# Temporada 1996-97 de los Phoenix Suns

La temporada 1996-97 fue la vigesimonovena de los Phoenix Suns en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 40 victorias y 42 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los Seattle SuperSonics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad/Club |
| 1 | 15 | Steve Nash | Base | Canadá Canadá | Santa Clara |
| 2 | 39 | Russ Millard | Alero | Estados Unidos | Iowa |
| 2 | 43 | Ben Davis | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Arizona |

## 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

Seattle SuperSonics vs. Phoenix Suns
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 25 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 101, Phoenix Suns 106 | Seattle |
| 27 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 122, Phoenix Suns 78 | Seattle |
| 29 de abril | Phoenix Suns 110, Seattle SuperSonics 103 | Phoenix |
| 1 de mayo | Phoenix Suns 115, Seattle SuperSonics 122 | Phoenix |
| 3 de mayo | Seattle SuperSonics 116, Phoenix Suns 92 | Seattle |
| | Seattle SuperSonics gana las series 3-2 | |

## 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 | Kevin Johnson | 30 | PG | 70 | 70 | 38.0 | 6.3 | 12.7 | .496 | 1.3 | 2.9 | .441 | 5.0 | 9.8 | .852 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 20.1 |
| 2 | Jason Kidd | 23 | PG | 33 | 23 | 35.5 | 4.2 | 9.9 | .423 | 1.2 | 3.0 | .400 | 3.0 | 6.8 | .688 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| 3 | Hot Rod Williams | 34 | C | 68 | 66 | 31.4 | 3.0 | 6.1 | .490 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.0 | 6.1 | .672 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Michael Finley | 23 | SF | 27 | 18 | 29.5 | 5.2 | 11.0 | .475 | 0.5 | 2.0 | .255 | 4.7 | 9.0 | .812 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| 5 | Wesley Person | 25 | SG | 80 | 42 | 29.1 | 5.1 | 11.3 | .453 | 2.1 | 5.2 | .413 | 3.0 | 6.1 | .798 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
| 6 | Rex Chapman | 29 | SG | 65 | 33 | 28.2 | 5.1 | 11.5 | .443 | 1.7 | 4.8 | .350 | 3.4 | 6.7 | .832 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 13.8 |
| 7 | Danny Manning | 30 | PF | 77 | 17 | 27.7 | 5.5 | 10.3 | .536 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .194 | 5.4 | 9.9 | .721 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 13.5 |
| 8 | Cedric Ceballos | 27 | SF | 42 | 32 | 27.3 | 5.9 | 12.7 | .464 | 0.5 | 1.9 | .259 | 5.4 | 10.8 | .737 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 15.3 |
| 9 | Mark Bryant | 31 | PF | 41 | 18 | 24.8 | 3.7 | 6.7 | .553 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.7 | 6.7 | .704 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 9.3 |
| 10 | Sam Cassell | 27 | PG | 22 | 9 | 24.5 | 4.5 | 11.0 | .415 | 0.9 | 2.8 | .306 | 3.7 | 8.1 | .855 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 14.8 |
| 11 | Robert Horry | 26 | SF | 32 | 15 | 22.5 | 2.6 | 6.1 | .421 | 0.8 | 2.4 | .308 | 1.8 | 3.7 | .640 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| 12 | A.C. Green | 33 | PF | 27 | 19 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 | .477 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .646 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 13 | Joe Kleine | 35 | C | 23 | 10 | 15.9 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 3.4 | .722 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Wayman Tisdale | 32 | PF | 53 | 15 | 14.7 | 3.0 | 7.0 | .426 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.0 | 7.0 | .625 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| 15 | Mike Brown | 33 | C | 6 | 1 | 13.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | .417 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 2.0 | .600 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 16 | Loren Meyer | 24 | PF | 35 | 17 | 12.8 | 2.1 | 4.7 | .446 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .600 | 2.0 | 4.6 | .712 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| 17 | Steve Nash | 22 | PG | 65 | 2 | 10.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | .423 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .418 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .824 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| 18 | Tony Dumas | 24 | SG | 6 | 1 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | .316 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .250 | 0.8 | 2.5 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 19 | Chucky Brown | 28 | SF | 10 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 2.6 | .727 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| 20 | Rumeal Robinson | 30 | PG | 12 | 0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | .471 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .300 | 1.1 | 2.0 | .250 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 21 | Dexter Boney | 26 | SG | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | .316 | 0.1 | 0.8 | .167 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .750 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 22 | Horacio Llamas | 23 | C | 20 | 2 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | .536 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.4 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 23 | Ben Davis | 24 | PF | 20 | 0 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .385 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.3 | .450 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 |

### 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 | Kevin Johnson | 30 | PG | 5 | 5 | 41.6 | 5.2 | 17.6 | .295 | 0.6 | 4.4 | .136 | 4.6 | 13.2 | .879 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 16.8 |
| 2 | Jason Kidd | 23 | PG | 5 | 5 | 41.4 | 4.2 | 10.6 | .396 | 1.6 | 4.4 | .364 | 2.6 | 6.2 | .526 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 12.0 |
| 3 | Rex Chapman | 29 | SG | 5 | 5 | 38.2 | 8.2 | 16.6 | .494 | 4.4 | 9.6 | .458 | 3.8 | 7.0 | .680 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 24.2 |
| 4 | Wesley Person | 25 | SG | 5 | 1 | 32.6 | 5.0 | 10.6 | .472 | 2.8 | 6.6 | .424 | 2.2 | 4.0 | .778 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
| 5 | Danny Manning | 30 | PF | 5 | 0 | 23.2 | 5.2 | 9.0 | .578 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .000 | 5.2 | 8.4 | .933 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 13.2 |
| 6 | Cedric Ceballos | 27 | SF | 5 | 0 | 21.4 | 2.2 | 6.6 | .333 | 0.6 | 2.4 | .250 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 1.000 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 6.6 |
| 7 | Hot Rod Williams | 34 | C | 5 | 5 | 21.0 | 1.6 | 3.0 | .533 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.6 | 3.0 | .400 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Mark Bryant | 31 | PF | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| 9 | Wayman Tisdale | 32 | PF | 4 | 4 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.5 | 3.8 | | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Mike Brown | 33 | C | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.3 | .875 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 11 | Loren Meyer | 24 | PF | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 1.0 | | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Steve Nash | 22 | PG | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 | .222 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .250 | 0.3 | 1.3 | | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |