NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets86–74Miami Heat

New Jersey Nets at Miami Heat

Date: Friday 18 April 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 40th meetingof 160 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kerry Kittles	48:00	8–15	2–5	2–2	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	20	+12
Jim Jackson	46:02	7–18	2–5	5–6	1	4	5	9	1	1	6	2	21	+5
Kendall Gill	41:17	9–19	2–4	4–10	2	2	4	5	1	1	0	4	24	+10
Eric Montross	38:46	2–7	0–0	0–1	6	11	17	2	0	1	0	4	4	+12
Tony Massenburg	36:18	3–8	0–0	1–3	2	13	15	0	0	4	1	2	7	+6
Xavier McDaniel	20:23	5–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	5	0	0	0	2	10	+15
Joe Kleine	9:14	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
Team totals	240:00	34–74	6–14	12–22	14	38	52	23	3	8	8	17	86	—

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Isaac Austin	22:32	3–10	0–1	2–2	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	8	-13
Voshon Lenard	—	6–13	4–9	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	16	-1
P.J. Brown	—	6–10	0–0	3–4	4	7	11	2	1	2	1	1	15	+1
Alonzo Mourning	—	5–14	0–0	0–0	2	7	9	1	0	4	0	2	10	-9
Dan Majerle	—	2–9	2–7	4–4	2	4	6	2	3	1	1	1	10	-14
Tim Hardaway	—	3–7	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	7	-1
Jamal Mashburn	—	2–11	0–5	0–0	3	2	5	6	0	0	1	3	4	-4
John Crotty	—	1–3	0–1	2–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	-11
Willie Anderson	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	-8
Team totals	22:32	28–80	7–26	11–13	12	27	39	22	4	8	8	16	74	—

This season

Miami Heat 3, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1996-97.

2 Jan 1997New Jersey Nets 91–101 Miami Heat
20 Feb 1997Miami Heat 92–87 New Jersey Nets
8 Apr 1997Miami Heat 94–92 New Jersey Nets
18 Apr 199786–74 this game

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 24–56
Miami Heat: 60–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Miami Heat 97, Brooklyn Nets 63.

8 Apr 1997Miami Heat 94–92 New Jersey Nets
7 Nov 1997Miami Heat 87–99 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.