# Temporada 1996-97 de los Miami Heat

La temporada 1996-97 fue la novena de los Miami Heat en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 61 victorias y 21 derrotas, ocupando el segundo puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en las finales de conferencia ante Chicago Bulls.

## Elecciones en el Draft

Los Heat no tuvieron esta temporada ninguna elección en el Draft de la NBA.

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | 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 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Miami Heat vs. Orlando Magic
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 24 de abril | Miami Heat 99, Orlando Magic 64 | Miami |
| 27 de abril | Miami Heat 104, Orlando Magic 87 | Miami |
| 29 de abril | Orlando Magic 88, Miami Heat 75 | Orlando |
| 1 de mayo | Orlando Magic 99, Miami Heat 91 | Orlando |
| 4 de mayo | Miami Heat 94, Orlando Magic 83 | Miami |
| | Miami Heat gana las series 3-2 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 7 de mayo | Miami Heat 79, New York Knicks 88 | Miami |
| 9 de mayo | Miami Heat 88, New York Knicks 84 | Miami |
| 11 de mayo | New York Knicks 77, Miami Heat 73 | Nueva York |
| 12 de mayo | New York Knicks 89, Miami Heat 76 | Nueva York |
| 14 de mayo | Miami Heat 96, New York Knicks 81 | Miami |
| 16 de mayo | New York Knicks 90, Miami Heat 95 | Nueva York |
| 18 de mayo | Miami Heat 101, New York Knicks 90 | Miami |
| | Miami Heat gana las series 4-3 | |

### Finales de conferencia

Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 20 de mayo | Chicago Bulls 84, Miami Heat 77 | Chicago |
| 22 de mayo | Chicago Bulls 75, Miami Heat 68 | Chicago |
| 24 de mayo | Miami Heat 74, Chicago Bulls 98 | Miami |
| 26 de mayo | Miami Heat 87, Chicago Bulls 80 | Miami |
| 28 de mayo | Chicago Bulls 100, Miami Heat 87 | Chicago |
| | Chicago Bulls gana las series 4-1 | |

## 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 | Tim Hardaway | 30 | PG | 81 | 81 | 38.7 | 7.1 | 17.1 | .415 | 2.5 | 7.3 | .344 | 3.6 | 4.5 | .799 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 20.3 |
| 2 | Jamal Mashburn | 24 | SF | 32 | 30 | 37.2 | 4.6 | 11.5 | .398 | 1.5 | 4.6 | .329 | 2.8 | 3.7 | .752 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 13.4 |
| 3 | Alonzo Mourning | 26 | C | 66 | 65 | 35.2 | 7.2 | 13.4 | .534 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .111 | 5.5 | 8.6 | .642 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 19.8 |
| 4 | Dan Majerle | 31 | SF | 36 | 26 | 35.1 | 3.9 | 9.6 | .406 | 1.9 | 5.6 | .338 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .678 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 10.8 |
| 5 | P.J. Brown | 27 | PF | 80 | 71 | 32.4 | 3.8 | 8.2 | .457 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.8 | .732 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Sasha Danilović | 26 | SG | 43 | 33 | 31.4 | 4.1 | 9.2 | .442 | 1.5 | 4.1 | .358 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .777 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 11.3 |
| 7 | Voshon Lenard | 23 | SG | 73 | 47 | 28.9 | 4.3 | 9.4 | .459 | 2.5 | 6.1 | .414 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .819 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 12.3 |
| 8 | Isaac Austin | 27 | C | 82 | 17 | 22.9 | 3.9 | 7.8 | .502 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.8 | .664 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.7 |
| 9 | Keith Askins | 29 | SF | 78 | 30 | 22.7 | 1.8 | 4.1 | .433 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .401 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .672 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 10 | Kurt Thomas | 24 | PF | 18 | 9 | 20.8 | 2.2 | 5.8 | .371 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .761 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 6.3 |
| 11 | John Crotty | 27 | PG | 48 | 0 | 13.7 | 1.6 | 3.2 | .513 | 0.4 | 1.0 | .408 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .844 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| 12 | Gary Grant | 31 | PG | 28 | 0 | 13.0 | 1.4 | 3.9 | .355 | 0.5 | 1.6 | .304 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .818 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.9 |
| 13 | Willie Anderson | 30 | SG | 28 | 1 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .453 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .421 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .850 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Ed Pinckney | 33 | PF | 27 | 0 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | .535 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.7 | 0.9 | .800 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
| 15 | Mark Strickland | 26 | PF | 31 | 0 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | .417 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .571 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 16 | James Scott | 24 | SF | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .500 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 17 | Martin Müürsepp | 22 | PF | 10 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .357 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .250 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .429 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 18 | Matt Fish | 27 | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bruce Bowen | 25 | SF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

### 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 | Tim Hardaway | 30 | PG | 17 | 17 | 41.2 | 6.1 | 16.9 | .359 | 2.5 | 7.9 | .313 | 4.1 | 5.2 | .795 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 18.7 |
| 2 | Alonzo Mourning | 26 | C | 17 | 17 | 37.1 | 6.3 | 12.8 | .491 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .375 | 5.1 | 9.1 | .555 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 17.8 |
| 3 | Jamal Mashburn | 24 | SF | 17 | 17 | 32.6 | 3.8 | 9.9 | .387 | 1.3 | 3.6 | .355 | 1.5 | 2.4 | .650 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 10.5 |
| 4 | Voshon Lenard | 23 | SG | 17 | 17 | 32.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 | .406 | 2.1 | 5.4 | .396 | 1.9 | 2.2 | .865 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 11.4 |
| 5 | P.J. Brown | 27 | PF | 15 | 15 | 30.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 | .408 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.5 | 3.5 | .717 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 8.1 |
| 6 | Dan Majerle | 31 | SF | 17 | 2 | 29.2 | 2.7 | 6.9 | .393 | 1.5 | 4.4 | .338 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .679 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Isaac Austin | 27 | C | 15 | 0 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 5.4 | .444 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .250 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .806 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Willie Anderson | 30 | SG | 9 | 0 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 | .367 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .250 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .900 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
| 9 | Keith Askins | 29 | SF | 12 | 0 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 1.9 | .435 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 10 | John Crotty | 27 | PG | 15 | 0 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .394 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .417 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .857 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 11 | Mark Strickland | 26 | PF | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| 12 | Ed Pinckney | 33 | PF | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | .667 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador/Entrenador | Galardón |
| Tim Hardaway | Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| P. J. Brown | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |
| Pat Riley | Entrenador del Año de la NBA |
| Isaac Austin | Jugador más mejorado de la NBA |