1996-97 Atlanta Hawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Detroit Pistons 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Chicago Bulls 4-1
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 585,802, Avg. 14,288 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Atlanta Hawks Roster
1996-97 Atlanta Hawks Results

The Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Hawks tossed in 7,774 points and conceded 7,328. Christian Laettner netted a team-leading 1,486 points for Atlanta, while Mookie Blaylock and Steve Smith scored 15 or more per game, too. Dikembe Mutombo racked up 929 rebounds. Mookie Blaylock dished out 463 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Mookie Blaylock added 212 steals, and Dikembe Mutombo swatted 264 opponent shot attempts.

Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1996-97 Atlanta Hawks 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
Christian Laettner	F-C	82	82	3140	1128	548	88	31	440	359	212	508	720	223	102	64	218	277	1486
Steve Smith	G	72	72	2818	1145	491	388	130	393	333	90	148	238	305	62	23	176	173	1445
Mookie Blaylock	G	78	78	3056	1159	501	604	221	174	131	114	299	413	463	212	20	185	141	1354
Dikembe Mutombo	C	80	80	2973	721	380	0	0	434	306	268	661	929	110	49	264	186	249	1066
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	70	65	2305	600	253	208	74	108	86	76	218	294	124	90	7	85	176	666
Eldridge Recasner	G	71	4	1207	350	148	140	58	58	51	35	80	115	94	38	4	65	97	405
Henry James	F	53	15	945	306	125	181	76	36	30	27	54	81	21	11	1	29	98	356
Jon Barry	G	58	8	965	246	100	124	48	46	37	26	73	99	115	55	3	59	56	285
Alan Henderson	F	30	0	501	162	77	0	0	75	45	47	69	116	23	21	6	29	73	199
Willie Burton	F-G	24	0	380	116	39	46	13	68	57	11	30	41	11	8	3	26	55	148
Priest Lauderdale	C	35	0	180	89	49	1	0	23	13	16	27	43	12	1	9	37	39	111
Ivano Newbill	F-C	72	2	850	91	40	0	0	52	20	76	128	204	24	28	15	42	115	100
Ken Norman	F	17	0	220	94	27	38	6	12	4	8	31	39	12	7	3	18	17	64
Donnie Boyce	G	22	4	154	63	21	16	2	22	11	7	8	15	13	10	4	16	17	55
Darrin Hancock	G-F	14	0	86	27	13	0	0	12	8	3	10	13	7	7	1	7	6	34
Anthony Miller	F	1	0	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	2	0
Derrick Alston	F	2	0	11	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		781	410	19805	6307	2812	1834	659	1955	1491	1021	2350	3371	1557	701	427	1178	1591	7774

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Christian Laettner	F-C	82	82	38.3	48.6	35.2	81.6	2.6	6.2	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	2.7	3.4	18.1
Steve Smith	G	72	72	39.1	42.9	33.5	84.7	1.3	2.1	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.4	20.1
Mookie Blaylock	G	78	78	39.2	43.2	36.6	75.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.8	17.4
Dikembe Mutombo	C	80	80	37.2	52.7		70.5	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	13.3
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	70	65	32.9	42.2	35.6	79.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.8	1.3	0.1	1.2	2.5	9.5
Eldridge Recasner	G	71	4	17.0	42.3	41.4	87.9	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	5.7
Henry James	F	53	15	17.8	40.8	42.0	83.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.8	6.7
Jon Barry	G	58	8	16.6	40.7	38.7	80.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.0	4.9
Alan Henderson	F	30	0	16.7	47.5		60.0	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.4	6.6
Willie Burton	F-G	24	0	15.8	33.6	28.3	83.8	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.3	6.2
Priest Lauderdale	C	35	0	5.1	55.1	0.0	56.5	0.5	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.1	3.2
Ivano Newbill	F-C	72	2	11.8	44.0		38.5	1.1	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.4
Ken Norman	F	17	0	12.9	28.7	15.8	33.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.0	3.8
Donnie Boyce	G	22	4	7.0	33.3	12.5	50.0	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.5
Darrin Hancock	G-F	14	0	6.1	48.1		66.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.4	2.4
Anthony Miller	F	1	0	14.0	0.0			2.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Derrick Alston	F	2	0	5.5	0.0		0.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		781	410	25.4	44.6	35.9	76.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Steve Smith	G	10	421	139	55	55	18	74	61	12	27	39	17	4	1	28	38	189
Christian Laettner	F-C	10	403	153	62	21	4	56	48	19	53	72	26	10	8	31	32	176
Mookie Blaylock	G	10	441	154	61	85	28	21	14	12	58	70	65	21	2	35	15	164
Dikembe Mutombo	C	10	415	86	54	0	0	64	46	37	86	123	13	1	26	20	30	154
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	10	364	92	42	37	13	9	9	12	31	43	20	4	2	14	29	106
Alan Henderson	F	10	136	34	19	0	0	26	20	11	22	33	0	1	3	7	26	58
Eldridge Recasner	G	10	121	26	11	11	4	8	5	3	8	11	9	2	0	7	9	31
Henry James	F	8	45	13	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	4	12	8
Darrin Hancock	G-F	6	33	5	2	1	0	3	0	2	3	5	1	1	1	1	5	4
Priest Lauderdale	C	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0
Ivano Newbill	F-C	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Jon Barry	G	2	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		92	2400	708	309	219	69	261	203	110	290	400	154	45	43	151	199	890

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Steve Smith	G	10	42.1	39.6	32.7	82.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.8	3.8	18.9
Christian Laettner	F-C	10	40.3	40.5	19.0	85.7	1.9	5.3	7.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.2	17.6
Mookie Blaylock	G	10	44.1	39.6	32.9	66.7	1.2	5.8	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.5	16.4
Dikembe Mutombo	C	10	41.5	62.8		71.9	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	15.4
Tyrone Corbin	G-F	10	36.4	45.7	35.1	100.0	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.0	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.9	10.6
Alan Henderson	F	10	13.6	55.9		76.9	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.7	2.6	5.8
Eldridge Recasner	G	10	12.1	42.3	36.4	62.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.9	3.1
Henry James	F	8	5.6	23.1	33.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0
Darrin Hancock	G-F	6	5.5	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.7
Priest Lauderdale	C	3	2.3	0.0			0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0
Ivano Newbill	F-C	3	1.7				0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.0
Jon Barry	G	2	4.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		781	26.1	43.6	31.5	77.8	1.2	3.2	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.6	2.2	9.7