1996-97 Washington Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Chicago Bulls 3-0
Coach: Jim Lynam (22-24)
Coach: Bob Staak (0-1)
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (22-13)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 700,646, Avg. 17,089 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Washington Bullets Roster
1996-97 Washington Bullets Results

The Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

Washington racked up 8,147 points and surrendered 8,014. Juwan Howard scored a team-best 1,570 points for the Bullets, while Chris Webber and Rod Strickland netted 16 or more per game, too. Chris Webber contributed 743 rebounds. Rod Strickland dished out 727 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Rod Strickland added 143 steals, and Chris Webber blocked 137 shots.

Jim Lynam, Bob Staak and Bernie Bickerstaff coached the team. The 1996-97 Washington Bullets 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
Juwan Howard	F-C	82	82	3324	1313	638	2	0	389	294	202	450	652	311	93	23	246	259	1570
Chris Webber	F-C	72	72	2806	1167	604	151	60	313	177	238	505	743	331	122	137	230	258	1445
Rod Strickland	G	82	81	2997	1105	515	77	13	497	367	95	240	335	727	143	14	270	166	1410
Calbert Cheaney	F-G	79	79	2411	730	369	30	4	137	95	70	198	268	114	77	18	94	226	837
Tracy Murray	F	82	1	1814	678	288	300	106	161	135	84	169	253	78	69	19	86	150	817
Gheorghe Muresan	C	73	69	1849	541	327	0	0	199	123	141	340	481	29	43	96	117	230	777
Chris Whitney	G	82	1	1117	330	139	163	58	113	94	13	91	104	182	49	4	68	100	430
Jaren Jackson	G-F	75	0	1133	329	134	158	53	69	53	31	101	132	65	45	16	60	131	374
Harvey Grant	F	78	25	1604	314	129	89	28	39	30	63	193	256	68	46	48	30	167	316
Lorenzo Williams	F-C	19	0	264	31	20	0	0	7	5	28	41	69	4	6	8	18	49	45
Tim Legler	G	15	0	182	48	15	29	8	7	6	0	21	21	7	3	5	9	21	44
Ashraf Amaya	F	31	0	144	40	12	1	1	28	15	19	33	52	3	7	3	10	29	40
Ben Wallace	F	34	0	197	46	16	0	0	20	6	25	33	58	2	8	11	18	27	38
Matt Fish	C	5	0	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	2	2	2
Gaylon Nickerson	G	1	0	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
Totals		810	410	19855	6678	3208	1001	331	1979	1400	1010	2420	3430	1921	712	402	1259	1815	8147

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Juwan Howard	F-C	82	82	40.5	48.6	0.0	75.6	2.5	5.5	8.0	3.8	1.1	0.3	3.0	3.2	19.1
Chris Webber	F-C	72	72	39.0	51.8	39.7	56.5	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	3.2	3.6	20.1
Rod Strickland	G	82	81	36.5	46.6	16.9	73.8	1.2	2.9	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.0	17.2
Calbert Cheaney	F-G	79	79	30.5	50.5	13.3	69.3	0.9	2.5	3.4	1.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.9	10.6
Tracy Murray	F	82	1	22.1	42.5	35.3	83.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	10.0
Gheorghe Muresan	C	73	69	25.3	60.4		61.8	1.9	4.7	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.6	3.2	10.6
Chris Whitney	G	82	1	13.6	42.1	35.6	83.2	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.2	5.2
Jaren Jackson	G-F	75	0	15.1	40.7	33.5	76.8	0.4	1.3	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.7	5.0
Harvey Grant	F	78	25	20.6	41.1	31.5	76.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.1	4.1
Lorenzo Williams	F-C	19	0	13.9	64.5		71.4	1.5	2.2	3.6	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.6	2.4
Tim Legler	G	15	0	12.1	31.3	27.6	85.7	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	2.9
Ashraf Amaya	F	31	0	4.6	30.0	100.0	53.6	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.3
Ben Wallace	F	34	0	5.8	34.8		30.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.1
Matt Fish	C	5	0	1.4	33.3			0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4
Gaylon Nickerson	G	1	0	6.0	33.3	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0
Averages		810	410	24.5	48.0	33.1	70.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.2	10.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Rod Strickland	G	3	124	52	22	2	1	19	14	5	13	18	25	3	0	11	8	59
Juwan Howard	F-C	3	129	43	20	0	0	18	16	10	8	18	5	2	2	3	9	56
Tracy Murray	F	3	87	30	17	10	5	17	16	3	6	9	2	4	2	0	10	55
Chris Webber	F-C	3	106	30	19	11	5	8	4	7	17	24	10	2	7	16	18	47
Calbert Cheaney	F-G	3	120	41	18	2	0	12	9	6	5	11	4	3	2	5	10	45
Gheorghe Muresan	C	3	70	9	4	0	0	8	7	2	16	18	0	0	4	11	6	15
Chris Whitney	G	3	20	5	2	4	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	5	1	7
Tim Legler	G	3	19	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	1
Harvey Grant	F	3	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	0	5	0
Jaren Jackson	G-F	3	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	7	0
Lorenzo Williams	F-C	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		32	720	215	102	31	13	87	68	34	73	107	51	14	19	53	77	285

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Rod Strickland	G	3	41.3	42.3	50.0	73.7	1.7	4.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	3.7	2.7	19.7
Juwan Howard	F-C	3	43.0	46.5		88.9	3.3	2.7	6.0	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.0	18.7
Tracy Murray	F	3	29.0	56.7	50.0	94.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	3.3	18.3
Chris Webber	F-C	3	35.3	63.3	45.5	50.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.3	0.7	2.3	5.3	6.0	15.7
Calbert Cheaney	F-G	3	40.0	43.9	0.0	75.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.3	15.0
Gheorghe Muresan	C	3	23.3	44.4		87.5	0.7	5.3	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	3.7	2.0	5.0
Chris Whitney	G	3	6.7	40.0	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.3
Tim Legler	G	3	6.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3
Harvey Grant	F	3	9.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.7	0.0
Jaren Jackson	G-F	3	3.7			0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	0.0
Lorenzo Williams	F-C	2	2.5				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		810	22.5	47.4	41.9	78.2	1.1	2.3	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.4	8.9