NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Orlando Magic85–96New York Knicks

Orlando Magic at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 28 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 138 played

Orlando Magic

Orlando Magic box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Gerald Wilkins	8–15	2–6	3–4	2	3	5	4	4	0	2	1	21	-10
Dennis Scott	6–16	1–4	2–3	3	1	4	2	0	0	1	2	15	-15
Darrell Armstrong	3–5	1–2	4–4	1	3	4	6	2	0	3	3	11	+10
Brian Shaw	3–11	1–4	3–6	0	2	2	5	3	0	3	2	10	-18
Derek Strong	4–5	0–1	2–5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	10	+2
Horace Grant	4–12	0–0	1–2	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	9	-4
Rony Seikaly	3–7	0–0	3–4	5	5	10	0	1	1	5	3	9	-20
Team totals	31–71	5–17	18–28	13	20	33	18	10	1	16	19	85	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	9–16	0–0	9–10	1	3	4	3	3	6	4	4	27	+27
Allan Houston	5–10	3–5	4–6	0	5	5	0	0	0	4	3	17	+15
Chris Childs	5–10	2–2	2–2	0	8	8	11	0	2	4	2	14	+19
Larry Johnson	6–9	0–0	2–2	3	1	4	1	2	0	2	4	14	+13
Charles Oakley	5–9	0–0	1–1	3	4	7	2	1	0	2	4	11	+9
Buck Williams	3–5	0–0	2–4	2	3	5	1	1	0	0	2	8	-14
John Starks	1–7	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	-6
Charlie Ward	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	-8
Team totals	35–67	6–10	20–25	10	26	36	19	9	8	19	21	96	—

This season

New York Knicks 3, Orlando Magic 1 in NBA 1996-97.

19 Nov 1996New York Knicks 92–88 Orlando Magic
28 Dec 199685–96 this game
30 Mar 1997New York Knicks 101–86 Orlando Magic
4 Apr 1997Orlando Magic 93–84 New York Knicks

Records going in

Orlando Magic: 10–14
New York Knicks: 19–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 68, Orlando Magic 70.

19 Nov 1996New York Knicks 92–88 Orlando Magic
30 Mar 1997New York Knicks 101–86 Orlando Magic

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.