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1996-97 Washington Bullets Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jim Lynam (22-24), Bob Staak (0-1), Bernie Bickerstaff (22-13)

Points Per Game: 99.4 (10th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 97.7 (18th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (13th of 29)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 700,646 (11th of 29)

SRS: 1.77 (13th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.4 (6th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 106.6 (13th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.9 (13th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1996-97 Washington Bullets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
50 Ashraf Amaya F 6-8 230 November 23, 1971 1 Southern Illinois University
40 Calbert Cheaney G-F 6-7 209 July 17, 1971 3 Indiana University
22 Matt Fish C 6-11 235 November 18, 1969 2 University of North Carolina at Wilmington
44 Harvey Grant F 6-8 195 July 4, 1965 8 University of Oklahoma
5 Juwan Howard F 6-9 240 February 7, 1973 2 University of Michigan
32 Jaren Jackson G-F 6-4 190 October 27, 1967 6 Georgetown University
23 Tim Legler G 6-4 200 December 26, 1966 6 La Salle University
77 Gheorghe Muresan C 7-7 303 February 14, 1971 3
35 Tracy Murray F 6-7 225 July 25, 1971 4 University of California, Los Angeles
15 Gaylon Nickerson G 6-3 190 February 5, 1969 R Northwestern Oklahoma State University
1 Rod Strickland G 6-3 175 July 11, 1966 8 DePaul University
30 Ben Wallace F-C 6-9 240 September 10, 1974 R Virginia Union University
4 Chris Webber F-C 6-9 245 March 1, 1973 3 University of Michigan
12 Chris Whitney G 6-0 168 October 5, 1971 3 Clemson University
43 Lorenzo Williams F-C 6-9 200 July 15, 1969 4 Stetson 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 19855 3208 6678 .480 331 1001 .331 1400 1979 .707 1010 2420 3430 1921 712 402 1289 1815 8147 99.4
Opponent 82 19855 3011 6637 .454 492 1327 .371 1500 2004 .749 1022 2336 3358 1671 665 334 1356 1769 8014 97.7

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 Juwan Howard 23 82 82 3324 638 1313 .486 0 2 .000 294 389 .756 202 450 652 311 93 23 246 259 1570
2 Chris Webber 23 72 72 2806 604 1167 .518 60 151 .397 177 313 .565 238 505 743 331 122 137 230 258 1445
3 Rod Strickland 30 82 81 2997 515 1105 .466 13 77 .169 367 497 .738 95 240 335 727 143 14 270 166 1410
4 Calbert Cheaney 25 79 79 2411 369 730 .505 4 30 .133 95 137 .693 70 198 268 114 77 18 94 226 837
5 Tracy Murray 25 82 1 1814 288 678 .425 106 300 .353 135 161 .839 84 169 253 78 69 19 86 150 817
6 Gheorghe Muresan 25 73 69 1849 327 541 .604 0 0 123 199 .618 141 340 481 29 43 96 117 230 777
7 Chris Whitney 25 82 1 1117 139 330 .421 58 163 .356 94 113 .832 13 91 104 182 49 4 68 100 430
8 Jaren Jackson 29 75 0 1133 134 329 .407 53 158 .335 53 69 .768 31 101 132 65 45 16 60 131 374
9 Harvey Grant 31 78 25 1604 129 314 .411 28 89 .315 30 39 .769 63 193 256 68 46 48 30 167 316
10 Lorenzo Williams 27 19 0 264 20 31 .645 0 0 5 7 .714 28 41 69 4 6 8 18 49 45
11 Tim Legler 30 15 0 182 15 48 .313 8 29 .276 6 7 .857 0 21 21 7 3 5 9 21 44
12 Ashraf Amaya 25 31 0 144 12 40 .300 1 1 1.000 15 28 .536 19 33 52 3 7 3 10 29 40
13 Ben Wallace 22 34 0 197 16 46 .348 0 0 6 20 .300 25 33 58 2 8 11 18 27 38
14 Matt Fish 27 5 0 7 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 2
15 Gaylon Nickerson 27 1 0 6 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 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 Chris Webber 23 72 72 39.0 8.4 16.2 .518 0.8 2.1 .397 2.5 4.3 .565 3.3 7.0 10.3 4.6 1.7 1.9 3.2 3.6 20.1
2 Juwan Howard 23 82 82 40.5 7.8 16.0 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.7 .756 2.5 5.5 8.0 3.8 1.1 0.3 3.0 3.2 19.1
3 Rod Strickland 30 82 81 36.5 6.3 13.5 .466 0.2 0.9 .169 4.5 6.1 .738 1.2 2.9 4.1 8.9 1.7 0.2 3.3 2.0 17.2
4 Calbert Cheaney 25 79 79 30.5 4.7 9.2 .505 0.1 0.4 .133 1.2 1.7 .693 0.9 2.5 3.4 1.4 1.0 0.2 1.2 2.9 10.6
5 Gheorghe Muresan 25 73 69 25.3 4.5 7.4 .604 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.7 .618 1.9 4.7 6.6 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.6 3.2 10.6
6 Tracy Murray 25 82 1 22.1 3.5 8.3 .425 1.3 3.7 .353 1.6 2.0 .839 1.0 2.1 3.1 1.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.8 10.0
7 Chris Whitney 25 82 1 13.6 1.7 4.0 .421 0.7 2.0 .356 1.1 1.4 .832 0.2 1.1 1.3 2.2 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.2 5.2
8 Jaren Jackson 29 75 0 15.1 1.8 4.4 .407 0.7 2.1 .335 0.7 0.9 .768 0.4 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.8 1.7 5.0
9 Harvey Grant 31 78 25 20.6 1.7 4.0 .411 0.4 1.1 .315 0.4 0.5 .769 0.8 2.5 3.3 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 2.1 4.1
10 Tim Legler 30 15 0 12.1 1.0 3.2 .313 0.5 1.9 .276 0.4 0.5 .857 0.0 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.4 2.9
11 Lorenzo Williams 27 19 0 13.9 1.1 1.6 .645 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .714 1.5 2.2 3.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.6 2.4
12 Gaylon Nickerson 27 1 0 6.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0
13 Ashraf Amaya 25 31 0 4.6 0.4 1.3 .300 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.5 0.9 .536 0.6 1.1 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.3
14 Ben Wallace 22 34 0 5.8 0.5 1.4 .348 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 .300 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1
15 Matt Fish 27 5 0 1.4 0.2 0.6 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4

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 Chris Webber 23 72 72 2806 7.7 15.0 .518 0.8 1.9 .397 2.3 4.0 .565 3.1 6.5 9.5 4.2 1.6 1.8 3.0 3.3 18.5
2 Juwan Howard 23 82 82 3324 6.9 14.2 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.2 .756 2.2 4.9 7.1 3.4 1.0 0.2 2.7 2.8 17.0
3 Rod Strickland 30 82 81 2997 6.2 13.3 .466 0.2 0.9 .169 4.4 6.0 .738 1.1 2.9 4.0 8.7 1.7 0.2 3.2 2.0 16.9
4 Tracy Murray 25 82 1 1814 5.7 13.5 .425 2.1 6.0 .353 2.7 3.2 .839 1.7 3.4 5.0 1.5 1.4 0.4 1.7 3.0 16.2
5 Gheorghe Muresan 25 73 69 1849 6.4 10.5 .604 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.9 .618 2.7 6.6 9.4 0.6 0.8 1.9 2.3 4.5 15.1
6 Chris Whitney 25 82 1 1117 4.5 10.6 .421 1.9 5.3 .356 3.0 3.6 .832 0.4 2.9 3.4 5.9 1.6 0.1 2.2 3.2 13.9
7 Calbert Cheaney 25 79 79 2411 5.5 10.9 .505 0.1 0.4 .133 1.4 2.0 .693 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.7 1.1 0.3 1.4 3.4 12.5
8 Gaylon Nickerson 27 1 0 6 6.0 18.0 .333 0.0 6.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 12.0
9 Jaren Jackson 29 75 0 1133 4.3 10.5 .407 1.7 5.0 .335 1.7 2.2 .768 1.0 3.2 4.2 2.1 1.4 0.5 1.9 4.2 11.9
10 Matt Fish 27 5 0 7 5.1 15.4 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 20.6 25.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 10.3 10.3
11 Ashraf Amaya 25 31 0 144 3.0 10.0 .300 0.2 0.2 1.000 3.7 7.0 .536 4.7 8.2 13.0 0.7 1.7 0.7 2.5 7.2 10.0
12 Tim Legler 30 15 0 182 3.0 9.5 .313 1.6 5.7 .276 1.2 1.4 .857 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.4 0.6 1.0 1.8 4.2 8.7
13 Harvey Grant 31 78 25 1604 2.9 7.0 .411 0.6 2.0 .315 0.7 0.9 .769 1.4 4.3 5.7 1.5 1.0 1.1 0.7 3.7 7.1
14 Ben Wallace 22 34 0 197 2.9 8.4 .348 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.7 .300 4.6 6.0 10.6 0.4 1.5 2.0 3.3 4.9 6.9
15 Lorenzo Williams 27 19 0 264 2.7 4.2 .645 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .714 3.8 5.6 9.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 2.5 6.7 6.1

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 Chris Webber 23 72 2806 21.8 .554 .543 10.1 20.8 15.5 19.9 2.3 3.7 15.0 24.6 108 101 4.3 5.0 9.3
2 Rod Strickland 30 82 2997 19.7 .533 .472 3.8 9.2 6.5 38.1 2.5 0.3 16.9 23.9 110 106 5.5 3.3 8.8
3 Juwan Howard 23 82 3324 16.1 .529 .486 7.2 15.6 11.5 15.2 1.5 0.5 14.2 23.4 105 106 3.3 3.7 7.0
4 Gheorghe Muresan 25 73 1849 16.7 .618 .604 9.1 21.2 15.2 2.5 1.2 3.9 15.7 18.1 111 102 2.5 2.9 5.3
5 Tracy Murray 25 82 1814 14.6 .546 .503 5.5 10.7 8.2 6.6 2.0 0.8 10.3 20.7 110 106 2.4 1.9 4.4
6 Calbert Cheaney 25 79 2411 11.1 .530 .508 3.4 9.5 6.5 7.2 1.7 0.6 10.6 16.5 105 108 1.6 2.2 3.9
7 Chris Whitney 25 82 1117 15.2 .566 .509 1.4 9.4 5.4 23.8 2.3 0.3 15.2 18.0 114 106 2.0 1.2 3.2
8 Harvey Grant 31 78 1604 8.8 .477 .455 4.7 13.9 9.3 5.8 1.5 2.2 8.3 10.1 106 105 0.8 1.9 2.7
9 Jaren Jackson 29 75 1133 10.1 .520 .488 3.2 10.3 6.8 8.3 2.1 1.1 14.3 16.6 101 106 0.3 1.3 1.6
10 Lorenzo Williams 27 19 264 8.0 .660 .645 12.6 17.9 15.3 2.1 1.2 2.3 34.6 8.9 102 104 0.1 0.3 0.4
11 Ashraf Amaya 25 31 144 8.8 .382 .313 15.7 26.4 21.1 2.9 2.5 1.6 16.0 19.4 86 99 -0.2 0.3 0.1
12 Tim Legler 30 15 182 4.4 .431 .396 0.0 13.3 6.8 5.3 0.9 2.1 15.0 14.8 83 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0
13 Gaylon Nickerson 27 1 6 4.5 .333 .333 0.0 19.2 9.8 0.0 8.7 0.0 25.0 30.0 51 90 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Matt Fish 27 5 7 -3.7 .333 .333 17.0 65.9 41.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 32.1 50 93 -0.1 0.0 0.0
15 Ben Wallace 22 34 197 6.0 .347 .348 15.1 19.3 17.2 1.4 2.1 4.2 24.7 16.6 72 101 -0.6 0.3 -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 Rod Strickland 30 3 124 22 52 1 2 14 19 5 18 25 3 0 11 8 59 .423 .500 .737 41.3 19.7 6.0 8.3
2 Juwan Howard 23 3 129 20 43 0 0 16 18 10 18 5 2 2 3 9 56 .465 .889 43.0 18.7 6.0 1.7
3 Tracy Murray 25 3 87 17 30 5 10 16 17 3 9 2 4 2 0 10 55 .567 .500 .941 29.0 18.3 3.0 0.7
4 Chris Webber 23 3 106 19 30 5 11 4 8 7 24 10 2 7 16 18 47 .633 .455 .500 35.3 15.7 8.0 3.3
5 Calbert Cheaney 25 3 120 18 41 0 2 9 12 6 11 4 3 2 5 10 45 .439 .000 .750 40.0 15.0 3.7 1.3
6 Gheorghe Muresan 25 3 70 4 9 0 0 7 8 2 18 0 0 4 11 6 15 .444 .875 23.3 5.0 6.0 0.0
7 Chris Whitney 25 3 20 2 5 2 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 7 .400 .500 1.000 6.7 2.3 0.7 0.7
8 Tim Legler 30 3 19 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000 .500 6.3 0.3 0.3 0.7
9 Jaren Jackson 29 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 7 0 .000 3.7 0.0 0.7 0.3
10 Harvey Grant 31 3 29 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 5 0 .000 .000 9.7 0.0 1.3 0.0
11 Lorenzo Williams 27 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 0.0 0.0 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 Tracy Murray 25 3 87 28.6 .734 .650 4.7 8.3 6.6 4.5 2.5 1.7 0.0 20.1 162 114 0.6 0.0 0.6
2 Juwan Howard 23 3 129 17.3 .550 .465 10.5 7.4 8.9 7.0 0.8 1.1 5.6 19.5 124 119 0.4 0.0 0.3
3 Rod Strickland 30 3 124 17.6 .489 .433 5.5 12.6 9.2 38.0 1.3 0.0 15.4 26.8 106 116 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 Chris Webber 23 3 106 16.7 .701 .717 9.0 19.2 14.4 17.8 1.0 4.8 32.3 21.8 101 111 0.0 0.1 0.1
5 Calbert Cheaney 25 3 120 11.4 .486 .439 6.8 5.0 5.8 6.0 1.4 1.2 9.8 19.9 104 118 0.1 0.0 0.0
6 Tim Legler 30 3 19 0.0 .174 .000 0.0 6.3 3.4 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 76 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Lorenzo Williams 27 2 5 -3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 124 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Jaren Jackson 29 3 11 -17.3 .000 12.3 10.9 11.6 12.8 0.0 0.0 69.4 12.2 33 119 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Harvey Grant 31 3 29 -2.3 .000 .000 0.0 16.6 8.8 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 4.8 0 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Chris Whitney 25 3 20 1.4 .643 .600 0.0 12.0 6.4 16.4 0.0 0.0 47.9 24.3 72 119 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Gheorghe Muresan 25 3 70 3.8 .599 .444 3.9 27.4 16.4 0.0 0.0 4.1 46.8 15.6 67 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Juwan Howard $9,750,000
2 Chris Webber $8,000,000
3 Harvey Grant $4,111,000
4 Calbert Cheaney $3,200,000
5 Rod Strickland $3,036,000
6 Gheorghe Muresan $2,363,000
7 Tracy Murray $1,700,000
8 Lorenzo Williams $940,000
9 Tim Legler $450,000
10 Chris Whitney $400,000
11 Jaren Jackson $247,500
12 Ben Wallace $247,500
13 Matt Fish $247,500
14 Ashraf Amaya $247,500
15 Gaylon Nickerson $152,900
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)