W|L 41-37-4
40 - 38
W|L 48-32-2
Attendance: 19,763
Playoff W|L 4-5-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 22 | 14 | 36 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 76 |
| NY | 23 | 28 | 51 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 89 |
Playoff W|L 4-2-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3-0
Dec. 03 1996MIA@NY52 - 37
Dec. 06 1996NY@MIA61 - 39
Jan. 26 1997MIA@NY42 - 46
Apr. 12 1997NY@MIA55 - 53
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-3-0
May. 07 1997NY@MIA51 - 40
May. 09 1997NY@MIA42 - 40
May. 11 1997MIA@NY31 - 43
May. 12 1997MIA@NY40 - 38
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. | Jamal Mashburn | 17 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .375 | .250 | 5 |
| 2. | Alonzo Mourning | 21 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .800 | 6 |
| 3. | Tim Hardaway | 13 | 15.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | .667 | 1.67 | 3 |
| 4. | P.J. Brown | 11 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 3 |
| 5. | Voshon Lenard | 4 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Willie Anderson | 12 | 15.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 2. | Dan Majerle | 8 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .500 | 11 |
| 3. | John Crotty | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 8 |
| 4. | Isaac Austin | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Ed Pinckney | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Keith Askins | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Mark Strickland | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 100 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0.67 | .364 | .455 | 40 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Allan Houston | 17 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .429 | .286 | 2 |
| 2. | Patrick Ewing | 18 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | .000 | .286 | 9 |
| 3. | Chris Childs | 15 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .500 | 5 |
| 4. | Charles Oakley | 9 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Larry Johnson | 10 | 13.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | John Starks | 10 | 17.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .333 | 10 |
| 2. | Charlie Ward | 6 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Buck Williams | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | John Wallace | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Scott Brooks | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Walter McCarty | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Herb Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 93 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0.73 | .250 | .313 | 38 | |