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Sacramento Kings Opening Day Rosters

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1996-1997 Sacramento Kings Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Duane Causwell	C	7-0	240	May 31, 1968	28	Temple	6	1990 1st Rnd, #18, Sacramento Kings
Tyus Edney	PG	5-10	152	Feb 14, 1973	23	UCLA	1	1995 2nd Rnd, #47, Sacramento Kings
Kevin Gamble	SF	6-5	210	Nov 13, 1965	30	Iowa	9	1987 3rd Rnd, #63, Portland Trail Blazers
Brian Grant	F-C	6-9	254	Mar 5, 1972	24	Xavier	2	1994 1st Rnd, #8, Sacramento Kings
Bobby Hurley	PG	6-0	165	Jun 28, 1971	25	Duke	3	1993 1st Rnd, #7, Sacramento Kings
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	PG	6-0	162	Mar 9, 1969	27	LSU	6	1990 1st Rnd, #3, Denver Nuggets
Billy Owens	F-G	6-8	220	May 1, 1969	27	Syracuse	5	1991 1st Rnd, #3, Sacramento Kings
Olden Polynice	C-F	6-11	220	Nov 21, 1964	31	RivieraBanca Rimini (Italy)	9	1987 1st Rnd, #8, Chicago Bulls
Mitch Richmond	SG	6-5	215	Jun 30, 1965	31	Kansas State	8	1988 1st Rnd, #5, Golden State Warriors
Kevin Salvadori	C	7-0	231	Dec 30, 1970	25	North Carolina	1	1994 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Lionel Simmons	SF	6-7	210	Nov 14, 1968	27	La Salle	6	1990 1st Rnd, #7, Sacramento Kings
Michael Smith	PF	6-8	230	Mar 28, 1972	24	Providence	2	1994 2nd Rnd, #35, Sacramento Kings
Corliss Williamson	SF	6-7	245	Dec 4, 1973	22	Arkansas	1	1995 1st Rnd, #13, Sacramento Kings

Sacramento 85, Houston 96

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 16,285

Officials: Joe Crawford, Eddie Rush, Blane Reichelt

Team Rebounds: Sacramento (0) Houston (0)

Technicals: Sacramento (0) Houston (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
SAC (0-1)	24	11	19	31	85
HOU (1-0)	31	21	24	20	96

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
SAC	100	85.2	96.3
HOU	100	96.3	85.2

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
SAC	.472	0.271	0.200	0.236
HOU	.437	0.211	0.378	0.230

Sacramento Kings

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
33	Brian Grant	Starter	PF	25:00	3-11	0-0	2-2	3.8	1.0	5	6	0	2	0	2	1	8
3	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Starter	PG	29:00	7-13	1-2	2-2	12.0	0.0	2	2	5	2	1	1	2	17
0	Olden Polynice	Starter	C	32:00	0-4	0-0	1-4	0.8	2.0	5	7	3	3	1	0	4	1
2	Mitch Richmond	Starter	SG	32:00	6-12	1-4	1-1	10.9	0.0	5	5	3	1	1	2	3	14
-	Corliss Williamson	Starter	SF	37:00	7-11	0-0	0-0	8.5	1.0	3	4	4	5	1	1	4	14
31	Duane Causwell	Bench	C	16:00	1-1	0-0	1-2	4.0	1.0	2	3	1	4	0	2	1	3
5	Tyus Edney	Bench	PG	26:00	4-11	0-2	6-8	3.0	0.0	1	1	0	1	4	0	4	14
22	Lionel Simmons	Bench	SF	18:00	2-6	2-4	0-0	0.2	1.0	1	2	1	2	1	0	4	6
34	Michael Smith	Bench	SF	25:00	2-3	0-0	4-4	9.2	2.0	8	10	1	4	2	0	4	8
	Team
				240	32-72	4-12	17-23	90.4	8	32	40	18	24	11	8	27	85
					44.4%	33.3%	73.9%

Houston Rockets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
22	Clyde Drexler	Starter	SF	42:00	8-21	2-5	7-10	25.0	4.0	6	10	9	2	10	0	7	25
17	Mario Elie	Starter	SG	32:00	7-12	3-6	3-4	16.5	4.0	0	4	3	4	2	0	0	20
12	Matt Maloney	Starter	PG	32:00	3-8	1-5	1-2	3.5	1.0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	8
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	Starter	C	39:00	5-13	0-0	7-10	19.0	3.0	10	13	6	2	3	1	4	17
42	Kevin Willis	Starter	PF	39:00	3-12	0-1	2-2	-1.2	1.0	4	5	0	3	0	0	2	8
50	Matt Bullard	Bench	PF	14:00	3-5	2-3	0-0	8.8	0.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	8
15	Emanual Davis	Bench	SG	02:00	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1.2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
32	Othella Harrington	Bench	PF	18:00	4-6	0-0	0-0	7.8	3.0	3	6	1	2	1	0	2	8
3	Randy Livingston	Bench	SG	14:00	1-2	0-0	0-3	-1.9	0.0	1	1	1	4	1	0	2	2
5	Sam Mack	Bench	SF	05:00	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1.5	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
9	Tracy Moore	Bench	SG	03:00	0-5	0-3	0-0	-2.0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Team
				240	34-87	8-25	20-31	112.6	17	28	45	25	19	20	1	21	96
					39.1%	32.0%	64.5%

Sacramento Kings Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 17p, 2r, 5a	Mitch Richmond 14p, 5r, 3a	Corliss Williamson 14p, 4r, 4a	Brian Grant 8p, 6r, 0a	Olden Polynice 1p, 7r, 3a
Rotation	Tyus Edney 14p, 1r, 0a		Michael Smith 8p, 10r, 1a		Duane Causwell 3p, 3r, 1a
Rotation			Lionel Simmons 6p, 2r, 1a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Matt Maloney 8p, 2r, 1a	Mario Elie 20p, 4r, 3a	Clyde Drexler 25p, 10r, 9a	Kevin Willis 8p, 5r, 0a	Hakeem Olajuwon 17p, 13r, 6a
Rotation		Randy Livingston 2p, 1r, 1a		Othella Harrington 8p, 6r, 1a
Rotation				Matt Bullard 8p, 2r, 2a
Lim PT		Tracy Moore 0p, 1r, 1a	Sam Mack 0p, 1r, 1a
Lim PT		Emanual Davis 0p, 0r, 0a