# Temporada 1996-97 de Los Angeles Clippers

La temporada 1996-97 fue la decimotercera de los Clippers en la NBA en su nueva localización de Los Angeles, y la decimonovena en el estado de California, tras moverse desde Búfalo (Nueva York), donde disputaron ocho temporadas con la denominación de los Buffalo Braves. La temporada regular acabó con 36 victorias y 46 derrotas, ocupando el octavo puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Utah Jazz.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 7 | Lorenzen Wright | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Memphis |
| 2 | 36 | Doron Sheffer | Alero | Israel Israel | Connecticut |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Seattle SuperSonics | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 31–10 | 26–15 | 16–8 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1 | 31–10 | 25–16 | 18–6 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 49 | 33 | .598 | 8 | 29–12 | 20–21 | 15–9 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 40 | 42 | .488 | 17 | 25–16 | 15–26 | 13–11 |
| x-Los Angeles Clippers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 21 | 21–20 | 15–26 | 10–14 |
| Sacramento Kings | 34 | 48 | .415 | 23 | 22–19 | 12–29 | 8–16 |
| Golden State Warriors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 27 | 18–23 | 12–29 | 4–20 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 24 de abril | Utah Jazz 106, Los Angeles Clippers 86 | Salt Lake City |
| 26 de abril | Utah Jazz 105, Los Angeles Clippers 99 | Salt Lake City |
| 28 de abril | Los Angeles Clippers 92, Utah Jazz 104 | Los Angeles |
| | Utah Jazz 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 | Loy Vaught | 28 | PF | 82 | 82 | 34.6 | 6.6 | 13.2 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .702 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 14.9 |
| 2 | Malik Sealy | 26 | SG | 80 | 79 | 30.7 | 4.7 | 11.8 | .396 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .356 | 3.2 | 3.6 | .876 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Rodney Rogers | 25 | SF | 81 | 62 | 30.6 | 5.0 | 10.9 | .462 | 0.8 | 2.2 | .361 | 2.4 | 3.6 | .663 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 13.2 |
| 4 | Bo Outlaw | 25 | PF | 82 | 25 | 26.8 | 3.1 | 5.1 | .609 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.4 | 2.8 | .504 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Lorenzen Wright | 21 | C | 77 | 51 | 25.1 | 3.1 | 6.4 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 1.1 | 1.9 | .587 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Darrick Martin | 25 | PG | 82 | 64 | 22.2 | 3.6 | 8.8 | .407 | 1.1 | 2.9 | .389 | 2.7 | 3.0 | .872 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Stanley Roberts | 26 | C | 18 | 2 | 21.0 | 3.5 | 8.2 | .426 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.5 | 3.6 | .703 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 9.5 |
| 8 | Brent Barry | 25 | SG | 59 | 0 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 6.4 | .409 | 0.9 | 2.9 | .324 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .817 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Pooh Richardson | 30 | PG | 59 | 18 | 18.1 | 2.2 | 5.8 | .381 | 0.7 | 2.2 | .328 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .605 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| 10 | Lamond Murray | 23 | SF | 74 | 1 | 17.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | .416 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .341 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .739 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 7.4 |
| 11 | Kevin Duckworth | 32 | C | 26 | 22 | 14.8 | 1.7 | 4.0 | .437 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .750 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .688 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Terry Dehere | 25 | PG | 73 | 3 | 14.4 | 2.0 | 5.2 | .386 | 0.7 | 2.2 | .325 | 1.7 | 2.0 | .824 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 6.4 |
| 13 | Eric Piatkowski | 26 | SG | 65 | 0 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 4.6 | .450 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .425 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .821 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 14 | Dwayne Schintzius | 28 | C | 15 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 2.4 | .361 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 0.5 | 0.5 | .875 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 15 | Rich Manning | 26 | PF | 10 | 1 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 3.4 | .412 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.1 |

### 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 | Lorenzen Wright | 21 | C | 3 | 3 | 30.7 | 4.3 | 10.7 | .406 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 10.3 |
| 2 | Loy Vaught | 28 | PF | 3 | 3 | 30.0 | 6.3 | 10.3 | .613 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .333 | 2.0 | 3.0 | .667 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 15.0 |
| 3 | Rodney Rogers | 25 | SF | 3 | 3 | 28.3 | 4.0 | 9.7 | .414 | 0.7 | 3.3 | .200 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .750 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 10.7 |
| 4 | Brent Barry | 25 | SG | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 3.7 | 9.0 | .407 | 1.7 | 3.7 | .455 | 2.7 | 3.0 | .889 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Malik Sealy | 26 | SG | 3 | 3 | 26.3 | 4.0 | 8.3 | .480 | 0.3 | 1.7 | .200 | 3.7 | 5.0 | .733 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 12.0 |
| 6 | Darrick Martin | 25 | PG | 3 | 3 | 25.7 | 3.7 | 8.3 | .440 | 1.7 | 3.0 | .556 | 2.0 | 3.0 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 7 | Bo Outlaw | 25 | PF | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | .545 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 1.0 | 3.3 | .300 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| 8 | Lamond Murray | 23 | SF | 3 | 0 | 21.7 | 2.0 | 6.7 | .300 | 0.7 | 2.7 | .250 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Eric Piatkowski | 26 | SG | 3 | 0 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 3.7 | .364 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .400 | 2.0 | 2.3 | .857 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 10 | Pooh Richardson | 30 | PG | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 11 | Rich Manning | 26 | PF | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | .222 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.7 | 2.0 | .833 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Terry Dehere | 25 | PG | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |