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1996-1997 Boston Celtics Opening Day Roster
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Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Born Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Dana Barros G 5-11 165 Apr 13, 1967 29 Boston College 7 1989 Rnd 1 Pick 16, Seattle SuperSonics
Frank Brickowski PF 6-9 240 Aug 14, 1959 37 Penn State 12 1981 Rnd 3 Pick 11, New York Knicks
Dee Brown G 6-1 160 Nov 29, 1968 27 Jacksonville 6 1990 Rnd 1 Pick 19, Boston Celtics
Todd Day GF 6-6 188 Jan 7, 1970 26 Arkansas 4 1992 Rnd 1 Pick 8, Milwaukee Bucks
Pervis Ellison C 6-9 210 Apr 3, 1967 29 Louisville 7 1989 Rnd 1 Pick 1, Sacramento Kings
Rick Fox F 6-7 230 Jul 24, 1969 27 North Carolina 5 1991 Rnd 1 Pick 24, Boston Celtics
Steve Hamer C 7-0 245 Nov 13, 1973 22 Tennessee 0 1996 Rnd 2 Pick 9, Boston Celtics
Alton Lister FC 7-0 240 Oct 1, 1958 38 Arizona State 15 1981 Rnd 1 Pick 21, Milwaukee Bucks
Greg Minor F 6-6 210 Sep 18, 1971 25 Louisville 2 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 25, Los Angeles Clippers
Julius Nwosu F 6-10 255 May 1, 1971 25 Liberty 2 1993 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Dino Radja F 6-11 255 Apr 24, 1967 29 KK Split (Croatia) 3 1989 Rnd 2 Pick 13, Boston Celtics
Brett Szabo C 6-11 230 Feb 1, 1968 28 Augustana College 1 1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Antoine Walker F 6-9 265 Aug 12, 1976 20 Kentucky 0 1996 Rnd 1 Pick 6, Boston Celtics
David Wesley G 6-0 190 Nov 14, 1970 25 Baylor 3 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Eric Williams F 6-8 220 Jul 17, 1972 24 Providence 1 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 14, Boston Celtics

Chicago 107, Boston 98

November 1, 1996
Regular Season
TD Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)
Attendance: 18,624
Officials: Leroy Richardson, Tom Washington, Jess Kersey
Team Rebounds: Chicago (0) Boston (0)
Technicals: Chicago (0) Boston (0)



Overall Record 1-0
  1 2 3 4 Final
Chicago 27 21 32 27 107
Boston 28 31 18 21 98

  Pace eFG% oRtg
Chicago 95.9 .574% 109.5
Boston 95.9 .500% 104.1


Overall Record 0-1
Chicago Bulls
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Ron Harper Starter PG 25:00 3-4 0-1 1-2 12.5 20.0 1 1 2 5 1 2 0 1 7
Michael Jordan Starter SG 43:00 10-22 0-5 10-13 12.9 12.0 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 0 30
Luc Longley Starter C 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 -0.8 -2.7 1 0 1 2 5 0 4 1 4
Scottie Pippen Starter SF 40:00 8-17 1-3 1-2 11.8 11.8 1 7 8 6 4 2 5 0 18
Dennis Rodman Starter PF 40:00 6-8 0-0 1-1 20.4 20.4 2 11 13 3 3 1 1 2 13
Randy Brown Bench PG 05:00 2-2 0-0 0-0 1.0 8.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
Jud Buechler Bench SF 01:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 -30.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Kerr Bench SG 21:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.2 4.3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Toni Kukoc Bench SF 30:00 6-11 0-3 8-10 18.8 25.0 1 3 4 7 3 1 2 3 20
Robert Parish Bench C 09:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 2.8 12.2 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 6
Dickey Simpkins Bench PF 05:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 -0.8 -6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Bill Wennington Bench C 10:00 2-3 0-0 0-2 1.8 7.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 4
Team                              
Totals 240 42-74 1-13 22-32 81.8   8 29 37 28 23 7 19 8 107
56.8% 7.7% 68.8%
Boston Celtics
Starter Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC FIC40 Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
Pervis Ellison Starter C 31:00 2-4 0-0 3-5 10.1 13.1 4 6 10 0 5 3 3 2 7
Rick Fox Starter SG 37:00 4-14 2-5 0-1 6.6 7.2 3 6 9 3 2 1 3 0 10
Antoine Walker Starter PF 27:00 5-12 1-3 1-4 1.0 1.5 1 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 12
David Wesley Starter PG 41:00 8-16 1-4 2-2 13.8 13.4 1 2 3 6 4 2 1 0 19
Eric Williams Starter SF 25:00 6-13 0-0 2-3 3.9 6.2 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 14
Dana Barros Bench PG 38:00 9-15 2-4 4-4 15.0 15.8 0 1 1 6 2 1 3 0 24
Frank Brickowski Bench SG 19:00 1-3 1-2 0-2 0.2 0.5 1 1 2 4 5 2 5 0 3
Todd Day Bench SG 20:00 3-7 1-2 2-2 5.0 10.0 2 2 4 0 5 1 0 0 9
Brett Szabo Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.2 -25.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Team                              
Totals 240 38-84 8-20 14-23 54.4   14 22 36 20 33 10 18 2 98
45.2% 40.0% 60.9%

Chicago Bulls
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Ron Harper
7.0p, 2.0r, 5.0a		 Michael Jordan
30.0p, 4.0r, 3.0a		 Scottie Pippen
18.0p, 8.0r, 6.0a		 Dennis Rodman
13.0p, 13.0r, 3.0a		 Luc Longley
4.0p, 1.0r, 2.0a
Rotation  
 		 Steve Kerr
0.0p, 1.0r, 2.0a		 Toni Kukoc
20.0p, 4.0r, 7.0a		  
 		 Bill Wennington
4.0p, 1.0r, 0.0a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Randy Brown
4.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		  
 		 Jud Buechler
0.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		 Dickey Simpkins
1.0p, 0.0r, 0.0a		 Robert Parish
6.0p, 3.0r, 0.0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Chicago Bulls
MPG Michael Jordan 43.0
FG% Randy Brown 1.000
3P% Scottie Pippen .333
FT% Dennis Rodman 1.000
FIC40 Dennis Rodman 20.4
ORPG Dennis Rodman 2.0
DRPG Dennis Rodman 11.0
RPG Dennis Rodman 13.0
SPG Scottie Pippen 2.0
APG Toni Kukoc 7.0
BPG Toni Kukoc 3.0
PPG Michael Jordan 30.0
Boston Celtics
  PG SG SF PF C
Starters David Wesley
19.0p, 3.0r, 6.0a		 Rick Fox
10.0p, 9.0r, 3.0a		 Eric Williams
14.0p, 3.0r, 1.0a		 Antoine Walker
12.0p, 3.0r, 0.0a		 Pervis Ellison
7.0p, 10.0r, 0.0a
Rotation Dana Barros
24.0p, 1.0r, 6.0a		 Todd Day
9.0p, 4.0r, 0.0a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		 Frank Brickowski
3.0p, 2.0r, 4.0a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Brett Szabo
0.0p, 1.0r, 0.0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Boston Celtics
MPG David Wesley 41.0
FG% Dana Barros .600
3P% Todd Day .500
FT% Todd Day 1.000
FIC40 Dana Barros 15.0
ORPG Pervis Ellison 4.0
DRPG Rick Fox 6.0
RPG Pervis Ellison 10.0
SPG Pervis Ellison 3.0
APG David Wesley 6.0
BPG Pervis Ellison 2.0
PPG Dana Barros 24.0