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1996-97 record: 61-21 (first in Atlantic)
Season Averages
| | Points per game (rank) | FG% per game (rank) | Rebounds per game (rank) | Turnovers per game (rank) |
| HEAT | 94.8 (22) | .453 (18) | 41.0 (14) | 15.9 (17) |
| OPPONENTS | 89.3 (3) | .432 (2) | 40.5 (11) | 16.1 (10) |
The three-point line will be returned to its original distance (23'9") this season. No team will be more aware of that change than the Heat, which hit 678 three-pointers and scored 26.2% of its points via the trey last season, both tops in the league.
Percentage of Total Points Scored on Three-pointers in 1996-97
| Highest | Pts. | 3FG | Pct. | Lowest | Pts. | 3FG | Pct. |
| Heat | 7,776 | 678 | 26.2 | Jazz | 8,454 | 334 | 11.9 |
| Hawks | 7,774 | 659 | 25.4 | Bullets | 8,147 | 331 | 12.2 |
| Rockets | 8,248 | 671 | 24.4 | Bucks | 7,818 | 324 | 12.4 |
| Nuggets | 8,020 | 636 | 23.8 | Timberwolves | 7,882 | 371 | 14.1 |
| Pistons | 7,723 | 582 | 22.6 | Spurs | 7,418 | 378 | 15.3 |
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