NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets85–81Cleveland Cavaliers

Washington Bullets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 20 April 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 149th meetingof 269 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Juwan Howard	45:09	4–14	0–0	3–5	0	5	5	2	1	0	3	4	11	+3
Rod Strickland	44:33	7–16	0–1	5–6	1	1	2	9	1	0	5	3	19	+8
Chris Webber	42:52	9–16	3–6	2–4	5	12	17	4	1	1	1	4	23	+1
Calbert Cheaney	25:41	4–9	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	9	0
Tracy Murray	21:44	4–9	0–2	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	+11
Gheorghe Mureșan	20:44	4–7	0–0	4–6	6	2	8	1	0	2	0	0	12	+6
Tim Legler	12:31	0–2	0–2	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	+11
Jaren Jackson	10:54	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	-10
Harvey Grant	10:22	0–1	0–1	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	-5
Chris Whitney	3:29	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
Lorenzo Williams	2:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1
Team totals	239:59	33–75	3–12	16–24	17	29	46	18	3	5	11	22	85	—

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Terrell Brandon	—	13–26	0–2	2–3	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	3	28	-5
Vitaly Potapenko	—	5–11	0–0	2–2	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	3	12	-1
Danny Ferry	—	5–12	1–3	0–0	2	4	6	1	1	2	0	3	11	-10
Bob Sura	—	3–7	0–3	4–6	1	2	3	11	3	2	1	4	10	-2
Chris Mills	—	4–9	0–1	1–1	2	5	7	2	2	0	1	2	9	-2
Tyrone Hill	—	2–7	0–0	3–5	2	5	7	0	0	1	2	4	7	-2
Mark West	—	2–3	0–0	0–1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	+4
Bobby Phills	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	-2
Team totals	—	34–76	1–9	12–18	12	24	36	22	8	6	8	20	81	—

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Washington Wizards 3 in NBA 1996-97.

2 Nov 1996Cleveland Cavaliers 98–96 Washington Bullets
11 Dec 1996Cleveland Cavaliers 95–106 Washington Bullets
11 Jan 1997Washington Bullets 98–85 Cleveland Cavaliers
20 Apr 199785–81 this game

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 43–38
Cleveland Cavaliers: 42–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 142, Washington Wizards 127.

11 Jan 1997Washington Bullets 98–85 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Nov 1997Washington Wizards 101–110 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.