1996-97 Orlando Magic Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Miami Heat 3-2
Coach: Brian Hill (24-25)
Coach: Richie Adubato (21-12)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 687,958, Avg. 16,779 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Orlando Magic Roster
1996-97 Orlando Magic Results

The Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Magic poured in 7,719 points and conceded 7,748. Rony Seikaly netted a team-leading 1,277 points for Orlando, and Anfernee Hardaway scored 15 or more per game also. Rony Seikaly contributed 701 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway dished out 332 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Nick Anderson added 120 steals.

Brian Hill and Richie Adubato coached the team. The 1996-97 Orlando Magic 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
Rony Seikaly	C	74	68	2615	907	460	3	0	500	357	274	427	701	92	49	107	218	275	1277
Anfernee Hardaway	G-F	59	59	2221	941	421	267	85	345	283	82	181	263	332	93	35	145	123	1210
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	80	26	2202	759	323	203	66	190	136	59	114	173	173	54	12	123	144	848
Horace Grant	F-C	67	67	2496	695	358	6	1	179	128	206	394	600	163	101	65	99	157	845
Dennis Scott	G-F	66	62	2166	749	298	373	147	101	80	40	163	203	139	74	19	81	138	823
Nick Anderson	F-G	63	61	2163	725	288	405	143	94	38	66	238	304	182	120	32	86	160	757
Derek Strong	F	82	21	2004	586	262	13	0	218	175	174	345	519	73	47	20	102	196	699
Brian Shaw	G	77	31	1867	516	189	194	63	140	111	47	147	194	319	67	26	170	197	552
Darrell Armstrong	G	67	0	1010	345	132	181	55	106	92	35	41	76	175	61	9	99	114	411
Danny Schayes	C-F	45	6	540	120	47	1	0	52	39	41	84	125	14	15	16	27	74	133
David Vaughn	F-C	35	6	298	72	31	0	0	30	19	35	60	95	7	8	15	29	43	81
Amal McCaskill	F-C	17	1	109	32	10	2	0	12	8	4	18	22	7	3	5	11	7	28
Brian Evans	F	14	0	59	22	8	8	4	0	0	1	7	8	7	1	2	2	6	20
Kenny Smith	G	6	1	47	13	6	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	6	3	17
Donald Royal	F	1	0	29	10	4	0	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	12
Felton Spencer	C	1	1	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	1	0	0	1	2	4
Dell Demps	G	2	0	10	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Totals		756	410	19855	6497	2839	1662	567	1975	1474	1071	2221	3292	1689	694	363	1202	1643	7719

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Rony Seikaly	C	74	68	35.3	50.7	0.0	71.4	3.7	5.8	9.5	1.2	0.7	1.4	2.9	3.7	17.3
Anfernee Hardaway	G-F	59	59	37.6	44.7	31.8	82.0	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	20.5
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	80	26	27.5	42.6	32.5	71.6	0.7	1.4	2.2	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.8	10.6
Horace Grant	F-C	67	67	37.3	51.5	16.7	71.5	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	12.6
Dennis Scott	G-F	66	62	32.8	39.8	39.4	79.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	12.5
Nick Anderson	F-G	63	61	34.3	39.7	35.3	40.4	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	12.0
Derek Strong	F	82	21	24.4	44.7	0.0	80.3	2.1	4.2	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	8.5
Brian Shaw	G	77	31	24.2	36.6	32.5	79.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	7.2
Darrell Armstrong	G	67	0	15.1	38.3	30.4	86.8	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	6.1
Danny Schayes	C-F	45	6	12.0	39.2	0.0	75.0	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0
David Vaughn	F-C	35	6	8.5	43.1		63.3	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.3
Amal McCaskill	F-C	17	1	6.4	31.3	0.0	66.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.6
Brian Evans	F	14	0	4.2	36.4	50.0		0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.4
Kenny Smith	G	6	1	7.8	46.2	60.0	100.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.8
Donald Royal	F	1	0	29.0	40.0		100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	12.0
Felton Spencer	C	1	1	19.0	100.0			5.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0
Dell Demps	G	2	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		756	410	26.3	43.7	34.1	74.6	1.4	2.9	4.4	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.2	10.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Anfernee Hardaway	G-F	5	220	111	52	30	11	54	40	7	23	30	17	12	7	9	14	155
Derek Strong	F	5	195	40	21	1	0	25	19	20	30	50	4	2	2	14	20	61
Darrell Armstrong	G	5	143	42	20	18	6	13	11	3	18	21	17	8	1	7	6	57
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	5	144	45	16	9	3	14	12	3	6	9	4	0	2	3	7	47
Nick Anderson	F-G	5	130	36	12	15	4	2	0	3	26	29	3	3	9	6	8	28
Danny Schayes	C-F	5	92	23	9	0	0	4	4	4	8	12	5	2	1	4	16	22
Rony Seikaly	C	3	86	22	7	0	0	7	5	5	11	16	0	1	3	4	10	19
Dennis Scott	G-F	5	94	23	6	11	3	0	0	2	7	9	5	2	0	2	8	15
Brian Shaw	G	5	82	19	3	6	2	4	2	1	8	9	8	1	1	8	5	10
Amal McCaskill	F-C	2	7	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
Brian Evans	F	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Totals		47	1200	365	149	90	29	126	94	48	140	188	66	32	26	57	95	421

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Anfernee Hardaway	G-F	5	44.0	46.8	36.7	74.1	1.4	4.6	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	31.0
Derek Strong	F	5	39.0	52.5	0.0	76.0	4.0	6.0	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.8	4.0	12.2
Darrell Armstrong	G	5	28.6	47.6	33.3	84.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.4	1.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	11.4
Gerald Wilkins	G-F	5	28.8	35.6	33.3	85.7	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	9.4
Nick Anderson	F-G	5	26.0	33.3	26.7	0.0	0.6	5.2	5.8	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.2	1.6	5.6
Danny Schayes	C-F	5	18.4	39.1		100.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.8	3.2	4.4
Rony Seikaly	C	3	28.7	31.8		71.4	1.7	3.7	5.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.3	6.3
Dennis Scott	G-F	5	18.8	26.1	27.3		0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0
Brian Shaw	G	5	16.4	15.8	33.3	50.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	1.0	2.0
Amal McCaskill	F-C	2	3.5	66.7		33.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5
Brian Evans	F	2	3.5	100.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Averages		756	25.5	40.8	32.2	74.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.2	2.0	9.0