NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Charlotte Hornets97–101Los Angeles Lakers

Charlotte Hornets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Wednesday 8 January 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 71 played

Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Glen Rice	46:32	8–23	3–5	8–8	1	6	7	3	2	0	0	1	27	-2
Anthony Mason	44:34	8–16	0–0	4–5	0	13	13	8	2	2	2	1	20	-2
Vlade Divac	40:34	7–12	1–3	7–8	5	7	12	2	2	1	5	6	22	+1
Tony Smith	38:17	5–9	0–3	0–1	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	3	10	+4
Dell Curry	26:01	3–7	1–3	3–4	0	6	6	1	1	0	1	5	10	+1
Anthony Goldwire	20:20	1–5	1–2	1–2	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	4	+4
Tony Delk	13:14	0–4	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	-18
George Zídek	10:29	1–4	0–0	2–2	4	0	4	1	0	0	1	4	4	-8
Team totals	240:01	33–80	6–17	25–30	10	33	43	24	8	4	15	23	97	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Shaquille O'Neal	—	10–19	0–0	3–7	3	13	16	3	0	4	3	2	23	-3
Eddie Jones	—	8–21	1–5	3–4	1	5	6	2	1	2	1	1	20	+9
Nick Van Exel	—	5–11	3–6	4–6	0	1	1	10	1	0	3	0	17	+1
Jerome Kersey	—	4–9	1–5	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	3	9	+1
Kobe Bryant	—	4–13	0–2	1–2	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	2	9	-2
Travis Knight	—	4–5	0–0	1–1	1	5	6	2	0	3	3	5	9	-3
Elden Campbell	—	4–11	0–0	0–0	5	7	12	0	0	2	0	6	8	+10
Sean Rooks	—	1–1	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	+4
Derek Fisher	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	2	2	+3
Team totals	—	41–92	5–18	14–22	12	34	46	23	6	13	14	23	101	—

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 1, Charlotte Hornets 1 in NBA 1996-97.

6 Nov 1996Los Angeles Lakers 78–88 Charlotte Hornets
8 Jan 199797–101 this game

Records going in

Charlotte Hornets: 18–14
Los Angeles Lakers: 25–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 44, Charlotte Hornets 27.

6 Nov 1996Los Angeles Lakers 78–88 Charlotte Hornets
20 Dec 1997Los Angeles Lakers 109–100 Charlotte Hornets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.