NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets104–115Houston Rockets

New Jersey Nets at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 12 March 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 108 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Sam Cassell	41:32	12–27	0–1	8–8	2	4	6	14	4	0	2	4	32	-2
Kerry Kittles	39:11	12–22	2–5	1–1	1	6	7	2	4	0	2	1	27	-12
Michael Cage	35:21	1–1	0–0	0–0	4	9	13	2	3	0	1	2	2	+5
Chris Gatling	29:32	5–10	0–0	1–2	2	1	3	2	2	0	1	5	11	-11
David Vaughn	25:54	2–2	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	0	0	3	4	4	4	-5
Kendall Gill	25:29	3–12	0–0	3–4	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	9	0
Brian Evans	18:51	4–9	3–5	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	11	-7
Sherman Douglas	10:06	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-6
Lucious Harris	9:49	1–4	1–1	1–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	-8
Don MacLean	4:16	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-9
Team totals	240:01	42–92	6–12	14–17	14	25	39	27	13	5	12	23	104	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Clyde Drexler	—	12–19	5–7	4–4	1	2	3	1	1	1	3	4	33	+13
Mario Elie	—	5–11	3–5	4–4	1	4	5	11	0	0	1	1	17	+12
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	5–15	0–0	6–8	5	12	17	3	3	3	3	3	16	+15
Matt Maloney	—	6–11	3–7	0–0	1	4	5	6	0	0	5	1	15	+12
Charles Barkley	—	3–7	0–1	7–9	8	8	16	5	0	0	3	2	13	+5
Kevin Willis	—	4–9	0–0	1–3	2	2	4	0	2	1	2	5	9	+2
Eddie Johnson	—	2–8	1–4	2–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	7	-2
Brent Price	—	2–5	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	-2
Team totals	—	39–85	13–26	24–30	18	34	52	27	6	5	20	18	115	—

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1997-98.

21 Jan 1998Houston Rockets 112–117 New Jersey Nets
12 Mar 1998104–115 this game

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 33–30
Houston Rockets: 31–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 68, Brooklyn Nets 40.

21 Jan 1998Houston Rockets 112–117 New Jersey Nets
18 Feb 1999Houston Rockets 93–92 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.