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Oklahoma City Thunder

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Also known as: Oklahoma City Thunder
Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1176 (#6) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1155 (#7) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +6.9 (#3) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.730 (#3) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 @ UTA L 91 - 99
1996-11-02 vs POR W 104 - 93
1996-11-05 vs ATL L 95 - 117
1996-11-07 @ PHX W 103 - 98
1996-11-08 @ SAS W 87 - 75
1996-11-12 vs GSW W 121 - 102
1996-11-14 @ LAC W 94 - 78
1996-11-19 @ TOR W 106 - 98
1996-11-20 @ WAS - Incomplete score
1996-11-22 @ BOS W 118 - 91
1996-11-24 @ NYK W 102 - 92
1996-11-26 @ CHH L 89 - 97
1996-11-27 @ MIN W 106 - 98
1996-11-29 vs PHX W 105 - 92
1996-12-01 vs UTA L 90 - 96
1996-12-03 @ LAL L 106 - 110
1996-12-05 vs MIN W 117 - 86
1996-12-07 vs CHH L 92 - 94
1996-12-09 @ PHI W 118 - 94
1996-12-11 @ NJN L 101 - 110
1996-12-12 @ MIL L 97 - 100
1996-12-14 vs HOU L 100 - 109
1996-12-17 vs GSW W 123 - 83
1996-12-18 @ POR W 106 - 102
1996-12-20 vs LAC W 102 - 86
1996-12-22 vs DAL W 93 - 79
1996-12-26 vs SAS W 94 - 86
1996-12-28 @ DAL L 90 - 95
1996-12-30 @ HOU L 91 - 99
1997-01-03 @ VAN W 108 - 94
1997-01-11 vs IND W 92 - 82
1997-01-15 vs TOR W 122 - 78
1997-01-17 vs CLE W 96 - 84
1997-01-20 vs VAN W 112 - 96
1997-01-22 vs POR W 98 - 97
1997-01-23 @ LAC L 100 - 102
1997-01-26 vs LAL L 103 - 104
1997-01-29 @ GSW W 111 - 86
1997-01-31 vs WAS W 97 - 95
1997-02-02 vs CHI L 84 - 91
1997-02-05 vs UTA L 95 - 99
1997-02-11 vs DEN W 108 - 81
1997-02-14 vs HOU W 105 - 85
1997-02-16 @ LAL W 102 - 91
1997-02-17 vs BOS W 113 - 108
1997-02-21 vs NYK W 84 - 64
1997-02-23 @ UTA W 89 - 87
1997-02-25 @ CLE W 72 - 66
1997-02-26 @ IND L 78 - 92
1997-02-28 @ MIA W 96 - 95
1997-03-02 @ ORL W 109 - 101
1997-03-04 vs ORL L 89 - 101
1997-03-07 vs NJN W 109 - 90
1997-03-09 @ POR L 93 - 103
1997-03-11 vs DET W 93 - 80
1997-03-13 @ MIN W 108 - 92
1997-03-14 @ ATL W 97 - 91
1997-03-16 @ DET L 83 - 86
1997-03-18 @ CHI L 87 - 89
1997-03-20 vs DEN W 123 - 97
1997-03-22 vs SAC W 113 - 99
1997-03-23 @ VAN W 106 - 92
1997-03-25 @ GSW W 126 - 89
1997-03-26 vs PHX L 107 - 109
1997-03-28 vs MIN W 92 - 81
1997-03-30 @ PHX L 106 - 107
1997-04-01 vs LAL L 97 - 99
1997-04-03 vs MIL W 103 - 80
1997-04-05 vs DAL W 103 - 84
1997-04-06 @ SAC L 101 - 113
1997-04-10 @ DAL W 90 - 82
1997-04-12 @ SAS W 96 - 91
1997-04-13 @ HOU L 73 - 113
1997-04-15 vs SAS W 108 - 88
1997-04-17 @ DEN W 108 - 104
1997-04-19 vs LAC W 125 - 100
1997-04-25 vs PHX L 101 - 106
1997-04-27 vs PHX W 122 - 78
1997-04-29 @ PHX L 103 - 110
1997-05-01 @ PHX W 122 - 115
1997-05-03 vs PHX W 116 - 92
1997-05-05 @ HOU L 102 - 112
1997-05-07 @ HOU W 106 - 101
1997-05-09 vs HOU L 93 - 97
1997-05-11 vs HOU L 106 - 110
1997-05-13 @ HOU W 100 - 94
1997-05-15 vs HOU W 99 - 96
1997-05-17 @ HOU L 91 - 96

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Gary Payton G 88 38.8 22.0 4.7 7.2 2.3 0.2 2.8 18.3 15.4 - - - 47.1 32.9 73.1 - 54.4 51.5
Shawn Kemp G 87 33.0 18.9 10.2 2.0 1.4 1.0 3.5 12.8 17.3 - - - 51.0 30.0 75.5 - 58.6 51.6
Detlef Schrempf G 68 34.7 16.7 6.4 4.2 1.1 0.2 2.4 11.8 14.4 - - - 48.9 37.6 81.2 - 59.4 53.1
Hersey Hawkins G 88 33.4 14.2 4.0 3.1 2.0 0.2 1.6 9.9 12.0 - - - 46.7 41.4 87.7 - 62.0 56.0
Sam Perkins G 87 24.0 10.5 3.8 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.9 8.1 8.1 - - - 42.2 37.2 82.1 - 56.3 50.8
Terry Cummings G 57 19.1 8.4 4.5 0.9 0.8 0.2 1.0 7.2 6.5 - - - 48.7 60.0 68.9 - 52.0 49.0
Larry Stewart G 68 12.8 4.3 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.8 3.6 3.8 - - - 45.5 26.3 72.6 - 52.1 47.5
Nate McMillan G 40 20.6 4.2 3.1 3.6 1.5 0.1 0.8 3.8 7.9 - - - 40.4 32.6 65.5 - 51.6 49.7
David Wingate G 71 13.8 4.1 1.4 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.6 3.7 3.3 - - - 41.2 37.4 79.2 - 51.7 48.3
Jim McIlvaine G 81 16.1 3.7 3.7 0.2 0.5 1.9 0.8 3.2 6.0 - - - 46.9 14.3 49.5 - 48.5 47.1
Craig Ehlo G 57 12.5 3.3 1.7 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.7 4.0 2.1 - - - 34.2 29.5 40.0 - 40.1 39.9
Greg Graham G 32 6.5 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 2.9 1.6 - - - 35.5 28.6 65.9 - 46.7 40.9
Antonio Harvey - 5 4.8 3.0 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.2 2.0 3.2 - - - 50.0 0 83.3 - 59.3 50.0
Eric Snow G 69 9.3 2.8 1.0 2.2 0.5 0.0 0.6 2.2 3.7 - - - 46.1 33.3 70.6 - 53.3 48.0
Steve Scheffler - 6 2.2 2.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 0.7 - - - 85.7 0 50.0 - 82.5 85.7
Elmore Spencer - 1 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 -1.0 - - - 0.0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG