NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics107–109New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 28 January 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 438th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Antoine Walker	11–19	0–1	5–6	6	10	16	1	3	1	4	2	27	+4
Eric Williams	9–14	0–0	2–5	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	20	-24
Rick Fox	7–10	2–4	2–2	0	4	4	4	4	0	1	4	18	-5
Todd Day	5–15	2–6	5–5	3	3	6	4	0	0	2	3	17	+2
Dee Brown	4–8	1–3	2–2	1	3	4	0	2	0	1	1	11	0
David Wesley	4–14	0–5	2–3	0	3	3	13	4	0	6	4	10	+1
Marty Conlon	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	4	+12
Team totals	42–84	5–19	18–23	11	26	37	25	13	1	17	20	107	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Allan Houston	10–15	4–8	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	25	-10
Charles Oakley	10–15	0–0	0–2	6	8	14	1	2	0	2	4	20	-8
Patrick Ewing	8–13	0–0	2–4	0	7	7	9	0	3	4	2	18	0
John Starks	6–12	3–6	2–3	1	2	3	2	1	0	4	2	17	+20
John Wallace	6–10	0–0	2–3	0	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	14	-2
Larry Johnson	3–5	0–0	2–6	3	4	7	7	0	0	1	5	8	+13
Chris Childs	1–5	1–3	2–2	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	2	5	-7
Charlie Ward	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	2	+4
Team totals	45–77	8–18	11–22	10	26	36	33	7	4	20	17	109	—

This season

New York Knicks 4, Boston Celtics 0 in NBA 1996-97.

10 Jan 1997New York Knicks 111–98 Boston Celtics
11 Jan 1997Boston Celtics 99–112 New York Knicks
28 Jan 1997107–109 this game
7 Mar 1997New York Knicks 113–102 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 9–30
New York Knicks: 30–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 226, Boston Celtics 343.

11 Jan 1997Boston Celtics 99–112 New York Knicks
7 Mar 1997New York Knicks 113–102 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.