New York 98, New Jersey 103

January 2, 1998

Regular Season

Izod Center (East Rutherford, New Jersey)

Attendance: 20,049

Officials: Bennie Adams, Luis Grillo, Bill Oakes

Team Rebounds: New York (12) New Jersey (14)

Technicals: New York (0) New Jersey (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (17-13) 28 19 28 23 98
NJN (17-13) 26 28 18 31 103

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 87 113.1 118.9
NJN 87 118.9 113.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .512 0.150 0.457 0.129
NJN .485 0.196 0.366 0.591

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 31:00 7-18 1-4 3-3 1.1 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 3 18
2 Larry Johnson Starter SF 43:00 9-14 0-1 3-6 20.2 3 2 5 8 3 3 1 3 21
34 Charles Oakley Starter C 35:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 9.8 1 6 7 3 5 1 0 0 8
21 Charlie Ward Starter PG 26:00 4-9 4-8 0-2 7.2 2 1 3 3 6 1 0 1 12
52 Buck Williams Starter PF 25:00 3-6 0-0 1-4 6.5 4 2 6 2 4 0 0 0 7
1 Chris Childs Bench SG 23:00 5-10 2-4 2-3 8.6 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 2 14
42 Chris Mills Bench SG 21:00 2-6 0-1 2-2 2.2 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 6
3 John Starks Bench SG 31:00 5-14 2-8 0-0 2.8 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 3 12
32 Herb Williams Bench C 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
  Team                   12            
        240 39-85 9-26 11-20 81.5 16 19 47 20 31 8 1 13 98
          45.9% 34.6% 55.0%                    

New Jersey Nets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
10 Sam Cassell Starter PG 30:00 4-10 0-2 7-8 7.0 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 4 15
13 Kendall Gill Starter SF 42:00 2-9 0-1 8-12 7.2 2 6 8 4 4 1 0 3 12
30 Kerry Kittles Starter SG 42:00 5-12 1-3 3-6 6.8 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 14
44 Keith Van Horn Starter PF 32:00 9-16 3-5 8-8 17.8 1 5 6 2 4 3 0 4 29
55 Jayson Williams Starter C 38:00 5-8 0-0 1-2 13.8 7 8 15 1 5 0 1 3 11
2 David Benoit Bench PF 22:00 1-5 0-3 3-3 2.9 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 5
45 Michael Cage Bench PF 09:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
11 Sherman Douglas Bench PG 23:00 4-5 0-0 9-11 14.1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 17
21 Kevin Edwards Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Team                   14            
        240 30-66 4-14 39-50 97.2 15 26 55 17 20 7 3 17 103
          45.5% 28.6% 78.0%                    

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Charlie Ward
6.9p, 3.1r, 5.2a
Allan Houston
14p, 2.7r, 2.4a
Larry Johnson
13.5p, 4.4r, 2.8a
Buck Williams
4.3p, 4.8r, 0.7a
Charles Oakley
7.3p, 7.7r, 2.1a
Rotation  
 
John Starks
14.5p, 2.2r, 2.8a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotation  
 
Chris Childs
7.3p, 2.7r, 3.7a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotation  
 
Chris Mills
8.7p, 4.7r, 1.7a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Herb Williams
0.5p, 0.3r, 0a

New Jersey Nets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sam Cassell
19.6p, 2.9r, 8.2a
Kerry Kittles
14.9p, 4.4r, 2.5a
Kendall Gill
15.3p, 5r, 3a
Keith Van Horn
21.5p, 6.7r, 0.8a
Jayson Williams
12.7p, 13.7r, 0.8a
Rotation Sherman Douglas
9.2p, 1.7r, 3.5a
 
 
 
 
David Benoit
5.3p, 2.4r, 0.3a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Kevin Edwards
3.9p, 1.4r, 1.1a
 
 
Michael Cage
1.3p, 3.6r, 0.4a
 
 

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Miami Heat 88

Chicago Bulls 114
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Denver Nuggets 115
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Golden State Warriors 79
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Los Angeles Lakers 116
Atlanta Hawks 106

New Jersey Nets 103
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Orlando Magic 71
Cleveland Cavaliers 81

Phoenix Suns 92
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Sacramento Kings 94
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San Antonio Spurs 85
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Seattle SuperSonics 90
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Toronto Raptors 88
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Washington Wizards 81
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