W|L 40-42
92 - 116
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 17,072
Playoff W|L 2-3
| 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 3-2
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 2-3
Apr. 25 1997PHO@SEA106 - 101
Apr. 27 1997PHO@SEA78 - 122
Apr. 29 1997SEA@PHO103 - 110
May. 01 1997SEA@PHO122 - 115
May. 03 1997PHO@SEA92 - 116
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jason Kidd | 26 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.33 | .417 | .000 | 17 |
| 2. | Kevin Johnson | 37 | 43.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | .185 | .111 | 20 |
| 3. | Wesley Person | 35 | 43.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | .526 | .105 | 26 |
| 4. | Rex Chapman | 27 | 37.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.67 | .538 | .154 | 16 |
| 5. | Hot Rod Williams | 0 | 22.8 | 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 | 14 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 2. | Danny Manning | 19 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .125 | .000 | 8 |
| 3. | Mark Bryant | 8 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Steve Nash | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Loren Meyer | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Mike Brown | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 7. | Wayman Tisdale | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 188 | 240 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1.36 | .356 | .103 | 92 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 37 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | .346 | .154 | 19 |
| 2. | Detlef Schrempf | 27 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | .429 | .143 | 24 |
| 3. | Hersey Hawkins | 22 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.67 | .444 | .111 | 9 |
| 4. | Shawn Kemp | 43 | 38.6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | .083 | .917 | 21 |
| 5. | Terry Cummings | 14 | 18.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .667 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sam Perkins | 23 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .222 | .333 | 15 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 29 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .857 | 19 |
| 3. | Greg Graham | 6 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 4. | Eric Snow | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 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 | 206 | 240 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 2.64 | .305 | .378 | 116 | |