NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets97–89New Jersey Nets

Houston Rockets at New Jersey Nets

Date: Tuesday 18 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 108 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Clyde Drexler	—	9–16	4–7	1–2	1	3	4	12	2	2	2	2	23	-3
Eddie Johnson	—	6–12	4–8	0–0	0	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	16	+23
Sedale Threatt	—	6–8	2–2	1–2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	15	+18
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	7–15	0–0	0–0	4	11	15	2	2	0	3	5	14	+5
Kevin Willis	—	6–14	0–1	2–2	1	7	8	4	3	1	3	2	14	+3
Mario Elie	—	1–7	0–3	4–5	0	2	2	6	1	0	1	2	6	-4
Othella Harrington	—	3–5	0–1	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	+8
Matt Maloney	—	1–7	1–5	0–0	1	3	4	1	2	0	2	2	3	-11
Randy Livingston	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+1
Team totals	—	39–87	11–27	8–11	8	34	42	31	15	3	13	15	97	—

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Sam Cassell	38:49	5–17	1–6	2–2	3	3	6	6	2	1	7	2	13	-5
Jim Jackson	36:31	7–15	2–6	4–4	1	4	5	4	1	2	3	1	20	-15
Kendall Gill	33:57	7–17	1–3	5–5	1	2	3	3	2	0	5	0	20	+6
Eric Montross	33:35	3–7	0–0	0–0	6	12	18	3	0	3	0	5	6	+9
Tony Massenburg	26:02	3–6	0–0	2–4	1	8	9	0	2	0	1	0	8	+11
Kerry Kittles	25:32	2–10	0–2	3–4	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	7	-7
Xavier McDaniel	21:58	1–6	0–0	1–1	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	3	-19
Joe Kleine	14:25	2–4	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	4	-17
Kevin Edwards	9:11	3–5	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	-3
Team totals	240:00	33–87	6–19	17–20	19	36	55	19	8	6	20	15	89	—

This season

Brooklyn Nets 0, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1996-97.

23 Jan 1997New Jersey Nets 104–111 Houston Rockets
18 Mar 199797–89 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 43–22
New Jersey Nets: 20–44

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 40, Houston Rockets 68.

23 Jan 1997New Jersey Nets 104–111 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 1998Houston Rockets 112–117 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.