NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final/2OT

New York Knicks127–121Los Angeles Lakers

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 23 February 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 275th meetingof 332 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	12–25	0–0	10–12	8	17	25	4	1	5	6	5	34	+15
Allan Houston	9–19	5–9	6–7	0	1	1	5	0	1	1	3	29	-4
Charles Oakley	7–16	0–0	6–8	5	11	16	6	2	0	3	5	20	+11
Chris Childs	6–13	2–5	2–4	0	3	3	13	4	0	4	3	16	+7
John Starks	5–12	3–5	3–6	0	3	3	5	3	0	2	2	16	+3
Larry Johnson	5–13	0–1	0–0	6	2	8	1	0	2	2	4	10	+15
Buck Williams	1–4	0–0	0–2	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	-13
Charlie Ward	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	-4
Team totals	45–103	10–20	27–39	20	43	63	34	10	8	22	28	127	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Elden Campbell	12–24	1–1	15–19	3	7	10	4	0	4	6	6	40	+8
Eddie Jones	5–18	2–7	10–11	0	8	8	2	3	1	3	3	22	-16
Travis Knight	9–17	0–0	0–0	6	7	13	1	0	1	2	5	18	-18
Byron Scott	6–6	2–2	0–0	1	1	2	1	4	0	0	3	14	+7
Nick Van Exel	3–13	1–9	2–2	0	3	3	16	2	0	2	2	9	-10
Jerome Kersey	4–10	0–0	0–2	3	3	6	1	4	0	2	2	8	-5
George McCloud	2–4	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	6	+4
Sean Rooks	1–3	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	2	0	5	4	-8
Derek Fisher	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+4
Kobe Bryant	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+4
Team totals	42–99	8–23	29–36	14	34	48	29	13	8	17	28	121	—

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 1, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

5 Nov 1996Los Angeles Lakers 98–92 New York Knicks
23 Feb 1997127–121 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 39–15
Los Angeles Lakers: 38–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 192, New York Knicks 140.

5 Nov 1996Los Angeles Lakers 98–92 New York Knicks
7 Nov 1997New York Knicks 94–99 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.