Orlando Magic Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Orlando Magic Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Nick Anderson F-G 6-6 228 Jan 20, 1968 28 Illinois 7 1989 1st Rnd, #11, Orlando Magic
Darrell Armstrong PG 6-0 170 Jun 22, 1968 28 Fayetteville State 2 1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Brian Evans PF 6-8 220 Sep 13, 1973 23 Indiana 0 1996 1st Rnd, #27, Orlando Magic
Horace Grant F-C 6-10 255 Jul 4, 1965 31 Clemson 9 1987 1st Rnd, #10, Chicago Bulls
Penny Hardaway SG 6-7 195 Jul 18, 1971 25 Memphis 3 1993 1st Rnd, #3, Golden State Warriors
Jon Koncak C 7-0 250 May 17, 1963 33 Southern Methodist 11 1985 1st Rnd, #5, Atlanta Hawks
Amal McCaskill C 6-11 235 Oct 28, 1973 23 Marquette 0 1996 2nd Rnd, #49, Orlando Magic
Donald Royal PF 6-8 210 May 22, 1966 30 Notre Dame 7 1987 3rd Rnd, #52, Cleveland Cavaliers
Danny Schayes C 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 37 Syracuse 15 1981 1st Rnd, #13, Utah Jazz
Dennis Scott PF 6-8 229 Sep 5, 1968 28 Georgia Tech 6 1990 1st Rnd, #4, Orlando Magic
Brian Shaw SG 6-6 190 Mar 22, 1966 30 UC Santa Barbara 7 1988 1st Rnd, #24, Boston Celtics
Felton Spencer C 7-0 265 Jan 15, 1968 28 Louisville 6 1990 1st Rnd, #6, Minnesota Timberwolves
Derek Strong PF 6-8 220 Feb 9, 1968 28 Xavier 5 1990 2nd Rnd, #47, Philadelphia Sixers
David Vaughn PF 6-9 240 Mar 23, 1973 23 Memphis 1 1995 1st Rnd, #25, Orlando Magic
Gerald Wilkins G-F 6-6 185 Sep 11, 1963 33 Chattanooga 11 1985 2nd Rnd, #47, New York Knicks

Washington 96, Orlando 92

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Amway Arena (Orlando, Florida)

Attendance: 17,248

Officials: Bennett Salvatore, Luis Grillo, George Toliver

Team Rebounds: Washington (13) Orlando (8)

Technicals: Washington (0) Orlando (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
WAS (1-0) 18 27 24 27 96
ORL (0-1) 26 26 19 21 92

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WAS 89 108.4 103.9
ORL 89 103.9 108.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WAS .500 0.181 0.297 0.297
ORL .412 0.181 0.458 0.187

Washington Bullets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
40 Calbert Cheaney Starter SG 32:00 4-12 0-1 1-1 4.9 1.0 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 9
44 Harvey Grant Starter SF 34:00 3-4 1-2 4-4 13.5 1.0 6 7 2 3 0 3 2 11
5 Juwan Howard Starter PF 40:00 6-12 0-0 4-4 11.2 5.0 5 10 6 4 0 1 8 16
1 Rod Strickland Starter PG 36:00 7-10 0-1 6-9 21.4 0.0 3 3 9 2 2 0 0 20
4 Chris Webber Starter C 37:00 7-16 0-2 5-10 6.5 0.0 1 1 2 5 3 3 3 19
32 Jaren Jackson Bench SG 14:00 4-6 2-3 2-2 7.5 0.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 12
35 Tracy Murray Bench SF 16:00 2-7 1-4 0-0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 5
30 Ben Wallace Bench C 19:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 7.8 4.0 6 10 0 1 3 0 1 0
12 Chris Whitney Bench PG 12:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 4.0 0.0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 4
  Team                   13            
        240 35-74 4-13 22-30 88.8 11 26 50 25 24 10 10 16 96
          47.3% 30.8% 73.3%                    

Orlando Magic

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
25 Nick Anderson Starter SG 38:00 6-19 3-12 0-0 8.0 0.0 5 5 2 3 2 1 0 15
54 Horace Grant Starter PF 38:00 5-13 0-0 4-4 20.0 6.0 11 17 2 2 3 1 2 14
1 Penny Hardaway Starter PG 38:00 6-22 0-6 7-9 6.1 1.0 2 3 6 3 1 0 1 19
5 Donald Royal Starter SF 29:00 4-10 0-0 4-4 0.5 1.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 12
50 Felton Spencer Starter C 19:00 2-2 0-0 0-0 7.2 5.0 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 4
10 Darrell Armstrong Bench PG 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.0 0.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
20 Brian Shaw Bench PG 12:00 1-6 1-2 1-2 -1.5 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
33 Derek Strong Bench PF 17:00 4-6 0-0 0-0 7.8 4.0 1 5 1 3 0 1 1 8
42 David Vaughn Bench PF 21:00 3-4 0-0 1-1 5.9 4.0 3 7 0 2 0 0 3 7
9 Gerald Wilkins Bench SG 23:00 4-8 1-3 0-0 2.8 1.0 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 9
  Team                   8         1  
        240 35-91 5-23 17-20 83.8 22 26 56 17 22 7 3 17 92
          38.5% 21.7% 85.0%                    

Washington Bullets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rod Strickland
20p, 3r, 9a
Calbert Cheaney
9p, 4r, 1a
Harvey Grant
11p, 7r, 2a
Juwan Howard
16p, 10r, 6a
Chris Webber
19p, 1r, 2a
Rotation Chris Whitney
4p, 0r, 2a
Jaren Jackson
12p, 1r, 2a
Tracy Murray
5p, 1r, 1a
 
 
Ben Wallace
0p, 10r, 0a

Orlando Magic Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Penny Hardaway
19p, 3r, 6a
Nick Anderson
15p, 5r, 2a
Donald Royal
12p, 1r, 1a
Horace Grant
14p, 17r, 2a
Felton Spencer
4p, 6r, 1a
Rotation Brian Shaw
4p, 1r, 1a
Gerald Wilkins
9p, 2r, 2a
 
 
David Vaughn
7p, 7r, 0a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Derek Strong
8p, 5r, 1a
 
 
Lim PT Darrell Armstrong
0p, 1r, 1a