January 2, 1996
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 24 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 105 |
| MIN | 19 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 100 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 88.0 | .500 | 11.3 | 34.1 | .250 | 119.3 |
| MIN | 88.0 | .500 | 14.2 | 40.5 | .250 | 113.7 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Mario Elie | 45:00 | .714 | .722 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 15.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 126 | 115 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 41:00 | .615 | .571 | 8.6 | 25.3 | 16.5 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 27.2 | 131 | 112 |
| Robert Horry | 41:00 | .300 | .300 | 5.7 | 12.7 | 9.0 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 18.7 | 80 | 110 |
| Chucky Brown | 33:00 | .654 | .667 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 132 | 114 |
| Kenny Smith | 17:00 | .000 | .000 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 34 | 112 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Sam Cassell | 31:00 | .555 | .447 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 35.6 | 125 | 119 |
| Mark Bryant | 21:00 | .707 | .571 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 21.9 | 145 | 116 |
| Eldridge Recasner | 9:00 | 1.250 | 1.250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 15.0 | 103 | 122 |
| Pete Chilcutt | 2:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 122 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .555 | .500 | 34.1 | 59.5 | 46.2 | 82.1 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 11.3 | 100.0 | 119.3 | 113.7 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (7-21)
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 25 | 17 | 5 | 44:00 | 11 | 19 | .579 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Isaiah Rider | 18 | 4 | 4 | 40:00 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry Porter | 9 | 5 | 15 | 38:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Laettner | 11 | 6 | 1 | 32:00 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Sam Mitchell | 13 | 4 | 1 | 23:00 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Doug West | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sean Rooks | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 7 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Garnett | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19:00 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mark Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 42 | 30 | 240 | 39 | 80 | .488 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 20 | 24 | .833 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 44:00 | .629 | .605 | 17.7 | 29.3 | 23.8 | 20.2 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 16.8 | 24.7 | 120 | 110 |
| Isaiah Rider | 40:00 | .571 | .500 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 6.2 | 15.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 19.1 | 127 | 122 |
| Terry Porter | 38:00 | .383 | .350 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 53.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 114 | 121 |
| Christian Laettner | 32:00 | .337 | .267 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 23.5 | 30.3 | 69 | 122 |
| Sam Mitchell | 23:00 | .732 | .750 | 5.6 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 153 | 116 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Doug West | 22:00 | .694 | .500 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 174 | 127 |
| Sean Rooks | 20:00 | .743 | .600 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 167 | 115 |
| Kevin Garnett | 19:00 | .571 | .571 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 21.5 | 102 | 124 |
| Mark Davis | 2:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 22.7 | 0 | 129 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .552 | .500 | 40.5 | 65.9 | 53.8 | 76.9 | 8.0 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 100.0 | 113.7 | 119.3 |
Officials: Jess Kersey, Bernie Fryer, Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 11,568