1996-97 New York Knicks Game Log

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Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy (57-25)

Executive: Ernie Grunfeld

PTS/G: 95.4 (19th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 92.2 (5th of 29)

SRS: 3.31 (10th of 29) Pace: 90.5 (15th of 29)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (25th of 29) Def Rtg: 101.0 (2nd of 29) Net Rtg: +3.4 (10th of 29)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (10th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 51.0

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 790,520 (5th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Charlotte Hornets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Miami Heat (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01	@	TOR	W	107	99	33	68	.485	4	11	.364	37	51	.725	11	44	23	15	5	24	29	34	78	.436	12	25	.480	19	32	.594	11	37	24	11	3	24	38
2	2	1996-11-03		CHH	W	113	86	42	81	.519	7	12	.583	22	26	.846	13	35	23	11	5	9	16	35	78	.449	11	22	.500	5	9	.556	14	39	22	4	2	25	20
3	3	1996-11-05		LAL	L	92	98	36	83	.434	9	21	.429	11	19	.579	14	38	20	10	2	14	27	32	64	.500	6	13	.462	28	36	.778	10	39	21	6	7	19	20
4	4	1996-11-07	@	GSW	W	105	100	37	66	.561	4	14	.286	27	30	.900	9	34	28	8	0	28	26	34	72	.472	7	19	.368	25	27	.926	10	21	29	10	3	22	31
5	5	1996-11-08	@	LAC	W	88	81	29	72	.403	2	15	.133	28	34	.824	16	54	14	9	10	32	35	25	76	.329	1	7	.143	30	42	.714	10	34	11	20	7	21	28
6	6	1996-11-10	@	VAN	W	101	82	42	82	.512	8	15	.533	9	14	.643	14	47	27	8	5	17	24	27	76	.355	6	17	.353	22	28	.786	13	36	22	12	7	18	18
7	7	1996-11-12		PHI	L	97	101	39	81	.481	6	15	.400	13	19	.684	14	42	22	7	4	15	34	33	71	.465	11	19	.579	24	43	.558	13	38	19	7	1	16	19
8	8	1996-11-14		TOR	W	99	96	34	69	.493	6	14	.429	25	36	.694	15	45	25	5	7	24	25	34	75	.453	7	27	.259	21	26	.808	5	30	20	15	8	19	26
9	9	1996-11-16		MIN	W	82	79	31	64	.484	4	13	.308	16	24	.667	9	40	17	11	7	27	24	27	73	.370	3	8	.375	22	28	.786	12	31	14	9	1	22	25
10	10	1996-11-19	@	ORL	W	92	88	33	71	.465	5	10	.500	21	27	.778	13	52	24	8	11	27	33	27	76	.355	6	18	.333	28	37	.757	7	31	14	10	3	17	23
11	11	1996-11-20	@	CHH	L	86	93	30	68	.441	5	13	.385	21	27	.778	8	37	14	4	5	23	31	33	75	.440	4	10	.400	23	31	.742	8	35	25	11	4	17	26
12	12	1996-11-23	@	PHI	L	92	109	33	71	.465	3	13	.231	23	29	.793	9	34	21	11	3	21	30	36	72	.500	11	21	.524	26	40	.650	9	38	25	14	3	18	17
13	13	1996-11-24		SEA	L	92	102	30	74	.405	8	17	.471	24	26	.923	14	45	19	5	5	21	26	35	73	.479	7	19	.368	25	31	.806	8	34	24	7	6	15	22
14	14	1996-11-30		SAC	W	115	101	46	86	.535	6	14	.429	17	24	.708	13	39	32	8	5	10	21	40	73	.548	4	12	.333	17	27	.630	6	32	25	3	1	13	20
15	15	1996-12-03		MIA	L	75	99	30	79	.380	2	12	.167	13	18	.722	13	30	17	12	2	13	26	30	65	.462	12	22	.545	27	32	.844	15	46	20	8	4	23	22
16	16	1996-12-04	@	NJN	W	109	102	37	81	.457	6	10	.600	29	42	.690	13	40	24	12	6	17	29	38	85	.447	2	16	.125	24	32	.750	17	50	23	7	8	21	30
17	17	1996-12-06	@	MIA	W	103	85	37	78	.474	10	19	.526	19	28	.679	12	40	19	6	5	14	32	26	67	.388	6	24	.250	27	39	.692	11	42	14	6	5	16	26
18	18	1996-12-07		LAC	W	89	80	36	79	.456	2	17	.118	15	22	.682	19	54	21	4	4	21	25	28	78	.359	4	15	.267	20	29	.690	11	32	13	7	4	15	22
19	19	1996-12-10		WSB	W	85	73	36	90	.400	6	14	.429	7	9	.778	17	56	23	10	4	20	23	27	72	.375	4	13	.308	15	29	.517	9	41	16	14	6	21	16
20	20	1996-12-12		GSW	W	90	79	37	90	.411	9	25	.360	7	12	.583	23	61	24	7	6	22	27	28	81	.346	6	19	.316	17	22	.773	12	39	19	10	3	15	14
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-14		DEN	W	89	82	35	80	.438	8	16	.500	11	16	.688	13	44	25	8	5	14	20	30	74	.405	3	14	.214	19	20	.950	8	34	18	3	6	15	18
22	22	1996-12-17		UTA	W	99	94	33	66	.500	7	17	.412	26	28	.929	5	32	22	7	3	17	23	34	78	.436	4	13	.308	22	28	.786	12	38	19	7	1	18	23
23	23	1996-12-18	@	DET	L	78	112	33	72	.458	5	12	.417	7	12	.583	12	41	22	4	2	23	24	42	80	.525	13	22	.591	15	23	.652	10	38	27	14	2	7	15
24	24	1996-12-20	@	PHI	W	110	103	38	78	.487	10	21	.476	24	30	.800	6	41	30	11	7	20	31	37	88	.420	6	21	.286	23	36	.639	19	51	14	7	2	24	30
25	25	1996-12-21		DET	W	95	92	36	76	.474	7	19	.368	16	19	.842	10	39	27	6	4	13	24	32	71	.451	8	15	.533	20	27	.741	10	36	17	4	2	15	23
26	26	1996-12-23		ATL	W	82	76	29	70	.414	6	16	.375	18	25	.720	15	48	20	3	2	16	20	28	78	.359	6	20	.300	14	17	.824	14	37	13	9	1	9	24
27	27	1996-12-26	@	MIN	L	80	88	33	83	.398	4	21	.190	10	14	.714	12	46	20	6	6	19	22	28	68	.412	5	14	.357	27	34	.794	6	42	18	10	9	16	16
28	28	1996-12-28		ORL	W	96	85	35	67	.522	6	10	.600	20	25	.800	10	36	19	9	8	20	21	31	71	.437	5	17	.294	18	28	.643	13	33	18	10	1	18	19
29	29	1996-12-30		NJN	W	98	86	36	73	.493	5	19	.263	21	28	.750	8	44	21	11	3	22	23	31	78	.397	5	20	.250	19	28	.679	11	35	17	13	2	19	23
30	30	1997-01-02	@	WSB	W	92	80	33	80	.413	3	10	.300	23	27	.852	15	52	17	8	9	23	28	27	80	.338	2	13	.154	24	32	.750	14	42	18	8	5	20	30
31	31	1997-01-04	@	ATL	L	71	88	30	76	.395	2	11	.182	9	17	.529	10	45	20	7	5	17	25	31	69	.449	9	21	.429	17	26	.654	6	42	16	9	4	14	18
32	32	1997-01-05		MIL	W	97	92	37	79	.468	6	12	.500	17	24	.708	12	39	25	7	8	17	21	34	70	.486	4	10	.400	20	28	.714	7	34	14	9	5	18	23
33	33	1997-01-07		DAL	W	102	72	42	80	.525	5	18	.278	13	20	.650	10	49	22	11	9	20	28	23	79	.291	4	20	.200	22	36	.611	18	43	11	11	1	22	20
34	34	1997-01-10	@	BOS	W	111	98	37	72	.514	5	13	.385	32	40	.800	6	48	23	5	5	24	24	36	97	.371	3	15	.200	23	29	.793	16	40	21	16	3	15	30
35	35	1997-01-11		BOS	W	112	99	41	72	.569	4	11	.364	26	38	.684	10	46	32	5	3	19	26	38	89	.427	2	13	.154	21	29	.724	15	35	20	8	0	13	25
36	36	1997-01-14	@	HOU	L	86	106	35	81	.432	6	21	.286	10	13	.769	7	29	19	12	4	16	17	38	72	.528	9	23	.391	21	24	.875	7	49	26	10	6	22	20
37	37	1997-01-15	@	SAS	W	94	77	30	70	.429	6	17	.353	28	38	.737	14	45	19	9	7	17	21	30	72	.417	7	16	.438	10	18	.556	8	36	18	7	6	15	29
38	38	1997-01-18	@	PHO	L	98	105	36	81	.444	6	18	.333	20	26	.769	15	46	20	6	11	16	30	33	80	.413	4	9	.444	35	41	.854	16	47	21	7	1	12	21
39	39	1997-01-20		WSB	W	95	79	40	90	.444	5	10	.500	10	13	.769	16	46	20	12	2	13	30	25	62	.403	4	14	.286	25	37	.676	5	37	12	5	1	17	16
40	40	1997-01-21	@	CHI	L	87	88	38	94	.404	6	19	.316	5	7	.714	21	44	17	12	5	16	15	34	76	.447	8	25	.320	12	16	.750	12	42	23	11	1	23	9
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-23	@	IND	W	92	90	29	71	.408	1	7	.143	33	38	.868	11	42	18	7	7	14	26	28	66	.424	6	17	.353	28	34	.824	7	41	19	6	3	19	25
42	42	1997-01-24	@	CHH	L	104	113	37	78	.474	8	20	.400	22	30	.733	9	38	26	5	4	13	31	38	76	.500	8	14	.571	29	38	.763	10	43	27	7	5	17	28
43	43	1997-01-26		MIA	W	95	89	37	78	.474	6	13	.462	15	19	.789	12	43	22	8	3	18	20	34	79	.430	8	23	.348	13	20	.650	9	35	25	9	7	17	21
44	44	1997-01-28		BOS	W	109	107	45	77	.584	8	18	.444	11	22	.500	10	36	33	7	4	20	17	42	84	.500	5	19	.263	18	23	.783	11	37	25	13	1	17	20
45	45	1997-01-29	@	CLE	W	75	65	27	68	.397	5	15	.333	16	20	.800	10	39	18	6	6	13	15	26	73	.356	6	16	.375	7	12	.583	10	41	19	7	5	14	19
46	46	1997-02-02		CHH	L	93	99	35	93	.376	12	31	.387	11	15	.733	23	50	19	7	2	20	23	33	63	.524	7	13	.538	26	35	.743	5	34	17	9	4	18	23
47	47	1997-02-04		HOU	W	99	95	36	78	.462	5	21	.238	22	27	.815	13	38	22	9	2	16	26	32	70	.457	8	16	.500	23	28	.821	7	32	24	11	1	23	24
48	48	1997-02-06		SAS	W	96	84	34	74	.459	9	25	.360	19	24	.792	18	47	20	8	2	17	25	28	81	.346	5	18	.278	23	36	.639	22	45	13	10	4	14	21
49	49	1997-02-11	@	WSB	W	97	92	36	74	.486	5	15	.333	20	30	.667	8	33	22	12	4	15	24	35	77	.455	3	13	.231	19	28	.679	13	39	18	7	4	19	23
50	50	1997-02-13		PHI	W	107	92	43	80	.538	7	21	.333	14	30	.467	14	40	27	9	7	17	26	29	76	.382	6	19	.316	28	40	.700	16	40	21	8	2	21	24
51	51	1997-02-16		IND	W	89	80	27	69	.391	3	15	.200	32	35	.914	8	38	15	8	5	17	21	25	69	.362	6	15	.400	24	29	.828	11	40	17	5	3	24	27
52	52	1997-02-18		PHO	W	95	94	38	79	.481	5	16	.313	14	19	.737	16	47	21	8	2	19	10	36	81	.444	13	19	.684	9	13	.692	14	39	26	9	3	20	19
53	53	1997-02-20	@	SAC	W	109	87	41	69	.594	6	14	.429	21	29	.724	7	43	25	6	4	18	25	33	80	.413	3	16	.188	18	29	.621	10	31	20	7	1	10	27
54	54	1997-02-21	@	SEA	L	64	84	20	66	.303	7	20	.350	17	29	.586	10	43	14	13	2	24	26	29	68	.426	4	19	.211	22	32	.688	11	47	19	16	5	18	23
55	55	1997-02-23	@	LAL	W	127	121	45	103	.437	10	20	.500	27	39	.692	20	63	34	10	8	22	28	42	99	.424	8	23	.348	29	36	.806	14	48	29	13	8	17	28
56	56	1997-02-25	@	UTA	L	99	110	33	66	.500	9	17	.529	24	28	.857	8	46	19	5	5	27	36	36	85	.424	0	6	.000	38	48	.792	13	38	22	17	7	11	20
57	57	1997-02-26	@	POR	W	96	95	34	88	.386	5	14	.357	23	33	.697	13	50	24	7	3	10	25	32	84	.381	5	16	.313	26	32	.813	11	52	19	4	3	13	27
58	58	1997-02-28	@	DEN	W	112	108	42	87	.483	6	17	.353	22	25	.880	16	50	21	5	5	15	26	39	92	.424	7	20	.350	23	28	.821	14	39	24	7	5	9	22
59	59	1997-03-02		CLE	W	90	82	34	63	.540	6	11	.545	16	29	.552	8	35	21	10	4	17	18	31	71	.437	5	13	.385	15	23	.652	10	36	19	9	1	14	24
60	60	1997-03-04		MIL	W	93	86	36	60	.600	5	8	.625	16	21	.762	3	26	25	9	4	18	22	33	74	.446	5	13	.385	15	20	.750	12	32	12	9	1	16	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-05	@	TOR	W	100	94	33	66	.500	2	8	.250	32	44	.727	9	36	24	4	4	15	25	31	83	.373	7	18	.389	25	31	.806	17	40	20	9	10	13	32
62	62	1997-03-07	@	BOS	W	113	102	45	90	.500	4	18	.222	19	27	.704	14	46	25	9	6	10	25	37	86	.430	7	23	.304	21	31	.677	11	36	22	4	5	12	20
63	63	1997-03-09		CHI	W	97	93	36	71	.507	5	13	.385	20	33	.606	11	39	19	5	1	14	29	32	79	.405	4	18	.222	25	32	.781	15	40	15	6	0	11	28
64	64	1997-03-11	@	DAL	L	83	91	30	69	.435	5	19	.263	18	21	.857	11	44	17	7	2	19	28	27	69	.391	8	15	.533	29	36	.806	8	36	15	8	3	12	23
65	65	1997-03-16		NJN	L	74	89	26	75	.347	8	20	.400	14	19	.737	11	35	18	9	3	14	23	31	86	.360	5	19	.263	22	30	.733	26	61	18	7	1	14	21
66	66	1997-03-18		VAN	W	98	73	42	83	.506	6	14	.429	8	8	1.000	12	43	25	9	6	13	19	26	74	.351	5	13	.385	16	25	.640	11	35	20	9	2	17	19
67	67	1997-03-19	@	PHI	W	111	100	41	76	.539	4	16	.250	25	33	.758	8	44	27	8	2	15	26	39	89	.438	3	14	.214	19	24	.792	15	43	22	6	2	15	24
68	68	1997-03-22	@	MIL	L	79	80	30	66	.455	1	7	.143	18	22	.818	8	36	16	8	3	18	17	34	76	.447	2	9	.222	10	11	.909	8	33	19	9	0	15	25
69	69	1997-03-23		POR	L	88	94	28	77	.364	4	19	.211	28	37	.757	14	47	19	6	1	20	31	32	65	.492	4	18	.222	26	44	.591	4	36	15	10	2	19	24
70	70	1997-03-26		DET	W	105	94	37	73	.507	5	14	.357	26	34	.765	6	39	23	5	1	14	27	33	82	.402	3	12	.250	25	35	.714	12	42	10	3	1	10	29
71	71	1997-03-28	@	NJN	L	86	92	35	89	.393	8	27	.296	8	15	.533	19	49	17	3	5	13	22	37	84	.440	5	20	.250	13	18	.722	12	38	18	8	9	9	17
72	72	1997-03-30	@	ORL	W	101	86	37	74	.500	6	15	.400	21	32	.656	13	48	22	6	7	13	19	34	77	.442	7	18	.389	11	20	.550	7	32	13	5	6	13	23
73	73	1997-04-01	@	CLE	W	94	88	32	61	.525	5	13	.385	25	29	.862	6	33	24	4	4	14	23	32	73	.438	6	15	.400	18	21	.857	9	32	21	6	3	12	28
74	74	1997-04-04		ORL	L	84	93	30	77	.390	2	22	.091	22	27	.815	15	50	20	7	6	17	23	30	75	.400	6	16	.375	27	33	.818	9	39	16	14	4	12	14
75	75	1997-04-05	@	ATL	W	102	97	34	69	.493	12	24	.500	22	27	.815	8	36	23	7	2	17	28	31	69	.449	9	24	.375	26	36	.722	7	31	14	7	3	14	27
76	76	1997-04-08		CLE	L	73	93	29	66	.439	5	15	.333	10	15	.667	11	39	20	3	2	19	16	40	79	.506	7	16	.438	6	8	.750	8	32	26	7	0	9	14
77	77	1997-04-10		CHI	L	103	105	39	80	.488	8	21	.381	17	22	.773	12	45	29	4	4	17	24	37	88	.420	9	17	.529	22	28	.786	14	37	19	9	4	11	16
78	78	1997-04-12	@	MIA	W	100	99	31	63	.492	5	9	.556	33	36	.917	9	38	18	8	7	22	23	37	80	.463	9	27	.333	16	22	.727	11	32	22	9	5	18	32
79	79	1997-04-14	@	IND	L	107	110	33	75	.440	6	11	.545	35	45	.778	12	43	20	4	7	18	37	35	81	.432	1	9	.111	39	50	.780	14	46	18	9	2	11	33
80	80	1997-04-16		ATL	W	96	92	36	73	.493	5	17	.294	19	23	.826	8	36	24	9	8	15	25	30	72	.417	10	29	.345	22	26	.846	9	33	17	11	2	16	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18		IND	W	97	89	37	81	.457	5	11	.455	18	24	.750	14	47	31	8	4	17	32	28	70	.400	1	4	.250	32	43	.744	11	38	22	10	6	15	24
82	82	1997-04-19	@	CHI	W	103	101	37	79	.468	7	18	.389	22	27	.815	9	42	24	7	0	17	25	40	75	.533	4	11	.364	17	24	.708	5	34	31	9	7	15	22

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