# Temporada 1996-97 de los Seattle SuperSonics

La temporada 1996-97 fue la trigésimaa de los Seattle SuperSonics en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 57 victorias y 25 derrotas, ocupando el segundo puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que perdieron en semifinales de la Conferencia Oeste ante los Houston Rockets.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad/Club |
| 2 | 35 | Joseph Blair | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Arizona |
| 2 | 45 | Joe Vogel | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Colorado State |
| 2 | 47 | Ron Riley | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Arizona State |
| 2 | 57 | Drew Barry | Base | Estados Unidos | Georgia Tech |

## 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 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Houston Rockets vs. Seattle SuperSonics
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 5 de mayo | Houston Rockets 112, Seattle SuperSonics 102 | Houston |
| 7 de mayo | Houston Rockets 101, Seattle SuperSonics 106 | Houston |
| 9 de mayo | Seattle SuperSonics 93, Houston Rockets 97 | Seattle |
| 11 de mayo | Seattle SuperSonics 106, Houston Rockets 110 | Seattle |
| 13 de mayo | Houston Rockets 94, Seattle SuperSonics 100 | Houston |
| 15 de mayo | Seattle SuperSonics 99, Houston Rockets 96 | Seattle |
| 13 de mayo | Houston Rockets 96, Seattle SuperSonics 91 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 4-3 | |

## 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 | Gary Payton | 28 | PG | 82 | 82 | 39.2 | 8.6 | 18.1 | .476 | 1.5 | 4.6 | .313 | 7.2 | 13.4 | .715 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 21.8 |
| 2 | Detlef Schrempf | 34 | SF | 61 | 60 | 35.9 | 5.8 | 11.9 | .492 | 0.9 | 2.6 | .354 | 4.9 | 9.2 | .801 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 16.8 |
| 3 | Shawn Kemp | 27 | PF | 81 | 75 | 34.0 | 6.5 | 12.7 | .510 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .364 | 6.3 | 12.3 | .742 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 18.7 |
| 4 | Hersey Hawkins | 30 | SG | 82 | 82 | 33.6 | 4.5 | 9.7 | .464 | 1.7 | 4.3 | .403 | 2.8 | 5.4 | .875 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 13.9 |
| 5 | Sam Perkins | 35 | C | 81 | 4 | 24.4 | 3.6 | 8.2 | .439 | 1.5 | 3.8 | .395 | 2.1 | 4.3 | .817 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Nate McMillan | 32 | PG | 37 | 2 | 21.6 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .409 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .333 | 0.9 | 1.8 | .655 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| 7 | Terry Cummings | 35 | PF | 45 | 3 | 18.4 | 3.4 | 7.1 | .486 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .600 | 3.4 | 7.0 | .695 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 8.2 |
| 8 | Jim McIlvaine | 24 | C | 82 | 79 | 18.0 | 1.6 | 3.4 | .471 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .143 | 1.6 | 3.3 | .495 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| 9 | David Wingate | 33 | SG | 65 | 2 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 3.3 | .416 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .352 | 1.0 | 2.2 | .825 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| 10 | Larry Stewart | 28 | SF | 70 | 21 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .444 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .243 | 1.5 | 3.1 | .720 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| 11 | Craig Ehlo | 35 | SG | 62 | 0 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .351 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .284 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .500 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| 12 | Eric Snow | 23 | PG | 67 | 0 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .451 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .267 | 1.0 | 2.2 | .712 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Greg Graham | 26 | SG | 28 | 0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | .363 | 0.3 | 1.1 | .290 | 0.7 | 1.8 | .650 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| 14 | Elmore Spencer | 27 | C | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Antonio Harvey | 26 | PF | 6 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .455 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.8 | .833 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 16 | Steve Scheffler | 29 | C | 7 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .857 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.9 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 |

### 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 | Gary Payton | 28 | PG | 12 | 12 | 45.5 | 8.8 | 21.3 | .412 | 2.1 | 6.3 | .333 | 6.7 | 15.0 | .820 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 23.8 |
| 2 | Hersey Hawkins | 30 | SG | 12 | 12 | 40.3 | 5.2 | 11.0 | .470 | 2.3 | 4.9 | .458 | 2.9 | 6.1 | .914 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 15.3 |
| 3 | Detlef Schrempf | 34 | SF | 12 | 12 | 38.3 | 5.6 | 11.8 | .472 | 1.3 | 2.4 | .552 | 4.3 | 9.4 | .815 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 16.9 |
| 4 | Shawn Kemp | 27 | PF | 12 | 12 | 36.8 | 7.1 | 14.6 | .486 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .200 | 6.9 | 13.8 | .829 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 21.6 |
| 5 | Sam Perkins | 35 | C | 12 | 6 | 28.3 | 2.6 | 7.7 | .337 | 1.2 | 3.8 | .311 | 1.4 | 3.9 | .862 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| 6 | Terry Cummings | 35 | PF | 12 | 6 | 24.3 | 3.8 | 7.7 | .489 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.8 | 7.7 | .667 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 8.8 |
| 7 | David Wingate | 33 | SG | 12 | 0 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 5.5 | .424 | 1.0 | 2.6 | .387 | 1.3 | 2.9 | .692 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| 8 | Nate McMillan | 32 | PG | 3 | 0 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.7 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Greg Graham | 26 | SG | 6 | 0 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | .286 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .250 | 0.5 | 1.7 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 10 | Eric Snow | 23 | PG | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .455 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .500 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 11 | Jim McIlvaine | 24 | C | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | .571 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.4 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Larry Stewart | 28 | SF | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .833 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .500 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Gary Payton | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| Shawn Kemp | All-Star |
| Detlef Schrempf | All-Star |