New York 71, Atlanta 88

January 4, 1997

Regular Season

Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)

Attendance: 16,378

Officials: Derrick Stafford, Joe Crawford, Jim Kinsey

Team Rebounds: New York (4) Atlanta (10)

Technicals: New York (0) Atlanta (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (22-9) 17 19 13 22 71
ATL (18-11) 18 20 23 27 88

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 88 80.4 99.7
ATL 88 99.7 80.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .408 0.193 0.222 0.118
ATL .514 0.159 0.143 0.246

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 29:00 2-8 1-3 2-2 2.0 1 3 4 1 3 1 0 2 7
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 32:00 8-19 0-0 0-0 7.5 1 9 10 1 2 0 2 4 16
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 29:00 4-11 0-3 1-3 0.6 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 9
2 Larry Johnson Starter SF 33:00 3-8 0-0 1-1 6.1 1 4 5 4 3 2 1 4 7
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 35:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 7.5 3 7 10 1 4 2 0 4 6
40 Walter McCarty Bench C 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
3 John Starks Bench SG 27:00 3-10 1-5 2-3 9.4 0 4 4 6 4 1 1 0 9
44 John Wallace Bench PF 17:00 2-6 0-0 1-4 1.5 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
21 Charlie Ward Bench PG 16:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2
52 Buck Williams Bench PF 12:00 1-2 0-0 2-4 5.8 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 4
32 Herb Williams Bench C 07:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 5.5 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 4
  Team                   4            
        240 30-76 2-11 9-17 70.4 10 35 49 20 25 7 5 17 71
          39.5% 18.2% 52.9%                    

Atlanta Hawks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
10 Mookie Blaylock Starter PG 38:00 6-16 3-9 0-2 10.8 1 4 5 4 3 3 1 2 15
42 Henry James Starter PF 41:00 7-13 5-8 0-0 8.0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 19
32 Christian Laettner Starter SF 41:00 6-14 0-1 5-6 12.0 1 9 10 4 4 2 0 4 17
55 Dikembe Mutombo Starter C 39:00 5-7 0-0 3-6 18.0 3 12 15 2 3 1 3 4 13
8 Steve Smith Starter SG 39:00 5-15 1-2 7-8 8.5 0 3 3 5 1 0 0 2 18
20 Jon Barry Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 Donnie Boyce Bench SG 02:00 0-1 0-1 1-2 -0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 Darrin Hancock Bench SF 07:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Priest Lauderdale Bench C 02:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
28 Ivano Newbill Bench PF 14:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 3.5 1 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 1
5 Eldridge Recasner Bench SG 15:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
  Team                   10            
        240 31-69 9-21 17-26 85.5 6 36 52 16 18 9 4 14 88
          44.9% 42.9% 65.4%                    

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Childs
10.6p, 2.5r, 6a
Allan Houston
13.5p, 3.1r, 2.2a
Larry Johnson
11.9p, 4.5r, 2.2a
Charles Oakley
9.3p, 9.5r, 2.8a
Patrick Ewing
20.6p, 10.5r, 1.7a
Rotation Charlie Ward
5.7p, 2.8r, 4.4a
John Starks
13.4p, 2.7r, 3a
 
 
John Wallace
5.3p, 2.7r, 0.5a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Buck Williams
6.1p, 5.4r, 0.7a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Herb Williams
1.9p, 1.8r, 0.4a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walter McCarty
3p, 1.4r, 0.4a

Atlanta Hawks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mookie Blaylock
17.8p, 4.5r, 5.5a
Steve Smith
17.7p, 3.7r, 4.3a
Christian Laettner
18.8p, 8.8r, 2.6a
Henry James
9.9p, 1.4r, 0.4a
Dikembe Mutombo
12.5p, 11.6r, 1.1a
Rotation  
 
Eldridge Recasner
6.8p, 2r, 1.6a
 
 
Ivano Newbill
2p, 3.6r, 0.3a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Jon Barry
5.5p, 2.4r, 2.3a
Darrin Hancock
0.4p, 0.6r, 0.4a
 
 
Priest Lauderdale
1.8p, 1.1r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Donnie Boyce
3.3p, 0.6r, 0.5a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Today's Games

Atlanta Hawks 88
New York Knicks 71

Charlotte Hornets (1988) 93
Washington Wizards 104

Cleveland Cavaliers 99
Indiana Pacers 91

Dallas Mavericks 104
Portland Trail Blazers 110

Detroit Pistons 118
Toronto Raptors 74

Houston Rockets 91
Los Angeles Clippers 95

Milwaukee Bucks 91
Minnesota Timberwolves 97

Utah Jazz 83
Miami Heat 80