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The 1996–97 NBA season was the 51st season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league used this season to celebrate its 50th anniversary, which included the unveiling of the league's list of its 50 greatest players .
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The 1996–97 NBA season was the 76ers 48th season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season in Philadelphia. [1] This season is most memorable when the 76ers won the Draft Lottery, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and selected point guard Allen Iverson out of Georgetown University with the first overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft .
He would later be appointed head coach after the season's end. This would be the only losing season for Gregg Popovich and the first losing season for the Spurs since the 1988-89 NBA season. However the lone silver lining in this season would be winning the number one pick for the 1997 NBA draft. [citation needed]
The 1996–97 NBA season was the Warriors' 51st season in the National Basketball Association, and 35th in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] The Warriors had the eleventh overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft , and selected Todd Fuller out of North Carolina State University .
LaPhonso Ellis had a stellar season, averaging 21.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, and finishing tied in ninth place in Most Improved Player voting, [22] [23] but only played 55 games due to knee injuries and a ruptured Achilles tendon, [24] [25] [26] while second-year star Antonio McDyess averaged 18.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks ...
In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls, though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship. The 1996 Bulls and the 2016 Warriors are the only teams to win at least 70 games in a single season. [3]