NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons78–83New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 16 December 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 320th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Bison Dele	7–15	0–0	5–6	2	8	10	1	1	2	3	4	19	-8
Theo Ratliff	4–7	0–0	4–4	5	4	9	0	2	3	2	3	12	+1
Aaron McKie	5–8	0–1	1–2	3	6	9	3	1	0	0	2	11	+12
Grant Hill	3–10	0–0	4–6	1	4	5	6	1	0	8	2	10	-11
Malik Sealy	5–13	0–2	0–0	0	4	4	1	3	0	1	2	10	+6
Joe Dumars	3–9	1–5	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	7	-14
Lindsey Hunter	2–10	0–1	1–2	1	6	7	4	0	1	3	4	5	-6
Jerome Williams	2–6	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	1	0	3	1	4	-5
Team totals	31–78	1–9	15–20	15	33	48	20	9	6	20	19	78	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Patrick Ewing	14–24	0–0	3–6	3	7	10	1	2	5	2	2	31	+13
Charlie Ward	4–7	2–4	2–2	0	4	4	6	2	0	3	1	12	+15
Charles Oakley	5–8	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	0	1	0	1	3	10	+13
Allan Houston	4–11	0–1	1–2	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	9	+10
Chris Mills	2–7	0–1	3–5	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	4	7	+7
Chris Childs	2–6	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	4	-10
John Starks	2–8	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	3	4	-11
Larry Johnson	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0
Chris Dudley	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	0	1	0	2	2	2	-12
Buck Williams	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Team totals	36–79	2–9	9–15	9	32	41	20	9	5	15	17	83	—

This season

New York Knicks 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1997-98.

2 Nov 1997Detroit Pistons 94–86 New York Knicks
28 Nov 1997New York Knicks 78–86 Detroit Pistons
16 Dec 199778–83 this game
24 Jan 1998New York Knicks 99–92 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 11–12
New York Knicks: 13–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

28 Nov 1997New York Knicks 78–86 Detroit Pistons
24 Jan 1998New York Knicks 99–92 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.