harper 33 76 74 1740 3.7 8.4 .436 1.4 3.9 .362 1.2 1.7 .707 1.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 1.8 0.8 1.0 2.9 9.9
12 Matt Steigenga 26 2 0 12 3.0 12.0 .250 0.0 6.0 .000 3.0 6.0 .500 0.0 9.0 9.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 9.0
13 Dickey Simpkins 24 48 0 395 2.8 8.5 .333 0.1 0.4 .250 2.6 3.6 .700 3.3 5.1 8.4 2.8 0.5 0.5 3.2 4.0 8.3
14 Jud Buechler 28 76 0 703 3.0 8.1 .367 0.9 2.8 .333 0.3 0.7 .357 2.3 4.1 6.5 3.1 1.2 1.1 1.4 2.6 7.1
15 Dennis Rodman 35 55 54 1947 2.4 5.3 .448 0.1 0.4 .263 0.9 1.6 .568 5.9 10.4 16.3 3.1 0.6 0.4 2.1 3.2 5.8

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 Michael Jordan 33 82 3106 27.8 .567 .516 4.2 13.2 8.8 21.2 2.4 1.1 7.2 33.2 121 102 13.3 5.0 18.3
2 Scottie Pippen 31 82 3095 21.3 .554 .531 5.9 13.3 9.7 24.3 2.7 1.1 12.5 24.6 115 101 7.8 5.2 13.0
3 Steve Kerr 31 82 1861 15.6 .667 .651 1.8 6.0 3.9 13.5 1.9 0.1 8.0 12.9 137 106 5.4 2.0 7.4
4 Toni Kukoc 28 57 1610 20.2 .553 .512 6.7 11.5 9.2 24.3 2.0 1.4 11.8 21.4 119 103 4.5 2.3 6.8
5 Dennis Rodman 35 55 1947 13.9 .479 .456 18.9 32.2 25.6 11.4 0.9 0.7 25.5 10.0 111 98 2.0 4.0 6.0
6 Ron Harper 33 76 1740 13.6 .543 .520 3.0 9.4 6.3 15.1 2.6 1.6 10.2 12.6 120 102 3.0 2.7 5.7
7 Jason Caffey 23 75 1405 14.3 .574 .532 11.0 13.1 12.1 9.3 0.9 0.5 16.9 18.3 112 105 2.2 1.7 3.9
8 Luc Longley 28 59 1472 13.4 .499 .456 9.4 15.9 12.7 14.1 0.8 3.4 17.1 19.7 103 102 0.9 2.3 3.1
9 Randy Brown 28 72 1057 13.0 .461 .426 3.7 8.1 5.9 18.0 4.1 1.2 13.6 18.1 102 100 0.4 2.0 2.4
10 Bill Wennington 33 61 783 11.2 .538 .498 6.7 11.8 9.3 7.7 0.7 1.1 10.6 16.6 113 106 1.1 0.9 2.0
11 Jud Buechler 28 76 703 9.8 .423 .424 7.3 12.8 10.1 11.4 1.7 2.2 14.1 12.1 101 103 0.1 1.1 1.2
12 Robert Parish 43 43 406 14.3 .514 .490 11.9 12.9 12.4 8.2 0.8 3.5 15.2 20.3 104 104 0.3 0.6 0.9
13 Bison Dele 27 9 138 13.7 .453 .413 11.6 15.3 13.5 13.5 1.2 2.7 13.6 26.1 98 102 0.0 0.2 0.2
14 Dickey Simpkins 24 48 395 6.5 .411 .339 10.5 15.8 13.2 10.4 0.7 1.0 24.0 16.4 87 105 -0.5 0.5 0.1
15 Matt Steigenga 26 2 12 7.0 .307 .250 0.0 27.8 14.1 22.3 4.4 6.3 29.1 25.6 62 89 -0.1 0.0 0.0

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 Michael Jordan 33 19 804 227 498 13 67 123 148 42 150 91 30 17 49 46 590 .456 .194 .831 42.3 31.1 7.9 4.8
2 Scottie Pippen 31 19 753 129 309 39 113 68 86 36 129 72 28 18 55 49 365 .417 .345 .791 39.6 19.2 6.8 3.8
3 Toni Kukoc 28 19 423 45 125 19 53 41 58 13 54 54 13 4 17 30 150 .360 .358 .707 22.3 7.9 2.8 2.8
4 Ron Harper 33 19 515 50 125 21 61 21 28 20 81 57 24 14 11 43 142 .400 .344 .750 27.1 7.5 4.3 3.0
5 Luc Longley 28 19 432 57 104 0 0 10 26 39 84 35 7 16 28 65 124 .548 .385 22.7 6.5 4.4 1.8
6 Bison Dele 27 19 336 50 104 0 0 16 31 31 71 11 19 8 14 63 116 .481 .516 17.7 6.1 3.7 0.6
7 Steve Kerr 31 19 341 33 77 16 42 13 14 4 18 20 17 2 8 25 95 .429 .381 .929 17.9 5.0 0.9 1.1
8 Dennis Rodman 35 19 535 30 81 4 16 15 26 59 160 27 10 4 28 74 79 .370 .250 .577 28.2 4.2 8.4 1.4
9 Jason Caffey 23 17 167 15 33 0 0 11 14 25 42 15 3 3 12 27 41 .455 .786 9.8 2.4 2.5 0.9
10 Jud Buechler 28 18 138 13 31 4 12 3 5 9 23 5 3 1 1 15 33 .419 .333 .600 7.7 1.8 1.3 0.3
11 Randy Brown 28 17 98 9 30 0 0 3 5 3 10 6 8 2 4 22 21 .300 .600 5.8 1.2 0.6 0.4
12 Robert Parish 43 2 18 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 .143 9.0 1.0 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 Michael Jordan 33 19 804 27.1 .524 .469 5.9 16.4 10.9 25.7 2.1 1.9 8.0 35.5 114 101 2.4 1.4 3.9
2 Scottie Pippen 31 19 753 18.1 .526 .481 5.4 15.0 10.0 17.3 2.1 2.2 13.7 24.9 107 101 0.9 1.3 2.2
3 Toni Kukoc 28 19 423 14.6 .498 .436 3.5 11.8 7.5 20.7 1.7 0.9 10.1 18.5 113 104 0.7 0.6 1.3
4 Ron Harper 33 19 515 15.7 .517 .484 4.4 14.4 9.2 17.7 2.6 2.5 7.4 13.4 122 100 0.9 1.0 1.9
5 Luc Longley 28 19 432 12.3 .537 .548 10.1 12.7 11.4 13.7 0.9 3.4 19.5 15.5 104 103 0.2 0.6 0.9
6 Bison Dele 27 19 336 13.8 .493 .481 10.4 14.5 12.3 5.7 3.2 2.2 10.6 18.3 105 99 0.2 0.7 0.9
7 Steve Kerr 31 19 341 11.8 .571 .532 1.3 5.0 3.1 9.4 2.8 0.5 8.8 12.5 121 104 0.5 0.5 1.0
8 Dennis Rodman 35 19 535 7.9 .427 .395 12.4 23.0 17.5 7.6 1.0 0.7 23.2 10.5 96 101 -0.1 0.9 0.8
9 Jason Caffey 23 17 167 12.5 .523 .455 16.8 12.4 14.7 14.2 1.0 1.6 23.5 14.3 109 104 0.2 0.2 0.4
10 Jud Buechler 28 18 138 10.5 .497 .484 7.3 12.4 9.7 5.8 1.2 0.7 2.9 11.6 120 105 0.2 0.2 0.4
11 Randy Brown 28 17 98 4.4 .326 .300 3.4 8.7 6.0 9.7 4.6 1.9 11.0 17.2 78 98 -0.2 0.2 0.0
12 Robert Parish 43 2 18 2.6 .143 .143 12.5 13.5 13.0 0.0 0.0 15.2 0.0 18.2 55 98 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Michael Jordan $30,140,000
2 Dennis Rodman $9,000,000
3 Toni Kukoc $3,960,000
4 Ron Harper $3,840,000
5 Luc Longley $2,790,000
6 Scottie Pippen $2,250,000
7 Randy Brown $1,300,000
8 Dickey Simpkins $1,040,000
9 Robert Parish $1,000,000
10 Bill Wennington $1,000,000
11 Steve Kerr $750,000
12 Jason Caffey $700,000
13 Jud Buechler $500,000
14 Bison Dele *$247,500
15 Matt Steigenga *$220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)