NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics89–94Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 4 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 123rd meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Rick Fox	7–16	2–7	2–2	4	3	7	3	2	1	2	5	18	0
Dana Barros	5–14	3–6	4–5	0	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	17	-1
Eric Williams	5–10	0–0	5–5	3	4	7	2	0	0	1	4	15	-3
Antoine Walker	5–12	0–1	0–1	4	3	7	2	0	0	2	3	10	-16
Dino Radja	4–21	0–0	2–2	4	7	11	5	2	2	2	4	10	-1
Todd Day	4–8	0–0	1–1	1	4	5	1	4	0	1	2	9	+10
Dee Brown	2–9	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	5	-16
Greg Minor	2–4	0–0	1–1	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	5	+12
Frank Brickowski	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	-10
Team totals	34–98	6–15	15–17	17	27	44	21	14	6	15	26	89	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Charles Barkley	7–13	1–5	4–6	5	22	27	7	3	1	4	4	19	+17
Mario Elie	5–11	1–3	7–8	2	1	3	3	1	0	1	4	18	+5
Hakeem Olajuwon	6–13	0–0	4–6	2	5	7	3	1	5	7	0	16	+6
Clyde Drexler	5–16	1–5	4–4	0	2	2	4	1	1	4	4	15	+6
Matt Maloney	4–12	2–6	1–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	11	+14
Kevin Willis	4–5	0–0	2–2	2	6	8	1	0	0	1	1	10	-13
Tracy Moore	2–4	0–2	1–1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Matt Bullard	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	-1
Randy Livingston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	-9
Team totals	33–75	5–21	23–29	11	40	51	22	6	8	25	21	94	—

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Boston Celtics 0 in NBA 1996-97.

29 Nov 1996Houston Rockets 120–94 Boston Celtics
4 Dec 199689–94 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 4–11
Houston Rockets: 15–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

29 Nov 1996Houston Rockets 120–94 Boston Celtics
1 Feb 1998Houston Rockets 96–107 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.