W|L 40-42
106 - 101
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 1-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHO | 20 | 31 | 51 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 106 |
| SEA | 23 | 24 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 101 |
Playoff W|L 0-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2
Nov. 07 1996SEA@PHO103 - 98
Nov. 29 1996PHO@SEA92 - 105
Mar. 26 1997PHO@SEA109 - 107
Mar. 30 1997SEA@PHO106 - 107
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0
Apr. 25 1997PHO@SEA106 - 101
Apr. 27 1997PHO@SEA-| - |-
Apr. 29 1997SEA@PHO-| - |-
May. 01 1997SEA@PHO-| - |-
May. 03 1997PHO@SEA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Johnson | 34 | 42.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 | .231 | .385 | 13 |
| 2. | Jason Kidd | 29 | 41.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.33 | .636 | .545 | 11 |
| 3. | Rex Chapman | 44 | 41.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .773 | .545 | 42 |
| 4. | Hot Rod Williams | 0 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Wayman Tisdale | 13 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Danny Manning | 28 | 30.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 | .100 | .200 | 14 |
| 2. | Wesley Person | 13 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | 1.50 | 10 |
| 3. | Mark Bryant | 9 | 12.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 5 |
| 4. | Mike Brown | 10 | 11.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Cedric Ceballos | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Loren Meyer | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Steve Nash | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 201 | 240 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.41 | .431 | .514 | 106 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 36 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .174 | .087 | 23 |
| 2. | Shawn Kemp | 52 | 43.1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.43 | .048 | .143 | 19 |
| 3. | Hersey Hawkins | 25 | 41.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .182 | .182 | 20 |
| 4. | Detlef Schrempf | 37 | 34.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | .143 | .571 | 17 |
| 5. | Terry Cummings | 29 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 11 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sam Perkins | 23 | 24.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .625 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Nate McMillan | 10 | 19.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | David Wingate | 6 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Eric Snow | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Greg Graham | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Jim McIlvaine | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Larry Stewart | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 218 | 240 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 1.00 | .182 | .216 | 101 | |