Gary Payton averaged 21.8 points, 7.1 assists and 4.6 rebounds in 82 games in 1996-97. He was selected to play in his fourth All-Star game.

		NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1		Gary Payton G. Payton	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624

	NAME	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/19/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	LAC	29	25	2	8	3	0	8	11	72.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	81.2	0	2	1	0	+31
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/17/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	DEN	44	24	4	4	1	0	9	18	50.0	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	59.4	2	2	2	1	+10
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/15/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	SAS	33	24	5	9	2	0	9	18	50.0	1	5	20.0	5	6	83.3	58.1	1	4	2	2	+21
4	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/13/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	HOU	37	22	4	4	1	0	8	20	40.0	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	52.7	1	3	1	1	-32
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/12/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	SAS	45	21	11	8	3	0	9	22	40.9	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	44.2	4	7	1	5	+5
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/10/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	DAL	44	16	5	4	3	0	6	15	40.0	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	47.7	0	5	4	5	+3
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/6/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	SAC	41	19	3	5	2	0	7	13	53.8	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	60.7	0	3	4	5	-17
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/5/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	DAL	34	23	3	8	2	0	10	21	47.6	1	6	16.7	2	3	66.7	51.5	0	3	2	1	+23
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/3/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	MIL	27	22	3	2	2	0	11	14	78.6	0	1	0.0	0	0		78.6	0	3	2	5	+18
10	Gary Payton G. Payton	4/1/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	LAL	45	19	5	8	1	0	8	20	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	42.0	2	3	2	4	+1
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/30/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	PHX	43	23	9	9	4	0	10	23	43.5	0	3	0.0	3	5	60.0	45.6	4	5	4	3	-3
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/28/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	MIN	44	20	4	10	3	0	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	4	1	2	+13
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/26/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	PHX	40	19	9	6	5	0	9	20	45.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		47.5	2	7	5	6	-8
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/25/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	GSW	31	23	6	8	1	0	9	12	75.0	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	78.6	2	4	2	1	+40
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/23/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	VAN	41	31	6	11	4	0	11	21	52.4	1	6	16.7	8	10	80.0	61.0	4	2	4	3	+14
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/22/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	SAC	22	13	2	4	1	0	6	13	46.2	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	48.4	2	0	2	1	+12
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/20/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	DEN	29	11	2	12	3	0	5	15	33.3	1	4	25.0	0	0		36.7	1	1	0	2	+37
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/18/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	CHI	50	14	12	14	6	0	3	16	18.8	2	8	25.0	6	7	85.7	36.7	1	11	6	5	-5
19	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/16/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	DET	45	16	7	4	3	0	6	16	37.5	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	47.4	0	7	3	4	0
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/14/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	ATL	45	20	6	7	4	0	8	19	42.1	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	5	4	1	+6
21	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/13/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	MIN	41	29	6	2	3	0	13	23	56.5	1	6	16.7	2	2	100.0	60.7	1	5	3	2	+13
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/11/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	DET	43	16	8	6	3	2	5	16	31.3	2	6	33.3	4	6	66.7	42.9	1	7	7	5	+17
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/9/1997	1996-97	SEA	@	POR	43	16	10	11	1	0	6	19	31.6	0	3	0.0	4	8	50.0	35.5	3	7	5	2	-8
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/7/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	NJN	33	24	0	6	3	0	9	18	50.0	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	60.7	0	0	4	2	+12
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	3/4/1997	1996-97	SEA	vs	ORL	43	23	2	7	3	0	9	21	42.9	2	7	28.6	3	5	60.0	49.6	1	1	3	3	-15
	Average						39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	2.5	7.6
	Total						3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	706	1,482	47.6	119	380	31.3	254	355	71.5	54.5	106	272	215	208	+624

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Gary Payton averaged 21.8 points, 7.1 assists and 4.6 rebounds in 82 games in 1996-97. He was selected to play in his fourth All-Star game.

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