NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New York Knicks86–92New Jersey Nets

New York Knicks at New Jersey Nets

Date: Friday 28 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 111th meetingof 228 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Allan Houston	—	9–20	5–11	1–2	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	24	-3
Patrick Ewing	—	8–11	0–0	2–2	3	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	18	+9
John Starks	—	5–15	2–7	2–3	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	14	-3
Larry Johnson	—	5–16	0–1	0–2	9	6	15	3	0	0	4	2	10	-7
Buck Williams	—	3–5	0–0	2–2	2	6	8	0	0	0	1	3	8	-7
Charles Oakley	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	2	10	12	2	0	0	2	5	6	-10
Chris Childs	—	2–13	1–7	0–2	1	2	3	7	1	2	1	4	5	+2
John Wallace	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1
Charlie Ward	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	1	0	-10
Team totals	—	35–89	8–27	8–15	19	30	49	17	3	5	13	22	86	—

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kendall Gill	41:49	4–13	2–3	6–8	2	2	4	5	2	0	3	2	16	+10
Jim Jackson	39:44	12–25	0–5	5–6	1	3	4	0	1	1	2	4	29	+10
Sam Cassell	34:02	5–17	1–6	1–3	1	2	3	6	1	1	0	3	12	-9
Joe Kleine	31:27	1–2	1–1	0–0	1	8	9	1	1	1	0	4	3	+10
Tony Massenburg	27:18	3–5	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	0	1	2	0	0	6	+8
Kerry Kittles	25:31	5–10	1–4	1–1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	12	+7
Xavier McDaniel	20:42	7–8	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	14	-2
Eric Montross	16:29	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	2	1	3	0	-6
Kevin Edwards	2:59	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	+2
Team totals	240:01	37–84	5–20	13–18	12	26	38	18	8	9	9	17	92	—

This season

Brooklyn Nets 2, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1996-97.

4 Dec 1996New York Knicks 109–102 New Jersey Nets
30 Dec 1996New Jersey Nets 86–98 New York Knicks
16 Mar 1997New Jersey Nets 89–74 New York Knicks
28 Mar 199786–92 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 50–20
New Jersey Nets: 22–47

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 111, New York Knicks 117.

16 Mar 1997New Jersey Nets 89–74 New York Knicks
2 Jan 1998New York Knicks 98–103 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.