NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Dallas Mavericks88–86Phoenix Suns

Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns

Date: Sunday 23 February 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 74th meetingof 201 played

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Ed O'Bannon	18:50	3–7	0–1	1–1	1	3	4	2	0	1	0	2	7	0
Martin Müürsepp	10:25	3–5	0–0	2–4	4	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	8	+10
Michael Finley	—	9–20	2–4	0–0	0	3	3	5	2	0	2	2	20	+7
Shawn Bradley	—	8–17	0–0	2–2	3	7	10	2	0	2	3	1	18	-3
Erick Strickland	—	5–13	1–4	2–3	1	4	5	7	2	0	2	1	13	-1
A.C. Green	—	3–5	0–0	3–4	3	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
Khalid Reeves	—	3–8	0–2	1–2	1	3	4	4	0	0	3	3	7	-1
Samaki Walker	—	2–5	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	-1
Greg Dreiling	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1
Team totals	29:15	36–80	3–11	13–18	16	29	45	21	5	3	14	12	88	—

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Cedric Ceballos	—	10–20	1–2	1–2	4	10	14	1	2	0	2	3	22	+6
Wesley Person	—	5–13	2–7	3–3	0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	15	-11
Kevin Johnson	—	4–8	1–5	5–5	0	1	1	11	3	0	2	1	14	-4
Jason Kidd	—	4–10	2–3	0–0	1	4	5	7	1	1	3	3	10	+5
Mark Bryant	—	4–11	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	1	3	3	10	-7
Danny Manning	—	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	-2
Wayman Tisdale	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	+2
Steve Nash	—	1–2	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-6
Hot Rod Williams	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	+3
Loren Meyer	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+4
Team totals	—	34–81	7–19	11–12	10	23	33	27	7	4	12	14	86	—

This season

Phoenix Suns 3, Dallas Mavericks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

13 Jan 1997Phoenix Suns 105–98 Dallas Mavericks
23 Feb 199788–86 this game
2 Mar 1997Phoenix Suns 109–108 Dallas Mavericks
15 Mar 1997Dallas Mavericks 76–101 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Dallas Mavericks: 17–34
Phoenix Suns: 20–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 112, Dallas Mavericks 89.

13 Jan 1997Phoenix Suns 105–98 Dallas Mavericks
2 Mar 1997Phoenix Suns 109–108 Dallas Mavericks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.