NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets104–111Houston Rockets

New Jersey Nets at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 23 January 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 51st meetingof 108 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	42:45	11–25	4–6	2–3	5	4	9	6	3	0	1	2	28	-4
Kerry Kittles	42:36	5–17	3–10	2–2	1	2	3	6	3	0	0	1	15	-1
Jayson Williams	36:07	6–15	0–1	5–6	2	10	12	1	0	0	4	5	17	-15
Tony Massenburg	30:49	5–8	0–0	3–5	2	8	10	1	0	0	1	3	13	-6
Ed O'Bannon	26:29	3–9	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	6	+2
Yinka Dare	14:05	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+10
Lloyd Daniels	9:28	0–3	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	+1
Xavier McDaniel	6:06	2–4	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	-4
Khalid Reeves	—	7–12	2–3	3–3	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	4	19	-18
Robert Werdann	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	208:25	40–95	9–23	15–19	14	29	43	21	6	1	8	22	104	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Charles Jones	6:50	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	-6
Clyde Drexler	—	7–13	2–5	4–7	3	4	7	8	2	2	3	2	20	+18
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	7–17	0–1	6–7	1	9	10	8	0	2	1	3	20	+17
Sam Mack	—	9–18	2–6	0–0	3	6	9	4	0	0	4	3	20	0
Kevin Willis	—	8–13	0–0	0–2	1	14	15	0	1	1	2	3	16	+9
Matt Maloney	—	5–7	2–4	3–3	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	2	15	+13
Othella Harrington	—	4–4	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	+4
Matt Bullard	—	3–4	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	-6
Brent Price	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	-8
Randy Livingston	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	3	2	2	-6
Team totals	6:50	46–84	6–18	13–19	11	38	49	34	3	7	14	18	111	—

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Brooklyn Nets 0 in NBA 1996-97.

23 Jan 1997104–111 this game
18 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 97–89 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 11–27
Houston Rockets: 31–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 68, Brooklyn Nets 40.

24 Jan 1996Houston Rockets 98–89 New Jersey Nets
18 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 97–89 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.