NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1996–97 NBA season was the 76ers 48th season in the National Basketball Association , and 34th season in Philadelphia .[ 1] This season is most memorable when the 76ers won the Draft Lottery,[ 2] [ 3] and selected point guard Allen Iverson out of Georgetown University with the first overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] After two seasons at Georgetown, Iverson quickly established himself as one of the premier point guards in the NBA. During the off-season, the Sixers signed free agents Don MacLean ,[ 9] Mark Davis ,[ 10] Lucious Harris ,[ 11] and Michael Cage .[ 12] [ 13] Under new head coach Johnny Davis ,[ 14] [ 15] the Sixers played around .500 in November with a 7–8 start to the season. However, they struggled and lost 23 of their next 24 games, including 10 and 13-game losing streaks posted respectively, and held a 12–34 record at the All-Star break.[ 16] The Sixers lost ten of their final eleven games, and finished sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 22–60 record.[ 17]
Iverson had a successful rookie season, scoring 30 points in his NBA debut in a 111–103 home loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on November 1, 1996,[ 18] [ 19] [ 20] and finishing the season averaging 23.5 points, 7.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game. He was named Rookie of the Year , and was a member of the NBA All-Rookie First Team,[ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] while also winning the MVP award in the Rookie Game during the All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio .[ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] Iverson also set a rookie record of scoring 40 or more points in five consecutive games in April, plus scoring a season-high of 50 points in a road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 12, 1997, despite the Sixers losing all five of those games.[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
In addition, second-year star Jerry Stackhouse finished second on the team in scoring averaging 20.7 points per game, while Derrick Coleman averaged 18.1 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, but only played 57 games due to a finger injury,[ 34] [ 35] [ 36] and Clarence Weatherspoon provided the team with 12.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. Off the bench, MacLean contributed 10.9 points per game, but only played just 37 games due to a hip injury,[ 37] while Davis provided with 8.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, and starting center Scott Williams averaged 5.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.[ 38]
The team also moved into the new 20,000 plus seat CoreStates Center (now the Wells Fargo Center), after calling The Spectrum home from 1967 to 1996. Davis and General Manager Brad Greenberg were both fired after Iverson's first season with the club.[ 39] [ 40] Following the season, MacLean, Harris and Cage were all traded to the New Jersey Nets .[ 41] [ 42] [ 43]
1996–97 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
C
50
Bradtke, Mark
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
265 lb (120 kg)
––
Australia
C
4
Cage, Michael
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
224 lb (102 kg)
––
San Diego State
F
45
Caldwell, Adrian
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
265 lb (120 kg)
––
Lamar
F
44
Coleman, Derrick
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
––
Syracuse
F
7
Davis, Mark
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
––
Texas Tech
G
30
Harris, Lucious
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
––
Long Beach State
F
14
Hendrickson, Mark
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
––
Washington State
G
3
Iverson, Allen
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
––
Georgetown
G
20
King, Frankie
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
––
Western Carolina
F
25
MacLean, Don
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
––
UCLA
G
9
Overton, Doug
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
––
La Salle
G
42
Stackhouse, Jerry
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
218 lb (99 kg)
––
North Carolina
G
23
Walters, Rex
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
––
Kansas
F
35
Weatherspoon, Clarence
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
––
Southern Miss
C
55
Williams, Scott
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
––
North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Record vs. opponents [ edit ]
1996-97 NBA Records
Team
ATL
BOS
CHA
CHI
CLE
DAL
DEN
DET
GSW
HOU
IND
LAC
LAL
MIA
MIL
MIN
NJN
NYK
ORL
PHI
PHO
POR
SAC
SAS
SEA
TOR
UTA
VAN
WAS
Atlanta
—
3–1
1–3
1–3
3–1
2–0
1–1
1–3
2–0
1–1
3–1
2–0
1–1
1–2
4–0
2–0
3–1
1–3
3–1
4–0
1–1
2–0
2–0
2–0
1–1
4–0
1–1
2–0
2–1
Boston
1–3
—
0–4
0–4
1–2
1–1
1–1
0–4
1–1
0–2
1–2
0–2
1–1
0–4
1–3
0–2
0–4
0–4
0–4
1–3
1–1
1–1
0–2
1–1
0–2
3–1
0–2
0–2
0–4
Charlotte
3–1
4–0
—
0–4
3–1
1–1
2–0
2–2
2–0
2–0
2–2
1–1
1–1
1–2
2–2
2–0
4–0
3–1
1–2
4–0
1–1
0–2
2–0
2–0
2–0
2–2
0–2
2–0
3–1
Chicago
3–1
4–0
4–0
—
3–1
2–0
2–0
3–1
2–0
1–1
4–0
2–0
1–1
2–2
4–0
2–0
3–1
2–2
3–0
4–0
2–0
2–0
2–0
2–0
2–0
3–1
1–1
2–0
2–1
Cleveland
1–3
2–1
1–3
1–3
—
2–0
1–1
2–2
1–1
0–2
3–1
2–0
1–1
0–4
2–2
2–0
4–0
1–3
2–2
3–0
1–1
1–1
2–0
0–2
0–2
3–1
1–1
2–0
1–3
Dallas
0–2
1–1
1–1
0–2
0–2
—
3–1
0–2
0–4
0–4
1–1
2–2
0–4
0–2
0–2
1–3
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
1–3
1–3
2–2
1–3
1–3
0–2
1–3
3–1
0–2
Denver
1–1
1–1
0–2
0–2
1–1
1–3
—
0–2
1–3
1–3
0–2
1–3
0–4
0–2
1–1
0–4
1–1
0–2
0–2
1–1
2–2
0–4
2–2
2–2
0–4
1–1
0–4
3–1
1–1
Detroit
3–1
4–0
2–2
1–3
2–2
2–0
2–0
—
2–0
1–1
3–1
2–0
1–1
0–4
3–1
2–0
4–0
1–2
2–2
2–1
0–2
1–1
1–1
2–0
1–1
3–1
1–1
2–0
4–0
Golden State
0–2
1–1
0–2
0–2
1–1
4–0
3–1
0–2
—
0–4
1–1
1–3
0–4
0–2
1–1
1–3
2–0
0–2
1–1
2–0
0–4
2–2
1–3
4–0
0–4
2–0
0–4
3–1
0–2
Houston
1–1
2–0
0–2
1–1
2–0
4–0
3–1
1–1
4–0
—
1–1
3–1
3–1
0–2
1–1
4–0
2–0
1–1
0–2
2–0
2–2
2–2
4–0
3–1
3–1
1–1
2–2
3–1
2–0
Indiana
1–3
2–1
2–2
0–4
1–3
1–1
2–0
1–3
1–1
1–1
—
2–0
1–1
1–3
2–2
2–0
2–2
1–3
1–3
3–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
4–0
0–2
2–0
1–3
L.A. Clippers
0–2
2–0
1–1
0–2
0–2
2–2
3–1
0–2
3–1
1–3
0–2
—
2–2
0–2
2–0
1–3
1–1
0–2
1–1
1–1
2–2
0–4
2–2
4–0
1–3
2–0
1–3
4–0
0–2
L.A. Lakers
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
4–0
4–0
1–1
4–0
1–3
1–1
2–2
—
1–1
2–0
3–1
2–0
1–1
1–1
2–0
4–0
1–3
4–0
2–2
3–1
1–1
1–3
4–0
2–0
Miami
2–1
4–0
2–1
2–2
4–0
2–0
2–0
4–0
2–0
2–0
3–1
2–0
1–1
—
4–0
1–1
3–1
1–3
2–2
3–1
2–0
1–1
2–0
2–0
0–2
3–1
0–2
2–0
3–1
Milwaukee
0–4
3–1
2–2
0–4
2–2
2–0
1–1
1–3
1–1
1–1
2–2
0–2
0–2
0–4
—
0–2
2–1
1–2
2–2
3–1
1–1
0–2
0–2
1–1
1–1
3–1
1–1
2–0
1–3
Minnesota
0–2
2–0
0–2
0–2
0–2
3–1
4–0
0–2
3–1
0–4
0–2
3–1
1–3
1–1
2–0
—
2–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
3–1
2–2
0–4
4–0
0–4
1–1
1–3
4–0
1–1
New Jersey
1–3
4–0
0–4
1–3
0–4
1–1
1–1
0–4
0–2
0–2
2–2
1–1
0–2
1–3
1–2
0–2
—
2–2
1–3
2–2
1–1
0–2
1–1
2–0
1–1
0–3
0–2
2–0
1–3
New York
3–1
4–0
1–3
2–2
3–1
1–1
2–0
2–1
2–0
1–1
3–1
2–0
1–1
3–1
2–1
1–1
2–2
—
3–1
3–2
1–1
1–1
2–0
2–0
0–2
3–0
1–1
2–0
4–0
Orlando
1–3
4–0
2–1
0–3
2–2
1–1
2–0
2–2
1–1
2–0
3–1
1–1
1–1
2–2
2–2
1–1
3–1
1–3
—
2–2
1–1
2–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
4–0
0–2
1–1
1–3
Philadelphia
0–4
3–1
0–4
0–4
0–3
0–2
1–1
1–2
0–2
0–2
0–3
1–1
0–2
1–3
1–3
1–1
2–2
2–3
2–2
—
1–1
1–1
0–2
1–1
0–2
1–3
0–2
2–0
1–3
Phoenix
1–1
1–1
1–1
0–2
1–1
3–1
2–2
2–0
4–0
2–2
1–1
2–2
0–4
0–2
1–1
1–3
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
—
1–3
4–0
3–1
2–2
0–2
1–3
2–2
1–1
Portland
0–2
1–1
2–0
0–2
1–1
3–1
4–0
1–1
2–2
2–2
1–1
4–0
3–1
1–1
2–0
2–2
2–0
1–1
0–2
1–1
3–1
—
2–2
4–0
1–3
0–2
2–2
4–0
0–2
Sacramento
0–2
2–0
0–2
0–2
0–2
2–2
2–2
1–1
3–1
0–4
1–1
2–2
0–4
0–2
2–0
4–0
1–1
0–2
1–1
2–0
0–4
2–2
—
3–1
1–3
1–1
0–4
4–0
0–2
San Antonio
0–2
1–1
0–2
0–2
2–0
3–1
2–2
0–2
0–4
1–3
1–1
0–4
2–2
0–2
1–1
0–4
0–2
0–2
1–1
1–1
1–3
0–4
1–3
—
0–4
1–1
1–3
1–3
0–2
Seattle
1–1
2–0
0–2
0–2
2–0
3–1
4–0
1–1
4–0
1–3
1–1
3–1
1–3
2–0
1–1
4–0
1–1
2–0
1–1
2–0
2–2
3–1
3–1
4–0
—
2–0
1–3
4–0
2–0
Toronto
0–4
1–3
2–2
1–3
1–3
2–0
1–1
1–3
0–2
1–1
0–4
0–2
1–1
1–3
1–3
1–1
3–0
0–3
0–4
3–1
2–0
2–0
1–1
1–1
0–2
—
1–1
1–1
2–2
Utah
1–1
2–0
2–0
1–1
1–1
3–1
4–0
1–1
4–0
2–2
2–0
3–1
3–1
2–0
1–1
3–1
2–0
1–1
2–0
2–0
3–1
2–2
4–0
3–1
3–1
1–1
—
4–0
2–0
Vancouver
0–2
2–0
0–2
0–2
0–2
1–3
1–3
0–2
1–3
1–3
0–2
0–4
0–4
0–2
0–2
0–4
0–2
0–2
1–1
0–2
2–2
0–4
0–4
3–1
0–4
1–1
0–4
—
1–1
Washington
1–2
4–0
1–3
1–2
3–1
2–0
1–1
0–4
2–0
0–2
3–1
2–0
0–2
1–3
3–1
1–1
3–1
0–4
3–1
3–1
1–1
2–0
2–0
2–0
0–2
2–2
0–2
1–1
—
Game
Date
Opponent
Result
76ers points
Opponent points
Record
Streak
OT
1
November 1
Milwaukee
Loss
103
111
0-1
Lost 1
2
November 2
@ Chicago
Loss
86
115
0-2
Lost 2
3
November 5
Detroit
Loss
81
83
0-3
Lost 3
4
November 8
@ Boston
Win
115
105
1-3
Won 1
5
November 9
Phoenix
Win
112
95
2-3
Won 2
6
November 12
@ New York
Win
101
97
3-3
Won 3
7
November 13
@ Toronto
Loss
98
110
3-4
Lost 1
8
November 15
Cleveland
Loss
89
105
3-5
Lost 2
9
November 16
@ Miami
Win
91
89
4-5
Won 1
10
November 20
Indiana
Loss
92
103
4-6
Lost 1
11
November 22
@ Washington
Loss
76
88
4-7
Lost 2
12
November 23
New York
Win
109
92
5-7
Won 1
13
November 26
LA Lakers
Loss
88
100
5-8
Lost 1
14
November 29
Orlando
Win
100
91
6-8
Won 1
15
November 30
Vancouver
Win
96
90
7-8
Won 2
16
December 4
@ San Antonio
Loss
103
113
7-9
Lost 1
17
December 5
@ Dallas
Loss
102
106
7-10
Lost 2
18
December 7
@ Houston
Loss
108
123
7-11
Lost 3
19
December 9
Seattle
Loss
94
118
7-12
Lost 4
20
December 11
Miami
Loss
79
84
7-13
Lost 5
21
December 13
@ Charlotte
Loss
75
84
7-14
Lost 6
22
December 14
@ Atlanta
Loss
81
106
7-15
Lost 7
23
December 17
Charlotte
Loss
84
93
7-16
Lost 8
24
December 20
New York
Loss
103
110
7-17
Lost 9
25
December 21
Chicago
Loss
105
111
7-18
Lost 10
26
December 26
@ Denver
Win
118
89
8-18
Won 1
27
December 28
@ Utah
Loss
84
110
8-19
Lost 1
28
December 29
@ LA Lakers
Loss
102
115
8-20
Lost 2
29
January 2
@ Seattle
Loss
82
96
8-21
Lost 3
30
January 3
@ Golden State
Loss
114
122
8-22
Lost 4
OT
31
January 5
@ Sacramento
Loss
106
107
8-23
Lost 5
32
January 7
@ Orlando
Loss
88
109
8-24
Lost 6
33
January 8
Dallas
Loss
93
111
8-25
Lost 7
34
January 10
Houston
Loss
99
120
8-26
Lost 8
35
January 13
Utah
Loss
96
97
8-27
Lost 9
OT
36
January 15
Golden State
Loss
111
128
8-28
Lost 10
37
January 17
New Jersey
Loss
103
105
8-29
Lost 11
OT
38
January 19
@ Indiana
Loss
107
111
8-30
Lost 12
39
January 20
Milwaukee
Loss
104
114
8-31
Lost 13
40
January 22
@ Boston
Win
127
125
9-31
Won 1
OT
41
January 24
Sacramento
Loss
92
107
9-32
Lost 1
42
January 25
@ Detroit
Loss
95
104
9-33
Lost 2
43
January 29
Toronto
Win
101
99
10-33
Won 1
44
January 31
Orlando
Loss
99
109
10-34
Lost 1
45
February 1
@ Milwaukee
Win
109
100
11-34
Won 1
46
February 5
San Antonio
Win
113
97
12-34
Won 2
47
February 11
@ Cleveland
Loss
94
105
12-35
Lost 1
48
February 13
@ New York
Loss
92
107
12-36
Lost 2
49
February 15
@ Miami
Loss
99
125
12-37
Lost 3
50
February 16
Denver
Loss
97
112
12-38
Lost 4
51
February 18
Miami
Loss
83
111
12-39
Lost 5
52
February 20
LA Clippers
Win
101
84
13-39
Won 1
53
February 22
Portland
Win
97
80
14-39
Won 2
54
February 25
@ LA Clippers
Loss
93
98
14-40
Lost 1
55
February 26
@ Phoenix
Loss
104
111
14-41
Lost 2
56
February 28
@ Vancouver
Win
104
100
15-41
Won 1
57
March 2
@ Portland
Loss
95
112
15-42
Lost 1
58
March 4
Washington
Loss
106
107
15-43
Lost 2
59
March 6
Atlanta
Loss
104
117
15-44
Lost 3
60
March 9
@ Washington
Win
99
93
16-44
Won 1
61
March 11
@ Minnesota
Loss
100
104
16-45
Lost 1
62
March 12
Chicago
Loss
104
108
16-46
Lost 2
63
March 14
Minnesota
Win
109
95
17-46
Won 1
64
March 15
Charlotte
Loss
99
107
17-47
Lost 1
65
March 18
@ Toronto
Loss
105
117
17-48
Lost 2
66
March 19
New York
Loss
100
111
17-49
Lost 3
67
March 21
New Jersey
Win
112
110
18-49
Won 1
68
March 26
@ New Jersey
Loss
105
123
18-50
Lost 1
69
March 28
Boston
Win
113
105
19-50
Won 1
70
March 30
@ Detroit
Win
96
92
20-50
Won 2
71
April 1
@ Orlando
Win
105
93
21-50
Won 3
72
April 2
Toronto
Loss
90
112
21-51
Lost 1
73
April 4
Indiana
Loss
103
114
21-52
Lost 2
74
April 5
@ Charlotte
Loss
113
115
21-53
Lost 3
75
April 7
@ Chicago
Loss
102
128
21-54
Lost 4
76
April 9
Atlanta
Loss
101
116
21-55
Lost 5
77
April 11
@ Milwaukee
Loss
118
126
21-56
Lost 6
78
April 12
@ Cleveland
Loss
118
125
21-57
Lost 7
79
April 14
Washington
Loss
110
131
21-58
Lost 8
80
April 16
@ New Jersey
Win
113
105
22-58
Won 1
81
April 18
Boston
Loss
113
119
22-59
Lost 1
82
April 19
@ Atlanta
Loss
104
136
22-60
Lost 2
Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
Player
GP
REB
AST
STL
BLK
PTS
AVG
Allen Iverson
76
312
567
157
24
1787
23.5
Jerry Stackhouse
81
338
253
93
63
1679
20.7
Derrick Coleman
57
573
193
50
75
1032
18.1
Clarence Weatherspoon
82
679
140
74
86
1003
12.2
Mark Davis
75
323
135
85
31
639
8.5
Don McLean
37
140
37
12
10
402
10.9
Rex Walters
59
107
113
28
3
402
6.8
Scott Williams
62
397
41
44
41
362
5.8
Lucious Harris
54
71
50
41
3
293
5.4
Doug Overton
61
68
101
24
0
217
3.6
Michael Cage
82
320
43
48
42
151
1.8
Mark Hendrickson
29
92
3
10
4
85
2.9
Adrian Caldwell
27
111
7
8
7
72
2.7
Mark Bradtke
36
68
7
5
5
59
1.6
Frankie King
7
14
5
4
0
20
2.9
Joe Courtney
4
9
0
0
0
12
3.0
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