NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Miami Heat80–83New York Knicks

Miami Heat at New York Knicks

Date: Wednesday 8 April 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 50th meetingof 179 played

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Alonzo Mourning	9–17	0–0	8–13	1	7	8	2	1	1	2	1	26	+5
Tim Hardaway	6–22	1–3	3–4	0	2	2	11	0	0	3	4	16	0
P.J. Brown	5–6	0–0	1–2	3	9	12	1	1	1	0	4	11	-3
Keith Askins	3–5	3–5	0–0	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	6	9	+3
Voshon Lenard	3–9	1–4	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	3	9	-3
Mark Strickland	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	3	4	-3
Eric Murdock	0–3	0–1	3–4	1	0	1	5	2	0	1	2	3	-1
Dan Majerle	1–5	0–4	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	-8
Marty Conlon	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-5
Team totals	29–72	5–17	17–25	8	33	41	24	5	2	15	27	80	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Allan Houston	11–21	1–5	6–10	0	10	10	4	2	0	3	3	29	+1
Charles Oakley	7–13	0–0	0–0	4	9	13	3	1	0	1	4	14	+8
Chris Childs	4–8	0–1	5–5	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	4	13	+4
Larry Johnson	1–6	0–0	8–8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	10	+6
John Starks	2–10	1–6	2–2	1	4	5	3	3	0	3	2	7	+4
Chris Mills	2–10	0–1	1–1	2	5	7	3	0	1	0	2	5	+1
Charlie Ward	1–4	1–3	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	1	3	0
Terry Cummings	1–7	0–0	0–0	4	3	7	1	1	0	1	3	2	-8
Team totals	29–79	3–16	22–26	12	35	47	21	7	1	12	23	83	—

This season

New York Knicks 5, Miami Heat 4 in NBA 1997-98.

28 Jan 1998New York Knicks 82–86 Miami Heat
1 Feb 1998Miami Heat 83–89 New York Knicks
8 Apr 199880–83 this game
12 Apr 1998New York Knicks 81–82 Miami Heat
24 Apr 1998New York Knicks 79–94 Miami Heat
26 Apr 1998New York Knicks 96–86 Miami Heat
28 Apr 1998Miami Heat 91–85 New York Knicks
30 Apr 1998Miami Heat 85–90 New York Knicks
3 May 1998New York Knicks 98–81 Miami Heat

Records going in

Miami Heat: 53–23
New York Knicks: 41–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 92, Miami Heat 87.

1 Feb 1998Miami Heat 83–89 New York Knicks
12 Apr 1998New York Knicks 81–82 Miami Heat

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.