1996-97 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 6-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Phoenix Suns 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Houston Rockets 4-3
Coach: George Karl (57-25)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 699,952, Avg. 17,072 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1996-97 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.

The Supersonics tossed in 8,274 points and surrendered 7,644. Gary Payton scored a team-high 1,785 points for Seattle, while Shawn Kemp and Detlef Schrempf averaged 16 or more per game, too. Shawn Kemp contributed 807 rebounds. Gary Payton dished out 583 assists for the squad.

On defense, Gary Payton added 197 steals, and Jim McIlvaine blocked 164 shots.

George Karl coached the team. The 1996-97 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Gary Payton	G	82	82	3213	1482	706	380	119	355	254	106	272	378	583	197	13	215	208	1785
Shawn Kemp	F-C	81	75	2750	1032	526	33	12	609	452	275	532	807	156	125	81	280	320	1516
Hersey Hawkins	G	82	82	2755	795	369	355	143	295	258	92	228	320	250	159	12	130	146	1139
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	61	60	2192	724	356	161	57	316	253	87	307	394	266	63	16	150	151	1022
Sam Perkins	F-C	81	4	1976	661	290	309	122	229	187	74	226	300	103	69	49	77	134	889
Terry Cummings	F	45	3	828	319	155	5	3	82	57	70	113	183	39	33	7	45	113	370
Jim McIlvaine	C	82	79	1477	276	130	7	1	107	53	132	198	330	23	39	164	62	247	314
Larry Stewart	F	70	21	982	252	112	37	9	93	67	75	96	171	52	31	23	63	108	300
David Wingate	G-F	65	2	929	214	89	71	25	40	33	23	51	74	80	44	5	37	108	236
Craig Ehlo	G-F	62	0	848	248	87	95	27	26	13	39	71	110	68	36	4	45	71	214
Eric Snow	G	67	0	775	164	74	15	4	66	47	17	53	70	159	37	3	48	94	199
Nate McMillan	G-F	37	2	798	149	61	84	28	29	19	15	103	118	140	58	6	32	78	169
Greg Graham	G	28	0	197	80	29	31	9	40	26	2	11	13	11	12	1	10	12	93
Antonio Harvey	F-C	6	0	26	11	5	0	0	6	5	2	8	10	1	0	4	1	8	15
Steve Scheffler	C-F	7	0	29	7	6	0	0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	5	5	13
Elmore Spencer	C	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Totals		857	410	19780	6415	2995	1583	559	2295	1725	1010	2271	3281	1931	904	388	1201	1803	8274

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	82	82	39.2	47.6	31.3	71.5	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	21.8
Shawn Kemp	F-C	81	75	34.0	51.0	36.4	74.2	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	18.7
Hersey Hawkins	G	82	82	33.6	46.4	40.3	87.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	1.6	1.8	13.9
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	61	60	35.9	49.2	35.4	80.1	1.4	5.0	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	16.8
Sam Perkins	F-C	81	4	24.4	43.9	39.5	81.7	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.7	11.0
Terry Cummings	F	45	3	18.4	48.6	60.0	69.5	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.5	8.2
Jim McIlvaine	C	82	79	18.0	47.1	14.3	49.5	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.8	3.0	3.8
Larry Stewart	F	70	21	14.0	44.4	24.3	72.0	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.5	4.3
David Wingate	G-F	65	2	14.3	41.6	35.2	82.5	0.4	0.8	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.7	3.6
Craig Ehlo	G-F	62	0	13.7	35.1	28.4	50.0	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	3.5
Eric Snow	G	67	0	11.6	45.1	26.7	71.2	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.4	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.4	3.0
Nate McMillan	G-F	37	2	21.6	40.9	33.3	65.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.8	1.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.6
Greg Graham	G	28	0	7.0	36.3	29.0	65.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	3.3
Antonio Harvey	F-C	6	0	4.3	45.5		83.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5
Steve Scheffler	C-F	7	0	4.1	85.7		50.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.9
Elmore Spencer	C	1	0	5.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		857	410	23.1	46.7	35.3	75.2	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.3	1.1	0.5	1.4	2.1	9.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	12	546	255	105	75	25	61	50	20	45	65	104	26	4	35	26	285
Shawn Kemp	F-C	12	442	175	85	10	2	105	87	52	96	148	36	14	16	47	55	259
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	12	459	142	67	29	16	65	53	20	49	69	41	13	1	18	40	203
Hersey Hawkins	G	12	483	132	62	59	27	35	32	17	37	54	34	30	4	21	32	183
Terry Cummings	F	12	292	92	45	0	0	24	16	28	44	72	14	11	6	14	39	106
Sam Perkins	F-C	12	340	92	31	45	14	29	25	15	38	53	15	12	12	13	34	101
David Wingate	G-F	12	192	66	28	31	12	13	9	13	24	37	14	5	3	9	22	77
Eric Snow	G	8	48	11	5	4	2	2	1	0	2	2	12	4	0	0	7	13
Larry Stewart	F	4	16	6	5	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	4	13
Greg Graham	G	6	43	14	4	4	1	4	3	0	5	5	6	2	0	1	5	12
Jim McIlvaine	C	5	28	7	4	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	7	9
Nate McMillan	G-F	3	41	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	11	0
Totals		110	2930	994	441	261	100	342	279	167	346	513	281	121	49	163	282	1261

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	12	45.5	41.2	33.3	82.0	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	23.8
Shawn Kemp	F-C	12	36.8	48.6	20.0	82.9	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	21.6
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	12	38.3	47.2	55.2	81.5	1.7	4.1	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.5	3.3	16.9
Hersey Hawkins	G	12	40.3	47.0	45.8	91.4	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.8	2.5	0.3	1.8	2.7	15.3
Terry Cummings	F	12	24.3	48.9		66.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.2	0.9	0.5	1.2	3.3	8.8
Sam Perkins	F-C	12	28.3	33.7	31.1	86.2	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.8	8.4
David Wingate	G-F	12	16.0	42.4	38.7	69.2	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.8	6.4
Eric Snow	G	8	6.0	45.5	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.6
Larry Stewart	F	4	4.0	83.3	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	3.3
Greg Graham	G	6	7.2	28.6	25.0	75.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.8	2.0
Jim McIlvaine	C	5	5.6	57.1		50.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.8
Nate McMillan	G-F	3	13.7	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.7	0.0
Averages		857	26.6	44.4	38.3	81.6	1.5	3.1	4.7	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.6	11.5