NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks92–96New York Knicks

Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks

Date: Wednesday 16 April 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 300th meetingof 419 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Smith	44:17	12–23	4–6	5–7	1	1	2	4	4	0	4	4	33	-4
Dikembe Mutombo	—	5–9	0–0	7–9	3	9	12	2	1	1	0	5	17	-2
Mookie Blaylock	—	5–13	4–10	0–0	3	5	8	7	1	1	4	0	14	-2
Christian Laettner	—	3–6	1–2	6–6	0	3	3	1	3	0	6	3	13	-3
Tyrone Corbin	—	3–11	1–5	3–3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	10	-4
Alan Henderson	—	2–3	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	3	5	+1
Eldridge Recasner	—	0–3	0–2	0–0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Henry James	—	0–4	0–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	-3
Team totals	44:17	30–72	10–29	22–26	9	24	33	17	11	2	16	22	92	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	—	10–21	0–0	4–4	0	10	10	3	4	3	0	0	24	+5
Allan Houston	—	7–11	2–5	2–3	0	2	2	5	0	0	3	4	18	+6
Charles Oakley	—	3–9	0–1	5–5	2	6	8	2	2	0	3	3	11	0
John Starks	—	3–9	1–6	4–4	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	3	11	+7
Buck Williams	—	2–2	0–0	4–5	1	4	5	1	1	2	0	3	8	+3
John Wallace	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	1	2	5	8	+2
Larry Johnson	—	4–7	0–1	0–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	4	8	-7
Charlie Ward	—	2–5	1–3	0–0	2	2	4	3	0	1	2	3	5	-1
Chris Childs	—	1–2	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	3	+5
Team totals	—	36–73	5–17	19–23	8	28	36	24	9	8	15	25	96	—

This season

New York Knicks 3, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1996-97.

23 Dec 1996Atlanta Hawks 76–82 New York Knicks
4 Jan 1997New York Knicks 71–88 Atlanta Hawks
5 Apr 1997New York Knicks 102–97 Atlanta Hawks
16 Apr 199792–96 this game

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 55–24
New York Knicks: 54–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 208, Atlanta Hawks 211.

5 Apr 1997New York Knicks 102–97 Atlanta Hawks
20 Nov 1997New York Knicks 100–79 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.