Template:1996–97 NBA Midwest standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	64	18	.780	–	38–3	26–15	19–5
x-Houston Rockets	57	25	.695	7	30–11	27–14	19–5
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	24	25–16	15–26	16–8
Dallas Mavericks	24	58	.293	40	14–27	10–31	9–15
Denver Nuggets	21	61	.256	43	12–29	9–32	7–17
San Antonio Spurs	20	62	.244	44	12–29	8–33	8–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	14	68	.171	50	8–33	6–35	6–18

This is a template that was created to easily update every article with the 1996–97 NBA Midwest Division standings. To use the update on any article, insert:

{{1996–97 NBA Midwest standings}}

To highlight the San Antonio Spurs, insert:

{{1996–97 NBA Midwest standings|team=SAS}}

For the other teams, use:

Dallas Mavericks – DAL
Denver Nuggets – DEN
Houston Rockets – HOU
Minnesota Timberwolves – MIN
Utah Jazz – UTA
Vancouver Grizzlies – VAN