NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New York Knicks75–65Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Wednesday 29 January 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 133rd meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
John Starks	8–16	4–8	4–4	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	1	24	+15
Charles Oakley	5–10	0–0	3–3	2	9	11	3	1	1	3	4	13	+1
Larry Johnson	5–14	0–0	3–4	1	6	7	2	1	1	1	2	13	+13
Buck Williams	5–8	0–0	2–4	5	3	8	1	0	2	1	2	12	+10
Chris Childs	1–4	0–2	4–5	0	2	2	4	2	1	3	2	6	+8
Allan Houston	2–8	0–3	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	4	-1
Charlie Ward	1–5	1–2	0–0	2	3	5	3	0	0	2	2	3	+12
Herb Williams	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5
Team totals	27–68	5–15	16–20	10	29	39	18	6	6	13	15	75	—

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Terrell Brandon	9–20	2–4	4–4	4	3	7	5	1	0	3	1	24	-9
Chris Mills	5–13	2–5	2–2	1	10	11	2	1	1	3	4	14	-8
Tyrone Hill	6–9	0–0	0–2	2	7	9	2	2	0	2	4	12	-6
Danny Ferry	3–10	2–6	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	1	3	2	8	-5
Bobby Phills	2–12	0–1	1–2	1	4	5	2	1	1	0	2	5	-3
Mark West	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	+1
Bob Sura	0–7	0–0	0–2	1	3	4	6	1	1	1	3	0	-14
Donny Marshall	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
Vitaly Potapenko	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	-1
Team totals	26–73	6–16	7–12	10	31	41	19	7	5	13	19	65	—

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1996-97.

29 Jan 199775–65 this game
2 Mar 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 82–90 New York Knicks
1 Apr 1997New York Knicks 94–88 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Apr 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 93–73 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 31–13
Cleveland Cavaliers: 24–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

18 Apr 1996New York Knicks 77–92 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Mar 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 82–90 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.