NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New York Knicks80–88Minnesota Timberwolves

New York Knicks at Minnesota Timberwolves

Date: Thursday 26 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 70 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Chris Childs	—	7–13	1–3	2–2	0	5	5	3	1	0	3	5	17	+3
Larry Johnson	—	7–15	0–1	0–0	3	1	4	6	2	1	1	2	14	+1
Patrick Ewing	—	6–17	0–1	1–4	2	8	10	1	0	2	3	2	13	-14
Charles Oakley	—	4–9	0–0	4–4	3	8	11	3	0	0	3	3	12	-1
Allan Houston	—	3–15	2–10	2–2	2	4	6	3	1	1	1	2	10	-3
John Starks	—	2–9	1–5	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	5	-10
John Wallace	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	-4
Buck Williams	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	2	6	8	0	1	2	4	2	3	-1
Charlie Ward	—	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	-11
Team totals	—	33–83	4–21	10–14	12	34	46	20	6	6	16	22	80	—

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Stojko Vranković	17:51	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	-7
Stephon Marbury	—	8–18	4–7	7–10	1	1	2	7	2	0	6	0	27	+6
Tom Gugliotta	—	7–11	0–0	8–8	1	9	10	3	3	1	1	2	22	-1
Kevin Garnett	—	6–16	0–0	8–8	2	10	12	2	2	6	4	2	20	+19
Sam Mitchell	—	4–9	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	3	8	+13
Terry Porter	—	1–7	0–3	4–6	1	4	5	3	1	1	1	3	6	+16
Chris Carr	—	1–3	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	-8
Cherokee Parks	—	0–2	0–0	0–2	1	2	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
James Robinson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
Team totals	17:51	28–68	5–14	27–34	6	36	42	18	10	9	16	16	88	—

This season

Minnesota Timberwolves 1, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

16 Nov 1996Minnesota Timberwolves 79–82 New York Knicks
26 Dec 199680–88 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 19–7
Minnesota Timberwolves: 10–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Minnesota Timberwolves 32, New York Knicks 38.

16 Nov 1996Minnesota Timberwolves 79–82 New York Knicks
11 Dec 1997Minnesota Timberwolves 103–107 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.