Rockets 106-86 Knicks (15 Jan, 1997) Box Score

New York Knicks

26-10, 10-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	24	19	21	22	86
HOU	30	33	24	19	106

Houston Rockets

28-9, 13-6 home

106

New York Knicks

starters
C. Oakley PF
J. Wallace SF
P. Ewing C
A. Houston SG
C. Childs G
bench
W. McCarty PF
B. Williams F
H. Williams C
C. Ward PG
J. Starks G
S. Brooks G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	3-5	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	8
21	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	6
31	4-9	0-0	5-6	1	6	7	2	2	1	5	3	0	13
36	6-12	1-5	0-1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	13
30	8-16	3-5	0-0	0	1	1	5	2	0	2	1	0	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
20	2-2	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	5
12	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
25	2-9	1-5	0-0	1	2	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	5
28	5-15	1-5	2-2	1	2	3	2	1	0	4	1	0	13
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
	35-81	6-21	10-13	7	22	29	19	12	4	16	17		86
	43.2%	28.6%	76.9%

Houston Rockets

starters
C. Barkley F
H. Olajuwon C
M. Elie G
M. Maloney G
C. Drexler G
bench
O. Harrington PF
M. Bullard F
K. Willis C
R. Livingston PG
S. Mack G
B. Price G
T. Moore G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	9-17	2-6	9-10	2	10	12	3	0	0	5	2	0	29
29	7-14	0-0	1-1	1	6	7	2	4	0	6	5	0	15
29	2-3	1-1	1-1	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	6
20	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	6
31	7-11	3-5	2-2	1	2	3	9	3	1	1	1	0	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
24	4-7	0-0	1-3	1	10	11	1	0	3	2	3	0	9
22	2-3	0-0	4-4	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	8
19	1-7	0-5	0-0	0	4	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	2
17	2-2	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	5
5	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	38-72	9-23	21-24	7	42	49	26	10	6	22	20		106
	52.8%	39.1%	87.5%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Knicks
86
Rockets
106

Game 1

15/1

Rockets
95
Knicks
99

Game 2

5/2

12:00 AM, 15 January 1997

Attendance: 16,285

Referees:
Hue Hollins
Hank Armstrong

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	.000	-	-
Brooklyn	.000	-	-
New York	.000	-	-
Philadelphia	.000	-	-
Toronto	.000	-	-

Team	W	L

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HOU leads 1-0

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