78 | April 12, 1997 | Washington | W 99–97 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum | 52–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 | April 14, 1997 | Cleveland | W 94–82 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum | 53–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 16, 1997 | @ Boston | W 108–102 | | | | FleetCenter | 54–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 18, 1997 | Toronto | L 100–108 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum | 54–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 20, 1997 | @ Milwaukee | L 100–120 | | | | Bradley Center | 54–28 Playoffs |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 24, 1997 | @ New York | L 99–109 | Vlade Divac (27) | Anthony Mason (13) | Anthony Mason (5) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 26, 1997 | @ New York | L 93–100 | Glen Rice (39) | Divac, Mason (12) | four players tied (2) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 28, 1997 | New York | L 95–104 | Glen Rice (22) | Anthony Mason (11) | Glen Rice (9) | Charlotte Coliseum24,042 | 0–3 |- Player statistics Season Playoffs Awards and records Glen Rice, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award Bob Bass, NBA Executive of the Year Award Glen Rice, All-NBA Second Team Anthony Mason, All-NBA Third Team Anthony Mason, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Transactions July 11, 1996 Released Michael Adams. Traded Kobe Bryant to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac. Released Robert Parish. July 14, 1996 Traded Larry Johnson to the New York Knicks for Brad Lohaus and Anthony Mason. October 3, 1996 Signed Bob McCann as a free agent. October 19, 1996 Signed Tony Smith as a free agent. October 31, 1996 Waived Brad Lohaus. January 6, 1997 Signed Jamie Feick to the first of two 10-day contracts. January 28, 1997 Signed Eric Leckner to a 10-day contract. January 30, 1997 Signed Tom Chambers to a contract for the rest of the season. February 20, 1997 Traded Scott Burrell to the Golden State Warriors for Donald Royal. Traded Anthony Goldwire and George Zidek to the Denver Nuggets for Ricky Pierce. April 8, 1997 Waived Tom Chambers. Player Transactions Citation: References Hornets on Database Basketball Hornets on Basketball Reference Charlotte Hornets seasons