December 15, 1988
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| UTA | 32 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 116 |
| NYK | 23 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 117 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| UTA | 105.2 | .590 | 23.8 | 44.8 | .308 | 110.3 |
| NYK | 105.2 | .500 | 12.5 | 25.5 | .272 | 111.2 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Karl Malone | 33 | 12 | 2 | 42:00 | 13 | 27 | .481 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 12 | .583 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Darrell Griffith | 21 | 6 | 6 | 36:00 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Eaton | 3 | 10 | 0 | 36:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| John Stockton | 15 | 3 | 11 | 32:00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Thurl Bailey | 33 | 10 | 2 | 38:00 | 15 | 17 | .882 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Les | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Bob Hansen | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Eric Leckner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 48 | 31 | 240 | 45 | 78 | .577 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 24 | 34 | .706 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Karl Malone | 42:00 | .511 | .481 | 11.8 | 21.9 | 18.0 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 38.7 | 91 | 110 |
| Darrell Griffith | 36:00 | .480 | .452 | 13.8 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 24.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 126 | 113 |
| Mark Eaton | 36:00 | .399 | .500 | 9.2 | 22.7 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 57.1 | 9.6 | 42 | 105 |
| John Stockton | 32:00 | .997 | .875 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 40.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 12.9 | 162 | 114 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 10:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 200 | 112 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Thurl Bailey | 38:00 | .880 | .882 | 8.7 | 21.5 | 16.6 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 131 | 111 |
| Jim Les | 16:00 | .568 | | 0.0 | 12.8 | 7.9 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 77.3 | 9.5 | 86 | 114 |
| Bob Hansen | 12:00 | .258 | .000 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 17.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 19.3 | 63 | 115 |
| Eric Leckner | 12:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 201 | 115 |
| Mike Brown | 6:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 27.6 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 19.7 | 110 | 118 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .624 | .590 | 44.8 | 74.5 | 63.2 | 68.9 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 23.8 | 100.0 | 110.3 | 111.2 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Patrick Ewing | 43:00 | .567 | .533 | 7.1 | 26.9 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 17.3 | 124 | 103 |
| Charles Oakley | 35:00 | .285 | .143 | 2.9 | 14.2 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 14.6 | 51 | 110 |
| Johnny Newman | 34:00 | .652 | .636 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 27.1 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 31.4 | 120 | 104 |
| Mark Jackson | 32:00 | .533 | .471 | 6.4 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 32.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 24.7 | 121 | 113 |
| Gerald Wilkins | 32:00 | .509 | .417 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.9 | 20.9 | 95 | 121 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
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| Rod Strickland | 16:00 | .618 | .429 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.3 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 31.2 | 119 | 104 |
| Trent Tucker | 16:00 | .500 | .500 | 6.4 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 16.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 100 | 113 |
| Kenny Walker | 14:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 203 | 118 |
| Sidney Green | 13:00 | .667 | .667 | 7.9 | 25.5 | 14.6 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 155 | 115 |
| Eddie Lee Wilkins | 5:00 | .333 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 71 | 121 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .556 | .500 | 25.5 | 55.2 | 36.8 | 67.4 | 18.1 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 111.2 | 110.3 |
Officials: Joe Crawford, Steve Javie, Rusty Herring
Attendance: 17,296