NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Miami Heat118–117Boston Celtics

Miami Heat at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 5 February 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 186 played

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Isaac Austin	27:55	7–9	0–0	3–4	4	5	9	3	0	0	3	3	17	+10
Sasha Danilović	14:14	2–7	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	5	-7
Voshon Lenard	—	9–13	4–7	6–7	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	5	28	-3
Tim Hardaway	—	8–18	5–10	2–4	0	2	2	15	3	0	3	3	23	+12
Alonzo Mourning	—	8–10	0–0	5–8	2	10	12	2	1	5	4	4	21	+8
P.J. Brown	—	4–8	0–0	5–7	3	8	11	1	1	0	4	4	13	+7
John Crotty	—	2–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	6	-9
Keith Askins	—	1–3	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	6	3	-1
Mark Strickland	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-3
Ed Pinckney	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-6
Willie Anderson	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	-3
Team totals	42:09	42–72	11–24	23–32	9	31	40	29	8	6	20	31	118	—

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Rick Fox	—	9–18	5–10	10–12	1	5	6	6	4	0	1	4	33	+10
Eric Williams	—	9–18	0–0	9–12	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	5	27	-5
David Wesley	—	8–13	2–5	0–1	2	3	5	6	2	0	1	4	18	-8
Todd Day	—	5–11	0–3	8–8	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	4	18	-4
Antoine Walker	—	8–21	0–1	1–2	9	5	14	6	2	1	3	2	17	-12
Marty Conlon	—	2–4	0–0	0–2	1	5	6	2	0	0	3	1	4	+11
Alton Lister	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	+6
Brett Szabo	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3
Team totals	—	41–86	7–19	28–37	17	20	37	25	12	3	13	23	117	—

This season

Boston Celtics 0, Miami Heat 4 in NBA 1996-97.

30 Nov 1996Boston Celtics 77–78 Miami Heat
16 Jan 1997Miami Heat 102–94 Boston Celtics
29 Jan 1997Boston Celtics 83–103 Miami Heat
5 Feb 1997118–117 this game

Records going in

Miami Heat: 34–12
Boston Celtics: 11–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 111, Miami Heat 75.

29 Jan 1997Boston Celtics 83–103 Miami Heat
5 Nov 1997Miami Heat 90–74 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.