1996-97 Washington Bullets Game Log

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Record: 44-38, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jim Lynam (22-24), Bob Staak (0-1), Bernie Bickerstaff (22-13)

Executive: Wes Unseld

PTS/G: 99.4 (10th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 97.7 (18th of 29)

SRS: 1.77 (13th of 29) Pace: 92.4 (6th of 29)

Off Rtg: 106.6 (13th of 29) Def Rtg: 104.9 (13th of 29) Net Rtg: +1.7 (13th of 29)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (13th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +4000, Over-Under 46.5

Arena: US Airways Arena Attendance: 700,646 (12th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01	@	ORL	W	96	92	35	74	.473	4	13	.308	22	30	.733	11	37	25	10	10	16	24	35	91	.385	5	23	.217	17	20	.850	22	48	17	7	3	16	22
2	2	1996-11-02		CLE	L	96	98	36	82	.439	3	8	.375	21	39	.538	13	44	19	4	8	15	24	37	85	.435	2	14	.143	22	26	.846	17	52	13	7	2	17	33
3	3	1996-11-06		SAS	W	96	86	36	83	.434	7	16	.438	17	19	.895	14	52	19	3	3	14	18	33	83	.398	2	15	.133	18	26	.692	14	44	19	10	3	11	16
4	4	1996-11-08		CHH	L	87	102	37	99	.374	4	15	.267	9	18	.500	25	55	22	5	3	7	21	38	76	.500	10	21	.476	16	21	.762	7	42	23	4	4	8	20
5	5	1996-11-09	@	IND	L	100	103	39	88	.443	4	13	.308	18	32	.563	12	42	23	10	6	15	30	39	85	.459	2	11	.182	23	32	.719	14	53	20	7	5	18	30
6	6	1996-11-12		DET	L	79	92	30	79	.380	7	18	.389	12	17	.706	13	41	19	3	1	15	18	33	75	.440	12	24	.500	14	18	.778	11	42	19	8	2	15	20
7	7	1996-11-13	@	NJN	W	106	91	42	82	.512	3	12	.250	19	26	.731	13	39	22	16	8	20	23	36	89	.404	2	10	.200	17	23	.739	28	58	17	5	10	31	24
8	8	1996-11-15	@	DET	L	84	95	34	72	.472	8	19	.421	8	10	.800	9	30	23	6	3	16	17	38	68	.559	5	10	.500	14	15	.933	6	30	18	5	0	12	19
9	9	1996-11-16		BOS	W	106	92	44	85	.518	3	13	.231	15	21	.714	10	42	25	3	5	9	19	39	88	.443	3	14	.214	11	17	.647	10	41	24	5	2	11	21
10	10	1996-11-20		SEA	L	110	115	41	106	.387	11	30	.367	17	25	.680	23	58	24	7	13	20	29	39	89	.438	8	21	.381	29	37	.784	11	49	22	12	7	21	28
11	11	1996-11-22		PHI	W	88	76	36	81	.444	3	15	.200	13	21	.619	14	45	17	13	9	23	21	31	82	.378	2	17	.118	12	17	.706	16	48	12	12	4	26	19
12	12	1996-11-23	@	MIL	W	95	90	37	83	.446	1	9	.111	20	30	.667	12	41	20	12	5	8	19	37	82	.451	3	8	.375	13	19	.684	13	45	13	1	2	17	24
13	13	1996-11-25		MIN	W	105	98	38	81	.469	5	11	.455	24	33	.727	7	40	27	7	5	13	22	36	86	.419	8	19	.421	18	23	.783	16	49	15	3	7	21	29
14	14	1996-11-29	@	ATL	L	81	110	31	79	.392	6	16	.375	13	17	.765	13	36	15	9	6	24	17	42	82	.512	12	22	.545	14	18	.778	13	44	20	14	7	17	20
15	15	1996-11-30		HOU	L	99	103	43	84	.512	5	18	.278	8	13	.615	5	28	25	6	4	9	14	43	75	.573	5	16	.313	12	14	.857	5	39	22	8	1	17	16
16	16	1996-12-05	@	TOR	L	80	82	32	76	.421	7	21	.333	9	14	.643	9	35	24	9	7	17	21	30	83	.361	8	30	.267	14	18	.778	19	50	21	8	4	18	17
17	17	1996-12-07		MIL	L	118	126	46	85	.541	6	10	.600	20	28	.714	11	30	28	11	5	11	25	47	84	.560	3	12	.250	29	33	.879	17	46	25	6	5	18	22
18	18	1996-12-10	@	NYK	L	73	85	27	72	.375	4	13	.308	15	29	.517	9	41	16	14	6	21	16	36	90	.400	6	14	.429	7	9	.778	17	56	23	10	4	19	23
19	19	1996-12-11		CLE	W	106	95	41	73	.562	6	10	.600	18	29	.621	10	33	22	13	4	16	19	34	65	.523	12	19	.632	15	20	.750	8	29	18	6	5	20	24
20	20	1996-12-13		DEN	W	108	104	45	87	.517	5	9	.556	13	19	.684	12	39	27	11	5	10	21	40	83	.482	13	28	.464	11	15	.733	11	38	31	4	5	15	16
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-15	@	GSW	W	110	102	41	76	.539	7	19	.368	21	29	.724	10	37	35	17	9	18	25	36	74	.486	9	18	.500	21	31	.677	10	32	17	9	3	24	26
22	22	1996-12-16	@	SAC	W	97	89	39	78	.500	3	10	.300	16	21	.762	12	40	21	9	5	20	21	37	84	.440	1	5	.200	14	22	.636	16	42	22	9	5	15	17
23	23	1996-12-18	@	PHO	L	107	114	42	89	.472	6	16	.375	17	22	.773	14	40	28	8	5	12	34	40	74	.541	2	7	.286	32	44	.727	12	42	29	4	3	13	22
24	24	1996-12-19	@	LAC	W	102	93	42	74	.568	2	9	.222	16	22	.727	6	42	25	10	2	22	26	37	84	.440	4	14	.286	15	21	.714	13	39	15	16	2	21	20
25	25	1996-12-22	@	VAN	L	87	91	34	77	.442	3	11	.273	16	22	.727	11	37	25	10	7	11	20	34	79	.430	7	13	.538	16	23	.696	16	48	27	7	4	14	19
26	26	1996-12-23	@	POR	W	106	84	43	82	.524	5	11	.455	15	19	.789	13	46	24	11	3	16	23	34	83	.410	5	17	.294	11	23	.478	14	33	25	8	5	14	20
27	27	1996-12-27		TOR	W	100	82	40	83	.482	2	10	.200	18	29	.621	12	43	27	10	4	12	20	30	71	.423	8	26	.308	14	20	.700	8	43	10	3	2	19	24
28	28	1996-12-28		ATL	W	97	86	41	91	.451	2	7	.286	13	19	.684	19	50	29	11	4	12	19	32	75	.427	8	24	.333	14	20	.700	10	38	19	8	4	18	22
29	29	1996-12-30		CHH	L	92	101	35	86	.407	2	10	.200	20	25	.800	19	50	24	7	6	15	23	37	79	.468	6	16	.375	21	23	.913	5	36	25	5	6	12	20
30	30	1997-01-02		NYK	L	80	92	27	80	.338	2	13	.154	24	32	.750	14	42	18	8	5	20	30	33	80	.413	3	10	.300	23	27	.852	15	52	17	8	9	23	28
31	31	1997-01-04	@	CHH	W	104	93	44	81	.543	4	11	.364	12	19	.632	11	41	23	8	3	14	23	32	76	.421	7	13	.538	22	23	.957	11	36	27	6	2	17	17
32	32	1997-01-08		PHO	W	115	113	45	90	.500	2	6	.333	23	29	.793	16	48	27	10	2	18	19	46	87	.529	5	11	.455	16	20	.800	6	32	25	10	2	18	27
33	33	1997-01-10		LAC	W	102	98	43	80	.538	2	8	.250	14	28	.500	13	51	20	12	8	23	18	37	87	.425	9	20	.450	15	21	.714	11	33	21	19	1	17	23
34	34	1997-01-11	@	CLE	W	98	85	41	74	.554	4	8	.500	12	16	.750	10	40	28	9	4	17	26	30	75	.400	8	17	.471	17	24	.708	14	32	18	8	3	18	18
35	35	1997-01-13	@	MIA	L	95	98	38	82	.463	4	13	.308	15	24	.625	8	38	21	8	5	15	23	35	81	.432	9	18	.500	19	26	.731	11	42	23	6	2	16	22
36	36	1997-01-14	@	CHI	L	107	108	43	75	.573	5	12	.417	16	18	.889	8	34	22	6	2	15	24	38	88	.432	8	20	.400	24	28	.857	19	40	23	11	1	10	19
37	37	1997-01-17		MIA	L	92	103	40	79	.506	2	6	.333	10	13	.769	11	38	22	6	8	22	23	39	82	.476	8	17	.471	17	24	.708	11	36	21	11	6	13	15
38	38	1997-01-18	@	BOS	W	112	106	43	83	.518	6	9	.667	20	26	.769	10	47	30	8	2	22	22	45	91	.495	1	10	.100	15	21	.714	10	39	32	15	5	15	23
39	39	1997-01-20	@	NYK	L	79	95	25	62	.403	4	14	.286	25	37	.676	5	37	12	5	1	17	16	40	90	.444	5	10	.500	10	13	.769	16	46	20	12	2	12	30
40	40	1997-01-21	@	ORL	L	88	93	39	82	.476	2	9	.222	8	15	.533	10	39	24	10	12	16	25	33	82	.402	5	14	.357	22	28	.786	18	49	13	10	7	15	15
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-24	@	ATL	L	105	117	47	96	.490	3	11	.273	8	11	.727	11	41	24	5	3	7	16	43	89	.483	15	30	.500	16	16	1.000	11	45	25	3	9	11	13
42	42	1997-01-25		SAC	W	113	105	43	85	.506	3	11	.273	24	34	.706	13	41	26	10	7	13	20	43	91	.473	5	8	.625	14	18	.778	14	41	19	8	2	17	26
43	43	1997-01-28		ORL	W	102	82	43	83	.518	1	5	.200	15	18	.833	11	53	25	11	2	16	13	33	81	.407	6	24	.250	10	18	.556	9	37	17	12	1	17	16
44	44	1997-01-31	@	SEA	L	95	97	33	78	.423	7	18	.389	22	27	.815	15	43	21	9	5	19	22	37	85	.435	5	21	.238	18	25	.720	15	43	24	12	5	13	17
45	45	1997-02-02	@	LAL	L	99	129	42	92	.457	4	16	.250	11	20	.550	11	38	32	8	3	14	24	48	91	.527	5	12	.417	28	36	.778	14	55	22	11	7	14	19
46	46	1997-02-03	@	UTA	L	89	111	34	83	.410	3	19	.158	18	28	.643	15	36	22	9	5	17	27	39	68	.574	3	10	.300	30	38	.789	8	42	28	10	7	18	24
47	47	1997-02-05	@	DEN	L	104	106	42	92	.457	9	20	.450	11	18	.611	13	42	22	8	4	17	22	40	85	.471	6	17	.353	20	22	.909	12	44	25	12	6	17	17
48	48	1997-02-11		NYK	L	92	97	35	77	.455	3	13	.231	19	28	.679	13	39	18	7	4	19	23	36	74	.486	5	15	.333	20	30	.667	8	33	22	12	4	15	24
49	49	1997-02-14		NJN	W	125	107	44	82	.537	3	8	.375	34	40	.850	12	39	21	10	2	16	33	36	72	.500	6	15	.400	29	36	.806	5	27	12	6	4	17	33
50	50	1997-02-15	@	NJN	L	86	107	34	81	.420	4	13	.308	14	17	.824	11	36	21	7	7	18	25	40	88	.455	6	15	.400	21	31	.677	20	52	18	11	7	11	19
51	51	1997-02-17		MIL	W	95	93	35	72	.486	4	10	.400	21	28	.750	7	42	20	6	6	9	17	37	81	.457	5	10	.500	14	21	.667	10	40	21	6	5	7	19
52	52	1997-02-19	@	DET	L	85	100	38	83	.458	4	11	.364	5	7	.714	14	42	26	3	2	10	23	34	71	.479	9	22	.409	23	34	.676	10	35	18	6	5	7	15
53	53	1997-02-21		CHI	L	99	103	41	78	.526	0	7	.000	17	26	.654	10	36	16	5	2	13	25	39	74	.527	8	13	.615	17	25	.680	11	39	21	8	1	15	19
54	54	1997-02-23		DET	L	79	85	33	74	.446	6	13	.462	7	13	.538	5	37	21	8	7	13	21	31	71	.437	7	17	.412	16	22	.727	5	39	18	6	4	11	17
55	55	1997-02-25		IND	W	108	87	41	78	.526	4	10	.400	22	27	.815	13	44	29	8	4	20	23	32	74	.432	3	7	.429	20	25	.800	9	34	19	4	4	22	25
56	56	1997-02-27		LAL	L	107	122	39	82	.476	3	11	.273	26	30	.867	11	37	25	6	6	17	23	47	86	.547	7	17	.412	21	26	.808	7	33	22	9	5	10	22
57	57	1997-03-01		GSW	W	118	108	43	80	.538	5	14	.357	27	39	.692	16	42	28	9	6	17	32	34	80	.425	8	19	.421	32	41	.780	12	31	16	7	0	20	29
58	58	1997-03-04	@	PHI	W	107	106	39	91	.429	3	5	.600	26	30	.867	21	51	24	10	7	10	27	39	88	.443	5	13	.385	23	31	.742	18	48	26	5	6	14	21
59	59	1997-03-06	@	MIA	W	99	95	39	81	.481	6	17	.353	15	23	.652	12	52	24	7	5	14	24	33	82	.402	9	23	.391	20	25	.800	9	41	22	8	5	12	23
60	60	1997-03-07		MIA	L	105	108	40	90	.444	1	11	.091	24	35	.686	20	47	13	9	1	16	25	36	76	.474	10	24	.417	26	30	.867	13	46	20	9	2	23	31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-09		PHI	L	93	99	40	81	.494	3	9	.333	10	19	.526	11	38	14	12	3	18	26	34	81	.420	1	9	.111	30	38	.789	19	47	9	12	4	15	14
62	62	1997-03-12		VAN	W	104	82	43	81	.531	5	11	.455	13	18	.722	15	44	24	9	4	13	18	33	79	.418	2	15	.133	14	16	.875	13	34	12	3	2	13	19
63	63	1997-03-14	@	MIL	W	105	96	37	70	.529	4	12	.333	27	37	.730	12	42	21	13	6	20	21	37	79	.468	7	16	.438	15	22	.682	10	31	23	12	2	16	28
64	64	1997-03-15		UTA	L	93	100	38	73	.521	3	12	.250	14	21	.667	8	30	18	5	4	13	27	33	67	.493	5	13	.385	29	39	.744	7	34	19	5	1	15	24
65	65	1997-03-17	@	SAS	W	109	85	43	72	.597	9	14	.643	14	19	.737	7	37	30	11	6	23	15	33	79	.418	8	19	.421	11	14	.786	12	33	23	14	8	24	19
66	66	1997-03-18	@	DAL	W	86	85	33	78	.423	3	9	.333	17	21	.810	13	46	17	10	7	23	24	31	77	.403	4	10	.400	19	22	.864	9	39	16	11	10	18	22
67	67	1997-03-20	@	HOU	L	90	96	39	86	.453	2	12	.167	10	13	.769	16	42	25	13	5	19	16	37	78	.474	10	18	.556	12	17	.706	11	40	27	10	1	21	16
68	68	1997-03-22		POR	W	108	104	36	74	.486	4	9	.444	32	44	.727	9	42	24	8	1	12	32	35	76	.461	2	14	.143	32	42	.762	12	48	17	5	2	17	30
69	69	1997-03-26		BOS	W	105	92	43	83	.518	6	15	.400	13	23	.565	13	44	31	9	6	15	20	36	80	.450	6	19	.316	14	23	.609	14	41	23	4	3	15	23
70	70	1997-03-28		TOR	W	113	86	45	82	.549	6	16	.375	17	22	.773	12	44	28	10	7	19	17	35	81	.432	5	16	.313	11	19	.579	14	37	12	10	4	22	19
71	71	1997-03-29		DAL	W	94	87	37	83	.446	2	5	.400	18	28	.643	22	54	23	6	5	14	17	36	84	.429	5	17	.294	10	11	.909	11	33	22	7	8	9	19
72	72	1997-04-01	@	IND	W	104	100	38	72	.528	6	10	.600	22	33	.667	14	40	23	11	3	15	27	38	75	.507	4	11	.364	20	34	.588	14	39	21	9	3	13	27
73	73	1997-04-03		CHI	W	110	102	44	87	.506	4	10	.400	18	25	.720	17	46	27	7	4	12	17	43	83	.518	4	13	.308	12	16	.750	7	29	27	6	2	11	20
74	74	1997-04-04	@	MIN	L	95	97	36	69	.522	3	12	.250	20	27	.741	11	40	21	7	5	16	28	34	73	.466	3	11	.273	26	33	.788	11	32	25	8	4	11	25
75	75	1997-04-06	@	BOS	W	120	114	52	93	.559	3	14	.214	13	19	.684	15	49	35	7	8	15	17	41	82	.500	11	22	.500	21	27	.778	9	36	19	11	2	14	18
76	76	1997-04-08	@	TOR	L	94	100	39	81	.481	6	18	.333	10	17	.588	9	40	33	6	7	17	25	35	81	.432	7	20	.350	23	32	.719	15	42	29	9	6	16	17
77	77	1997-04-11		NJN	W	109	90	47	86	.547	2	12	.167	13	18	.722	6	39	27	12	5	9	18	36	100	.360	5	17	.294	13	22	.591	28	60	15	5	7	16	17
78	78	1997-04-12	@	CHH	L	97	99	41	85	.482	3	10	.300	12	17	.706	14	41	27	10	3	12	18	37	82	.451	7	17	.412	18	21	.857	13	39	18	5	9	14	18
79	79	1997-04-14	@	PHI	W	131	110	54	98	.551	3	15	.200	20	23	.870	16	53	30	14	4	15	24	42	91	.462	8	23	.348	18	33	.545	16	45	22	8	2	18	20
80	80	1997-04-16		IND	W	103	90	35	75	.467	2	12	.167	31	36	.861	6	36	22	9	2	7	23	36	83	.434	4	13	.308	14	24	.583	13	43	17	6	0	14	28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18		ORL	W	104	93	35	81	.432	2	8	.250	32	41	.780	16	51	18	10	1	10	20	30	80	.375	9	25	.360	24	28	.857	11	42	17	6	3	14	27
82	82	1997-04-20	@	CLE	W	85	81	33	75	.440	3	12	.250	16	24	.667	17	46	18	3	5	11	22	34	76	.447	1	9	.111	12	18	.667	12	36	22	8	6	8	20

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