W|L 57-25
88 - 79
W|L 61-21
Attendance: 14,870
Playoff W|L 4-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 23 | 14 | 37 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 88 |
| MIA | 23 | 16 | 39 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 79 |
Playoff W|L 3-3
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Dec. 03 1996MIA@NY99 - 75
Dec. 06 1996NY@MIA103 - 85
Jan. 26 1997MIA@NY89 - 95
Apr. 12 1997NY@MIA100 - 99
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-0
May. 07 1997NY@MIA88 - 79
May. 09 1997NY@MIA-| - |-
May. 11 1997MIA@NY-| - |-
May. 12 1997MIA@NY-| - |-
May. 14 1997NY@MIA-| - |-
May. 16 1997MIA@NY-| - |-
May. 18 1997NY@MIA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Charles Oakley | 33 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .714 | 11 |
| 2. | Allan Houston | 38 | 41.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | .368 | .368 | 27 |
| 3. | Patrick Ewing | 58 | 39.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .348 | 24 |
| 4. | Larry Johnson | 26 | 39.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.67 | .125 | .750 | 14 |
| 5. | Chris Childs | 26 | 30.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | .400 | .400 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Charlie Ward | 9 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 2. | John Starks | 16 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .250 | 4 |
| 3. | Buck Williams | 11 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 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 | 217 | 240 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0.93 | .192 | .438 | 88 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamal Mashburn | 30 | 41.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .143 | 14 |
| 2. | Tim Hardaway | 34 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.00 | .353 | .471 | 21 |
| 3. | P.J. Brown | 30 | 35.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .286 | 6 |
| 4. | Alonzo Mourning | 43 | 28.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .063 | .813 | 20 |
| 5. | Voshon Lenard | 18 | 25.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 | .833 | .333 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Dan Majerle | 16 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .333 | 4 |
| 2. | Isaac Austin | 16 | 20.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Keith Askins | 16 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | John Crotty | 10 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .667 | 5 |
| 5. | Ed Pinckney | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Mark Strickland | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Willie Anderson | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 213 | 240 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 1.90 | .329 | .408 | 79 | |