# Temporada 1996-97 de los Charlotte Hornets

La temporada 1996-97 fue la novena de los Charlotte Hornets en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 54 victorias y 28 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los New York Knicks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 13 | Kobe Bryant | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Lower Merion High School |
| 1 | 16 | Tony Delk | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Kentucky |
| 2 | 44 | Malik Rose | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Drexel |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Chicago Bulls | 69 | 13 | .841 | – | 39–2 | 30–11 | 24–4 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 56 | 26 | .683 | 13 | 36–5 | 20–21 | 17–11 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 54 | 28 | .659 | 15 | 30–11 | 24–17 | 17–11 |
| x-Charlotte Hornets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 15 | 30–11 | 24–17 | 14–14 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 27 | 25–16 | 17–24 | 13–15 |
| Indiana Pacers | 39 | 43 | .476 | 30 | 21–20 | 18–23 | 11–17 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 36 | 20–21 | 13–28 | 10–18 |
| Toronto Raptors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 39 | 18–23 | 12–29 | 6–22 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Charlotte Hornets vs. Chicago Bulls
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 24 de abril | New York Knicks 109, Charlotte Hornets 99 | Nueva York |
| 26 de abril | New York Knicks 100, Charlotte Hornets 93 | Nueva York |
| 28 de abril | Charlotte Hornets 95, New York Knicks 104 | Charlotte |
| | New York Knicks gana las series 3-0 | |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Anthony Mason | 30 | PF | 73 | 73 | 43.1 | 5.9 | 11.3 | .525 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .333 | 4.4 | 5.9 | .745 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 16.2 |
| 2 | Glen Rice | 29 | SF | 79 | 78 | 42.6 | 9.1 | 19.2 | .477 | 2.6 | 5.6 | .470 | 5.9 | 6.8 | .867 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 26.8 |
| 3 | Vlade Divac | 28 | C | 81 | 80 | 35.1 | 5.2 | 10.5 | .494 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .234 | 2.2 | 3.2 | .683 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 12.6 |
| 4 | Dell Curry | 32 | SG | 68 | 20 | 30.6 | 5.6 | 12.3 | .459 | 1.9 | 4.4 | .426 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .803 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 14.8 |
| 5 | Muggsy Bogues | 32 | PG | 65 | 65 | 28.9 | 3.1 | 6.8 | .460 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .417 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .844 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Ricky Pierce | 37 | SG | 27 | 17 | 24.1 | 4.4 | 8.8 | .502 | 1.1 | 2.1 | .536 | 2.1 | 2.3 | .889 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Matt Geiger | 27 | C | 49 | 13 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 7.1 | .489 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .300 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .701 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 8.9 |
| 8 | Tony Smith | 28 | PG | 69 | 39 | 18.7 | 2.0 | 4.9 | .409 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .323 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .644 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
| 9 | Anthony Goldwire | 25 | PG | 33 | 9 | 17.5 | 1.9 | 4.7 | .403 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .439 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .750 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 5.8 |
| 10 | Scott Burrell | 26 | SF | 28 | 2 | 17.2 | 1.6 | 4.7 | .344 | 0.7 | 2.0 | .345 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .792 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| 11 | Tony Delk | 23 | PG | 61 | 1 | 14.2 | 2.0 | 4.2 | .465 | 0.9 | 1.8 | .464 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .824 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
| 12 | Donald Royal | 30 | SF | 25 | 2 | 12.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | .525 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.1 | 1.4 | .800 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| 13 | Eric Leckner | 30 | C | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Malik Rose | 22 | PF | 54 | 1 | 9.7 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .477 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .613 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| 15 | Rafael Addison | 32 | SF | 41 | 3 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 | .402 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .400 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .786 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 16 | George Zídek | 23 | C | 36 | 2 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | .388 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .781 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| 17 | Tom Chambers | 37 | PF | 12 | 5 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 2.6 | .226 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .750 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 18 | Jamie Feick | 22 | C | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.7 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 |

### Playoffs

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Glen Rice | 29 | SF | 3 | 3 | 45.7 | 9.3 | 19.0 | .491 | 2.0 | 5.3 | .375 | 7.0 | 7.7 | .913 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 27.7 |
| 2 | Anthony Mason | 30 | PF | 3 | 3 | 43.7 | 5.3 | 12.7 | .421 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.3 | 4.3 | .538 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 3 | Vlade Divac | 28 | C | 3 | 3 | 38.7 | 7.0 | 15.3 | .457 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 4.0 | 5.0 | .800 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 18.0 |
| 4 | Muggsy Bogues | 32 | PG | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 5.5 | 9.5 | .579 | 3.0 | 3.5 | .857 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Ricky Pierce | 37 | SG | 3 | 2 | 29.0 | 3.7 | 8.0 | .458 | 0.3 | 2.3 | .143 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Tony Delk | 23 | PG | 3 | 1 | 28.3 | 4.3 | 10.3 | .419 | 1.7 | 4.3 | .385 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| 7 | Dell Curry | 32 | SG | 3 | 1 | 16.7 | 1.7 | 5.7 | .294 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .250 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
| 8 | Matt Geiger | 27 | C | 3 | 0 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| 9 | Malik Rose | 22 | PF | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 10 | Tony Smith | 28 | PG | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 11 | Donald Royal | 30 | SF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Glen Rice | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA MVP del All-Star Game de la NBA All-Star |
| Anthony Mason | 3.er Mejor quinteto de la NBA 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |