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1996-97 Orlando Magic Roster and Statistics

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45-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Brian Hill (24-25), Richie Adubato (21-12)

Points Per Game: 94.1 (25th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.5 (10th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-42 (16th of 29)

Arena: Orlando Arena ▪ Attendance: 687,958 (15th of 29)

SRS: -0.07 (16th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 88.3 (24th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 105.6 (16th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.0 (14th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Miami Heat

1996-97 Orlando Magic:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Nick Anderson F-G 6-6 205 January 20, 1968 7 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10 Darrell Armstrong G 6-0 170 June 22, 1968 2 Fayetteville State University
5 Dell Demps G 6-3 205 February 12, 1970 2 University of the Pacific
34 Brian Evans F 6-8 220 September 13, 1973 R Indiana University
54 Horace Grant F-C 6-10 215 July 4, 1965 9 Clemson University
1 Anfernee Hardaway G-F 6-7 195 July 18, 1971 3 University of Memphis
00 Amal McCaskill F-C 6-11 235 October 28, 1973 R Marquette University
5 Donald Royal F 6-8 210 May 22, 1966 6 University of Notre Dame
24 Danny Schayes C-F 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 15 Syracuse University
3 Dennis Scott F 6-8 229 September 5, 1968 6 Georgia Institute of Technology
4 Rony Seikaly C 6-11 230 May 10, 1965 8 Syracuse University
20 Brian Shaw G 6-6 190 March 22, 1966 7 University of California, Santa Barbara
30 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 March 8, 1965 9 University of North Carolina
50 Felton Spencer C 7-0 265 January 15, 1968 6 University of Louisville
33 Derek Strong F 6-8 220 February 9, 1968 5 Xavier University
42 David Vaughn F 6-9 240 March 23, 1973 1 University of Memphis
9 Gerald Wilkins G-F 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 10 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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 19855 2839 6497 .437 567 1662 .341 1474 1975 .746 1071 2221 3292 1689 694 363 1250 1643 7719 94.1
Opponent 82 19855 2966 6450 .460 455 1327 .343 1361 1860 .732 1080 2398 3478 1798 704 417 1314 1769 7748 94.5

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 Rony Seikaly 31 74 68 2615 460 907 .507 0 3 .000 357 500 .714 274 427 701 92 49 107 218 275 1277
2 Anfernee Hardaway 25 59 59 2221 421 941 .447 85 267 .318 283 345 .820 82 181 263 332 93 35 145 123 1210
3 Gerald Wilkins 33 80 26 2202 323 759 .426 66 203 .325 136 190 .716 59 114 173 173 54 12 123 144 848
4 Horace Grant 31 67 67 2496 358 695 .515 1 6 .167 128 179 .715 206 394 600 163 101 65 99 157 845
5 Dennis Scott 28 66 62 2166 298 749 .398 147 373 .394 80 101 .792 40 163 203 139 74 19 81 138 823
6 Nick Anderson 29 63 61 2163 288 725 .397 143 405 .353 38 94 .404 66 238 304 182 120 32 86 160 757
7 Derek Strong 28 82 21 2004 262 586 .447 0 13 .000 175 218 .803 174 345 519 73 47 20 102 196 699
8 Brian Shaw 30 77 31 1867 189 516 .366 63 194 .325 111 140 .793 47 147 194 319 67 26 170 197 552
9 Darrell Armstrong 28 67 0 1010 132 345 .383 55 181 .304 92 106 .868 35 41 76 175 61 9 99 114 411
10 Danny Schayes 37 45 6 540 47 120 .392 0 1 .000 39 52 .750 41 84 125 14 15 16 27 74 133
11 David Vaughn 23 35 6 298 31 72 .431 0 0 19 30 .633 35 60 95 7 8 15 29 43 81
12 Amal McCaskill 23 17 1 109 10 32 .313 0 2 .000 8 12 .667 4 18 22 7 3 5 11 7 28
13 Brian Evans 23 14 0 59 8 22 .364 4 8 .500 0 0 1 7 8 7 1 2 2 6 20
14 Kenny Smith 31 6 1 47 6 13 .462 3 5 .600 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 4 0 0 6 3 17
15 Donald Royal 30 1 0 29 4 10 .400 0 0 4 4 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 12
16 Felton Spencer 29 1 1 19 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 4
17 Dell Demps 26 2 0 10 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2

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 Anfernee Hardaway 25 59 59 37.6 7.1 15.9 .447 1.4 4.5 .318 4.8 5.8 .820 1.4 3.1 4.5 5.6 1.6 0.6 2.5 2.1 20.5
2 Rony Seikaly 31 74 68 35.3 6.2 12.3 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.8 .714 3.7 5.8 9.5 1.2 0.7 1.4 2.9 3.7 17.3
3 Horace Grant 31 67 67 37.3 5.3 10.4 .515 0.0 0.1 .167 1.9 2.7 .715 3.1 5.9 9.0 2.4 1.5 1.0 1.5 2.3 12.6
4 Dennis Scott 28 66 62 32.8 4.5 11.3 .398 2.2 5.7 .394 1.2 1.5 .792 0.6 2.5 3.1 2.1 1.1 0.3 1.2 2.1 12.5
5 Nick Anderson 29 63 61 34.3 4.6 11.5 .397 2.3 6.4 .353 0.6 1.5 .404 1.0 3.8 4.8 2.9 1.9 0.5 1.4 2.5 12.0
6 Donald Royal 30 1 0 29.0 4.0 10.0 .400 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.000 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 12.0
7 Gerald Wilkins 33 80 26 27.5 4.0 9.5 .426 0.8 2.5 .325 1.7 2.4 .716 0.7 1.4 2.2 2.2 0.7 0.2 1.5 1.8 10.6
8 Derek Strong 28 82 21 24.4 3.2 7.1 .447 0.0 0.2 .000 2.1 2.7 .803 2.1 4.2 6.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.2 2.4 8.5
9 Brian Shaw 30 77 31 24.2 2.5 6.7 .366 0.8 2.5 .325 1.4 1.8 .793 0.6 1.9 2.5 4.1 0.9 0.3 2.2 2.6 7.2
10 Darrell Armstrong 28 67 0 15.1 2.0 5.1 .383 0.8 2.7 .304 1.4 1.6 .868 0.5 0.6 1.1 2.6 0.9 0.1 1.5 1.7 6.1
11 Felton Spencer 29 1 1 19.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 1.0 6.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.0
12 Danny Schayes 37 45 6 12.0 1.0 2.7 .392 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .750 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.6 3.0
13 Kenny Smith 31 6 1 7.8 1.0 2.2 .462 0.5 0.8 .600 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 2.8
14 David Vaughn 23 35 6 8.5 0.9 2.1 .431 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .633 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.3
15 Amal McCaskill 23 17 1 6.4 0.6 1.9 .313 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.7 .667 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 1.6
16 Brian Evans 23 14 0 4.2 0.6 1.6 .364 0.3 0.6 .500 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.4
17 Dell Demps 26 2 0 5.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0

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 Anfernee Hardaway 25 59 59 2221 6.8 15.3 .447 1.4 4.3 .318 4.6 5.6 .820 1.3 2.9 4.3 5.4 1.5 0.6 2.4 2.0 19.6
2 Rony Seikaly 31 74 68 2615 6.3 12.5 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 4.9 6.9 .714 3.8 5.9 9.7 1.3 0.7 1.5 3.0 3.8 17.6
3 Donald Royal 30 1 0 29 5.0 12.4 .400 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.000 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 3.7 3.7 14.9
4 Darrell Armstrong 28 67 0 1010 4.7 12.3 .383 2.0 6.5 .304 3.3 3.8 .868 1.2 1.5 2.7 6.2 2.2 0.3 3.5 4.1 14.6
5 Gerald Wilkins 33 80 26 2202 5.3 12.4 .426 1.1 3.3 .325 2.2 3.1 .716 1.0 1.9 2.8 2.8 0.9 0.2 2.0 2.4 13.9
6 Dennis Scott 28 66 62 2166 5.0 12.4 .398 2.4 6.2 .394 1.3 1.7 .792 0.7 2.7 3.4 2.3 1.2 0.3 1.3 2.3 13.7
7 Kenny Smith 31 6 1 47 4.6 10.0 .462 2.3 3.8 .600 1.5 1.5 1.000 0.8 0.8 1.5 3.1 0.0 0.0 4.6 2.3 13.0
8 Nick Anderson 29 63 61 2163 4.8 12.1 .397 2.4 6.7 .353 0.6 1.6 .404 1.1 4.0 5.1 3.0 2.0 0.5 1.4 2.7 12.6
9 Derek Strong 28 82 21 2004 4.7 10.5 .447 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 3.9 .803 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.8 3.5 12.6
10 Horace Grant 31 67 67 2496 5.2 10.0 .515 0.0 0.1 .167 1.8 2.6 .715 3.0 5.7 8.7 2.4 1.5 0.9 1.4 2.3 12.2
11 Brian Evans 23 14 0 59 4.9 13.4 .364 2.4 4.9 .500 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.3 4.9 4.3 0.6 1.2 1.2 3.7 12.2
12 Brian Shaw 30 77 31 1867 3.6 9.9 .366 1.2 3.7 .325 2.1 2.7 .793 0.9 2.8 3.7 6.2 1.3 0.5 3.3 3.8 10.6
13 David Vaughn 23 35 6 298 3.7 8.7 .431 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.6 .633 4.2 7.2 11.5 0.8 1.0 1.8 3.5 5.2 9.8
14 Amal McCaskill 23 17 1 109 3.3 10.6 .313 0.0 0.7 .000 2.6 4.0 .667 1.3 5.9 7.3 2.3 1.0 1.7 3.6 2.3 9.2
15 Danny Schayes 37 45 6 540 3.1 8.0 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.5 .750 2.7 5.6 8.3 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.8 4.9 8.9
16 Felton Spencer 29 1 1 19 3.8 3.8 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 1.9 11.4 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.8 7.6
17 Dell Demps 26 2 0 10 0.0 10.8 .000 0.0 3.6 .000 7.2 7.2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 3.6 7.2

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 Anfernee Hardaway 25 59 2221 21.4 .554 .493 4.2 9.8 6.9 28.5 2.3 1.2 11.7 25.7 115 107 5.8 2.2 8.1
2 Horace Grant 31 67 2496 17.3 .546 .516 9.4 19.0 14.1 11.4 2.2 2.0 11.3 16.1 115 103 4.1 3.6 7.7
3 Rony Seikaly 31 74 2615 18.3 .567 .507 12.0 19.6 15.7 6.5 1.0 3.2 16.2 23.7 107 105 3.5 3.3 6.8
4 Nick Anderson 29 63 2163 13.8 .494 .496 3.5 13.2 8.2 14.5 3.0 1.1 10.1 18.2 104 104 1.3 2.9 4.2
5 Derek Strong 28 82 2004 13.6 .513 .447 9.9 20.7 15.2 6.2 1.3 0.8 13.0 18.0 106 105 1.7 2.4 4.1
6 Dennis Scott 28 66 2166 12.4 .519 .496 2.1 9.1 5.5 11.1 1.9 0.7 9.3 18.6 107 108 2.0 1.8 3.8
7 Gerald Wilkins 33 80 2202 11.2 .503 .469 3.1 6.2 4.6 13.8 1.3 0.4 12.7 20.2 101 111 0.9 1.2 2.1
8 Darrell Armstrong 28 67 1010 14.7 .525 .462 4.0 4.9 4.4 29.7 3.3 0.7 20.2 22.4 103 107 0.7 1.1 1.8
9 Brian Shaw 30 77 1867 10.4 .478 .427 2.9 9.5 6.1 27.8 1.9 1.1 22.7 18.5 95 108 -0.6 1.7 1.1
10 Danny Schayes 37 45 540 9.3 .465 .392 8.7 18.7 13.6 4.1 1.5 2.3 15.9 14.5 96 104 -0.1 0.7 0.6
11 Felton Spencer 29 1 19 17.1 1.000 1.000 30.1 6.3 18.5 8.6 0.0 0.0 33.3 7.3 154 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Brian Evans 23 14 59 11.7 .455 .455 1.9 14.3 8.0 20.5 0.9 2.6 8.3 18.7 103 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 David Vaughn 23 35 298 10.3 .475 .431 13.4 24.2 18.7 3.8 1.5 3.9 25.4 17.7 87 102 -0.4 0.5 0.1
14 Donald Royal 30 1 29 5.8 .510 .400 3.9 0.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 20.3 23.5 91 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Dell Demps 26 2 10 1.9 .258 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 17.9 67 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Kenny Smith 31 6 47 6.9 .612 .577 2.4 2.6 2.5 14.5 0.0 0.0 30.2 19.5 92 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Amal McCaskill 23 17 109 6.1 .376 .313 4.2 19.9 11.8 10.3 1.5 3.6 22.8 20.4 72 104 -0.3 0.2 -0.2

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 Anfernee Hardaway 25 5 220 52 111 11 30 40 54 7 30 17 12 7 9 14 155 .468 .367 .741 44.0 31.0 6.0 3.4
2 Derek Strong 28 5 195 21 40 0 1 19 25 20 50 4 2 2 14 20 61 .525 .000 .760 39.0 12.2 10.0 0.8
3 Darrell Armstrong 28 5 143 20 42 6 18 11 13 3 21 17 8 1 7 6 57 .476 .333 .846 28.6 11.4 4.2 3.4
4 Gerald Wilkins 33 5 144 16 45 3 9 12 14 3 9 4 0 2 3 7 47 .356 .333 .857 28.8 9.4 1.8 0.8
5 Nick Anderson 29 5 130 12 36 4 15 0 2 3 29 3 3 9 6 8 28 .333 .267 .000 26.0 5.6 5.8 0.6
6 Danny Schayes 37 5 92 9 23 0 0 4 4 4 12 5 2 1 4 16 22 .391 1.000 18.4 4.4 2.4 1.0
7 Rony Seikaly 31 3 86 7 22 0 0 5 7 5 16 0 1 3 4 10 19 .318 .714 28.7 6.3 5.3 0.0
8 Dennis Scott 28 5 94 6 23 3 11 0 0 2 9 5 2 0 2 8 15 .261 .273 18.8 3.0 1.8 1.0
9 Brian Shaw 30 5 82 3 19 2 6 2 4 1 9 8 1 1 8 5 10 .158 .333 .500 16.4 2.0 1.8 1.6
10 Amal McCaskill 23 2 7 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 .667 .333 3.5 2.5 1.5 0.5
11 Brian Evans 23 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1.000 3.5 1.0 0.0 1.0

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 Anfernee Hardaway 25 5 220 29.9 .575 .518 3.6 12.1 7.8 20.1 3.1 3.0 6.3 32.5 118 105 0.8 0.3 1.1
2 Darrell Armstrong 28 5 143 20.8 .597 .548 2.4 14.6 8.5 24.7 3.2 0.7 12.8 19.0 117 105 0.3 0.2 0.5
3 Derek Strong 28 5 195 13.4 .598 .525 11.7 17.8 14.8 4.0 0.6 1.0 21.5 16.6 108 109 0.2 0.2 0.3
4 Brian Evans 23 2 7 33.1 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.8 8.1 0.0 0.0 7.1 206 101 0.0 0.0 0.1
5 Amal McCaskill 23 2 7 33.3 .579 .667 0.0 49.7 24.7 42.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.7 124 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Danny Schayes 37 5 92 6.7 .444 .391 5.0 10.1 7.5 10.4 1.2 1.0 13.9 15.6 92 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
7 Gerald Wilkins 33 5 144 8.8 .459 .389 2.4 4.8 3.6 5.4 0.0 1.3 5.5 18.7 98 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Rony Seikaly 31 3 86 5.0 .379 .318 6.6 14.8 10.7 0.0 0.7 3.2 13.8 16.8 78 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
9 Dennis Scott 28 5 94 3.1 .326 .326 2.4 8.6 5.5 9.5 1.2 0.0 8.0 13.2 76 112 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
10 Nick Anderson 29 5 130 8.4 .380 .389 2.6 23.2 12.8 4.4 1.3 6.4 14.0 16.4 73 103 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
11 Brian Shaw 30 5 82 -2.2 .241 .211 1.4 11.3 6.3 16.7 0.7 1.1 27.8 17.4 51 112 -0.4 0.0 -0.4

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Horace Grant $14,857,000
2 Anfernee Hardaway $6,655,000
3 Brian Shaw $4,000,000
4 Nick Anderson $3,790,000
5 Rony Seikaly $3,752,000
6 Dennis Scott $3,000,000
7 Felton Spencer $2,694,000
8 Donald Royal $1,700,000
9 David Vaughn $614,000
10 Danny Schayes $575,000
11 Brian Evans $551,000
12 Darrell Armstrong $410,000
13 Dell Demps *$247,500
14 Derek Strong $247,500
15 Gerald Wilkins $247,500
16 Amal McCaskill $220,000
17 Kenny Smith $190,100
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)