February 3, 1989
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NJN | 31 | 21 | 20 | 29 | 101 |
| UTA | 41 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 129 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NJN | 98.3 | .448 | 10.3 | 30.6 | .144 | 102.7 |
| UTA | 98.3 | .619 | 12.4 | 35.3 | .298 | 131.2 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Chris Morris | 35:00 | .592 | .594 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 15.1 | 23.3 | 101 | 131 |
| Dennis Hopson | 34:00 | .495 | .412 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.2 | 118 | 133 |
| Lester Conner | 27:00 | .333 | .333 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 4.3 | 42.7 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 103 | 131 |
| Buck Williams | 27:00 | .255 | .200 | 10.9 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 75 | 134 |
| Joe Barry Carroll | 23:00 | .640 | .600 | 8.5 | 24.6 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 34.3 | 118 | 128 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| John Bagley | 26:00 | .333 | .333 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 4.4 | 36.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 18.9 | 75 | 131 |
| Keith Lee | 22:00 | .500 | .500 | 13.4 | 32.1 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 133 | 126 |
| Charles Shackleford | 17:00 | .200 | .200 | 17.3 | 33.2 | 23.8 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 84 | 130 |
| Roy Hinson | 15:00 | .604 | .556 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 32.2 | 119 | 131 |
| Kevin Williams | 11:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 33.6 | 50 | 136 |
| Bill Jones | 3:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 200 | 137 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .481 | .448 | 30.6 | 64.7 | 44.6 | 58.5 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 10.3 | 100.0 | 102.7 | 131.2 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Karl Malone | 28 | 11 | 9 | 34:00 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| John Stockton | 16 | 3 | 15 | 31:00 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Darrell Griffith | 11 | 5 | 1 | 26:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Eaton | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Thurl Bailey | 20 | 2 | 2 | 23:00 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Eric Leckner | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Farmer | 11 | 4 | 2 | 22:00 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Brown | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19:00 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Les | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Ortiz | 15 | 1 | 1 | 15:00 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 129 | 46 | 36 | 240 | 51 | 84 | .607 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 25 | 33 | .758 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Karl Malone | 34:00 | .717 | .656 | 8.3 | 25.9 | 18.7 | 34.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 20.4 | 30.8 | 128 | 97 |
| John Stockton | 31:00 | .784 | .750 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 55.7 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 28.2 | 19.5 | 137 | 104 |
| Darrell Griffith | 26:00 | .458 | .458 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 114 | 105 |
| Mark Eaton | 23:00 | .868 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 169 | 95 |
| Marc Iavaroni | 7:00 | .694 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 158 | 113 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Thurl Bailey | 23:00 | .791 | .700 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.4 | 172 | 110 |
| Eric Leckner | 23:00 | .600 | .600 | 0.0 | 25.6 | 15.1 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 28.6 | 13.0 | 86 | 97 |
| Jim Farmer | 22:00 | .427 | .417 | 19.3 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 115 | 107 |
| Mike Brown | 19:00 | .580 | .667 | 22.3 | 30.9 | 27.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 19.7 | 114 | 101 |
| Jim Les | 17:00 | .515 | .333 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 29.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 12.2 | 129 | 113 |
| Jose Ortiz | 15:00 | .845 | .875 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 28.1 | 141 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .655 | .619 | 35.3 | 69.4 | 55.4 | 70.6 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 100.0 | 131.2 | 102.7 |
Officials: Wally Rooney, Hank Armstrong, Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 12,444