NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Clippers80–89New York Knicks

Los Angeles Clippers at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 7 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 88th meetingof 143 played

Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Lamond Murray	6–10	2–2	4–8	0	5	5	3	1	2	4	1	18	+6
Malik Sealy	3–13	1–4	6–7	0	6	6	1	1	0	1	2	13	+3
Rodney Rogers	4–16	0–2	4–6	1	4	5	3	0	1	2	3	12	-10
Bo Outlaw	4–6	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	0	2	1	1	6	11	+22
Pooh Richardson	5–15	1–5	0–0	2	1	3	3	3	0	1	2	11	-16
Loy Vaught	3–9	0–0	2–2	5	2	7	0	0	0	2	4	8	-26
Lorenzen Wright	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	-19
Darrick Martin	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	+7
Terry Dehere	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-12
Team totals	28–78	4–15	20–29	11	21	32	13	7	4	12	22	80	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	12–19	0–0	4–6	3	10	13	0	0	1	7	3	28	+19
Allan Houston	4–16	0–5	6–6	2	3	5	4	0	1	0	5	14	+27
Buck Williams	5–9	0–0	2–4	4	6	10	2	1	1	2	1	12	-1
John Starks	3–6	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	8	-27
Chris Childs	3–10	0–4	1–2	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	3	7	+26
Walter McCarty	3–6	0–1	1–1	2	3	5	2	0	1	2	0	7	+3
John Wallace	3–3	0–0	0–2	2	3	5	0	1	0	1	3	6	-1
Charles Oakley	2–7	0–1	0–0	6	8	14	4	1	0	1	3	4	+16
Charlie Ward	1–3	0–2	1–1	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	4	3	-17
Team totals	36–79	2–17	15–22	19	35	54	21	4	4	21	25	89	—

This season

New York Knicks 2, Los Angeles Clippers 0 in NBA 1996-97.

8 Nov 1996New York Knicks 88–81 Los Angeles Clippers
7 Dec 199680–89 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Clippers: 7–11
New York Knicks: 11–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 75, Los Angeles Clippers 68.

8 Nov 1996New York Knicks 88–81 Los Angeles Clippers
25 Mar 1998New York Knicks 77–76 Los Angeles Clippers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.