NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets95–99New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 4 February 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 105th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	10–17	0–1	6–6	1	4	5	5	1	1	5	3	26	0
Mario Elie	7–11	3–4	5–5	2	3	5	7	2	0	1	3	22	+1
Clyde Drexler	5–12	2–3	4–7	1	0	1	3	4	0	8	4	16	-9
Kevin Willis	5–15	0–0	6–8	3	11	14	0	0	0	0	4	16	-4
Randy Livingston	4–8	2–2	2–2	0	3	3	4	2	0	4	5	12	0
Matt Maloney	1–5	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	4	1	3	-1
Brent Price	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Othella Harrington	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	-5
Sam Mack	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Team totals	32–70	8–16	23–28	7	25	32	24	11	1	23	24	95	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Allan Houston	9–16	2–4	8–8	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	5	28	-3
Charles Oakley	8–14	0–0	0–0	1	9	10	0	2	0	5	5	16	+2
Chris Childs	6–12	1–4	1–3	0	3	3	5	1	0	1	6	14	+11
John Starks	5–17	1–10	3–3	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	2	14	-1
Larry Johnson	4–8	0–1	3–4	6	2	8	6	0	1	2	3	11	+8
Buck Williams	1–4	0–0	6–7	2	4	6	2	1	1	4	4	8	+4
Charlie Ward	2–4	1–2	1–2	1	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	6	-1
John Wallace	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	36–78	5–21	22–27	13	25	38	22	9	2	16	26	99	—

This season

New York Knicks 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1996-97.

14 Jan 1997New York Knicks 86–106 Houston Rockets
4 Feb 199795–99 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 32–14
New York Knicks: 32–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

14 Jan 1997New York Knicks 86–106 Houston Rockets
18 Nov 1997New York Knicks 84–95 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.