March 2, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| CLE | 20 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 82 |
| NYK | 22 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 90 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| CLE | 83.0 | .472 | 14.7 | 27.0 | .211 | 98.8 |
| NYK | 83.0 | .587 | 17.4 | 23.5 | .254 | 108.5 |
Cleveland Cavaliers (32-25)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Chris Mills | 40:00 | .538 | .500 | 0.0 | 24.7 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 105 | 96 |
| Bobby Phills | 37:00 | .711 | .719 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 25.7 | 126 | 114 |
| Danny Ferry | 36:00 | .670 | .650 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 136 | 113 |
| Terrell Brandon | 33:00 | .380 | .214 | 3.9 | 21.4 | 12.3 | 32.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 35.8 | 79 | 112 |
| Vitaly Potapenko | 21:00 | .454 | .462 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 41.6 | 78 | 111 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tyrone Hill | 36:00 | .444 | .400 | 10.8 | 23.5 | 16.9 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 116 | 104 |
| Bob Sura | 27:00 | .387 | .333 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 54.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 11.0 | 104 | 111 |
| Donny Marshall | 6:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 25.2 | 0 | 91 |
| Antonio Lang | 3:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 0 | 113 |
| Reggie Geary | 1:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 105 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .505 | .472 | 27.0 | 76.5 | 50.7 | 61.3 | 10.8 | 1.7 | 14.7 | 100.0 | 98.8 | 108.5 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Charles Oakley | 4 | 8 | 6 | 41:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Ewing | 18 | 12 | 2 | 40:00 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Larry Johnson | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37:00 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 7 | .429 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Ward | 8 | 1 | 5 | 37:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Allan Houston | 28 | 3 | 1 | 35:00 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| John Starks | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22:00 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Buck Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Brooks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Wallace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 35 | 21 | 240 | 34 | 63 | .540 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 16 | 29 | .552 | 8 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 18 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Oakley | 41:00 | .515 | .333 | 3.4 | 22.1 | 13.2 | 21.4 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 7.5 | 112 | 94 |
| Patrick Ewing | 40:00 | .541 | .571 | 7.1 | 32.4 | 20.3 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 19.4 | 27.0 | 92 | 98 |
| Larry Johnson | 37:00 | .650 | .700 | 11.4 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 143 | 98 |
| Charlie Ward | 37:00 | .680 | .600 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 20.7 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 40.5 | 14.0 | 96 | 102 |
| Allan Houston | 35:00 | .788 | .781 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 31.0 | 126 | 99 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| John Starks | 22:00 | .431 | .409 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 17.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 35.1 | 90 | 104 |
| Buck Williams | 12:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 0 | 100 |
| Scott Brooks | 11:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 14.3 | 91 | 110 |
| John Wallace | 5:00 | .532 | .000 | 0.0 | 25.9 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 125 | 91 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .594 | .587 | 23.5 | 73.0 | 49.3 | 61.8 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 17.4 | 100.0 | 108.5 | 98.8 |
Officials: Bennett Salvatore, Bruce Alexander, Blane Reichelt
Attendance: 19,763