Atlanta Hawks Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Atlanta Hawks Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Jon Barry SG 6-4 195 Jul 25, 1969 27 Georgia Tech 4 1992 1st Rnd, #21, Boston Celtics
Mookie Blaylock PG 6-1 190 Mar 20, 1967 29 Oklahoma 7 1989 1st Rnd, #12, New Jersey Nets
Donnie Boyce SF 6-5 196 Sep 2, 1973 23 Colorado 1 1995 2nd Rnd, #42, Atlanta Hawks
Tyrone Corbin SF 6-6 210 Dec 31, 1962 33 DePaul 11 1985 2nd Rnd, #35, San Antonio Spurs
Alan Henderson F-C 6-9 235 Dec 2, 1972 23 Indiana 1 1995 1st Rnd, #16, Atlanta Hawks
Christian Laettner F-C 6-11 245 Aug 17, 1969 27 Duke 4 1992 1st Rnd, #3, Minnesota Timberwolves
Priest Lauderdale C 7-4 325 Aug 31, 1973 23 Peristeri BC (Greece) 0 1996 1st Rnd, #28, Atlanta Hawks
Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 260 Jun 25, 1966 30 Georgetown 5 1991 1st Rnd, #4, Denver Nuggets
Ivano Newbill PF 6-9 245 Dec 12, 1970 25 Georgia Tech 2 1994 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Ken Norman PF 6-8 215 Sep 5, 1964 32 Illinois 9 1987 1st Rnd, #19, Los Angeles Clippers
Eldridge Recasner PG 6-3 190 Dec 14, 1967 28 Washington 2 1990 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Steve Smith SG 6-7 200 Mar 31, 1969 27 Michigan State 5 1991 1st Rnd, #5, Miami Heat

Atlanta 81, Miami 94

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Miami Arena (Miami, Florida)

Attendance: 15,113

Officials: Mark Wunderlich, Bob Delaney, Joe DeRosa

Team Rebounds: Atlanta (7) Miami (6)

Technicals: Atlanta (0) Miami (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
ATL (0-1) 15 24 27 15 81
MIA (1-0) 25 28 23 18 94

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
ATL 89 90.5 105.1
MIA 89 105.1 90.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
ATL .415 0.257 0.250 0.415
MIA .513 0.201 0.325 0.179

Atlanta Hawks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
10 Mookie Blaylock Starter PG 41:00 3-17 2-7 2-2 1.5 1.0 4 5 4 2 5 0 7 10
33 Tyrone Corbin Starter SF 26:00 2-4 0-2 2-2 5.5 0.0 3 3 2 2 1 0 1 6
32 Christian Laettner Starter PF 44:00 10-15 1-2 10-11 22.9 0.0 7 7 2 4 2 3 3 31
55 Dikembe Mutombo Starter C 39:00 3-7 0-0 3-4 12.5 7.0 9 16 1 3 0 1 4 9
8 Steve Smith Starter SG 38:00 5-14 0-1 7-9 2.1 1.0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 17
17 Jon Barry Bench SG 12:00 1-2 0-1 0-0 0.8 0.0 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 2
28 Ivano Newbill Bench C 12:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 5.8 0.0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 2
3 Ken Norman Bench PF 23:00 1-6 1-3 0-0 -2.5 1.0 2 3 1 3 0 0 3 3
5 Eldridge Recasner Bench SG 05:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Team                   7         1  
        240 25-65 4-16 27-32 82.8 10 30 47 13 20 10 6 24 81
          38.5% 25.0% 84.4%                    

Miami Heat

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
5 Sasha Danilovic Starter SF 38:00 5-12 1-5 3-4 10.0 2.0 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 14
10 Tim Hardaway Starter PG 39:00 6-10 4-7 4-4 25.2 0.0 1 1 12 1 3 0 1 20
9 Dan Majerle Starter SG 42:00 4-10 4-7 2-2 12.2 0.0 2 2 5 0 2 0 2 14
33 Alonzo Mourning Starter C 37:00 11-19 0-0 4-7 15.1 4.0 8 12 0 4 1 3 6 26
40 Kurt Thomas Starter PF 23:00 2-8 0-0 0-0 2.8 1.0 5 6 1 4 2 1 2 4
2 Keith Askins Bench SF 15:00 2-5 1-2 0-0 1.2 0.0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 5
8 Ike Austin Bench C 16:00 3-7 0-0 0-0 2.2 3.0 4 7 2 5 0 0 4 6
42 P.J. Brown Bench PF 21:00 1-5 0-0 1-2 -0.2 3.0 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 3
23 Gary Grant Bench SG 09:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.5 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
  Team                   6         1  
        240 35-78 10-21 14-19 97.1 13 27 46 26 25 8 4 19 94
          44.9% 47.6% 73.7%                    

Atlanta Hawks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mookie Blaylock
10p, 5r, 4a
Steve Smith
17p, 1r, 1a
Tyrone Corbin
6p, 3r, 2a
Christian Laettner
31p, 7r, 2a
Dikembe Mutombo
9p, 16r, 1a
Rotation  
 
Jon Barry
2p, 1r, 2a
 
 
Ken Norman
3p, 3r, 1a
Ivano Newbill
2p, 4r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Eldridge Recasner
1p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Miami Heat Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Tim Hardaway
20p, 1r, 12a
Dan Majerle
14p, 2r, 5a
Sasha Danilovic
14p, 4r, 6a
Kurt Thomas
4p, 6r, 1a
Alonzo Mourning
26p, 12r, 0a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Keith Askins
5p, 2r, 0a
P.J. Brown
3p, 4r, 0a
Ike Austin
6p, 7r, 2a
Lim PT  
 
Gary Grant
2p, 2r, 0a