Regular Season
Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)
Attendance: 16,285
Officials: James Capers, Phil Robinson, Joe Forte
Team Rebounds: New York (7) Houston (12)
Technicals: New York (0) Houston (1 (Bench))
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK (9-16) | 24 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 99 |
| HOU (15-13) | 20 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 83 |
| Advanced | Poss | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 88 | 111.9 | 93.8 |
| HOU | 88 | 93.8 | 111.9 |
| Four Factors | eFG% | TO% | OR% | FTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | .512 | 0.113 | 0.255 | 0.141 |
| HOU | .321 | 0.124 | 0.333 | 0.423 |
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Howard Eisley | Starter | PG | 23:00 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 9.2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | Othella Harrington | Starter | PF | 19:00 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1.8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Allan Houston | Starter | SG | 35:00 | 7-17 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 10.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Latrell Sprewell | Starter | SF | 35:00 | 10-20 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 10.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 40 | Kurt Thomas | Starter | C | 21:00 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4.8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 49 | Shandon Anderson | Bench | SF | 18:00 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1-4 | -0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 51 | Michael Doleac | Bench | C | 28:00 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 44 | Travis Knight | Bench | C | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Lee Nailon | Bench | PF | 08:00 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Charlie Ward | Bench | PG | 25:00 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 13.9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Clarence Weatherspoon | Bench | PF | 27:00 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12.2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 240 | 40-85 | 7-17 | 12-19 | 90.4 | 12 | 35 | 54 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 99 | ||||
| 47.1% | 41.2% | 63.2% |
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Steve Francis | Starter | PG | 44:00 | 7-19 | 3-5 | 10-13 | 11.1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| 33 | Eddie Griffin | Starter | PF | 20:00 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 0.6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Yao Ming | Starter | C | 32:00 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 5.4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Cuttino Mobley | Starter | SG | 36:00 | 4-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 41 | Glen Rice | Starter | SF | 23:00 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 3.4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Kelvin Cato | Bench | C | 16:00 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Juaquin Hawkins | Bench | SF | 02:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Terence Morris | Bench | PF | 05:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Bostjan Nachbar | Bench | SF | 02:00 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Moochie Norris | Bench | PG | 07:00 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | James Posey | Bench | SF | 25:00 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 9.5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Mo Taylor | Bench | PF | 28:00 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 7.4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Team | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 240 | 23-78 | 4-15 | 33-43 | 65.4 | 17 | 34 | 63 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 83 | ||||
| 29.5% | 26.7% | 76.7% |
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | Howard Eisley 8.2p, 2.5r, 6.2a |
Allan Houston 22.6p, 2.8r, 3a |
Latrell Sprewell 16p, 2.9r, 4.5a |
Othella Harrington 6.3p, 6r, 0.4a |
Kurt Thomas 15.2p, 8.4r, 2a |
| Rotation | Charlie Ward 8.6p, 2.7r, 4.4a |
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Shandon Anderson 8.2p, 4.1r, 1.2a |
Clarence Weatherspoon 6p, 8.3r, 0.9a |
Michael Doleac 3.7p, 2.5r, 0.4a |
| Lim PT | |
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Lee Nailon 7.7p, 2.4r, 0.8a |
Travis Knight 0.6p, 1.4r, 0.3a |
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | Steve Francis 23.8p, 6.4r, 5.9a |
Cuttino Mobley 17.1p, 3.9r, 3a |
Glen Rice 9.5p, 3.5r, 1.5a |
Eddie Griffin 8.3p, 5.5r, 1a |
Yao Ming 13.2p, 7.8r, 1.4a |
| Rotation | |
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James Posey 12.6p, 5.4r, 2.7a |
Mo Taylor 6.4p, 3r, 0.9a |
Kelvin Cato 4.5p, 6.9r, 0.4a |
| Lim PT | Moochie Norris 5.3p, 2.4r, 2.6a |
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Bostjan Nachbar 2.2p, 0.7r, 0.3a |
Terence Morris 3.4p, 3.1r, 0.5a |
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| Lim PT | |
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Juaquin Hawkins 3.2p, 2r, 1.3a |
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