W|L 61-21
76 - 89
W|L 57-25
Attendance: 19,763
Playoff W|L 4-5
| 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 6-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 1-3
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 1-3
May. 07 1997NY@MIA88 - 79
May. 09 1997NY@MIA84 - 88
May. 11 1997MIA@NY73 - 77
May. 12 1997MIA@NY76 - 89
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 | 33 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.67 | .333 | .500 | 12 |
| 2. | Alonzo Mourning | 44 | 37.7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | .000 | .500 | 13 |
| 3. | Tim Hardaway | 29 | 37.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .400 | .800 | 14 |
| 4. | P.J. Brown | 30 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .857 | 10 |
| 5. | Voshon Lenard | 13 | 26.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | .000 | 4 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | John Crotty | 13 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Willie Anderson | 19 | 19.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .400 | .400 | 4 |
| 3. | Dan Majerle | 8 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .750 | .500 | 11 |
| 4. | Isaac Austin | 10 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Keith Askins | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Ed Pinckney | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Mark Strickland | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 201 | 240 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0.62 | .265 | .471 | 76 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Patrick Ewing | 35 | 40.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | .000 | .462 | 20 |
| 2. | Allan Houston | 34 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | .357 | .500 | 17 |
| 3. | Charles Oakley | 21 | 31.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 4. | Chris Childs | 22 | 29.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | .500 | .333 | 5 |
| 5. | Larry Johnson | 20 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .400 | .200 | 15 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | John Starks | 22 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .167 | 21 |
| 2. | Charlie Ward | 14 | 19.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.67 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Buck Williams | 12 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 |
| 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 | 185 | 240 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 1.41 | .254 | .313 | 89 | |