Regular Season
Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)
Attendance: 19,763
Officials: George Toliver, Nolan Fine, Hue Hollins
Team Rebounds: New Jersey (11) New York (11)
Technicals: New Jersey (0) New York (0)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJN (2-8) | 20 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 74 |
| NYK (7-3) | 19 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 82 |
| Advanced | Poss | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJN | 91 | 81.0 | 89.7 |
| NYK | 91 | 89.7 | 81.0 |
| Four Factors | eFG% | TO% | OR% | FTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJN | .302 | 0.153 | 0.341 | 0.256 |
| NYK | .486 | 0.252 | 0.200 | 0.217 |
| # | 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 | 33:00 | 5-14 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | Kendall Gill | Starter | SF | 33:00 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 10.9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 30 | Kerry Kittles | Starter | SG | 41:00 | 5-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 44 | Keith Van Horn | Starter | PF | 40:00 | 5-17 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 55 | Jayson Williams | Starter | C | 28:00 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4.8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Scott Burrell | Bench | SF | 18:00 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Chris Gatling | Bench | C | 08:00 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Damon Jones | Bench | SG | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jim McIlvaine | Bench | C | 20:00 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Eric Murdock | Bench | PG | 18:00 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4.8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 240 | 25-86 | 2-7 | 22-25 | 58.9 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 74 | ||||
| 29.1% | 28.6% | 88.0% |
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Patrick Ewing | Starter | C | 38:00 | 8-21 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 13.8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 20 | Allan Houston | Starter | SG | 35:00 | 4-11 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 2.8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Larry Johnson | Starter | SF | 36:00 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 13.2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 40 | Kurt Thomas | Starter | PF | 28:00 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Charlie Ward | Starter | PG | 38:00 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 17.8 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Rick Brunson | Bench | SG | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Marcus Camby | Bench | C | 20:00 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | Chris Childs | Bench | SG | 27:00 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | Chris Dudley | Bench | C | 05:00 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Dennis Scott | Bench | PF | 12:00 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 240 | 31-69 | 5-9 | 15-24 | 87.8 | 9 | 36 | 56 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 82 | ||||
| 44.9% | 55.6% | 62.5% |
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | Sam Cassell 18p, 1.5r, 4.8a |
Kerry Kittles 12.4p, 4r, 3.1a |
Kendall Gill 11.2p, 5r, 2.2a |
Keith Van Horn 21.4p, 7.4r, 1.3a |
Jayson Williams 6.8p, 10.4r, 0.9a |
| Rotation | Eric Murdock 8.1p, 2.4r, 3.9a |
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Scott Burrell 7.4p, 2.9r, 1.4a |
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Jim McIlvaine 2.1p, 1.3r, 0a |
| Lim PT | |
Damon Jones 2.8p, 1.3r, 0.8a |
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Chris Gatling 5.5p, 4.2r, 0.9a |
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | Charlie Ward 8.1p, 4r, 5.9a |
Allan Houston 17.5p, 3.6r, 3.2a |
Larry Johnson 11.1p, 6.9r, 2.6a |
Kurt Thomas 8.6p, 5.5r, 1.3a |
Patrick Ewing 16p, 9.1r, 2.2a |
| Rotation | |
Chris Childs 7.4p, 3.5r, 4.2a |
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Dennis Scott 2.8p, 1.8r, 0.7a |
Marcus Camby 5.3p, 4.5r, 0a |
| Lim PT | |
Rick Brunson 0.9p, 0.1r, 0.4a |
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Chris Dudley 1.3p, 1.6r, 0.2a |
