NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Miami Heat86–66Houston Rockets

Miami Heat at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 21 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 21st meetingof 78 played

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Sasha Danilović	25:26	3–9	2–6	0–1	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	4	8	+22
Isaac Austin	9:23	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	2	+3
Martin Müürsepp	1:22	1–2	0–0	0–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Voshon Lenard	—	7–15	5–11	3–3	1	4	5	0	1	1	1	3	22	+20
Alonzo Mourning	—	7–11	0–0	4–4	5	12	17	5	1	3	5	5	18	+19
Tim Hardaway	—	7–23	2–10	2–2	0	3	3	7	2	0	2	0	18	+10
P.J. Brown	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	3	4	7	2	2	5	3	4	6	+28
Gary Grant	—	2–3	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	+8
Keith Askins	—	1–4	1–3	0–0	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	1	3	-5
Kurt Thomas	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	6	2	-11
James Scott	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+2
Mark Strickland	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
Team totals	36:11	31–77	11–31	13–16	15	36	51	19	7	10	15	25	86	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	6–17	1–1	7–11	4	9	13	3	5	2	3	3	20	-12
Mario Elie	—	5–11	1–2	2–3	1	2	3	2	1	0	6	4	13	-18
Kevin Willis	—	4–11	0–0	1–4	5	7	12	0	0	1	3	5	9	-20
Tracy Moore	—	2–7	1–3	3–5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	8	-14
Matt Maloney	—	2–7	1–4	2–2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	7	-7
Othella Harrington	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	6	-8
Randy Livingston	—	1–8	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	-15
Matt Bullard	—	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Sam Mack	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Team totals	—	23–71	4–12	16–27	15	25	40	12	8	4	15	17	66	—

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Miami Heat 2 in NBA 1996-97.

21 Dec 199686–66 this game
16 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 80–101 Miami Heat

Records going in

Miami Heat: 18–7
Houston Rockets: 21–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 35, Miami Heat 43.

16 Mar 1996Miami Heat 121–97 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 80–101 Miami Heat

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.