W|L 57-25
122 - 115
W|L 40-42
Attendance: 19,023
Playoff W|L 2-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | OT:1 | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 36 | 25 | 61 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 122 |
| PHO | 26 | 23 | 49 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 8 | 115 |
Playoff W|L 2-2
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 2-2
Apr. 25 1997PHO@SEA106 - 101
Apr. 27 1997PHO@SEA78 - 122
Apr. 29 1997SEA@PHO103 - 110
May. 01 1997SEA@PHO122 - 115
May. 03 1997PHO@SEA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gary Payton | 38 | 53.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.67 | .550 | .300 | 28 |
| 2. | Hersey Hawkins | 34 | 45.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .600 | .000 | 17 |
| 3. | Detlef Schrempf | 44 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.25 | .294 | .647 | 26 |
| 4. | Shawn Kemp | 56 | 42.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 | .167 | 1.33 | 24 |
| 5. | Terry Cummings | 18 | 22.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Sam Perkins | 24 | 32.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .273 | .273 | 16 |
| 2. | David Wingate | 12 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .429 | .000 | 3 |
| 3. | Greg Graham | 6 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Eric Snow | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Jim McIlvaine | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Larry Stewart | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Nate McMillan | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 232 | 265 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1.94 | .371 | .404 | 122 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kevin Johnson | 46 | 49.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.83 | .158 | .474 | 23 |
| 2. | Jason Kidd | 33 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.00 | .118 | .412 | 23 |
| 3. | Rex Chapman | 38 | 44.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .545 | .045 | 22 |
| 4. | Hot Rod Williams | 0 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Wayman Tisdale | 3 | 4.7 | 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. | Wesley Person | 16 | 33.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .800 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Cedric Ceballos | 34 | 30.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .167 | 16 |
| 3. | Danny Manning | 37 | 28.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | .077 | .231 | 19 |
| 4. | Steve Nash | 6 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .667 | .000 | 5 |
| 5. | Mike Brown | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Loren Meyer | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Mark Bryant | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 234 | 265 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 2.20 | .309 | .237 | 115 | |