Bulls 111-93 Kings (31 Jan, 1997) Box Score

Chicago Bulls

39-5, 18-4 away

111

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	24	24	27	36	111
SAC	20	29	20	24	93

Sacramento Kings

19-26, 12-11 home

Chicago Bulls

starters
R. Harper F
T. Kukoc SF
S. Pippen SF
L. Longley C
M. Jordan G
bench
J. Caffey F
B. Wennington C
R. Brown G
J. Buechler G
S. Kerr G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	1-4	1-4	4-6	0	5	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	7
35	7-11	0-2	2-4	3	1	4	6	0	1	2	2	0	16
42	9-17	2-6	2-2	2	3	5	6	4	1	5	3	0	22
34	2-9	0-0	3-4	1	10	11	5	0	1	1	0	0	7
40	11-19	1-5	9-10	0	6	6	2	3	0	2	3	0	32
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	5-8	0-0	1-1	3	1	4	1	1	0	2	4	0	11
8	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0
16	5-5	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	11
1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	2-4	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5
	42-81	5-19	22-28	10	29	39	24	10	5	12	20		111
	51.9%	26.3%	78.6%

Sacramento Kings

starters
C. Williamson PF
M. Smith F
O. Polynice C
M. Abdul-Rauf G
M. Richmond G
bench
K. Salvadori C
T. Edney G
K. Gamble G
J. Grayer G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	6-12	0-0	2-5	4	5	9	4	0	0	2	5	0	14
34	2-5	0-0	1-3	4	7	11	4	2	0	0	3	0	5
36	6-12	0-0	0-0	4	2	6	4	0	2	3	2	0	12
33	9-15	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	19
43	12-26	3-9	1-2	2	7	9	6	3	1	5	4	0	28
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	1-6	0-1	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	5-8	0-1	2-2	0	3	3	4	0	0	3	4	0	12
	41-85	4-15	7-14	15	26	41	29	6	3	17	20		93
	48.2%	26.7%	50.0%

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

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

Bulls
111
Kings
93

Game 1

31/1

Kings
108
Bulls
126

Game 2

1/3

Sleep Train Arena

12:30 AM, 31 January 1997

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 17,317

Referees:
Jim Clark
Eddie F. Rush
James Capers

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	.000	-	-
Cleveland	.000	-	-
Detroit	.000	-	-
Indiana	.000	-	-
Milwaukee	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	.000	-	-
LA Clippers	.000	-	-
LA Lakers	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Sacramento	.000	-	-

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