February 14, 1989
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| NYK | 28 | 30 | 39 | 32 | 129 |
| CHH | 26 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 117 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| NYK | 94.3 | .611 | 11.4 | 46.7 | .211 | 136.8 |
| CHH | 94.3 | .506 | 10.4 | 40.5 | .318 | 124.0 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Patrick Ewing | 34:00 | .595 | .600 | 14.1 | 33.6 | 25.5 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 20.3 | 18.3 | 122 | 109 |
| Johnny Newman | 31:00 | .679 | .607 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 11.4 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 15.6 | 26.2 | 131 | 120 |
| Mark Jackson | 31:00 | .394 | .375 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 35.2 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 127 | 120 |
| Charles Oakley | 29:00 | .480 | .471 | 16.6 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 30.3 | 111 | 129 |
| Trent Tucker | 29:00 | 1.083 | 1.083 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 218 | 131 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Gerald Wilkins | 25:00 | .630 | .600 | 19.2 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 21.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 28.5 | 145 | 130 |
| Sidney Green | 18:00 | .820 | .750 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 181 | 131 |
| Eddie Lee Wilkins | 17:00 | .739 | .714 | 18.8 | 26.9 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 121 | 119 |
| Rod Strickland | 16:00 | .799 | .714 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 23.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 25.8 | 161 | 133 |
| Kenny Walker | 10:00 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 121 | 134 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .641 | .611 | 46.7 | 59.5 | 54.2 | 64.2 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 100.0 | 136.8 | 124.0 |
Charlotte Hornets (13-36)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Rex Chapman | 23 | 3 | 0 | 40:00 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kurt Rambis | 17 | 10 | 3 | 38:00 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Kelly Tripucka | 31 | 3 | 2 | 35:00 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 12 | 12 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Earl Cureton | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34:00 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 6 | .333 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Holton | 4 | 0 | 9 | 28:00 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Robert Reid | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21:00 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Kempton | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18:00 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Dave Hoppen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6:00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 117 | 33 | 29 | 240 | 43 | 88 | .489 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 28 | 35 | .800 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Rex Chapman | 40:00 | .551 | .525 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 126 | 141 |
| Kurt Rambis | 38:00 | .594 | .538 | 12.0 | 25.3 | 17.5 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 12.3 | 17.9 | 125 | 134 |
| Kelly Tripucka | 35:00 | .728 | .594 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 31.2 | 127 | 141 |
| Earl Cureton | 34:00 | .430 | .444 | 20.2 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 18.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.2 | 127 | 140 |
| Mike Holton | 28:00 | .291 | .167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 13.2 | 94 | 136 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Robert Reid | 21:00 | .585 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.8 | 135 | 143 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 20:00 | .600 | .600 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 10.0 | 53.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 160 | 132 |
| Tim Kempton | 18:00 | .363 | .333 | 19.0 | 8.9 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 30.4 | 22.8 | 77 | 127 |
| Dave Hoppen | 6:00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 38.1 | 53.3 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 203 | 130 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .566 | .506 | 40.5 | 53.3 | 45.8 | 67.4 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 10.4 | 100.0 | 124.0 | 136.8 |
Officials: Jess Kersey, Bennett Salvatore, Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 23,388