1996-97 Miami Heat Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 61-21, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Pat Riley (61-21)

Executive: Randy Pfund, Dave Wohl

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) Net Rtg: +6.2 (5th of 29)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (4th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500, Over-Under 47.5

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

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Orlando Magic (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1996-11-01		ATL	W	94	81	105.1	90.5	89.5	.244	.269	.544	50.0	74.3	8.9	8.2	.513	17.2	30.2	.179	.415	22.5	73.0	.415
2	2	1996-11-02	@	IND	W	97	95	101.5	99.4	95.6	.444	.361	.563	43.8	58.8	12.6	9.7	.521	18.1	16.2	.306	.459	17.6	72.2	.384
3	3	1996-11-06		CHI	L	100	106	109.7	116.3	91.2	.333	.296	.538	47.3	34.2	4.4	8.7	.494	12.3	30.2	.247	.466	9.7	62.0	.273
4	4	1996-11-08		MIL	W	101	89	109.1	96.1	92.6	.372	.154	.556	55.4	60.5	7.6	7.5	.526	15.8	35.6	.244	.473	19.3	78.9	.257
5	5	1996-11-09	@	DAL	W	91	84	98.8	91.2	92.1	.291	.267	.469	53.3	63.9	10.9	9.6	.448	14.9	38.0	.163	.500	21.9	71.4	.151
6	6	1996-11-12		CHH	W	105	97	118.8	109.7	88.4	.202	.225	.542	50.7	53.7	11.3	15.7	.500	12.6	38.6	.180	.594	20.4	69.0	.217
7	7	1996-11-13	@	CHI	L	71	103	78.1	113.3	90.9	.320	.213	.415	44.8	51.9	2.2	4.1	.380	14.9	15.6	.187	.469	6.8	76.2	.350
8	8	1996-11-15	@	ATL	L	77	85	92.9	102.6	82.9	.182	.286	.463	40.7	63.3	8.4	6.7	.448	14.4	22.2	.104	.400	17.3	61.0	.617
9	9	1996-11-16		PHI	L	89	91	99.4	101.7	89.5	.215	.291	.515	56.4	58.8	12.3	5.9	.475	21.0	40.0	.177	.493	19.7	73.7	.373
10	10	1996-11-19	@	DEN	W	104	86	115.1	95.2	90.4	.389	.194	.617	39.5	59.0	13.3	3.5	.604	15.1	18.9	.236	.451	22.2	59.0	.292
11	11	1996-11-20	@	VAN	W	94	75	108.8	86.8	86.4	.308	.295	.531	60.8	69.7	9.3	21.3	.494	16.1	40.9	.218	.444	23.3	85.7	.323
12	12	1996-11-22	@	SAC	W	111	108	108.2	105.2	84.9	.464	.262	.549	56.7	58.3	8.8	7.8	.476	16.5	34.7	.369	.478	11.2	79.2	.244
13	13	1996-11-24	@	PHO	W	87	84	96.1	92.8	90.5	.238	.300	.492	58.5	66.7	6.6	5.4	.456	18.5	33.3	.175	.368	14.2	85.0	.500
14	14	1996-11-26	@	GSW	W	107	88	123.4	101.5	86.7	.307	.293	.629	45.7	68.4	8.1	15.8	.587	15.8	30.3	.253	.401	12.5	56.3	.165
15	15	1996-11-27	@	LAC	W	98	82	114.2	95.5	85.8	.176	.311	.615	55.1	39.0	15.1	7.5	.608	16.7	32.4	.108	.422	16.6	72.7	.221
16	16	1996-11-30		BOS	W	78	77	92.9	91.7	84.0	.261	.304	.507	52.7	62.1	4.8	10.3	.464	19.8	25.0	.203	.379	7.9	70.9	.126
17	17	1996-12-03	@	NYK	W	99	75	120.8	91.5	82.0	.492	.338	.626	60.5	66.7	9.8	6.0	.554	21.0	46.9	.415	.392	12.1	70.5	.165
18	18	1996-12-04		DAL	W	101	79	116.5	91.1	86.7	.250	.486	.632	44.6	69.4	10.4	7.2	.604	17.5	21.2	.194	.449	18.4	63.4	.115
19	19	1996-12-06		NYK	L	85	103	95.9	116.3	88.6	.582	.358	.505	51.2	53.8	6.8	8.5	.433	16.0	28.2	.403	.538	13.4	72.1	.244
20	20	1996-12-07	@	CHI	W	83	80	108.7	104.8	76.3	.291	.266	.466	50.6	41.4	6.6	3.1	.411	8.2	37.0	.228	.449	10.7	65.1	.114
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1996-12-10	@	CLE	W	76	74	97.9	95.3	77.6	.422	.406	.501	43.8	52.2	9.0	8.6	.422	15.6	20.0	.344	.415	13.1	65.8	.211
22	22	1996-12-11	@	PHI	W	84	79	93.9	88.3	89.5	.316	.316	.467	47.3	53.1	10.1	12.0	.430	14.3	25.5	.203	.411	18.3	69.6	.260
23	23	1996-12-14		TOR	W	89	88	107.3	106.1	82.9	.551	.275	.519	50.0	60.7	8.4	10.8	.435	16.5	36.6	.420	.461	13.2	64.1	.221
24	24	1996-12-17		IND	L	89	103	99.6	115.3	89.3	.198	.259	.505	50.0	54.3	12.3	4.7	.481	17.8	35.6	.136	.554	16.4	66.7	.284
25	25	1996-12-19		UTA	L	87	94	89.1	96.3	88.4	.291	.209	.448	48.3	50.0	11.3	13.1	.413	14.9	25.5	.186	.464	18.8	78.9	.435
26	26	1996-12-21	@	HOU	W	86	66	106.4	81.7	80.8	.208	.403	.512	56.0	61.3	8.7	16.9	.474	15.1	37.5	.169	.352	15.3	70.6	.225
27	27	1996-12-23	@	SAS	W	90	79	115.0	101.0	78.3	.351	.189	.527	54.7	38.2	11.5	13.2	.486	13.2	42.5	.243	.461	16.6	68.6	.313
28	28	1996-12-26		ORL	W	96	76	119.0	94.2	80.7	.184	.197	.584	55.0	52.5	9.9	14.5	.553	14.6	37.5	.158	.418	13.2	66.7	.127
29	29	1996-12-27	@	CHH	W	101	86	117.1	99.8	86.2	.299	.260	.580	54.0	55.3	2.3	6.8	.565	11.2	30.6	.182	.453	11.5	70.6	.106
30	30	1996-12-29	@	MIL	W	95	94	110.2	109.0	86.2	.480	.293	.523	50.0	56.3	7.0	8.8	.487	8.1	27.1	.293	.565	12.9	86.7	.091
31	31	1997-01-02		NJN	W	101	91	112.7	101.5	89.7	.571	.286	.576	39.6	60.6	7.8	7.5	.529	11.2	16.2	.386	.426	11.8	54.2	.050
32	32	1997-01-04	@	UTA	L	80	83	90.7	94.1	88.2	.267	.387	.477	56.6	51.6	7.9	10.2	.453	16.9	26.2	.160	.462	14.8	87.8	.354
33	33	1997-01-07	@	SEA	L	85	94	95.7	105.9	88.8	.508	.292	.534	53.7	48.1	3.4	16.7	.469	20.9	31.6	.369	.417	11.2	72.7	.372
34	34	1997-01-08	@	POR	W	85	81	97.9	93.3	86.8	.486	.229	.500	49.4	61.5	6.9	11.5	.436	15.0	28.9	.343	.410	17.0	69.2	.218
35	35	1997-01-10	@	LAL	L	85	94	88.7	98.1	95.8	.402	.268	.440	47.6	72.7	3.1	8.2	.421	12.7	25.5	.195	.441	12.3	68.5	.224
36	36	1997-01-13		WSB	W	98	95	102.5	99.4	95.6	.321	.222	.530	52.5	65.7	6.3	2.9	.488	14.8	26.8	.235	.488	13.9	79.5	.183
37	37	1997-01-16	@	BOS	W	102	94	102.3	94.2	99.8	.350	.250	.552	57.1	84.2	7.0	13.4	.513	17.1	27.5	.250	.392	13.4	84.1	.405
38	38	1997-01-17	@	WSB	W	103	92	111.5	99.6	92.4	.293	.207	.556	48.6	53.8	11.9	8.2	.524	12.3	28.9	.207	.519	20.6	69.4	.127
39	39	1997-01-19		ORL	L	87	99	99.8	113.6	87.2	.261	.333	.566	50.7	63.6	9.2	5.2	.565	20.6	23.7	.130	.567	13.6	80.0	.187
40	40	1997-01-21		ATL	W	94	91	116.2	112.5	80.9	.263	.250	.554	46.6	70.6	7.4	9.5	.533	9.6	23.7	.171	.500	12.0	71.4	.400
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1997-01-23	@	TOR	W	99	87	113.2	99.5	87.5	.472	.306	.569	55.1	54.5	4.6	11.9	.500	16.4	34.3	.375	.409	11.7	72.1	.312
42	42	1997-01-26	@	NYK	L	89	95	98.9	105.6	90.0	.253	.291	.507	44.9	73.5	10.0	10.8	.481	15.4	22.5	.165	.513	15.6	68.4	.192
43	43	1997-01-27		PHO	W	125	97	133.8	103.8	93.5	.250	.263	.741	49.2	68.8	13.9	13.1	.717	13.4	10.3	.211	.568	17.8	82.4	.176
44	44	1997-01-29		BOS	W	103	83	112.5	90.7	91.6	.205	.295	.606	52.9	65.1	10.9	12.9	.603	18.3	32.4	.115	.392	19.1	66.7	.338
45	45	1997-02-01	@	CLE	W	71	66	92.9	86.3	76.5	.323	.385	.478	46.3	80.0	10.5	8.2	.415	15.9	22.2	.262	.380	17.3	65.9	.169
46	46	1997-02-02		CLE	W	80	76	99.2	94.2	80.6	.500	.339	.529	49.4	72.0	7.4	9.4	.468	13.7	20.0	.355	.455	13.8	76.7	.078
47	47	1997-02-05	@	BOS	W	118	117	123.2	122.1	95.8	.444	.333	.685	51.9	69.0	8.4	9.0	.660	18.9	31.0	.319	.517	11.3	64.6	.326
48	48	1997-02-06		MIL	W	102	90	122.7	108.2	83.2	.347	.333	.614	49.4	71.4	6.0	7.4	.549	16.2	34.4	.319	.414	9.7	60.0	.355
49	49	1997-02-11		DET	W	104	91	116.3	101.7	89.4	.413	.293	.587	51.2	52.5	6.7	7.6	.573	14.5	28.2	.240	.481	11.9	72.1	.190
50	50	1997-02-13		IND	W	106	90	106.5	90.4	99.6	.472	.361	.609	43.7	72.2	15.1	12.1	.563	17.1	14.6	.347	.432	21.2	69.6	.247
51	51	1997-02-15		PHI	W	125	99	133.8	106.0	93.4	.187	.363	.635	51.2	81.3	11.8	15.9	.621	14.0	39.5	.132	.462	15.3	61.4	.346
52	52	1997-02-18	@	PHI	W	111	83	117.4	87.8	94.6	.253	.241	.574	51.6	48.8	7.4	14.7	.517	8.5	21.4	.241	.323	9.0	75.5	.366
53	53	1997-02-20	@	NJN	W	92	87	104.7	99.0	87.9	.308	.231	.519	50.5	52.9	8.0	7.1	.474	15.3	33.3	.231	.391	8.0	62.7	.125
54	54	1997-02-21		POR	L	110	114	117.5	121.8	93.6	.584	.338	.568	50.6	65.6	5.3	5.9	.494	10.2	28.3	.442	.548	10.3	74.4	.277
55	55	1997-02-23		DEN	W	95	86	106.4	96.3	89.3	.238	.286	.512	50.0	61.8	10.1	4.8	.470	11.5	29.2	.190	.481	16.4	73.8	.127
56	56	1997-02-26	@	ORL	L	86	98	98.4	112.1	87.4	.257	.378	.522	44.0	62.5	10.3	7.5	.473	20.3	30.0	.216	.513	14.4	60.0	.280
57	57	1997-02-28		SEA	L	95	96	106.7	107.8	89.1	.333	.372	.531	50.6	71.9	3.4	7.0	.481	14.4	26.2	.256	.500	13.1	75.6	.333
58	58	1997-03-02		SAS	W	79	72	99.0	90.3	79.8	.243	.300	.510	54.1	74.2	7.5	9.2	.500	14.4	26.5	.129	.419	13.1	77.5	.221
59	59	1997-03-04	@	DET	W	108	99	133.2	122.1	81.1	.200	.320	.662	47.7	63.4	7.4	0.0	.633	10.9	26.7	.173	.596	13.9	65.7	.265
60	60	1997-03-06		WSB	L	95	99	102.0	106.3	93.2	.305	.280	.511	44.1	66.7	8.6	7.8	.457	11.4	18.4	.244	.519	13.3	72.7	.185
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1997-03-07	@	WSB	W	108	105	109.7	106.7	89.2	.395	.316	.605	49.5	55.6	9.1	2.5	.539	20.5	32.5	.342	.450	13.2	62.3	.267
62	62	1997-03-09	@	CHH	L	76	82	86.4	93.2	87.9	.233	.233	.383	48.9	50.0	11.4	5.5	.350	12.4	34.0	.144	.507	20.3	69.2	.174
63	63	1997-03-11	@	MIL	W	108	93	124.2	107.0	86.9	.299	.247	.620	48.7	63.4	6.9	4.8	.584	11.2	29.7	.234	.507	17.4	66.7	.211
64	64	1997-03-14		VAN	W	88	82	104.6	97.5	84.1	.132	.316	.547	40.3	65.7	13.1	12.7	.526	16.6	22.9	.105	.434	16.5	56.8	.211
65	65	1997-03-16		HOU	W	101	80	116.9	92.6	86.4	.284	.346	.554	60.5	54.1	9.3	9.1	.512	12.5	39.1	.222	.466	14.7	85.0	.164
66	66	1997-03-19		GSW	W	93	91	101.4	99.2	83.0	.314	.384	.475	48.9	58.8	13.1	0.0	.430	7.6	25.0	.221	.479	18.2	75.0	.324
67	67	1997-03-21		LAL	W	98	97	115.9	114.7	84.6	.295	.462	.556	45.6	73.5	5.9	7.0	.532	11.1	27.3	.192	.514	12.2	68.6	.284
68	68	1997-03-23	@	MIN	W	113	108	120.8	115.4	93.6	.571	.300	.645	44.0	56.8	8.5	1.6	.607	11.2	14.3	.400	.500	12.7	70.0	.333
69	69	1997-03-26		SAC	W	101	88	114.8	100.0	88.0	.372	.295	.556	58.3	58.8	8.0	3.8	.500	14.2	38.6	.295	.540	22.3	89.3	.317
70	70	1997-03-28		CLE	W	83	79	99.9	95.1	83.1	.419	.324	.474	59.5	63.3	12.0	0.0	.432	14.6	39.5	.257	.417	16.4	83.3	.483
71	71	1997-03-30	@	TOR	L	97	102	100.9	106.1	96.2	.360	.333	.558	43.6	69.4	12.5	10.8	.540	16.4	16.7	.213	.494	19.5	66.7	.304
72	72	1997-04-01		LAC	W	97	87	111.1	99.6	87.3	.414	.300	.586	58.0	60.0	8.0	7.2	.564	16.2	32.4	.257	.482	12.8	76.6	.059
73	73	1997-04-03	@	IND	W	92	78	108.2	91.8	85.0	.343	.343	.596	45.2	71.9	18.8	4.8	.537	18.1	22.2	.299	.464	20.7	62.9	.186
74	74	1997-04-05		TOR	W	98	84	110.6	94.8	88.6	.329	.250	.563	60.3	60.5	7.9	6.8	.546	15.5	37.8	.197	.428	12.8	80.5	.250
75	75	1997-04-07	@	DET	W	94	88	112.2	105.0	83.8	.529	.309	.561	59.0	58.6	10.7	1.9	.471	15.2	39.5	.441	.500	15.5	77.5	.257
76	76	1997-04-08	@	NJN	W	94	92	115.7	113.3	81.2	.276	.342	.551	45.2	45.7	7.4	7.9	.533	14.1	37.2	.171	.469	13.4	53.7	.213
77	77	1997-04-10		DET	W	93	83	115.1	102.7	80.8	.117	.416	.574	52.7	70.3	7.4	13.3	.552	16.5	31.4	.104	.465	11.0	71.8	.239
78	78	1997-04-12		NYK	L	99	100	108.6	109.7	91.1	.275	.338	.552	45.7	59.5	9.9	9.3	.519	15.9	27.5	.200	.532	21.8	70.0	.524
79	79	1997-04-14		MIN	L	87	95	101.1	110.4	86.0	.145	.289	.538	48.5	67.6	12.8	3.2	.526	17.4	27.0	.092	.565	17.8	74.2	.246
80	80	1997-04-16		CHI	W	102	92	115.4	104.1	88.4	.443	.286	.610	48.6	63.9	14.7	6.1	.586	10.7	22.2	.286	.512	17.1	73.7	.111
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1997-04-18		NJN	L	74	86	94.9	110.2	78.0	.163	.325	.432	42.9	78.6	5.1	13.3	.394	8.5	24.0	.138	.500	8.7	65.9	.162
82	82	1997-04-19	@	ORL	W	102	88	115.1	99.3	88.6	.286	.273	.588	51.9	63.9	11.3	10.6	.532	19.5	42.1	.260	.421	17.2	61.0	.232

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