NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers96–100Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 25 February 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 153rd meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Elden Campbell	8–19	0–1	3–6	5	4	9	2	0	2	1	5	19	-9
Byron Scott	4–9	1–4	9–9	2	3	5	2	1	0	0	2	18	+7
Eddie Jones	6–16	2–9	4–4	1	6	7	3	2	0	3	4	18	-11
Jerome Kersey	7–11	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	1	1	2	1	2	14	-2
Sean Rooks	4–6	0–0	2–4	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	3	10	+12
Derek Fisher	3–5	0–1	2–3	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	1	8	+12
George McCloud	2–4	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Nick Van Exel	1–9	0–4	0–0	0	2	2	11	0	0	2	1	2	-16
Travis Knight	1–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	-13
Team totals	36–84	4–23	20–26	10	30	40	22	6	5	11	21	96	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Charles Barkley	11–16	0–2	4–7	5	12	17	5	1	0	5	3	26	+10
Hakeem Olajuwon	9–19	0–0	7–7	1	12	13	6	2	2	7	5	25	0
Mario Elie	7–9	2–3	8–9	1	5	6	6	1	0	3	4	24	+11
Matt Bullard	3–10	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	+6
Matt Maloney	2–10	2–8	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	+8
Kevin Willis	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	4	-2
Brent Price	1–2	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	0
Sam Mack	1–5	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	-2
Randy Livingston	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	-11
Team totals	37–77	7–22	19–23	7	33	40	25	7	4	18	22	100	—

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Los Angeles Lakers 1 in NBA 1996-97.

12 Nov 1996Los Angeles Lakers 126–115 Houston Rockets
24 Nov 1996Houston Rockets 90–85 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Feb 199796–100 this game
7 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 111–90 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 38–16
Houston Rockets: 36–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

24 Nov 1996Houston Rockets 90–85 Los Angeles Lakers
7 Mar 1997Houston Rockets 111–90 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.