NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New York Knicks87–88Chicago Bulls

New York Knicks at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 21 January 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 171st meetingof 277 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	—	9–23	0–1	1–2	5	9	14	1	2	4	5	0	19	-2
Chris Childs	—	7–13	2–4	2–2	1	4	5	6	1	0	5	4	18	+11
Larry Johnson	—	8–15	0–2	0–0	2	2	4	3	2	0	2	2	16	+12
Allan Houston	—	5–18	3–9	1–1	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	4	14	-1
Charles Oakley	—	5–15	0–0	0–0	9	4	13	5	3	0	0	3	10	-11
Charlie Ward	—	3–8	1–3	1–2	1	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	8	-10
Buck Williams	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	+6
John Wallace	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-10
Team totals	—	38–94	6–19	5–7	21	23	44	17	12	5	16	15	87	—

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Toni Kukoč	31:36	3–9	0–4	0–0	2	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	6	+15
Michael Jordan	—	18–30	5–8	10–11	1	3	4	4	2	0	2	1	51	+7
Scottie Pippen	—	6–15	2–8	1–1	2	8	10	9	3	0	5	2	15	+2
Bill Wennington	—	3–6	0–0	1–2	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	+5
Steve Kerr	—	1–5	1–5	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	-15
Jason Caffey	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	-12
Luc Longley	—	1–5	0–0	0–2	3	3	6	0	0	1	4	2	2	-4
Randy Brown	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	7	4	0	4	1	2	+7
Team totals	31:36	34–76	8–25	12–16	12	30	42	23	11	1	19	9	88	—

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1996-97.

21 Jan 199787–88 this game
9 Mar 1997Chicago Bulls 93–97 New York Knicks
10 Apr 1997Chicago Bulls 105–103 New York Knicks
19 Apr 1997New York Knicks 103–101 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

New York Knicks: 28–11
Chicago Bulls: 34–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 148, New York Knicks 129.

21 Mar 1996New York Knicks 86–107 Chicago Bulls
9 Mar 1997Chicago Bulls 93–97 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.