W|L 38-39
101 - 99
W|L 31-46
Attendance: 17,317
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0
Dec. 06 1996PHO@SAC101 - 95
Dec. 30 1996SAC@PHO88 - 100
Mar. 07 1997SAC@PHO87 - 104
Apr. 10 1997PHO@SAC101 - 99
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Johnson | 36.0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2. | Jason Kidd | 33.5 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3. | Rex Chapman | 30.5 | 5 | 16 | .312 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4. | Hot Rod Williams | 28.9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Wayman Tisdale | 23.0 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Wesley Person | 28.0 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2. | Danny Manning | 19.1 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3. | Cedric Ceballos | 17.9 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4. | Mike Brown | 14.8 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5. | Steve Nash | 6.9 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6. | Loren Meyer | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. | Horacio Llamas | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 44 | 84 | .524 | 5 | 18 | .278 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 101 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mitch Richmond | 39.0 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| 2. | Bobby Hurley | 30.3 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3. | Brian Grant | 29.8 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 4. | Olden Polynice | 27.2 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 5. | Billy Owens | 18.6 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Corliss Williamson | 30.6 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2. | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | 26.0 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 3. | Michael Smith | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. | Kevin Gamble | 10.7 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5. | Lionel Simmons | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6. | Kevin Salvadori | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Tyus Edney | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 38 | 82 | .463 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 15 | 24 | .625 | 32 | 11 | 43 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 99 | |