NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks81–76Houston Rockets

Milwaukee Bucks at Houston Rockets

Date: Monday 23 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 85th meetingof 141 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Sherman Douglas	9–12	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	3	19	+7
Vin Baker	8–16	0–0	1–3	0	16	16	2	1	0	4	1	17	+11
Ray Allen	5–10	2–3	4–6	3	5	8	3	2	0	3	0	16	+4
Glenn Robinson	7–17	0–1	1–2	0	4	4	6	2	1	0	2	15	+8
Elliot Perry	3–6	2–3	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	-2
Andrew Lang	2–7	0–0	0–0	1	9	10	0	2	2	2	4	4	+9
Armen Gilliam	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	-4
Chucky Brown	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	-6
Johnny Newman	0–3	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2
Team totals	34–74	4–9	9–15	5	37	42	18	7	5	10	14	81	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	18–35	0–0	1–2	4	11	15	3	1	6	4	3	37	-3
Kevin Willis	6–12	0–0	2–4	2	12	14	3	1	0	2	4	14	-5
Clyde Drexler	5–19	1–6	1–2	4	5	9	11	0	1	3	2	12	-2
Matt Maloney	2–9	1–7	0–0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	5	-2
Mario Elie	2–7	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	-12
Othella Harrington	2–2	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	-2
Matt Bullard	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Livingston	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	-3
Sam Mack	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	+4
Team totals	35–89	2–18	4–8	15	37	52	23	5	7	11	15	76	—

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Milwaukee Bucks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

23 Dec 199681–76 this game
26 Dec 1996Houston Rockets 101–90 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 14–11
Houston Rockets: 21–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 65, Milwaukee Bucks 76.

16 Nov 1995Houston Rockets 115–87 Milwaukee Bucks
26 Dec 1996Houston Rockets 101–90 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.