oldest nba player to start a game before 1997

Before 1996-97, Robert Parish was the oldest in a start. He was 42 years and 235 days old versus the Magic on April 21, 1996.

Interpreted as:

oldest NBA player to regular-season start a game before 1997

	NAME	Age	GS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-235	1	4/21/1996	CHA	vs	ORL	26	11	4	0	0	3	5	13	38.5	0	0	1	2	50.0	39.6	2	2	1	3
2	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-233	1	4/19/1996	CHA	@	NYK	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	106.4	0	0	0	2
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-232	1	4/18/1996	CHA	vs	MIL	23	2	6	1	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	1	5	1	2
4	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-229	1	4/15/1996	CHA	@	IND	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			0	2	0	2
5	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-228	1	4/14/1996	CHA	@	PHI	20	6	6	1	0	2	2	3	66.7	0	0	2	4	50.0	63.0	2	4	1	0
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-224	1	4/10/1996	CHA	vs	MIA	16	4	5	0	0	1	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	1	4	2	0
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-222	1	4/8/1996	CHA	@	CHI	32	5	11	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	51.2	4	7	3	2
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-220	1	4/6/1996	CHA	@	CLE	39	14	9	4	0	3	6	9	66.7	0	0	2	2	100.0	70.9	2	7	1	2
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-219	1	4/5/1996	CHA	vs	CHI	25	11	5	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	0	0	3	4	75.0	62.8	1	4	0	0
10	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-217	1	4/3/1996	CHA	@	DET	23	4	6	0	1	1	1	3	33.3	0	0	2	2	100.0	51.5	0	6	1	1
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-216	1	4/2/1996	CHA	vs	LAL	33	4	14	1	0	7	2	6	33.3	0	0	0	0		33.3	3	11	1	2
12	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-214	1	3/31/1996	CHA	@	VAN	19	8	4	0	0	4	3	5	60.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	68.0	1	3	0	1
13	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-212	1	3/29/1996	CHA	@	SAC	44	14	13	2	2	3	7	13	53.8	0	0	0	0		53.8	7	6	2	2
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-210	1	3/27/1996	CHA	@	SEA	19	8	4	0	2	1	4	8	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	1	3	0	3
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-209	1	3/26/1996	CHA	@	DEN	42	15	17	0	0	4	6	8	75.0	0	0	3	4	75.0	76.8	2	15	0	5
16	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-207	1	3/24/1996	CHA	@	LAL	30	13	10	1	1	2	5	8	62.5	0	0	3	4	75.0	66.6	2	8	0	2
17	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-205	1	3/22/1996	CHA	vs	ATL	27	5	7	0	0	1	2	6	33.3	0	0	1	2	50.0	36.3	3	4	0	2
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-203	1	3/20/1996	CHA	@	TOR	20	4	3	0	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	41.0	0	3	1	0
19	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-202	1	3/19/1996	CHA	vs	IND	24	9	7	1	0	2	4	8	50.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	50.7	4	3	1	2
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-200	1	3/17/1996	CHA	vs	PHX	22	4	6	1	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	0	0	0		40.0	1	5	0	3
21	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-198	1	3/15/1996	CHA	vs	TOR	26	7	7	0	0	3	3	5	60.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	59.5	1	6	1	1
22	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-196	1	3/13/1996	CHA	vs	UTA	25	4	3	1	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	0	3	3	4
23	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-191	1	3/8/1996	CHA	@	ORL	34	2	10	0	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	4	6	1	5
24	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-168	1	2/14/1996	CHA	vs	NYK	22	11	12	0	0	0	4	6	66.7	0	0	3	5	60.0	67.1	3	9	3	1
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-127	1	1/4/1996	CHA	vs	CHI	24	6	6	1	0	0	3	4	75.0	0	0	0	0		75.0	1	5	0	1

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