Final
Series starts 12/13
| Game 1: Saturday, December 13th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nuggets | 95 | Final |
| Nets | 133 | |
| Boxscore » | ||
| Game 2: Tuesday, January 27th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nets | 120 | Final |
| Nuggets | 87 | |
| Boxscore » | ||
(12-10, 7-2 home)
7:30 PM ET, December 13, 1997
IZOD Center, East Rutherford, NJ
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| DEN | 20 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 95 |
| NJ | 29 | 40 | 34 | 30 | 133 |
Top Performers
Denver: B. Jackson 18 Pts, 4 Reb, 4 Ast, 4 Stl
New Jersey: J. Williams 18 Pts, 22 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
| Denver Nuggets | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS | |||
| LaPhonso Ellis, F | 17 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Eric Washington, F | 33 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 | |||
| Tony Battie, C | 25 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 | |||
| Dean Garrett, C | 29 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | |||
| Bobby Jackson, PG | 33 | 7-13 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 18 | |||
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS | |||
| Joe Wolf, F | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Newman, F | 31 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 21 | |||
| Priest Lauderdale, C | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | |||
| Danny Fortson, C | 32 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 15 | |||
| Anthony Goldwire, PG | 26 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14 | |||
| Kiwane Garris, G | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | |||
| George Zidek, C | DNP | ||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |||||
| 37-78 | 2-5 | 19-23 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 95 | ||||||
| 47.4% | 40.0% | 82.6% | |||||||||||||||
Fast break points: 0 Points in the paint: -1 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers): 52 (18) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | |||||||||||||||||
| New Jersey Nets | |||||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS | |||
| Keith Van Horn, PF | 32 | 8-11 | 3-4 | 11-15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 30 | |||
| Kendall Gill, SF | 28 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10 | |||
| Jayson Williams, C | 34 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 18 | |||
| Kerry Kittles, SG | 27 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13 | |||
| Sherman Douglas, G | 28 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 19 | |||
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS | |||
| Xavier Mcdaniel, F | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | |||
| David Benoit, F | 23 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 12 | |||
| Michael Cage, C | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | |||
| Yinka Dare, C | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | |||
| Sam Cassell, PG | 20 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 15 | |||
| Kevin Edwards, G | 21 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | |||
| Chris Gatling, C | DNP | ||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |||||
| 52-101 | 7-20 | 22-33 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 133 | ||||||
| 51.5% | 35.0% | 66.7% | |||||||||||||||
Fast break points: 0 Points in the paint: -1 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers): 30 (40) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | |||||||||||||||||
