W|L 20-44
89 - 74
W|L 47-18
Attendance: 19,763
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-2
Dec. 04 1996NY@NJ109 - 102
Dec. 30 1996NJ@NY86 - 98
Mar. 16 1997NJ@NY89 - 74
Mar. 28 1997NY@NJ-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sam Cassell | 36.9 | 8 | 24 | .333 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 2. | Kendall Gill | 36.3 | 5 | 16 | .312 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 3. | Jim Jackson | 32.7 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4. | Eric Montross | 19.3 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5. | Tony Massenburg | 14.4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Xavier McDaniel | 35.9 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2. | Kerry Kittles | 28.3 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3. | Joe Kleine | 26.0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4. | Kevin Edwards | 9.7 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 5. | Jack Haley | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Chris Gatling | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Yinka Dare | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 86 | .360 | 5 | 19 | .263 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 89 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Larry Johnson | 42.7 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 2. | Allan Houston | 40.6 | 5 | 16 | .312 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 3. | Patrick Ewing | 39.5 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4. | Charles Oakley | 32.1 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5. | Chris Childs | 31.5 | 1 | 11 | .091 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | John Starks | 24.7 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2. | Charlie Ward | 17.2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | Walter McCarty | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4. | John Wallace | 3.4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5. | Herb Williams | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Buck Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Scott Brooks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 26 | 75 | .347 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 74 | |