W|L 44-36-2
51 - 53
W|L 49-29-4
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 3-2-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHO | 23 | 18 | 41 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 92 |
| SEA | 33 | 30 | 63 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 116 |
Playoff W|L 2-3-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1-0
Nov. 07 1996SEA@PHO51 - 61
Nov. 29 1996PHO@SEA45 - 56
Mar. 26 1997PHO@SEA52 - 48
Mar. 30 1997SEA@PHO49 - 51
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-2-0
Apr. 25 1997PHO@SEA55 - 54
Apr. 27 1997PHO@SEA41 - 66
Apr. 29 1997SEA@PHO41 - 53
May. 01 1997SEA@PHO46 - 58
May. 03 1997PHO@SEA51 - 53
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wesley Person | 18 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .714 | .286 | 14 |
| 2. | Jason Kidd | 15 | 22.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .444 | .000 | 12 |
| 3. | Kevin Johnson | 22 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .176 | .059 | 14 |
| 4. | Rex Chapman | 13 | 18.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 10 |
| 5. | Hot Rod Williams | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Cedric Ceballos | 8 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Danny Manning | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Steve Nash | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Loren Meyer | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Mike Brown | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Mark Bryant | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Wayman Tisdale | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 94 | 120 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.00 | .422 | .111 | 51 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Detlef Schrempf | 15 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | .286 | .286 | 12 |
| 2. | Gary Payton | 18 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | .417 | .000 | 6 |
| 3. | Shawn Kemp | 21 | 20.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .143 | .714 | 12 |
| 4. | Hersey Hawkins | 10 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Terry Cummings | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | David Wingate | 22 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .400 | 1.20 | 14 |
| 2. | Sam Perkins | 6 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Eric Snow | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Greg Graham | 4 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 5. | Jim McIlvaine | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Larry Stewart | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 103 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 3.00 | .293 | .366 | 53 | |