1996-97 Phoenix Suns Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 40-42, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (0-8), Danny Ainge (40-34)

Executive: Bryan Colangelo

PTS/G: 102.8 (3rd of 29) Opp PTS/G: 102.2 (25th of 29)

SRS: 0.21 (15th of 29) Pace: 93.2 (3rd of 29)

Off Rtg: 109.3 (6th of 29) Def Rtg: 108.6 (20th of 29) Net Rtg: +0.7 (15th of 29)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (15th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +3500, Over-Under 43.0

Arena: America West Arena Attendance: 779,940 (7th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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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	@	LAL	L	82	96	88.9	104.1	92.2	.231	.143	.409	41.4	65.6	11.9	8.9	.368	10.7	27.3	.165	.540	22.2	65.6	.444
2	2	1996-11-02		HOU	L	95	110	104.2	120.6	91.2	.299	.230	.483	34.1	51.4	8.8	7.7	.437	4.8	17.0	.218	.542	15.1	53.7	.226
3	3	1996-11-05		MIN	L	95	98	110.1	113.5	86.3	.321	.123	.514	56.0	70.3	8.1	5.3	.475	13.2	42.2	.222	.569	16.7	76.7	.369
4	4	1996-11-07		SEA	L	98	103	98.6	103.6	99.4	.354	.232	.517	45.2	77.1	8.1	14.9	.451	16.7	28.3	.293	.494	18.3	61.7	.300
5	5	1996-11-09	@	PHI	L	95	112	95.5	112.6	99.5	.410	.205	.485	42.9	70.6	8.0	10.0	.428	15.5	29.5	.289	.576	23.2	60.6	.403
6	6	1996-11-11	@	CHI	L	79	97	87.2	107.1	90.6	.365	.176	.460	48.9	58.6	5.5	3.0	.412	16.5	25.0	.243	.472	10.1	70.0	.133
7	7	1996-11-12	@	MIL	L	89	99	89.7	99.8	89.9	.157	.202	.468	40.0	57.9	7.1	4.7	.449	16.6	20.8	.101	.421	13.9	57.7	.200
8	8	1996-11-14	@	VAN	L	89	92	97.3	100.5	91.5	.232	.232	.492	57.6	67.6	5.5	4.9	.451	19.6	38.5	.183	.455	10.4	73.9	.136
9	9	1996-11-17		LAL	L	88	102	93.2	108.0	94.5	.176	.224	.480	47.5	66.7	12.7	2.2	.447	13.3	23.4	.141	.565	19.2	81.8	.348
10	10	1996-11-20		CHI	L	99	113	98.8	112.8	100.2	.226	.172	.484	48.4	52.5	10.0	0.0	.457	13.5	31.3	.151	.538	14.3	66.0	.152
11	11	1996-11-21	@	HOU	L	105	115	109.7	120.1	95.7	.135	.213	.557	41.6	59.1	11.5	5.9	.539	12.9	23.8	.101	.565	16.2	62.9	.364
12	12	1996-11-24		MIA	L	84	87	92.8	96.1	90.5	.559	.176	.496	41.5	50.0	8.8	12.5	.368	14.2	15.0	.500	.456	18.5	66.7	.175
13	13	1996-11-26	@	DEN	L	108	117	109.4	118.5	98.7	.360	.186	.542	43.9	37.5	14.2	6.2	.506	10.7	23.9	.244	.584	16.9	69.4	.241
14	14	1996-11-27		NJN	W	99	77	105.3	81.9	94.0	.229	.096	.542	51.6	70.0	4.3	5.6	.500	15.7	25.6	.193	.341	10.7	71.2	.193
15	15	1996-11-29	@	SEA	L	92	105	98.0	111.9	93.8	.195	.195	.517	53.5	66.7	5.3	1.7	.470	16.8	29.5	.183	.544	12.2	78.6	.225
16	16	1996-12-04		GSW	W	118	87	121.2	89.4	97.4	.494	.152	.614	56.2	87.8	9.2	5.3	.557	14.3	29.7	.380	.362	11.6	75.0	.276
17	17	1996-12-06	@	SAC	W	101	95	107.1	100.8	94.3	.529	.162	.602	45.7	71.4	8.5	4.2	.559	21.5	25.0	.368	.482	17.1	62.2	.167
18	18	1996-12-08		IND	W	106	93	119.6	104.9	88.6	.438	.274	.609	48.1	67.6	5.6	6.5	.575	13.9	27.5	.301	.467	12.6	69.2	.289
19	19	1996-12-10		SAS	W	93	76	105.8	86.4	87.9	.169	.213	.486	49.4	70.0	17.1	7.5	.472	12.0	34.1	.101	.463	25.2	69.7	.209
20	20	1996-12-12	@	UTA	W	95	87	101.8	93.2	93.3	.361	.250	.569	50.6	54.8	8.6	3.2	.493	18.5	20.0	.333	.480	19.3	80.5	.200
								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	1996-12-13	@	MIN	L	105	108	115.9	119.2	90.6	.266	.203	.595	50.7	47.5	6.6	5.5	.551	19.2	37.1	.228	.528	11.2	62.5	.170
22	22	1996-12-15		VAN	W	103	84	114.3	93.2	90.1	.266	.215	.584	51.3	80.5	13.3	9.2	.563	11.1	23.1	.177	.456	14.7	78.0	.152
23	23	1996-12-16	@	LAC	L	121	122	117.9	118.9	93.0	.446	.163	.550	50.0	45.5	6.8	2.6	.500	9.1	27.7	.315	.571	9.8	74.4	.198
24	24	1996-12-18		WSB	W	114	107	122.0	114.5	93.5	.595	.095	.611	51.2	72.5	4.3	4.1	.554	12.2	31.6	.432	.506	10.8	68.2	.191
25	25	1996-12-21	@	SAS	L	88	101	97.6	112.0	90.2	.198	.185	.500	44.8	48.6	8.9	4.9	.481	12.9	18.2	.123	.500	10.7	72.1	.263
26	26	1996-12-23		DEN	L	109	112	102.8	105.6	96.0	.080	.168	.466	53.6	71.4	3.8	1.5	.469	9.3	31.5	.027	.538	13.0	81.4	.141
27	27	1996-12-25		LAL	L	87	108	91.0	113.0	95.6	.554	.189	.473	42.4	73.1	7.3	4.5	.378	11.5	15.4	.419	.536	10.2	77.5	.214
28	28	1996-12-28	@	VAN	W	103	98	119.1	113.4	86.5	.294	.247	.536	60.5	73.7	9.3	7.0	.476	13.5	47.8	.259	.579	15.8	80.0	.243
29	29	1996-12-30		SAC	W	100	88	112.8	99.3	88.6	.378	.135	.579	45.1	63.2	13.5	1.5	.547	12.2	21.6	.257	.434	14.8	64.4	.193
30	30	1997-01-02	@	CLE	L	94	103	107.1	117.4	87.8	.377	.217	.584	41.9	73.5	9.1	5.6	.522	19.9	27.3	.319	.588	18.6	58.6	.216
31	31	1997-01-03	@	IND	L	104	117	115.0	129.4	90.4	.305	.159	.559	43.8	53.8	7.7	4.1	.518	10.6	25.6	.232	.600	15.4	64.9	.471
32	32	1997-01-05	@	BOS	L	102	109	99.1	105.9	102.9	.316	.145	.589	54.7	48.8	5.8	8.1	.546	23.1	18.8	.250	.476	11.6	81.4	.329
33	33	1997-01-07	@	ATL	L	103	105	103.0	105.0	90.5	.289	.256	.508	46.9	63.2	5.0	6.3	.472	10.6	24.0	.200	.455	12.7	71.7	.284
34	34	1997-01-08	@	WSB	L	113	115	109.0	110.9	93.9	.230	.126	.590	40.0	54.3	9.6	2.4	.557	15.8	15.8	.184	.511	14.9	61.9	.256
35	35	1997-01-10		CHH	W	102	90	110.2	97.3	92.5	.349	.186	.514	55.1	73.0	8.6	4.5	.459	6.6	26.5	.267	.455	12.0	90.0	.244
36	36	1997-01-13	@	DAL	W	105	98	106.8	99.7	98.3	.420	.123	.547	51.2	50.0	12.2	6.9	.481	15.8	32.5	.333	.467	15.4	67.4	.156
37	37	1997-01-14		DEN	W	110	101	113.3	104.0	97.1	.220	.077	.551	53.8	58.7	7.2	4.9	.516	11.5	31.6	.176	.500	14.3	73.8	.135
38	38	1997-01-16	@	UTA	L	91	95	94.8	99.0	96.0	.635	.159	.565	49.4	79.3	8.3	6.1	.484	22.9	20.6	.476	.433	13.1	68.6	.202
39	39	1997-01-18		NYK	W	105	98	114.8	107.1	91.5	.513	.113	.535	50.5	63.6	7.7	1.6	.438	10.9	34.0	.438	.481	14.8	67.4	.247
40	40	1997-01-20		DET	W	89	86	106.1	102.5	83.9	.329	.192	.533	50.6	54.5	8.3	0.0	.486	14.4	26.8	.247	.500	13.8	76.3	.147
								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	1997-01-22		UTA	L	99	111	106.7	119.6	92.8	.370	.233	.583	56.1	68.6	10.8	4.5	.521	18.3	31.3	.315	.581	14.4	79.4	.225
42	42	1997-01-24		POR	L	105	115	110.3	120.8	95.2	.313	.181	.556	47.1	67.4	4.2	4.5	.530	12.9	25.6	.205	.542	9.2	69.0	.301
43	43	1997-01-27	@	MIA	L	97	125	103.8	133.8	93.5	.284	.176	.583	50.8	56.8	9.6	8.9	.568	17.8	17.6	.176	.717	13.4	89.7	.211
44	44	1997-01-29	@	ORL	L	105	112	117.4	125.2	89.5	.184	.218	.558	43.8	57.1	6.7	0.0	.523	9.6	28.9	.161	.550	13.9	60.0	.300
45	45	1997-01-30	@	NJN	L	101	113	110.4	123.5	91.5	.287	.230	.515	50.0	63.2	3.3	14.1	.477	10.1	30.4	.207	.478	6.4	67.3	.315
46	46	1997-02-01	@	TOR	L	86	110	91.5	117.0	94.0	.279	.244	.445	45.7	71.9	5.3	4.9	.407	14.2	29.6	.186	.552	12.8	67.5	.174
47	47	1997-02-02	@	DET	W	106	97	120.0	109.8	88.4	.267	.200	.632	61.3	65.9	13.6	7.3	.633	16.0	42.9	.147	.560	17.7	76.5	.173
48	48	1997-02-05		ATL	W	99	81	112.1	91.8	88.3	.296	.173	.541	55.2	68.4	9.1	12.1	.494	8.9	33.3	.235	.392	13.0	75.6	.136
49	49	1997-02-11	@	POR	L	108	111	117.3	120.6	92.0	.370	.296	.573	45.1	50.0	8.7	1.8	.519	8.7	18.9	.296	.547	10.7	73.5	.405
50	50	1997-02-12		BOS	W	131	100	128.8	98.3	101.7	.439	.122	.669	63.5	68.8	10.8	11.1	.616	13.3	37.8	.366	.411	10.3	83.3	.289
51	51	1997-02-14		LAC	W	110	93	122.7	103.7	89.7	.184	.161	.585	60.8	67.4	11.2	8.1	.557	14.5	50.0	.149	.513	17.8	69.8	.138
52	52	1997-02-16	@	MIN	L	96	107	100.5	112.1	95.5	.357	.190	.494	46.2	58.8	11.5	6.2	.440	11.8	23.9	.262	.558	14.4	78.1	.273
53	53	1997-02-18	@	NYK	L	94	95	107.6	108.8	87.4	.160	.235	.542	45.3	72.2	10.3	4.8	.525	16.4	31.1	.111	.513	16.3	61.0	.177
54	54	1997-02-19	@	CHH	L	115	123	132.9	142.2	86.5	.458	.264	.665	49.2	74.4	4.6	4.9	.590	13.9	38.5	.417	.639	10.4	57.1	.205
55	55	1997-02-21		CLE	W	94	88	111.7	104.6	84.2	.406	.250	.623	50.0	65.7	9.5	3.4	.617	19.3	23.3	.234	.459	14.2	69.0	.288
56	56	1997-02-23		DAL	L	86	88	103.1	105.5	83.4	.148	.235	.498	42.3	79.4	8.4	5.8	.463	12.2	25.6	.136	.469	13.7	59.0	.163
57	57	1997-02-26		PHI	W	111	104	116.1	108.8	95.6	.264	.172	.571	53.2	63.4	9.4	2.8	.517	11.0	33.3	.241	.517	15.7	69.8	.174
58	58	1997-03-02	@	DAL	W	109	108	109.3	108.3	90.3	.386	.301	.561	43.0	57.9	4.0	9.3	.512	11.0	18.6	.289	.460	11.4	64.0	.172
59	59	1997-03-05		POR	L	99	121	98.4	120.3	100.6	.458	.193	.496	55.3	76.5	7.0	3.7	.422	16.7	31.9	.349	.628	14.9	84.2	.295
60	60	1997-03-07		SAC	W	104	87	106.3	88.9	97.8	.357	.179	.535	51.7	71.1	12.3	10.5	.476	11.8	24.4	.286	.460	20.6	75.0	.240
								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	1997-03-09		ORL	W	121	85	132.9	93.4	91.0	.263	.225	.678	56.3	73.9	15.4	5.9	.644	13.6	33.3	.225	.424	14.9	72.3	.140
62	62	1997-03-11		TOR	L	101	105	116.6	121.2	86.6	.225	.303	.516	47.5	78.4	8.1	7.9	.472	9.3	39.1	.191	.484	8.7	54.7	.137
63	63	1997-03-13	@	LAC	W	112	96	120.1	103.0	93.2	.325	.225	.612	48.2	58.5	7.5	11.0	.563	12.4	23.5	.275	.439	10.4	64.7	.102
64	64	1997-03-15		DAL	W	101	76	116.9	87.9	86.4	.308	.308	.570	54.2	66.7	6.9	9.1	.513	11.0	30.8	.269	.401	13.8	75.0	.197
65	65	1997-03-17	@	GSW	W	116	95	125.7	103.0	92.3	.296	.346	.633	50.6	66.7	10.8	3.0	.617	14.1	31.7	.198	.506	14.0	68.2	.175
66	66	1997-03-18		LAC	L	111	121	108.9	118.7	101.9	.414	.253	.540	47.8	51.4	6.9	6.1	.460	14.2	29.4	.356	.576	14.8	71.8	.271
67	67	1997-03-20		SAS	W	113	106	127.0	119.1	89.0	.361	.169	.587	50.7	85.7	9.0	6.3	.542	6.8	27.5	.277	.573	10.2	77.1	.146
68	68	1997-03-22	@	HOU	W	104	99	111.0	105.7	93.7	.159	.256	.593	45.6	78.6	5.3	2.5	.573	13.8	13.5	.122	.459	8.1	67.9	.103
69	69	1997-03-25		MIL	W	117	112	123.6	118.3	94.6	.514	.257	.645	46.3	74.4	8.5	12.2	.568	10.8	18.9	.446	.554	10.8	69.8	.109
70	70	1997-03-26	@	SEA	W	109	107	114.9	112.8	94.9	.387	.413	.621	45.8	71.1	8.4	6.7	.593	16.2	19.4	.267	.549	15.1	72.2	.222
71	71	1997-03-28		GSW	W	122	115	114.8	108.2	96.3	.404	.292	.582	43.8	72.5	10.3	13.9	.506	11.0	19.1	.360	.522	15.6	71.4	.233
72	72	1997-03-30		SEA	W	107	106	112.5	111.5	95.1	.342	.384	.637	41.3	74.4	10.5	3.2	.637	19.2	18.4	.192	.595	20.4	64.9	.152
73	73	1997-04-02		HOU	W	109	96	113.7	100.2	95.8	.259	.271	.576	47.7	66.7	11.5	6.5	.547	7.8	15.0	.188	.500	15.4	75.0	.103
74	74	1997-04-04	@	DEN	W	122	113	134.2	124.3	90.9	.167	.198	.592	40.0	65.3	13.2	9.0	.557	7.2	35.0	.156	.484	14.7	44.0	.221
75	75	1997-04-05	@	POR	W	99	90	106.7	97.0	92.8	.380	.316	.537	44.7	69.7	11.9	9.9	.468	12.4	23.8	.316	.448	16.9	65.1	.138
76	76	1997-04-08		MIN	W	115	107	120.3	112.0	95.6	.457	.259	.591	49.4	67.5	9.4	5.3	.537	10.2	29.3	.346	.472	12.1	67.4	.258
77	77	1997-04-10	@	SAC	W	101	99	103.9	101.8	97.2	.179	.214	.557	46.9	68.2	7.2	6.6	.554	15.0	20.0	.095	.512	16.3	73.2	.183
78	78	1997-04-11	@	LAL	L	98	114	107.4	125.0	91.2	.434	.265	.496	44.9	63.6	3.3	6.6	.446	11.6	36.2	.289	.521	10.3	54.8	.146
79	79	1997-04-13	@	GSW	W	105	97	114.0	105.3	92.1	.301	.349	.559	43.3	66.7	8.7	4.1	.494	7.8	17.9	.277	.450	11.4	62.7	.178
80	80	1997-04-15		UTA	L	122	127	127.8	133.0	95.5	.287	.230	.622	48.6	72.3	8.4	4.6	.592	7.5	26.3	.218	.609	12.0	73.5	.410
								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	@	SAS	W	106	95	117.5	105.3	90.2	.253	.217	.575	42.7	85.7	6.7	7.5	.554	8.0	18.4	.169	.443	10.6	60.8	.093
82	82	1997-04-19		VAN	L	107	121	113.5	128.3	94.3	.237	.290	.521	43.6	65.1	9.5	7.0	.511	6.4	26.7	.129	.655	14.0	66.7	.131

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