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1996-97 Miami Heat Roster and Statistics

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61-21, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Pat Riley (61-21)

PTS/G: 94.8 (22nd of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 89.3 (3rd of 29)
SRS: 5.56 (4th of 29) ▪ Pace: 88.2 (25th of 29)
Off Rtg: 106.8 (12th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 100.6 (1st of 29)
Expected W-L: 57-25 (4th of 29)

Arena: Miami Arena ▪ Attendance: 615,160 (25th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Orlando Magic

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Willie Anderson G-F 6-7 190 January 8, 1967 8 University of Georgia
2 Keith Askins G-F 6-7 197 December 15, 1967 6 University of Alabama
8 Isaac Austin C 6-10 255 August 18, 1969 3 Arizona State University
3 Bruce Bowen F 6-7 185 June 14, 1971 R California State University, Fullerton
42 P.J. Brown F-C 6-11 225 October 14, 1969 3 Louisiana Tech University
11 John Crotty G 6-1 185 July 15, 1969 4 University of Virginia
5 Sasha Danilovic G 6-5 200 February 26, 1970 1
Matt Fish C 6-11 235 November 18, 1969 2 University of North Carolina at Wilmington
23 Gary Grant G 6-3 185 April 21, 1965 8 University of Michigan
10 Tim Hardaway G 6-0 175 September 1, 1966 6 University of Texas at El Paso
21 Voshon Lenard G 6-4 205 May 14, 1973 1 University of Minnesota
9 Dan Majerle G-F 6-6 215 September 9, 1965 8 Central Michigan University
24 Jamal Mashburn F 6-8 240 November 29, 1972 3 University of Kentucky
33 Alonzo Mourning C 6-10 240 February 8, 1970 4 Georgetown University
31 Martin Muursepp F 6-9 235 September 26, 1974 R
54 Ed Pinckney F 6-9 195 March 27, 1963 11 Villanova University
32 James Scott F 6-6 180 June 6, 1972 R St. John's University
30 Mark Strickland F 6-9 210 July 14, 1970 1 Temple University
40 Kurt Thomas F 6-9 230 October 4, 1972 1 Texas Christian University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19805 2822 6235 .453 678 1865 .364 1454 2022 .719 957 2402 3359 1735 650 439 1306 1919 7776 94.8
Lg Rank 18 25 25 18 1 1 12 22 16 23 21 9 14 17 18 8 17 7 22 22
Opponent 82 19805 2687 6226 .432 411 1134 .362 1541 2108 .731 999 2321 3320 1512 646 392 1324 1831 7326 89.3
Lg Rank 18 3 3 2 2 2 16 15 15 7 7 14 11 1 9 12 10 19 3 3

Totals

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 Tim Hardaway 30 81 81 3136 575 1384 .415 203 590 .344 291 364 .799 49 228 277 695 151 9 230 165 1644
2 Alonzo Mourning 26 66 65 2320 473 885 .534 1 9 .111 363 565 .642 189 467 656 104 56 189 226 272 1310
3 Voshon Lenard 23 73 47 2111 314 684 .459 183 442 .414 86 105 .819 38 179 217 161 50 18 109 168 897
4 Isaac Austin 27 82 17 1881 321 639 .502 0 3 .000 150 226 .664 136 342 478 101 45 43 161 244 792
5 P.J. Brown 27 80 71 2592 300 656 .457 0 2 .000 161 220 .732 239 431 670 92 85 98 113 283 761
6 Sasha Danilovic 26 43 33 1351 175 396 .442 63 176 .358 73 94 .777 21 81 102 77 39 8 94 123 486
7 Jamal Mashburn 24 32 30 1189 146 367 .398 48 146 .329 88 117 .752 41 138 179 111 43 7 57 117 428
8 Dan Majerle 31 36 26 1264 141 347 .406 68 201 .338 40 59 .678 45 117 162 116 54 14 50 75 390
9 Keith Askins 29 78 30 1773 138 319 .433 69 172 .401 39 58 .672 86 185 271 75 53 19 59 196 384
10 John Crotty 27 48 0 659 79 154 .513 20 49 .408 54 64 .844 15 32 47 102 18 0 42 79 232
11 Kurt Thomas 24 18 9 374 39 105 .371 0 1 .000 35 46 .761 31 76 107 9 12 9 25 67 113
12 Gary Grant 31 28 0 365 39 110 .355 14 46 .304 18 22 .818 8 30 38 45 16 0 27 39 110
13 Willie Anderson 30 28 1 303 29 64 .453 8 19 .421 17 20 .850 15 27 42 34 14 4 19 36 83
14 Ed Pinckney 33 27 0 273 23 43 .535 0 0 20 25 .800 25 40 65 6 8 9 19 30 66
15 Mark Strickland 26 31 0 153 25 60 .417 0 1 .000 12 21 .571 16 21 37 1 4 10 15 17 62
16 Martin Muursepp 22 10 0 27 5 14 .357 1 4 .250 6 14 .429 2 3 5 3 0 1 3 3 17
17 James Scott 24 8 0 32 0 8 .000 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 6 3 2 0 2 5 1
18 Matt Fish 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 Bruce Bowen 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Per Game

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 Tim Hardaway 30 81 81 38.7 7.1 17.1 .415 2.5 7.3 .344 3.6 4.5 .799 0.6 2.8 3.4 8.6 1.9 0.1 2.8 2.0 20.3
2 Alonzo Mourning 26 66 65 35.2 7.2 13.4 .534 0.0 0.1 .111 5.5 8.6 .642 2.9 7.1 9.9 1.6 0.8 2.9 3.4 4.1 19.8
3 Jamal Mashburn 24 32 30 37.2 4.6 11.5 .398 1.5 4.6 .329 2.8 3.7 .752 1.3 4.3 5.6 3.5 1.3 0.2 1.8 3.7 13.4
4 Voshon Lenard 23 73 47 28.9 4.3 9.4 .459 2.5 6.1 .414 1.2 1.4 .819 0.5 2.5 3.0 2.2 0.7 0.2 1.5 2.3 12.3
5 Sasha Danilovic 26 43 33 31.4 4.1 9.2 .442 1.5 4.1 .358 1.7 2.2 .777 0.5 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.9 0.2 2.2 2.9 11.3
6 Dan Majerle 31 36 26 35.1 3.9 9.6 .406 1.9 5.6 .338 1.1 1.6 .678 1.3 3.3 4.5 3.2 1.5 0.4 1.4 2.1 10.8
7 Isaac Austin 27 82 17 22.9 3.9 7.8 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.8 .664 1.7 4.2 5.8 1.2 0.5 0.5 2.0 3.0 9.7
8 P.J. Brown 27 80 71 32.4 3.8 8.2 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.8 .732 3.0 5.4 8.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 3.5 9.5
9 Kurt Thomas 24 18 9 20.8 2.2 5.8 .371 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.6 .761 1.7 4.2 5.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.4 3.7 6.3
10 Keith Askins 29 78 30 22.7 1.8 4.1 .433 0.9 2.2 .401 0.5 0.7 .672 1.1 2.4 3.5 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.8 2.5 4.9
11 John Crotty 27 48 0 13.7 1.6 3.2 .513 0.4 1.0 .408 1.1 1.3 .844 0.3 0.7 1.0 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.9 1.6 4.8
12 Gary Grant 31 28 0 13.0 1.4 3.9 .355 0.5 1.6 .304 0.6 0.8 .818 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.6 0.6 0.0 1.0 1.4 3.9
13 Willie Anderson 30 28 1 10.8 1.0 2.3 .453 0.3 0.7 .421 0.6 0.7 .850 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.0
14 Ed Pinckney 33 27 0 10.1 0.9 1.6 .535 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 .800 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.1 2.4
15 Mark Strickland 26 31 0 4.9 0.8 1.9 .417 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .571 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 2.0
16 Martin Muursepp 22 10 0 2.7 0.5 1.4 .357 0.1 0.4 .250 0.6 1.4 .429 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.7
17 James Scott 24 8 0 4.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.1
18 Matt Fish 27 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
19 Bruce Bowen 25 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 Martin Muursepp 22 10 0 27 6.7 18.7 .357 1.3 5.3 .250 8.0 18.7 .429 2.7 4.0 6.7 4.0 0.0 1.3 4.0 4.0 22.7
2 Alonzo Mourning 26 66 65 2320 7.3 13.7 .534 0.0 0.1 .111 5.6 8.8 .642 2.9 7.2 10.2 1.6 0.9 2.9 3.5 4.2 20.3
3 Tim Hardaway 30 81 81 3136 6.6 15.9 .415 2.3 6.8 .344 3.3 4.2 .799 0.6 2.6 3.2 8.0 1.7 0.1 2.6 1.9 18.9
4 Voshon Lenard 23 73 47 2111 5.4 11.7 .459 3.1 7.5 .414 1.5 1.8 .819 0.6 3.1 3.7 2.7 0.9 0.3 1.9 2.9 15.3
5 Isaac Austin 27 82 17 1881 6.1 12.2 .502 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 4.3 .664 2.6 6.5 9.1 1.9 0.9 0.8 3.1 4.7 15.2
6 Mark Strickland 26 31 0 153 5.9 14.1 .417 0.0 0.2 .000 2.8 4.9 .571 3.8 4.9 8.7 0.2 0.9 2.4 3.5 4.0 14.6
7 Sasha Danilovic 26 43 33 1351 4.7 10.6 .442 1.7 4.7 .358 1.9 2.5 .777 0.6 2.2 2.7 2.1 1.0 0.2 2.5 3.3 13.0
8 Jamal Mashburn 24 32 30 1189 4.4 11.1 .398 1.5 4.4 .329 2.7 3.5 .752 1.2 4.2 5.4 3.4 1.3 0.2 1.7 3.5 13.0
9 John Crotty 27 48 0 659 4.3 8.4 .513 1.1 2.7 .408 2.9 3.5 .844 0.8 1.7 2.6 5.6 1.0 0.0 2.3 4.3 12.7
10 Dan Majerle 31 36 26 1264 4.0 9.9 .406 1.9 5.7 .338 1.1 1.7 .678 1.3 3.3 4.6 3.3 1.5 0.4 1.4 2.1 11.1
11 Kurt Thomas 24 18 9 374 3.8 10.1 .371 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.4 .761 3.0 7.3 10.3 0.9 1.2 0.9 2.4 6.4 10.9
12 Gary Grant 31 28 0 365 3.8 10.8 .355 1.4 4.5 .304 1.8 2.2 .818 0.8 3.0 3.7 4.4 1.6 0.0 2.7 3.8 10.8
13 P.J. Brown 27 80 71 2592 4.2 9.1 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.1 .732 3.3 6.0 9.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.6 3.9 10.6
14 Willie Anderson 30 28 1 303 3.4 7.6 .453 1.0 2.3 .421 2.0 2.4 .850 1.8 3.2 5.0 4.0 1.7 0.5 2.3 4.3 9.9
15 Ed Pinckney 33 27 0 273 3.0 5.7 .535 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.3 .800 3.3 5.3 8.6 0.8 1.1 1.2 2.5 4.0 8.7
16 Keith Askins 29 78 30 1773 2.8 6.5 .433 1.4 3.5 .401 0.8 1.2 .672 1.7 3.8 5.5 1.5 1.1 0.4 1.2 4.0 7.8
17 James Scott 24 8 0 32 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 4.5 .000 1.1 2.3 .500 1.1 5.6 6.8 3.4 2.3 0.0 2.3 5.6 1.1
18 Matt Fish 27 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 0.0
19 Bruce Bowen 25 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Tim Hardaway 30 81 3136 20.8 .532 .489 1.9 8.5 5.2 41.9 2.6 0.2 13.0 26.6 113 102 7.9 5.0 12.9 .198
2 Alonzo Mourning 26 66 2320 21.6 .578 .535 9.8 23.4 16.8 8.8 1.3 6.3 16.6 27.5 106 95 2.8 5.6 8.4 .174
3 P.J. Brown 27 80 2592 13.8 .505 .457 11.1 19.4 15.3 5.9 1.8 2.9 13.1 15.7 107 98 2.1 5.4 7.5 .139
4 Voshon Lenard 23 73 2111 14.7 .614 .593 2.2 9.9 6.1 13.5 1.3 0.7 13.0 18.7 116 104 3.9 2.9 6.8 .155
5 Keith Askins 29 78 1773 9.1 .557 .541 5.9 12.2 9.1 6.7 1.6 0.8 14.6 10.7 111 102 1.5 2.8 4.3 .116
6 Isaac Austin 27 82 1881 14.2 .536 .502 8.7 21.2 15.1 9.9 1.3 1.8 17.9 22.5 99 99 0.3 3.7 4.0 .102
7 Dan Majerle 31 36 1264 13.2 .523 .504 4.3 10.8 7.6 15.3 2.3 0.9 11.8 15.7 110 101 1.4 2.1 3.5 .133
8 Jamal Mashburn 24 32 1189 13.1 .511 .463 4.2 13.5 8.9 15.8 2.0 0.5 12.0 18.8 107 101 1.2 2.0 3.2 .130
9 John Crotty 27 48 659 14.3 .637 .578 2.8 5.7 4.2 26.1 1.5 0.0 18.7 16.0 122 105 1.6 0.8 2.4 .176
10 Sasha Danilovic 26 43 1351 9.7 .556 .521 1.9 7.0 4.5 9.8 1.6 0.5 17.7 18.5 100 104 0.2 1.8 2.0 .070
11 Willie Anderson 30 28 303 12.6 .570 .516 6.0 10.4 8.2 18.2 2.5 1.0 20.7 14.2 111 101 0.4 0.5 0.9 .142
12 Ed Pinckney 33 27 273 11.4 .611 .535 11.1 17.1 14.1 3.5 1.6 2.6 26.0 12.6 106 99 0.2 0.5 0.7 .121
13 Kurt Thomas 24 18 374 9.5 .451 .371 10.0 23.7 17.0 4.0 1.7 1.9 16.6 18.9 92 97 -0.3 0.8 0.5 .070
14 Gary Grant 31 28 365 9.1 .460 .418 2.6 9.6 6.2 20.4 2.4 0.0 18.4 18.9 94 102 -0.2 0.6 0.4 .052
15 Matt Fish 27 1 1 -54.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 47.0 0 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.526
16 Mark Strickland 26 31 153 11.1 .448 .417 12.6 16.0 14.3 1.2 1.4 5.1 17.8 25.9 85 99 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.003
17 Bruce Bowen 25 1 1 37.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 77.8 0.0 60 0.0 0.0 0.0 .321
18 Martin Muursepp 22 10 27 11.9 .422 .393 9.0 12.9 11.0 21.1 0.0 2.9 13.0 40.3 87 104 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.063
19 James Scott 24 8 32 -4.1 .056 .000 3.8 18.2 11.1 13.2 3.4 0.0 18.4 16.0 34 97 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.187

Playoffs

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 Tim Hardaway 30 17 701 103 287 42 134 70 88 13 69 119 27 1 53 37 318 .359 .313 .795 41.2 18.7 4.1 7.0
2 Alonzo Mourning 26 17 630 107 218 3 8 86 155 44 173 18 11 46 70 73 303 .491 .375 .555 37.1 17.8 10.2 1.1
3 Voshon Lenard 23 17 548 63 155 36 91 32 37 12 50 36 11 3 30 49 194 .406 .396 .865 32.2 11.4 2.9 2.1
4 Jamal Mashburn 24 17 554 65 168 22 62 26 40 22 84 35 17 2 30 58 178 .387 .355 .650 32.6 10.5 4.9 2.1
5 Dan Majerle 31 17 496 46 117 25 74 19 28 16 72 43 21 4 13 31 136 .393 .338 .679 29.2 8.0 4.2 2.5
6 P.J. Brown 27 15 451 42 103 0 0 38 53 48 129 10 9 20 16 40 122 .408 .717 30.1 8.1 8.6 0.7
7 Isaac Austin 27 15 287 36 81 1 4 25 31 16 66 6 6 7 22 35 98 .444 .250 .806 19.1 6.5 4.4 0.4
8 John Crotty 27 15 125 13 33 5 12 6 7 5 11 11 4 0 14 15 37 .394 .417 .857 8.3 2.5 0.7 0.7
9 Willie Anderson 30 9 120 11 30 2 8 9 10 2 17 5 4 2 12 20 33 .367 .250 .900 13.3 3.7 1.9 0.6
10 Keith Askins 29 12 146 10 23 6 12 4 4 11 28 7 3 2 3 26 30 .435 .500 1.000 12.2 2.5 2.3 0.6
11 Mark Strickland 26 4 16 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 8 .500 .000 4.0 2.0 0.8 0.3
12 Ed Pinckney 33 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 .667 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Tim Hardaway 30 17 701 15.9 .488 .432 2.2 9.1 5.7 36.3 2.1 0.1 14.0 25.9 103 101 0.4 1.2 1.7 .113
2 Dan Majerle 31 17 496 13.5 .526 .500 3.8 12.8 8.4 16.6 2.4 0.6 9.1 13.8 114 99 0.6 1.0 1.6 .157
3 Voshon Lenard 23 17 548 11.1 .566 .523 2.6 7.9 5.3 13.1 1.1 0.4 14.9 17.6 107 104 0.5 0.8 1.3 .111
4 P.J. Brown 27 15 451 14.0 .483 .408 12.5 20.4 16.5 4.2 1.1 3.6 11.2 15.1 106 97 0.3 1.0 1.3 .141
5 Alonzo Mourning 26 17 630 15.9 .529 .498 8.2 23.2 15.8 6.4 1.0 5.9 19.7 27.1 92 95 -0.7 1.6 1.0 .073
6 Jamal Mashburn 24 17 554 9.9 .480 .452 4.7 12.7 8.7 12.7 1.7 0.3 13.9 18.7 96 101 -0.2 1.0 0.8 .072
7 Keith Askins 29 12 146 10.3 .606 .565 8.8 13.2 11.1 8.8 1.1 1.1 10.8 9.1 130 101 0.3 0.3 0.5 .174
8 Isaac Austin 27 15 287 10.7 .518 .451 6.5 19.7 13.3 4.3 1.2 2.0 18.9 19.5 93 98 -0.2 0.6 0.4 .073
9 Willie Anderson 30 9 120 4.5 .480 .400 2.0 14.2 8.2 8.0 1.9 1.3 25.9 18.5 79 99 -0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.007
10 Mark Strickland 26 4 16 12.0 .450 .500 0.0 21.3 10.8 17.1 3.5 0.0 18.4 32.6 73 94 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.105
11 John Crotty 27 15 125 6.3 .513 .470 4.7 5.4 5.1 17.2 1.8 0.0 28.0 19.2 86 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .000
12 Ed Pinckney 33 2 6 30.0 .667 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 143 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 .314

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Alonzo Mourning $9,380,000
2 Tim Hardaway $2,500,000
3 Dan Majerle $2,350,000
4 P.J. Brown $2,000,000
5 Sasha Danilovic $1,892,000
6 Kurt Thomas $1,238,000
7 Keith Askins $650,000
8 Gary Grant $500,000
9 Martin Muursepp $401,000
10 Ed Pinckney $300,000
11 Tony Farmer $247,500
12 Isaac Austin $247,500
13 Mark Strickland $247,500
14 Voshon Lenard $247,500
15 James Scott $220,000