NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks76–82New York Knicks

Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks

Date: Monday 23 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 297th meetingof 419 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Smith	40:43	10–22	0–3	2–2	7	1	8	2	2	0	3	5	22	-2
Christian Laettner	—	6–19	1–1	0–0	4	9	13	4	2	0	2	5	13	-4
Mookie Blaylock	—	4–14	1–7	4–6	1	5	6	6	2	0	1	1	13	-5
Dikembe Mutombo	—	3–8	0–0	5–6	2	4	6	0	1	1	0	1	11	-8
Henry James	—	4–7	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	11	+7
Willie Burton	—	1–5	1–3	3–3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	-4
Eldridge Recasner	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	-9
Ivano Newbill	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	-5
Team totals	40:43	28–78	6–20	14–17	14	23	37	13	9	1	8	24	76	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	—	6–17	0–0	5–6	3	3	6	2	0	1	2	5	17	+3
Allan Houston	—	6–15	1–3	3–5	3	4	7	2	0	0	1	1	16	+4
Chris Childs	—	4–12	3–7	4–6	0	3	3	7	0	0	4	2	15	+4
John Starks	—	4–10	1–4	3–4	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	1	12	+6
Charles Oakley	—	4–6	0–0	1–2	5	13	18	3	0	0	2	5	9	+7
Larry Johnson	—	2–5	0–1	2–2	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	3	6	+4
Buck Williams	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	4	+2
Charlie Ward	—	1–2	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	3	+2
John Wallace	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Team totals	—	29–70	6–16	18–25	15	33	48	20	3	2	16	20	82	—

This season

New York Knicks 3, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

23 Dec 199676–82 this game
4 Jan 1997New York Knicks 71–88 Atlanta Hawks
5 Apr 1997New York Knicks 102–97 Atlanta Hawks
16 Apr 1997Atlanta Hawks 92–96 New York Knicks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 15–9
New York Knicks: 18–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 208, Atlanta Hawks 211.

23 Feb 1996Atlanta Hawks 108–97 New York Knicks
4 Jan 1997New York Knicks 71–88 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.