NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets86–98New York Knicks

New Jersey Nets at New York Knicks

Date: Monday 30 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 109th meetingof 228 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kendall Gill	43:35	7–17	1–4	8–11	2	5	7	5	3	1	1	2	23	-3
Kerry Kittles	41:27	11–19	4–5	2–2	1	1	2	2	4	0	0	5	28	-15
Tony Massenburg	35:14	2–2	0–0	1–2	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	5	5	-6
Xavier McDaniel	20:14	3–9	0–2	2–3	2	2	4	1	2	0	3	2	8	-4
Lloyd Daniels	19:03	1–5	0–3	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	-5
Ed O'Bannon	7:49	2–4	0–1	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	0
Yinka Dare	6:54	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	+1
Khalid Reeves	—	3–8	0–5	4–6	0	1	1	5	0	0	7	3	10	-11
Shawn Bradley	—	2–13	0–0	2–4	3	6	9	1	0	1	3	3	6	-17
Team totals	174:16	31–78	5–20	19–28	11	24	35	17	13	2	18	23	86	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Allan Houston	—	8–19	2–8	3–3	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	1	21	+8
John Starks	—	8–12	1–4	2–4	0	4	4	3	1	0	4	2	19	+7
Patrick Ewing	—	7–15	0–0	2–2	1	10	11	2	0	2	1	1	16	+14
Chris Childs	—	6–10	2–4	0–0	1	4	5	6	3	0	5	3	14	+13
Charlie Ward	—	1–3	0–1	8–8	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	4	10	-3
Larry Johnson	—	1–5	0–2	4–5	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	6	+2
Charles Oakley	—	2–6	0–0	1–2	3	9	12	2	3	0	2	6	5	+8
John Wallace	—	2–2	0–0	0–2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	+2
Buck Williams	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	4	3	+9
Team totals	—	36–73	5–19	21–28	8	36	44	21	11	3	22	23	98	—

This season

New York Knicks 2, Brooklyn Nets 2 in NBA 1996-97.

4 Dec 1996New York Knicks 109–102 New Jersey Nets
30 Dec 199686–98 this game
16 Mar 1997New Jersey Nets 89–74 New York Knicks
28 Mar 1997New York Knicks 86–92 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 8–18
New York Knicks: 20–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 117, Brooklyn Nets 111.

4 Dec 1996New York Knicks 109–102 New Jersey Nets
16 Mar 1997New Jersey Nets 89–74 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.