Bulls 99-79 Hawks (16 Mar, 1997) Box Score

Atlanta Hawks

43-22, 16-18 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ATL	12	21	20	26	79
CHI	23	25	27	24	99

Chicago Bulls

56-9, 31-1 home

Atlanta Hawks

starters
C. Laettner PF
T. Corbin F
D. Mutombo C
S. Smith SG
M. Blaylock G
bench
A. Henderson PF
D. Hancock F
H. James F
I. Newbill C
P. Lauderdale C
J. Barry SG
E. Recasner G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	8-14	1-2	5-6	2	4	6	1	1	0	3	4	0	22
24	0-7	0-2	0-0	2	3	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
31	1-6	0-0	2-2	1	6	7	1	1	4	1	1	0	4
36	7-14	3-8	3-3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	20
36	3-13	2-6	4-4	3	4	7	3	5	0	4	0	0	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-8	0-0	0-0	3	5	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	2
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	1-5	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0	3
14	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
5	3-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7
9	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	2
14	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	7
	28-79	8-24	15-17	14	26	40	15	12	5	19	17		79
	35.4%	33.3%	88.2%

Chicago Bulls

starters
R. Harper F
D. Rodman F
S. Pippen SF
L. Longley C
M. Jordan G
bench
J. Caffey F
D. Simpkins F
B. Wennington C
R. Parish C
R. Brown G
J. Buechler G
S. Kerr G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	4-7	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	3	0	10
30	4-6	2-2	0-0	4	10	14	1	2	1	2	2	0	10
33	8-14	1-1	0-0	2	5	7	7	2	0	3	5	0	17
29	7-15	0-0	0-0	3	6	9	7	1	0	2	3	0	14
29	5-11	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	4-6	0-0	3-4	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	3	0	11
6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
7	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
9	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	4
22	4-5	0-0	3-6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	11
9	0-1	0-1	0-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	3-7	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6
	44-82	5-12	6-12	13	31	44	33	12	6	14	18		99
	53.7%	41.7%	50.0%

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

Regular Season Series

CHI wins 3-1

Hawks
69
Bulls
97

Game 1

17/11

Bulls
103
Hawks
108

Game 2

27/12

Bulls
89
Hawks
88

Game 3

15/2

Hawks
79
Bulls
99

Game 4

16/3

United Center

12:30 AM, 16 March 1997

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 23,984

Referees:
Don Vaden
Jess Kersey

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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