Dallas Mavericks Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Dallas Mavericks Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Greg Dreiling C 7-1 250 Nov 7, 1963 32 Kansas 9 1986 2nd Rnd, #26, Indiana Pacers
Tony Dumas SF 6-6 190 Aug 25, 1972 24 UMKC 2 1994 1st Rnd, #19, Dallas Mavericks
Chris Gatling F-C 6-10 220 Sep 3, 1967 29 Old Dominion 5 1991 1st Rnd, #16, Golden State Warriors
Derek Harper SG 6-4 185 Oct 13, 1961 35 Illinois 13 1983 1st Rnd, #11, Dallas Mavericks
Jim Jackson SG 6-6 220 Oct 14, 1970 26 Ohio State 4 1992 1st Rnd, #4, Dallas Mavericks
Jason Kidd PG 6-4 210 Mar 23, 1973 23 California 2 1994 1st Rnd, #2, Dallas Mavericks
Jamal Mashburn PF 6-8 247 Nov 29, 1972 23 Kentucky 3 1993 1st Rnd, #4, Dallas Mavericks
George McCloud G-F 6-6 205 May 27, 1967 29 Florida State 6 1989 1st Rnd, #7, Indiana Pacers
Loren Meyer F-C 6-10 257 Dec 30, 1972 23 Iowa State 1 1995 1st Rnd, #24, Dallas Mavericks
Oliver Miller C 6-9 280 Apr 6, 1970 26 Arkansas 4 1992 1st Rnd, #22, Phoenix Suns
Eric Montross C 7-0 270 Sep 23, 1971 25 North Carolina 2 1994 1st Rnd, #9, Boston Celtics
Fred Roberts FC 6-10 218 Aug 14, 1960 36 Brigham Young 13 1982 2nd Rnd, #27, Milwaukee Bucks
Erick Strickland PG 6-3 210 Nov 25, 1973 22 Nebraska 0 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Samaki Walker PF 6-9 250 Feb 25, 1976 20 Louisville 0 1996 1st Rnd, #9, Dallas Mavericks

Dallas 92, Denver 91

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 16,104

Officials: Monty McCutchen, Jack Nies, Bernie Fryer

Team Rebounds: Dallas (10) Denver (12)

Technicals: Dallas (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DAL (1-0) 26 22 20 24 92
DEN (0-1) 26 22 23 20 91

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DAL 96 96.0 95.0
DEN 96 95.0 96.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DAL .420 0.209 0.377 0.205
DEN .378 0.209 0.383 0.410

Dallas Mavericks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
24 Jim Jackson Starter SG 38:00 9-20 2-5 8-9 22.1 7.0 4 11 3 1 2 1 3 28
5 Jason Kidd Starter PG 33:00 3-11 1-4 0-0 10.2 1.0 4 5 9 1 2 0 3 7
21 George McCloud Starter SF 33:00 6-14 1-5 3-3 8.1 0.0 3 3 2 5 2 1 1 16
40 Loren Meyer Starter PF 23:00 2-7 0-0 2-2 -1.8 1.0 3 4 0 6 1 0 3 6
00 Eric Montross Starter C 24:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 6.5 2.0 5 7 1 3 0 1 2 6
7 Tony Dumas Bench SF 10:00 1-4 0-2 2-2 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
25 Chris Gatling Bench PF 22:00 8-13 0-0 1-6 12.5 6.0 4 10 0 5 2 1 2 17
12 Derek Harper Bench PG 15:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 2.0 0.0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0
32 Jamal Mashburn Bench SF 14:00 1-6 0-2 2-4 -2.2 0.0 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 4
2 Oliver Miller Bench C 24:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 9.0 2.0 8 10 1 1 2 2 3 4
44 Fred Roberts Bench C 04:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   10         2  
        240 35-88 4-18 18-26 93.0 20 33 63 21 30 13 7 22 92
          39.8% 22.2% 69.2%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter SF 31:00 2-9 0-1 2-4 -3.5 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 6
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter PF 33:00 5-16 0-2 11-16 9.0 3.0 6 9 1 5 3 3 6 21
13 Mark Jackson Starter PG 34:00 2-5 1-1 2-2 5.5 0.0 0 0 7 2 0 0 3 7
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 43:00 3-8 0-0 3-4 18.2 6.0 11 17 0 3 1 3 0 9
23 Bryant Stith Starter SG 37:00 5-15 0-2 5-5 9.1 3.0 5 8 2 3 2 0 2 15
8 Sarunas Marciulionis Bench SG 18:00 4-9 1-1 5-6 6.5 1.0 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 14
- Antonio McDyess Bench C 17:00 3-9 0-0 1-3 3.6 3.0 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 7
14 Eric Murdock Bench PG 14:00 3-4 1-1 0-0 7.0 1.0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 7
22 Ricky Pierce Bench SG 09:00 1-3 0-0 3-3 0.6 0.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5
41 LaSalle Thompson Bench C 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0
  Team                   12         1  
        240 28-78 3-8 32-43 77.6 18 29 59 13 21 9 10 21 91
          35.9% 37.5% 74.4%                    

Dallas Mavericks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jason Kidd
7p, 5r, 9a
Jim Jackson
28p, 11r, 3a
George McCloud
16p, 3r, 2a
Loren Meyer
6p, 4r, 0a
Eric Montross
6p, 7r, 1a
Rotation Derek Harper
0p, 1r, 4a
 
 
Jamal Mashburn
4p, 1r, 1a
Chris Gatling
17p, 10r, 0a
Oliver Miller
4p, 10r, 1a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Tony Dumas
4p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Roberts
0p, 1r, 0a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
7p, 0r, 7a
Bryant Stith
15p, 8r, 2a
Dale Ellis
6p, 2r, 0a
LaPhonso Ellis
21p, 9r, 1a
Ervin Johnson
9p, 17r, 0a
Rotation Eric Murdock
7p, 1r, 2a
Sarunas Marciulionis
14p, 3r, 1a
 
 
 
 
Antonio McDyess
7p, 7r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Ricky Pierce
5p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
LaSalle Thompson
0p, 0r, 0a