1996-97 Charlotte Hornets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-28
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to New York Knicks 3-0
Coach: Dave Cowens (54-28)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 985,722, Avg. 24,042 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Charlotte Hornets Roster
1996-97 Charlotte Hornets Results

The Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

Charlotte netted 8,108 points and yielded 7,955. Glen Rice scored a team-best 2,115 points for the Hornets, and Anthony Mason averaged 16 or more per game, too. Anthony Mason contributed 829 rebounds. Muggsy Bogues dished out 469 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Vlade Divac added 103 steals and blocked a team-best 180 shots.

Dave Cowens coached the team. The 1996-97 Charlotte Hornets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	79	78	3362	1513	722	440	207	535	464	67	251	318	160	72	26	177	190	2115
Anthony Mason	F	73	73	3143	825	433	3	1	428	319	186	643	829	414	76	33	165	202	1186
Vlade Divac	C	81	80	2840	847	418	47	11	259	177	241	484	725	301	103	180	193	277	1024
Dell Curry	G	68	20	2078	836	384	296	126	142	114	40	171	211	118	60	14	93	147	1008
Muggsy Bogues	G	65	65	1880	443	204	144	60	64	54	25	116	141	469	82	2	108	114	522
Matt Geiger	C	49	13	1044	350	171	20	6	127	89	100	158	258	38	20	27	67	153	437
Tony Smith	G	69	39	1291	337	138	99	32	59	38	38	56	94	150	48	19	73	110	346
Tony Delk	G	61	1	867	256	119	112	52	51	42	31	68	99	99	36	6	68	71	332
Ricky Pierce	F-G	27	17	650	237	119	56	30	63	56	19	49	68	49	14	4	30	48	324
Anthony Goldwire	G	33	9	576	154	62	82	36	40	30	3	35	38	94	19	1	41	58	190
Malik Rose	F	54	1	525	128	61	2	0	62	38	70	94	164	32	28	17	41	114	160
Scott Burrell	G-F	28	2	482	131	45	55	19	53	42	24	55	79	39	14	11	25	60	151
Rafael Addison	F-G	41	3	355	122	49	20	8	28	22	19	26	45	34	8	3	17	52	128
George Zidek	C	36	2	288	85	33	2	0	32	25	25	38	63	9	4	3	23	44	91
Donald Royal	F	25	2	320	40	21	0	0	35	28	18	40	58	10	12	2	22	42	70
Tom Chambers	F-C	12	5	83	31	7	3	2	4	3	3	11	14	4	1	0	9	14	19
Jamie Feick	F-C	3	0	10	4	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	5
Eric Leckner	C-F	1	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
Totals		805	410	19805	6342	2988	1382	591	1984	1541	910	2298	3208	2021	597	349	1152	1702	8108

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	79	78	42.6	47.7	47.0	86.7	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	26.8
Anthony Mason	F	73	73	43.1	52.5	33.3	74.5	2.5	8.8	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	16.2
Vlade Divac	C	81	80	35.1	49.4	23.4	68.3	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	12.6
Dell Curry	G	68	20	30.6	45.9	42.6	80.3	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.2	14.8
Muggsy Bogues	G	65	65	28.9	46.0	41.7	84.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.2	1.3	0.0	1.7	1.8	8.0
Matt Geiger	C	49	13	21.3	48.9	30.0	70.1	2.0	3.2	5.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.1	8.9
Tony Smith	G	69	39	18.7	40.9	32.3	64.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.6	5.0
Tony Delk	G	61	1	14.2	46.5	46.4	82.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	5.4
Ricky Pierce	F-G	27	17	24.1	50.2	53.6	88.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.8	12.0
Anthony Goldwire	G	33	9	17.5	40.3	43.9	75.0	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.8	5.8
Malik Rose	F	54	1	9.7	47.7	0.0	61.3	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.1	3.0
Scott Burrell	G-F	28	2	17.2	34.4	34.5	79.2	0.9	2.0	2.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.1	5.4
Rafael Addison	F-G	41	3	8.7	40.2	40.0	78.6	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.3	3.1
George Zidek	C	36	2	8.0	38.8	0.0	78.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.2	2.5
Donald Royal	F	25	2	12.8	52.5		80.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.8
Tom Chambers	F-C	12	5	6.9	22.6	66.7	75.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.6
Jamie Feick	F-C	3	0	3.3	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.7
Eric Leckner	C-F	1	0	11.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
Averages		805	410	24.6	47.1	42.8	77.7	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	10.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	3	137	57	28	16	6	23	21	1	10	11	11	4	1	4	11	83
Vlade Divac	C	3	116	46	21	3	0	15	12	13	13	26	10	3	6	6	11	54
Anthony Mason	F	3	131	38	16	0	0	13	7	8	28	36	9	1	1	9	6	39
Muggsy Bogues	G	2	58	19	11	7	6	4	4	1	2	3	5	1	0	6	3	32
Tony Delk	G	3	85	31	13	13	5	0	0	5	5	10	6	2	0	2	10	31
Ricky Pierce	F-G	3	87	24	11	7	1	0	0	1	7	8	4	2	0	3	8	23
Dell Curry	G	3	50	17	5	4	1	3	3	1	0	1	5	4	0	1	5	14
Matt Geiger	C	3	31	3	2	0	0	2	2	4	4	8	2	2	1	2	5	6
Malik Rose	F	2	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	0	2	2	4
Tony Smith	G	2	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	1
Donald Royal	F	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		28	720	241	109	51	19	62	50	38	73	111	55	20	9	38	63	287

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Glen Rice	F-G	3	45.7	49.1	37.5	91.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	27.7
Vlade Divac	C	3	38.7	45.7	0.0	80.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	18.0
Anthony Mason	F	3	43.7	42.1		53.8	2.7	9.3	12.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	2.0	13.0
Muggsy Bogues	G	2	29.0	57.9	85.7	100.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	16.0
Tony Delk	G	3	28.3	41.9	38.5		1.7	1.7	3.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.3	10.3
Ricky Pierce	F-G	3	29.0	45.8	14.3		0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	7.7
Dell Curry	G	3	16.7	29.4	25.0	100.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	4.7
Matt Geiger	C	3	10.3	66.7		100.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.0
Malik Rose	F	2	6.0	50.0			2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
Tony Smith	G	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.5
Donald Royal	F	1	4.0	0.0			0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		805	25.7	45.2	37.3	80.6	1.4	2.6	4.0	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	10.3