The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics, 117 to 97, on December 5, 1997.

Final

Celtics

7-11

97

Heat

12-5

117

Team

BOS

MIA

Total

117

Team Stats

Player Stats

Celtics

Heat

FG Made - Attempted

35-98

42-83

Field Goal %

35.7

50.6

3PT Made - Attempted

5-20

5-15

3PT %

25.0

33.3

FT Made - Attempted

22-31

28-34

Free Throw %

71.0

82.4

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Celtics

Heat

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Antoine Walker A. Walker	38	26	12	1	1	11-26	42.3	0-6	0.0	4-10	40.0	42.8	6	6	4	3	-14
Walter McCarty W. McCarty	35	17	8	4	0	3-10	30.0	1-4	25.0	10-11	90.9	57.3	5	3	0	4	-23
Travis Knight T. Knight	34	13	7	2	3	5-16	31.3	0-1	0.0	3-4	75.0	36.6	4	3	3	3	-11
Ron Mercer R. Mercer	20	2	3	2	2	1-9	11.1	0-0		0-0		11.1	2	1	1	2	-18
Tyus Edney T. Edney	13	3	3	1	1	1-4	25.0	0-0		1-2	50.0	30.7	2	1	1	1	-4

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Chauncey Billups C. Billups	23	17	0	1	2	6-10	60.0	3-4	75.0	2-2	100.0	78.1	0	0	2	2	-5
Bruce Bowen B. Bowen	21	9	4	1	1	4-7	57.1	1-1	100.0	0-0		64.3	3	1	1	4	-9
Dee Brown D. Brown	21	2	6	2	2	1-7	14.3	0-3	0.0	0-0		14.3	1	5	1	0	+2
Andrew DeClercq A. DeClercq	16	4	5	0	1	2-3	66.7	0-0		0-0		66.7	1	4	2	4	-10
Dana Barros D. Barros	13	4	2	1	0	1-4	25.0	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	41.0	0	2	0	0	-11
Greg Minor G. Minor	6	0	1	1	1	0-2	0.0	0-0		0-0		0.0	0	1	0	0	+3

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	35	18	6	10	4	1	6-12	50.0	0-4	0.0	6-6	100.0	61.5	0	6	2	3	+23
Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	33	18	9	4	0	0	6-12	50.0	0-1	0.0	6-6	100.0	61.5	1	8	3	4	+12
P.J. Brown	29	11	12	1	0	2	5-7	71.4	0-0		1-4	25.0	62.8	4	8	1	4	+17
Isaac Austin I. Austin	28	16	6	2	1	4	7-16	43.8	0-0		2-3	66.7	46.2	4	2	2	2	+23
Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	24	11	3	3	1	0	4-8	50.0	1-3	33.3	2-3	66.7	59.0	2	1	3	2	+11

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Eric Murdock E. Murdock	28	9	1	6	4	0	2-8	25.0	0-1	0.0	5-6	83.3	42.3	0	1	2	1	+10
Dan Majerle D. Majerle	27	9	2	1	1	1	3-4	75.0	3-4	75.0	0-0		112.5	0	2	2	0	+6
Terry Mills T. Mills	17	2	5	0	0	0	1-5	20.0	0-1	0.0	0-0		20.0	0	5	0	2	-2
Mark Strickland M. Strickland	16	20	6	1	0	1	7-10	70.0	0-0		6-6	100.0	79.1	3	3	1	1	-1
Charles Smith C. Smith	3	3	1	1	1	0	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0		150.0	0	1	1	2	+1