NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Miami Heat76–82Charlotte Hornets

Miami Heat at Charlotte Hornets

Date: Sunday 9 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 148 played

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Isaac Austin	30:31	7–20	0–0	3–6	7	1	8	1	0	0	6	3	17	-5
Tim Hardaway	—	11–24	3–10	6–7	1	3	4	4	4	0	2	0	31	-5
John Crotty	—	4–7	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	9	+13
P.J. Brown	—	4–11	0–0	1–4	4	8	12	1	2	2	2	3	9	-4
Voshon Lenard	—	2–7	0–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	4	-16
Willie Anderson	—	1–4	0–0	2–2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	-3
Keith Askins	—	1–6	0–1	0–0	1	9	10	4	0	0	1	5	2	-5
Ed Pinckney	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	-13
Jamal Mashburn	—	0–10	0–6	0–0	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	4	0	+8
Team totals	30:31	30–90	3–21	13–21	18	27	45	15	10	3	14	19	76	—

Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Glen Rice	48:00	8–15	3–3	2–6	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	2	21	+6
Anthony Mason	46:48	7–15	0–0	3–4	4	10	14	7	3	0	2	4	17	+8
Vlade Divac	40:27	8–13	0–1	4–6	3	7	10	4	1	2	6	5	20	+10
Muggsy Bogues	37:43	3–6	2–3	0–0	2	5	7	10	0	0	3	5	8	+12
Dell Curry	27:18	1–6	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	1	3	+18
Tony Smith	14:46	3–5	1–1	0–2	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	7	0
Ricky Pierce	7:55	1–5	1–2	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	-10
Tony Delk	7:12	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-8
Matt Geiger	6:43	0–3	0–1	1–2	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	2	1	-1
Donald Royal	3:09	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	-5
Team totals	240:01	31–69	8–14	12–22	12	35	47	25	7	4	20	20	82	—

This season

Charlotte Hornets 1, Miami Heat 2 in NBA 1996-97.

12 Nov 1996Charlotte Hornets 97–105 Miami Heat
27 Dec 1996Miami Heat 101–86 Charlotte Hornets
9 Mar 199776–82 this game

Records going in

Miami Heat: 45–16
Charlotte Hornets: 39–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Charlotte Hornets 57, Miami Heat 91.

27 Dec 1996Miami Heat 101–86 Charlotte Hornets
3 Nov 1997Charlotte Hornets 112–99 Miami Heat

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.