NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks93–98Charlotte Hornets

Atlanta Hawks at Charlotte Hornets

Date: Saturday 21 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 35th meetingof 147 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Smith	34:36	6–21	3–12	1–1	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	3	16	-12
Christian Laettner	—	7–16	1–3	9–9	3	8	11	4	0	0	3	3	24	0
Dikembe Mutombo	—	7–12	0–0	6–7	8	5	13	1	0	9	2	5	20	-4
Mookie Blaylock	—	3–14	2–9	2–2	2	4	6	5	0	0	2	2	10	-3
Eldridge Recasner	—	4–8	0–1	1–1	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	3	9	+8
Henry James	—	4–9	1–3	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	6	9	+5
Willie Burton	—	1–10	1–5	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	-13
Ivano Newbill	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	-6
Team totals	34:36	32–92	8–33	21–22	21	27	48	15	0	10	9	24	93	—

Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Anthony Mason	43:52	8–12	0–0	2–2	3	9	12	7	2	0	3	5	18	+5
Glen Rice	43:44	4–14	1–4	4–6	2	3	5	3	0	0	1	4	13	0
Muggsy Bogues	37:11	6–13	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	6	1	0	4	1	15	+5
Vlade Divac	32:11	5–15	0–0	1–2	4	5	9	4	0	4	1	3	11	+16
Dell Curry	29:26	8–11	3–4	0–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	19	+6
Scott Burrell	22:50	2–3	1–1	2–4	2	4	6	4	1	0	2	3	7	+4
Matt Geiger	19:57	4–8	1–2	4–6	1	7	8	2	1	0	1	4	13	-11
Tony Smith	10:49	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	38–79	6–11	16–26	12	33	45	28	5	4	12	22	98	—

This season

Charlotte Hornets 3, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

21 Dec 199693–98 this game
20 Jan 1997Charlotte Hornets 97–106 Atlanta Hawks
22 Feb 1997Charlotte Hornets 93–92 Atlanta Hawks
2 Apr 1997Atlanta Hawks 84–95 Charlotte Hornets

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 15–8
Charlotte Hornets: 13–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Charlotte Hornets 71, Atlanta Hawks 76.

22 Mar 1996Atlanta Hawks 117–92 Charlotte Hornets
20 Jan 1997Charlotte Hornets 97–106 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.