NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New York Knicks94–88Cleveland Cavaliers

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 1 April 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 135th meetingof 248 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	5–16	0–0	11–12	2	10	12	7	0	2	2	4	21	+17
Allan Houston	7–10	4–6	2–2	0	5	5	3	0	1	4	1	20	+6
Chris Childs	6–8	0–1	2–2	0	4	4	6	1	0	3	4	14	+12
John Starks	5–12	1–5	1–2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	12	+3
Charles Oakley	2–3	0–0	6–8	2	2	4	2	1	1	3	2	10	+7
Buck Williams	3–5	0–0	3–3	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	4	9	-7
Larry Johnson	4–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	8	-2
Charlie Ward	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	-6
Team totals	32–61	5–13	25–29	6	27	33	24	4	4	14	23	94	—

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Terrell Brandon	12–20	2–4	5–6	0	6	6	5	4	0	2	3	31	-5
Bob Sura	5–9	2–3	6–6	1	3	4	8	2	1	1	5	18	-6
Chris Mills	4–11	1–3	1–1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	5	10	-9
Danny Ferry	3–7	1–4	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	8	-5
Antonio Lang	1–7	0–1	4–4	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	3	6	+2
Mark West	3–4	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	6	-2
Vitaly Potapenko	2–7	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	3	4	-6
Shawnelle Scott	1–1	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	+7
Tyrone Hill	1–7	0–0	0–2	1	9	10	4	0	0	3	2	2	-6
Team totals	32–73	6–15	18–21	9	23	32	21	6	3	10	28	88	—

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1996-97.

29 Jan 1997New York Knicks 75–65 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Mar 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 82–90 New York Knicks
1 Apr 199794–88 this game
8 Apr 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 93–73 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 51–21
Cleveland Cavaliers: 37–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 112, New York Knicks 136.

2 Mar 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 82–90 New York Knicks
8 Apr 1997Cleveland Cavaliers 93–73 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.