Houston 95, New York 99

February 4, 1997

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,763

Officials: Jim Clark, George Toliver, Ed Middleton

Team Rebounds: Houston (13) New York (7)

Technicals: Houston (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (32-15) 27 22 16 30 95
NYK (33-14) 25 21 25 28 99

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 92 102.9 107.2
NYK 92 107.2 102.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .514 0.249 0.219 0.329
NYK .494 0.173 0.342 0.282

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
22 Clyde Drexler Starter SF 35:00 5-12 2-3 4-7 2.4 1 0 1 3 4 4 0 8 16
17 Mario Elie Starter SG 42:00 7-11 3-4 5-5 22.6 2 3 5 7 3 2 0 1 22
12 Matt Maloney Starter PG 26:00 1-5 1-4 0-0 0.2 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 4 3
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 43:00 10-17 0-1 6-6 15.5 1 4 5 5 3 1 1 5 26
43 Kevin Willis Starter PF 39:00 5-15 0-0 6-8 11.0 3 11 14 0 4 0 0 0 16
50 Matt Bullard Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Othella Harrington Bench PF 13:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
3 Randy Livingston Bench SG 25:00 4-8 2-2 2-2 7.0 0 3 3 4 5 2 0 4 12
7 Sam Mack Bench SF 15:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
20 Brent Price Bench PG 01:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   13            
        240 32-70 8-16 23-28 102.8 7 25 45 24 24 11 1 23 95
          45.7% 50.0% 82.1%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
1 Chris Childs Starter PG 34:00 6-12 1-4 1-3 8.1 0 3 3 5 6 1 0 1 14
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 39:00 9-16 2-4 8-8 14.2 1 1 2 3 5 0 0 1 28
2 Larry Johnson Starter SF 33:00 4-8 0-1 3-4 14.5 6 2 8 6 3 0 1 2 11
34 Charles Oakley Starter C 42:00 8-14 0-0 0-0 7.8 1 9 10 0 5 2 0 5 16
52 Buck Williams Starter PF 35:00 1-4 0-0 6-7 5.4 2 4 6 2 4 1 1 4 8
3 John Starks Bench SG 28:00 5-17 1-10 3-3 5.9 1 1 2 3 2 4 0 2 14
44 John Wallace Bench SF 06:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 0.0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
21 Charlie Ward Bench PG 23:00 2-4 1-2 1-2 10.2 1 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 6
  Team                   7            
        240 36-78 5-21 22-27 94.1 13 25 45 22 26 9 2 16 99
          46.2% 23.8% 81.5%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Matt Maloney
9p, 1.9r, 3.5a
Mario Elie
11p, 2.6r, 3.6a
Clyde Drexler
18.1p, 5.8r, 5.7a
Kevin Willis
9.3p, 7.1r, 0.6a
Hakeem Olajuwon
24.4p, 9.3r, 3a
Rotation  
 
Randy Livingston
4.2p, 1.7r, 2.5a
Sam Mack
5.3p, 1.8r, 1.2a
Othella Harrington
4.6p, 3.2r, 0.3a
 
 
Lim PT Brent Price
2.4p, 0.8r, 1.4a
 
 
 
 
Matt Bullard
3.9p, 1.4r, 0.8a
 
 

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Childs
10.3p, 2.9r, 6a
Allan Houston
14.6p, 2.9r, 2a
Larry Johnson
12p, 4.7r, 2.3a
Buck Williams
6.8p, 5.6r, 0.7a
Charles Oakley
10.3p, 9.7r, 2.6a
Rotation Charlie Ward
5.9p, 3.2r, 4.7a
John Starks
14.2p, 2.7r, 3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
John Wallace
5.5p, 2.6r, 0.7a
 
 
 
 

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