1996–97 Philadelphia 76ers season

1996–97 Philadelphia 76ers season
Allen Iverson`s rookie season
Head coach	Johnny Davis
Arena	CoreStates Center
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 6th (Atlantic) Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Local media
Television	PRISM Network, SportsChannel Philadelphia, WPSG
Radio	WYBF

The 1996-97 NBA season was the 76ers 48th season in the NBA and 34th season in Philadelphia.^[1] After two seasons at Georgetown, point guard Allen Iverson was selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA draft. Iverson quickly established himself as one of the premier point guards in the NBA averaging 23.5 points per game. He was named 1997 Rookie of the Year and was a member of the NBA All-Rookie First Team. However, after a 7–8 start to the season, the Sixers struggled and lost 23 of their next 24 games. They finished sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 22–60 record. The team also moved into the new 20,000 plus seat CoreStates Center (now the Wells Fargo Center), after calling The Spectrum home from 1967 to 1996. Head coach Johnny Davis and General Manager Brad Greenburg were fired after Iverson's first season with the club. Following the season, Don MacLean and Michael Cage were both traded to the New Jersey Nets.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1996 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	1	Allen Iverson	(PG)	United States	Georgetown
2	31	Mark Hendrickson	(SF)	United States	Washington State
2	32	Ryan Minor (from Toronto)	(SG)	United States	Oklahoma
2	48	Jamie Feick (from Detroit)	(PF)	United States	Michigan State

Roster

Philadelphia 76ers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
6.0 !C	50	AUS !	Bradtke, Mark	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Australia
6.0 !C	4	USA !	Cage, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	San Diego State
4.5 !PF	45	USA !	Caldwell, Adrian	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Lamar
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Coleman, Derrick	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Syracuse
3.0 !SF	7	USA !	Davis, Mark	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Texas Tech
2.0 !SG	30	USA !	Harris, Lucious	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Long Beach State
4.5 !PF	14	USA !	Hendrickson, Mark	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Washington State
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Iverson, Allen	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Georgetown
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	King, Frankie	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Western Carolina
4.5 !PF	25	USA !	MacLean, Don	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	UCLA
1.0 !PG	9	USA !	Overton, Doug	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	La Salle
2.0 !SG	42	USA !	Stackhouse, Jerry	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	23	USA !	Walters, Rex	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Kansas
3.0 !SF	35	USA !	Weatherspoon, Clarence	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Southern Mississippi
6.0 !C	55	USA !	Williams, Scott	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina

Head coach

Johnny Davis (Dayton)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Miami Heat	61	21	.744	–	29–12	32–9	16–8
x-New York Knicks	57	25	.695	4	31–10	26–15	19–6
x-Orlando Magic	45	37	.549	16	26–15	19–22	13–11
x-Washington Bullets	44	38	.537	17	25–16	19–22	14–10
New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	35	16–25	10–31	11–13
Philadelphia 76ers	22	60	.268	39	11–30	11–30	11–14
Boston Celtics	15	67	.183	46	11–30	4–37	1–23

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	—	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Boston	1–3	—	0–4	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–4
Charlotte	3–1	4–0	—	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Chicago	3–1	4–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1
Cleveland	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1
Detroit	3–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	—	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	1–3	4–0	0–4	2–0	0–4	3–1	0–2
Houston	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0
Indiana	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	4–0	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0
Miami	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	0–4	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	—	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1
New Jersey	1–3	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–3
New York	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
Orlando	1–3	4–0	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–3
Philadelphia	0–4	3–1	0–4	0–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–3	4–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	—	2–2	4–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	—	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–4	4–0	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	—	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	—	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0
Toronto	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–4	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–2
Utah	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–0
Vancouver	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–4	—	1–1
Washington	1–2	4–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	—

Season schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	76ers points	Opponent points	Record	Streak	OT
1	November 1	Milwaukee	Loss	103	111	0-1	Lost 1
2	November 2	@ Chicago	Loss	86	115	0-2	Lost 2
3	November 5	Detroit	Loss	81	83	0-3	Lost 3
4	November 8	@ Boston	Win	115	105	1-3	Won 1
5	November 9	Phoenix	Win	112	95	2-3	Won 2
6	November 12	@ New York	Win	101	97	3-3	Won 3
7	November 13	@ Toronto	Loss	98	110	3-4	Lost 1
8	November 15	Cleveland	Loss	89	105	3-5	Lost 2
9	November 16	@ Miami	Win	91	89	4-5	Won 1
10	November 20	Indiana	Loss	92	103	4-6	Lost 1
11	November 22	@ Washington	Loss	76	88	4-7	Lost 2
12	November 23	New York	Win	109	92	5-7	Won 1
13	November 26	LA Lakers	Loss	88	100	5-8	Lost 1
14	November 29	Orlando	Win	100	91	6-8	Won 1
15	November 30	Vancouver	Win	96	90	7-8	Won 2
16	December 4	@ San Antonio	Loss	103	113	7-9	Lost 1
17	December 5	@ Dallas	Loss	102	106	7-10	Lost 2
18	December 7	@ Houston	Loss	108	123	7-11	Lost 3
19	December 9	Seattle	Loss	94	118	7-12	Lost 4
20	December 11	Miami	Loss	79	84	7-13	Lost 5
21	December 13	@ Charlotte	Loss	75	84	7-14	Lost 6
22	December 14	@ Atlanta	Loss	81	106	7-15	Lost 7
23	December 17	Charlotte	Loss	84	93	7-16	Lost 8
24	December 20	New York	Loss	103	110	7-17	Lost 9
25	December 21	Chicago	Loss	105	111	7-18	Lost 10
26	December 26	@ Denver	Win	118	89	8-18	Won 1
27	December 28	@ Utah	Loss	84	110	8-19	Lost 1
28	December 29	@ LA Lakers	Loss	102	115	8-20	Lost 2
29	January 2	@ Seattle	Loss	82	96	8-21	Lost 3
30	January 3	@ Golden State	Loss	114	122	8-22	Lost 4	OT
31	January 5	@ Sacramento	Loss	106	107	8-23	Lost 5
32	January 7	@ Orlando	Loss	88	109	8-24	Lost 6
33	January 8	Dallas	Loss	93	111	8-25	Lost 7
34	January 10	Houston	Loss	99	120	8-26	Lost 8
35	January 13	Utah	Loss	96	97	8-27	Lost 9	OT
36	January 15	Golden State	Loss	111	128	8-28	Lost 10
37	January 17	New Jersey	Loss	103	105	8-29	Lost 11	OT
38	January 19	@ Indiana	Loss	107	111	8-30	Lost 12
39	January 20	Milwaukee	Loss	104	114	8-31	Lost 13
40	January 22	@ Boston	Win	127	125	9-31	Won 1	OT
41	January 24	Sacramento	Loss	92	107	9-32	Lost 1
42	January 25	@ Detroit	Loss	95	104	9-33	Lost 2
43	January 29	Toronto	Win	101	99	10-33	Won 1
44	January 31	Orlando	Loss	99	109	10-34	Lost 1
45	February 1	@ Milwaukee	Win	109	100	11-34	Won 1
46	February 5	San Antonio	Win	113	97	12-34	Won 2
47	February 11	@ Cleveland	Loss	94	105	12-35	Lost 1
48	February 13	@ New York	Loss	92	107	12-36	Lost 2
49	February 15	@ Miami	Loss	99	125	12-37	Lost 3
50	February 16	Denver	Loss	97	112	12-38	Lost 4
51	February 18	Miami	Loss	83	111	12-39	Lost 5
52	February 20	LA Clippers	Win	101	84	13-39	Won 1
53	February 22	Portland	Win	97	80	14-39	Won 2
54	February 25	@ LA Clippers	Loss	93	98	14-40	Lost 1
55	February 26	@ Phoenix	Loss	104	111	14-41	Lost 2
56	February 28	@ Vancouver	Win	104	100	15-41	Won 1
57	March 2	@ Portland	Loss	95	112	15-42	Lost 1
58	March 4	Washington	Loss	106	107	15-43	Lost 2
59	March 6	Atlanta	Loss	104	117	15-44	Lost 3
60	March 9	@ Washington	Win	99	93	16-44	Won 1
61	March 11	@ Minnesota	Loss	100	104	16-45	Lost 1
62	March 12	Chicago	Loss	104	108	16-46	Lost 2
63	March 14	Minnesota	Win	109	95	17-46	Won 1
64	March 15	Charlotte	Loss	99	107	17-47	Lost 1
65	March 18	@ Toronto	Loss	105	117	17-48	Lost 2
66	March 19	New York	Loss	100	111	17-49	Lost 3
67	March 21	New Jersey	Win	112	110	18-49	Won 1
68	March 26	@ New Jersey	Loss	105	123	18-50	Lost 1
69	March 28	Boston	Win	113	105	19-50	Won 1
70	March 30	@ Detroit	Win	96	92	20-50	Won 2
71	April 1	@ Orlando	Win	105	93	21-50	Won 3
72	April 2	Toronto	Loss	90	112	21-51	Lost 1
73	April 4	Indiana	Loss	103	114	21-52	Lost 2
74	April 5	@ Charlotte	Loss	113	115	21-53	Lost 3
75	April 7	@ Chicago	Loss	102	128	21-54	Lost 4
76	April 9	Atlanta	Loss	101	116	21-55	Lost 5
77	April 11	@ Milwaukee	Loss	118	126	21-56	Lost 6
78	April 12	@ Cleveland	Loss	118	125	21-57	Lost 7
79	April 14	Washington	Loss	110	131	21-58	Lost 8
80	April 16	@ New Jersey	Win	113	105	22-58	Won 1
81	April 18	Boston	Loss	113	119	22-59	Lost 1
82	April 19	@ Atlanta	Loss	104	136	22-60	Lost 2

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	AVG
Allen Iverson	76	312	567	157	24	1787	23.5
Jerry Stackhouse	81	338	253	93	63	1679	20.7
Derrick Coleman	57	573	193	50	75	1032	18.1
Clarence Weatherspoon	82	679	140	74	86	1003	12.2
Mark Davis	75	323	135	85	31	639	8.5
Don McLean	37	140	37	12	10	402	10.9
Rex Walters	59	107	113	28	3	402	6.8
Scott Williams	62	397	41	44	41	362	5.8
Lucious Harris	54	71	50	41	3	293	5.4
Doug Overton	61	68	101	24	0	217	3.6
Michael Cage	82	320	43	48	42	151	1.8
Mark Hendrickson	29	92	3	10	4	85	2.9
Adrian Caldwell	27	111	7	8	7	72	2.7
Mark Bradtke	36	68	7	5	5	59	1.6
Frankie King	7	14	5	4	0	20	2.9
Joe Courtney	4	9	0	0	0	12	3.0

Award winners

Allen Iverson, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
Allen Iverson, NBA All-Rookie Team First Team

References

↑ 1996-97 Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers on Basketball Reference

1996–97 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Syracuse Nationals–Philadelphia 76ers seasons

1940s

1946–47

1947–48

1948–49

1950s

1954–55

1960s

1966–67

1970s

1980s

1982–83

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

Sports teams based in and around Philadelphia

Baseball	MLB Philadelphia Phillies IL Lehigh Valley IronPigs EL Reading Fightin Phils Trenton Thunder CL Wilmington Blue Rocks

Basketball	NBA Philadelphia 76ers D-League Delaware 87ers

Football	NFL Philadelphia Eagles AFL Philadelphia Soul NAL Lehigh Valley Steelhawks WFA Philadelphia Phantomz IWFL Philadelphia Firebirds

Hockey	NHL Philadelphia Flyers AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals NAHL Aston Rebels USPHL Premier Philadelphia Flyers-USPHL EHL Philadelphia Little Flyers Philadelphia Junior Flyers Philadelphia Revolution

Rugby league	USARL Bucks County Sharks Delaware Black Foxes Philadelphia Fight

Roller derby	WFTDA Diamond State Roller Girls Philly Roller Derby

Soccer	MLS Philadelphia Union USL Bethlehem Steel FC NPSL Junior Lone Star FC PDL Lehigh Valley United Sonic Reading United A.C. ASL Philadelphia Fury

Tennis	WTT Philadelphia Freedoms

College athletics (NCAA Div. I)	Drexel University Dragons La Salle University Explorers Saint Joseph's University Hawks Temple University Owls University of Delaware Blue Hens University of Pennsylvania Quakers Villanova University Wildcats See also: Philadelphia Big 5 and City 6

Currently defunct teams

Main article: Sports in Philadelphia

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