Boston Celtics Opening Day Rosters

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1996-1997 Boston Celtics Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Dana Barros PG 5-11 165 Apr 13, 1967 29 Boston College 7 1989 1st Rnd, #16, Seattle SuperSonics
Frank Brickowski PF 6-9 240 Aug 14, 1959 37 Penn State 12 1981 3rd Rnd, #57, New York Knicks
Dee Brown PG 6-1 160 Nov 29, 1968 27 Jacksonville 6 1990 1st Rnd, #19, Boston Celtics
Todd Day GF 6-6 188 Jan 7, 1970 26 Arkansas 4 1992 1st Rnd, #8, Milwaukee Bucks
Pervis Ellison C 6-9 210 Apr 3, 1967 29 Louisville 7 1989 1st Rnd, #1, Sacramento Kings
Rick Fox SF 6-7 230 Jul 24, 1969 27 North Carolina 5 1991 1st Rnd, #24, Boston Celtics
Steve Hamer C 7-0 245 Nov 13, 1973 22 Tennessee 0 1996 2nd Rnd, #38, Boston Celtics
Alton Lister FC 7-0 240 Oct 1, 1958 38 Arizona State 15 1981 1st Rnd, #21, Milwaukee Bucks
Greg Minor SF 6-6 210 Sep 18, 1971 25 Louisville 2 1994 1st Rnd, #25, Los Angeles Clippers
Julius Nwosu PF 6-10 255 May 1, 1971 25 Liberty 2 1993 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Dino Radja PF 6-11 255 Apr 24, 1967 29 KK Split (Croatia) 3 1989 2nd Rnd, #40, Boston Celtics
Brett Szabo C 6-11 230 Feb 1, 1968 28 Augustana College 1 1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Antoine Walker PF 6-9 265 Aug 12, 1976 20 Kentucky 0 1996 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
David Wesley PG 6-0 190 Nov 14, 1970 25 Baylor 3 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Eric Williams PF 6-8 220 Jul 17, 1972 24 Providence 1 1995 1st Rnd, #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)

  1 2 3 4 Final
CHI (1-0) 27 21 32 27 107
BOS (0-1) 28 31 18 21 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
CHI 96 111.5 102.2
BOS 96 102.2 111.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
CHI .574 0.198 0.216 0.297
BOS .500 0.188 0.389 0.167

Chicago Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
9 Ron Harper Starter PG 25:00 3-4 0-1 1-2 12.5 1.0 1 2 5 1 2 1 0 7
23 Michael Jordan Starter SG 43:00 10-22 0-5 10-13 12.9 1.0 3 4 3 2 0 0 1 30
13 Luc Longley Starter C 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 -0.8 1.0 0 1 2 5 0 1 4 4
33 Scottie Pippen Starter SF 40:00 8-17 1-3 1-2 11.8 1.0 7 8 6 4 2 0 5 18
91 Dennis Rodman Starter PF 40:00 6-8 0-0 1-1 20.4 2.0 11 13 3 3 1 2 1 13
1 Randy Brown Bench PG 05:00 2-2 0-0 0-0 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4
30 Jud Buechler Bench SF 01:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Steve Kerr Bench SG 21:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.2 0.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Toni Kukoc Bench SF 30:00 6-11 0-3 8-10 18.8 1.0 3 4 7 3 1 3 2 20
00 Robert Parish Bench C 09:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 2.8 1.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 6
8 Dickey Simpkins Bench PF 05:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
34 Bill Wennington Bench C 10:00 2-3 0-0 0-2 1.8 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
  Team                                
        240 42-74 1-13 22-32 103.8 8 29 37 28 23 7 8 19 107
          56.8% 7.7% 68.8%                    

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
29 Pervis Ellison Starter C 31:00 2-4 0-0 3-5 10.1 4.0 6 10 0 5 3 2 3 7
44 Rick Fox Starter SG 37:00 4-14 2-5 0-1 6.6 3.0 6 9 3 2 1 0 3 10
8 Antoine Walker Starter PF 27:00 5-12 1-3 1-4 1.0 1.0 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 12
4 David Wesley Starter PG 41:00 8-16 1-4 2-2 13.8 1.0 2 3 6 4 2 0 1 19
55 Eric Williams Starter SF 25:00 6-13 0-0 2-3 3.9 2.0 1 3 1 4 0 0 1 14
11 Dana Barros Bench PG 38:00 9-15 2-4 4-4 15.0 0.0 1 1 6 2 1 0 3 24
34 Frank Brickowski Bench SG 19:00 1-3 1-2 0-2 0.2 1.0 1 2 4 5 2 0 5 3
13 Todd Day Bench SG 20:00 3-7 1-2 2-2 5.0 2.0 2 4 0 5 1 0 0 9
43 Brett Szabo Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
  Team                                
        240 38-84 8-20 14-23 86.4 14 22 36 20 33 10 2 18 98
          45.2% 40.0% 60.9%                    

Chicago Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Ron Harper
7p, 2r, 5a		 Michael Jordan
30p, 4r, 3a		 Scottie Pippen
18p, 8r, 6a		 Dennis Rodman
13p, 13r, 3a		 Luc Longley
4p, 1r, 2a
Rotation  
 		 Steve Kerr
0p, 1r, 2a		 Toni Kukoc
20p, 4r, 7a		  
 		 Bill Wennington
4p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT Randy Brown
4p, 0r, 0a		  
 		 Jud Buechler
0p, 0r, 0a		 Dickey Simpkins
1p, 0r, 0a		 Robert Parish
6p, 3r, 0a

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters David Wesley
19p, 3r, 6a		 Rick Fox
10p, 9r, 3a		 Eric Williams
14p, 3r, 1a		 Antoine Walker
12p, 3r, 0a		 Pervis Ellison
7p, 10r, 0a
Rotation Dana Barros
24p, 1r, 6a		 Todd Day
9p, 4r, 0a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		 Frank Brickowski
3p, 2r, 4a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Brett Szabo
0p, 1r, 0a