1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1996–97 NBA season was the Clippers' 27th season in the National Basketball Association, 13th in Los Angeles and 3rd in which they played occasional home games in Anaheim.[1] During the offseason, the Clippers signed free agents Darrick Martin and former All-Star center Kevin Duckworth. With the loss of Brian Williams to free agency, the Clippers were expected to sink in the bottom of the NBA again. However, with the continued solid play of Loy Vaught, who once again led the team in scoring and rebounding, the Clippers managed to slip into the playoffs as the #8 seed in the Western Conference with a below .500 record of 36–46, fifth in the Pacific Division. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers were swept by the top-seeded Utah Jazz in three straight games. This would be their final playoff appearance until 2006.

1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachBill Fitch
OwnersDonald Sterling
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Arrowhead Pond
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishWest First Round
(Lost to Jazz 0–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKCAL-TV
Fox Sports West/Fox Sports West 2
(Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
RadioKNNS
(Rory Markas)

Following the season, Malik Sealy signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons, Bo Outlaw signed with the Orlando Magic, Stanley Roberts was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Terry Dehere signed with the Sacramento Kings and Duckworth retired.

Draft Picks
Main article: 1996 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Lorenzen WrightC/PF United StatesMemphis
236Doron ShefferF IsraelUConn

Roster
Roster listing
Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 31 Barry, Brent 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Oregon State
PG 24 Dehere, Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Seton Hall
C 00 Duckworth, Kevin  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 300 lb (136 kg) Eastern Illinois
C 50 Manning, Rich 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Washington
PG 15 Martin, Darrick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UCLA
SF 7 Murray, Lamond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) California
PF 45 Outlaw, Bo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Houston
SG 52 Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nebraska
PG 2 Richardson, Pooh (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UCLA
C 53 Roberts, Stanley  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) LSU
SF 54 Rogers, Rodney 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Wake Forest
C 33 Schintzius, Dwayne  7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Florida
SG 21 Sealy, Malik 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. John's
PF 35 Vaught, Loy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Michigan
C 55 Wright, Lorenzen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Memphis
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes
  • A number of players from the 1996–97 roster have either died prematurely, or ended up in unfortunate circumstances; these players are center Stanley Roberts (banned from the NBA for drug use in 1999), guard Malik Sealy (died in an automobile accident in 2000 at age 30), center Kevin Duckworth (died of heart failure in 2008 at age 44), forward Rodney Rogers (became paralyzed after a dirt bike accident in 2008 at age 37), forward/center Lorenzen Wright (murdered in 2010 at age 34), and center Dwayne Schintzius (died from cancer complications in 2012 at age 43). Interestingly enough, one player, Brent Barry, would enjoy a long and productive career in the NBA, winning two titles (2005 and 2007) with the San Antonio Spurs, as well as being a consistent starter for the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2000s, but was divorced from his wife Erin in 2011, allegedly due to an extra-martial affair with Tony Parker.

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics 5725.695–31–1026–1516–8
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5626.683131–1025–1618–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4933.598829–1220–2115–9
x-Phoenix Suns 4042.4881725–1615–2613–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers 3646.4392121–2015–2610–14
Sacramento Kings 3448.4152322–1912–298–16
Golden State Warriors 3052.3662718–2312–294–20
1996–97 NBA West standings
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Utah Jazz6418.780–
2 y-Seattle SuperSonics5725.6957
3 x-Houston Rockets5725.6957
4 x-Los Angeles Lakers5626.6838
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers4933.59815
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves4042.48824
7 x-Phoenix Suns4042.48824
8 x-Los Angeles Clippers3646.43928
9 Sacramento Kings3448.41530
10 Golden State Warriors3052.36634
11 Dallas Mavericks2458.29340
12 Denver Nuggets2161.25643
13 San Antonio Spurs2062.24444
14 Vancouver Grizzlies1468.17150
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1996-97 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta —3–11–31–33–12–01–11–32–01–13–12–01–11–24–02–03–11–33–14–01–12–02–02–01–14–01–12–02–1
Boston 1–3—0–40–41–21–11–10–41–10–21–20–21–10–41–30–20–40–40–41–31–11–10–21–10–23–10–20–20–4
Charlotte 3–14–0—0–43–11–12–02–22–02–02–21–11–11–22–22–04–03–11–24–01–10–22–02–02–02–20–22–03–1
Chicago 3–14–04–0—3–12–02–03–12–01–14–02–01–12–24–02–03–12–23–04–02–02–02–02–02–03–11–12–02–1
Cleveland 1–32–11–31–3—2–01–12–21–10–23–12–01–10–42–22–04–01–32–23–01–11–12–00–20–23–11–12–01–3
Dallas 0–21–11–10–20–2—3–10–20–40–41–12–20–40–20–21–31–11–11–12–01–31–32–21–31–30–21–33–10–2
Denver 1–11–10–20–21–11–3—0–21–31–30–21–30–40–21–10–41–10–20–21–12–20–42–22–20–41–10–43–11–1
Detroit 3–14–02–21–32–22–02–0—2–01–13–12–01–10–43–12–04–01–22–22–10–21–11–12–01–13–11–12–04–0
Golden State 0–21–10–20–21–14–03–10–2—0–41–11–30–40–21–11–32–00–21–12–00–42–21–34–00–42–00–43–10–2
Houston 1–12–00–21–12–04–03–11–14–0—1–13–13–10–21–14–02–01–10–22–02–22–24–03–13–11–12–23–12–0
Indiana 1–32–12–20–41–31–12–01–31–11–1—2–01–11–32–22–02–21–31–33–01–11–11–11–11–14–00–22–01–3
L.A. Clippers 0–22–01–10–20–22–23–10–23–11–30–2—2–20–22–01–31–10–21–11–12–20–42–24–01–32–01–34–00–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–11–11–14–04–01–14–01–31–12–2—1–12–03–12–01–11–12–04–01–34–02–23–11–11–34–02–0
Miami 2–14–02–12–24–02–02–04–02–02–03–12–01–1—4–01–13–11–32–23–12–01–12–02–00–23–10–22–03–1
Milwaukee 0–43–12–20–42–22–01–11–31–11–12–20–20–20–4—0–22–11–22–23–11–10–20–21–11–13–11–12–01–3
Minnesota 0–22–00–20–20–23–14–00–23–10–40–23–11–31–12–0—2–01–11–11–13–12–20–44–00–41–11–34–01–1
New Jersey 1–34–00–41–30–41–11–10–40–20–22–21–10–21–31–20–2—2–21–32–21–10–21–12–01–10–30–22–01–3
New York 3–14–01–32–23–11–12–02–12–01–13–12–01–13–12–11–12–2—3–13–21–11–12–02–00–23–01–12–04–0
Orlando 1–34–02–10–32–21–12–02–21–12–03–11–11–12–22–21–13–11–3—2–21–12–01–11–11–14–00–21–11–3
Philadelphia 0–43–10–40–40–30–21–11–20–20–20–31–10–21–31–31–12–22–32–2—1–11–10–21–10–21–30–22–01–3
Phoenix 1–11–11–10–21–13–12–22–04–02–21–12–20–40–21–11–31–11–11–11–1—1–34–03–12–20–21–32–21–1
Portland 0–21–12–00–21–13–14–01–12–22–21–14–03–11–12–02–22–01–10–21–13–1—2–24–01–30–22–24–00–2
Sacramento 0–22–00–20–20–22–22–21–13–10–41–12–20–40–22–04–01–10–21–12–00–42–2—3–11–31–10–44–00–2
San Antonio 0–21–10–20–22–03–12–20–20–41–31–10–42–20–21–10–40–20–21–11–11–30–41–3—0–41–11–31–30–2
Seattle 1–12–00–20–22–03–14–01–14–01–31–13–11–32–01–14–01–12–01–12–02–23–13–14–0—2–01–34–02–0
Toronto 0–41–32–21–31–32–01–11–30–21–10–40–21–11–31–31–13–00–30–43–12–02–01–11–10–2—1–11–12–2
Utah 1–12–02–01–11–13–14–01–14–02–22–03–13–12–01–13–12–01–12–02–03–12–24–03–13–11–1—4–02–0
Vancouver 0–22–00–20–20–21–31–30–21–31–30–20–40–40–20–20–40–20–21–10–22–20–40–43–10–41–10–4—1–1
Washington 1–24–01–31–23–12–01–10–42–00–23–12–00–21–33–11–13–10–43–13–11–12–02–02–00–22–20–21–1—

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Los Angeles Clippers Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3–2)

Game Date Home Score Visitor Score Record

(UTAH-LAC)

 Venue Recap
1 April 24 Utah 106 L.A. Clippers 86 1-0 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 1
2 April 26 Utah 105 L.A. Clippers 99 2-0 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 2
3 April 28 L.A. Clippers 92 Utah 104 3-0 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles 3
Utah wins series 3–0

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brent Barry59018.5.409.324.8171.92.6.9.37.5
Terry Dehere73314.4.386.325.8241.32.2.4.06.4
Kevin Duckworth262214.8.437.750.6882.3.6.3.44.0
Rich Manning1017.3.412.000.5001.6.1.1.13.1
Darrick Martin 826422.2.407.389.8721.44.1.7.010.9
Lamond Murray74117.5.416.341.7393.1.8.7.47.4
Bo Outlaw822526.8.609.000.5045.51.91.11.77.6
Eric Piatkowski65011.5.450.425.8211.6.8.5.26.0
Pooh Richardson591818.1.381.328.6051.72.9.9.15.6
Stanley Roberts18221.0.426..7035.1.5.41.39.5
Rodney Rogers 816230.6.462.361.6635.12.71.1.813.2
Dwayne Schintzius1507.7.361.500.8751.5.3.1.62.3
Malik Sealy 807930.7.396.356.8763.02.11.6.613.5
Loy Vaught 828234.6.500.167.70210.01.31.0.314.9
Lorenzen Wright 775125.1.481.250.5876.1.6.6.87.3

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brent Barry3028.0.407.455.8892.33.31.3.011.7
Terry Dehere202.5.000.000..5.0.0.0.0
Rich Manning307.0.222..8331.3.3.0.33.0
Darrick Martin3325.7.440.556.667.74.3.0.011.0
Lamond Murray3021.7.300.2501.0003.71.0.71.07.0
Bo Outlaw3022.0.545.000.3004.71.3.3.75.0
Eric Piatkowski3012.7.364.400.857.7.0.3.05.3
Pooh Richardson209.0.500.000.000.01.5.5.02.0
Rodney Rogers3328.3.414.200.7502.32.01.31.010.7
Malik Sealy3326.3.480.200.7331.01.7.0.012.0
Loy Vaught3330.0.613.333.6679.0.71.0.715.0
Lorenzen Wright3330.7.406.1.0007.3.71.0.710.3

Awards and records

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1996-97 season.

Trades

No trades occurred for this team this season.

Free agents
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See also

References
  1. 1996-97 Los Angeles Clippers
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