1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season

1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Bill Fitch
Owner(s) Donald Sterling
Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Arrowhead Pond
Results
Record 36–46 (.439)
Place Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 0-3)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports West/Fox Sports West 2, KCAL, KDOC
Radio KIIS, KPLS

The 1996-97 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 27th season in the NBA, their 13th in Los Angeles, and their 3rd in which they played occasional home games in Anaheim.[1] With the loss of Brian Williams to free agency, the Clippers were expected to sink to the bottom of the NBA again. However, with the continued solid play of Loy Vaught, the team managed to slip into the playoffs with a below .500 record of 36-46, fifth in the Pacific Division. In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers were swept by the Utah Jazz in three straight games. This would be their final playoff appearance until 2006.

Draft Picks

Main article: 1996 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 7 Lorenzen Wright C/PF  United States Memphis
2 36 Doron Sheffer F  Israel UConn

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
SG 31 United States Barry, Brent 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Oregon State
PG 24 United States Dehere, Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Seton Hall
C 00 United States Duckworth, Kevin  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 300 lb (136 kg) Eastern Illinois
C 50 United States Manning, Rich 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Washington
PG 15 United States Martin, Darrick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UCLA
SF 7 United States Murray, Lamond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) California
PF 45 United States Outlaw, Bo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Houston
SG 52 United States Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nebraska
PG 2 United States Richardson, Pooh (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UCLA
C 53 United States Roberts, Stanley  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) LSU
SF 54 United States Rogers, Rodney 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Wake Forest
C 33 United States Schintzius, Dwayne  7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Florida
SG 21 United States Sealy, Malik 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. John's
PF 35 United States Vaught, Loy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Michigan
C 55 United States Wright, Lorenzen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Memphis
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics 57 25 .695 – 31–10 26–15 16–8
x-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 1 31–10 25–16 18–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 8 29–12 20–21 15–9
x-Phoenix Suns 40 42 .488 17 25–16 15–26 13–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers 36 46 .439 21 21–20 15–26 10–14
Sacramento Kings 34 48 .415 23 22–19 12–29 8–16
Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 27 18–23 12–29 4–20
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Utah Jazz 64 18 .780 –
2 y-Seattle SuperSonics 57 25 .695 7
3 x-Houston Rockets 57 25 .695 7
4 x-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 8
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 15
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 40 42 .488 24
7 x-Phoenix Suns 40 42 .488 24
8 x-Los Angeles Clippers 36 46 .439 28
9 Sacramento Kings 34 48 .415 30
10 Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 34
11 Dallas Mavericks 24 58 .293 40
12 Denver Nuggets 21 61 .256 43
13 San Antonio Spurs 20 62 .244 44
14 Vancouver Grizzlies 14 68 .171 50
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Los Angeles Clippers Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3–2)

Game Date Home Score Visitor Score Record

(UTAH-LAC)

 Venue Recap
1 April 24 Utah 106 L.A. Clippers 86 1-0 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 1
2 April 26 Utah 105 L.A. Clippers 99 2-0 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 2
3 April 28 L.A. Clippers 92 Utah 104 3-0 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California 3
Utah wins series 3–0

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brent Barry 59 0 18.5 .409 .324 .817 1.9 2.6 .9 .3 7.5
Terry Dehere 73 3 14.4 .386 .325 .824 1.3 2.2 .4 .0 6.4
Kevin Duckworth 26 22 14.8 .437 .750 .688 2.3 .6 .3 .4 4.0
Rich Manning 10 1 7.3 .412 .000 .500 1.6 .1 .1 .1 3.1
Darrick Martin 82 64 22.2 .407 .389 .872 1.4 4.1 .7 .0 10.9
Lamond Murray 74 1 17.5 .416 .341 .739 3.1 .8 .7 .4 7.4
Bo Outlaw 82 25 26.8 .609 .000 .504 5.5 1.9 1.1 1.7 7.6
Eric Piatkowski 65 0 11.5 .450 .425 .821 1.6 .8 .5 .2 6.0
Pooh Richardson 59 18 18.1 .381 .328 .605 1.7 2.9 .9 .1 5.6
Stanley Roberts 18 2 21.0 .426 . .703 5.1 .5 .4 1.3 9.5
Rodney Rogers 81 62 30.6 .462 .361 .663 5.1 2.7 1.1 .8 13.2
Dwayne Schintzius 15 0 7.7 .361 .500 .875 1.5 .3 .1 .6 2.3
Malik Sealy 80 79 30.7 .396 .356 .876 3.0 2.1 1.6 .6 13.5
Loy Vaught 82 82 34.6 .500 .167 .702 10.0 1.3 1.0 .3 14.9
Lorenzen Wright 77 51 25.1 .481 .250 .587 6.1 .6 .6 .8 7.3

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brent Barry 3 0 28.0 .407 .455 .889 2.3 3.3 1.3 .0 11.7
Terry Dehere 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 . .5 .0 .0 .0 .0
Rich Manning 3 0 7.0 .222 . .833 1.3 .3 .0 .3 3.0
Darrick Martin 3 3 25.7 .440 .556 .667 .7 4.3 .0 .0 11.0
Lamond Murray 3 0 21.7 .300 .250 1.000 3.7 1.0 .7 1.0 7.0
Bo Outlaw 3 0 22.0 .545 .000 .300 4.7 1.3 .3 .7 5.0
Eric Piatkowski 3 0 12.7 .364 .400 .857 .7 .0 .3 .0 5.3
Pooh Richardson 2 0 9.0 .500 .000 .000 .0 1.5 .5 .0 2.0
Rodney Rogers 3 3 28.3 .414 .200 .750 2.3 2.0 1.3 1.0 10.7
Malik Sealy 3 3 26.3 .480 .200 .733 1.0 1.7 .0 .0 12.0
Loy Vaught 3 3 30.0 .613 .333 .667 9.0 .7 1.0 .7 15.0
Lorenzen Wright 3 3 30.7 .406 . 1.000 7.3 .7 1.0 .7 10.3

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1996-97 season.

Trades

No trades occurred for this team this season.

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Darrick Martin July 11 Vancouver Grizzlies
Dwayne Schintzius September 19 Indiana Pacers
Kevin Duckworth October 10 Milwaukee Bucks
Rich Manning April 1 Vancouver Grizzlies

Subtractions

Player Left New team
Keith Tower waived, July 11 Milwaukee Bucks
Antonio Harvey free agency, November 15 Seattle SuperSonics
Brian Williams free agency, April 2 Chicago Bulls

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1996-97 Los Angeles Clippers
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