W|L 53-22
102 - 97
W|L 51-24
Attendance: 16,378
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-1
Dec. 23 1996ATL@NY76 - 82
Jan. 04 1997NY@ATL71 - 88
Apr. 05 1997NY@ATL102 - 97
Apr. 16 1997ATL@NY-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Larry Johnson | 42.3 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 2. | Patrick Ewing | 40.5 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 3. | Charles Oakley | 37.1 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4. | Chris Childs | 34.7 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 5. | Allan Houston | 30.4 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | John Starks | 25.8 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 2. | Buck Williams | 18.2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3. | Charlie Ward | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4. | Herb Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | John Wallace | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Scott Brooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Walter McCarty | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 34 | 69 | .493 | 12 | 24 | .500 | 22 | 27 | .815 | 28 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 102 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mookie Blaylock | 44.5 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 2. | Steve Smith | 44.1 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 3. | Dikembe Mutombo | 38.4 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 4. | Christian Laettner | 37.7 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5. | Tyrone Corbin | 35.8 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Alan Henderson | 10.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2. | Ivano Newbill | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Henry James | 8.8 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | Jon Barry | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | Darrin Hancock | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Priest Lauderdale | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7. | Eldridge Recasner | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 69 | .449 | 9 | 24 | .375 | 26 | 36 | .722 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 97 | |