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1996-1997 Phoenix Suns Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Chucky Brown	SF	6-7	214	Feb 29, 1968	28	NC State	7	1989 2nd Rnd, #43, Cleveland Cavaliers
Mark Bryant	PF	6-9	245	Apr 25, 1965	31	Seton Hall	8	1988 1st Rnd, #21, Portland Trail Blazers
Sam Cassell	PG	6-3	185	Nov 18, 1969	26	Florida State	3	1993 1st Rnd, #24, Houston Rockets
Rex Chapman	SG	6-4	185	Oct 5, 1967	29	Kentucky	8	1988 1st Rnd, #8, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Ben Davis	FC	6-9	240	Dec 26, 1972	23	Arizona	0	1996 2nd Rnd, #43, Phoenix Suns
Michael Finley	G-F	6-7	225	Mar 6, 1973	23	Wisconsin	1	1995 1st Rnd, #21, Phoenix Suns
A.C. Green	F-C	6-9	220	Oct 4, 1963	33	Oregon State	11	1985 1st Rnd, #23, Los Angeles Lakers
Robert Horry	F-C	6-9	220	Aug 25, 1970	26	Alabama	4	1992 1st Rnd, #11, Houston Rockets
Kevin Johnson	PG	6-1	180	Mar 4, 1966	30	California	9	1987 1st Rnd, #7, Cleveland Cavaliers
Joe Kleine	C	6-11	255	Jan 4, 1962	34	Arkansas	11	1985 1st Rnd, #6, Kansas City Kings
Danny Manning	F-C	6-10	230	May 17, 1966	30	Kansas	8	1988 1st Rnd, #1, Los Angeles Clippers
Steve Nash	PG	6-3	178	Feb 7, 1974	22	Santa Clara	0	1996 1st Rnd, #15, Phoenix Suns
Wesley Person	G-F	6-6	195	Mar 28, 1971	25	Auburn	2	1994 1st Rnd, #23, Phoenix Suns
Wayman Tisdale	PF	6-9	240	Jun 9, 1964	32	Oklahoma	11	1985 1st Rnd, #2, Indiana Pacers
Hot Rod Williams	F-C	6-11	215	Aug 9, 1962	34	Tulane	10	1985 2nd Rnd, #45, Cleveland Cavaliers

Phoenix 82, L.A. Lakers 96

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

Attendance: 17,505

Officials: Mike Callahan, Dick Bavetta, Tommy Nunez Jr.

Team Rebounds: Phoenix (11) Los Angeles (11)

Technicals: Phoenix (0) Los Angeles (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
PHX (0-1)	20	20	29	13	82
LAL (1-0)	26	31	15	24	96

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
PHX	92	88.9	104.1
LAL	92	104.1	88.9

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
PHX	.368	0.130	0.417	0.165
LAL	.540	0.249	0.216	0.444

Phoenix Suns

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
10	Sam Cassell	Starter	PG	38:00	7-18	2-5	4-4	8.0	1.0	2	3	6	3	1	0	5	20
45	A.C. Green	Starter	PF	11:00	0-4	0-0	2-4	0.5	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2
25	Robert Horry	Starter	SF	27:00	0-3	0-1	0-0	9.2	0.0	4	4	6	3	4	2	2	0
35	Joe Kleine	Starter	C	16:00	1-4	0-0	0-0	0.0	1.0	2	3	1	3	1	0	2	2
11	Wesley Person	Starter	SG	40:00	7-18	0-3	3-3	10.9	5.0	4	9	1	1	2	0	2	17
3	Rex Chapman	Bench	SG	09:00	1-4	0-2	0-0	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2
4	Michael Finley	Bench	SF	37:00	4-8	1-1	2-2	11.2	2.0	4	6	2	2	1	0	0	11
15	Danny Manning	Bench	PF	32:00	5-16	0-0	2-5	3.4	3.0	3	6	1	4	1	1	1	12
13	Steve Nash	Bench	PG	05:00	0-1	0-1	0-0	-0.8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Wayman Tisdale	Bench	PF	25:00	7-15	0-0	2-3	5.6	2.0	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	16
	Team										11
				240	32-91	3-13	15-21	64.1	15	21	47	21	25	11	4	12	82
					35.2%	23.1%	71.4%

Los Angeles Lakers

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
41	Elden Campbell	Starter	PF	37:00	3-7	0-0	10-12	14.2	1.0	6	7	4	3	0	3	3	16
23	Cedric Ceballos	Starter	SF	41:00	5-14	1-5	4-4	6.2	2.0	9	11	1	3	1	2	8	15
25	Eddie Jones	Starter	SG	25:00	4-8	3-6	0-0	7.5	1.0	4	5	2	5	0	0	1	11
34	Shaquille O'Neal	Starter	C	35:00	8-10	0-0	7-11	20.4	4.0	10	14	3	5	0	2	5	23
9	Nick Van Exel	Starter	PG	25:00	1-5	0-2	0-0	7.8	0.0	4	4	8	3	2	0	2	2
43	Corie Blount	Bench	PF	19:00	3-4	0-0	1-2	6.0	3.0	3	6	0	3	0	0	1	7
2	Derek Fisher	Bench	PG	20:00	4-5	1-1	3-6	11.5	0.0	2	2	5	2	0	0	0	12
40	Travis Knight	Bench	C	01:00	0-1	0-0	0-0	0.2	0.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	Rumeal Robinson	Bench	PG	08:00	1-2	0-0	0-0	2.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
45	Sean Rooks	Bench	C	04:00	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Byron Scott	Bench	SG	25:00	2-7	1-4	3-5	4.9	0.0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	8
	Team										11
				240	31-63	6-18	28-40	108.8	11	40	62	26	26	6	8	23	96
					49.2%	33.3%	70.0%

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Sam Cassell 20p, 3r, 6a	Wesley Person 17p, 9r, 1a	Robert Horry 0p, 4r, 6a	A.C. Green 2p, 1r, 1a	Joe Kleine 2p, 3r, 1a
Rotation			Michael Finley 11p, 6r, 2a	Danny Manning 12p, 6r, 1a
Rotation				Wayman Tisdale 16p, 4r, 1a
Lim PT	Steve Nash 0p, 0r, 0a	Rex Chapman 2p, 0r, 2a

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Nick Van Exel 2p, 4r, 8a	Eddie Jones 11p, 5r, 2a	Cedric Ceballos 15p, 11r, 1a	Elden Campbell 16p, 7r, 4a	Shaquille O'Neal 23p, 14r, 3a
Rotation	Derek Fisher 12p, 2r, 5a	Byron Scott 8p, 0r, 2a		Corie Blount 7p, 6r, 0a
Lim PT	Rumeal Robinson 2p, 0r, 1a				Sean Rooks 0p, 0r, 0a
Lim PT					Travis Knight 0p, 2r, 0a