
1996-97 Oklahoma City Cavalry Statistics
Team Record: 29-27
Finishing 2nd in the CBA
Postseason: 10-5 Won Championship
Finals - Defeated Florida Beachdogs 4-2
Coach: Russ Bergman (29-27)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Oklahoma City Cavalry of the Continental Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 29 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the CBA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-5.
The Cavalry scored 5,731 points and surrendered 5,653. Gaylon Nickerson netted a team-best 923 points for Oklahoma City, and Evers Burns contributed 356 rebounds. Elmer Bennett dished out 283 assists for the squad.
On defense, James Martin added 77 steals.
Russ Bergman coached the team. The 1996-97 Oklahoma City Cavalry won the Championship.
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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 |
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Gaylon Nickerson | G | 41 | 40 | 1662 | 711 | 345 | 200 | 78 | 206 | 155 | 30 | 112 | 142 | 205 | 71 | 8 | 121 | 91 | 923 |
Kermit Holmes | F | 56 | 44 | 1993 | 688 | 320 | 55 | 18 | 234 | 178 | 91 | 230 | 321 | 139 | 42 | 23 | 80 | 152 | 836 |
Evers Burns | F | 56 | 44 | 1556 | 542 | 280 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 92 | 124 | 232 | 356 | 72 | 37 | 53 | 93 | 215 | 652 |
Elmer Bennett | G | 32 | 21 | 1151 | 412 | 184 | 172 | 64 | 136 | 100 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 283 | 51 | 3 | 124 | 74 | 532 |
James Martin | G | 56 | 6 | 1430 | 384 | 205 | 46 | 11 | 159 | 69 | 140 | 163 | 303 | 107 | 77 | 18 | 88 | 201 | 490 |
Jimmy Oliver | G-F | 29 | 16 | 856 | 294 | 145 | 128 | 58 | 52 | 44 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 55 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 57 | 392 |
Stephen Howard | F | 15 | 15 | 629 | 229 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 116 | 51 | 92 | 143 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 65 | 51 | 384 |
Randy Woods | G | 38 | 23 | 937 | 284 | 120 | 185 | 73 | 63 | 48 | 22 | 87 | 109 | 209 | 54 | 2 | 102 | 74 | 361 |
Ryan Minor | F | 32 | 15 | 892 | 270 | 124 | 71 | 18 | 50 | 38 | 49 | 92 | 141 | 62 | 33 | 22 | 43 | 103 | 304 |
Doug Smith | C | 31 | 18 | 675 | 217 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 28 | 46 | 126 | 172 | 48 | 18 | 22 | 36 | 104 | 220 |
Shelton Jones | F | 21 | 19 | 618 | 157 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 54 | 46 | 31 | 102 | 133 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 49 | 191 |
Jamie Feick | F | 13 | 8 | 410 | 117 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 45 | 95 | 140 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 32 | 139 |
Rod Mason | G | 11 | 6 | 274 | 72 | 31 | 48 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 103 |
Erick Strickland | G | 8 | 0 | 107 | 39 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 55 |
James Scott | F | 4 | 0 | 96 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
Fred Garner | F | 24 | 0 | 139 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 46 |
Robert Werdann | C | 10 | 0 | 107 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 31 |
Terrell Bell | C | 9 | 5 | 81 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 |
Randy Rutherford | G | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Damon Watlington | G | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 492 | 280 | 13640 | 4546 | 2187 | 964 | 362 | 1391 | 995 | 716 | 1534 | 2250 | 1336 | 469 | 210 | 897 | 1318 | 5731 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaylon Nickerson | G | 41 | 40 | 40.5 | 48.5 | 39.0 | 75.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 22.5 |
Kermit Holmes | F | 56 | 44 | 35.6 | 46.5 | 32.7 | 76.1 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 14.9 |
Evers Burns | F | 56 | 44 | 27.8 | 51.7 | 0.0 | 71.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 11.6 |
Elmer Bennett | G | 32 | 21 | 36.0 | 44.7 | 37.2 | 73.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 16.6 |
James Martin | G | 56 | 6 | 25.5 | 53.4 | 23.9 | 43.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 8.8 |
Jimmy Oliver | G-F | 29 | 16 | 29.5 | 49.3 | 45.3 | 84.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 13.5 |
Stephen Howard | F | 15 | 15 | 41.9 | 58.5 | 75.8 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 25.6 | |
Randy Woods | G | 38 | 23 | 24.7 | 42.3 | 39.5 | 76.2 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 9.5 |
Ryan Minor | F | 32 | 15 | 27.9 | 45.9 | 25.4 | 76.0 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 9.5 |
Doug Smith | C | 31 | 18 | 21.8 | 44.2 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 7.1 |
Shelton Jones | F | 21 | 19 | 29.4 | 45.2 | 23.1 | 85.2 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 9.1 |
Jamie Feick | F | 13 | 8 | 31.5 | 48.7 | 36.4 | 58.3 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 10.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 10.7 |
Rod Mason | G | 11 | 6 | 24.9 | 43.1 | 43.8 | 83.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 9.4 |
Erick Strickland | G | 8 | 0 | 13.4 | 46.2 | 45.0 | 76.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 6.9 |
James Scott | F | 4 | 0 | 24.0 | 45.2 | 33.3 | 58.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
Fred Garner | F | 24 | 0 | 5.8 | 55.9 | 100.0 | 41.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
Robert Werdann | C | 10 | 0 | 10.7 | 30.0 | 92.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | |
Terrell Bell | C | 9 | 5 | 9.0 | 46.7 | 50.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | |
Randy Rutherford | G | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
Damon Watlington | G | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Averages | 492 | 280 | 27.7 | 48.1 | 37.6 | 71.5 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 11.6 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaylon Nickerson | G | 15 | 15 | 565 | 244 | 101 | 90 | 32 | 79 | 66 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 47 | 27 | 6 | 31 | 43 | 300 |
Elmer Bennett | G | 15 | 15 | 673 | 184 | 86 | 63 | 21 | 85 | 68 | 19 | 58 | 77 | 162 | 35 | 0 | 53 | 45 | 261 |
Shelton Jones | F | 15 | 15 | 481 | 153 | 83 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 30 | 21 | 75 | 96 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 45 | 199 |
Kermit Holmes | F | 15 | 15 | 493 | 161 | 77 | 45 | 18 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 47 | 62 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 195 |
Doug Smith | C | 15 | 7 | 345 | 138 | 71 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 65 | 86 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 59 | 167 |
James Martin | G | 15 | 0 | 452 | 109 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 56 | 53 | 109 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 63 | 158 |
Evers Burns | F | 15 | 8 | 347 | 117 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 146 |
Rod Mason | G | 15 | 0 | 227 | 46 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 71 |
Fred Garner | F | 8 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Totals | 128 | 75 | 3600 | 1162 | 569 | 242 | 87 | 385 | 280 | 175 | 407 | 582 | 349 | 116 | 63 | 199 | 376 | 1505 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaylon Nickerson | G | 15 | 15 | 37.7 | 41.4 | 35.6 | 83.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 20.0 |
Elmer Bennett | G | 15 | 15 | 44.9 | 46.7 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 17.4 |
Shelton Jones | F | 15 | 15 | 32.1 | 54.2 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 13.3 |
Kermit Holmes | F | 15 | 15 | 32.9 | 47.8 | 40.0 | 67.6 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 13.0 |
Doug Smith | C | 15 | 7 | 23.0 | 51.4 | 57.1 | 70.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 11.1 |
James Martin | G | 15 | 0 | 30.1 | 59.6 | 40.0 | 44.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 10.5 |
Evers Burns | F | 15 | 8 | 23.1 | 53.8 | 74.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 9.7 | |
Rod Mason | G | 15 | 0 | 15.1 | 41.3 | 25.9 | 81.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
Fred Garner | F | 8 | 0 | 2.1 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Averages | 128 | 75 | 28.1 | 49.0 | 36.0 | 72.7 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 11.8 |